How I Started Riding Motorcycles
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- Опубліковано 28 вер 2024
- The story of how and why I learned to ride a motorcycle.
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Ok So there seems to be a little confusion about the Tank Bag lol I'm sorry for not explaining it better. Wolfman Luggage Posted this Video on Facebook as a DIY Tank Bag Challenge/Contest: facebook.com/WolfmanLuggage/posts/3104946942908112
See the post if you'd actually like to enter the contest, Judging ends April 12th, and if you win they will send you a Tank Bag of your Choice!
I assumed I wasn't eligible because I'm an ambassador. I thought it sounded fun though, so I made a cardboard version, and then decided to make a mock up with the black canvas I had on hand. It's just a for fun project to help me process the fact that I won't have a job again until July. I don't have all the materials I would need to make a fully functional tank bag right now lol. I hope that explains a little bit, of course all of this context will be in next week's video, but for those who haven't been following on Instagram, there ya go. :P
6:52 "she started right up for me" IT WAS LIKE THE SWORD IN STONE - YOU WERE THE CHOSEN ONE - I love this story so much!!!!!
@@AstheMagpieFlies As you call your bike Lazarus, from a Biblical story, wanting to resurect it, is it rude to ask you, are you a God Squad or would be Christian biker, the same as me? Thank you.
Great story.
You will never forget the feeling of riding you first motorcycle.
I was 4 when I realised I would ride bikes one day and never stop.
Mum was in the Catholic bookshop on Elizabeth st in Melbourne, and left me in the bike store next door because I was being a pain in the arse and nagging her.
to. It wasn't neglect as this was the 1970's.
I was hooked.
😳
Thanks Simon!
haha That's so awesome! I think I felt that way about horses when I was 4 XD
My first bike was a 2004 Buell Blast. Clutch feathering was non existent. No suspension at all. I didn’t lose a dime on it. I test rode my 2018 RE Himalayan it was like a Cadillac.
lol that's how I felt when I went from a month of riding Lazarus everyday to test riding Briareos (Honda CB500x) lol I was like holy moly it's so balanced you couldn't knock the thing over if you tried whhaaat lol
You are such a natural and gifted storyteller 😁 Really enjoyed this 👍
New subscriber & female rider from Down Under... thanks for making video. Hearing female riders stories is inspirational and online community super supportive when you’re just starting out. Cheers!
Welcome to the Magpie Family! :D Thank YOU for watching it :)
Horses to horse power. Good transition
That was cool Amanda. Felt like I was just hanging out in your garage with you listening to stories and watching you sew LOL. The informal format was nice. Thanks for sharing your story!
Fabulous video and great content.
I started riding motorcycles in 1973 and I am still riding. I have been a motorcycle instructor and a motorcycle paramedic in the UK. I guess that if I haven’t grown out of it by now aged 63 I never will. I currently ride a 2013 BMW 1200RT.
I love watching your videos, and I hope that you have as much fun motorcycling in your life as I have had in mine.
Stay safe.
06:35: The dead of winter, especially up north, is one of the best times to buy a motorcycle. Demand is generally low. OTOH, if you do not have a trailer, it can be a mite breezy getting it to your house.
You took the words right out of my mouth, I guess it makes a difference whether you're buying a fairly new bike where chances are
nothing's wrong with them. I bought my current bike (Kawasaki Vulcan 1700) with 5K miles 5 years ago, I couldn't even test drive it because the snow on the ground, Got a good price though haha
What, you can sew too? Jeez, too many talents. Anyhoo, a bit late to the party but... I started riding on a field bike my oldest friend had - a Honda PC50 moped, complete with wicker basket on the front 😁. I think we were 11 years old. Then I got myself a field bike - a '73 Honda CB175. Man, that was fast for a 13 year old! Here in the UK you could ride a 50cc bike on the road at 16, so got myself a 1976 Yamaha FS1E and hit the road on my birthday in April 1985. To this day bikes are my thing and, I hope, always will be. Loving going through your back catalogue, Amanda, and seeing the improvement in your video production (and other skills) along the way. Really hope to make the RockyMTNRoll one day. For real! Thank you.
Great to see your sewing machine skills
This is really chill and relaxing. More garage sewing motorcycle stories please.
I second this!
It's like watching Bob Ross videos. So relaxing
@@maxdebayser3856 love Bob Ross videos!! Absolutely agree with you.
