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@beowulf saidBikes that big and powerful are serious machines and potentially dangerous in inexperienced hands.
I wanted a dirt bike as a kid so my POS father brings home a Yamaha 350 street motorcycle which was way too powerful for a young kid.
@divegeester saidI was showing my oldest two boys when they were young how to ride a wheelie and it didn’t work out. Around 20 feet later it got away and I went straight into a tree and broke my ribs😁. They never let this story fade into history.
I’m surprised more people here don’t have motorcycle stories from their youth especially.
I think there used to be a motorcycle group here at one time.
@fmf saidGood that you mentioned that, people may not know right? 🙂
Bikes that big and powerful are serious machines and potentially dangerous in inexperienced hands.
@mike69 saidOUCH!~
I was showing my oldest two boys when they were young how to ride a wheelie and it didn’t work out. Around 20 feet later it got away and I went straight into a tree and broke my ribs😁. They never let this story fade into history.
@very-rusty said😁😁, I’m a walking accident no one really pays much attention anymore. My ribs are broke now with two hematoma’s from doing something stupid and these aren’t the only two times😁. I have had a few concussions now that you mention it though🤩.
OUCH!~
Do you recall if you banged your head?
-VR
@mike69 saidSo, you are a walking accident waiting to happen?
😁😁, I’m a walking accident no one really pays much attention anymore. My ribs are broke now with two hematoma’s from doing something stupid and these aren’t the only two times😁. I have had a few concussions now that you mention it though🤩.
@very-rusty saidI think he must have used Google.
Good that you mentioned that, people may not know right?
@very-rusty saidI take stupid unnecessary chances or risk from overconfidence or not really caring?
So, you are a walking accident waiting to happen?
-VR
@gambrel saidNice.
My first bike was given to me as a basket case. It was a 1970s Yamaha 250. It had a broken case. I knew a great welder, fabricator machinist, fixed the case good as new$25. I rode it a while, traded it in at a shop and pitched in about $1000 and got a beautiful Triumph Bonneville chopper. Springer front end, hard tail added, not struts, an actual hard tail was fabricated and ...[text shortened]... anged up, road rash etc but okay. I never had another bike. My eyes and balance are too bad to ride.
@mike69 saidSounds like an issue for you.
I take stupid unnecessary chances or risk from overconfidence or not really caring?
@gambrel saidThe only thing with two wheels I owned was a bicycle, when everyone else was getting motor bikes and getting hurt or worst. I had 4 wheels under me!
My first bike was given to me as a basket case. It was a 1970s Yamaha 250. It had a broken case. I knew a great welder, fabricator machinist, fixed the case good as new$25. I rode it a while, traded it in at a shop and pitched in about $1000 and got a beautiful Triumph Bonneville chopper. Springer front end, hard tail added, not struts, an actual hard tail was fabricated and ...[text shortened]... anged up, road rash etc but okay. I never had another bike. My eyes and balance are too bad to ride.
@divegeester saidIt's aesthetic, it has a cleaner look with the straight line from the neck to the rear wheel. Antique bikes were hard tail with springer type front suspension. It's good for dragbike type take offs.
Nice.
I don’t see the attraction in hard tails though tbh.
@gambrel saidYes I can see that, and yes WW2 bikes were all hard tail. Too firm for my delicate bones though.
It's aesthetic, it has a cleaner look with the straight line from the neck to the rear wheel. Antique bikes were hard tail with springer type front suspension. It's good for dragbike type take offs.