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By Bud Wilkinson of RIDE-CT.com
Go to the same places often enough and you’re bound to bump into familiar faces. The past two Sundays, RIDE-CT.com has run into Matt Hazen of Colebrook at the usual haunt, 
Toymaker’s Cafe in Falls Village.
Today, Hazen was riding a silver 1987 Honda Hurricane 1000 with only 15,800 miles. Powered by a 998cc four-cylinder engine that puts out 130 horsepower.
Two styling elements make the Hurricane eye-catching – the wrap-around tail lights and a petcock that’s recessed in the fairing. The tail lights look modern even 25 years later.
Last week, Hazen showed up on a very clean 1978 Yamaha RD400 (below), also in silver. He has one more bike in his garage, a 1970 Triumph bobber.
Nice RD. At Saturday’s AMA Pro MX in Southwick the bike that drew the most attention in one row of spectator bikes near an entrance was a red RD 400 in similar condition to this one.