Who would have thought the “garage motorcycle sewing” genre would be such a popular hit?? 🤣 Great video.
I started riding after I got out of High school because a buddy had a honda 350 sl one of the first dual sport motor cycles. I bought a 1971 I think red honda 175 sl . If I had the money now and could find one for sale I would buy it. My first trip on it was from Missoula MT to Manhatten MT (almost to Bozeman ) about 180 miles on I 90. I rode with it totally pegged out and my whole body vibrated for almost a day and a half. Not to Mention I was almost hypa thermic when I got there.
Ah yes! The power of opportunity! haha I'm sure! Montana weather is not the most forgiving to motorcyclists.
Thanks for sharing John!
Nice! Thanks for sharing!
Great video, bespoke tank bag looking good.
I had a 1979 gs850 to (shaft drive) and the GS550e and had some really great adventures.
Also like you I did my test in the winter with all the ice/rain ..still it's something I'll never regret. 👍
Thanks :D
haha I freaking love the shaft drive, I wish I could convert my chain drive bikes XD
I hear it's good for creators when people give thumbs up and leave comments, so I am.
Thanks man! It really does help ;) I appreciate you!
🤔 just making your own bag.
Me and 2 younger brothers had a susuki 100 and a 150 honda. Both 80s street bikes and just fell apart.
It would be probably 20 years untill i was back on a bike. In 2009 a bunch of the family went to the casino in Hull, Quebec. I ended up winning 2 Harley Davidson's. A his/her bagger and a softtail with the tractor style seat. I took the cash. It was in 2010 gas was getting higher and decided maybe I should get a bike.
Took a safety course in october and got my M1. All summer I was doing a bit of research on bikes that would be good for the hwy and good for the hundreds of dirt roads and trails around home. Decided the KLR would be best..it had the largest tank and was rated as a do it all, while not spending anything on it for a couple years.
In november I phoned up a Kawasaki dealer and asked if they had a 2011 orange klr. They said no but it could be here the next week. Made all financial arrangements and the next weekend I had a bike.
Never even tested one or sat on one before, so was shit this things tall. Just road it a couple days here and there and soon winter came🙃
The following spring I got my M2 and allows me to travel at night and freeways. Ya ...we have graduated licensing. By the end of summer I had pivot pegs, bark busters, and a aluminium skid plate. Got used to the height and in 2012 put longer dog bones on and proper knobbies, crash bars.
2012 and 2013 were the years I though this thing was a dirt bike.🤠 The swmotec skid plate was not worth replacing and took it to a machine shop to build a 1/4inch aluminium plate copy.
Now after 100000km, lots of stupid trails with buddies, rallies, lots of stupid trails by myself, a Yellowstone trip with a friend in 2014. Full M lic. in 2015. A solo trip in 2018 from Ontario to Washington to Vancouver Island and back across the Canadian prairies🥰 A solo trip out to Nova Scotia in 2019.
It's so true about talking to more people on a bike. You just get caught up in their interest in you, which then you repay the favors. I've come across other bikers that are not same. I reckon they just haven't figured out why they're on this planet yet😆👍
lol Context for the DIY Tank Bag Project: facebook.com/WolfmanLuggage/posts/3104946942908112
LOL at turning down the baggers XD
It's true KLRs are called Mules for a reason! They have their own cult just like the CB500x does for sure.
Thanks so much for sharing your story with me :)
@@AstheMagpieFlies that 500 needs to be in a proper dual sport. Got to demo the 500x....500f....500r and the rally raid 500x. All winners👍
Loved listening to your story, thank you!
Love that you are sewing. I’ve been watching lots of how to sew masks (don’t have a sewing machine though or how to use one). Good ole fashion needle and thread does it for me. You def. should do more sewing stories. Loved your story.
AW! Thank you so much :3
Thanks for the story. My first motorcycle was a 2002 Yamaha TW200. Rode that for a few years and upgraded to a V Strom 650.
That's awesome! Why did you decide to learn to ride?
Was always a bit jealous of the motorcyclists I would see driving around. Looked so free. I offered a neighbor some money for his bike. He liked my offer, sold me his and bought himself a brand new one. I took my test soon after and have never been disappointed with my choice. I love riding.
Love your channel! Love you!
Thank you so much!!
You drive a mean Husqvarna also.👍
Yay! I like that your sewing machine is a Husqvarna! =D Can't wait to see what kind of crazy tank bag Amanda dreams up!
