[poncho-mike]

I started riding motorcycles as soon as I got my driver's license. At the time, I had a CL125 Honda that I rode on our property (15 acres). I got my license in summer 1973, and two months later the Arab Oil Embargo hit. After being adamant I wasn't going to ride a bike on the street, my dad tagged the bike and put a luggage rack on back. Dad ran a garage on our property, so the bike was used for trips to the parts store and pretty much anything else I could tie down in a milk crate. I live in the south so there was rarely bitter cold, but I rode it year round for probably a year. I later bought a Suzuki GT380, then a Kawasaki 750, and finally a Suzuki GT550. I'm partial to the 2-strokes. I sold my bikes after my wife got pregnant with our first child.

I would love to have a GT750 (Water Buffalo). I do FB Marketplace and Craigslist searches for a nice 550 or 750 occasionally.