Re: $3,000 brand-new motorcycle...

Posted by LukeM on Mar 13, 2013; 12:13am
URL: http://vintage-and-classic-hondas.81.s1.nabble.com/3-000-brand-new-motorcycle-tp4037705p4037793.html

Ahh, memories.
Imagine a early 70s Triumph Bonneville 650.  Bored out .030 over, bigger carbs, 4 speed transmission.
Now imagine that vertical twin at 4000 rpm for an hour or so.  
Imagine the rider getting off the bike with two legs so relaxed, they won't hold up his body.

That was me. Didn't own the bike, but wrenched on it with the owner. Got to ride it now and then, and wondered what the cachet of the Triumph was.  That bike was a vibrating machine.

By comparison, the CBs we ride are like turbines compared to those old bikes. My '84 Shadow is somewhere inbetween, but I like it.

Luke M