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1974 Yamaha SC500A one lunger, 4 speed. I was 25. Bought to rip around the family farm. Then the gas crunch came and I had the local dealer install a lighting kit so it would be street legal. Two problems with that: with no battery, the headlight would really dim at idle and it didn't like running at a constant speed on highways. I seized 2 pistons doing that. Thankfully, 1 two stroke piston and a head gasket cost less than $10 for the rebuilds.

Gradually all my buddies sold their dirt bikes and it wasn't any fun riding alone so I traded it for a '74 Yamaha 500 twin street bike with double overhead cams and a counter-rotating balance shaft. I finally graduated to H-D and been riding my '98 Fatboy ever since.

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