STEVE SUMMERS

I began riding in the late 1960’s when the Japanese Dual Sport/Enduro bikes first hit the market. My first bike was a new 1970 Kawasaki 250 F4 Sidewinder followed by 1971 Kawasaki 175 E7F Dual Sport. 

In 1973, my desire for distant destinations would provoke me into purchasing a new Harley-Davidson Sportster XLCH 1000. Although not what you would consider a “Touring Bike”, I would clock just under 80,000 miles on my “CH” over a six year period of time. During these six years, I would also own, what I considered to be my most fun ride—a Saracen Trials. It was a proper English trials powered by a 125cc Sachs engine with a five speed trans. In 1979, I would liquidate all my worldly possessions, including these two bikes, to do some traveling abroad...