Author Topic: Show us your old pic of you and your bike (Read 6381 times)

rtbmrgl · « **on:** October 29, 2013, 04:02:54 pm »

Don't know if this has been done yet, lets see those old pics of you and your bike.

Here's me with my 1974 CB750 I bought used in 1976.

Bailgang · « **Reply #1 on:** October 29, 2013, 04:36:23 pm »

I'll have to finally figure out the scanner on my printer for that but I'll dig something up.

rtbmrgl · « **Reply #2 on:** October 29, 2013, 06:49:13 pm »

Great

bwaller · « **Reply #3 on:** October 29, 2013, 07:35:00 pm »

This was 1973 in NH on the way to Laconia. Lousy picture but that's my bike & I in the road.

CycleRanger · « **Reply #4 on:** October 29, 2013, 07:39:17 pm »

Lots of pix here.

http://forums.sohc4.net/index.php?topic=26499.0

DH · « **Reply #5 on:** October 30, 2013, 08:22:22 am »

Me and my second 750. W/sis & our friend "Taurus". Summer '74. I was 16.

mrbreeze · « **Reply #6 on:** October 30, 2013, 12:15:03 pm »

Not a very good pic of the bike but this is me, my mom, and my sons posing by my 74 Kawi 900Z1 around 1980.

JeffSTL · « **Reply #7 on:** October 30, 2013, 02:37:03 pm »

Quote from: DH on October 30, 2013, 08:22:22 am

Me and my second 750. W/sis & our friend "Taurus". Summer '74. I was 16.

Just a question, how in the hell do you afford a second 750 when you are sixteen?

Bailgang · « **Reply #8 on:** October 30, 2013, 03:42:24 pm »

How about Bonneville 1972 I think. A full tank of gas in my mini bike + Bonneville Salt Flats= Oh yeah I had fun.
The guy in the leathers is my oldest brother and the bike is a 1960 sumtin Kawasaki 250 maybe 350 T1. Not really sure what it was called but it was a 2cyl rotary valve 2 stroke.

Stev-o · « **Reply #9 on:** October 30, 2013, 03:44:48 pm »

Quote from: mrbreeze on October 30, 2013, 12:15:03 pm

Not a very good pic of the bike but this is me, my mom, and my sons posing by my 74 Kawi 900Z1 around 1980.

Bet you still had the Z, Breeze? I'm restoring a '75...

DH · « **Reply #10 on:** October 30, 2013, 06:01:41 pm »

Quote from: JeffSTL on October 30, 2013, 02:37:03 pm

Quote from: DH on October 30, 2013, 08:22:22 am
Me and my second 750. W/sis & our friend "Taurus". Summer '74. I was 16.

Just a question, how in the hell do you afford a second 750 when you are sixteen?

Dad got a loan from the bank in his name and I made the payments back to him.
I went to boarding school during the winter, so I made the $59.00 per mo.
payments in 12 weekly installments during the summers of '74, '75, '76. I made a $600.00
profit on a k3 (my first 750) that I sold just a few months before this pic was taken. Worked 40 hr.
work weeks doing landscape and maintenance. Hard, hot, and dirty work, but man was it worth it

That bike was a chick magnet too.

rtbmrgl · « **Reply #11 on:** October 31, 2013, 08:45:05 am »

Me in 1967 on my first motorcycle, a 1965 Honda S90. That's my Grandma taking a ride on the wild side.

rtbmrgl · « **Reply #12 on:** October 31, 2013, 01:09:30 pm »

Quote from: Bailgang on October 30, 2013, 03:42:24 pm

How about Bonneville 1972 I think. A full tank of gas in my mini bike + Bonneville Salt Flats= Oh yeah I had fun.
The guy in the leathers is my oldest brother and the bike is a 1960 sumtin Kawasaki 250 maybe 350 T1. Not really sure what it was called but it was a 2cyl rotary valve 2 stroke.

