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Motorbikes: what are you riding? an informal poll.

mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 10,998 ✭✭✭
edited October 2016 in General Discussion
Motorbikes: what are you riding? An informal poll...

Motorized unicycle - 2 wheels - trikes - sidecars - scooters - mopeds - pit bikes - dirt track bikes - heavy bikes - cafe racer - rice rockets - imports - hogs - cruisers - Motorized bicycles - etc...

What are you riding on - cruising on - racing - commuting - exploring - etc...

Make: BMW
Model: F800R
Displacement:798cc
COO: Germany (???)
Year: 2015
Color scheme:white with ebony seat and blue appointments
Package: ???
Mileage: 525
Options: large tank - Brembo brake (oversized) -
Heated handgrips - ABS - full computer system - gauge package

BMW Jacket - glove - helmet - 3 good cable locks - Swiss gear tactical backpack - camel back hands free drinking vessel - sacred underwear - scarf - navy field jacket - blue grey redwing - document vault tube - etc

What are you riding??? What's it like? Details...

Mike
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    Big Sky RedneckBig Sky Redneck Member Posts: 19,752 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I ride a Gas to Noise converter. It's blue with light blue flames, ape hanger handlebars, slow, handles like crap, scares old ladies, vibrates, only gets 45mpg but damnit I look good when I ride it!
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    mrmike08075mrmike08075 Member Posts: 10,998 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    So an AMF built harley sportster with banana seat and bad pipes?

    Mike
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    GuvamintCheeseGuvamintCheese Member Posts: 38,932
    edited November -1
    I have an older Suzuki 650 dual sport. Got rid of the Harley, the Victory and all the other bikes in my life.
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    TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Wouldn't be caught dead calling it a "Motorbike", but I ride a

    Make: Harley
    Model: Fatboy-S
    Displacement:1801cc
    COO: York PA, USA
    Year: 2016
    Color scheme:Harley black
    Package: Screaming Eagle 110-B CVO dual cam.
    Mileage: 3K
    Options: Batwing fairing with four JVC speakers, CD, AF/FM, Satellite radio. Rear bags, back rest, Bazani Fire Flight exhaust.
    ABS, cruse control.

    And, all the typical riding gear that one has to ride with.

    p8Op29htj

    Trinity +++
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    SawzSawz Member Posts: 6,049
    edited November -1
    82 Yamaha 650 maxim Love those older bikes
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    redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,685 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a few old bikes. Mostly dirt. Kind of a hobby of mine.
    Dirt
    1974 Suzuki TM400, Gonna take it out next weekend [:D]
    Hodaka Wombat, still need to build the engine
    1997 Kawasaki KE100, Fun to putt around on
    1980 Kawasaki KX420

    Three wheelers
    Kawasaki KLT110
    Kawasaki KLT200
    2 Honda 185S's
    Honda 250ES

    Only street bike I have had was an '85 Honda Rebel. Traded it to a guy in exchange for installing Hardie siding on my house.

    Tomorrow I am going to pick up a 1963 Honda Dream that has been sitting for years. Should be a fun project.[8D]
    Friend of mine has an old BMW R70 that I really want to get from him. A nice clean original.[:p]
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    TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    redneckandy,

    So you have a TM 400 Suzuki, do you want to sell it?...[^]

    A 71 (Orange tank) 400 was my first brand new bike I ever bought. It had a widow maker powerband that could get the novice in trouble real quick. I have been wanting to find another one to try and restore...[:)]

    Trinity +++
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    Smitty500magSmitty500mag Member Posts: 13,603 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The only thing I have left in the way of a motorcycle is a little Honda Trail Bike, a CT-70 that I found at an estate sale back in the early 90s. Little did I know some people have a have a cult like following these days for these little bikes and they collect them until I just happened across someone selling one on a website that we can't mention here some time back. I thought they were out of their mind what they were asking for one until I got to checking around. I think I'll just hang on to it for a while.

