Still movin

[Locomotive]

The wife and I did a charity ride last week. Lots of bikes and people. So we are ridin with a group and come to a stop sign. I stop and proceed when a guy behind me decides he's gonna try and pass me up. Im in second gear and i hear his metric vtwin creepin up next to me. I figure i will give my bike a good run and see if i can keep up with this guy. I twist the throttle and my wife grabs the back of my jacket. Off we go and we are both turnin and burnin. It was kind of close there for a bit but i was surprized that i was actually keeping up and pulling ahead slowly. At 7k i shifted to 3rd and then the distance between us started to get large. I could hear his bike rappin out as he shifted gears but it seemed like he just ran out of throttle. I was a little self conscious about riding an older bike amongst all the newer bikes but i do like this bike. After keeping up with the pack and holding my position, I like it even better. I had no idea this bike could hold its own up to newer bikes. A few people checked out my bike during a break. They thought it was a Goldwing til they saw the Yamaha on the back. Yamaha should have promoted this bike a little harder and longer. I saw a few Ventures and talked to a few people who were riding them. Even saw an 83 with a sidecar.

[Squidley]

For what these bikes are, they are rockets. A properly tuned 1st gen can keep up with anything in it's weight plus some. It's always fun the 1st time one figures this out with a bit of rightwrist itis

[bongobobny]

Yup! Quick, aren't they?!!?

[mother]

i have had the front tire off the ground three times this year so far, with the wife on the back, she was not impressed.

[Skid]

My signature says it all!

[Guest Swifty]

My CB handle says it all!

[Eck]

Well, since we are telling stories here....

I took off on my 2nd gen the other day so fast that the paint slid back a half inch..........