Yamaha's Curse and Snake Shopping with a Pornstar

Jon Summers is The Motoring Historian. He was a company car thrashing, technology sales rep that turned into a fairly inept sports bike rider. Hailing from California, he collects cars and bikes built with plenty of cheap and fast, and not much reliable. On his show, he gets together with various co-hosts to talk about new and old cars, driving, motorbikes, motor racing, and motoring travel.

The Cursed ‘78 Yamaha XS650 

• Fleet week 2005 (?)
• MotoGP Laguna Seca 2006 (?)

Other Topics covered on this Episode:

• Guest John rides a homemade electric bike
• Buying a custom Yamaha DR125 (yes, dirt bike to race bike)
• Memories of Nicky Hayden
• Joey Dunlop
• Is this the end of real road racing in Ireland? Does this have implications for the Isle of Man TT?
• The TT in the future
• The “End of Roadracing” article J refers to
• Riding in England vs California vs Philippines 
• Skaggs Springs Road
• De Havilland Beaver
• Some LA stories - 
• Snake Shopping in the San Fernando Valley
• Riding: Topanga Canyon (Highway 27), Angeles Crest, Mulholland,
• J’s CBR race bike on the Pacific Coast Highway
• A ZX10 in a Canyon
• The Upside Down Harley
• The Fireblade in the Tree
• John - Honda CB or BMW?

Quick Fire:

• First bike
• Last one you bought
• The “one that got away”
• Best bike 
• Worst bike
• If l could ride like anyone, it would be…

Copyright Jon Summers, The Motoring Historian. This episode is part of our Motoring Podcast Network and has been republished with permission.

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