[Ducati] Something else

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Are you sure it was a CB550? I had a CB500 Four in 1972, replacing my 71' CB 450, belive that was the 2nd year of the 500. I thought the 550 came out maybe in 1974. - Gene

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From: Stephen Abramson <desmo900 at optonline.net> 

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> 
> So here's another thought...What was the first bike you threw a leg over? 
> (Besides minibikes). For me, it was a '72 CB550. A guy who worked at a gas 
> station I hung out at owned one. I boldly asked if I could take it for a 
> spin. Didn't have a bike license, never drove/rode anything with a clutch 
> before, and barely knew which way the shift pattern was. Got on the bike, 
> turned left out of the gas station, and promptly impaled the sidestand, 
> which I had not retracted, into the pavement. Real wheel hopped what felt 
> like a mile off the ground and came down with a crash. Fortunately I did not 
> fall, but it was not exactly a storybook first ride. Oh, youth! 
> 
> 
> 
> Steve 
> 
> '94 cr 
> 
> Always retracts his sidestand 
> 
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