    They're powerful little machines I like to ride in the woods even with a big old geezer like me on it. That is if I ever get out of this hospital to ride it again someday.[B)]


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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Should be no surprise but I still have the '80 CBX. Health doesn't let me ride anymore. I still love to fire it up now and then just to listen at the 6-1 header I put on it 45 years ago.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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    redneckandyredneckandy Member Posts: 9,685 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by TrinityScrimshaw
    redneckandy,

    So you have a TM 400 Suzuki, do you want to sell it?...[^]

    A 71 (Orange tank) 400 was my first brand new bike I ever bought. It had a widow maker powerband that could get the novice in trouble real quick. I have been wanting to find another one to try and restore...[:)]

    Trinity +++

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    Unfortunately it's not for sale. It is one of my favorites to ride. The timing advance was a little better on the 74-75's so it is not a "unexpected".
    I have thought about doing a full restoration on it, but I know I would never ride it for fear of scratching it.
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    TrinityScrimshawTrinityScrimshaw Member Posts: 9,350 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    redneckandy,

    Too bad, I have been on the hunt for one...[:p]

    There are ways of taming those early ones, but they are getting harder to find.

    The 71 & 72 TM 400's are listed as one of the top 10 most dangerous motorcycles ever made. I have owned three bikes in that top 10 over the years. The TM 400, a 73 Kawasaki two stroke 750 three cylinder, and a 1956 Panhead with a suicide clutch.

    Enjoy that ride...[8D]

    Trinity +++
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    35 Whelen35 Whelen Member Posts: 14,310 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I don't have anything right now, but someday I would love to pick up a CB750 Honda.


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    An unarmed man can only flee from evil, and evil is not overcome by fleeing from it.
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    1911a1-fan1911a1-fan Member Posts: 51,193 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 35 Whelen
    I don't have anything right now, but someday I would love to pick up a CB750 Honda.


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    thats a bad * underestimated bike right there


    i was on the back of by bil's when i was 16, first time i hit 150mph, later that day was the first time we did the speed limit all day, got plowed by a drunk driver and crippled him for life, i walked away
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    gruntledgruntled Member Posts: 8,218 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have a Charger electric bicycle. That should count as a motorbike.
    I hadn't ridden it in several years but I got a new set of batteries last month & just started again.
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    refreyrefrey Member Posts: 28 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    1972 Triumph Bonneville
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    pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Definition of a "Motor Bike".....
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    pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Real Motorcycle...
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    pwilliepwillie Member Posts: 20,253 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Most "Coveted"
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    WarbirdsWarbirds Member Posts: 16,834 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Ducati & Triumph here. I normally "upgrade" around year end when they are making deals and my bike is not officially another model year older, but I'll have the two of these in the stable for a long time.

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    mjrfd99mjrfd99 Member Posts: 4,556 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1975 Kawasaki H1
    1977 XLCH
    1979 FXE
    1986 VFR 750F
    2003 Hayabusa
    2006 CBR 600
    2007 Heritage
    Those are the ones still here and being ridden.
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    asphalt cowboyasphalt cowboy Member Posts: 8,904 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just the one, for now.
    '04 VStar 1100 Classic.
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    ChrisStreettChrisStreett Member Posts: 3,856 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    '82 Low Rider/Shovel, first year back from the bowling alley folks, restoration about finished, complete with original paint/pin striping done by the factory. I kept every original part and am returning them to their original places.

    '08 Street Glide
    "...dying ain't much of a living boy"-Josey Wales
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    Spider7115Spider7115 Member, Moderator Posts: 29,714 ******
    edited November -1
    2011 Kawasaki Vulcan 903cc

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    oldemagicsoldemagics Member Posts: 5,825 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by 35 Whelen
    I don't have anything right now, but someday I would love to pick up a CB750 Honda.


