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danno Full Member


Joined: Mar 04, 2006 Posts: 212
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Posted: December 16, 2009, 11:19 pm Post subject: Thanks,Dad! |
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Dad turned 80 years old this year,and decided to quit riding on the open road. I have maintained his Sportster 1200 Custom since he bought it new in 2000,and as a reward,he gave me the bike. It has just under 20,000 miles on it,but it still runs great,and (I think) it still looks good. Dad will still tool around town on a 1980 Honda Twinstar that I bought on craigslist. Sure hope he can handle 200 cubic centimeters of sheer fury. The Twinstar should do 0-60 in just 3 tries.
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xsjohn Full Member


Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 5857 Location: North Carolina USSA
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Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:06 am Post subject: Re: Thanks,Dad! |
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Cool........nothing like a dad.......or a mom for that matter.........nice ride..........xsjohn
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danno Full Member


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Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:21 am Post subject: Re: Thanks,Dad! |
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My Mom rides a Ninja ZX14. (just kidding)
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xsjohn Full Member


Joined: Jul 30, 2006 Posts: 5857 Location: North Carolina USSA
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Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:33 am Post subject: Re: Thanks,Dad! |
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Learned to ride on my dads bike in the 50's....a 250 thing he brought back from Japan when we lived there after ww2....He was airforce and went away a lot to fight the bastards ...found his key and rode the thing around the house so many time there was a huge berm all the way around the house........I was hooked and also got my ass beat when he got home......
xsjohn
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blackwidow Full Member


Joined: Apr 11, 2009 Posts: 394 Location: Colorado
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Posted: December 17, 2009, 1:57 am Post subject: Re: Thanks,Dad! |
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Hey good deal
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BSABarb Full Member


Joined: Nov 30, 2009 Posts: 39 Location: Skagit County, WA
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Posted: December 17, 2009, 12:47 pm Post subject: Re: Thanks,Dad! |
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Hi Danno,
Treasure that bike, and treasure your Father more! My Pop is 90, and although he never gave me a bike, he gave me my love of two wheels, and forced me to learn how to work on them--very valuable!
Beautiful bike, by the way-----considering it isn't a vertical twin......
Barb
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