The signature tells it all. Started late in life with 360 Hondas. Read all the touring bike magazines with articles from folks like Roger Hull. Wife even wrote an article for Touring Bike Magazine in 1977.
Penny and Rick have owned many motorcycles starting in 1974 with Hondas, then to Suzukis, Gold Wings and ultimately Spyders.
74 Honda 360T (pair); 78 Suzuki GS 1000 (pair); 82 Honda Aspencade; 84 Honda 400; 87 Yamaha 1100; 99 Honda Valkyrie; 01 Suzuki Burgman(triked); 02 Honda GL 1800(triked); 10 Spyder RTSE; 11 Spyder RTSM; 12 Spyder RTSL (pair); 20 Spyder RTL (current)
My first bike was a 1959 Cushman Super Eagle. My father bought it for me for $177. M0003_861Aa.jpg
My first "real motorcycle" was a Yamaha 250 YDT-1. 2nd'63Yamaha 250YDT-1.jpg
IN GOD WE TRUST
"Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch. Liberty is a well-armed lamb contesting the vote." - Benjamin Franklin,1759
"The two enemies of the people are criminals and government, so let us tie the second down with the chains of the Constitution so the second will not become the legalized version of the first." - Thomas Jefferson
My first bike was a 1959 Cushman Super Eagle. My father bought it for me for $177. M0003_861Aa.jpg
My first "real motorcycle" was a Yamaha 250 YDT-1. 2nd'63Yamaha 250YDT-1.jpg
My very first was a Yamaha 80, one lunger. Bought a one year old, but new, model. I paid $328 for that one. And, it looked a whole lot like your 250 above. Mine was white.
Currently Owned: 2019 F3 Limited, 2020 F3 Limited: SOLD BOTH LIMITEDS in October of 2023.
Crap you are all making me feel older than I feel..... My first 2 wheeled motor vehicle was a 1949 Wizzer Motor Bike Wizzer .png
I rode that to school and everywhere else from age 12 to14 when I got my Cushman Scooter.
At that time 1955 you could get a drivers Lic. at 14. Since then I have owned and ridden well over
35 motorcycles.
Here are my latest 2 fun rides. Boss Hoss and F3 Boss #1.jpgMy New F3.jpg
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My first "bike" was a 2005 Tomas Moped... 50cc motor kited to do 70kph. I was turning 50 and decided if I didn't learn to ride now... when would I??
Bought a 2008 Honda Shadow Aero as my first actual bike... Learned to ride and while still a novice took a run from Toronto to Glacier/ Yellowstone/ Sturgis with two buddies who had a LOT of experience... got me hooked
2007 Yamaha Star 1300... had that bike about 2 weeks before I totalled it coming home from work in a light drizzle
2009 Harley Superglide Custom which I rode all over North America on... added a tour pack off a Road King, and a Batwing fairing and put 130000km on her until it started wearing out
2009 Yamaha Royal Star Venture ... loved the ride but the weight in parking lots was becoming too much
2018 Spyder RTL that was a demo at a dealer 1500 km away... hadn't even sat on one, but the deal was so good I flew up and rode it home. 35,000 km on her and at 67, still rolling every chance I get!!
You can't get there from here....
Mods and Tweaks:
Showcrome Trunk Rack
Showcrome LED Trunk Light
Garmin 390LM
Spyderzone Floating Hiway Boards
Spyderzone Mount Dash Bracket
BajaRon Antisway Bar
Showcrome full-size brake pedal
Spyder-2-Go Driver Cup holder
Ram X phone mount
SpyderExtras 12 volt Docking Station
BRP Driver Backrest
Monster 4K Action Camera
Spyderzone LED Fender Mount Spotlights
CASA LED Headlights and Foglights
Mini bikes as a kid. Mom said no motorcycles if you're living here so it was a big time gap for 2 wheels. Got a '72 CB350 for free when I was 30 when becoming single again. Got it running and got my license on it. Needed more bike so a '75 CB750 was next. Rode it a long time until budget could afford another bike. New '01 Road King was next. Still riding it as wife's F3S along with the long-time snowmobile habit stopped any bike upgrades. F3 is in my future as the RK is starting to get too heavy to happily deal with at 68.
I rode Spyder prototypes at a snowmobile dealer before the first release and yeah these are fun stuck in my head as it's a sled on the road for my later years.
Dang I'm in my later years now, how did that happen? LOL
John
"some suffer from insanity, I choose to enjoy it"
'15 F3S SE6
'01 FLHR
Ski Doo 1200's
Boats
John, one day at a time it just sneaks up on you. They say if you live long enough you get old.
My older brother, who just passed 4 weeks ago at 83, said he was in a meeting of men many years ago. One of the gentlemen was in his 90's. Someone asked him if he had any sage advice about getting older.
"Not really. Well yeah, there is one thing I'll recommend. If you get a chance to die in your 80's, take it!"
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
My older brother, who just passed 4 weeks ago at 83, said he was in a meeting of men many years ago. One of the gentlemen was in his 90's. Someone asked him if he had any sage advice about getting older.
"Not really. Well yeah, there is one thing I'll recommend. If you get a chance to die in your 80's, take it!"
Sorry for your loss Idaho. Many prayers and kind thoughts in his family's and your direction.
Happy TRAils/NSD
Paul
2012 RT L
AMA 25 years Life Member
TRA
PGR
Rhino Riders Plate #83
Venturers #78
TOI
Getting old isn't the hard part. It's the dang side affects!
That's for sure. Then there's the old saw, "It's hell getting old!" I told the preacher the other day if he wanted to preach a really good sermon on hell, just talk about the lives of us old people!
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
1969 Honda 50 step through, bought it in 1969 for transportation to and from the Post Office night shift. Remember those days when you met the nicest people on a Honda?
Then, motocrosser circa 1970s, now mototrials on the 1973 OSSA MAR, photo taken in May of 2022. And no, I am not that fat, almost 100*f day in May. Loose gear, plus protective gear under the jersey, all of it dripping wet with sweat. It was smokin hot and humid that day.
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