Back in the day when I had my orignal Mk1 850 an high Old high school buddy showed up on a R75/5.
In high school he had no M/C's, I had several through the years. He commented how when he first saw a picture of R75, he knew he had to have one. (He always was a little odd). He stopped in to say hello as he was traveling cross country. We Chatted and agreed to go for a ride on each others bikes. I led, and attempted to ride the Bm'r as a Norton. BIG MISTAKE, then again, i didn'tknow any better. I gassed it hard on take off, as usual, the bike torqued right and lifted. Weird.....
Got to the signal for the freeway, stopped on red. Turns green, left hand turn, gass it hard on the apex, it straightens up and damn near run off the road. Cruising on the freeway, something is weird. Yup, my feet are offset. And the carbs are in the way.
Get off the freeway, right hand turn, gas it, tries to throw me on the ground. That's it, I'm done. We switch back and continue.
We get back and chat. In high school I was kind of the 'Motorcycle' guy. This is the only bike he had owned at this point.
So he asks, what do you think? Very bluntly I say, I don't know how you ride that thing. And then he comments about how my bike is different also. We laugh and chat. We both agree about the only thing they have in common is they are both Blue.
(Of course mine being much more handsome in it's Fire Flake splender)
Soon he leaves to continue on his journey, I go back to wrenching....
All that being said, my life will be a little more complete when I obtain a R90S...........