Thank you for sharing!
I always wanted one. I was a dairy farm kid and tried to convince my father to get a dirt bike but he refused. Same for a three wheeler (they were still on the market then.) He wasn't wrong that it was a lot of money that could be put into repairing our farm and equipment.
In my 20s I decided to do it. I took the MSF class, passed, and bought a used Vulcan 750. I also got my then-wife into riding, too!
Since then riding has been huge for me. She was very spendy (seriously, QVC orders at least weekly, etc.) so my bikes were always ~$3k older metric ones with moderate mileage and that I rode the hell out of. She complained that I went through so many; because they were old and I didn't have a garage they would hit the point of not being worth repairing after a short few years so I'd trade it and get another. I ended up with a 98 BMW R1100R in there and in 2014 we took that and a ZR-7s across the US, from Raleigh to Santa Cruz by way of Houston and then back via St Louis. I did a couple solo trips in 2015 and 2016.
When we divorced I pretty much had only my personal effects and a motorcycle, and it was the best thing for me. I would go up to the mountains of NC/TN/VA and ride on the weekends. That and some kickass friends are how I survived that divorce. During it I bought a 2014 Ninja 1000 and have loved it. And I completely get what you mean about being a woman on a bike.
Two memories of that. One was in a small town in Arkansas on the 2014 trip. A girl of about age 5 saw us as we were taking our gear off to leave on the bikes while we went inside and exclaimed, "I didn't know girls rode motorcycles!" Last year, on my last full day at the campground in NC, I was getting laundry done and cleaning my chain. Everyone else had set out for the day. An older man chatted a bit and then realized I was by myself and from Texas and said, "you're out here by yourself? No offense but you've got bigger balls than me!"
Thank you so much Danielle!
I'm so glad you made it out the other side of that experience! Thank you for sharing your story with me!!
haha your mention about the old man reminded me of the gal at the RV park I picked for my first Motorcycle Campsite ever. She was a little old lady, and she met me at the gate to help me find a good spot. She waited for a minute talking to me and then was like "wait, is it just you?" and I was like ya. lol in the sweetest way possible she responded "well dear you are very brave, but don't you let me catch you back here without someone with you, there's so many empty stretches of nothing out here!" It was actually adorable, she brought me pie later XD
They are some of the fun memories in the end, IMHO.
I remembered one more. On the 2014 trip we got breakfast at a little local place in a strip mall somewhere in Plano. Seeing us suiting up to get on the road a middle-age man remarked that he'd never seen two women on motorcycles before.
That was really cool, I enjoyed it and tried picturing you back then experiencing it all 😊My "how I started riding" story is simple and short, I was only 4 and pops brought home a little Honda Z50 for a late birthday gift (and I don't remember many details or much else, so mine wouldn't make a great story to tell like yours did, LOL). I'm really looking forward to seeing the tank bag finished, BTW. I've been enjoying the 'Gram Story video clips on it. Oh, you know your sewing machine is just a white KTM, right? 😜 LOL, jokes aside, I enjoyed the video, my friend, hope y'all have an awesome Easter! 😊✌
Thanks friend! :)
AW! That's the sweetest thing ever! I love it!
haha! I JUST said that to someone else in the comments. "Man I've been dreaming about those White KTMS and all along I already had one :P"
Happy Easter and have a great weekend!
@@AstheMagpieFlies LOL I didn't see it, I actually typed it out while watching in the last minute of video. Great (twisted?) minds think alike 🤣
Sorry to hear you were laid off till July. Thank you Covit-19!!! Hang in there Amanda some day you'll tell your grand kids about the Pandemic of 2020.
Thanks friend, hope you're well and safe!
Grease 2 > Grease for two reasons: motorcycles and Michelle Pfeiffer 🤷🏻♀️
YES Finally someone understands! lol
Your skills never stop amazing me - I did throw you under the bus with a fellow vlogger - Adam Sandoval - for he is gonna try and the TAT - and he is vtwin rider - adamsandovalrides ---- and I thought if u had any helpful advice to help a new adventure rider ----/as always stay awesome !!!!
