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Kaw worship- describe what your bike means to you.
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26 May 2010 10:53 #371057
by 1981jmotor
1981 Kawasaki CSR 1000
First bike ever at 14 years old was 1969 Honda CL 175.
Bought a brand new Honda CM400T at 16 years old in 1979.
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Kawickrice wrote:
My dad brought my CL175 home laying over on its side in the back of a white Ford pickup with a camper shell- he paid $50 for it. It would smoke badly when I rode it at interstate speeds.
I used to go riding with my best friend, who had a Benelli 250. We were climbing hills one time, and he broke a chain link while my old Honda made it. My friend is long gone.
That old Cl175 was not much in retrospect, but to a 14 year old, is was my key to the world. In OKlahoma, I was able to get a MC license at 14.
1981jmotor wrote:
I find much in common with Irishwill, and I have come to realize why I always look forward to riding my bike.
The 2 Hondas I had( check my sig below) were an absolute dreamland for me when I was a young man. I had a lot of pain and confusion going on with my parents, and I could not understand, but when I got on my old CL 175, or later my CM 400, I was free, and I was happy.
Tears are rolling down my cheeks as I write this. I got hooked on hard drugs about 2003, and I got 6 months clean now. I lost everything- drugs can take everything, health, hope, relationships. I am not the same man I was before 2003, and when I get on my Kaw now, it takes me back to that free and happy young man I was. When life was ahead of me. Now I am 46, and the most beautiful, healthy, admirable, thing I got going--- is my 30 year old Kawasaki.
Glad to hear you are fighting the demons and staying sober. I have a shirt that says " You will never find a motorcycle in a psychiatrists parking lot" riding is my therapy always has been always will be.
You talking about having your Honda at 14 brings back memerories for me too. I had a 71 CL175 when I was 14. I can still se that funky exhaust under my leg.
My dad brought my CL175 home laying over on its side in the back of a white Ford pickup with a camper shell- he paid $50 for it. It would smoke badly when I rode it at interstate speeds.
I used to go riding with my best friend, who had a Benelli 250. We were climbing hills one time, and he broke a chain link while my old Honda made it. My friend is long gone.
That old Cl175 was not much in retrospect, but to a 14 year old, is was my key to the world. In OKlahoma, I was able to get a MC license at 14.
1981 Kawasaki CSR 1000
First bike ever at 14 years old was 1969 Honda CL 175.
Bought a brand new Honda CM400T at 16 years old in 1979.
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26 May 2010 20:19 #371253
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Nate
Nates vintage bike axiom: Riding is the reward for time spent wrenching.
Murphys corollary: Wrenching is the result of time spent riding.
1979 KZ650 (Complete!)
1979 KZ650 SR (Sold!)
1979 KL250 (For sale)
1994 Bayou 400 (four wheel peel
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What my KZ means to me? It means I ain't ridin' a damned V-twin! :woohoo:
Nate
Nates vintage bike axiom: Riding is the reward for time spent wrenching.
Murphys corollary: Wrenching is the result of time spent riding.
1979 KZ650 (Complete!)
1979 KZ650 SR (Sold!)
1979 KL250 (For sale)
1994 Bayou 400 (four wheel peel
)
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