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I have never seen a tanktop-shorts-flipflop wearing rider on any of the above either,



Hate to say it because it isn't me, but I had to run an errand on the spot yesterday and ran out on the bike in moccasins with no socks, shorts, and a T shirt. I never do that but did that day.

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When I was a young lad my first bike was a honda CB550 very slow compared to todays rice rockets, but at the time it was fast. It begged me to ride and shift all gears at redline, which I gladly did. No accidents but plenty of tickets. When CA DMV sent me a letter stating one more ticket and no more license I had to change my ways. I bought a Bonny 750 and no more tickets. The point of the story is that rice rockets are made to race and when you are young it is IMPOSSIBLE not to use the bike that way.



Pretty much the same for me with my GT550 triple 2 stroke. That thing was fast and I was young, 10' tall , and bullet proof. Thankfully I had lots of experience from riding in the dirt and out running the local cops on my dirt bike. Lucky to have survived it.

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