Aw Thank you!
haha I'm sure Adam has more prominent friends than me who can help him figure out how to ride an adventure bike, but I'm always willing share what I know :P
@@AstheMagpieFlies your the bomb PS I got into riding cause a needed a hobby but I am getting into adventure riding because of you and FTA !!!! Stay awesome and safe
Yep I learned long ago, cash in my hand if you test ride. If it comes back in the shape it left in, here's your money if you don't want it. I let someone test ride my zxr 1200 and wrecked it before they got out the driveway. Never again
mmhmm and hopefully when you have someone come to test ride a bike it's actually running when they get there unlike this one XD
Honestly, a great narrative! And I’m amazed that you can do that WHILE sewing!
Thank you so much Mark! lol Admittedly I wasn't doing anything super complicated just putting Xs on the straps.
I absolutely loved your little rambly story! I always enjoy your videos. I swear if we ever met I would feel like I already know you because of how open and honest you are in your videos. It is part of what makes your videos so much better than most others.
I think first bikes usually have nice stories with them. I spent first 3 months riding around in circles in a yard until I had cash for insurance on road. Then out on the road, I had problems going straight! But I used to b very good at u turns, that's a long time ago 🤔 ... must get back to the circles. Your videos are exellent. Just what we a!l need 👍
Omg!!! Yes! Grease 2 was bomb!
I like it. Story time with Amanda. You're sewing straps. I'm making breakfast. Pretty chill.
AW Thanks Roy! I've got fabric coming to make tote bags for my etsy shop, maybe I'll do some story time videos while I make those! :P
I took a Honda Shadow in on trade for a plow truck I was selling (in the middle of north Ohio winter) then sold the bike the same day to someone I knew looking for one. Before the buyer of the bike could pick it up he sold it back to me because lack of storage for it. When a few nice days in a row hit I decided to try and ride it (never rode before). I rode it around the block and was hooked at that moment. I rode it 1 more time to make sure and then signed up for the local riding academy at Harley. After the class which was in the freezing rain for days, I bought a 2014 Harley V-Rod. I kept the Honda around and let my brother ride it so I could have a ride partner for a summer. This took place in 2017 and now I'm on my 3rd bike.
Very cool! Thanks so much for sharing!
Great story, very well told.
Well done on the tank bag. You're basically MacGyver!
I love hearing stories of how people started riding. I also enjoy watching you see as you tell it lol 😋
Haha! I took my MSF course in December here in Washington State. My friend suggested it and I was so excited I just couldn’t wait. It was in the 40s and rained a little both days. It was one of those “what doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” type II fun kind of weekends. My friend went along with me, but I think he really had more like May or June in mind😄
I admit that Grease 2 is a guilty pleasure of mine.
Mine was MI2
I kept expecting the sewing machine to topple off the top of the stool. Talking while sewing is something I cannot do. (My wife passed away leaving me with 21 sewing machines and two sergers so I've been learning to sew since I have all the tools. )My first bike was a brand-new 1979 Suzuki GS425E. I bought it with the bonus the Navy gave me for completing Naval Nuclear Power training. There was no MSF at the time so the salesman showed me a few things behind the shop and wearing a borrowed helmet I set off for home. I survived that but practiced shifting and braking with it on the centerstand for awhile before venturing out in the neighborhood. Traded that for a new 1982 CB900F which was my bike when I toured across the US and halfway back. Traded that for a new 1988 BMW R100GS which I ride to this day.
The sewing machine is pretty well planted on that stool XD
Sewing is an excellent skill to have! I have never mastered the serger though so power to you!
That is so awesome you still have the BMW
@@AstheMagpieFlies I forgot to mention riding on the back of Dad's Honda Cub 50 when I was about 6. He sold it for my safety when I got big enough (age 8) to possibly get it out and start it while he was deployed. Years later I decided to take a risk and bought the first bike.
Loved the background story Amanda. Larry aka Trikezilla
I love your story, thank you for sharing.
Thanks for watching!
I really enjoy listening to you!
Aw thank you so much Rich!
(For real I got a few negative comments about my "grating" voice in the most recent video so this comment really lifted my spirits, thank you.)
