(02-06-2014, 02:32 AM)PowderToastMan_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Yup, gotten a few of those.
"They don't make 'em like that anymore, do they?" "Well, actually, they do!" 
And I've really lost count of the number of times somebody has said "I used to have one of the old 750s," or "My brother used to have one of the old 750s back in the day."
It definitely has struck a chord with people even if they're not all going to run out and buy one.
I had that exact exchange with an older guy on a CBR250 the other day.
The funniest happened last summer at the grocery store :
Guy : What year is it"?
Me : 2013.
Guy : I know it's 2013. I meant what year is your bike?
(02-06-2014, 12:15 PM)Flynrider_imp Wrote: [ -> ] (02-06-2014, 02:32 AM)PowderToastMan_imp Wrote: [ -> ]Yup, gotten a few of those.
"They don't make 'em like that anymore, do they?" "Well, actually, they do!"
And I've really lost count of the number of times somebody has said "I used to have one of the old 750s," or "My brother used to have one of the old 750s back in the day."
It definitely has struck a chord with people even if they're not all going to run out and buy one.
I had that exact exchange with an older guy on a CBR250 the other day.
The funniest happened last summer at the grocery store :
Guy : What year is it"?
Me : 2013.
Guy : I know it's 2013. I meant what year is your bike?
I had that exact exchange with an older guy on a CBR250 the other day.
The funniest happened last summer at the grocery store :
Guy : What year is it"?
Me : 2013.
Guy : I know it's 2013. I meant what year is your bike?
That is funny
Now it has happened to me. Took a ride to Waycross today to get in some break in miles and enjoy the fine cool weather. Stopped near a construction site and one of the workers walked over to compliment my "vintage" Honda and ask what year and who did the restoration. When I explained that it was a new model he said "now that's the way a bike is supposed to look". Later, while putting some gas in the bike, a fellow walks over and asks, "what year is that old Honda".
This is fun.
I think I'll start telling people "it's a 1978 model and I've worked my butt off to keep it this nice!"....
I've been asked that quite a number of times.
Sitting at a red light last time out, old timer in a rumpled old cowboy hat pulls up in a pickup, rolls down his window, nods, and says, "that sure is a good lookin' ole Honda you got there"
lordy that's funny!