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Dimitri

"notbob" > wrote in message
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> On 2009-05-01, > wrote:
>
>>>Had a few, 350 yammy, 750 Kaw triple, 650 BSA, and then I was insane
>>>and bought a Ducati 900 ( 0 to 160Km. 5 sec), got rid of it in 1999
>>>No more bikes, perfer four wheels...
>>
>>
>> The 750 kaw was 1971 I think, first year they were available. Loved
>> that bike, but miss my BSA more....wanging nostalgic
>
> I did a couple years as a motorcycle mechanic, one, the sole mechanic at a
> Yamaha shop in OR. Not too many bikes I haven't owned or at least ridden,
> be it German, Brit, US, or Ital.
>
> Kawy triples were a hoot. I road dozens cuz owners couldn't keep their
> finger off the trigger and most of them, specially the 750s, rarely made
> 5K
> miles before needing a new top end. I used to ride 'em home after
> rebuilding. They were scary fast, but didn't handle for dammit. I was
> almost tossed off one accelerating through an S turn when the frame did an
> excellent impersonation of a rubberband.
>
> I also finally sold all my bikes and opted for 4 wheels, cuz, as a fellow
> geezer ex-biker so elequently put it, "I don't bounce worth a damn,
> anymore".
>
> nb

My last was a fight with a dry river bed I forgot was there and that I
figured I could jump it my yammer hammer 360 MX. Damn near made it too.
Bikes is 1 area almost is NO GOOD. Road rash was a bitch.

DC