Post your pictures from "back in the day" here. Old photos/articles only.

[chrisweir.com]

Your truly 1983

 

[plaid]

Seriously tough. Look at all the holes in those rotors!

 

[Escape pod]

El Cerrito hill climb,

https://ectrailtrekkers.wordpress.com/motorcycle-hill/

 

[augustiron]

Beside the general old school badassness of the harley hill climb rider, I find it amazing that HD already had a successful culture of branding their riders with logo wear. I know other manufacturers and riders wore logo wear, but thinking about how much of HDs brand and success has been the lifestyle logo wear over the years is interesting and all others don't hold a candle to it.

Edit: I see the action photo is wearing a similar Indian logo shirt. I guess that was the thing back then, buy HDS log branding is still fascinating.

 

[afm199]

We have two oldies here, me racing my Norton at Sears Point, circa 1989 or so, and my Grandma Verna, and Aunt Blanche on Uncle Penny's Indian. He bought it after coming home from WWI.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8526424&postcount=36

 

[bikeama]

We have two oldies here, me racing my Norton at Sears Point, circa 1989 or so, and my Grandma Verna, and Aunt Blanche on Uncle Penny's Indian. He bought it after coming home from WWI.

http://www.bayarearidersforum.com/forums/showpost.php?p=8526424&postcount=36

Style :thumbup

 

[GB500guy]

Here are my maternal grand parents when they were dating, on his 190? Yale. I can still hear her cackling with laughter describing how they would ride from Alameda to Santa Cruz over the then-unpaved roads. She would have to get off at the bottom of each valley and walk to the top of the next ridge, where she would get back on and ride to the bottom of the next, etc. I remember them so fondly, great people.

1969, me next to my '68 Honda CB350 twin which I put 25K miles on including multiple trips to Mexico.

Me on the Davis Honda CB350 twin during an AFM 250 mile endurance race at the old Vacaville track in the 1970s, can't remember the exact year. The shop bought the bike from the insurance company as a totaled wreck. I rebuilt it with Yoshimura cam and pistons and we won third overall/first in class in a field that included Triumph Tridents, Kawi Mach IIIs etc. Good times!

-Bill

 

[OldGuy]

1969, me next to my '68 Honda CB350 twin which I put 25K miles on including multiple trips to Mexico.

Me on the Davis Honda CB350 twin during an AFM 250 mile endurance race at the old Vacaville track in the 1970s, can't remember the exact year. The shop bought the bike from the insurance company as a totaled wreck. I rebuilt it with Yoshimura cam and pistons and we won third overall/first in class in a field that included Triumph Tridents, Kawi Mach IIIs etc. Good times!

-Bill

Two things that got my attention:

- 25K miles on a CB350 (a LOT back in the day.) Any rebuilds?

- The bluing on the header pipe of the race bike near the collector. Never seen one get that hot that far down, and I had one 350 (among many) that made a whole lot of power before it let go. Are those the factory double-wall pipes? If so, even more amazing.

 

[GB500guy]

:facepalm

Two things that got my attention:

- 25K miles on a CB350 (a LOT back in the day.) Any rebuilds?

- The bluing on the header pipe of the race bike near the collector. Never seen one get that hot that far down, and I had one 350 (among many) that made a whole lot of power before it let go. Are those the factory double-wall pipes? If so, even more amazing.

One cylinder rebore, but that was only because of a self inflicted piston seizure - I had drained the oil the night before, then totally spaced out next morning and headed to work at the Honda shop, only realizing I had forgotten to add the new oil as the engine seized. :facepalm But otherwise at 25K the crank, cams and valves were all original and the engine was still running strong when I sold it.

Those were the factory double wall header pipes on the race bike, but the extreme bluing is right where the inner pipe ends. Note how much even the mufflers themselves discolored. The bluing all happened during the 250 mile endurance race which was always held on July 4th where it's often 100 degrees or more in Vacaville. But the bike continued to race competitively for quite a few years after that with no breakdowns. Really a solid engine.

-Bill

 

[OldGuy]

:facepalm

One cylinder rebore, but that was only because of a self inflicted piston seizure - I had drained the oil the night before, then totally spaced out next morning and headed to work at the Honda shop, only realizing I had forgotten to add the new oil as the engine seized. :facepalm But otherwise at 25K the crank, cams and valves were all original and the engine was still running strong when I sold it.

