There was a Tecumseh-powered Mini-Bike before this one, but I consider my Yamaha Mini-Enduro to be my first REAL motorcycle (picture attached). I put 100’s a miles a day on it in the woods around Woodstock Connecticut and Sturbridge Massachusetts….especially in the woods around Bigelow Hollow State Park – got lost in there more times than I care to remember!<\/em><\/p>\n Note how skinny I used to be…..Mom wasn’t stocking up on the Yoo-Hoo for me…..<\/em><\/p>\n Fred<\/em><\/p>\n We wrote to Fred and asked what he’s riding today, and here’s his answer:<\/p>\n Only the finest motorcycle known to man (or woman) – my trusty 2007 Caspian Blue Triumph Tiger 1050 – pic attached.<\/em><\/p>\n Over 76,000 trouble-free miles and smiles from North (Nova Scotia) to South (Florida) and West (Arkansas) and back East (Connecticut).<\/em><\/p>\n And it’s got PLENTY of storage for the Yoo-Hoo.<\/em><\/p>\n Fred<\/em><\/p>\n Fred, we admire your choice in your first motorcycle, your current motorcycle, and of course, beverages.\u00a0 I used to ride a Caspian Blue Tiger as well; mine was a 2006 and I loved it. \u00a0Thanks for writing and ride safe.<\/p>\n So how about the rest of our riders and readers?\u00a0 Does anyone else care to share their first ride with us?\u00a0 Write to us at info@exhaustnotes.us<\/a>!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Never miss an ExNotes blog! The call we put out earlier about sending a photo and describing your first bike was answered almost immediately by our good buddy and YooHoo aficionado Fred.\u00a0 Check this out, boys and girls: JOE! There was a Tecumseh-powered Mini-Bike before this one, but I consider my Yamaha Mini-Enduro to be … Continue reading “Fred Checking In…”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":true,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[96,140],"tags":[982,94,862],"class_list":["post-6977","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-feel-good-stuff","category-vintage-motorcycle","tag-tiger","tag-triumph","tag-yoohoo"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"post_mailing_queue_ids":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6977"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6983,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6977\/revisions\/6983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6977"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6977"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6977"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"\"](\"http:\/\/exhaustnotes.us\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/Mini-Enduro-002.jpg\")
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