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What do the older bikes remind you of?

For me they remind me of a simpler time when you just went out and rode with your friends. Had a great time and enjoyed life.
 
they remind me of a time when gas caps were not child-proof, and if you didn't replace it correctly, you ended up riding around with your pants full of gas, crying with your crotch on fire, but afraid to stop and tell mom & dad, because they'd make you quit riding for the day.

Maybe that's just me though...

thanks,
json
 
Your character deepens, Justin. I sense a new found pensive reflective mood. Is Melancholy far behind? These honest expressions of your inner feelings are healthy, if unexpected, and may well lead you into cogent periods of rationality. The UHE site is beginning to influence your subconsciousness. You want to join us in more than name only! You want to belong! You want to move over from the dark side! It is safe Justin. We are not a cult. You will add diversity to our gene pool. Do it! Buy the 650! Cast off the Eastern Peril! Uh uh uh uhhhhhhhh Whoa there!! I just got home from the weekly prayer meeting at the Church of Eternal Optimism and kinda lost it for a minute. Excuse me, I gotta go commune with my 'Berg.

P.S. Justin, twenty years from now these will be the good-old-days. Enjoy while you can.
 
Boy, that subject really brings back some memories. Older bikes remind me of learning to ride my first bike, an XR75 when I was 7. Like Justin said, they remind me of a simpler time, when kids could go out and play without fear of all the bad things that are going on the world right now. I could go out and ride with my buddies all day and never think about getting abducted, nobody would have wanted me anyway! And none of the neighbors getting mad at a little kid for riding around his crop fields.

A time when I didn't really know the meaning of bike maintainance. You just gas up and go. Except the one time when we thought a can of kerosene was gas, that didn't work very well. And getting stopped by a policeman on our daily trip to the store. He said we needed lights and blinkers to be on the road, but hey, we were 7 or 8 at the time, and really didn't care. We had to have our sugar rush as kids. So to the store we went for a soda and a candy bar.

And I remember my sister always telling her friends that my bike was hers when she had company. It would always make me so mad. But she was bigger and I couldn't do anything but run tell mom and dad.

It just seemed to be more fun and carefree way back then. Now it seems like it is just as much work involved as it is fun just to go ride for the day or a weekend.

Jay
 
It reminds of when I could ride all weekend on a couple of bucks
of gas rather than taking out a personal loan for fuel.

It reminds me of when I could pick a trail anywhere in town and ride for miles instead of
running into a condo or a wall or the law.

It reminds me of a time when my town didn't "outlaw" trail riding. Now, if you get caught riding in town,
you get fined $250 IF you ARE registered.

It also reminds me of the local Can-Am dealer and how I used to drool on his front window peeking in..
and then having to go home to my DR125!
 
Back then I could get a bunch together and ride all day,campout and ride all the next day.I could leave home on my trailbike and except for 2 or 3 miles I could ride over 90 miles in the woods.This was before the land started being closed off.Now horse riders go where I used to trail ride.They say horses don`t tear the ground up :lol: .I know better.Had some good times,now you have to twist somebodies arm just to get them to go,somehow that takes the fun out of it. :cry: sad isn`t it?
 
Thats what i'm getting at. Now I havent been riding as long as you guy's. But it seems it's getting harder and less fun each year to ride. :( Thats why I think I wana get an old aircooled bike. With the metal gas tanks, plush seats, crazy power, and heavyness. Awww tha good ol days. 8O
 
:thumbup:
I do ride old aircooled bikes, Twinshockers at the rear and drum brakes. Very much fun indeed but not always easy when setting these bikes at the various tracks.
To be honest, I think I ride faster on my old Maico's then on my 2002 470 Husaberg. Maybe modern technology isn't meant for me??
 
I can remember my grandfather telling me how in 1919 the policeman in the next town gave him his rider's licence on the spot after he explained the route he took through the hills to get there.
 
I can remember BSAs that started hard,and needed main bearings
all the time.(and now I own a Husaberg?).I remember blowing shocks
out on my first race.Bultaco pot metal pistons.Crapping old drum
brakes that wouldn't stop for a mile after a water crossing.Ignition
points that didn't like water at all.Steel gas tanks,rubber footpegs,
clutch and brake levers made out of aluminum colored china.It's
easy to remember the good things.It takes a while to remember
the bad and put it all in to perspective.
 
