How did You learn to Ride?

[Jonathon]

I appreciate the offer, but I've got my hands full on the gpz, sinking way 
too much money into it, you could say upgrades, just wait till it's done, 
gonna be suhweet. I gave up on trying to keep it factory stock about a year 
ago, this thing is gonna rock.
Would love a Hodaka again, but just not enough time, cash, or patience.
Besides, stupid as it sounds, dirt riding scares me, what with all the 
idiots out here, you think it would be street riding that frightened me.

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From: "The Masons" <masonjs at nrtco.net>
Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 2:44 PM
To: "Jonathon" <annihilator1100 at hotmail.com>; "Alexander Finger" 
<af at genevainformation.ch>; "keelhauld" <keelhauld at optonline.net>
Cc: "GPZ LIST" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
Subject: Re: How did You learn to Ride?

> Johnathon would you like to replay your yoot?  I've got a dandy 1973 -74? 
> Hodaka Dirt Squirt "KIT" behind my garage, in my garage and in my basement 
> that I could be talked into parting with.
>
> Jim
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Jonathon" <annihilator1100 at hotmail.com>
> To: "Alexander Finger" <af at genevainformation.ch>; "keelhauld" 
> <keelhauld at optonline.net>
> Cc: "GPZ LIST" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 5:40 PM
> Subject: Re: How did You learn to Ride?
>
>
>>I actually taught myself. I was given an old Hodaka from a friend of the 
>>family, they had 3 and only needed 2. I think they used this one to all 
>>learn on and saved the nice 2 for themselves. This was when I was 13 or 
>>so, about 27 years ago. It actually had a manual, so I read that first, 
>>took all of a few hours of killing the clutch and falling over before I 
>>learned how to take off. The experience came in handy when I bought my 
>>first car 2 years later, a Vega panel wagon with a stick for the sum of 
>>100 dollars. My 'how can I be any less involved in my kid's life' Dad said 
>>if I wanted a car, to go get a job, but one, and learn to drive it on my 
>>own.
>> Done deal.
>> Then came the next bike, to be followed by 4 or 5 more.
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>> From: "Alexander Finger" <af at genevainformation.ch>
>> Sent: Wednesday, May 21, 2008 12:46 PM
>> To: "keelhauld" <keelhauld at optonline.net>
>> Cc: "GPZ LIST" <gpzlist at micapeak.com>
>> Subject: Re: How did You learn to Ride?
>>
>>> I started to learn with 21 after ending my first "serious" relationship
>>> ended :)
>>> (That was a point to make)
>>>
>>> Driving a car I learnt way before taking classes but I definitely sat on 
>>> a
>>> motorbike the first time in driving school.
>>>
>>> Alex
>>>
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