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Found pix for all of 'em, so thought I'd post it. Feel free to do the same.
Here's my first. I was 13 years old in 1966. I traded $30 and a daisy CO2 bb pistol for this baby. It lasted three months upon which I holed the piston. Didn't know what happened back then, but I remember now and know. A 1962 Allstate Compact, Puch built.
Then, my step dad, in a rare moment, bought me a new bike. He said if I was going to ride the &#%& things he wanted me on something reasonable. Mine was a 67 model, had the leading link fork. A 1967 CT90 Honda.
After two years and 40K miles, I was a confirmed biker fanatic. I got a summer job and bought this. I really wanted a CL175, but figured out I'd have had to work two weeks into the school year to do it. I was too lazy for that, so I bought this, a 1970 SS125 Honda.
I sold that bike in college when I had to buy insurance for a 67 Chevelle SS I bought. I sold that car when I finally got tired of feeding it at 12 mpg and paying for it and the insurance and bought this, a 1972 GT550J in this exact same color.
Then, I traded that for this and this is the bike I had when I graduated. It's the bike that got me into road racing when CRRC was formed and ran their first race at Texas World Speedway. They later changed their name from the "Central Road Racing Club" to "Central Motorcycle Roadracing Asso." or CMRA. It's a 1975 Yamaha RD350 and it was cool. I was your typical street squid with tickets for wheelies to prove it.
Here's my first. I was 13 years old in 1966. I traded $30 and a daisy CO2 bb pistol for this baby. It lasted three months upon which I holed the piston. Didn't know what happened back then, but I remember now and know. A 1962 Allstate Compact, Puch built.
Then, my step dad, in a rare moment, bought me a new bike. He said if I was going to ride the &#%& things he wanted me on something reasonable. Mine was a 67 model, had the leading link fork. A 1967 CT90 Honda.
After two years and 40K miles, I was a confirmed biker fanatic. I got a summer job and bought this. I really wanted a CL175, but figured out I'd have had to work two weeks into the school year to do it. I was too lazy for that, so I bought this, a 1970 SS125 Honda.
I sold that bike in college when I had to buy insurance for a 67 Chevelle SS I bought. I sold that car when I finally got tired of feeding it at 12 mpg and paying for it and the insurance and bought this, a 1972 GT550J in this exact same color.
Then, I traded that for this and this is the bike I had when I graduated. It's the bike that got me into road racing when CRRC was formed and ran their first race at Texas World Speedway. They later changed their name from the "Central Road Racing Club" to "Central Motorcycle Roadracing Asso." or CMRA. It's a 1975 Yamaha RD350 and it was cool. I was your typical street squid with tickets for wheelies to prove it.