what did you ryde .. 30years ago ???

[chris56]

my spyder is in winter-sleep now - so an old friend came with some memories of an adventure-tour we did 30 years ago : austria - jugoslawia - turkey - greece .. good trip ..
three weeks and more than 3000 mls - only a problem with a camel ..
all of them are still bikers (BMW GS) .. but I`m accepted with my SPY-RT .. :thumbup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNyuDSrzyw&feature=youtu.be

[ARtraveler]

I think I had a Kawasaki KZ 650 during that period.

Kaw. LTD Seat
Roll Bars
Vetter Fairing
KMart Stereo installed
Vetter Saddlebags
Sissy Bar & Luggage Rack

This was one of my favorite bikes and i rode it several times between Ft. Wayne Ind. & Duluth, MN--through Chicago.

[Bob Denman]

I was on a Suzuki GS 450
Vetter Quicksilver fairing
Homemade lowers
Rear trunk from JC Whitney
Hard saddlebags of unknown origin... :opps:

I had a lot of fun and learned to respect the street on that bike...

[effgjamis]

It has been more than 30 years ago, But my first ride was a 1937 Indian Chief. Hope to post 38099picture.

[Bob Denman]

:2thumbs::firstplace:

[MarkLawson]

A '79 Volkswagen Rabbit

[murphybrown]

An awesome sorrel quarter horse named MIKE.....:thumbup:

[dancogan]

30 years ago I was putting on 2-3,000 miles a year, on a 15 speed custom made touring bike. The builder was Matt Assenmacher of Swartz Creek, Michigan, who has made bike frames for past world champs. I was not one of them.

[boborgera]

30 Years ago, Let's see, I have underwear older than that, Socks also;)'
But if remember correctly, I was riding a Honda 400?? and a CB750.:dontknow:

[retread]

'81 Virago 750, '79 XS 650 Special with an 850 kit on it, Maico 360 wide barrel, Maico K 501. I was kind of into bikes.:shocked:

john

[Pennyrick]

December 1981. Took delivery of my '82 Aspencade, the first one delivered in Tennessee.

Couldn't wait to get it pin striped.

Notice the arm rests I fabricated from tubular steel that I had chromed and bolted to the top of the side cases.

Good ride!!

[NancysToy]

That one took some head scratching...there have been so many. At that time it was a Honda 750F SOHC four banger, and occasionally my Honda 305 scrambler.

[dave01]

Wow, 30 years ago I was riding a 78 Z1R Kawasaki. I wanted the TC version, but cash was too tight.

[stutzmason]

38126

30 years ago I was motoring around on this.

[Spyderjockey]

I believe I was on my 3rd bike at that time, a 450 Black Honda. It was a stock bike with no mods at all. I believe I had it for about 3 years and was only riding about 4,000 miles a year. The guy I sold it to crashed it about 1 week after he bought it.....he went over an embankment somehow and totaled it. I really felt bad about selling it to him when I found out about the crash.:(

[DynamoBT]

I was still riding my first horse. He was a 16.1 hand Grey Thoroughbred/Saddlehorse gelding. Lance

He was better for my riding than any instructor. I was so overmounted when I got him. But, I learned so much because of him.

[Smokinspyder]

30 years ago i was riding my other tryke a BIG WHEEL !!!! ha haha

but like 8 years ago I started on a 1999 Gsxr750 and this summer I got rid of my 2005 Yamaha YZF-R6 for my Spyder ;P

[napper39]

i think it was this one or that one i traded every yeay.

[bill pitman]

Does anyone remember...

1964 Norton 400 Electra
1971 Ducati 450 Scrambler ,yellow w/chrome
1976+ Honda CB400F four cyl w/ cafe bars
1980's, the first Honda 750 Shadow
and
the last bike I had- 2006 V-Rod (Nightrod), great motor!!


Thanks for listening.

Bill

[bill pitman]

i think it was this one or that one i traded every yeay.

Love the Norton Commando....

