charface
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My uncle has a plate in his head since 1975 no short term memory.
He lives with me and cant take care of himself.
Bike wreck of course.
1975 cb360
Worlds ugliest bike took him out.
Stress+Recovery time=Better yield & potency
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He lives with me and cant take care of himself.
Bike wreck of course.
1975 cb360
Worlds ugliest bike took him out.
Indacouch
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Dude my first bike was a 73 CB350. I was 14 when I started ditching the cops on that thing. Not from speed. It just got through spaces a cruiser couldn't. I have a bad leg and a terrible back from bike accidents. Both street and dirt bikes. Luckily I never hit another vehicle. I have a friend who is permanently disabled from being drug 3 blocks after a drunk driver pulled out in front of him on his bike.
It's all fun and games until it's not.
My second bike was a 73 Kaw Z-1 900 that I punched out to 1400 something (thanks MTC engineering). Had to to do an ass load of frame structural stiffening plus a 4-1 Yoshumura header & head work + custom smooth bore carbs, shocks etc . . .
Considering her age she was a bullet that was radar-ed at 148 by FHP. (Dude was cool because I stopped when he lit me up going in the opposite direction).
I briefly considered buying a custom Busa a couple of years back but decided against it as it takes much longer to heal now (if at all).
Considering her age she was a bullet that was radar-ed at 148 by FHP. (Dude was cool because I stopped when he lit me up going in the opposite direction).
I briefly considered buying a custom Busa a couple of years back but decided against it as it takes much longer to heal now (if at all).
charface
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I stuck mostly to the cr125 type
Being an adrenaline junky who was raised on a dirt bikes.
I found myself doing really dumb shit the few times I got on a street bike.
However. Lol
I got this 96 vulcan so I can make a bobber out of it if I ever get caught up
And here is what's left of my uncle.
Don't drink and drive kids
Especially without a helmet.
Fortunately the damage isn't too noticeable if you look at him through a pan of shatter.
He was a wild dude in his day, stole a beer truck and all kinds of shit.
Truth be told the bike wreck probably saved his life.
Being an adrenaline junky who was raised on a dirt bikes.
I found myself doing really dumb shit the few times I got on a street bike.
However. Lol
I got this 96 vulcan so I can make a bobber out of it if I ever get caught up
And here is what's left of my uncle.
Don't drink and drive kids
Especially without a helmet.
Fortunately the damage isn't too noticeable if you look at him through a pan of shatter.
He was a wild dude in his day, stole a beer truck and all kinds of shit.
Truth be told the bike wreck probably saved his life.
Glad he survived, I've had a couple of friends and a relative who didn't.
Guard rails suck!
Guard rails suck!
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MichiganMedGrower
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It wasn’t quite my first. But I had a nice 1971 cb750k. Best all around bike I ever owned. Street, dirt, gravel and even trails were possible on it.
It was about as fast as a 1986 mustang gt 5.0 we determined after extensive testing.
hotrodharley
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CB350 could haul ass.
charface
Well-Known Member
Ill nutshell his accident.
It sounds impossible but here is what happened.
He was driving and my other uncle was
On back.
They had it pegged full on and rounding a corner hit gravel.
Shot out into a field where a freezer just happened to be wedged like a ramp.
We don't know if they were sideways when they hit but still it acted as a ramp. They flew through trees and ken landed head first in a dried up creek bed.
And that's that.
MichiganMedGrower
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I was stupidly high speed chasing my friends hot rod Camaro at 120+ and was cut off by a tractor trailer which I was forced to lay down and slide under.
I narrowly missed a corner guard rail with a gap for a light pole but radical sprained my leg bad. My foot was gang green almost by morning.
Wore a brace for over a year and it still ain’t right.
There wasn’t a scratch on my helmet from an 80 mph slide and then rolled away from the bike.
Keep your head up and keep riding and hope for the best is all I could do.
charface
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Yeah, grandpa had just bought that 360 and they were all taking turns trying it out.
charface
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Haha, yep I have slid a long ways on a downed bike. You kind of get good at it with enough practice.
MichiganMedGrower
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Hate to admit I have slid out a few. But no injuries or real damage I was pushing but in a relatively safe situation those times.
I ride these bikes mostly in the woods on singletrack for fun now.
All weather and conditions rompy romp bike
Cross country race style for dry conditions fast and finesse.
charface
Well-Known Member
Nice,
Trials always looked fun to me
Never gonna happen but still fun to watch
MichiganMedGrower
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Those guys are amazing!
I have seen a lot of vids.
There is a mountain bike style just like it. BMX tricks mixed in too.
I am planning to visit my friend at. Upper mountain to rent some enduro bikes and ride some downhill all mountain stuff.
But I am going to be very careful and safe from now on after this scapula break that is still healing.
Still fun I’m sure. Just no gaps and high speed rock gardens.
charface
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I love it when they are in the mountains.
Where I grew up we had old gravel pits that were no longer used so we rode the shit out of them. High bank turns, jumps n hill climbs it was probably my favorite place to ride
MichiganMedGrower
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In south jersey we had big dirt pits in the middle of the woods with trails leading in and out.
I can’t wait to hit some berms with my new bikes. They have bike parks with features around Grand Rapids.
charface
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I remember the first time I hit whipty doos or whatever you call them.
I hit the first one wrong and the force turned my arms into rubber its hard to describe but All i could was try not to lose my grip and not to smash my face on the handle bars.
I made it out the other end but Ill never forget that feeling. Pretty much just along for the ride. Those pros make it look easy
MichiganMedGrower
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Yeah I got my ass handed to me snowboarding just by my instructor friends. But at least I learned to sort of keep up.
Tough on chrome & the knees though.
Also had a 72 H2-750 two stroke kaw.
Damn thing only had an On / Off switch for a powerband though.
Bassani pipes, a set of smoothbore Mikuni's, disc's all around but a stock seat & tank.
It was literally 3 badass chainsaw motors mated to a single case, the friend I finally sold it to lost his right arm on her.
Bitch!
Looked very similar to this one only it was brown & the pipes didn't have the suppressor looking expansion chambers on the back.
hotrodharley
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Whoop de dos! A lot of endos doing just that. You see guys heading over the handlebars.
My only bike wreck I broadsides a car that ran a stop sign. Doing 70 when she rolled it across the road and the speedo said 55 at the junkyard. Hit my head on the windshield post and everything went into slow motion. Including rolling up the hood and in the windshield .
She was in a bathrobe at 5 PM for whatever reason and had kids in the car. She freaked, hit the brakes and out I went. Hit the pavement on my back sliding headfirst across the road.
The big Catholic cathedral near the hospital they took me to rang the frigging bells every 15 minutes to indicate time. Westminster pattern. All fucking night the sonsofbitches . In traction. It really didn't hurt really bad until about 2am .