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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:05 PM
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Here's are the ones I keep from child hood


 
Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:06 PM
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Mine was a 1972 Yamaha DT100.....purple of all colors. Boy all the talk about the Hodaka's sure brings back memories.
 
Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:16 PM
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Harley Z90..black with red, white, blue stripes on tank..along w/HD #1

great looking..not much in the dirt..beat the hell out of it!

only kid in 7th grade riding a Harley wearing a black leather jacket....ha!!
Damn my first real bike with shocks was a ole 90, wine red with black inlay.....back in the AMF days!
I believe I was around 12 years of age when I dogged that bike in and around them sand hills of southwester Oklahoma.
I remember cleaning lots of spark plugs, until Friday...........that's when my dad would go into town for parts for his ole Norton Commando.
Hell.............that's when I got a new spark plug.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:27 PM
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I am very surprised to see some many other Hodakas as 1st bikes! I learned to ride and wrench on a Hodaka. I rode almost as much as I wrenched!

Mine:
74' Hodaka Super Rat 100cc
73' Yamaha DT175
77' Yamaha TT500
81' Kawasaki GPZ550
86' Honda TRX250R
83' Suzuki GS550
99' Honda Shadow 750 ACE
01' Indian Scout (Current)
02' Harley Ultra Classic (Current)
 
Old Dec 30, 2008 | 07:56 PM
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Thanks for all the input. This is great stuff. More minis please.
 
Old Dec 30, 2008 | 08:45 PM
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Rupp. It was way cool in it's day because it had a gas tank.
 
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Old Dec 30, 2008 | 10:56 PM
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1970 - Family Bargain Center 3.5hp minibike
1971 - Sears 4hp 2speed minibike
1972 - '71Honda CB100... ridden in dirt
1974 - '71Hodaka 100B+
1977 - '74 XL250 Honda Street and Desert
1979 - '78 GS550 Suzuki
1981 - '76 Moto Guzzi 850 El Derado.... Finally a V-Twin
1982 - '82 Yamaha XV920 Virago +Honda SL125 for dirt
1986 - '84 Harley FXRT Full Dress Sport Tour F%$king Harley #1!!!!
1990 - '80 Bad Azz Ironhead XLCH w/ cams, andrews carb and fatbob tanks
1994 - XL 883... punched to 1200 and customized
1996 - '95 Fatboy
2005 - '99 FLHT

Wow evolution does exist!!!
 
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Binnelli 80cc. Bright orange.
 
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65cc Benelli. Rode it in circles around the house until I had worn a track in the lawn. Dad was not happy, to say the least!
 
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Thinking back,the first Mini bike I rode was a Tote Goat.These things had some awsome torque.
I think i was ten,gave it some throttle and I was just hanging on the bars with my hands.It me dragged down the street before my uncle stopped it!
 



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