What bike did you 'lust' after?

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I was fortunate to get the bike I lusted for at 17 years of age in 1975. A Kawasaki Mach 3 500 triple. I worked since I was 12 and saved a good deal of money, and much to my parents chagrin, went out and bought the friggin thing. And it was awesome.

Sold it in college, huge mistake. But my absolute and still unrequited lust objects were the Z1 Kawasaki, Triumph Bonneville and Laverda Jota.

Interestingly... I had a Kawasaki Mach 3 too... a 1970 that I bought in High School and just like you... sold it in College. Which like you said, was a huge mistake.

We all seem to be of a similar age... 40's to 60's. I'm 58... Which means, we came of age in the
late 60's through the 70's. And that means we 'cut our teeth' on bikes during their
golden age. What bikes did you 'lust' after? The one, or two, you wished you could
have bought back then, but couldn't afford or justify?

For me, the number one bike I wanted was Honda's original CB750. It was the bike I 'lusted' after, but
just couldn't afford.



After that, it was Kawasaki's Z1 900. In my mind, after it came out, it was the
king of the hill. But alas.. once again, it was too big and TOO expensive.



Maybe this explains why I like my CB so much. It's so similar to
both of these bikes in looks and sound. I really enjoy my Harley
and my KLR, but it's the Honda that moves my soul whenever I see
and hear it.


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Good post Gheil. I'm 58 too. I'm not a large bloke and, while I also lusted after the CB750 Four, I was a bit worried that it was too big for me. I was then really taken with the smaller CB500 Four when it was released.



In those days, a 500 was quite a large capacity bike as I recall. The z900 was unimaginably large and powerful. Like you, I couldn't afford it and, like you again, I'm sure that desire for a Honda 4 is why I am now so moved by the CB1100.

Good post Gheil. I'm 58 too. I'm not a large bloke and, while I also lusted after the CB750 Four, I was a bit worried that it was too big for me. I was then really taken with the smaller CB500 Four when it was released.



In those days, a 500 was quite a large capacity bike as I recall. The z900 was unimaginably large and powerful. Like you, I couldn't afford it and, like you again, I'm sure that desire for a Honda 4 is why I am now so moved by the CB1100.
Just beautiful!!! Clean and classic... Love it.