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How I got my nickname...........Got tagged with Fonzie when I started with the railroad a few years ago....longer hair, dark, slicked back. Those guys are BIG on nicknames. Let it ride 'cause it was better than Gomer, Barney, Rambo, Dahmer (as in Jeffrey) & some of the other ones they gave the guys I work with! At least the Fonz was cool!! Besides...Everyone always thinks I look Italian anyway, even though I'm not at all.

How I ended up with the 'Bird.............

Basically grew up on the back of a bike. Dad had a '76 Honda 750 four as his first bike and absolutely loved that thing. Upgraded to a brand new '80 Suzy GS1000G with the full Vetter tour package.

We went to California, Smokies, and upper Canada with that thing and a Jawa hack on the side for me. He got rid of the Suzy for an '82 Wing. While he respected the Honda "reliability".......he felt the Wing was a bit more tankish than the other two had been, but he still rode the piss out of it....Minnesota, Nova Scotia, etc.

The Honda reliability stuck with me, but I was enamored with the new sportbikes that were hittin' the scene in the mid/late 80's as I was coming of age.......Katana, Ninja, Hurricane......sleek, sexy, powerful!!!

Liked the Ninja & Katana, but always had my heart with Honda! My 1st bike was an '82 Yamaha Vision 550. Bought it for $500 from a previous coworker. It was in good shape, plus shaft drive, water cooled, monoshock, monochromatic fender, V twin for that nice rumble........ahead of it's time. Kept it for 3 or 4 years, but unfortunately always had electrical problems with it.......starting a few weeks after I bought it. I spent more time wrenching on it than riding it, which got VERY aggravating!!

Started working for the railroad 5 years ago which provided OK income, and decided to finally get a new bike. Wasn't sure what though. Friend found the 'Bird for me at another friends. Never heard of it before, but it was a Honda, and the biggest/baddest sportbike they'd ever made........and I was definitely ready for some reliability!! Went over and took her for a test ride........and I was HOOKED!!

Been love ever since!!!

Pic of what she looked like when I first got her, and some more after her new one off paint job 2 years ago................

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My buddy's wife made these kanji's for me. Sweet thing is.....After the clearcoat was applied, they now look & feel handpainted thumb.gif

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Ahhhhh.......You ARE alive.......since you're not returning texts or VM's

I knew you'd like my coming of age story.........

My phone's been off since Sunday morning. Shut it off before I go to bed and haven't turned it back on. Seems like I've told you this a couple times before:p

"coming of age" - still ghey:nono:

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Do you work at the Buckeye Yard? If so what shift? also NS or the other (cant think of the name right now)

NS and CSX are in Buckeye. We work for neither. Work for the I&O out of Lima. Run between Detroit and Cincinnati

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Well you outta know.......I hear you're the one who steered me & Sammy here ;)

heh, well maybe you two, but it seems since the weather has turned, lots of new members have shown up. Quite a few guys from Dayton lately too, oh well :)

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Do you work at the Buckeye Yard? If so what shift? also NS or the other (cant think of the name right now)
NS and CSX are in Buckeye. We work for neither. Work for the I&O out of Lima. Run between Detroit and Cincinnati

Yeah......What he said ;)

And actually, now I'm at home doin' the Mr. Mom thing the last year. Here's a pic of Daddy's boy a couple weeks ago gettin' a knee down....Even if it is the wrong knee (Notice his Engineer cap.....)!! :D

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:welcome:

I haven't seen the blackbird in years. :cool:

Thanx! Yeah....That's why I love her so much.....You don't see many around, and sometimes people don't even know what she is. You can tell a serious enthusiast from the squids when they DO know :cool: She won the online "Reader's Ride of the Month" contest for Two Wheel Tuner last month...........

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heh, well maybe you two, but it seems since the weather has turned, lots of new members have shown up. Quite a few guys from Dayton lately too, oh well :)

Sam tell you about the Pitt Daytrip June 14th? You gonna hook up with us when we get over to the east side?

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Sam tell you about the Pitt Daytrip June 14th? You gonna hook up with us when we get over to the east side?

nope, where are you guys headed? any place in particular? I'd be interested, don't think I have anything going on that weekend. Post it up in the rides section, I'm sure you'll get allot of guys that would be willing to get in on that. if we're going to Pitt, we're stopping at Pamani Bros for lunch :D

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NS and CSX are in Buckeye. We work for neither. Work for the I&O out of Lima. Run between Detroit and Cincinnati

Gotcha, my pops is an electrician at buckeye yard. didn't know if you guys travel though there at all.

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