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Your first bike ?
n3303j:
One of these (but not this one) in 1970.
But it was preceeded by a fun Vespa that I blew up by repeatedly raising the compression ratio to increase top end.
9fingers:
Honda CT70H, the 4 speed with the clutch. I got the first one the dealer received, in Burnt Orange, and bought the Honda helmet to match. I was 12 and paid for it with lawn cutting and newspaper delivery money. It was a GREAT bike and I had fantastic time travelling the trails and dirt roads. I have a picture of me riding it someplace.
scott
blu guzz:
I hope this picture posts. If not, the bike was a 1981 Kawi 250 CSR bought new in spring of 1982. Harley wannabe bikes were all the rage in the early 80s. My wife and I zoomed all around on that little guy, most of it at 7,000 rpm. Great starter bike and for a guy only making about $250 per week, I could afford it. At the time, I bought 2 Nava full face helmets for $100 each. A whole weeks net salary. Although my home state was a helmet optional state, I knew that for me, that was a non starter. Sadly, next spring, upgrade-itis got ahold of me and it was off to Japanese 4 cylinder land.
Hasaf:
Honda CL90. Before me, it had been owned by the University of California, Riverside. The odd thing was that each of the spoked had been tied together, where they cross, using a wire wrap tool. I never was sure why.
n3303j:
--- Quote from: Hasaf on July 01, 2022, 10:01:55 AM ---Honda CL90. Before me, it had been owned by the University of California, Riverside. The odd thing was that each of the spoked had been tied together, where they cross, using a wire wrap tool. I never was sure why.
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Tying spokes at the cross was a way to make bicycle wheels more rigid in "the good old" days. Wire wrap and solder when spokes were still steel.
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