I got my MC stamp in 1963. Had to, the cops knew I had a an Indian Chief and they were laying in waite for me.
Why ? I can't remember back that far. I think it had something to do with wild women and the knowledge that I couldn't sing.
I got my MC stamp in 1963. Had to, the cops knew I had a an Indian Chief and they were laying in waite for me.
Why ? I can't remember back that far. I think it had something to do with wild women and the knowledge that I couldn't sing.
got my 1980 Honda 400cc enduro? - painted it Viper yellow... when I was 14-15... mid 90's. I think I picked ut up to ride w/ my step-dad... or just be cool in school...
Learned to rode on the gravel roads by my house. On day 2 a buffalo got out of a pen and chased me for a 1/4 mile or so - I quickly learned my first quick u-turn -
I got my MC stamp in 1963. Had to, the cops knew I had a an Indian Chief and they were laying in waite for me.
Why ? I can't remember back that far. I think it had something to do with wild women and the knowledge that I couldn't sing.
I am sorry for your illness bud. I am glad you have recovered and are living life to the fullest.
I started riding as a kid because my friend had a little mini-bike and it was soo cool! I had to beg my parents to get me a bike...My dad's cousin perished in a motorcycle accident way back in the day so a bike was out of the question. Mom came through though.
I had a dirt bike as a kid (197x) Yamaha DT 100. thanks to mom.
Owned a 1984 Honda NightHawk 650 for 3 or so years...sold it to get married :roll: not a bad thing but I loved that bike. I really wish I still had that bike. It was like a cross between a crotch rocket and a cruiser. Best bike I ever owned.
Purchased a 2007 C50 20 someodd years later.
purchased a 2007 Kawi Nomad holdover in 08.
Life is good....I am doing my damedest to enjoy it...within reason of course.
My car died and being a European version I had to wait weeks for parts to be delivered. Pre Fedex days! My neighbor was going to the field and asked if I had ever ridden on a motorcycle, I said yes. He gave me the keys to his 185cc, so I learned to ride going to work that next morning. That was 1972 and it is now when?
I remember my dad riding a little Honda for a short time when I was in grade school. My younger brother learned early on on dirt bikes with his friends. I always wanted to ride, but thought it too difficult to learn.
My brother tried to teach me many years ago in our backyard, which ended up with me wiping out and a nasty exhaust burn on my calf. That put that fire out for many years.
Then in Sep. of '06 (at 41) I took the MSF course. I figured it was then or never. Haven't looked back since.
Started on an '06 S40, then an '07 C50, and now my Vulcan.
Got my Honda Mini Trail 50 when I was 8 or 9 in the early seventies when Evil Kniveil was larger than life to kids my age. Though I never took the dare devil route I enjoyed riding and have never been more than a couple of mounths without a bike scince then. Ill be 45 in a couple of weeks no intension of stoppin now.
I was 16 and bought my first bike in March 1965, a month after getting my driver's license. I thought it would help attract the opposite sex. The bike didn't do much good for a short, ugly guy like me, but it did wonders for my attitude. I first bought a 1965 Bridgestone 50 with a step-through frame (yes, the tire company made bikes back then) and, by 1967, had gone through a few others including an ancient HD with a suicide clutch that damned near killed me several times, a Ducati 250 Monza for hill climbs and a Honda 305 Dream. Along the way, thanks to the attitude change, the girls -- and even a couple "old" women in their 20s -- began to find me a lot less homely.
Of all the motorcycles through the years, and there's been a bunch, I think my 2002 Volusia has been the best.
I'm in this for probably 6 or 7 years now. My younger brother had a bike before that. We're east coast guys. Our sister was living in CA. He tells me at one point, "You should get a bike, and then we'll ride cross country to go see Kate." For whatever reason, that resonated. I started looking for what fit my arse best, found a used bike on the old VOL website, and started.
Never made it to CA. My sister has now moved to TX, as have my parents, and I haven't ridden there yet either. Eventually will, now that I've got some vacation time accrued.
Started out about 1973 on a Harley 90 trail bike. Why- give a 8yo boy something that has wheels and he don't have to have a reason to try and
injure himself! :lol:
As a kid I had a KX80 for a few years, it probably went away when my parents got divorced. But I did learn to ride on it. I guess I was maybe 8 years old or so.
