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Recently came into my possession.

This model was the original rice rocket. Much like the muscle cars of the time, it is ill handling, has bad brakes, is deafeningly loud. gets real bad gas mileage and goes very, very fast. I love it.

Just took it out for my maiden voyage.

Previous owner drove it very hard but took extreme care in keeping it up. Not bad for a 36 year old machine.

A flat out sweet bike to ride.

What it lacks in sheer horsepower it makes up for by being the sweetest handling bike I have ridden in my 44 years of riding. You could put granny or Joe Rocket on this bike and they would both come away with an ear to ear grin on their face.

Very forgiving of your mistakes, quiet as a church mouse and a total pleasure to ride.

Previous owner was an older gentleman who used it for commuting. I think he dumped it but I have fixed up the little bits of damage it had when I bought it.

This bike gets 30 to 50 miles put on it every sunny day.

Both bikes for size comparison

I have always liked the simplicity and power potential of two stroke engines. The 500cc triple is by far one of the nicest I have had the pleasure to drive. You need to hold on tight when this thing hits its power band.

The little Ninja next to it's Grammpa. Much has changed in the last 36 years