Motorcycle Thread..

Originally Posted by scottfish

As of five pm yesterday I am a motorcycle owner again. Picked up a 1972 CB350. Can't wait for the inspection so I can ride.

That was the first real street bike I ever road. It belonged to a friend of ours back then his parents wouldn't let him keep it at their house so he kept it at mine. I use to ride it all the time. In '73 I bought a new CB500 Four in Sunrise orange. In '74 a roommate "borrowed" it and crashed it. I built it into a chopper.

It went from this:


To this:


That is my '65 Corvette Coupe in the background. I built the bike on a modified Amen softail frame (first softail frame I know of) I molded and painted. Sorry for the pic but it was scanned off a Polariod from back in '74.

I have been riding something since mini bikes in the oil fieilds. I now have a Honda '05 VTX1300 (80ci) and man is it nice to ride.