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emack76
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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:49 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Hi All. Here's my obligatory introduction. I might as well make it a pictro. Laughing

I rode several old bikes when I was in high school and college. A rebel and CB550 among them. But I got rid of them when I went off to the USMC and figured I shouldn't when I married and started having babies.

After I moved back home and found myself with a 100mi daily commute, I figured it was time. If nothing else I could spend quality time riding back and forth to work. As it turns out, 11,000 miles every year is high quality!

About 5 years ago I bought a 1980 Suzuki GS750L. I tinkered with that bike for 3 years. It was so dang cantankerous.
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Meanwhile, my wife learned to ride and I bought her a bike just like the one she took the class with - 2001 Buel Blast. Say "Cheese!" dear.
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After 3 years of keeping that zooki up and wearing a backpack everywhere, it was time to move up. Enter my first CB900C, 1981 type...
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I Loved that bike and rode it everywhere all the time.

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Once the wife had a couple sesons under her belt, we upgraded her to her 'forever' bike, a 2009 Suzuki C50 (VL800).
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It was only a matter of time though. July of last year I pulled the 81 CB into my shop for a valve check. She never ran again. *sniffles* I managed to bend a valve (though the verdict is out on what actually happened to it) during the procedure. I was just plain sick for weeks. Like someone ran over a puppy.

I couldn't take it. After waiting a season to be sure, I relized I had to have another CB Custom. It was either fix the old one (which scared me to death after that last incident), or get one with a good engine/valves and go from there. I decided on the latter. My current custom:
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That's what it looked like when I got it home. I had to have the cases back though so I changed her clothes:
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That's how she sits now (though I put the full windsheild back on). It'll be time for a fresh coat of paint soon. I don't htink I'll do a stock paint job... Still thinking though.

Thank you all for helping this lurker for the past couple of years. I was able to find the answer(s) to all the questions I had by searching this site. Good stuff men!
Ride safe!
Emack

PS - Note the bikes in the sig and appropriately sized pictures. Do I get a prize? Cool

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 3:53 pm Reply with quote Back to top

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:07 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Two bunnies! Congrats.
Nice post emack.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 4:14 pm Reply with quote Back to top

lol - thanks!

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:25 pm Reply with quote Back to top

band dance

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 6:45 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Nice looking '82. I like the two-tone blue schemes, but then again I may be biased.

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PostPosted: Thu Apr 28, 2011 8:28 pm Reply with quote Back to top

Welcome

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