12-13-2017, 02:40 AM
Here ya go Guth lol
27 years old, married for 3, and a 2 year old daughter (she will be 43 in a couple of weeks...my how fast they grow up lol). I had been riding 12 years, thought I wanted a BMW (always did). Was riding a 73 Yamaha 650 twin at the time. I had saved up $2000 for a down payment and was going to buy an R90S which was $3999 and finance the other $2K. Wife and I went out and test rode the Beemer. It sucked. I was so disapointed. I had wanted a Beemer since I was a kid, but the shuddering taking off and the up and down when you got on and off the gas felt like a carousel. Went back to riding my 650 twin. Anyhow I was managing a Kawasaki shop in Cinti at the time. The next week we got in this new KZ1000 and I had my shop guys put it together and I took it out for a spin. What a motorcycle! I called the owner and asked what my price would be on it. He called me back and said $1888 out the door. Heck I paid cash and had $112 for gas and insurance left over. My wife and I loved that bike. We were headed to Indiana when the pic was taken to a Motocross race. We rode that bike to Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Fla with a Windjammer and bags. We rode it straight home from Fla 942 miles in 17 hours. I have always been able to put in serious saddle time. Was 92 degrees when we left Florida and 34 degrees when we pulled into Cincinnati.I had to be at work the next day. Later I put Lester mag wheels on it. Then in 1979 we decided to buy a house and I sold it for $2500 to help cover the down payment. The CB 1100 reminds me a lot of that bike, especially the DLX.
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27 years old, married for 3, and a 2 year old daughter (she will be 43 in a couple of weeks...my how fast they grow up lol). I had been riding 12 years, thought I wanted a BMW (always did). Was riding a 73 Yamaha 650 twin at the time. I had saved up $2000 for a down payment and was going to buy an R90S which was $3999 and finance the other $2K. Wife and I went out and test rode the Beemer. It sucked. I was so disapointed. I had wanted a Beemer since I was a kid, but the shuddering taking off and the up and down when you got on and off the gas felt like a carousel. Went back to riding my 650 twin. Anyhow I was managing a Kawasaki shop in Cinti at the time. The next week we got in this new KZ1000 and I had my shop guys put it together and I took it out for a spin. What a motorcycle! I called the owner and asked what my price would be on it. He called me back and said $1888 out the door. Heck I paid cash and had $112 for gas and insurance left over. My wife and I loved that bike. We were headed to Indiana when the pic was taken to a Motocross race. We rode that bike to Pennsylvania, Tennessee, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia and Fla with a Windjammer and bags. We rode it straight home from Fla 942 miles in 17 hours. I have always been able to put in serious saddle time. Was 92 degrees when we left Florida and 34 degrees when we pulled into Cincinnati.I had to be at work the next day. Later I put Lester mag wheels on it. Then in 1979 we decided to buy a house and I sold it for $2500 to help cover the down payment. The CB 1100 reminds me a lot of that bike, especially the DLX.