My first bike was a HD Topper 2 stroke scooter. It had a 185cc engine that you started with a rope. I ran the crap out of that thing and it was bullet proof. That was back in '62 and my newphews and grandnewphews are still beating up that scooter off road in upstate NY.
I then moved up to a 441 BSA Vickers single cylinder. That was a real motorcycle. Along came a few 500 and 650 cc BSA's and finally Triumph Bonneville 750 in 1980.
Then I encumbered myself with two wives who did not like bikes. Last year I got rid of the last stale mate and I now ride a 07 Speedmaster and I love it. If I had started out on the Speedy or the Triumph it would have not worked out.
Even this bike rose up to bite me last year and I just went through surgery to correct the broken fibula which had never healed properly since the crash.
07 Speedmstr, Long Tors, bags, sissy bar and rack, windshield, engine bars, 2 ww lights, 2 fast eddy stickers and a .45 ACP.
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