I was surprised that I hadn't actually joined this forum before now. I have certainly seen it in the past. I bought my first KDX in 1979, a 250, then another 250 in 81, followed by a C1 200 in September of 1986. My final KDX purchase was a 2003 220. But of all the motorcycles I have ever owned, my 86 C1 is the one I owned the longest. Around 2010-2011, I began to fear that I wouldn't be able to find restoration parts, so I bought a somewhat thrashed C1 for 400 bucks, as a parts donor. Sure enough, I couldn't stand to see the bike sitting like a pile of garbage in the garage, so it got restored also. I had some white 88 plastics that i had run on my original C1, laying around the garage, so I used those on the second bike to replace the oxidized plastics, and cracked gas tank. So now I have two C1s, the original (street plated) and the second "dirt only" one. Neither of them are show queens, but both are ready to hit the trails. Admittedly, they don't get out too often anymore, because I own a few current machines that have spoiled me with their fresh technology and cushy features, but I still like to get on the old greenies from time to time to reminisce about the mid to late 80s, when my little KDX was the finest cross country bike in the land, as far as I was concerned. I won a few trophies in local enduros on my C1, and spent countless days roaming the hills, deserts and forests on it.
