Early on it was stuff like this when most people in the USA were riding cruisers ... it was cool because there weren't that many of them.
and then later on it became more popular to own a sport bike and it sort of morphed into this>
They were all fun but I'm glad that I survived those days. Now I just cruise around on a 2020 Yamaha WR250R dual sport.... it's just as much fun and probably safer considering on how aggressive traffic is getting.
My K5 GSXR750. Yoshimura Ti header, hindle exhaust, custom velocity stacks, port and polish to flow match, thinner headgasket, knifed crank, power commander, springs front and back, -1 +2 sprockets, some "lightening mods". Going up for sale in the spring.