Ahhh...the good old days...reminds me of the days when i would DROOL over some other kids xr75, but my mother wouldnt let me NEAR a dirt bike! Now, I live in a free state, ride vast lands at will (without breaking ANY laws), and can afford any bike I desire. I know the old days are nostalgic, and yeah, "on any sunday" nearly brings a tear to my eye every time. But in all honesty, I have to say that personally, I have it better today than I ever have. The bikes are better, the gear is better, and the riding (for me) is better. Gas, while it seems expensive, is still cheaper (in relation to income) than it was in the sixties. Yeah, it was really good then. But based on my personal experience, today is even better.
 
I remember pushing the bike down to the end of the street and then riding out to the desert which is now houses for another 15 miles. Riding for hours on end without carrying water (camelpack?),tools or spare parts. Changing the oil and spark plug once a year along with the rear tire. You never replaced front tires. I didnt know forks had oil or even needed it. Ahhh the good ole days.
Viva Montesa
 
any of you guys that feel the need for a vintage bike .JUST LET ME KNOW i have about twenty .from nice ready to ride czs -to husky resto projects.125s.250s 430s .i restore them for vintage motocross.i just recently got a beautifull jawa californyan .not a motocross bike but a cool street ride .lots of memmories in these old bikes some good ...some bad......bergdaddy
 
no.. maicos are the one brand i dont mess with .i could never keep the motors together ....bultacos..huskys.czs .hondas..and can ams .if you are looking for maico parts i could help you out though i have a friend who is a maico nut and knows everybody who messes with them....bergdaddy
 
This is a great thread... It got remembering about my first ride, and how I ever learned on that thing! A '72 Kawasaki 100 Enduro. Enduro DOES NOT mean the same thing today!

Was I the only one... or are there others out there how learned to ride on a 300 lb street bike with knobbies on it? The best part was that I didn't know any better and I could go faster (not quicker) than my friend on his yz 80... monoshock even! That used to tick him off! :evil:
 
My first bike was a 1984 honda xr200. It had dual rear shocks, a metal gass tank. Drumb brakes front and rear. I loved that bike. It weighed alot. But I remember heading up to the OHV area with my friends and sitting on that big seat kicking it over. Loveing the sound of that old thumper. How it would have a major failure almost every time we took it out. Even though it failed it was still so much fun. Gave me somthing to do the next day. It was a challenge to go throught the trails fast and to push that bike to it's limits.

My new bike is awesome. But kinda seems like cheating. Not hard to ride fast on the trails with all these up grades. It starts first/second kick every time. Never fails. Kinda takes the fun out of it. I just cant seem to go out and ride for fun with my new bike. It seems like I always have to compete. But it is the most fun in the desert.

I think when we all grew up we lost a piece of rideing. A piece that made it fun and brought back good memmories. I want to bring back those memmories. Do you ever just want to find that one bike that you had so much fun on and restore it? I do. I think the bikes of today are great and that we will soon be loosing another piece of fun with the japanesee bikes. With there soon to be computer controlled traction controll and everything will be like cars. All technologicaly advanced.


Hey bergdaddy are you located in California somewere? Might take you up on one of those old bikes. I just got done restoring a yamaha 1973 gt80 dual sport. I need a new cheaper project then my 426 or rock crawler. Maybe another small dual sport enduro. Let me know what you got!
 
I am in las cruces new mexico...and i have three good choices for resto.1979 cr 125 good general condition and its all there very good starting point motor runs good but needs to be completly striped and painted .fork seals tank has some dents but in general a great starting point..800 dollars.........1973 husky 250 wr this is a cherrie all original ..motor and all the side cases look like new has two dents in the tank were the forks have hit it original air box cover is perfect.probably the best start to a restoration i have seen i a long time.bike has set foe 12 years will need all the rubber goodies.1100..and last but not least ..a 1976 bultaco frontera.i have ben riding this bike around the shop and down to get beer on it ( i only need to ride thru a large field to get the beer so its not street legal)...but it is so cool and runs great the tank is in good shape and does not leak.most of the glass tanks do.every now and then it seems hard to shift to second but all the bultacos shift like old trucks so its hard to tell ..900 for this one ....well let me throw this one out while were here 1979 honda 250 elsinor runs good and a good start to a resto needs lots of plastic .also does not have the original tank it is an aftermarket plastic tank in good shape but not original...750 for this home wrecker.................ok i will quite now ....but i have more ..bergdaddy
 

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