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<blockquote data-quote="ClassicBiker" data-source="post: 46665" data-attributes="member: 1632"><p>Second generation owner of my Shadow. My father bought it in '78 to restore it, paid $500.00 for it. It had been used as an ice racer. It was our first restoration project together, I was 14 when he bought it and very much into dirt bikes having a Yamaha DT125. In fact I'm the one who spotted it in Cycle News and asked him what it was, he had been looking for a Norton Dominator 88 which was the last bike he owned in England before he and my mother emigrated to Canada in '57 and finally to the states in '58. I subscription to Cycle News which was delivered on a Thursday, he called right away and went to Ann Arbor to pick it up on Saturday.</p><p>Hopefully my son, now 5, will be interested when he gets a bit older. Right now he likes to climb up on it when he's in the garage or I have it in the drive going or coming from a ride. He climbs on all my bikes but that's one I like seeing him on the most as it was his granddad's favorite.</p><p>Steven</p><p></p><p>p.s. My dad once said to me, when he was fed about something on it, that he was going to sell it and get a new bike. I told that would just cause him no end of grief 'cause I would set fire to it in the drive before I let him sell it.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ClassicBiker, post: 46665, member: 1632"] Second generation owner of my Shadow. My father bought it in '78 to restore it, paid $500.00 for it. It had been used as an ice racer. It was our first restoration project together, I was 14 when he bought it and very much into dirt bikes having a Yamaha DT125. In fact I'm the one who spotted it in Cycle News and asked him what it was, he had been looking for a Norton Dominator 88 which was the last bike he owned in England before he and my mother emigrated to Canada in '57 and finally to the states in '58. I subscription to Cycle News which was delivered on a Thursday, he called right away and went to Ann Arbor to pick it up on Saturday. Hopefully my son, now 5, will be interested when he gets a bit older. Right now he likes to climb up on it when he's in the garage or I have it in the drive going or coming from a ride. He climbs on all my bikes but that's one I like seeing him on the most as it was his granddad's favorite. Steven p.s. My dad once said to me, when he was fed about something on it, that he was going to sell it and get a new bike. I told that would just cause him no end of grief 'cause I would set fire to it in the drive before I let him sell it. [/QUOTE]
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