George Loew's
Fabulous Bikes
Schwinn Corvette (~1957)
My very first bike was a Schwinn
Corvette. My brother, Ron, and I had the same style bikes. His was a little
bigger than mine. I had a terrible time learning to ride it. I thought
that I would never get into riding bikes. Boy! Was I wrong!
1967 Suzuki X6
The Suzuki X6 was the fourth
motorbike that I owned, but it was the first one that I loved. For all
of that, it tried to kill me often. It was a wonder that my parents ever
let me have it.
Suzuki
and the motorcycle magazines claimed that it was the fastest production
motorcycle in the world, in the quarter mile. They said that it went from
0 to 60 mph in 6 seconds and would do the quarter mile in under 15. It
had a 250 cc two cylinder, two stroke engine with 29 horsepower and the
first 6 speed transmission in a motorbike.
1971 Honda K1
After I got out of
the Air Force and was going to college, I bought and modified this 1971
Honda
K1 750 cc motorcycle.
This style of bike was
called a cafe racer. In the old days, if we wanted one of those
fancy, lay down, rockets, we had to fix them up ourselves. I took the bike
apart to paint it in Honda's racing colors. I tried a couple of lowered
handlebar styles. I drilled holes in the front brakes to make them lighter.
I set the foot pegs back.
Schwinn Voyager (~1985)
I've had a few bicycles in
my time too. This Schwinn has held
up for quite a few years. I can only estimate that I've ridden it about
2,000 miles. I may be way off. I did take two rides that were about 100
miles in a day. I used to ride it to Sierra Vista Elementary School about
twice a week. I still try to ride it once in a while.
1979 Honda GL1000
I used to laugh that a Goldwing
was an old man's bike. Well, now that I'm an old man...
The GL was a comfortable and
very dependable motorcycle that I used mostly for long rides. In 1987,
I rode this bike to the east coast. I went to Washington DC to see the
Constitution
on its 200th birthday. I didn't go the shortest way, because I wanted to
go through national parks and see all kinds of neat stuff. If you're good,
I'll show you pictures from that trip.
My wife, Stevie, and I
took it out on rides on most weekends.
2001 Honda GL1800
I bought
a new Goldwing in May. My good friend and fellow teacher, Mr. Larry
Glenn, gave me a ride to Huntington Honda to pick it up. My teacher friends
tend to have the same days off that I do. The weather wasn't very good.
I had only ridden the "Stallion" 18 miles when I found myself riding in
the rain.
I am getting used to the
feel of a new bike and learning the many space age controls. I am looking
forward to many miles of pleasurable riding with my wife as well as a few
years of making payments.
Passadena Motorcycle Club
I have recently joined the Pasadena
Motorcycle Club.
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