dont let this happen to you!

mike · Post by **mike** » Sun Jul 18, 2004 12:24 am

hehe funny

http://www.southbayriders.com/forums/up ... 102249.wmv

Stingray230SX · Post by **Stingray230SX** » Tue Jul 20, 2004 5:36 am

OUCH i hope just his pride was hurt

DucSoup · Post by **DucSoup** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 4:15 am

Why motorcycle safety training is such a good idea. Looks like it would have paid for itself, in pride points at least.

mike · Post by **mike** » Mon Jul 26, 2004 5:14 am

I hear you there. I preach MSF to anyone that says "hey I wanna get a bike".

DucSoup · Post by **DucSoup** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:08 am

Back in the day, I got my first bike used while in college. It was 1979 and the bike was a Yamaha TX-500 with monsterous dual overhead cams. It may have been something for it's day and was enough to scare me a couple times early in my riding. Iirc, top speed was about 106 if I was laying prone with my feet back on the bookrack.

Fast forward to 1987 or so and my kid brother picks up a Ninja 250. Wow how technology jumped! He got a ticket on this thing doing 115 down the 101 outside of Pt. Magu. Now-a-days I look back and think about how lucky we were. I took my first Class in 2002 and still learned little somethings. (Granted, I had been off motorcycles for a dozen years or so.)

When a friend asked about buying a bike I said, "First take a class. I'll pay half when you graduate." It's worth that much to me to see a friends success, and not have to see a failure.

Stingray230SX · Post by **Stingray230SX** » Fri Jul 30, 2004 2:32 am

hey!! that tx-500 sounds like the 1978 yamaha i had.....

mine was twin cam 500 twin with a black tank/chrome fenders/magnesium spoke wheels/AND front/rear disk brakes.....
called a "special" or a 500c i think

i had a friend whose brother had the 750 version of the same bike,more cruiser like but the 750 had the twin cam/triple cylinder engine......man i wish i still had that bike and the 750 too!!!!

doug