Those were the factory double wall header pipes on the race bike, but the extreme bluing is right where the inner pipe ends. Note how much even the mufflers themselves discolored. The bluing all happened during the 250 mile endurance race which was always held on July 4th where it's often 100 degrees or more in Vacaville. But the bike continued to race competitively for quite a few years after that with no breakdowns. Really a solid engine.

-Bill

Oh, man... I can relate to the "no oil" story. About 15 years ago, had a pristine CT70H-K1, red, ~320 original miles. Damn near perfect. Drained the oil, and, even though I have a bunch of the yellow Honda "No oil" tags, I didn't put one on the bike for whatever reason. Went to ride it for a couple of miles the following weekend - always rode it enough to get the oil hot - and it started slowing down after a mile. Let off the throttle, and it stuck.

I was sure the plain-bearing head would be toast. Pulled it apart, and the head was perfect, which I couldn't believe. Cylinder wasn't, though, so bored it, put an S-12 piston in it, and buttoned it back up. Aside from the green edge of the new head gasket, you'd never know it had been apart.

Yeah, I noticed the discoloration on the 350 muffler. I can honestly say I've never gotten one of mine that hot, but I also haven't entered any of 'em in an endurance race in three-digit heat :laughing The last one I had was a beautiful, stock, 5K-mile K3, in green. Sold it to the guy who runs the CJMC almost 20 years ago... believe he still has it. I've had dozens of different Hondas over the past 40+ years, but always had a soft spot for the 350 twins; have had pretty much every iteration except for an SL-K0.

 

[Tom Liberatore]

1974 departing the finger lakes region of upstate NY on a 10,000 mile, 10 week, journey through 25 states looking for a better place to live. Cost: $600.

 

[plaid]

Gentlepersons, all of the commentary, photographs, and stories are priceless; and I use exclamation points sparingly! afm199, if I'm not mistaken, you are smiling in the picture. Great stuff.

 

[89fj]

me while enjoying some much deserved liberty while home ported in japan.
1989, Yokohama. Parking on sidewalks is completely legal there, or used to be

 

[Tom Liberatore]

A few minutes after this photo was taken, the center spun out of my brand new 1981 BMW R65 w/800 miles' clutch. This was when BMW was shifting its dealers around and we had to truck the bike to Medford for repairs which took a week. I camped in the backyard of a member of BMW Anonymous [with four daughters!] and we were able to make the Ferry to Prince Rupert in time but we had to hustle. That bike stranded me over 100 miles from home twice, but I still managed to put 26K on it.

 

[Cafe Racer]

Resurrecting an old thread hoping there are more submissions.

 

[CDONA]

A new to me pix from my sisters collection, mom took this.
I don't remember when I swapped the pushrod trail 90 for this beauty, I have a CLUTCH LEVER !!
I haven't changed to knobbies yet, only mod I see is my FF high parking pass on the crossbar of the CL90.
Can't be older than 16.


'66 3/4T camper special, with custom hood ornament,

 

[firstbuell]

1974 departing the finger lakes region of upstate NY on a 10,000 mile, 10 week, journey through 25 states looking for a better place to live. Cost: $600.

nice paint job on that '68(?) single-carb(?) Turnip -
yer fully loaded for the duration of a long trip

 

[Tom Liberatore]

That was stock paint for a 1971 twin carb Daytona 500, glad that I resisted the urge to chop the front fender. It was even more loaded on the way home as I managed to strap a six pack of Coors to the top of the sissy bar for my Dad.

 

[Cafe Racer]

A new to me pix from my sisters collection, mom took this.
I don't remember when I swapped the pushrod trail 90 for this beauty, I have a CLUTCH LEVER !!
I haven't changed to knobbies yet, only mod I see is my FF high parking pass on the crossbar of the CL90.
Can't be older than 16.


'66 3/4T camper special, with custom hood ornament,

Awesome

 

[Cafe Racer]

I know it's not ancient but it's 1991 at Tomales in Marin County. I've got my FZR400 and my riding mentors had the CBR600F2 and BMW R100GS (?).

This was when I started doing the SMR (Sunday Morning Ride) starting at 730am at Tam's Junction.

Anyone still do this ride?