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Forum: General Talk
11-08-2015, 02:46 PM
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It was a brand new 1981 Suzuki GS450S and I was a junior in high school who had developed a notorious reputation between my freshman and sophomore years. Ironically, by the time I got the motorcycle (and after a semester "off") I had actually turned a corner and was behaving myself; even got to date the head cheerleader for a nanosecond.
Although I had made friends, especially during my freshman year, I had never been really "popular" in high school. Becoming notoriously well known for bad behaviour isn't exactly the same as being popular; sort of completely different actually. My turn around from genuine "bad boy" to motorcycle riding "good kid" went over well with admin. It went over equally well with the student body and did wonders for my social life.
Riding up to the local hangouts on the weekend usually ended with with me riding away with a lovely passenger behind me, much to the consternation of the parents who discovered their daughter had ridden on the back of a motorcycle that weekend. It was rare though that any parent's displeasure lasted after proper introductions were made. It usually ended with some sort of, " don't do anything crazy with my daughter on the back", admonitions and once even a, "you can borrow my car next time", deal from the dad. I was much more charming in my youth. :) There were, of course, a few, "don't ever go near my daughter again", moments that I couldn't charm my way out of. :(
I've been riding motorcycles ever since; 36 years. Sigh...
I don't have any pix of my GS450S but this is one I found on the web. She was a beauty.
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