
So here's a picture of my first motorcycle, the blue one in the foreground, and my second motorcycle in lime green. The first was a 1978 Kawasaki KZ650 that Drew, my two wheeling cohort, and I received for free from our friend Travis. What a nice guy Travis was to give us this awesome shiny looking motorcycle! Joke was on us, the thing didn't run and Drew and I spent a good $500 to get it running. By "running" I simply mean that one of us would ride the bike and the other would follow at a safe distance in my truck.
Best part was that it would only run on 3 of 4 cylinders, but every once in a while, with a great bang, the fourth cylinder would fire and the thing would take off like a raped ape. Scary stuff, but it was a good bike upon which to learn.
Ended up selling this bike to my co-worker Andy. The picture you see here is actually from after when I sold it to him. Man, his wife was not so happy with me when I dropped that thing off at his house, but I think she's over it by now.