Sorry to hear that you got furloughed - there’s a lot of that happening.I got a M/C license at 16yo, because I played sport and needed picking up, and my parents basically didn’t want to share their cars. So, my Dad bought me a step-thru scooter, my Mum was horrified (too many family members killed on M/C). I thank my Dad for that, because I got my freedom. I didn’t get a car license until I was 25yo. In that 9 years I had a range of road bikes - CB100, CB250, Yammie 650, Ducati Darmah. Then I had a gap, followed by BMW F650 x 2, after the latest gap, I’ve just bought a G310GS, and I’m in my 48th year of holding a M/C license. I really enjoy your videos, good content and sometimes whimsical, which I like. I followed you from ADVRider, I’m BabyBeemer from OZ, cheers :)
Guess I'm late to the party but that's a good story. My dad bought my brother and I a '73 Honda CT70. We rode the heck out of that little thing. Fast forward to 1989 and I bought an '87 Kawasaki EX500, rode it for a while and sold it. I got back into riding in 2007 with a Honda VTX 1300c and had it until last summer. It wasn't getting many miles put on it since I bought my Victory Cross Country in 2016. Been getting the ADV bug and watching lots of YT vids on it and found your channel.
Thanks Amanda! Loved to hear that story!
Start in motorcycling? Minibikes, dirt bikes, first street bike at 16 (old Yamaha RD350). First trip was MI to ME on a 1987 Yamaha Fazer. Been addicted to two wheel travel since. Inspiration from grandparents? "Be all the things you love about your grandparents and life will be great." With that in mind, don't blink. Before you know it you will be teaching a loved one to ride Lazarus and, sure enough, they will break the turn signal! :)
Amanda watching your videos is becoming addictive, thank you for hours of enjoyment .
Why did I start motorcycling? In 1974 we moved from London (England) to a small town just outside Bristol... and I felt marooned. In 1975 I had my 16th birthday and so was eligible to ride a 50cc moped (a 50cc motorbike with cycle type pedals). I borrowed some money from my dad and bought the only moped I could afford, which was a 1967 Raleigh Runabout. With transport came a weekend job and also the realisation of the freedom powered two wheel travel gave. In 1976 I was 17 and got a 1966 250cc Royal Enfield... all my buddies got the latest Suzuki's, Yamaha's etc, but I was already weird, choosing to ride a British bike. Six weeks after my birthday I passed the test to get a full license and a 1968 500cc Triumph replaced the RE as soon as I had the money. Don't forget to clean up the mess in the garage Amanda! My son makes bags so I know what the floor will be looking like around about ...now.
Good video. I got back into riding about 6 years ago. I rode dirt bikes as a kid ( 1970 to 75) and for a brief while had a 1980 Honda 750 F in 1982. Fast forward to 2015 and I bought a brand new Honda 250L . Maybe it was a midlife crisis since I was 57 at the time. Now I am approaching 63 and I ride a 2017 Africa Twin. Love your channel. It is very authentic and enjoyable.
I know it's an old video, I started with the oldest one and I'm going towards the most recent...
I look at your sewing machine, you own a husqvarna, only with a smaller displacement engine🤣
I learned to ride my first motor, a 500 Honda Ascott VT (shaft drive)... for financial reasons. Waaaay cheaper to ride than drive a car. Plus, my dad had a hand in my influence being a rider as well. I was ...like 10 when he took me for my first ride to the Rose Festival downtown Portland, OR. Mama was NOT amused. I had the biggest grin...ever. Ever since then, I was hooked. Like a slow burning wick, it took me 10 years to get to my Honda Ascott...rather get past my mom to my Honda lol.
great story seem like Grandpa got lots of us started in motorbikes . mine got me a minibike when I 6 for Christmas. my 1st ride didnt go very far . but my next ride couple months later had to be over 100 miles I guess i was hooked
Question from ua-cam.com/video/6vNBAoSiKdw/v-deo.html: Why did you learn to ride? Friends already had motorcycles, so at 8 years old, my parents got me a 1971 Yamaha RD 60. Many of those people don't ride anymore. I have 4 motorcycles because it helps me keep a healthy perspective.
I've always loved motorcycles. Ever since I learnt to ride a bicycle I loved the idea of traveling on two wheels.
I finally found the courage to have my first attempt at my cbt (compulsory basic training) in 2013. It took me 3 attempts to pass it.
Cool story. I'm just curious what 4 Debbie Downers down voted this?
Love your videos its so nice to see someone pushing the envelope and living their dream!
I've loved motorcycles since being 8yrs old(50 now) as soon as I was old enough I swapped my computer for a 125cc motorcycle, rode for years on learner plates. Until my mother was diagnosed with cancer, she made me promise to pass my full bike licence within the year. Mum passed in the May of 2004. I passed full licence in the November of same year. She too told me to follow my dreams so I'm living my dream everyday.