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    i have 2 plus a spare motor i am considering dropping in a trike frame some day...
    one is a '76 that i need a place to finish up paint etc.
    the other is a '78 rat that gets beat all over Pa.
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    He DogHe Dog Member Posts: 50,951 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    BMW K-100 RT
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    KX500KX500 Member Posts: 733 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    '99 Honda Valkyrie
    '06 Honda CRF450
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    gearheaddadgearheaddad Member Posts: 15,096 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    1971 Honda Z50 Mini trail.
    and a 1994 Honda Z50 Mini trail.(My Son's, he's 28 and 6'2" now!)
    He looks like a Praying Mantis if he sits on it!
    I used to have a 1966 Honda Dream 305 Scarlet Red.
    1975 Norton Commando 850
    1972 Triumph Bonneville 750
    Countless 125cc dirt bikes and Enduros.
    The one bike I never owned and always liked was a Kawasaki 500 Triple 2 stroke. Man, they were fast!!
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    mr.tboltmr.tbolt Member Posts: 449 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
    Should be no surprise but I still have the '70 CBX. Health doesn't let me ride anymore. I still love to fire it up now and then just to listen at the 6-1 header I put on it 45 years ago.

    I thought they were 78-82? I had the 82 cb750f supersport, I miss that one...
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    mr.tboltmr.tbolt Member Posts: 449 ✭
    edited November -1
    My bikes:
    2005 Suzuki DRZ400S
    2007 Kawasaki KLX250S (just got t-boned with this one, broke my knee cap)
    2001 Suzuki DR200ES

    I like the smaller dual sport bikes. Both hips are fake, so I'm not comfortable on something with a wide seat, or something too low.
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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    My bad - it is a '80. Produced '79-'82, I believe. The '81-'82 had a nice factory fairing & bags as standard equipment.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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    mr.tboltmr.tbolt Member Posts: 449 ✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by cbxjeff
    My bad - it is a '80. Produced '79-'82, I believe. The '81-'82 had a nice factory fairing & bags as standard equipment.

    Nice bike, id love to try on someday. My friend out in Arizona has a bunch of beautiful Hondas, including the CBX. His CBX has an odd solo seat that I've never seen before. His bikes are displayed all over his house.
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    cbxjeffcbxjeff Member Posts: 17,430 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes, the original seat is a bit rough on any kind of trip more than an hour or so. I bought a saddle seat for it but it does have a small extension for a passenger. That made a huge comfort difference plus with virtually no vibration it was a sweet ride. Wind noise was a problem with no windshield or fairing. I always rode alone though.
    It's too late for me, save yourself.
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    claysclays Member Posts: 1,914 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Just depends on the mood. Sometimes I ride the Big Dog:
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    Other times it may be the Vulcan
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    or it may be the old Ultra Classic
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    sometimes it's the new Limited
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    Regardless of which, life is great when you are in the wind
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    EZRyderEZRyder Member Posts: 170 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Have three at the moment:
    2000 Kawasaki klr650 with almost 40,000 miles (my daily commuter)

    1994 BMWR1100RS with about 20,000 miles (weekend fun bike for when I'm feeling civilized)

    2004 Ducati ST3 bought used a year or two ago - probably only put a few thousand miles on it so far (weekend fun bike for when I want to release my inner hooligan)
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    cavman 69cavman 69 Member Posts: 654 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
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    2015 R1200R.

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    2010 Triumph Street Triple 675.
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    oldrideroldrider Member Posts: 4,934 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Former ride was a sweet HD Heritage Softail. When I got where I couldn't back it out of the garage, switched to a Street Glide Trike.
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    austin20austin20 Member Posts: 34,940 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    2009 Fatboy.
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    lew07lew07 Member Posts: 1,055 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Triumph Tiger 1050 [:)]
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    fordsixfordsix Member Posts: 8,722
    edited November -1
    1999 big dog vintage classic [^]
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    OakieOakie Member Posts: 40,519 ✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Funny this came up. Have a fully loaded 2010 Goldwing. Donna and I ended up at the Harley dealer today looking at a 2016 leftover, heritage softail classic. Still on the fence and can't get it out of my head. Also have a Kawasaki ZX14. Way too much bike for me and don't ride it much. Sold my YZ 400 because I don't ride that anymore either. Time to clean house and go down to one bike. Oakie
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