You guys all had better bikes than me. Over my life I've had:
- a Honda 350 (CR? CL? I can't remember)
- a Yamaha 650 twin of some kind that I wrecked and put oversize front forks on which I thought looked pretty cool but was really just ridiculous,
- A Kawasaki 500cc triple-cylinder two-stroke. That thing was a regular rocket compared to the others.
- A Suzuki 650. That's the only one I can easily find a photo of. Sold it years ago. I do miss it.
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Another person used to loan me bikes besides the dirt bikes owner.
Kaw 900 Ninja was spunky. Easy to return knowing how that would end if I kept running it.
A Suzuki 750 set up for touring and sounded like it had a cam chain grinding or something was a comfy ride.
Never owned a Honda 750 from early seventies. Liked the though. Nevermind the drip drip on most.
Guys were cutting V.W. transaxels free on Bugs to weld 750 frame fronts onto to make trikes.
I gifted a guy front wheel and speedo and who knows what else.
He rode the trike to work a while then some old gal bumped it in a grocery store parking lot. He saw a scuff mark on his self built belt/pully guard and that was all. He waved the old gal off.
She had hit the end of a shaft just right , and no more engine zoom zoom!
Suzi water buffalo was another bike I used to note.
Think it was a clutch issue (weak) or something like that was a con on them.
Forgot details.
Like some others , you could make them stiffer but something still has to give somewhere.
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