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11-27-2008, 10:10 PM
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I started riding when my older brother came home with a mini bike when I was in 9th grade. We rode the wheels off that thing and eventually I bought a real motorcycle right after I got out of high school. Been riding ever since.
How about others here?
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11-27-2008, 10:21 PM
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Originally Posted by pogo seat  I started riding when my older brother came home with a mini bike when I was in 9th grade. We rode the wheels off that thing and eventually I bought a real motorcycle right after I got out of high school. Been riding ever since.
How about others here? | Back in '60 my dad brought home a Globe Safety scooter for me. I soon graduated to a '55 Cushman Eagle, then to a '57 Super Eagle, Then to a '47 Servicar. More that 100 bikes since then, as for a few years I made my living traveling and buying stashes of bikes. Hauling them home and reselling them. Large piles of bikes like the ones from former H-D dealer Koch in Denver, Charlie in Albuquerque, Curly's Outpost Motorcycles in Rosebud, MO. Lotsa bikes outta Mexico.
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11-28-2008, 04:33 PM
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My best friend's Dad owned the local Honda shop in the late 60s. They taught me to ride a 175 scrambler. Took me to my first scrambles race. Turned 18, moved out, and bought my first bike. All down hill since then! 
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11-28-2008, 06:16 PM
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Good friends of our family had an escourt business and he bought all the pans and moto-guzis from the Seattle PD. When I was little he would give us rides. As I got a little older he had a Honda trail 50 or 70, I can't remember and he used to let us ride that. When I turned 15 I bought a Kawi 100 and started racing and it has been a long race to see how many I can put under my legs since. I am thinkin sport bike (2nd childhood).
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11-28-2008, 07:53 PM
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I worked my way through college and couln't afford a car so I bought a used Sears. I don't remember the model. It had two pistons but only one spark plug. It got me through 7 years of woking full time and going to school. I have been riding ever since but never had a new bike until 2001.
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11-28-2008, 07:53 PM
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Originally Posted by handensco Good friends of our family had an escourt business and he bought all the pans and moto-guzis from the Seattle PD. When I was little he would give us rides. As I got a little older he had a Honda trail 50 or 70, I can't remember and he used to let us ride that. When I turned 15 I bought a Kawi 100 and started racing and it has been a long race to see how many I can put under my legs since. I am thinkin sport bike (2nd childhood).
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david | Hang on a second. When you were younger your friend owned an escort service and you got free rides? 
What's that got to do with motorcycles? 
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11-28-2008, 08:45 PM
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For me ???? It all started when me Pappy was on leave from military service. Mom was carrying me around in her pouch. Pappy said....OK girl ! Hop on ! A few miles on the WLA brought me forth !  |
11-29-2008, 07:26 AM
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Started on a Honda 90 street bike at 10 years old riding it in the dirt. The fever just kept getting worse over the years. Had to keep moving up bigger and better.
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11-29-2008, 07:30 AM
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Honda 50 for me in 1971, then a 305 Suprhawk, then a Suzuki 500 Titan, then a Honda 750 in 1976.
Eventually I discovered Harleys and have been fortunate enough to have owned many wonderful Harleys and Indians since then.  |
11-29-2008, 10:29 AM
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Flathead, not that kind of escourt service. Limo's an bikes. I believe he escourted the Beatles through Seattle when they were there in 64 cause I got to go to the concert. Police type escourts and there were always some cops around.
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