Previous motorcycles

[the Ferret]

Rotfl...Farewell, Brown Cow...that was a weird color wasn't it? Especially the seat.What was Honda thinking there?

[mrhonda1987_imp]

Odd color, but not off putting as I'd expect for a Brown on Brown combo. Good bike, when it wanted to run right. But it was a cow.

[furious_blue_imp]

Nice collections !

I'll add my past/current list:

Past:
1973 Honda CB350G First Bike. Love/Hate happily, mostly love. Put 35,000 miles on it.
1978 Yamaha XS650 Special. First New Bike. Loved it. Fiance said 'Sell or no marriage'. Put 10,000 miles on it.
1982 Honda CX500 Custom. Bought new before the Divorce papers were even final. Put 10,000 miles on it.
1981 Kawasaki KZ440 LTD. Really liked this. Put 40,000 miles on it.
1984 Yamaha FJ1100 First inline 4. First distance touring Put 60,000 miles on it.
1994 (?) Honda 750 Nighthawk. Wish I never sold it. Put 35,000 miles on it.
1998 Honda VT1100 Shadow. Loved it, got Harley so it had to go. Put 60,000 miles on it.
2006 Triumph Speed Triple Wanted it to be the 70's Trident that I could not have at the time, it wasn't. Sold to make room for CB1100 Put 13,000 miles on it

Current:
1981 Yamaha XS650 Special Bought new in 1984. Will never sell while I'm alive Has 55,000 miles.
1999 Honda CBR1100XX Good distance tourer. Is my bicycle hauler. Has 75,000 miles.
2008 Harley Softail It's true, Harley is its own experience Has 10,000 miles.
2010 Honda Fury I knew I had to have one. Has 8,000 miles.
2011 Honda CBR250R Everything that my old CB350 should have been. Has become my distance tourer, small is beautiful Has 9,000 miles.
2013 Honda CB1100 Definitive air cooled inline 4 Home at last Has whopping 100 miles..

[ride4now_imp]

Current:
2013 Honda CB1100 (contemplating)
2009 Kawasaki KLR650 - 1700 miles...fun bike for street, dirt roads and easy
trails. Not good on tight trails and loose dirt with std dual sport tires.
2004 Harley Davidson Superglide - 22000 miles. Set up like a Road King. My
Touring bike... Been to Milwaukee, The Blue Ridge Pkwy., and all through
N. Georgia and Eastern N.C. Great riding up there....

Past:
2003 Harley Davidson 883 Sportster - 7000 miles... Too Buzzy.
1977 Yamaha DT250 - loved this bike... Sold it to buy a 2nd car.
1975 Kawasaki KZ400 - rode all over... great bike for the $$$.
1970 Kawasaki H1 MachIII 500 - I wish I never sold this one... needed a car.
1971 Yamaha CT175 - first bike...spent more time in the dirt vs. road.

[jodyz_imp]

1983 Suzuki GSX550ES http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/s...s%2083.htm
2002 Honda 919
2013 CB1100

[furious_blue_imp]

Current:
2013 Honda CB1100 (contemplating)
2009 Kawasaki KLR650 - 1700 miles...fun bike for street, dirt roads and easy
trails. Not good on tight trails and loose dirt with std dual sport tires.
2004 Harley Davidson Superglide - 22000 miles. Set up like a Road King. My
Touring bike... Been to Milwaukee, The Blue Ridge Pkwy., and all through
N. Georgia and Eastern N.C. Great riding up there....

Past:
2003 Harley Davidson 883 Sportster - 7000 miles... Too Buzzy.
1977 Yamaha DT250 - loved this bike... Sold it to buy a 2nd car.
1975 Kawasaki KZ400 - rode all over... great bike for the $$$.
1970 Kawasaki H1 MachIII 500 - I wish I never sold this one... needed a car.
1971 Yamaha CT175 - first bike...spent more time in the dirt vs. road.

'Kawasaki 500' is another one of the 'legendary' bikes that I never got a chance to ride.

Was it as wild a ride as they say ?

