My first bike, which i still have, is a 1983 Kawasaki gpz550. It was the first year a sport bike had a mono-shock! It's got 35,000 miles on it, very beat up (jb welded gas tank). But it starts every time, never let me down. Pretty quick for how old it is. I just replaced it with a 2006 fz6 three weeks ago. The fz6 is like a Cadillac in caparison!!