Where Were you in 1975? - ThrowbackThursday

[fxdl2051]

Had just spent a year hitchhiking cross country and left a Berkely commune feeling disillusioned with it all, was going back to college to study estuarine ecology, sleeping in the backseat of the car since college was about 80 miles from home...Funny thing about the good old days, I thought they kinda sucked at the time.

[mikey]

The Goldwing was announced 40 years ago this month for the 1975 model year. What memorable moments happened for you during that time?

i was a sophmore in h.s. & bought a 1968 honda cb 450. all was well in my world for the most part !

[Arkf6bRider]

I was 25 years old. Finished a tour in Vietnam, and getting ready for my first son.

[av8rdave]

We had just moved to the Baltimore area. My Dad's business partner was one of the first in Maryland to own a 1975 GL1000. It was an aqua-marine color. I couldn't wait to see that bike! To me, it was like seeing a UFO at Area 51.

Flash forward 25 years. A friend of mine had a bike he was selling for a friend. I went to take a look. It was an aqua-marine 1975 GL1000 with a Windjammer fairing (remember those?) It had all of 15,000 miles on it, but hadn't been ridden in years. The carbs were all gunked up, and it needed all new rubber - tires, shock seals, the works. He wanted $1000 for it. I passed.

I've kicked myself ever since.

[TnHeath]

Just finished college in '74, starting my second year as police officer in Johnson City, Tn.

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[srt8-in-largo]

How cool is that. I think I saw you on Smokey and The Bandit

[Deer Slayer]

Minute Man III Missile Silo, near Great Falls, Montana.

[TnHeath]

How cool is that. I think I saw you on Smokey and The Bandit

That's a good one .....I later became a pastor...guess you also saw me in "Four Weddings and a Funeral"? ☺️ Wish I had Jackie Gleason's nest egg (that he left behind; cause he sure didn't take any with him).

[Trike lady]

Working in a print shop in 1975.
Nice looking trike TnHeath.

[Spewey Griffin]

21 years old and working in an Aboriginal Mission on the tip of Australia. I ordered a Yammy 175DT from my 'local' (400 miles away) dealer and had it flown into the Mission on Bush Pilots. That's where and when I learnt to ride.

Memorable moment was kicking up dust coming down a red dirt road to be greeted by a Bush Python (2nd to the Anaconda) crossing the road. It's head was somewhere in the bush to the left and it's tail was somewhere in the bush to the right. I gave way to it.

The following day a crocodile ate a dog at one of the close by settlements.

Some big incentives not to fall off.