What MOTORCYCLE do you ride and why?

[hotrodharley]

Looking 2 buy my first bike. I have convinced myself my 6'4, 240 pound self can learn on a xsr 900 since it has the 6 axis imu and i can dial back into mode 4. Opinions...?

People used to learn to ride on Harley or Indian rigid frames with shit brakes and hand shifters. Go for it.

Personally after a literal lifetime on Harleys I’d buy a Japanese cruiser. Helluva lot cheaper, faster, lighter, superior braking.

 

[Antidote Man]

My last motorcycle - Honda CB750. Been almost 10 years since I sold it. I started on a kz250 and I'm a small guy and it was fine for me. Took a hiatus and 5 years later I moved up to a Honda Sabre and some other Honda, can't remember. The 750 was the biggest bike I could get on and off comfortably and still had some power.

These new retro Kawasaki bikes have my eye... I think old school Japanese bikes and café racers are the shit.

 

[rkymtnman]

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My last motorcycle - Honda CB750. Been almost 10 years since I sold it. I started on a kz250 and I'm a small guy and it was fine for me. Took a hiatus and 5 years later I moved up to a Honda Sabre and some other Honda, can't remember. The 750 was the biggest bike I could get on and off comfortably and still had some power.

These new retro Kawasaki bikes have my eye... I think old school Japanese bikes and café racers are the shit.

that looks really similar to the Radian i had.

the only thing i kinda wished it had was a half windscreen. sometimes riding into a head wind i felt like a sail hanging on to her. lol

 

[Antidote Man]

that looks really similar to the Radian i had.

the only thing i kinda wished it had was a half windscreen. sometimes riding into a head wind i felt like a sail hanging on to her. lol

I outfitted mine with down-turned handlebars like a racing bike. I've always laughed at Harley riders, hell's angel-ass big fat dudes with white beards without helmets, or with nutshell helmets. I've hit bugs the size of full grown mice at over 70mph and I know if I didnt have a face shield on my helmet I would have lost an eye...

...although I also remember being at some meeting where I lived, can't remember for what, but some woman said she was driving and she passed a guy smoking a cigarette and using his cell phone while driving a motorcycle and I was like "Hey! That was me!"

Crazy times

 

[PJ Diaz]

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My last motorcycle - Honda CB750. Been almost 10 years since I sold it. I started on a kz250 and I'm a small guy and it was fine for me. Took a hiatus and 5 years later I moved up to a Honda Sabre and some other Honda, can't remember. The 750 was the biggest bike I could get on and off comfortably and still had some power.

These new retro Kawasaki bikes have my eye... I think old school Japanese bikes and café racers are the shit.

I used to have a CB750 of similar heritage myself. Rode that thing all up and down the west coast.

 

[firsttime69]

I love the inline 4 chopper builds!

 

[injinji]

that looks really similar to the Radian i had. . . . . . . .

My last bike was a radian. I traded two heifers and a bull yearling for it. I had too many close calls and sold it about 15 years ago. I've been looking at trail bikes of late though. The honda 125 looks real nice. But so do those fat tired bikes they have out front of tractor supply for almost $3K less.

 

[Lucky Luke]

I got my first bike at about 4 years old. Was a motorcycle salesman for lots of years. Riding is part of my life.

Road bike.


Track bike

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

I used to have a CB750 of similar heritage myself. Rode that thing all up and down the west coast.

taught the wife how to ride on a cb 350 good little bike

 

[Laughing Grass]

Zoom zoom

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

Zoom zoom

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Wouldn't that be buzz buzz

 

[firsttime69]

More like zippity do dah lol jk

 

[Laughing Grass]

Wouldn't that be buzz buzz

The hub is surprisingly loud!

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

The hub is surprisingly loud!

Do you think it is intentionally made that way I wouldn't have thought it made much noise at all

 

[Laughing Grass]

Do you think it is intentionally made that way I wouldn't have thought it made much noise at all

Mine sounds like this. You can definitely hear it when you're riding.

 

[Jeffislovinlife]

Mine sounds like this. You can definitely hear it when you're riding.

Normally I would not suggest it to anybody riding a bike but noise canceling earbuds might be required

 

[Laughing Grass]

Normally I would not suggest it to anybody riding a bike but noise canceling earbuds might be required

I do on the trails. This is my hood, you need your head on a swivel to ride here.

 

[rkymtnman]

My last bike was a radian. I traded two heifers and a bull yearling for it. I had too many close calls and sold it about 15 years ago. I've been looking at trail bikes of late though. The honda 125 looks real nice. But so do those fat tired bikes they have out front of tractor supply for almost $3K less.

i loved that thing. i was early 20's, wad of cash, never ridden a streetbike and saw it at a yard sale and learned how to ride it on the way home.

i want a dirtbike for out here. i'm torn b/t a 125 or 250 2 stroke or 250 4stroke as something easy to learn on and then sell as i get better.

 

[FirstCavApache64]

Just found a pic of my bike from 20 years ago. My son and I were just looking at it yesterday in my shop reminiscing about how he loved it when he was a kid. I need a total overhaul before it gets back on the road but it's on the list. 2000 Yamaha V Star 1100 that's had a good bit of engine work done.

 

[DoubleAtotheRON]

I got my first bike at about 4 years old. Was a motorcycle salesman for lots of years. Riding is part of my life.

Road bike.
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Track bike

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You have a couple of tracks near I suppose?