Man, here is some perspective I had not thought about in years. I turned 46 last month and it is hard to believe that I got my first 1972 J model GT750 28 years ago. Even stranger the 72 was already 16 years old. In high school my best friend growing up had a 1977 KZ650. It was kinda "Mad Maxed" out with a bikini fairing, chin fairing, slick metallic dark silver paint and mean sounding Kerker pipe. First time I ever heard the word "Cafe" was from my friend Mike's mouth. When I got that first 72 GT at 18 years old I copied my buddies KZ, stripping the heavy stock GT exhaust for a 3 into 1 chamber adding pods and jets, chin & bikini fairings (from JC Whitney catalog) with midnight blue metallic paint and some sweet low drag bars. He and I raced around on those bikes many Indiana summer nights cruising the parks doing smokey burn-outs and chasing girls.
Well I'm much older now, ehh... respectable (kinda), have a grown up family and I am settled down. That first Suzuki GT 750 pig that I desecrated in 1988 has long since been sold. The only thing I have left to remember from it's ring-a-ding, ding, ding smokey wake is a polaroid in my old driveway and this little GT750 terror called Bad Buffalo.
Bad Buffalo build thread & story here:
http://www.dotheton.com/forum/index.php?topic=47846.0
The complete Story of "Bad Buffalo" as covered by VMOL (Vintage Motorcycles On Line)
"One Bad Buffalo"
http://www.vintagemotorcyclesonline.com/features/stories/261-one-bad-buffalo
10/30/14: So I got the Bad Buffalo out for a run today. I made a short video walk around of the bike running & riding. I also Ripped through a few turns with the Jemco pipes wailing and six pot Tokicos doing their job (remaining mindful of motorists, hidden driveways and pedestrians of course).
Entitled Bad Buffalo Smoke'n The Ton!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCcJ-_-8co8
Cycle World Rolling Concours modified class INDY Moto GP 2013.
Mid Ohio bound 2013: This is how we roll when covering a few miles. Bad Buffalo is still a pack mule at heart and can haul some stuff. I think we did around 600 miles that weekend. Pretty cool when guys from around the country come up to you and say "I have read all about this bike on Do The Ton."