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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 06:16 PM
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78 Honda GoldWing - Gl1000
 
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 08:12 PM
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01 Suzuki DRZ 250 you cant beat it full time lights electric start and if you fire it up at night youll wake up the neighborhood because I put a Yoshimura pipe on it. its a good woods bike its just a little heavy
 
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 09:08 PM
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I ride a '93 RM250 that hasn't seen anything other than a sand paddle for twy seasons and a Banshee thats as tembermental as any two women I have ever known. I wanted to get a new CRF450R to retire the RM for this season but it just wasn't in the cards financially right now, oh well there's always next season.

By the way is there anyone out there who rides at either St. Anthony's Idaho or Sand Mountain Utah?
 
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 09:53 PM
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my first bike was a 1968 indian enduro 125, i was 13 or 14 and i rode that bike everywhere. it finnaly died on me when i locked the throttle cable and instead of turning it off i tried to use the brake, pretty much stripped out the drive gear and wrapped up to about 1 million rpms, i was so scared i dropped it and ran, instead of turning it off lol. well she locked up pretty bad. i have had several since then if not dozens, i raced hare and hound for years in minnesota and california, have broken 13 differnt bones during that time, i have ridden harleys thru the mountians of california, and ridden all the way accross the usa, i still play in the dirt with a suzuki sp600, four years ago i jumped flint creek here in iowa which is about 65 feet, and a month later i jumped 107 feet where two levys come togather, that one worried me a little since the levys were already 16 feet high, i thought i was going into orbit when i hit that. i cracked the frame in 2 places when i landed. i have dumped bikes when being cut off from cars, got hit by a branch falling off a tree while doing about 70, still have that scar above my eye, and the worst i was stung by a hornet in the NADS while riding on a warm sunny day only wearing thin loose fitting shorts, After all that i have been thru and done on motorcycles, i still love the feeling of climbing on a being in the wind as much as iowa weather lets me.
 
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Old Jan 13, 2004 | 11:15 PM
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Just an '82 Yamaha Virago 750 for now. Was planning on buying a new bike in the next year or so, but the new truck kinda changed my plans a little bit.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:20 AM
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phonebem, how do you like your Banshee? those things are wicked fast!

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i have a 1981 honda cx500 custom, i ride it quite ofton in the summer, i mainly like it because its loud and i can smoke the tire off for half a block.

I'll bet it does!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:26 AM
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I have a Yamaha V-star 1100 classic. I wanted a fat boy, but the budget would not allow that much $$$$.

Wick - Awsome bike, but I would like to take the Lear for a spin. :-)
You're more than welcome to come ride in the Lear... We take Visa, Master Card and American Express.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 11:39 AM
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No ride, so I haven't riden in two years. My first ride was a Honda Shadow, and then my last one was an Alpha Classic.
Miss riding!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 12:42 PM
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DAMN, I hate the Christmas card bills are comming in. AUGH
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 01:08 PM
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Originally posted by NH-Hottie
No ride, so I haven't riden in two years. My first ride was a Honda Shadow, and then my last one was an Alpha Classic.
Miss riding!
...Wellll...If ya ever find yerself single and in AZ, I'd volunteer to take ya riding......er....Motorcyle riding that is
 

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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 01:12 PM
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I ride mostly dirt; KTM 300, KTM 250, my son has a Yamaha YZ80,
and new 300 when the tax return comes!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 01:23 PM
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Wabiker. AZ is a little far for me.
How's the weather? Bet you can ride all year long.
It was -10 degrees when I was driving to work this morning. BBrrr!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 01:54 PM
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Ride a couple older bikes, a Suzuki GS 1100 and a Honda LeadWing GL1000. The ‘Wing is too quiet, not only don’t they see you, they don’t hear you too!
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:10 PM
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120,000 miles on BMW's befor I hung up my spurs on an inside curve in Tennessee about 8 years ago. I walked away from a 50MPH head-on with a Ford Ranger that destroyed both the truck and my bike. Never looked back and never got on another bike.
 
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Old Jan 14, 2004 | 02:16 PM
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thats is too bad
 
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