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I had a 1973 Yamaha 360 Enduro, great bike and a lot of great memories some legal, some not so legal! 
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Yamaha 400 two cylinder that looked like it wanted to be a Triumph and a '74 74" Super Glide that I was never sure was going to get me back home, Had to reattach or clean something almost every trip, Nice at highway speeds in a straight line, don't miss either of them at all, my America has been and is the best. 
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My first motorcycle after school was a 250cc Puch-Daimler- Stephyr. This thing was a beast-looked like a early BMW and built like a Tiger Tank. Weighed nearly as much as a 650 Trunpy. Had a split single two stroke enginei.e. one cyl fired a split second after the first-no oil mixing required and was fitted with oil pump-came with tool kit including a grease gun- If you mucked about with the timing the engine would run backwards as I found out. Needless to say it was not the fastest 250 around but it would surely have bikers scratching their heads nowadays. The build quality was top notch and a credit to the german manufacturers. Top speed was approx 70mph but would chug along at 50mph no sweat. Of all the bikes I have owned this would have been the weirdest! 
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I had a 1973 Yamaha 360 Enduro, great bike and a lot of great memories some legal, some not so legal!
I had a 72 0r 3 DT360 Enduro. Bought for $180 in 1981.
Wish I could find one now. Great memories!
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Puch (While in Italy)
76 KZ 650
78 750K Custom
82 900 Custom
1600 VW Trike
Fantic 305
TLR 200 **
Fantic K-Roo **
76 KZ 650
82 CB900 Custom
03 Triumph **
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** = Still have
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Was this it?  The end of the exhaust looks a little weird.
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Any pics eddy??
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My 1980 GS850G Suzuki. Named Black Angus.
comfortable,and at 650lbs wet, not too hard to pick up.
It was the best for a long trip. If I got another one, I would
add a little more power, though.(not hard to do) 
BRIAN! PM ME! I can full fill ALL your greatest memories, for about $1,800!
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One on the left can be ALL YOURS! 
I'm in FLORIDA TOO!!!
Man, THIS IS AN OMEN DUDE! GOD'S CALLIN' 
That's a cruel thing to do to a broke bike freak.  
Steelheart- '03 Speedmaster Black/Yellow
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I had a 1973 Yamaha 360 Enduro, great bike and a lot of great memories some legal, some not so legal!
I had a 72 0r 3 DT360 Enduro. Bought for $180 in 1981.
Wish I could find one now. Great memories!
Uncle Charlie
Those were some awesome bikes!
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That's 3 of us that had an early 70s Yamaha 360. I loved mine, they were the same as the 400 but shorter stroke. Loads of TQ, I always have my eyes open for one. I would still have mine but it was stolen. Kind of funny I waqs working on the engine and lived in a 3rd story room at the time. So I had assembled the cases and stuck them in the frame. They stole a bike with empty engine cases! By the way mine was green. had the 1977 100cc version at one time too, That was the year they put the 100cc engine in a small frame not much bigger than the DT80 , that was a fun bike too.
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In order of acquisition:
65 Honda Sport 50cc
68 Montgomery Ward Riverside [Benelli] 360cc
65 Honda CL72 250cc Scrambler
66 BSA Lightning 650cc
71 BSA Rocket 3 750cc
78 Honda CX500
80 Yamaha XS1100 Special
95 Triumph Sprint 885cc
70 Triumph Bonneville Custom Street Tracker 650cc
02 Triumph Bonneville America 790cc
(still own the last three)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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I had a Honda CL450 that had a 500CT motor. It was blue but looked pretty much like this...
I'm trying to track down the guy I sold it too. I heard his wife made him stop riding...We'll see.
~Brent
Darn that's pretty - maybe I just need a red scrambler with chrome pipes!
This one's for you, Bill!
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That's 3 of us that had an early 70s Yamaha 360. I loved mine, they were the same as the 400 but shorter stroke. Loads of TQ, I always have my eyes open for one. I would still have mine but it was stolen. Kind of funny I waqs working on the engine and lived in a 3rd story room at the time. So I had assembled the cases and stuck them in the frame. They stole a bike with empty engine cases! By the way mine was green. had the 1977 100cc version at one time too, That was the year they put the 100cc engine in a small frame not much bigger than the DT80 , that was a fun bike too.
Mine was the burnt orange color, I bought it with 600 miles on it when I was 14 years old for $500. It was in mint condition and I put over a thousand miles on it riding on roads all over my stomping grounds before I ever got a drivers license. I used to get chased by the cops quite often but never got caught. But there was that one time that I drug a cop up the road for a piece before I went down with the bike when I hit a wet muddy spot on the road where construction work was being done. I still managed to get away  I was pretty nervous for a couple weeks and I didn't ride it for about a month after that incident and I quit wearing the jean jacket with Yamaha wings on the back too. He possibly still might have a set of keys for it that he ripped out of the ignition.  Good thing the statute of limititations has long run out! 