In the 1970's, in the Navy, in Memphis, couldn't afford the Norton, bought a Ducati Scambler

[Cyclist922]

December 1981, I was stationed at Clark Air Base in the Philippines and riding my first bike, a Honda CB 550. Thanks for the memory!

[Yol Bolsun]

1976 Plymouth Grand Fury wagon

[coz]

1974 sportster, POUNDED it, big fun.

[NancysToy]

Does anyone remember...

1964 Norton 400 Electra
1971 Ducati 450 Scrambler ,yellow w/chrome
1976+ Honda CB400F four cyl w/ cafe bars
1980's, the first Honda 750 Shadow
and
the last bike I had- 2006 V-Rod (Nightrod), great motor!!


Thanks for listening.

Bill
I love the Duc scramblers. Almost bought one in a moment of weakness a couple of years back.

[Roadkill]

+This was bike #3 of the era. Dude shoulda' been in pictures, I tell ya... 8^D

http://www.roadkillonline.net/imagedb_images/35_1127.jpg

Ride on.
Roadkill

[spyderbirds]

1981 virago 750

[SteveMac]

This. And restoring one now!

http://img.tapatalk.com/46f9dd16-2fcc-f8b7.jpg

[ThreeWheels]

A Yamaha 650 Maxim that I set up with a Windjammer Fairing and factory accessory bags.
I don't have that bike anymore.
I don't have that wife anymore.
Come to think of it, I don't have that hair either................................

http://www.spyderlovers.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=38136&d=1323840175

[chris56]

:popcorn:hope to see much more pictures ..
at this time worlds best touring-machine was this one (look at the soundsystem ) - will be intresting what the people say in the year 2040 about my Spyder RT :)

[Pandy]

The USS Woodrow Wilson SSBN 624 (Blue) in which I qualified in Submarines

Patrick

[arntufun]

38141

[docdoru]

One like-it in silver @ the Transylvania Rally (factory sponsored):

http://i295.photobucket.com/albums/mm136/docdoru/doru.jpg?t=1323860695

[Bob Denman]

Wow, 30 years ago I was riding a 78 Z1R Kawasaki. I wanted the TC version, but cash was too tight.

We've got one here in our Town... :2thumbs:

Arntu,
So you've always been into tripods...

[zrc]

Im behind Arntu, in a radio flyer wagon. The shame...

[Bill Las Vegas]

30 years ago I was riding a Honda CB125

[Jesse]

Honda CB 1100 F. Sold it do to suicidal tendencies with the throttle hand.


38155

[Arr MiHardies]

Slightly more than 30 years ago I was riding my moms uterus. :shrug: guess I'm the young one here.

[bruiser]

Many many years ago (dang I got old quick) I was ryding a 750 Kawi which i purchased right after I sold my Honda 350 which I purchased just after I purchased a 175 Trials.

[bluestratos]

Yamaha Venture Royal

[ARtraveler]

This is really a great thread. I love nostalgia. :2thumbs:

[Warlock]

my spyder is in winter-sleep now - so an old friend came with some memories of an adventure-tour we did 30 years ago : austria - jugoslawia - turkey - greece .. good trip ..
three weeks and more than 3000 mls - only a problem with a camel ..
all of them are still bikers (BMW GS) .. but I`m accepted with my SPY-RT .. :thumbup:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MDNyuDSrzyw&feature=youtu.be
Would be 1984 Honda 700 shadow and a 77 Mach 1 Mustang. Of course 1984 not 1981:ohyea:
David

[Bob Denman]

...I was ryding a 750 Kawi... .


Was it an H2 or a KZ???

[Bob Denman]

Come to think of it; I was on a trike 30 years ago too! :2thumbs:
Boys never tire of playing in the mud... :thumbup:

[Euripedes Neves]

I love the Duc scramblers. Almost bought one in a moment of weakness a couple of years back.
30 years ago, I was riding a Yamaha DT180 and a Honda XL350. Good times.

[mxemt35]

30 years a go I know what dad was riding :yes: thats not fair for us who are only 30......