waylap Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 How about a thread of photos from long ago of you and the bike you were in love with. This here is a 1987 Honda Hurricane! Link to comment
SANTA Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 850 norton with dunstall kit Link to comment
StuGotz Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Cool photo's, but lets date 'em.. MB> Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 '86 K75C with Hannigan fairing, set up for Reg Pridmore's CLASS track school, at Moroso track in Florida. This was the bike I put most miles on, over 200K. I was a young 55. There will be more... Link to comment
Kinsley Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 I'm on the Briggs and Stratton 5hp with a football helmet spray painted to match My parents couldn't afford to keep up with the neighbors parents, so my Dad made my bike Date on the photo Link to comment
swmckinley Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Paul... Cool looking bike. I love that Hannigan fairing. Link to comment
Francois_Dumas Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Me and my brother (pillion) somewhere around 1957..... Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 1978 R100RS. Watch your comments. That's my lovely wife Maria. Link to comment
Kitsap Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 A lucky man in both instances Paul Link to comment
SageRider Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Honda CB400F taken 1976: Link to comment
sardineone Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Back around 1975 on my Suzuki T-500. And yes I wouldn't be caught dead riding with sandals anymore! Link to comment
g_frey Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Back then I could pack everything I owned into a duffle bag except the bike and truck. A camera was not part of the equation. I did not miss it then. Now a camera goes on every trip. Seems like I had to get married before we had a camera? Mostly we used it on long trips in the truck. The motorcycles I had back then were not conducive to two up travel or reliable either. Because of the lack of reliability I rarely went farther from town than I could walk back. Now as memory fades I would like to have photographs of back then but probably I would spend most of the time saying "where did that come from". Link to comment
Bullett Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Hey, is that Bud Man on your T-shirt? My pic was also taken in 1975. Link to comment
sardineone Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Good observation Sharon! Yes that was a Bud Man t-shirt I was wearing with that Suzuki T-500. Now that I'm back on the topic here's another past bike cira 1983'. Link to comment
Effjay Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 My new 1981 R100RS - somewhere in Switzerland Also sporting new Dianese leathers purchased on my BD in Riva Italy (still have 'em but they shrunk! ) Jeff Link to comment
OoPEZoO Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 (still have 'em but they shrunk! ) Uh huh Link to comment
eddd Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 1959 R26 Couldn't flat-foot then either I see. Link to comment
eddd Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Honda CB400F taken 1976: Micheal...any trouble keeping the hair out of your eyes and the bell bottoms out of the chain? Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 1976 R90S - with a younger fart... Link to comment
Deadboy Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 Easy Rider (but with a full face helmet). My trusty 1981 FXWG that I rode in early 90's in Seattle. Link to comment
Yeeha! Stephen Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 1975 Kawasaki Z-1 (1976 @ Green Valley Raceway, Texas) Link to comment
Hog_Man Posted December 5, 2008 Share Posted December 5, 2008 1966 Honda 160 Scrambler w/ my buddy Sam Link to comment
TEWKS Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 1986 Southwick Ma. Not sure if this was my favorite bike/trike but, I was definitely younger. Pat Link to comment
Huzband Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Holy hangin'-off roostin', Pat!!! That's really cool. Link to comment
Limecreek Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Washing my new Kawi GPZ Those shorts....what was I think'in. Link to comment
mswanton Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 It is a well documented phenomenon that, the longer something hangs in a closet the more it shrinks. Perhaps some day science will unlock the secret. Link to comment
Huzband Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Those shorts....what was I think'in. Well, you clearly weren't thinkin' that picture would be broadcast world-wide. Your legs are more over-exposed than the driveway. Link to comment
enfoman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I think my Ex burned my early pics Link to comment
SageRider Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Honda CB400F taken 1976: Micheal...any trouble keeping the hair out of your eyes and the bell bottoms out of the chain? Full face Bell helmet kept the hair out of the eyes (it was longer later on ) but the clothes were pretty typical at the time! Link to comment
RSR Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 The summer of 1984 with my first Motorcycle, a brand new V45 Saber. Link to comment
