Your First Love?

OneSickPsycho · 07-01-2010, 03:40 PM

I liked 'em all until I saw this:

Trip · 07-01-2010, 03:46 PM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I liked 'em all until I saw this:

didn't that royally fuck you?

OneSickPsycho · 07-01-2010, 03:50 PM

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Originally Posted by Trip

didn't that royally fuck you?

No, this did:

My opinion of them hasn't changed... I still think it was most likely something I fucked up putting it back together than anything... However, it was everything I ever liked about motorcycles in one package.

Gas Man · 07-01-2010, 07:46 PM

Honestly I was hooked from the sound go.

I was 8yrs old on my Uncle's 1984 honda shadow V 700

Taken at a KOA camp ground in Monroe, MI

I remembered holding on for dear life, the roaring sound of the motor, the vibration, the wind. Thinking WOW, we must be going a million miles an hour!!!

It wasn't till later after I was 18 that I was able to look at my own. Then much like the other people here... the F4i was my dream bike. But I got my used 97 EX500. Same uncle went and looked at it and test rode it for me. Then showed me how to ride it in a parking lot.

Porkchop · 07-01-2010, 07:46 PM

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Originally Posted by goof2

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Edited to add: I first noticed bikes around 1985 when Honda was advertising the Interceptor and Suzuki was doing the same with the GSX-R, but at that point I just thought they looked cool. I took notice again around 90 or 91 when one of the bike mags put out an article with tuner bikes. If I remember there was a turbo Hurricane, a turbo ZX-11, and a few other bikes. Again if I remember correctly they were running around 190+ top speeds and it really caught my attention. All that stuff was nibbles though. Seeing, and more importantly hearing, a Ducati 851 with an exhaust on it really set the hook. That was almost 20 years ago and I can still recall the "What the fuck is that thing!" feeling.

Which interceptor? The 500, 700, or 1000?

goof2 · 07-01-2010, 08:48 PM

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Originally Posted by Porkchop

Which interceptor? The 500, 700, or 1000?

It was probably the 500 but it was 25 years ago and my memory isn't quite that good.

derf · 07-01-2010, 07:55 PM

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Originally Posted by OneSickPsycho

I liked 'em all until I saw this:

Did It Make You Go Bling And Not LikeBikes Any More?

dReWpY · 07-01-2010, 08:11 PM

For me it was the card board cut out of the rc51 when I worked @ honda of troy and was currently racing quads in harescrambles and had never really seen a bike that looked so fast

OneSickPsycho · 07-02-2010, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by derf

Did It Make You Go Bling And Not LikeBikes Any More?

No, it just made me realize that someone out there was reading my mind.

07-01-2010, 07:46 PM	#4
Gas Man Trip's Assistant Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Imported from Detroit Moto: 2009 HD Street Classic Posts: 12,149	Honestly I was hooked from the sound go. I was 8yrs old on my Uncle's 1984 honda shadow V 700 Taken at a KOA camp ground in Monroe, MI I remembered holding on for dear life, the roaring sound of the motor, the vibration, the wind. Thinking WOW, we must be going a million miles an hour!!! It wasn't till later after I was 18 that I was able to look at my own. Then much like the other people here... the F4i was my dream bike. But I got my used 97 EX500. Same uncle went and looked at it and test rode it for me. Then showed me how to ride it in a parking lot. __________________ -Chris "Why pay somebody else to fuck up your bike?" Run Amsoil Product Last edited by Gas Man; 07-01-2010 at 07:48 PM..

07-01-2010, 03:40 PM	#1
OneSickPsycho Ride Like an Asshole Join Date: Feb 2008 Moto: nothing... Posts: 11,254	I liked 'em all until I saw this: