Your favorite motorcycles

[Ole]

Agreed, fantastic pictures Ole. And what a ride! And that bear! It looks as though you and the VTX have him bluffed, but I'm damn sure if I saw that critter I'd be on the gas and not look back for a loooong time. The thought of hitting one of those on a bike makes me break out in hysterical laughter. I guess if you survived the collision you wouldn't go back and check on the bear.

My 2000 W650 is the light of my life and the fire of my loins. I'm sad Kawasaki only imported them here for two years, and I wish they'd consider importing the W800.
Kick and electric start, bevel-shaft driven cam (much quieter than a camchain, but also finicky), higher finish than the new Bonneville, and the exhaust system is dual-walled so the pipes stay chrome. I've had a lot of bikes and each one has it's faults and virtues, but the W650 is the sweetest bike I've ever ridden.

They are a lovely bike. I have put about 1600kms on a W400 and own a '61 Bonneville (Sky Blue on silver - pre unit), so you can see my attachment to that look. The W600 and W800 have been good sellers here in Oz and are still selling well. My nephew just bought a nice red example, new. Not so the CB, now discontinued here with no '14 models being considered.

Cheers

THAT was one pissed off grizzly. I saw dozens of bears on that trip but it was 10,000 miles. I was between Tok and Beaver Creek Alaska. There was this wide cleared swath through the bush. A natural gas pipeline. I saw this old bear working down the clearing to the highway. He was an old male my pics dont show it but he was battle-scarred.
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It took him a good half hour to hit the highway. He turned left and just kept watching me from the ditch. I was idling the bike and walking it with him? After about a minute of this nonsense he stated OK enough of this cuss cheesehead. His ears went flat and he started clomping his jaws I could hear his teeth making clicking sounds. I put the cam away when he was about 15 feet from me and he was a coming all pissed. In my mirrors I saw him cross the road and went on his merry way,,,





All this was happening with my low fuel light on. Funny thing was, about 4 to 5 miles down the road, I RAN OUT OF FUEL. Can you imagine running out of fuel when he was a coming with his jaws clenched and ears flat?
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I had a spare gallon of fuel on the bike and used it three times on this wander