[Dixon Webb]

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYBODY

JUST BOUGHT A GZ250 AND IT'S GREAT. TOOK THE MOTORCYCLE SAFETY CLASS AND RECOMMEND IT TO ANYONE JUST STARTING OUT OR WHO HASN'T BEEN ON A BIKE FOR A WHILE. IN MY CASE "IN A WHILE" WAS ABOUT 50 YEARS. I AM CURIOUS TO KNOW IF THERE ARE A FEW OTHER OLD TIMERS AROUND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA AND HOW THEY ARE GETTING ON WITH THEIR GZ250?

WHEN I WAS A KID I HAD AN INDIAN 350CC VERTICAL TWIN, AN ARIEL SQUARE FOUR, AN OLD FLAT HEAD HARLEY DAVIDSON, AND A TRIUMPH BONNEVILLE 650 TWIN. THEN CAME KOREA, THEN CAME A JOB, THEN 47 YEARS AGO CAME A WIFE WHO WAS AND IS AFRAID OF MOTORCYCLES. TOOK ME 47 YEARS TO WEAR HER DOWN. THE GZ250 WAS MY 70TH BIRTHDAY PRESENT. IS THERE ANYONE OUT THERE WHO HAS A SIMILAR STORY?

THANKS.