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Well, where do I begin?
In first grade my teacher took turns taking 4 kids at a time to her home on a farm somewhere outside of San Antonio for an overnight field trip. One of the things we got to do on our stay there was to get a ride on the back of her husbands motorcycle. It was a quick ride just up the block and back..........But that's all it took.
I knew I was meant to own a bike when I saw the red '82 GPZ-550 on display at a Kawasaki dealer here in San Antonio. I was a freshman at Robert E. Lee High School and the $2200 they wanted might as well have been a million bucks.
I bought my first motorcycle in 1986. A '74 Honda CB-360. I kept it in my friends garage up the street and rode it for almost a year before my parents found out I had a bike. My mom was not amused.......
It's been downhill from there.
Next was an old KZ-400.
Then an '81 or '82 Virago 920. My first taste of POWER!!! I still miss that bike.
My first "nice" bike (that I paid more than $600 for
) was a red 1990 Honda Pacific Coast PC800. My wife and I put a lot of miles on that one.
Got out of motorcycling for about 3 years, still don't know why.
Then I found a super clean garage kept '82 or '83 Honda V45 Sabre 750. Within a year I wanted something bigger.
Then the Goldwings came into my life.
A 1984 GL1200A Aspencade. (I had kids now) I bought my son his first helmet when he turned 4 years old.
Next up was a 1997 Triumph Tiger. I didn't ride it very much. It just wasn't the right bike for me.
Another Goldwing. From an estate sale. I got an almost new '94 GL1500 Interstate with only 4,000 miles on it. My son was happy again and in a bigger helmet that matched mine. My daughter now had a "hand me down" helmet. She didn't care, as long as Daddy took her for rides on the "big motorcycle with a radio"!!!
Some dreams just never go away.
Like your dream bike.
The first one you ever lusted for.
You know what I mean.
2001 ZRX1200R
The GPZ I never owned was back in my life.
In a BIG way. I had a blast for a year and a half. But, I missed riding with the kids. They rode with me on the ZRX, but never very far. They (and I) felt more secure with them on the Goldwings. With passenger armrests and a riders backrest, even if they fell asleep, they would stay safely on the back of the bike.
Now I own a 2003 Goldwing GL1800. It's really REALLY fast and I can't believe how quick and great this thing handles. It's more like a sport tourer than a highway hauler.
I'm having a great time riding two up and the kids are always ready to go. Only problem is, I can only take one of them at a time. I hope and pray that a side car is NOT in my future. It would solve a lot of problems with the kids fighting over who gets to ride with Dad. But then Dad wouldn't want to ride much anymore. If you can't lean into the turns, it just wouldn't seem like riding.
Thanks for listening to me go on and on. I think I'm gonna hang out here. Budzrex (I met from the ZRXOA) told me about this place and he said ya'll were OK.
That's good enough for me.
Craig
In first grade my teacher took turns taking 4 kids at a time to her home on a farm somewhere outside of San Antonio for an overnight field trip. One of the things we got to do on our stay there was to get a ride on the back of her husbands motorcycle. It was a quick ride just up the block and back..........But that's all it took.
I knew I was meant to own a bike when I saw the red '82 GPZ-550 on display at a Kawasaki dealer here in San Antonio. I was a freshman at Robert E. Lee High School and the $2200 they wanted might as well have been a million bucks.
I bought my first motorcycle in 1986. A '74 Honda CB-360. I kept it in my friends garage up the street and rode it for almost a year before my parents found out I had a bike. My mom was not amused.......
It's been downhill from there.
Next was an old KZ-400.
Then an '81 or '82 Virago 920. My first taste of POWER!!! I still miss that bike.
My first "nice" bike (that I paid more than $600 for
) was a red 1990 Honda Pacific Coast PC800. My wife and I put a lot of miles on that one.Got out of motorcycling for about 3 years, still don't know why.
Then I found a super clean garage kept '82 or '83 Honda V45 Sabre 750. Within a year I wanted something bigger.
Then the Goldwings came into my life.
A 1984 GL1200A Aspencade. (I had kids now) I bought my son his first helmet when he turned 4 years old.
Next up was a 1997 Triumph Tiger. I didn't ride it very much. It just wasn't the right bike for me.
Another Goldwing. From an estate sale. I got an almost new '94 GL1500 Interstate with only 4,000 miles on it. My son was happy again and in a bigger helmet that matched mine. My daughter now had a "hand me down" helmet. She didn't care, as long as Daddy took her for rides on the "big motorcycle with a radio"!!!
Some dreams just never go away.
Like your dream bike.
The first one you ever lusted for.
You know what I mean.
2001 ZRX1200R
The GPZ I never owned was back in my life.
In a BIG way. I had a blast for a year and a half. But, I missed riding with the kids. They rode with me on the ZRX, but never very far. They (and I) felt more secure with them on the Goldwings. With passenger armrests and a riders backrest, even if they fell asleep, they would stay safely on the back of the bike.
Now I own a 2003 Goldwing GL1800. It's really REALLY fast and I can't believe how quick and great this thing handles. It's more like a sport tourer than a highway hauler.
I'm having a great time riding two up and the kids are always ready to go. Only problem is, I can only take one of them at a time. I hope and pray that a side car is NOT in my future. It would solve a lot of problems with the kids fighting over who gets to ride with Dad. But then Dad wouldn't want to ride much anymore. If you can't lean into the turns, it just wouldn't seem like riding.
Thanks for listening to me go on and on. I think I'm gonna hang out here. Budzrex (I met from the ZRXOA) told me about this place and he said ya'll were OK.
That's good enough for me.
Craig
Were you at the Texas Gathering in Kerrville?
Welcome to the club Craig
That teacher would be accused of so many legal issues it would take years to sort them all out! Taking kids to stay overnight on a farm... Endangering their lives... Why couldn't I have had a first grade teacher like that!? Mine just kept whacking the crap outta my knuckles with her yardstick! 
I am sure I learned something from the experience, but what it might have been escapes me at the moment 
