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Crusty
Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 07:23 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Motorcycles!


I love them. I really enjoy riding them. I like customizing them to suit my ideas of what a particular machine ought to look, feel and act like. I have my likes and there are some bikes that I really wouldn't enjoy as much as the bikes I favor, but they are all good. I worked in several different motorcycle shops, over the years. When I worked for Don's Honda in Colorado Springs, my boss once said, "I like motorcycles. If Harley Davidson was the only motorcycle manufacturer, then I would be riding a Harley." I've used that line a few times in my life, but the brand mentioned wasn't Harley.

If I could have my own version of Jay Leno's Garage, it would hold a very eclectic mix of bikes, but they would all have some exceptional quality that surpassed other bikes.

Motorcycles are my life. When I see that bank ad about the Dream Rangers in Taiwan, I feel inspired. In the movie, The World's Fastest Indian, when Burt Munro had a heart attack and is in the hospital, the doctor tells him that she's afraid his motorcycling days are over. He responds, "Like hell they are!" I can fully relate to that sentiment.

I once heard a Biker tell Jay Springsteen that he was really happy to live during this time period when there are motorcycles to ride. Think about it; a hundred and twenty years ago, they really weren’t around, and in another fifty years or so, they’ll be an outmoded form of transportation. Kind of like chariots.

However; motorcycles are present now and we get to enjoy them. We really are fortunate.





I just wanted to start a thread about motorcycles. I get tired of just reading about politics all the time.
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Pwnzor
Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 07:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

OBAMA
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Pwnzor
Posted on Tuesday, September 17, 2019 - 07:55 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Sorry...

Motorcycles!

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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 08:07 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



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Crusty
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Crusty
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Crusty
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Crusty
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Crusty
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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 10:22 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 10:31 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And then we get:













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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 10:32 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And, of course, the most beautiful motorcycle ever made:



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Ratbuell
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 11:37 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I think you reversed the photos of the S2 and S3...my vote goes to the S2 for most beautiful....
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Buellish
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 11:48 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I agree with Ratbuell,even though I owned the best looking S3T ever made I still think the S2's were better looking.

That's a good looking Sloper parked in front of that Zepplin.
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Jaimec
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 01:53 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

There will ALWAYS be motorcycles. In the future, they'll actually have MOTORS instead of engines, that's all.
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Rick_a
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 01:54 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I love my bikes. They're awesome in their own ways. While I lust for a naked superbike...I'm afraid I may have to put my first car on the road instead


These are my favorite bikes I would buy today:


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Sifo
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 02:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)



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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My first four running motorcycles.

1968 BSA LIghtning:





1967 Wards Riverside (Benelli) 250:





1957 Triumph TRW:





1954 Matchless G3:



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Ebutch
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:37 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Thought I was going to buy an S3 but bought This

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Tootal
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:40 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My Grandfather:






My Mother:





Me on Dad's bike:





I was doomed...
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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:43 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

After the Matchless, I got a 1953 Triumph

6T:



Then I got a 1961 Matchless 650:





At the same time, My wife was building a BMW R 26 in our bedroom:



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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:45 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

My first street bike:


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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:46 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

I only weighed about 80 pounds.
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Ourdee
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Uncle Norm is #6.


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Wolfridgerider
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 03:57 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

by far the Uly was the most fun bike I have ever owned.
Wish it would have been a little more reliable... but I sure do miss the power wheelies!!














and a pic of the first bike I bought.
YZ125 2 stroke... it would wheelie when you least expected it. Scared the crap outta myself a few times with it!


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Crusty
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 04:01 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Then I got a reliable bike:





After it was stolen, I bought a used 1969 Honda 750:





I totalled the Honda, so then I bought a 1976 Moto Guzzi 850 T3:






Then, I got my first Harley. A 1978 FXE:



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Paint_shaker
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 08:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

Current;

98 883





98 S1W





04 Buell XB12R



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Paint_shaker
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 08:29 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

And

1995/2008 Ural



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Shoggin
Posted on Wednesday, September 18, 2019 - 09:28 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

The most addictive thing ever! I can't imagine a life without motorcycles. Ugly, nice, leaky, old, new, whatever....



You sure can tell a single guys garage LOL.
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Ratbuell
Posted on Thursday, September 19, 2019 - 06:04 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only) Ban Poster IP (Custodian/Admin only)

That's the one corvette generation I actually like. Very nice.
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