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Old School Cool
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After my father left auto body work in the mid-'70s he went into bike painting and frame/fork straightening for a big local bike salvage yard in Tampa owned by the PO of a Honda dealership I'd worked for. He did factory-style repaints, including making the CL360 "green weenies" into replica candy red so they'd sell better.
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My twin 74s
Nice! It was the flat lime green CL360s that sold slowly in the Tampa area, like this one. He probably painted close to 20 of them candy red, sold like the proverbial hotcakes thenWhat?
My twin 74s
Bike Week in Daytona 1981. My cousin borrowed a used '79 CBX that my father bought to re-sell and we rode over from Tampa, me on my '79 CBX with Denco 6-6. It was like a drag race from practically every stop light, amazing we didn't get any tickets. Shots from the infield of the big track
Short track at Memorial Stadium on that Friday night
and a visit to Cabbage Patch where street drag races for money often happened, except that day there was a State Trooper parked across the street upper right
Short track at Memorial Stadium on that Friday night
and a visit to Cabbage Patch where street drag races for money often happened, except that day there was a State Trooper parked across the street upper right
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Nice leathers.In the UK you got your Goldwing with a slice of Harrier on the side.
Very cool!'72 CL450K4 bought new in high school while working at one of 5 Honda shop jobs in Tampa during and after high school. I took the bike home in the crate with my father's pickup, put it together in his garage at home and was the first to fire it up. Saved the crate tag too.
Fair point - I could have gotten one scanned photo from '90 or '91 mixed in with the '81 pics since our CBXs aren't in that picture. I know all the other pics are correct as I sold the red CBX in '83 and the next time I was there it was on my '85 ZL900This has to be later than 1981, unless those Interceptors, Ninjas and GSXR's travelled back in time.
Removed inaccurate picture from a later Bike Week
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philipbarrett
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"Clothing by Honda" it says bottom right.
And now that I think about it, one of those Suzukis is not what it seems... one of them is a 750 with 1100 sidecovers on it, I remember the guy saying it was easy to fool those who weren't familiar. Can't recall which one though, far too long ago.Looks like a Tracy fairing on that Suzuki. I had one of those on a VT500 Ascot I used to own.
And the guy at the far left next to the CBX is a guy I got to know while working at my last Honda shop, owned a Gold Wing in '75 and got me interested in Gold Wings resulting in me owning 2 of them over the following years. He was one of those guys who was fun to ride with but turned out to be a user, he knew little about bikes and once I had a GW and did something to it he wanted me to do it to his as well... for free, of course. Less than fond memory.Bike Week in Daytona 1981.
Seeing the pics in this thread makes me jealous. All we did was drink, sex, and street drags. Small town USA. Never took pictures of anything because nobody ever carried a camera. I’d give anything to have more pics from my 20’s&30’s. Just from the road parties. Anything for that...
Left bike owned by lifetime friend. GPZ750E2
We’ve owned 1/2 dozen over the years. 4 of them between us currently.
He had one with 1500 on clock and sold it...
Bike in pic was full on parts box junk he bought it. Told him that.
He built a rider to spite me. Because that’s what friends do when you’re still fuking around riding a new ninja, and don’t have your own bike finished.
I have 2. Restoring 1. My 1st love from 89 taught lessons in mortality around the mid 90’s.
810+Two stage boost+avgas+dumb=restoration.
[UWSL]Fond of this pic. For both the context with Kawasaki, and my friend. Lots of history. The friend, the GPZ, the location. Blessed to still have all of them in my life.[/UWSL]
[UWSL].[/UWSL]
Left bike owned by lifetime friend. GPZ750E2
We’ve owned 1/2 dozen over the years. 4 of them between us currently.
He had one with 1500 on clock and sold it...
Bike in pic was full on parts box junk he bought it. Told him that.
He built a rider to spite me. Because that’s what friends do when you’re still fuking around riding a new ninja, and don’t have your own bike finished.
I have 2. Restoring 1. My 1st love from 89 taught lessons in mortality around the mid 90’s.
810+Two stage boost+avgas+dumb=restoration.
[UWSL]Fond of this pic. For both the context with Kawasaki, and my friend. Lots of history. The friend, the GPZ, the location. Blessed to still have all of them in my life.[/UWSL]
[UWSL].[/UWSL]
skibum69
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She'll be back on the road as soon as I get new pipes. '82
JimVonBaden
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Not traditional Old School, but an old bike. A 70 Yamaha XS400 that I picked up almost free. Took it down to nearly nothing, and built it up as a scrambler. 
Fun ride, poor power and brakes, but got a LOT of attention.
Fun ride, poor power and brakes, but got a LOT of attention.
JimVonBaden
Kool Aid!
My first of 4 1982 650 Turbos, bought new:
Last of 4:
Daytona 1983:
My 1981 Yamaha triple touring in 1984:
1981 Honda 500 Shadow, bought new:
1981 R65 that I rebuilt back in 2006:
Last of 4:
Daytona 1983:
My 1981 Yamaha triple touring in 1984:
1981 Honda 500 Shadow, bought new:
1981 R65 that I rebuilt back in 2006:
1 wheel peel
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We need something other than a "like" button. I tried, I just couldn't. :>)
My first of 4 1982 650 Turbos, bought new:
I had one of those for about 2 weeks. Crossed a flooded water crossing with it and the cold water cracked the exhaust housing on the turbo. Sold it for parts.