SpaceKing Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 Washing my new Kawi GPZ Those shorts....what was I think'in. "Took my GPZ out for a ride the engine felt good between my thighs the air was cool it was 40 degrees outside took a turn onto the Delaware gap sometimes I got lost and had to check the map stopped in a roadside dinner for a burger and a coke there was some country folk and some truckers inside somebody got themselves married and somebody died put some money in the jukebox and played a hillbilly song They was arguin' about football as I paid and went outside and I headed for the mountains feeling warm inside I love that GPZ so much that I could kiss her" Lou Reed, New Sensations Still my favorite song about a motorcycle and now I get to see a real GPZ!! (sorry for the hijack) Link to comment
SpaceKing Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 This is a GREAT thread!! Keep 'em coming. Link to comment
MAT2CHI Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 After riding ten years on the dirt I decided to buy a street bike in 1972. Below is a picture when I was only twenty on my new 1972 H-D XLH. Link to comment
Bob Allred Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 GREAT THREAD! Here's one of mine, Not so long ago, maybe '98? my first Beemer, waiting out a rain storm. All my other old bike pics are prints or slides, clear back to the 60's. I would like to know how to scan'em onto the computer. Link to comment
MAT2CHI Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 GREAT THREAD! Here's one of mine, Not so long ago, maybe '98? my first Beemer, waiting out a rain storm. All my other old bike pics are prints or slides, clear back to the 60's. I would like to know how to scan'em onto the computer. Buy a digital scanner for around $100 or, take a picture of your old photo with a digital camera and download it onto your computer. Then open a free photobucket.com account and you will be able to post them. Below is a photo of me playing the saxophone that I took with my digital camera from a picture in my high school yearbook. Link to comment
Exploreinman Posted December 6, 2008 Share Posted December 6, 2008 I agree. Great thread! Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Â Year 1971. Helmet was a Premier. $10.00 Bike 1967 Bridgestone 175cc. Not the most favorite MC I've owned but I salvaged it out from under a tree in Highland Park, CA covered in leaves and no title. It ran well and had fun with it. Shortly afterward I sold it and bought a 1971 H1 Kawasaki. Link to comment
Paul Mihalka Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 One more... 1955 Triumph Tiger 110 with a very young fart... Link to comment
dhanson Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 I must not have carried a camera in the early days, can't find anything before the Shadow 1100. Spent a lot time on a TM250MX Suzuki in early 70's, then 3 cylinder 2 stroke 550cc suzuki. Then HD superglide in 74, next was Magna 65 1100cc, shadow 1100cc (must have started to mellow, ha). Another HD, FXDX twincam 99 model, then first beemer the current GT. When you change wife's the pictures usually get dumped and start over, sigh. Jean was the reason I bought the Shadow 1100, we were dating and I discovered she liked motorcycles, hmmmm. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 1984 Honda Sabre 700cc V-4 with a Pichler Fairing. This bike was truly a great one-up touring bike. I loved every mile on it. Photo taken around 1987. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 My '90 Connie. A very worthy sport touring bike. I picked this bike up in 1991 for 5K with only 1200 miles on the clock. Photo taken in Mendocino County, Ca in 1995. Link to comment
CoarsegoldKid Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 The bikes here are my '78 GS1000 Suzuki and a '81 Yamaha 500 Seca that was Juanita's first real road bike. The Suzie had Yoshimura goodies, smooth bores and frame mods and cantilevered Konis, and a small Shoei handlebar fairing I borrowed for the trip. This photo was taken in 1982 on a trip into Humboldt County. The was road 25 miles of dirt taking us west into the Redwoods. Memorable trip! I was still younger. Really. Link to comment
BanjoBoy Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 Not my favorite, but this fine '71 Honda 175 Scramble (see the high pipes?) started this dreadful addiction I have to riding the open road. I didn't need a helmet, the hair would cushion my melon in a fall! Andy Link to comment
Gary in Aus Posted December 7, 2008 Share Posted December 7, 2008 An exquisite motorcySubject: Re: Picture thread: Younger you on a favorite bike 850 norton with dunstall kit cle . Link to comment
TEWKS Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Bike: 1981 Suzuki GS1100es. Pictures: 1982 I was 18 years old when I bought this bike & it's my favorite bike of that era because of all the stupid pet tricks I got away with while owning it. I would never ride like this today for more than the obvious reasons. Believe me, there would be way more exposed flesh & friends, that ain't a good thing. Bottom pic: myself & a big bull moose standing across the Kennebec River from me. Pat Link to comment
RevRay Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 1980, Some place in New Hampshire RR Link to comment
OlGeezer Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 1978 R100RS. Watch your comments. That's my lovely wife Maria. Sooo...I can't even say "Nice jugs"? Link to comment
OlGeezer Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Primitive Sport Touring: 1974 Kawasaki Z-1 900cc Picture was taken in the summer of 1975 near Jemez Springs, NM (a pretty fascinating place). The Stars and Stripes helmet was hand painted by my sister for a birthday present. Note the prototype model of a Camelbak. I never did think of putting water in it, though. Link to comment
DaveTheAffable Posted December 8, 2008 Share Posted December 8, 2008 Me and my 1987 FJ1200, in 1989. That was my most loved bike up to that point. 15 years later, missing my FJ landed me on a K1200RS. Great thread idea... Link to comment
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