High school was anything and everything to do with fast cars, and that was certainly my focus. So no motorcycle when I was in high school, which was probably a good thing!
After I joined the Navy I was stationed in Lemoore, CA and for the pricey sum of $600 I bought a YZ125 complete with a full set of riding gear. I was 19 at the time and I had a respectable dirt bike!
Had it and only rode on the dirt for a few years, sold it when I went on cruise one time. When I came back and bought a Yamaha R6 from a marine who was getting a divorce. We would ride up into the redwoods and camp and ride we really had a great time, lots of guys had CBR 900's or GSX'R 750's, but I was pretty happy with the R6. My insurance was also 20% of theirs.
Lots of guys went down doing things they shouldn't have been doing, I think hanging out with a group of 20 or so sport bikes made me a better rider because I was afraid of THEM!
Had it until I moved from California to Florida, sold it, about a year later, bought a brand new Harley Sportster 1200 C after I got out, the Harley was a POS, it just didn't do anything well, so I sold it, bought the Honda 919, which I still have and recently had the itch for a cruiser so I bought the Boulevard last November. I can't believe how much I ride the Boulevard instead of the 919. Its really a fun bike. I almost bought a Can-Am Spyder, after a demo ride in Fort Worth a few years back, but I figured it was more of a novelty item than a motorcycle, so I passed on it.
I bought my 1st bike in Feb '74 .... a '73 Honda CB450 ... bought that model because I could afford the payments ... I did not do a bit of research. When I started moving around with my job, I had less time or interest in riding, so I sold it.
Eventually I got married and had a son ..... but every time I saw a motorcyclist, the old urges flared up. My wife is not a risk taker at all - except for marrying me - so, motorcycles were a no-no.
About 4 years ago, she saw me staring at a group of riders going by and just simply stated .... "Oh hell, go ahead and get one. But I will be nervous every time you ride it."
I figured my budget .... made my wish list ... and found a really big gap. After 6 or 7 months of looking at every bike for sale within 80 miles, I found my 05C50 on a Saturday morning at a dealer. It was traded in the night before. Everything fell into place and now 13,000 miles later I can say I have no regrets with this bike.
I guess I got into riding by accident. My parents bought me a little Honda R50 for my birthday when I was about 9 years old. I drove all around the yard and the neighborhood on that little thing. Eventually I went up to a 125 (I think it was a Suzuki). My parents had Rebel 250's and one day when I was about 12 or 13 I decided I'd teach myself how to ride that bike and eventually drove it all around the neighborhood.
I always had a passion for riding and really missed the freedom. Now I work in a suit wearing, conservative environment (which is not my personality at all) and I needed some balance, so....
Many years passed and in January 2010 I bought a 2003 Volusia. I'm 29 now, so it has been about 16 years since I had ridden. I told my wife I wanted a dog and a bike. She told me one or the other. Since she's allergic to dogs I figured I'd get the bike. Before I bought the Volusia I took the MSF BRC and got my license.
So, recently I've been driving about 4 months. In total, if you count those years when I was really young (which I don't), I've been riding about 4.5 years. I totally dig it too.
Like a lot of posts here, I started on a mini bike (a friend's Honda QA-50) in the mid 70's when I was 10 or 11, then went in half with a buddy on a Kaw 80 dirt bike in high school. Traded some work for a Honda 125 dirt/street bike in the early 80's but it never did run right. Sold it and never thought much more about a bike as marriage and kids came along. Started thinking about a bike again when gas went thru the roof a few years ago and bought my 03 Vol. Been loving it ever since. One of my greatest joys (and, at the same time, sorrow) is the memories of riding with my daughter Jenny, who recently passed away. She loved to ride every chance she'd get and I feel like she is always with me wherever I go on the bike.
I guess I got into riding by accident. My parents bought me a little Honda R50 for my birthday when I was about 9 years old. I drove all around the yard and the neighborhood on that little thing. Eventually I went up to a 125 (I think it was a Suzuki). My parents had Rebel 250's and one day when I was about 12 or 13 I decided I'd teach myself how to ride that bike and eventually drove it all around the neighborhood.
