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- Nov 25, 2012
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- First Name
- Drew
- Last Name
- Wright
Me. I had no friends nor any family members that introduced me to motorcycles. I just happened to stop in to Kawasaki of Stafford one day in 1989. It was like love at first sight. I loved the machines and instantly started fantasizing about my future adventures on one. It was another year and 24 motorcycle magazines later that I finally bought my first one. It was a 1989 Kawasaki EX 500 with a full fairing. I had literally read so much and dreamed about it so much that by the time I got it I jumped on and drove off with no training. I had that bike for almost 8 years.
Yes those motorcycle magazines. Those were our dream catalogs like Sears was for toys when we were kids!!! Every month another tempting fast and beautiful bike featured in their pages. Enough to drive a young man insane. The tech page for the quarter mile times wow how fast modern bikes are compared to then. I remember combing thru the articles and reading them again and again. How many remember the first GPZ, Z1R ,RZ350 or the 81 CB750F? Those were bikes that got our blood boiling. Drew