Anyone Here, Use To Or Still Ride Motorcycles?

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  1. Jake Smith

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    Neat bikes Ken, all the Yamaha's I have ever ridden, were surprisingly fast to me, I didn't expect them to be so fast. My Honda was really fast too. I remember seeing bikes like those you put up but didn't get to ride them. My oldest brother used to work at a parts store and delivered parts on one like those.
    Is that Yamaha an on and off-road bike?
     
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    The one that I found a picture of looks to be off-road, but that may just be the tires. Mine was legal on-road, although I certainly took it off-road a lot.
     
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    I agree because it does look like a street bike with dirt bike tires to me. Their fun riding off-road, I road heck out my dirt bikes, and loved it.
     
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    But some of us wish we could clone Sam Elliot so he could ride again and, if necessary, this member of the forum would ride with him.:rolleyes:
     
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    I took a little ride this morning. Weather was great.
     
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    As an added note, my motorcycle gets 57 - 60 mpg and is the vehicle that hauls this old fart and his cameras/drone around the countryside.

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    The drone is an extension of the motorcycle that enables being able to look around and see things from a different perspective.

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    Photo taken with the drone.
     
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    Looks like it was all downhill. :D
    Is that yours?
     
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    The fart gets the three extra miles?:rolleyes:
     
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    lol - yes, it is mine. I need a little help fixing the orientation of the image...
     
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    I fixed it for you. It's nothing you did. The forum just does that sometimes.
     
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    No but it can get my iron poor tired butt up off the seat a little if I've eaten enough beans..
     
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    I don't like motorcycles. LOL, hubby said " that ought to be a party pooper". Guess I'll leave his thread in peace. I gave his last bike away .
     
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    Nice bike Hoot.
     
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    Nice John, so pretty with autumn leaves turning . Can't beat that gas mileage for sure. Thanks again for sharing these photos.
     
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    Classic BMW boxers are still über-popular as custom donors—but there's a downside. As we've seen with the Honda CB750 and the Harley-Davidson Sportster, airhead Beemer builds are all starting to look the same. So what does it take to build something fresh—without going overboard? You need a client and a builder who are both tired of the me-too BMWs flooding the market, and have a taste for classic beauty. Then you have a winner, like this elegant R60 from Vintage Addiction Motorcycles. This dapper 1978 R60/7 belongs to a gentleman who collects vintage BMWs but wanted something ‘alternative’.

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