Motorcycles first last and favorite

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First 1985 Virago 1000
Last/current 2006 CBR F4i
Favorite 1998 Honda Superhawk 996

 

Honda CL 175 1972 . Rode it to California and back (Ohio ) in 1972. Current stable 1995 Goldwing SE , 2006 Yamaha 400 Majesty, 2007 Suzuki Burgman.
The gold wings were my favorite.

 

1st: green 76 Kaw KZ900
current: same KZ900 & 03 HD Softail
I sold many Z1 & KZ900's over the years. But i held onto my first one.

 

First: 92 Suzuki Bandit
Current: 08 Harley Fat Bob
Favorite: 01 Yamaha R1, wadded at a track day in a low-side

 

First: 1981 Yamaha SR250, paid $200 for it and put on well over 10k miles in the first year.
Current: 1982 Yamaha Seca 550, only put 3k miles on her, and paid $400 for a flawless bike.
Favorite: A 1982 Honda CX500 that I mostly stripped and rebuilt. Sounded pretty mean...

SR250

SECA 550


CX500

 

First: '85 Honda CB650SC NightHawk
Last/current 2009 Yamaha FZ6
Favorite? If I have to choose, it would be '99 CBR600F4. I put well over 30K trackday miles on her. I can tell you my least favorite was my '92 750 Night Hawk I bought to replace my wrecked '85, but it was no where near as good of a bike (IMHO).

 

Honda 450 twin first. Favorite(s) the '79 Honda CBX, that was a monster, six cylinders, six carbs, had the same HP as my 1990 Toyota 22RE, 105HP.

Tie for favorite because of handling is BMW boxer twins, 1976 R75 and a 1985 R65S. Sweet predictable handlers, low center of gravity, super easy to wrench on.

 

First, last and favorite (for now)

 

First 1987 883 HD Sportster (hugger)

Last- present 1988 HD Softail FXST

 

First: Kawasaki KX250


Last (current): 2018 KTM 350 EXC-F


Favorite has been the KTM. It's literally a dirt bike with a license plate. A close second and honorable mention has to be my 2008 Kawasaki Ninja ZX-6RR. I put over 80k miles on that bike. Over a weekend I rode from the Atlantic coastline in North Carolina through Deal's Gap (did the tail of the dragon both directions), then the Cumberland Gap, up into Virgina, through West Virginia, down through Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and halfway across Texas. The bike was stolen, recovered wrecked, rebuilt, then stolen again in 2015. I loved that bike.

Here's my rattle can paint job while I was rebuilding it after it was stolen the first time. Notice the other side doesn't have fairings yet.

 

First was my dad’s old 1973 Honda xl175.

Last and current is a ktm xcf-w 250.

Favorite was the 73

 

I was just looking at the new KTM 500EXC enduros, i've read nothing but good things about'em. I'm a 500cc but 2 stroke guy.

 

Yeah, I agree. It's super easy to ride and still has plenty of fun factor. I found this one with only 8k on it and was able to buy it for $1000.

 

Coming from two strokers it's a bit of a change up but it's not bad. I still question whether I should have gone with the 500 a lot but the 350 is so nice on tight single track.

 

Due to my size I need a 500.

 

First got this 25 years ago. Just put a 110cc kit on it.

 

YES!!!! That's awesome

 

What cage did you have on the CBR?

 

They make quality cages. I have two.