Happy anniversary

[giantkiller]

New bikes
86 fj1200 2 1/2 months 14,000 miles totalled. First bike.
87 fzr1000 crashed it. Rebuilt it. Built the motor 172hp. Car pulled out in front of me. Was dead@the scene.   But the good Lord brought me back. Still own it.
93 yzf 750r. 1of 2 registered for the street in the US. Sold it. 750 doesn't make any power.
93 Vance and Hines limited edition fzr600. Bought for the wife. Still own.
Built the Demon Angel chopper. Still own
Built the Demon Angel mini chopper for my daughter. Still own

Used bikes.
Rz350 don't remember what year. Bought for the wife. Sold after I got the Vance and Hines.
Super Pile 500. Sold after a short time.
Human Race teams world endurance champion 87 fzr705r still own.
86 fj1200 now fjr1350r.(bought for$600 had 10,000 miles on it.) still own.
Crashed 87 fj1200 came with the 86. Still own.
89 fj1200 2up touring bike still own.
86 fj1200 bought to make the turbo bike. Still own
86 fj1200 basket case with title. Bought for $100. Street fighter someday. Still own.

9 ATVs so far. 7 bought new. 2009 Raptor 700. Built to about 65hp. Crashed last year put me up to 38 broken bones so far. Have to straighten it out. Still own
Yah I'm a little bit off. But I sure am having fun.
Have to post a gratuitous picture of the. Chopper and the mini

[ribbert]

Of the the 30 odd bikes I've owned, only 2 were new, a Suzuki T500 (2 stroke twin) drum brake and a Suzuki GT750 (Water Bottle, Water Buffalo......) 2 stroke triple. The first twin disc model in the country. They let me come in and assemble it out of the crate myself but couldn't register it until it's official release date so I took it home and rode around for the first few days on a trade plate.

Most miles I ever put on one bike until the FJ.

Almost every bike I ever owned was a deal that fell across my door that I couldn't pass up, rarely a bike I decided I wanted and went out and found. Having spent some years in the business, opportunities to buy bikes often popped up and they were mostly spontaneous purchases. I found something to love about every one of them, even the Yamaha 100cc twin. One exception, I could find no love for the XS650, what a dog of a bike.

Some of the memorable ones were a H2 Kwaka, CBX1000 (rare in Oz) ,CB1100R (also rare and not to be mistaken for the much later CBR1100RR) R90S, this thing handled when most of the big Jap stuff of the day was straight out trying to kill you at speed. And, what lover of big bikes didn't have a GSX1100 in the day. I still see these as early version of the FJ. Big powerful donk in an all rounder frame.

There were also some oddball ones like the Bridgestone 350, way ahead of it's time, a Jawa and lots of Pommy bikes. Never owned a Harley, test riding potential trade-ins was way more time than I ever wanted to spend on one.

Hooli mentioned a bike I have great memories of also, a Hodaka.

The list goes on and I can recall what I liked about every single one of them but I can see Mike Ramos reaching for the "Old Calhouns" from here at the thought of me doing so.

Noel