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I did the same stuff, also paid $500 with about 1,000 miles on mine. I rode mine until I wore it out though. I did get caught once. I found an unlocked gas pump and didn't check, I had pumped my tank full of diesel. It ran but when I passed a cop and went to nail it it just died and wouldn't restart. I was about 100' from the railroad tracks too.
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I would buy another one again if I could find one for the right price!
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I would too in a second.
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Dam, I had the DT250 when I was 12. Did all that crazy sht too, only it was 1994...haha
Its funny I was just looking them up on ebay a couple months back and telling my old man about them.
I'm like..."dude theyre selling pretty cheap, you can get one for $1000 easy"
My dad says "thats what I paid for it brand new back then"
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Heh. I've only owned two bikes before my America. A Rupp Scrambler, circa 1973:  And a Puch Magnum Moped, circa 1981:  I'd like 'em both back! (Not actual photos BTW, just representative images)
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my bikes:
1985 honda night hawk
1984 honda 700s night hawk
1991 st1100
1995 bmw k75
2001 dr650
2002 triumph tiger
2003 triumph t100
2005 drz400s
2005 truimph tiger
2006 triumph scrambler
2007 klr650
2008 rocket touring
2006 goldwing
2009 bonneville
2006 triumph speedmaster
i still have the klr650 and the speedy.
i would like to have my 700s and my 2005 tiger back.
and yes i have had too many motorcycles
If it isn't broke, I haven't messed with it.
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My list is shorter:
1977 Suzuki GS750
1986 Honda Rebel 450
2008 V Star 250
2008 Triumph America
But I still have them all except the Rebel, though the Suzuki hasn't run since the mid to late 80s - one of these days I am going to have to get that out of my sister's garage.
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Ok. In chronological order of ownership: Honda mini trail 50 '69 Honda 305 scrambler '65? Yamaha enduro 125 '70 Honda 350 CB '72 Kawasaki 500 H1 '71 Kawasaki KM 450 '74? Kawasaki 500 H1 '74 Kawasaki 500 H1 '73 Kawasaki 350 S1 '7? Kawasaki 500 H1 '71 (still have) CZ ??? '?? Harley's, Four in two years. (never liked, never kept, trade, trade, trade, sold for the America) Suzuki 850GS '80 (still have) Yamaha ttr 125 '03 Yamaha ttr 225 '99 (still have) Yamaha Warrior 350 '01 (still have) Yamaha ttr 225 '04 (still have) Triumph America '05 (still have) Da! Kawasaki 750 H2 '72 (still have) Want: Bultaco Pursang/maico 450 '7?'s (dreaming) Don't be hatin' 
And you may see me tonight
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Steve, it was more like the one PersonalTriumph had, not quite exact but similar! I crashed that stupid thing more than ANY other motorcycle I had owned including riding Trials! I learned many valuable lessons; Never use your front brakes on wet cobble stone..not good. Never do wheelies on wet cobble stone. Not a good idea to drink and drive while doing anything on wet cobble stone, leads to bad choices, (see point one and two) 
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My Little Benelli Dynamo
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Oh Lord, my 1969 BSA Firebird please, please, please.
No no no Bill....that's my 69 BSA Firebird and I want it back...
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
69 BSA Firebird Scrambler
73 Yamaha TX 750
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Heh. I've only owned two bikes before my America.
A Rupp Scrambler, circa 1973:
And a Puch Magnum Moped, circa 1981:
I'd like 'em both back! (Not actual photos BTW, just representative images)
If we go that far back I had a 1946? Allstate moped/ Made the mistake of tossing that in the scrap heap in my teens. And my first bike was a Morini Super America. Cool mini bike, kick start and everything.  Looked a lot like this but not exactly. Couldn't find anything even close to my Super America.
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Good one, John! What's up with that bandage on your left knee... is that from wrecking the trike you had before your first bike, lol?
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Even though Triumphs have been a part of me for 10 plus years , my very first new mpurchase was back in 1982 in the form of a GS 1100 GT , I rode that bike for 17 years , it didnt start giving me trouble until it hit 90k (electrical) I have that bike burried in my mothers back yard , I couldnt see myself selling or junking her , (The bike not my mother smart a$$es) and thats when the Speedtriple caught my eye
I cried because I could wheelie then I met someone without a motorcycle
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In chronological order of ownership: 3 1/2 hp Montgomery Wards Mini Bike Benelli 65 1972 Yamaha 175 Enduro 1974 Yamaha 175 Enduro 1973 Yamaha 360 Enduro 1969 Triumph 650 Trophy (Still Have) 1972 Triumph Bonneville (Parts Bike)(Still Have) 2002 America (Still Have)
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My first was a Sears single speed, purple with hard rubber tires. Then a Schwinn Stingray, yellow with a 5 spd stick shift. Loved that one and wish I still had it.
