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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
as a kid i grew up riding with my dad
bsa 500?
triump 650
a harley? dont remember what kind, it just vibrated alot
harley road king
i started with a
honda 125
honda 250
honda 350
honda 450
honda 750: it tried to kill me twice
honda 300 4 trax
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
Sears 60 Automatic
Harley 90cc
Yamaha 125
Honda 305 Scrambler & Dream
Yamaha 360
BSA Gold Star
BSA Royal Star
Triumph Bonneville
Norton Commando
Yamaha 650
Honda 1100 Shadow
MY STAR!!
 
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
Let's See!
Started with a 50cc Bultaco (After multiple home made mini bikes.)
Moved up to a 125cc Honda (dirt bike)
Honda 360cc enduro
77 Yamaha 250cc Street Bike (Was actually my moms. "Borrowed" it a lot!)
78 Harley Sportster. (First one that was all mine.)
79 Yamaha 650 Special (Harley kept breaking down. Traded it for this and cash!)
84 Virago 1000 - This was my favorite to this point. Had it 10 years with no problems. Not to good for riding two though. Sold it to help start my wifes business.
79 XS1100 Fully dressed. Great for trips but top heavy compaired to what I was used to. When I first bought this it was in storage for 8 years. HATED Trying to balance the engine back out after the carb rebuild. Took days! Wifes health went sour so I sold the bike
83 XJ650 Yamaha - Given to me by a friend who couldn't get it running. Needed a cheap form of transportation back and forth to work. This worked great once I tuned it up! Uncomfortable though as I got older.
07 Roadstar - Need I say more!
 
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2007 Road Star Silverado.
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
Briefly had a late 70's Kawasaki 175cc when I was teenager. I bought it used and it died just as I was getting decent as a beginner rider. Decided to buy a car instead of getting another bike.

In 2006, I got the bug to have a bike, took the safety course and purchased a 2003 Honda 750 ACE.

Turned out my wife likes to ride too! The ACE was not the best for 2-up riding so we upgraded to a 2006 Roadstar. No regrets!
 
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
'74 Honda 450
'76 Yamaha 650 SE
'79 H-D FLH
(took twenty-five years off, after losing friend/bro-in-law to bike wreck)
'05 Roadstar








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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
2002 Honda 750 Shadow Spirit
to
2001 Road Star
and
2003 1600 Vulcan Classic
And no I'm not as young as this list would suggest.
 
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
1962 to 1964 had a small bike while in collage; don't even remember what it was. Dam near got killed on it in Miami traffic, and quit riding. Worked as a mechanic on small aircraft. On Sept. 11, 2001 the aircraft maintenance went down the drain because the FAA grounded all aircraft nationwide! I had a partner who was riding a Harley at the time. He said "if we can't pay the bills with aircraft, lets see what we can do with motorcycles." Spent three years working on planes and bikes. The airport board anounced that the rent was going up (it was overpriced to start with) and the insurance company was going to raise their premium by over 50%.
At that point we said "we are not working for ourself, we are working for the airport and the insurance company. We gave up the airport shop and set up a motorcycle shop. A customers brother in law was a bad boy and had his drivers licence revolked and wanted to sell his bike; an 03 Road Star. He asked us to display it at our shop and sell it for him. I bought it for a good price with the intent of reselling it and making a buck. My truck broke down and it took a month to get it fixed; in the meantime I started riding the bike. When I got it, it was over 3 1/2 yr old and had 7000 miles on it. Now after another 1 1/2 yr the milage is 35,000.

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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
Good day, like everyone else I have had a few,
250 Yamaha Enduro
454 Honda
650 Triumph
450 Suzuki
500 Shadow
750 Vulcan
750 Shadow
1500 Vulcan
1100 V-star
1600 Roadstar

I love the Roadstar, can't wait to add some more goodies to it,
Ride Safe
 
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My Name is Scott Morrison, I am a member of the Canadian Military, have served for 25 plus years, I drive a 2000 1600 Road Star Silverado, just got it last week, have been riding since 1982, have had 9 different bikes, married w/ three kids,live in New Brunswick.
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
List of bike I have had

Yamaha 60 scrambler
Harley Davidson Hummer 165
Yamaha XS 650 2 each
Harley Davidson XLX
Yamaha XJ 750
Triumph 650
Yamaha Roadstar 1600

I am looking for another Harley Davidson Hummer, Pacer or Scat to rebuild.
 
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Re:What bikes have you owned? 10 Years ago  
i forgot to add the cushmon scooter my couson & ihad when we were too young to drive on the highways, we did anyway it was fun had 2 speeds,shifter on the side of the tankhttp://www.hobbytech.com/Homepage~pix/MVC-576S.JPG
 
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