I was digging through a box of "stuff" this morning and found a couple of photos of my first and second "new" motorcycles...
My first new bike was a 84 RZ350. That was my daily transportation around Fort Huachuca for about two years. Great for mosquito control but not very stealthy for sneaking home as it was quite the "Ring Dinger" even with the stock exhaust... It was a real blast to ride in the canyons of southeast Arizona...
My next bike was a 86 FJ1200. I traded in the RZ on it for riding cross country to Fort Gordon, GA, and back, for a 6 month Advanced Course. Plus I knew I would be going to Germany within a year or so after my class. Here she sits all fitted out for touring in front on my Mothers house in Florida. I spent what seemed like a fortune at the time for all the soft luggage... Note the high tech 80's style backrest... This bike was a blast on the Autobahn, I loved to go "Porsche strafing" with it...nothing upsets a proud Porsche owner more than being passed like they are sitting still....
I am looking and waiting to find the "right" FJ1200 to restore. My wife already knows, and has agreed, that it will be my third bike in the garage when the right one pops up.
My first new bike was a 84 RZ350. That was my daily transportation around Fort Huachuca for about two years. Great for mosquito control but not very stealthy for sneaking home as it was quite the "Ring Dinger" even with the stock exhaust... It was a real blast to ride in the canyons of southeast Arizona...
My next bike was a 86 FJ1200. I traded in the RZ on it for riding cross country to Fort Gordon, GA, and back, for a 6 month Advanced Course. Plus I knew I would be going to Germany within a year or so after my class. Here she sits all fitted out for touring in front on my Mothers house in Florida. I spent what seemed like a fortune at the time for all the soft luggage... Note the high tech 80's style backrest... This bike was a blast on the Autobahn, I loved to go "Porsche strafing" with it...nothing upsets a proud Porsche owner more than being passed like they are sitting still....
I am looking and waiting to find the "right" FJ1200 to restore. My wife already knows, and has agreed, that it will be my third bike in the garage when the right one pops up.
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