[the Ferret]

Current:
2013 Honda CB1100 (contemplating)
2009 Kawasaki KLR650 - 1700 miles...fun bike for street, dirt roads and easy
trails. Not good on tight trails and loose dirt with std dual sport tires.
2004 Harley Davidson Superglide - 22000 miles. Set up like a Road King. My
Touring bike... Been to Milwaukee, The Blue Ridge Pkwy., and all through
N. Georgia and Eastern N.C. Great riding up there....

Past:
2003 Harley Davidson 883 Sportster - 7000 miles... Too Buzzy.
1977 Yamaha DT250 - loved this bike... Sold it to buy a 2nd car.
1975 Kawasaki KZ400 - rode all over... great bike for the $$$.
1970 Kawasaki H1 MachIII 500 - I wish I never sold this one... needed a car.
1971 Yamaha CT175 - first bike...spent more time in the dirt vs. road.

'Kawasaki 500' is another one of the 'legendary' bikes that I never got a chance to ride.

Was it as wild a ride as they say ?

'Kawasaki 500' is another one of the 'legendary' bikes that I never got a chance to ride.

Was it as wild a ride as they say ?

They had a powerband like a light switch, a whole bunch of nothing, then wham a whole lot of hang on....and a frame was meant for going pretty straight.

Keep in mind with the Mach 111,we are talking 60 hp at 7500 rpm whereas the CB1100 has 89 hp at the same 7500 and people consider the CB tame lol

[justinrhenry_imp]

Current Bikes:

2013 Honda CB1100


2006 Honda ST1300


2003 Ducati Monster 620ie


Past Bikes:

1982 Yamaha XJ1100 Maxim


2005 Triumph Sprint ST


2005 Triumph Rocket III


2010 Ducati Streetfighter S

[petec_imp]

Well I've had a bunch over the years; this is about the oldest picture I have though. This was taken in Aug '68 and I had just turned 18.
[url=http://s596.photobucket.com/user/pacwnc/media/brandnewAug1968.jpg.html]

This bike is a '69 XLCH that I traded in my 6 month old Honda CL450 for. I forgot what I got for the trade-in but the price of the CH was $1899. It's getting its first tank of gas at a little mom n' pop just down the road from where I worked in Springfield, IL. during my lunch hour. We were very busy at work and the dealer delivered it to me and I hadn't even had time to take the plastic off the seat.

The two other kids in the photo worked at the station...I had a crush on that girl but her Dad wouldn't let her go out with me because I was a high school drop-out and rode motorcycles to boot...
I wish I could see the price of gas on that pump...I'm thinking it was about .25 cents a gallon or so...

Anyhow, I owned it for two years and about 25k miles. Believe it or not ( it was an AMF Harley after all ) except for some initial teething problems, I never really had any problems with it.

Pete C

[furious_blue_imp]

Well I've had a bunch over the years; this is about the oldest picture I have though. This was taken in Aug '68 and I had just turned 18.
[url=http://s596.photobucket.com/user/pacwnc/media/brandnewAug1968.jpg.html]

This bike is a '69 XLCH that I traded in my 6 month old Honda CL450 for. I forgot what I got for the trade-in but the price of the CH was $1899. It's getting its first tank of gas at a little mom n' pop just down the road from where I worked in Springfield, IL. during my lunch hour. We were very busy at work and the dealer delivered it to me and I hadn't even had time to take the plastic off the seat.

The two other kids in the photo worked at the station...I had a crush on that girl but her Dad wouldn't let her go out with me because I was a high school drop-out and rode motorcycles to boot...
I wish I could see the price of gas on that pump...I'm thinking it was about .25 cents a gallon or so...

Anyhow, I owned it for two years and about 25k miles. Believe it or not ( it was an AMF Harley after all ) except for some initial teething problems, I never really had any problems with it.

Pete C

great photos and great story !

As far as the Dad is concerned, not only were you a drop out and riding a motorcycle, but it was a Harley Davidson to boot. Back when Harley had a real image problem (something that kids in general today don't have any idea about :-) )