Keep up the videos and inspiring others to do the same.
I swear that Suzuki 750 is the same bike my cousin owned for a minute back in the 80s when we were kids, like 17 & 20 year old kids. We rode that bike 75 miles from my dads house to my cousins house with my cousin driving and myself being the passenger and neither one of us knowing a damn thing about what we were doing!! Like I said, we were kids. I remember just hanging on for dear life and literally praying to God that we make it in one piece!
Tangents or not, you are a great storyteller! I grew up with horses, but when I was in high school I discovered muscle cars and bikes, and that was the end of my equine career! I had a Suzuki GS60 way back when, and it was a bit of a problem child, too! Still, I loved it! Great video!
Some of my first bikes were death traps. But I'm still here 50 years after and bikes are my true love in life. None of my daughters wanted to ride so it's nice to see women enjoying bikes. Fun channel and keep enjoying your life.
That story is an interesting coincident. I also did extensive horseback riding. I ended up with a horse of my own. After I had him for 10 years, I started to have to wear a face mask during in the barn and in the riding hall. I just could not manage to breathe the dusty air. I already had my motorcycle license at that time, but the bike really was just a means of transport for me. Anyways, I went to the doctor and he diagnosed serious asthma and a lung capacity of 85 % left. I was heartbroken, but I gave my big boy to a nice, new owner. I visited him in the following years from time to time. I mostly stayed away from horsebarns. My allergies and asthma are hardly noticeable any longer. As a consequence, my bike became much more important. It more or less became the replacement for my real horsie. Maybe that is strange...but in my mind, it was the right move to sell my horse. Otherwise, it probably would have killed me. But I really do enjoy motorbike riding a ton. Strangely, I prefer touring to go offroad. I even bought as a new bike a small tourer instead of a new enduro (had a Yam XT 600 E). Feels much better, as I am a tad short. Well, that's my story. Guess motorcycling saved my health in some way...
This is not the story of how I started riding. Just three comments related to your story and some of the comments by others.
1) Like so many of us, I started riding to "save money on gas." But I admit that was really just an excuse. I think it is for most people. If money was the real reason we for riding there would be a lot more 500 cc and smaller motorcycles on the road. You were much closer to telling the truth than most of us. But I suspect that Lazarus' fuel mileage was only in the low 40's. Much better than the tank you were driving. But not a whole lot better than an efficient small used car after you consider the higher maintenance requirements of a motorcycle and the ride gear we need. And how much more riding mileage we do just because it is fun. May I suggest that you run a survey askig these questions. Did you get in riding to save money? Did you really believe this? Were you lying to yourself or others?
2) I am probably about your dad's age. It is great to see the growth of women riders since I started riding. Only few jerk male ride make negative comments. The thing that I find disappointing is the number of women and girls that don't seem to really believe in women riders.
About 2003 I made a girlfriends seven year old daughter talk to some women motorcycle riders at the lighthouse parking lot in Oregon. The reason I made her talk to them was she didn't believe women ride motorcycles.
About 2014 my wife and I were checking out touring motorcycles at one of the last IMS motorcycle shows to come to Seattle WA. We had a dream of finding a touring motorcycle that both of us would be comfortable riding with the other as passengers. We were sitting on a lot of motorcycles with me in the passenger's seat and her in the rider's seat. Their were several women that gave us odd looks. One or two even ask if we actually rode that way. Our answer was to give them a confused look and ask why not? (And yes we did sometimes. We didn't do it more partly because we both had adventure bikes. High seat and oversized passenger are a challenging mix. I am sure you and Doddle can relate.) But I don't remember noticing any men acting like it was unusual.
Everyone please give encouragement to everyone. And let's build more riding families.
3) There are many things in motorcycle riding that comes from horseback riding. Example "pillion" is a horseback riding term that motorcyclist use. Consider doing a video talk about and showing some of the similarities and heritage of horseback and motorcycle. It might be fun and interesting.
Thanks for the fun and thought provoking videos. Thanks for promoting riding, positive behavior of riders and a positive image of riding.
You have a GS850? Me too! Im trying hard to find a cheap method of panniers so i can go camping with it but the college student budget is really keeping my options limited. It really is an excellent bike and super smooth.