I always had a passion for riding and really missed the freedom. Now I work in a suit wearing, conservative environment (which is not my personality at all) and I needed some balance, so....
Many years passed and in January 2010 I bought a 2003 Volusia. I'm 29 now, so it has been about 16 years since I had ridden. I told my wife I wanted a dog and a bike. She told me one or the other. Since she's allergic to dogs I figured I'd get the bike. Before I bought the Volusia I took the MSF BRC and got my license.
So, recently I've been driving about 4 months. In total, if you count those years when I was really young (which I don't), I've been riding about 4.5 years. I totally dig it too.
Like a lot of posts here, I started on a mini bike (a friend's Honda QA-50) in the mid 70's when I was 10 or 11, then went in half with a buddy on a Kaw 80 dirt bike in high school. Traded some work for a Honda 125 dirt/street bike in the early 80's but it never did run right. Sold it and never thought much more about a bike as marriage and kids came along. Started thinking about a bike again when gas went thru the roof a few years ago and bought my 03 Vol. Been loving it ever since. One of my greatest joys (and, at the same time, sorrow) is the memories of riding with my daughter Jenny, who recently passed away. She loved to ride every chance she'd get and I feel like she is always with me wherever I go on the bike.
I'm in this for probably 6 or 7 years now. My younger brother had a bike before that. We're east coast guys. Our sister was living in CA. He tells me at one point, "You should get a bike, and then we'll ride cross country to go see Kate." For whatever reason, that resonated. I started looking for what fit my arse best, found a used bike on the old VOL website, and started.
Never made it to CA. My sister has now moved to TX, as have my parents, and I haven't ridden there yet either. Eventually will, now that I've got some vacation time accrued.
I almost bought a Can-Am Spyder, after a demo ride in Fort Worth a few years back, but I figured it was more of a novelty item than a motorcycle, so I passed on it.
I guess I got into riding by accident. My parents bought me a little Honda R50 for my birthday when I was about 9 years old. I drove all around the yard and the neighborhood on that little thing. Eventually I went up to a 125 (I think it was a Suzuki). My parents had Rebel 250's and one day when I was about 12 or 13 I decided I'd teach myself how to ride that bike and eventually drove it all around the neighborhood.
I always had a passion for riding and really missed the freedom. Now I work in a suit wearing, conservative environment (which is not my personality at all) and I needed some balance, so....
Many years passed and in January 2010 I bought a 2003 Volusia. I'm 29 now, so it has been about 16 years since I had ridden. I told my wife I wanted a dog and a bike. She told me one or the other. Since she's allergic to dogs I figured I'd get the bike. Before I bought the Volusia I took the MSF BRC and got my license.
So, recently I've been driving about 4 months. In total, if you count those years when I was really young (which I don't), I've been riding about 4.5 years. I totally dig it too.
I've rode dirt bikes since I was a little kid. When I turned 16 (1995) I bought a 87 xl250. Got my motorcycle licence and put several thousand miles on that one. When I got out of school I bought a 98 yzf600 to ride to college and back on. I put 25,000 miles on that bike the first two years I rode it. All my buddies said it would never last that long because it was a sport bike. I took care of the maintenance on it and rode the s*%t out of it. I even bought a set of race plastic for it and took it to the track several times with over 30,000 miles on it. I then sold that bike in 2004 and bought my vl800. Getting married and having kids and also most of my friends have sold their bikes, I just don't seem to ride as much now. I almost forgot one of the coolest bikes I ever had. I picked up a klr650 in 01-02. Kept it for a few years and rode it alot. It was my cruiser at the time because it was so nice to ride. I sold because I needed the money and I have missed it ever since. Well thats my story in the short form. Lets ride.
My parents always said no to the idea of a motorcycle. In 1965, (I was married and 24 yrs old) I bought my first bike - Honda S90. I've had a bike most of the time since then. So far, I've seen 44 of the 50 state on two wheels.
I started in 2004 at the age of 53. I was always interested, but always got steered away by other things. And since the kids were all grown and moved away, I thought to myself better do it now or it's never gonna happen. Haven't regretted it at all. If you could see under my full-face helmet while I'm riding, you'd see one of the stupidest grins ever.
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