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Brighton
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:10 am: | 
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As long as we're strolling down memory lane...
I recall the Honda CB750 with a little sadness. It helped make motorcycles more about function instead of form, dependability instead of beauty.
As a young boy I had a real passion for Triumphs (and Nortons and BSA's). Yes, years later when I actually _owned_ a few British bikes I learned that looks aren't everything.
But no matter how ground-breaking the CB750 was, nothing is as beautiful as a late Sixties Bonneville. |
Luftkoph
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:21 am: |
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But no matter how ground-breaking the CB750 was, nothing is as beautiful as a late Sixties Bonneville.
Not too me, they were old slow clunkers,
My H1 1973 I was 16
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Cyclonedon
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:58 am: |
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I also owned a Kawasaki H1 500 triple and I NEVER saw Honda that could compete with my Kawasaki. I survived the widow maker! |
Brighton
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 01:00 am: |
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In a straight line your H1 was ok.
But the H1 was notorious for having a rubber-band frame with a hinge in the middle.
On a twisty road around any curve it would shudder, wobble and weave and scare the poop out of even the best riders. |
Reepicheep
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 09:26 am: |
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500 cc kawasaki triple... with drum brakes. What could go wrong?!?! 
I restored one of those 71 Bison (250 cc rotary valve two stroke). Those motors were STRONG. |
Dr_greg
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:03 pm: |
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Hey those are great old pics. That was a great time and place to be 23 years old. You also had a lot more disposable cash in your youth than I ever did, more power to ya.
What I had was a very loving Depression-era father, and the luck to be an only child. He worked like a dog to give me the things he never had. I was one of those fortunate kids whom indulgence didn't ruin (I think).
I wish I could have done as well by my own four boys, but unfortunately I think not.
--Doc
PS. Re the Mach III: In grad school in the Bay Area in 1970 I got suckered into the Marin County "Sunday Morning Ride" one weekend. Had quite a battle with a Mach III---I unknowingly ran the toll booth at the Golden Gate coming back into SF, but he (I was leading) paid my toll! Mach III riders were good guys... |
Uly_man
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 12:10 pm: |
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What a bunch of crap? We have it here in the UK. Old dogs into old school rubbish thinking a 69 Ford Escort is something special. You need, and at that age, medical help. |
Luftkoph
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 01:47 pm: |
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Uly man I like your sarcastic
wit, ole sock. |
Brighton
| | Posted on Sunday, March 31, 2013 - 05:21 pm: |
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Now that's art. |
Ftd
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - 11:00 am: |
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My newest bike. Donor bike was a clapped out 1966 Trophy.
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Whitelightning99
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - 12:59 pm: |
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1 month after my purchase of a '71 Mach III, 1 hour fresh out of the Navy and my first motorcycle, I saw the error of my ways and bought a new 71 Norton Commando. I'm fortunate to have survived the Kawasaki. I miss that Commando, drum brakes and all. |
Zac4mac
| | Posted on Tuesday, April 02, 2013 - 10:34 pm: |
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A little 500 Daytona I built for my first wife.
Z
<edit> It started out as 2 rolling chassis and 3 motors... all in boxes.
(Message edited by zac4mac on April 02, 2013) |
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