Most of us have motorcycle moments that happen when we are younger that are etched in our memory forever. Moments when you first say to yourself that "one day I will buy a motorcycle like that". I had one of those moments when I was about 9 years old. I was in the back seat of my dads old Ford Falcon on a family holiday road trip to the Gold Coast when we were overtaken by a guy on an extremely loud Triumph Bonnie with one of the most beautiful girls riding pillion. In slow motion they rode past and I swear the girl blew me a kiss - I may have embellished this moment slightly over the years. Whatever the case, the memory is still so vivid. The British racing green tank on the Bonnie glistened in the sun, even more attractive than the blonde that was holding on for dear life. Around the same time, but in another country, a young Karl Reynolds also had one of these moments - just replace the cute blonde with some New Zealand farmers (bad visual?). "We used to go on holidays every year to an NZ coastal town called Pauanui" Karl says. "These local farmers ran a mini motorbike track where you could hire one for 10 laps. My first ever ride was on one of these, in a straight line, into a wall of hay bails. Took me a few goes to learn about something called steering. Ever since, I knew I'd own a bike one day." And this is the bike he's been thinking about since then...
Source: http://www.pipeburn.com/home/2012/5/31/1983-suzuki-gsx250-lil-brat.html
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