Motorcycles you wish you had kept~

DaveinCalgary

New member

• Apr 20, 2015

• #21

markaz said:

I miss my 71 Honda CB350. Not all that great of a bike but it served me well while I was in college and dating my (then future) wife. Funny thing...she had been dating a guy who rode a BMW, an early 70's/late 60's airhead. Wonder if it was the Honda that won her over??

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You meet the nicest people on a Honda.

 

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BC1100S

Left Coast Rider

• Apr 20, 2015

• #22

I miss my Norton Commando, Honda CBX, and Ducati 900SL (Superlite). I miss the Ducati the most.

 

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dpmonk

P Monk

• Apr 20, 2015

• #23

the bike is real, the beach scene is not

 

SeabeckS

New member

• Apr 20, 2015

• #24

And another one....

Sorry about the image size!

The rims/tires aren't stock obviously...this little Suzi began her career as the race bike for a shop in Bellevue, WA. It was pretty fast...in a straight line.

 

tkbaker4

Love this RT!

• Apr 21, 2015

• #25

Is it ok if you still have it?

 

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72r60/7

13278

• Apr 21, 2015

• #26

Wish I had kept every bike I've ever owned, like the Brittish motorcyclist I met one time. He kept every one of the 52 bikes he had ever owned. The first was a '52 Ariel Square 4 that he used to get his motorcycle license in 1952.
I asked to meet his wife.
Charlie

 

Visian

look out!!!

• Apr 21, 2015

• #27

My 1972 Bultaco Matador Six Day

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greenwald

New member

• Apr 21, 2015

• #28

skippy1969 said:

I wish I would have kept my minty 2002 Honda Valkyrie standard. I loved that bike and still miss it today.

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Ooooooooh! The ultimate muscle bike!

 

36654

New member

• Apr 21, 2015

• #29

Nope, not me.........

I'm a thanks the memories type guy when it comes to vehicles. Love'm and leave'm.

 

sedanman

neanderssance man

• Apr 21, 2015

• #30

I wish l had my father's Triumph TR5T. Which was really a BSA. It was the first motorcycle l was ever exposed to. I was 4 or 5 and remember sitting on the tank and having the sensation of flying. Dad also had a '53 Indian but l never saw that bike run.

 

20774

Liaison

Staff member

• Apr 21, 2015

• #31

These bikes were fun for me. The Honda 750-4 (1975 I think) was my first and fit me like a glove. The '78 R100RS was fun but I just couldn't get used to the pressure on my arms...still wish I had it back. The '82 Honda Sabre went like stink IMO. Pegged the speedometer around 130mph during a local breakfast run...slowing back down to the 90mph range seemed like I was walking!!

 

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Darryl Cainey

Sir Darby

• Apr 21, 2015

• #32

1964 Honda Super Cub
1968 BSA 250 Starfire
1970 Kawasaki 500 Mach III
1972 Honda CB750
1972 Dunstall Honda
1974 Rickman Honda
1979 Honda CBX
1980 Suzuki GS1000S

 

ponch1

Ponch

• Apr 21, 2015

• #33

My 1978 KZ1000. Was my first bike. I wished I kept the bike I had before the RT too, a 1600 Nomad. Dead reliable bike and the wife prefers it over the RT.

 

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speck.wisc

New member

• Apr 21, 2015

• #34

Squirrelly but impressive

Wish I still my had my 1975 Kawasaki H2 750 triple. Custom metal flake paint job, Bassani expansion chambers, re-jetted carbs with K&N's made for a memorable bike. It was all kinds of snarling twitchiness, but it was fun. Today's more reasonable brain would probably not let me ride it past sixty though.

 

Omega Man

Fortis Fortuna Adiuvat

Staff member

• Apr 21, 2015

• #35

speck.wisc said:

.................... Bassani expansion chambers......................

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Wow, Bassani is a name I haven't heard in a while
OM

 

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cseltz

Member

• Apr 22, 2015

• #36

I had one of the first Honda Mini Trails off the line. My dad had one of the first CB750s off the line (that would be a keeper!). When I was 16 or so, my sister rode down from her place in Boston on an old R-50. After that, I bought a used R-69S from Stan's Cycle Center (I think that was the name) in Doylestown, PA. I kept that until I drove it off the road (flat tire at 60+MPH) near Columbus Ohio in the summer of '73. I stuck my thumb out and kept going west and my dad sent my cousin with his pick-u truck from Phila (suburbs) to Ohio to pick the bike up. I sold it later that summer for $400! I am soooo glad I left my 1969 Gibson Les Paul under my bed where it belonged for 35 years! We grow too soon old and too late smart.

 

OldNuke

Just puttsin'

• Apr 25, 2015

• #37

My old bikes I still pine for:

My very first new motorcycle: 1966 Honda CB450 ...aka the Ugly Duckling
Like this restored version by a local rider



My first new BMW: 1978 R100RS...aka Old Goldie



My first GS: 1990 R100GSPD

 

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rad

Retired from riding

• Apr 25, 2015

• #38

OldNuke said:

My old bikes I still pine for:

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Nice, the Black Bomber

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nakwakto00

Adventurist

• Apr 25, 2015

• #39

My early rides that I wish I would have kept. 1972 Honda CL 175 Scrambler. My first. I learned from it why I ride.


The 1976 Kawasaki H2 750 was a crazy fast machine. Really enjoyed that ride. Probably lost a few of my "nine lives" on that thing too.

 

gtrider

52184

• Apr 25, 2015

• #40

Oh yeah...

That would start with the '67 Honda CL250 Scrambler...


and the 1968 Yamaha DT250 that acquired a GYT Kit, lost a lotta street parts, and became a flat-tracker...


and the 1972 Aermacchi/HD ERS 350 flat-tracker. I had serial #1 of 200 produced in that final year of production, and I was stupid enough to sell it because I needed a street bike....


But, the list isn't done!

DG