Bikes you've had, got & wish for............. - Page 7

**winebeavis** · April 20th, 2015, 02:57 AM

I've had a few. My first one was a late 1970s Honda Hawk. It was a Motorcycle that only had two gears and no clutch See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hondamatic. Something about the Hawkamatic transmission. Was a bitch to start as it only had a kick start and the choke was really particular. Bought it off a college bud for $300. Had it about a two years. It broke down on the side of the highway and I left it there.

Next was a 1983? Honda Rebel. A little 250cc job that was basically maintenance free. Not fast and that was okay. Easy to pick up. Great for running around locally. I rode it almost a year with a dead battery because I could push start it from a straddle in a parking lot all in one motion. The gas mileage was fantastic. Probably my favorite bike ever for just getting around. I got a ridiculous offer to sell it, so I got rid of it after about 10 years.

Currently I have a 2004 Kawasaki Vulcan 500EN. Nothing special. Big enough and powerful enough to barely ride on the highway --but not for long trips. Has many more moving parts than the Rebel ever did and a lot of maintenance is above my skill. I've had it since 2004 and really don't ride it much. The traffic around here is just too crazy.

Mine looks almost identical this one.

adam_r · September 2nd, 2015, 10:01 AM

CURRENTLY I HAVE

SHL M 04 - 1952r

SHL M 11 - 1966r

Suzuki GS550 - 1979r

Yamaha XJR 1200 - 1995r

MZ TS 250- 1974r

**thunderfly** · February 21st, 2016, 08:29 PM

I love motorbikes, especially 'old school' choppers and vintage bikes. Never had the balls to learn to ride one though.

**chris chunt** · February 22nd, 2016, 02:07 AM

about to take delivery of a 2016 kwaka w800 .
plenty of girls like retro too
and those that do are going to be spread on that back seat so to speak .
bring it on

**scoundrel** · January 6th, 2018, 08:05 PM

The times are a-changing in London; Mayor Khan is bringing in pollution rules which will require bikes registered before 2006 (when EU3 was introduced) to pay £12.50 a day for the privilege of entering Central London. Naturally, there will no scrap-age scheme for affected machines, disproportionately owned by people who can't afford to casually buy new motorcycles. It will cost the London Assembly and the Mayor not a penny; they get to look good and pose as friends to the environment; people on lower incomes to be the losers, but who cares about that?

I am buying a new motorcycle [i.e actually new, not used] for the first time ever. It is a Royal Enfield Himalayan: a 411cc single all-round commuter / tourer / on-road off-road thingie.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=zxa9QBTMabo

OTR price is £4,199 and you get a lot for that money. But I also get a finance agreement which is very fair if I am being honest, but which I would rather not be taking on. Only time will tell whether I made a good decision or a bad one.

**Baresfan** · January 7th, 2018, 03:42 PM

I had a BMW R90S in Daytona Orange - long gone but always fondly remembered.

MaxJoker · April 27th, 2019, 06:51 PM

This Doc Holliday one ,

Damn what a doozy

**vo1v0d** · May 6th, 2019, 12:49 PM

You might understand why I went sour on bikes before I was old enough to ride one. Every wednesday I passed the Dunstall shop with a Dominator in the window. Worse still, an old geezer (probably 35) in our street had a Vincent Black Prince. One of my pals followed him for a couple of miles and swore he never changed gear after pulling away out of our street uphill in second.

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scoundrel Super Moderator Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: England Posts: 26,237 Thanks: 162,393 Thanked 278,475 Times in 26,182 Posts	The times are a-changing in London; Mayor Khan is bringing in pollution rules which will require bikes registered before 2006 (when EU3 was introduced) to pay £12.50 a day for the privilege of entering Central London. Naturally, there will no scrap-age scheme for affected machines, disproportionately owned by people who can't afford to casually buy new motorcycles. It will cost the London Assembly and the Mayor not a penny; they get to look good and pose as friends to the environment; people on lower incomes to be the losers, but who cares about that? I am buying a new motorcycle [i.e actually new, not used] for the first time ever. It is a Royal Enfield Himalayan: a 411cc single all-round commuter / tourer / on-road off-road thingie. https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_c...&v=zxa9QBTMabo OTR price is £4,199 and you get a lot for that money. But I also get a finance agreement which is very fair if I am being honest, but which I would rather not be taking on. Only time will tell whether I made a good decision or a bad one. __________________ To view links or images in signatures your post count must be 0 or greater. You currently have 0 posts.

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September 2nd, 2015, 10:01 AM	#62
adam_r Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Location: Poland Posts: 340 Thanks: 45,077 Thanked 8,732 Times in 333 Posts	CURRENTLY I HAVE SHL M 04 - 1952r SHL M 11 - 1966r Suzuki GS550 - 1979r Yamaha XJR 1200 - 1995r MZ TS 250- 1974r

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thunderfly Vintage Member Join Date: Sep 2013 Posts: 896 Thanks: 6,620 Thanked 11,386 Times in 896 Posts	I love motorbikes, especially 'old school' choppers and vintage bikes. Never had the balls to learn to ride one though.

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chris chunt Vintage Member Join Date: Dec 2010 Posts: 2,805 Thanks: 7,946 Thanked 36,406 Times in 2,765 Posts	about to take delivery of a 2016 kwaka w800 . plenty of girls like retro too and those that do are going to be spread on that back seat so to speak . bring it on

May 6th, 2019, 12:49 PM	#68
vo1v0d Hideous By Nature Join Date: Aug 2012 Location: sarf eeeest lunden Posts: 8,243 Thanks: 42,255 Thanked 60,634 Times in 7,460 Posts	You might understand why I went sour on bikes before I was old enough to ride one. Every wednesday I passed the Dunstall shop with a Dominator in the window. Worse still, an old geezer (probably 35) in our street had a Vincent Black Prince. One of my pals followed him for a couple of miles and swore he never changed gear after pulling away out of our street uphill in second.