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Offline Motorbike1956

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My 1st Bike -
« on: January 28, 2016, 06:36:29 AM »
My First was this Honda 90 , I got it around 68-9 . That's me and my Mom -

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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #1 on: January 28, 2016, 06:51:27 AM »
By 1976 Things Changed - we were taking 750's and making a few changes - Here's Me around that Time -

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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #2 on: January 28, 2016, 07:00:23 AM »
How did you like your chopper ?
75' CB400F/'bunch o' parts' & 81' CB125S modded to a 'CB200S'
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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #3 on: January 28, 2016, 07:22:01 AM »
It was the 70's in the Bay Area - Arlen Ness lived in Castro Valey - We loved No Brakes and Bikes That were fightenly Fun To Ride - Pullback Handle Bars were Great - I traded that chopped 750 for a K-Model and $200 Dollars - Then I Chopped the K- Model , Here It Is -

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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #4 on: January 28, 2016, 07:29:18 AM »
I also had this Stock Cb750 and the K-Model at the Same Time . I Still Love A Stock CB750 - Here's That 750 -

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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #5 on: January 28, 2016, 07:35:15 AM »
Terrific pictures!  8)
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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #6 on: January 28, 2016, 10:22:59 AM »
^^ Love those levers  8)

Nice choppers, motorbike1956
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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #7 on: January 28, 2016, 02:57:23 PM »
Love the choppers... Think that K model was in a mag ..maybe Street Chopper..
 Was Ness still in the old shop in San Leandro..the good old days..
 Remember the cool pipes Billy Budde was making.  ?
Very cool stuff..
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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #8 on: January 28, 2016, 05:50:14 PM »
Yep - Arlen was across the street from Bay Fair Mall - Billy Budde's made our handle bars and Pipes - Simms was out on Mission Blvd . But my K-model wasn't in a Magazine - Here's another picture of a young Me on The K -

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Re: My 1st Bike -
« Reply #9 on: January 28, 2016, 06:49:31 PM »
 East 14th Street, i bet... Budde must have had a mandrel bender...
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Kelowna B.C.       Canada

My next bike will be a ..ANFOB.....

It's All part of the ADVENTURE...

73 836cc.. Green, had it for 3 decades!!
Lost quite a few CB 750's along the way