Yes, you do!
But boy, did that take me into the wayback machine! Throwback Tuesday and everything.
Did they still refer to them as the "Mach III" for your year? Is that a '74 or '75 maybe?
Neighbor had a '69 (the White & Blue one) that must have spent more time on it's rear wheel only, than on two wheels. We called him the "wheelie king" around here. Those things were so wicked fast it was kind of hard to believe at the time. Maybe they still are, in their own way, wicked fast. Even compared to modern stuff. New is probably more tractable. But not as much fun to watch!
A little later, my first ever big-bike experience was on a borrowed 750-triple. Yikes!
Up to that point I'd been spending time on 90's and 125's. So hopping on to a pipey 750 was a real eye-opener, to say the least. Felt like every time the revs got to about 3000 it wanted to lift the front wheel off. You'd feel the forks extend and the thing would just accelerate hard even though you had not twisted the throttle any further.
Needless to say it was a short ride, because I could see I needed more practice on milder big bikes.
But it sure was an eye-opener for those ten minutes!
Even after all these years, I can hear the sound of those three pipes. And yours has chambers! Must sound amazing (at least to older ears).
Thanks for the memory jog.
Paul
. When I ride it my riding buddies always insist I ride in front because of the two-stroke smell nostalgia.
