Sometimes we forget that older bikes were not always older bikes. They were not always used for great leisurely rides and vintage rallies. They were once basic transportation used to get from point A to B, and to run around town for mundane purposes. On a busy weekend morning, I decided that what I had to get done was no less possible on the R50, so off we went to the hardware store, and the bank, and to the auto parts place. The bike handled this all in stride, but the real reward was the trip home where it caused me to take a lengthy detour out of the traffic-light-ridden town and into farm country. It was as though the bike was re-advertising its dual purposes of business and pleasure…
