Anything to do with Motorcycles.

[squatting dog]

Tabernac! Maybe it was a 100. I forget. it looked like that and it was small.

RR. could be. something along this line maybe... (CB100 or 100R) I had the green one, (called it the "Frog"). Used to practice wheelstands with it.

 

[RadishRose]

RR. could be. something along this line maybe... (CB100 or 100R) I had the green one, (called it the "Frog"). Used to practice wheelstands with it.



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More like the red one/ Thanks Dog,

 

[Twostep]

I did have a Honda Passport including the shopping basket on the handle bar.

 

[againstthegrain]

Signed up for a 2 day riding class called ChampSchool put on by Yamaha Champions Riding School. I have been out riding on my Yamaha XT-250 a few times getting a feel for limited traction in a low consequence environment. I've only been riding since July/24. The location is slightly west of Craters of the Moon NP.






The end of a lava flow.

 

[EmptyCup]

Signed up for a 2 day riding class called ChampSchool put on by Yamaha Champions Riding School. I have been out riding on my Yamaha XT-250 a few times getting a feel for limited traction in a low consequence environment. I've only been riding since July/24. The location is slightly west of Craters of the Moon NP.



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You might want to look into a skid plate and some hand guards if going off-road. I learned the hard way what happens when one doesn’t have those accessories. And a chest/body armor, but you probably already know that. I could have avoided several foolish injuries, if only I had been more sensible with protection. Oh, well. Great fun though, isn’t it!

 

[smiley]

Had Dot scrambler once - very sensitive to tune up correctly - but once it kicked it it took off flying with front wheel in the air!!

 

[againstthegrain]

You might want to look into a skid plate and some hand guards if going off-road. I learned the hard way what happens when one doesn’t have those accessories. And a chest/body armor, but you probably already know that. I could have avoided several foolish injuries, if only I had been more sensible with protection. Oh, well. Great fun though, isn’t it!

I'm big on all aspects of MC safety. I do have and use the full variety of safety gear. The hand guards would be great especially right now w cold temps. And it is fun, and I live in a very nice area for riding, but only 7-8 months a year.

 

[JeeperDon]

Me, 50 years ago, 1975 Honda 750 Super Sport 4 cyl, bored out to 811 by Yoshimura. My home made Crotch Rocket before they were called Crotch Rockets. I hauled it around in the Dodge van.

 

[The Doddering Biker]

Got my first motorcycle two years ago and I am now addicted. It's become an obsession.

I currently have a 2023 Triumph Bonneville T100.

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I had a few bikes back when. One was a Norton 750, another was a Trident Bonneville. The Norton was under powered but handled very well. The Triumph Trident didn't last too long. It developed a strange side to side rocking movement as the speed increased to about 50 mph. It was rather uncontrollable and dangerous. I got fed up with the under powered English stuff compared to a comparable sized Japanese bike. There was no comparison. I went Japanese for the rest of the 65 years I rode bikes.

My last was a Honda Goldwing. I had to finally get off it at age eighty. I still miss those backroads. Screw those dangerous expressways which I only used to get out of the city. Once out, it was onto a near empty backroad and speeding along those long green walls of corn or forest with my wife on the back.

 

[againstthegrain]

Craters of the Moon, 3/10/25. Temps high 20's °F and low 30's °F, winds steady 10 mph, gusting to 30 mph.

 

[Dave03]

I'll never ride motorcycles.

I mean, I get it. There's a thrill, a freedom, that comes with riding one.

But my fear of crashing is greater than any thrill I might get riding one.

 

[againstthegrain]

Silver Creek on the Yamaha XT250.

 

[casportpony]

Got my first motorcycle two years ago and I am now addicted. It's become an obsession.

I currently have a 2023 Triumph Bonneville T100.

Beautiful!

 

[PeppermintPatty]

Me, 50 years ago, 1975 Honda 750 Super Sport 4 cyl, bored out to 811 by Yoshimura. My home made Crotch Rocket before they were called Crotch Rockets. I hauled it around in the Dodge van.

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Is this the colour when you bought it or did you paint it?

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I had a Honda 110 street bike back in the 70's.. can't recall the year but it was early. Jump start. Looked something like this-

You had a bike too? That’s awesome. Did you get your licence to drive it on the road?
Did you have full leathers?
How long did you have it for?


I had a Suzuki 400 and a Kawasaki Ninja and LOVED riding them.

 

[JeeperDon]

Is this the colour when you bought it or did you paint it?

I had it painted, helmet too. The black on the finned piston section of the motor was me too, when I had it apart. I also upholstered the seat myself.

 

[PeppermintPatty]

I had it painted, helmet too. The black on the finned piston section of the motor was me too, when I had it apart. I also upholstered the seat myself.

That’s a LOT of work. You must have really been into biking. When I was younger I went out with a guy who was a bike mechanic. He did that same thing as you. Replaced stock parts for better ones . He did a bit of work on my Suzuki also. I had K & N filters and some other stuff done.

 

[squatting dog]

Me, 50 years ago, 1975 Honda 750 Super Sport 4 cyl, bored out to 811 by Yoshimura. My home made Crotch Rocket before they were called Crotch Rockets. I hauled it around in the Dodge van.

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Sweet color. Years ago I painted my BSA with some left over Panther Pink from when my brother painted his car.
Just a few years ago, to prove I still had it, I painted my friends girl friends Sporty.