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Posted by Troll
- May 11, 2014, 20:19:18 PMHow did you find the Munch? I mean, did you like it? was it a bit heavy, since it's got a car engine in it....I would really like to find an Amazonas....but that's another thing, entirely!
Posted by CDNRatMan
- May 11, 2014, 18:11:49 PM not the ones that were test rides or just day rides would be hard to remember, but owned;
65 Norton Commando
?? Odessa dirt Bike
73 Yamaha RD 350
74 Honda 550 four
70 Motto Guzzi Ambassador
78 Motto Guzzi Le Man's III
79 Can-Am 250 (my military work bike as a Dispatch rider)
80 H-D FXS Low Rider
99 Drifter 800
have ridden
H-D Ultra Glide Classic
Munch Mammoth
Honda Valkyrie
Suzuki 750 water buffalo
Honda Fury
H-D Electra Glide
Honda Shadow
Yamaha 1100 Midnight Special
others that I can not remember.........
Posted by John Hopkins
- May 11, 2014, 17:29:35 PMQuote from: Reveen on May 11, 2014, 13:08:21 PMThat's what I meant by tried..I ran out of road pretty quickly..I always like the look of the VT700. Short little curved handlebars and the tank has quite an angle on it.
Wow that's fast. What speed have you gotten her up to?
John.
Posted by greenbarn
- May 11, 2014, 17:06:31 PMNumerous dirt bikes and ATVs, other than that kind of limited on the road bikes:
My Drifter was my first bike I've owned, the 800 then the 1500, other than that,
a few Cushman eagles (Dad restores them)
Mustang- '60-somthing
Gold wing
Silver wing
Suzuki GS 500
Suzuki GSX600
Posted by Reveen
- May 11, 2014, 13:08:21 PMQuote from: John Hopkins on May 11, 2014, 04:54:53 AMI have a Honda shadow VT700 which is one of the safest most fun bikes I have ever ridden and a Yamaha race tuned R1 Dynamite limited edition with a tried top speed of 185mph which is one of the most uncomfortable bikes I have ridden and may kill me one day.
John.
I always like the look of the VT700. Short little curved handlebars and the tank has quite an angle on it.
Wow that's fast. What speed have you gotten her up to?
Posted by John Hopkins
- May 11, 2014, 04:54:53 AMI have a Honda shadow VT700 which is one of the safest most fun bikes I have ever ridden and a Yamaha race tuned R1 Dynamite limited edition with a tried top speed of 185mph which is one of the most uncomfortable bikes I have ridden and may kill me one day.
John.
Posted by Reveen
- May 10, 2014, 10:42:26 AMQuote from: John Hopkins on May 09, 2014, 18:15:48 PMI'd love to have a bike like that just for fun. What other bikes do you own besides your Drifter?I owned and rode my first bike to work in 1960 it was a Frances Barnett 198cc with a villiers engine..since then I have ridden so many I can't remember most of them..every time I buy the fastest production bike in the world someone brings out a different faster one..I have three bikes at the moment, I don't plan to ever buy another one.
John.
Posted by John Hopkins
- May 09, 2014, 18:15:48 PMI owned and rode my first bike to work in 1960 it was a Frances Barnett 198cc with a villiers engine..since then I have ridden so many I can't remember most of them..every time I buy the fastest production bike in the world someone brings out a different faster one..I have three bikes at the moment, I don't plan to ever buy another one.
John.
Posted by Reveen
- May 09, 2014, 16:43:30 PMQuote from: Troll on May 09, 2014, 15:52:51 PMNice range of bikes!! I had to Google "1963 Cushman Eagle" . . . wow! What a unique bike.Can't remember all that far back.....maybe back to '65, or so....Triumph T-Bird, '46 EL, '45 WLA, '49 FL, '57 FL, '62 FL, '68 FLH, '65 BSA Thunderbolt, '72 Norton/Dunstall 850, 73 Commando, '64 Goldstar, '65 Honda 305 Dream, '66 Honda CB160, '68 Bridgestone 175, '74 Suzuki GT 550, '78 FLH...various Suzuki GS models, '08 Victory Vision, GSXR 750, Valkyrie, Bunch of different H-Ds of the current century, my W-650...some Sportsters, '88 1500 GoldWing..all of our training bikes, AND the one that started it all for me: 1963 Cushman Eagle!
I almost forgot, My '84 Moto Guzzi V65 SP, and a couple of T-3s and a Convert....and then there was that ZX-1200..........
Posted by Troll
- May 09, 2014, 15:52:51 PMCan't remember all that far back.....maybe back to '65, or so....Triumph T-Bird, '46 EL, '45 WLA, '49 FL, '57 FL, '62 FL, '68 FLH, '65 BSA Thunderbolt, '72 Norton/Dunstall 850, 73 Commando, '64 Goldstar, '65 Honda 305 Dream, '66 Honda CB160, '68 Bridgestone 175, '74 Suzuki GT 550, '78 FLH...various Suzuki GS models, '08 Victory Vision, GSXR 750, Valkyrie, Bunch of different H-Ds of the current century, my W-650...some Sportsters, '88 1500 GoldWing..all of our training bikes, AND the one that started it all for me: 1963 Cushman Eagle!
I almost forgot, My '84 Moto Guzzi V65 SP, and a couple of T-3s and a Convert....and then there was that ZX-1200..........
Posted by Reveen
- May 09, 2014, 10:27:38 AMWhat bikes have you had the opportunity to ride? I know for some of you (probably most!) this list will be very long and diverse. Feel free too call out and discuss any bike that you have ridden that made an impression on you (good or bad).
Here is my list so far since I first started riding in 2004:
Suzuki GZ250
1997 Honda Rebel 250
1978 Honda CB750k (first bike I owned . . . loud, pretty fast, lots of problems!)
2000 Harley Davidson Ultra Classic
2006 GSXR 600cc
2005 Buell Firebolt
2005 Buell Blast
2008 Harley Davidson Dyna Wide Glide
2009 Harley Davidson Fat Boy
2006 Harley Davidson Heritage Classic (love the Heritage Classic)
2007 Harley Davidson Electra Glide
1989 Kawasaki 454 Ltd
2006 Harley Davidson Sportster 1200
2010 Honda cbr600rr
2014 Indian Chief Vintage
2010 Harley Davidson Road King
2004 Kawasaki Mean Streak 1600 (my buddies bike. VERY torque-y)
1987 Honda Magna
1999 Kawasaki Drifter 1500 (current bike I own)