![\"My](\"http:\/\/arts-attic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/79-Yamaha-After-Crash.jpg\")
<\/a>My foreshortened 1979 Yamaha<\/p><\/div><\/p>\n
Forever fickle as I am, as soon as there was a probability that I’d
\nsurvive your end I found your replacement. Never underestimate the negotiating
\npower of being in a hospital bed.
<\/a>The replacement for my Special.<\/p><\/div>
\n By the end of August, as soon as I was cleared to walk with only a cane for
\nassistance, I started riding your replacement on weekend camping trips in the
\nfinger lakes-Adirondac region of New York. Your replacement was 100cc smaller
\nbut with a more powerful in-line 4 with an exciting gear whine, awesome exhaust
\nsound and good starting characteristics. The 650cc Yamaha XJ650J had explosive
\nacceleration compared to yours and you must admit that you were the worst
\nstarting Japanese bike ever made. Unfortunately for your replacement, the 1986
\nYamaha Maxim was a little too sporty for my safety and riding needs and I
\nadmitted to myself that not only did I need a bike that tended to go straight on
\nits own, not that I didn’t mind the Maxim’s ability to go where I looked, but I
\nalso admitted to myself that there were psychological reasons to sell the Maxim.
\n Being a guy I already had your replacement’s replacement in hand, a 1986 Honda
\nXF700C Magna.
\n
<\/a>This is the ultimate replacement for my departed XS 750 Special.<\/p><\/div>
\n
This wasn’t a strictly monogamous relationship. The Magna had cooling,
\nrain and ignitor box issues that needed to be resolved and I was offered this GS
\n750, an offer I couldn’t refuse.![\"My](\"http:\/\/arts-attic.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/06\/247-150x112.jpg\")
<\/a>My Suzuki GS 750 with 2-valve heads and direct pull carburetors.<\/p><\/div>
\nIf the reader really interested here’s the
\nad <\/a>
\n I wrote for the Suzuki when I sold it. The Suzuki was a good handling bike,
\nabout the same fuel range as the Magna but not as good as yours. The induction
\nair made a sound like an angry hornet’s nest but the direct pull carburetors
\nreally made me appreciate the Magna’s newer design CV carburetors.We had some great times my beloved Yamaha but in the end it boils down to
\nthis: You’re dead and I’m not. RIP good friend my life goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Remembering you with fond memories. On this day, 10 June in the year 2007 our long association ended abruptly when you absorbed the energy of impact with a Hyundai that unexpectedly turned across our travel path and stopped. I survived … Continue reading
<\/a>My Suzuki GS 750 with 2-valve heads and direct pull carburetors.<\/p><\/div> Remembering you with fond memories. On this day, 10 June in the year 2007 our long association ended abruptly when you absorbed the energy of impact with a Hyundai that unexpectedly turned across our travel path and stopped. I survived … Continue reading
\nIf the reader really interested here’s the
\nad <\/a>
\n I wrote for the Suzuki when I sold it. The Suzuki was a good handling bike,
\nabout the same fuel range as the Magna but not as good as yours. The induction
\nair made a sound like an angry hornet’s nest but the direct pull carburetors
\nreally made me appreciate the Magna’s newer design CV carburetors.We had some great times my beloved Yamaha but in the end it boils down to
\nthis: You’re dead and I’m not. RIP good friend my life goes on.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"