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- From: Dan Wolf <dan_wolf@xxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 3 May 2005 12:09:31 -0700 (PDT)
I never bothered to learn to ride until around '91, when I was about 24. I
learned some basics on a friend's old GPZ, took an MSF course, then bought
another friend's '89 FJ1200. Rode it for a couple years, felt sorry for it
being abused in my apartment parking lot and sold it.
Fast forward to '99... moving into house with decent garage space, took a
refresher MSF course, and began looking for a motorcycle. Checked out all the
local dealerships looking for something similar to the old FJ. Triumph had
never even crossed my mind (the nearest dealer is about 50 miles away, so I
didn't look that far). I posted a question on rec.motorcycles and got a
response from Bill Flowers in Florida (anyone remember Bill?). He recommended
the ST, so I took a peek on Triumph's web site, drove down to the dealer to
check it out and was hooked. Bought a 2000 ST about 5 years ago and it's still
going strong.
Dan
--- Nathan Maher <nate@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Tom,
>
> Your post brings up an interesting subject, one's personal history of
> bikes. I'd love to hear what others have owned, and which they liked.
> My story reads like this:
>
> 1. 82 Suzuki GS450 - great starter bike, loved it so much I sold it to my
> bro so he could learn to ride on it.
> 2. 89 Kawasaki Vulcan 750 - really liked this bike and it was the only
> cruiser I've ever owned. It met with an untimely demise at the hands of
> a Buick and almost took me with it...
> 3. 79 Honda CB750 - this bike was the friggen devil, in a bad way. I
> owned it for 2 years, it never ran. I poured twice it's original
> purchase price into it trying to fix its myriad electrical gremlins to no
> avail. Finally sold it for half what I paid for it. Seriously turned me
> off from ever owning another Honda. The worst vehicle I've ever owned.
> 4. 89 Honda Transalp - the one bike I never should have gotten rid of.
> Had it alongside the CB and sold it to finance CB repairs (AH!). The
> most comfortable ride I've ever had, a little low on power but otherwise
> a hoot.
> 5. 83 BMW R65LS - bought this for $300 off a college buddy of mine who'd
> had it in a barn for 10 years. It was never much of a looker, but it ran
> and was fun to fix up. Yet another bike that I sold to my brother.
> 6. 89 Yamaha FJ1200 - oh, so much torque. Great long distance machine.
> Sold it to get the trumpet.
> 7. 00 Triumph Sprint RS - 4 years, lots of miles, no end in sight.
>
> I think that's all of them.
>
> Nate
> 00SprintRS
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