I loved evel kneviel growing up a couple guys in my neighborhood rode motorcycle's I just knew I was getting a bike&did been riding over 30 years last 2 no bike trying to get another. My wife passed away 3years ago.i want another bike if I can get one gonna live from my motorcycle a life long dream
Thanks for sharing! Seems Lazarus was a great deal dollar wise and ultimately a true match for you. I got into bikes through my dad; first a mini bike and then I learned he loved riding when he was younger. So, he sprung for small dirt bikes and we explored all over the desert west of our home in Tucson. I was hooked for life. And sharing time and experiences with him was priceless.
I had a 1980 gs 550. It was the fastest bike I had ever owned up to that point. Very dependable machine. I forgot they made an 850 .
Super
lol I didnt know husqvarna sewing machines where a thing.
great story video :)
haha thanks for watching!
Well I took my riding course and am going to go get my license. I have a Yamaha T700 on order. Thanks for the inspiration
enjoyed the story very much.this morning my wife linda and myself john watched you for the first time and now we are subscribed. we are in the uk not far from the hinckley triumph factory. i am 72 years old and started ridingd when i was 11 years od. i used to help on a farm collecting the eggs and fetching the cows in for milking. i also did an evening newspaper round 82 newspapers. bought a 98 cc autocycle with pedals from an older boy at school and pushed it three miles home one evening after school. best wises.ride safe.
*Gets check* I'm gonna buy me a motorcycle! Love it.😆
I love that picture of u in front of the montana sign- rock on
Nie oglądam tłustych bab.
I started out on a 5hp minibike and after riding that into the ground, I got a DT100 and rest was history!
I’m also from Montana and I ride. I know live in Louisiana. Oh also my name is Amanda. Love your videos
My first car was a bike a 1965 Honda cub 50
Great story time video :)
It’s amazing how we look back at events in our lives and connect the dots and realize if we had made a different decision in that moment in time where would we be now. Like, how would I spend my 15-20mins on Friday after work if not for your grandfather originally buying that 1979 gs. So here’s to you and here’s to grandpa 👊🏻 Awesome video as always. Be safe and take care.
Thanks Travis!! AW! I'll let him know you said that he'll get a kick out of it! :)
Furloughed until July.........Wow.......I learned to ride on a Kawasaki KZ400.
yaaa lol It's gonna be a while.
Yaaa! Classic bike!
Can't wait to see the tank bag. I am looking into these at present and I have not found the perfect one yet
So many parallels! My first two bikes were an 82 Suzuki GS650L and an 80 GS550E. I’d been interested in bikes since I was a kid, but only when a friend gave me his old bike (the 650) did I actually start riding. 20 years later here I am!
That's awesome! :D Thanks for sharing with me Justin!
Funny how most of us just need the stars to align just right.
Love the stories! but man.... not sure if it's been commented on yet, but the roll of your thread was giving me anxiety... WILL IT RUN OUT BEFORE SHES DONE?!
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New subscriber got your address from hertwowheels . Enjoyed the history... Lived in Montana. But now live in Wyoming... I'm a truck driver don't ride anymore... Just enjoy watching and listening to people's experiences... Thanks for the video... Much love....
Thanks so much! Welcome to the Magpie Family :)
Thank you for watching it!
You need a table for that sewing machine! First bike: 15 years old, Yamaha 125 Enduro, bought off a classified ad for $200. Rode in a field for six months before getting my license. The driving test and I quote: "Ride to end of the parking lot, turn around, don't fall off." Traded it in a year later after sliding into a car that ran a stop sign. Got more $$ than I paid for it with the gas tank caved in from the accident, the only real damage it took. The little Nissan I hit was totaled. I'd smashed out the windows on one side with my shoulder, the door, front fender crumpled by the bike, and hood dented where I landed on it. The old days when steel on Japanese cars was thickness of a beer can. The electric starter on the bike worked twice: the day I bought it and the day I sold it. Loved the little thing.
haha Thanks Stephen!
Wow! Glad you were able to walk away from that! and also score on getting more money than you bought it for that's a win!
You are real enough to keep my attention, thank you!
아...나도 오토바이 타고싶다
Dang it. I wanted to hear that Husky rip. Come on, just once. Do it. Do it.
XD She's an OLD Husky, if I turn up the speed, she gets confused and the tension gets all messed up lol she's a slow and steady kind of girl. Like a reliable tractor.
We are all in the same situation....
