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Have you ever had a motorcycle that you just loved? That you trusted your life with and that you've bled for? Well for me it's my V65 Sabre. This bike has been faithful to me for about 400000 miles. It's used up 4 engines and is sporting a, new to it, 35000mile 5th engine as we speak. A V65 owning friend of mine (he's my age, 81) had bought an engine to put in his Sabre that was popping out of 2nd gear. Time got to him a year ago and he realized he was never going to put it in his bike so he gave it to me for my bike as Mine was burning to much oil. My friend has since passed on to the land of endless twisties and free gasoline but part of him is living on in my Sabre now. But let me tell you about my bike. I Bought it with 7000 miles on it in '94 after not riding since '57. There was some sketchy riding for a couple years until I got comfortable with the power of a big Honda V4. That's when I started touring on the bike. This b