In 1971, I bought an R60/5 from my friend Roger Selby at Selby Motors in Redwood City, California, just north of what’s now called Silicon Valley. I rode it for a year, I think, and enjoyed it. I sold it to a friend and bought an R75/5, a 72, and liked it even better.
I rode the bike solo and with my then-wife Jacquie on the back up and down the state. It was fast enough and quite agile for a big bike. They weren’t heavy, those