Cool story and pics. I noticed a Suzuki Cavalcade there in the beginning. Funny story as my first bike was/is a 1986 Suzuki Cavalcade GT GV1400. And is also the bike that my wife and I will be arriving at your campout on.
lol Yes Grandpa loves his Cavalcade!
That is so awesome!!! I look forward to getting to see you and your Cavalcade there :)
Enjoyed your story. How many CC is that Husqvarna? 🤣 I learned to build go carts and minibikes from people's scrap they threw away when I was a kid and that progressed into my first real dirt bike a Kawasaki 100cc 2 stroke. From there its history.........🛵
haha who knew my Husky would attract so much attention in a garage video! :P
That is awesome! Understanding how an engine works really does make you understand motorcycles so much better! I feel like knowing how a machine works gives you a better appreciation for when it runs smoothly XD
First bikes are always fun. Mine was a '78 Yamaha XS400 that was pretty beat down when I got it in '91. Total deathtrap but I loved it.
Awesome! :D Thanks for sharing!
that's an expensive sewing machine u got perched on that stool, girl lol. first time i got a taste of the wind in my hair was when i ran track in high school. there was no 'girls' team so the half of the male pack behind me hated me lol. later on i got to gallop bareback on a horse and it made my soul sing. [skip 40 years. we'll just say my soul didn't get to sing much.]
my lungs got scarred from the flu a few yrs ago and i'm on oxygen for life. but hey, i'm the kinda girl who 'gets back up,' just like you my friend. i came into some money and never having contemplated owning a mc before, i thought, 'i spent my whole life putting others first [as a good daughter / wife / mother.] god is telling me it's my time to make my soul sing again. i went to harley, shopped like a girl, and told the salesman, 'i want one of those in that color. i'm going cross country.'
every time i get on my bike, especially on the highway, the wind is in my hair and my soul sings again. that's not 'catching the bug;' that's joy and peace cradling my heart.
haha! Thankfully she's a hand-me-down ;)
@@AstheMagpieFlies ha i'm cheesy... the extra sharp aged kind [winks]
Glad I went back and watched this. Amazing story teller. More pls
Glad you enjoyed it!
Your 'zook sounds a lot like my '76 CB750. Lots of love and don't dart out into traffic, or it will stall out, etc. Thanks for sharing :) Love that you carted Laz home i a horse trailer! I started to ride because my twin bro got a motorcycle and I wanted to be just as cool as him (I had a quad).
Awesome! :D Thanks Thomas!
That was a great story, well told.
what are the inspirations for the names of your steel steeds ? my journey started with the tv show then came bronson, then culminated with the movie easy rider...mom wouldn't let me get a bike in my teens, so it wasn't until i was 21 and working that i was finally able to get my first bike (which i still have), a 63 panhead on a rigid frame, which took me to sturgis in 79 from chicago.......thanks for the videos, and keep it between the ditches....
Here ya go Jeff :) ua-cam.com/video/Gs6MpwL7sTA/v-deo.html
Houw about us ugly people? ;-)
i didn't believe a GS weighed 600lbs until looking that up. crazy heavy first & 2nd bike. my bikes both weigh half that. thanks for sharing and taking me back through my initiation to motorbiking. it is one of the great joys of my life. on another note, Montana is one of my favorite places on the planet. i have an alternate reality version of me there right now...lol
Thanks Lillith!
lol Weight of the bike is a little less important than where the balance point is. Which is why the BMW R 1250 GS is still considered a great ADV bike even though it is also like 600lbs :P Thankfully Lazarus's center of gravity isn't super top heavy. I get a lot of comments about having such a big bike as my first bike, but I wouldn't have done it any other way.
That's also why the CB500x still feels more nimble than my Tiger 800xc even though they both weigh pretty much the same. The Tiger's weight is all at the top because of the odd shape of the gas tank, whereas the CB500x has a much lower center of gravity.
Weight is more of an issue with dirt bikes since you're anticipating picking up more than a couple times on a ride, so it's important to keep fatigue down.
Cool story. I started on dirt bikes in grade school. Took the MSF at age 16 (in 1986!) and I've been riding ever since.
AH! So jealous! It must have been awesome to grow up with motorcycles!
@@AstheMagpieFlies Yeah it was. Back then dirt bikes were dirt cheap, I bought my first one with summer lawn mowing money for $25!
You are by far the most interesting biker on youtube I like to listen to your stories and appreciate the content of your video's.