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RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - Ron in MO_imp - 12-11-2015

Thanks, Ferret! Here are some of the other bikes I've owned and personalized to my own taste.

In order from latest before the Electra Glide.

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RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - Riko_imp - 12-14-2015

My only bike before the CB was also my first motorcycle, a motorscopter.



A year prior to the motorscoot I already bought a small 50cc scooter.
I still have the 50cc Honda scooter though, its a keeper Smile

RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - paul kellam_imp - 02-14-2016

1982 CB900C

RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - rockster5_imp - 02-16-2016

Piaggio MP3 250 2007
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RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - glenridgerich_imp - 02-17-2016

Harley 883 Iron. Very cool bike particularly to non-motorcycle people. Great bike if all you want to do is look cool locally. If you want to ride it more than 15-20 miles at a time don't buy one. CB is superior in every way but sound.

RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - c-breezy_imp - 03-17-2016

(02-17-2016, 09:52 AM)glenridgerich_imp Wrote: Harley 883 Iron. Very cool bike particularly to non-motorcycle people. Great bike if all you want to do is look cool locally. If you want to ride it more than 15-20 miles at a time don't buy one. CB is superior in every way but sound.

I thought about one too but then found the CB. Don't regret it at all! The 883 Iron is one good-looking bike though.
My first (and only) bike before the CB - a Cleveland Cyclewerks Misfit. I'm lucky I didn't die on that thing.[Image: ddfa544296ab7d2a6428fa11c3807db5.jpg]


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RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - the Ferret - 03-17-2016

(03-17-2016, 08:44 AM)c-breezy_imp Wrote:
(02-17-2016, 09:52 AM)glenridgerich_imp Wrote: Harley 883 Iron. Very cool bike particularly to non-motorcycle people. Great bike if all you want to do is look cool locally. If you want to ride it more than 15-20 miles at a time don't buy one. CB is superior in every way but sound.

I thought about one too but then found the CB. Don't regret it at all! The 883 Iron is one good-looking bike though.
My first (and only) bike before the CB - a Cleveland Cyclewerks Misfit. I'm lucky I didn't die on that thing.[Image: ddfa544296ab7d2a6428fa11c3807db5.jpg]


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LOL many of us have had bikes we said that about

RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - c-breezy_imp - 03-17-2016

(03-17-2016, 08:54 AM)The ferret_imp Wrote:
(03-17-2016, 08:44 AM)c-breezy_imp Wrote:
(02-17-2016, 09:52 AM)glenridgerich_imp Wrote: Harley 883 Iron. Very cool bike particularly to non-motorcycle people. Great bike if all you want to do is look cool locally. If you want to ride it more than 15-20 miles at a time don't buy one. CB is superior in every way but sound.

I thought about one too but then found the CB. Don't regret it at all! The 883 Iron is one good-looking bike though.
My first (and only) bike before the CB - a Cleveland Cyclewerks Misfit. I'm lucky I didn't die on that thing.[Image: ddfa544296ab7d2a6428fa11c3807db5.jpg]


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LOL many of us have had bikes we said that about

All I know is that this 250cc Chinese-made bike on 55-60 MPH speed limit Irvine streets (meaning everyone was going at least 5-10 MPH faster) had me feeling like I was living out Mad Max in real life!

RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - kmoney_imp - 03-17-2016

1981 Yamaha XJ 650 Maxim. Gifted to me non-running from my dad (who bought it new) in 2000. I rode this thing through college and grad school and put on around 65,000kms over 6 years, for 105,000 total. Took the carbs apart for the umpteenth time, got sick of it, and gave it away to a guy who wanted to get it running -- though I'm guessing that didn't happen as the entire bike was basically dead at this point. Life got in the way and took a break from riding until 2013 when I bought the CB -- I guess you could say that in terms of retro bikes, I went from the ground floor to the penthouse.

Looking, back the thing was a total POS, but I loved it and still think fondly of it. There is definitely truth when people say 'just get a bike, any bike, and go ride.'

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RE: Your Last Bike Before the CB? - flynrider - 03-17-2016

(03-17-2016, 09:10 AM)kmoney_imp Wrote: 1981 Yamaha XJ 650 Maxim. Gifted to me non-running from my dad (who bought it new) in 2000. I rode this thing through college and grad school and put on around 65,000kms over 6 years, for 105,000 total. Took the carbs apart for the umpteenth time, got sick of it, and gave it away to a guy who wanted to get it running -- though I'm guessing that didn't happen as the entire bike was basically dead at this point. Life got in the way and took a break from riding until 2013 when I bought the CB -- I guess you could say that in terms of retro bikes, I went from the ground floor to the penthouse.

Looking, back the thing was a total POS, but I loved it and still think fondly of it. There is definitely truth when people say 'just get a bike, any bike, and go ride.'

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I have a special place in my heart for the '81 XJ 650. It was my first exposure to the smooth, powerful wonder that is the inline 4 motorcycle. I'd been riding slow, shaky, medium sized twins when my buddy offered to let me ride his '81 650 Maxim. I recall starting the bike and wondering if the engine was actually running.Big Grin Sorry to hear yours turned into a maintenance hog. When they were new they were a joy to ride.