Suzi meets Buddy in Brooklyn Heights

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 9:01 pm

Greetings! Haven't been on the forum in a while, and it's been a minute since I traded my Buddies (black 50 and Italia 150) in for my Suzuki 650 - but when I parked next to a Buddy 150 in Brooklyn Heights today, I got all nostalgic and teary eyed. Thought I'd share the pic with you guys.
Happy New Year everybuddy!

~Brad (Fretman)
http://fretman.com

skully93 · Post by **skully93** » Mon Jan 09, 2012 10:31 pm

What, you can't have both?

Friends keep telling me that i'll eventually buy a bike. I'm not so sure...

viney266 · Post by **viney266** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 12:43 am

I've been riding bikes 38 years and just bought a scoot!

Nice one, I like the white ls650 the best. I'm glad that bike has stuck around.

I have had many singles. Yamaha sr500, srx-6 , and a klr650. How you liking the Suzuki?

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 3:40 am

Oh, you can absolutely have both! In NYC, where I live, it's not that practical though... If I had the space, and the money, I'd have a half dozen of each! Or maybe 6 of one and a half dozen of the other...

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Tue Jan 10, 2012 4:16 am

viney266 wrote:I've been riding bikes 38 years and just bought a scoot! Nice one, I like the white ls650 the best. I'm glad that bike has stuck around. I have had many singles. Yamaha sr500, srx-6 , and a klr650. How you liking the Suzuki?

Yeah, the LS650 model - used to be called a "Savage", later renamed a "Boulevard" - is virtually unchanged from it's inception, in '86. I love it - it's the only mc I've ever owned, so I can't really compare it to anything, but it suits me fine. I do think my next bike will be a standard style, as opposed to a cruiser - e.g. a Triumph Bonneville, or something like that.
I do miss my Buddies, and I do really wish I could have a bunch of bikes. One day I'll move out west, maybe have one o' them things I've heard about in fairy tales, called a "garage"!

fretman · Post by **fretman** » Thu Jan 12, 2012 1:07 am

When it rains it pours - look what's parked not a block from my house today, in Carroll Gardens, Bklyn - taunting me!

JHScoot · Post by **JHScoot** » Thu Jan 19, 2012 7:08 am

ha this thread is funny

its a sign, its an omen....you know you need it, you know you want it....get a BUDDY now!

hey man if they have space to park 'em all around you....certainly you can find space to park one alongside your motorcycle, too

DirtyRAT · Post by **DirtyRAT** » Fri Jan 20, 2012 2:54 am

I grew up in Brooklyn Heights & Cobble Hill! Where was your first pic taken??