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Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:11 am
by 914Driver
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 8:19 am
by Whiskerfish
Had an XL350 back in the day. That was my constant companion for a couple years till I left for the Military.
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 11:54 am
by desertrefugee
Wow.
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 12:28 pm
by sgwilly
You missed the Mighty Titan sitting there in the middle of the pack. 500 cc's of chainsaw terror!
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 2:45 pm
by desertrefugee
Yup, the T500. I had a buddy who bought one and I was riding a 650 Triumph at the time. Needless to say, I was sniffing that two-stroke smoke a lot. It flew.
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 3:29 pm
by delling3
That FT500 ASCOT is exactly the same as the one I owned back in the day. A few other machines in that bunch bring back some memories too. But, gotta ask: I know it's a Honda site, but why no pics of the ELR? By far my favorite bike of all time . . .
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Mon Sep 07, 2020 7:10 pm
by ob1quixote
I want an FT500, someday.
Was a parts rat at a Honda dealership when they came out.
Refreshing to see someone with more bikes than me!
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 8:37 pm
by HOTT
2 XL's AND a SL-350! hey Ron I'm your long lost nephew.
HOTT
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Tue Sep 08, 2020 11:06 pm
by Mike-C
Gents;
My first motorcycle was a Super 90. At 230+ and over 6' tall I was a wee bit out of proportion. But is typical Honda fashion it tolerated my abuse for years. Red line runs into Montreal at a giddy 70MPH at whatever it revved to, I'd say 9000+ for over an hour. Then I inherited a blown up XL350. I put a big bore kit in it and a Megacycle roller cam kit (the reason for said blowup). That twigged my love for big single 4 strokes.
Mike Coleman
'84 Wing-Lite (ex-Aspencade)
'84 (un-Terstate)
'84 Standard (as yet un-named)
'96 Kawasaki Vulcan 1500 (The Vulcanator)
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 3:47 pm
by Gowing
Good lord, that’s a great collection. My eyes went right to the Suzuki gt500.
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Wed Sep 09, 2020 8:41 pm
by desertrefugee
By the way, who is Ron?
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 12:45 pm
by 914Driver
Coworker & friend, we both retired. He's just Ron. Did a lot of racing "back in the day" (hate that term) but he's pretty quick in the mountains. I could barely keep up on a V-45 Magna and he had a 305 Super Hawk. =~ (
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Fri Sep 11, 2020 4:45 pm
by Whiskerfish
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Sat Sep 12, 2020 10:41 am
by desertrefugee
Smooth AND fearless is hard to beat.
Re: Went for a ride, stopped by Ron's house ....
Posted: Sun Sep 20, 2020 4:54 am
by AZNGW Rider
What a collection! I remember some of those when they were newer.