Leonard Blaisdell wrote:
> In article >,
> notbob > wrote:
>
>> My weirdest bike was the Sears Allstate 250, the legenday Puch "twingle". It
>> handled like a waterbed, but was stone-axe in both reliability and design.
>> Never failed to start or run. Despite it's 250cc engine capacity, it only
>> generated a monster 15hp and could cruise at a smokin' 60mph (wfo!) all day
>> long. Owning this bike was the source of much hilarity in a world of Kawy
>> 350 Avenger twins which could easily smoke an HD Sporster.
>
> I had four bikes. A HD Topper, a Honda 90 (90 cc), a Yamaha DT-1B
> (250cc) and a Yamaha RT-1 (360cc). I still have the DT-1B that I took my
> DW on her first motorcycle ride thirty nine years ago. Sniffle.
> I remember The Allstates and Puchs which were pronounced Pukes.
> I don't believe puke was a widely accepted word in the late sixties, but
> I'm too lazy to look it up.
>
> leo

My first bike <?> was a 90 Vespa. My neighbour was selling it for $25.
Hitchhikers used to laugh at me, but I wasn't the one standing at the
side of the road begging for a ride, and it costs me close to 30 cents a
week for gas to get me to school and to work. The next one was a
Kawasaki 150cc <?> dirt/street bike. I had a lot of fun on that. then I
bought a 350 Honda dirt/street bike. I got rid of that one in 1973. Two
years ago I had a mid life crisis and got a Honda Shadow. It's a great
bike. It is only 600CC, but that is plenty for me for tooling around on
the back roads here. No point in paying the extra for a big HD, paying
the extra insurance for an HD and getting worse mielage than I get with
my car.




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