The Good Old Days…

You’ve heard me say this before: I believe the good old days are right now.  But every once in a while I get a note or a photo from someone reminding me of a fun time from the past, and one came in today from my good buddy Bryan Z.

My friend Bryan used to have a Honda VFR (an iconic bike) and I used to have a Suzuki TL1000S (I bought it from Steve’s brother, Ron, over at Bert’s).  Those were both great bikes, and I guess they fit into the general category we’d call “rice rockets” or “crotch rockets” today.  They sure were fast.  And uncomfortable.  And red…bright, bright red…just like my current ride, my red CSC Classic you’ve seen me write about many times.

Bryan and I worked at the same company for a while, and we’ve had more than a few fun rides together.  One was down to Baja to see the whales, some were up on the Angeles Crest Highway, and many others were just to get a sandwich for lunch.

So today this email came in from Bryan, along with a cool photo from back in the day…

Came across this when looking for something else on my external hard drive. Those are three finely-tuned high performance machines captured by this photo. I have a feeling that no more than two of them are still in tip-top shape…

-BZ

And here’s that photo from several years ago…

My good buddy Bryan Z and the red rockets from Japan

Good times, Bryan, and thanks for the note!