Any idea what the speed was on the Kaw?

mrbreeze · « **Reply #13 on:** October 31, 2013, 01:27:04 pm »

Quote from: rtbmrgl on October 31, 2013, 08:45:05 am

Me in 1967 on my first motorcycle, a 1965 Honda S90. That's my Grandma taking a ride on the wild side.

My first bike was a Honda super 90 when I was around 12-13 yrs old but I don't have any pics of it. Man............I always cringe when I see bare feet on a motorbike

.............you don't roll like that nowadays I hope!!!!

Bailgang · « **Reply #14 on:** October 31, 2013, 03:36:38 pm »

Quote from: rtbmrgl on October 31, 2013, 01:09:30 pm

Quote from: Bailgang on October 30, 2013, 03:42:24 pm
How about Bonneville 1972 I think. A full tank of gas in my mini bike + Bonneville Salt Flats= Oh yeah I had fun.
The guy in the leathers is my oldest brother and the bike is a 1960 sumtin Kawasaki 250 maybe 350 T1. Not really sure what it was called but it was a 2cyl rotary valve 2 stroke.

Any idea what the speed was on the Kaw?

I can't remember but what I do remember was that it wasn't impressive. My brother had a lot of problems with it mis firing on the top end and I don't think he ever got it solved. Even with the lousy speed he did however set a record and that record still stands. HOWEVER the reason he was able to set the record was because it was the first year for that class and he was the only one competing in that class ..... he could've pushed the bike and still set a record. And the reason it still stands is because not only was that the first year for the class it was also the only year as well, after that speedweek was over the class was dropped. That doesn't keep my brother from bragging about it though.

rtbmrgl · « **Reply #15 on:** October 31, 2013, 06:59:49 pm »

Quote from: mrbreeze on October 31, 2013, 01:27:04 pm

Quote from: rtbmrgl on October 31, 2013, 08:45:05 am
Me in 1967 on my first motorcycle, a 1965 Honda S90. That's my Grandma taking a ride on the wild side.

My first bike was a Honda super 90 when I was around 12-13 yrs old but I don't have any pics of it. Man............I always cringe when I see bare feet on a motorbike .............you don't roll like that nowadays I hope!!!!

Wow, I didnt notice my bare feet, dummmb!

Sgt.Pinback · « **Reply #16 on:** November 01, 2013, 12:25:01 am »

Wow!!

Bob Wessner · « **Reply #17 on:** November 01, 2013, 10:45:55 pm »

Rode from Ann Arbor to Long Island back in 1977 to visit my sister in Bellmore. Went on to Montauk Point at the eastern tip of Long Island the next day. Neither myself or the bike look the same these days.

Sgt.Pinback · « **Reply #18 on:** November 02, 2013, 02:59:15 am »

Thats me 1979 with CB 500

Frostyboy · « **Reply #19 on:** November 02, 2013, 02:14:42 pm »

This was me back in the early 70s. 500 Royal Enfield Silver Bullet.

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #20 on:** November 02, 2013, 02:37:04 pm »

Crap picture but the only one I posess.
1975 Kawasaki 250 S1C taken in 77. My first and almost my last bike.

Stev-o · « **Reply #21 on:** November 02, 2013, 02:45:23 pm »

Quote from: LesterPiglet on November 02, 2013, 02:37:04 pm

Crap picture but the only one I posess.
1975 Kawasaki 250 S1C taken in 77. My first and almost my last bike.

Why?

LesterPiglet · « **Reply #22 on:** November 02, 2013, 03:20:08 pm »

I had a bad accident that put me in hospital for 10 days. Took me while to get back on again.
You can't talk to teenagers.

rtbmrgl · « **Reply #23 on:** November 02, 2013, 09:00:23 pm »

Quote from: srust58 on October 31, 2013, 10:51:49 pm

1981 ...I think... Tetons in Wyoming.

Is that the 1979 Yamaha XS650 you owned since new in the picture? If so that's great

george · « **Reply #24 on:** November 03, 2013, 06:02:17 pm »

My first brand new bike , a K8 !!

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Author Topic: Show us your old pic of you and your bike (Read 6381 times)

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