May Jzomoto be
at peace within you
What is Jzomoto? you
ask.
Jzomoto (Joe' moe toe)
Jzomoto is the spirit of the motorcycle that invades the body of
riders.
When one abandons riding motorcycles on their own free will then
Jzomoto peacefully
leaves the body but if one with whom Jzomoto lives is
forced to abandon the beloved
bike not of their freewill then Jzomoto
sometimes is trapped and retains residence
in one. Jzomoto is
saddened and frustrated for he is deprived of his need for the essence
of the motorcycle, the feel of the trembling handlebars as the bike revs,
the smell of the
fuel being consumed, the heat and the sound of the
bike as it screams into full song....
ahhh the sound, nothing is as pure or
wonderful as the sound of the lonely dove being
drowned out by the
scream of shear power.... Jzomoto rises up within when the
sound of a
motorcycle is heard. His excitement is hard to contain if one is given the
opportunity to stand by and look over a motorcycle at rest. Jzomoto
will take over
if conversation turns to the subject of Motorcycles.
Jzomoto gains peace only when
one straddles iron, starts up and rides
off... You, Jzomoto and the Motorcycle are one.
That is what Jzomoto
is........
Jzomoto identified by Neal Chamberlain who
being a C6/7 Quad after a motorcycle wreck
continues his love of
motorcycles. We thank Neal for putting a name to the feelings within
the Motorcycle
rider...
Read his Story here: http://www.notn.org/ 
We really do love our Motorcycles!
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Even when we get so old we can't ride we still want
to....
Can you guess what bike this is?
(Answer at bottom of this page)
Motorcycles, invented by God, so like Life, man learns that when he
thinks he has it mastered, knows it all, it shows him he knows
nothing and slaps him on the pavement. But like life the ride is fun.
I started riding motorcycles at about 8 years old on a glorious
"Tote Goat".It belonged to my cousin, it was a fun machine but it didn't jump worth a darn.
Around 10 yrs old started riding mopeds,
later, Honda 50s and 90s, all belonging to
others, could not afford my
own. While 18 yrs old working at Elton Fraziers
Chevron Station
in Stanfield a Co-worker would lend me his bike to ride.
I would borrow this
bike for days. Fast little bike. Here is a picture of one like
he
loaned me. 1966 Yamaha YDS3C Big Bear 250cc Twin Cylinder...
If there was one motorcycle that really struck a cord
with me it would
have to be the Honda Dream, man the first time I saw it, I
was in love.
I can really say that bike is what solidified my love of
motorcycles.
Here is a picture of a nice one. They are still a classy
looking bike.
I never rode or owned one, darnn.
I have rode some
notable bikes like the Honda CB750 & CBX1000 inline 6 cyl.. I
have rode but
never bought a Harley, they sound nice but I just did
not like the vibration or the constant
tinkering to keep one
going. And to tell the truth they were not that fast. Today, they are
to
expensive to buy. And after watching some biker build off
shows on television, even
with $6,000 engines in them they still have
problems with them. For $6,000 I can pick up a
great Honda and not have
to worry about the paint gettin scratched. It's sad that American
bikes
cost so much. Motorcycles use to be a poor mans mode of
transportation..
Some other bikes that I really like the
looks of are pictured here.
Honda
CB450
Triumph Bonneville
The following pictures are
representations of the motorcycles I have actually owned. I loved
riding motorcycles, not taking pictures of them. (now I like doing
both).
My first bike
that was MINE was a 1966 Honda 305 Scrambler. Just a few
miles on it,
the guy bought it and had a close call with a car and decided he
wanted no
part of motorcycles, Jzomoto flew outta this guy.. Got it at a
good
price. Whow, now I finally had my own bike, no more borrowing
bikes.....
The first two
bikes below saw allot of dirt riding, trail explorations and general off road
riding and racing. I was a member of the "Blue Mountain Motorcycle
Club" and the club
maintained an oval dirt race track just South West
of Hermiston, OR. which is no longer in use
today..
The club also held
"Cross Country Races" in the desert North of the Boardman Bombing
Range.
Cross country races were a race with
no man made jumps, natural jumps yes,
just no man made ones, the
track covered miles and not all of the course
was observable by
spectators. And with some long straight-a-ways, speeds
could get quite
high.
Cross
country races were run with bikes looking like the CL305, known
as "Scramblers".
Over time races were shortened in length so
spectators could see the whole course and
man made jumps put in to
add to the show. Motorcycles were adapted to handle these jumps
using
longer travel suspensions like on the SL350 below, both the motorcycle and
the race
become known as MotoCross. The club never got into Motocross
racing and I never rode in a
motocross race only cross country scramble
races.
First bike, Honda CL 305 Scrambler 2nd bike, Honda SL350 MotoCross
This is the bike I had in 1970 when
Helen and I married.
3rd bike, Honda CX 500 Custom 4th bike, Honda Shadow 750
Helen and I rode this one daily Last bike Helen was able to
to work in good and bad weather, ride on with me do to her arthritis.All these are the same color as
the bikes I owned except the 4th, the 750 Shadow I had
was black not red.
After the Shadow we didn't have a bike for about 5 years until
Helen bought this bike knowing I really missed riding.God Bless this Woman,
my wife Helen, KB7LQT.
And here is the bike she bought, what a Crotch Rocket.
My baby, 1983 Honda V65 Magna, the fastest production bike of its
time, and still will outrun 90 % of modern models currently being produced.
At approx. 116 HP, the design speed was 173 mph, speedo goes to 160...I've had it to 130, and it was still rapidly gaining speed when I let off. I'm a big
boy and I figured that if I dumped it at that speed or higher,it would cause a war
over the drilling rights amongst the Oil Companies for my landing spot..And this bike has the ability to cause bowel evacuation at times which I
certainly did't want, and I was rapidly coming to that point.
I did the 2 upgrades to this bike. The engine is a 90 degree V4 with a
6 speed transmission, a design flaw takes low pressure unfiltered oil
from the transmission to lube the cam shafts. I put on the adapter kit
between the engine block and oil filter that taps off high pressure filtered
oil and tied it to the original oil line, removing that part of line going to the
transmission tap point, sealing that point with the supplied bolt. You can
see the copper line in the first photo.Another flaw is the small sized radiator which causes the engine to
overheat in HOT stop and go city traffic. I installed a bypass switch which
allows rider to turn on electric radiator fan early when in town in HOT
conditions eliminating overheating..
On July 18th, 2008, this bike
was sold to a young man
that I hope will get more use out of the ride than I
have.
I found that I have rode it less over the last year and
could not
see letting it set, gathering
dust.
Ah, just me dreamin, Magna Chopper..
My ----> COLORS <----
I am a NO
CLUB - FREE SPIRIT, I use my
colors to honor those who have paid the price
for me to be a
FREE SPIRIT...
(Answer: 1951 Honda Dream type D)
Taking a trip on your bike?
You may want
to check out the motorcycle laws in each of
the states you will visit before
the trip, could save you some
money in fines. Check it out <HERE>
A few local motorcycle riding Hams with pictures and
stories
For a Great site showing Vintage bikes
from our past, just
click on the button below.
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