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Schurkey
Twinstar
Joined: Jun 06, 2006
Posts: 128
Location: The Seasonally Frozen Wastelands
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 7:34 am |
 
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[you are all nuts] to be driving these old relics..Lets get you guys out shopping and buy some new bike!! .Today!..I am just heading out to do the same...
Let me know how it goes |
I just spent about six hours over the course of three days getting an abandoned Yamaha 50cc ring-ding street bike running and driveable. It has sat against a garage in Idaho for the last nine years, and was given to my in-laws by her youngest daughter. Her husband "hadn't gotten around" to having it hauled off to the dump. Father-In-Law helped with some of the mechanical work; and paid for gas, oil and miscellaneous parts.
I then watched my In-laws get on it, one at a time, and ride...for the FIRST MOTORCYCLE RIDE OF THEIR LIVES. They're getting VERY close to 70 years old, and both of them rode, both of them shifted gears, and both of them DIDN'T drop the bike or scrape skin on pavement. Neither one could stop smiling afterward.
They may never ride my 11F, but there's some hope! |
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f4fast
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Joined: Jul 09, 2005
Posts: 25098
Location: Long Island,N.Y.
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 2:28 pm |
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cliffiec
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Joined: Mar 02, 2006
Posts: 5445
Location: Central Maine/Arizona
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 8:47 pm |
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Cool Story, Schurkey! Tell them to be safe! |
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Schurkey
Twinstar
Joined: Jun 06, 2006
Posts: 128
Location: The Seasonally Frozen Wastelands
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Fri Jul 10, 2009 11:40 pm |
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txscbf1100
Black CB750F
Joined: Jun 21, 2006
Posts: 794
Location: Yoakum, Tx.
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 1:04 am |
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Very cool.  |
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bikerdave
Hawk
Joined: Jan 19, 2007
Posts: 365
Location: Cathedral City,CA
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Sat Jul 11, 2009 4:06 am |
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AAAAALLLLLLLLLL RRRRRIIIIIIIGGGGHHHHHTTTTTT!!!!!!!
Too Cool
They get a vote from me! |
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silversurfer1050
Rest in Peace
Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3849
Location: Wisconsin
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Sat Jul 18, 2009 11:49 pm |
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Beats the heck out a moped IMHO. |
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Pete83
CB1100F
Joined: May 29, 2004
Posts: 2261
Location: Fond du Lac, Wisconsin
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 11:25 am |
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I'm not surprised that your Father-in-law did it seeing he's wearing an Anheuser-Busch shirt. Looks like he'd be a fun guy to have around sitting around the campfire with a bunch of cold ones telling stories. |
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gorilla_biker
Silver CB750F
Joined: Mar 17, 2005
Posts: 661
Location: Kent, UK
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Sun Jul 19, 2009 5:33 pm |
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Cool ... Cool ... Cool ... 
Great story and pictures - thanks for sharing that  |
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Jebbysan
Red CB1100F
Joined: Dec 08, 2007
Posts: 7104
Location: New Braunfels,Texas
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 2:34 am |
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Wheelies?  |
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spike
Rest in Peace
Joined: Jul 20, 2006
Posts: 3445
Location: Holbrook Long Island New York
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Mon Jul 20, 2009 12:02 pm |
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Thats just too cool nice work |
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silversurfer1050
Rest in Peace
Joined: Nov 09, 2004
Posts: 3849
Location: Wisconsin
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Tue Jul 21, 2009 12:30 am |
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Hey, Schurkey
Which frozen wastelands? Those east of me, or west of me? 
Check out the rides and rallies section wherever you are/ |
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