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Here's my first bike. Wrecked it the first night I had it.
Aah! Lemme guess here John...that's probably Hawthorne CA....JANUARY of 1979!!!
(...I could tell 'cause it's so nice and sunny, and all the flowers are in bloom!!!)
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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Good one, John! What's up with that bandage on your left knee... is that from wrecking the trike you had before your first bike, lol?
No, I wrecked that bicycle the night before. Really, I wrecked myself more than the bike. We got it from Sears. It was a sweetass Bicentennial Edition Schwinn. Had to ride it around the block in the dark the night we brought it home. That's when I crashed.
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Aah! Lemme guess here John...that's probably Hawthorne CA....JANUARY of 1979!!!
(...I could tell 'cause it's so nice and sunny, and all the flowers are in bloom!!!)
Yep, corner of Isis Ave and 123rd place, although I don't think it was '79, probably more like '75-76, just before we moved to El Toro in the OC. I don't know if Del Aire is a suburb of Hawthorne or what.
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A few Montgomery Wards, but nobody else had a Sears? I found a Sears 106, like my first, at Greybeards Cycle Barn http://graybeards.yolasite.com/. One day I'll ride down there and relive my days of flip-flops & baggies riding. Invincible youth, you know. 
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 I still have this sweet baby
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and you know it's a chopper cuz it say so right on it!
i was always worried about the shifter impaling me
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Good one, John! What's up with that bandage on your left knee... is that from wrecking the trike you had before your first bike, lol?
No, I wrecked that bicycle the night before. Really, I wrecked myself more than the bike. We got it from Sears. It was a sweetass Bicentennial Edition Schwinn. Had to ride it around the block in the dark the night we brought it home. That's when I crashed.
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Aah! Lemme guess here John...that's probably Hawthorne CA....JANUARY of 1979!!!
(...I could tell 'cause it's so nice and sunny, and all the flowers are in bloom!!!)
Yep, corner of Isis Ave and 123rd place, although I don't think it was '79, probably more like '75-76, just before we moved to El Toro in the OC. I don't know if Del Aire is a suburb of Hawthorne or what.
Rich kid sportin the Schwinn
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It may have been a Huffy. Ya know it just occurred to me that wrecking that bicycle within hours of obtaining it could account for my dislike of ape hangers...
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My 1955 T110 650cc,my first road bike.I was 17yrs old when I got it and the bike was 16.I'd restore it this time,not build a custom.
And,my 1976 Bonneville 750cc too.
If I could have them back,I'd still keep the America though.It's the best I've owned.
Dinosaur.
"Oh Man I only ride 'em.I don't know what makes 'em work". Donald "Oddball" Sutherland
"Don't let the bastards get you down". Kris Kristofferson
"I am only paranoid because everyone is against me". Larry [Frank Burns] Linville
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Watch it friar!! I rode a jc higgens, then moved too a parts bike, i built i painted pink and white.[pink was some paint my ma used to paint a dresser and it was free] with the bars upside down to be kool. now that i think of it, i moved down!!! not up. the higgens was brand new 1954 cost was $54.00 as i remember.I Liked the hot rod bike  so i saved the new one for clear days. Or do you guys mean m/c's just went back and looked; i had 5 cushman eagles. 3 pacemakers 1 road king 5 mustang m/c 3 4-speeds , two 3 speeds. 70 BSA thunderbolt 70 triumph bonneville 2004 america 2003 honda shadow ACE which really rides the best of the bunch. All of them restored..... just wanted nice stuff to ride.Is that so bad? OOOOOOHHHH i forgot 4 mini bikes one was a ruttman chopper. one mini bike, one more 3 wheel chopper mini bike, i took my boys ridin on in the snow. great fun.I had two rupp roadsters one was a 70 that is new still in my basement. the other i put ape hangers on it , so my wife could ride without hurting her back, that one was a hundred years ago.To top it all off i built a 2 go-carts, First one i spent more time repairing than i did riding, I Got so mad at it i tore it all apart and stuffed it into the trash barrell. I remember my dad laughing as i took it apart.and stuffed it in that barrel. Sorry bout the rant............i was on a roll.this stuff really oils up the ole memory thanks for listening though bob s
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