Buying the same bike twice

[Toddman_imp]

Funny question but a good one.

I've had 4 KZ1000LTDs from '78-80. They just fit me. I was getting ready to do a frame up on one and I saw the CB. It's close enough and probably cost less than a restoration.

There's just something about the handlebars/seat/pegs relationship with the KZ that works. I wish Kawi would make a new one. The Zephyr didn't do it for me.

[gbpack89_imp]

My first bike was an '81 CB650. I absolutely loved it. Other than the electrical issues that I eventually fixed. Bad stator. And the carbs that were a pain to keep synced. I had it for about 4 years before I sold it privately. Now I'm picking up my CB1100 tomorrow.



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I like the blue! I had tons of charging issues with mine, stater and regulator. Got sick of the carb issues and sold mine a few years ago



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[drodg33]

I had bought new a 2005 R1200RT and later sold it after my friend who owns a Harley store convinced me to buy a Harley. I bought an Ultra Glide and had it for 1000 miles. Beautiful but I hated riding it.
1. It was hot
2. It didn't handle esp compared to the twin BMW's
3. It just wasn't me.

So....I sold it and bought a 2006 BMW R1200RT and eventually got fed up with no local service and bought a ST1300.

[LARIDER_imp]

I read all the time when guys are talking about bikes they've owned " wish I had never sold it". How many of you have liked a particular motorcycle so much that you bought another one of them.

I liked my 73 650 Yamaha so much I ended up buying 3 of them. The 73, a 79, and an 81. Something about that paint shaking vertical twin I just loved. Such an elemental motorcycle. A Japanese Bonneville if you will. Oil tight, reliable electronics, but not quite as good looking.

i bought a new 04 Yamaha FZ-1. Fast, handled well, good looking, a little tall for me, but one heck of a bike. I ended up selling it to my son who wanted it badly. Missed it so much went out and found a used 01, same color. Kept it until the CB1100 came along and sold it to my brother to get a CB. Even now when we are out riding together and his is on the FZ, I look at it and wish I had one lol.

Of course I sold the FZ to buy my 13 CB. When the 14 DLX came out I traded the 13 for the 14 so I have owned 2 CB1100's.

I like my ST1300 so much I wouldn't mind having another one of them with low miles on it. Mine has got almost 70,000 miles on it now. They say they will go 200,000 miles but mine is beginning to nitpick me with little repairs. Nothing major, a leaking rad hose I can't get to without tearing the bike apart, a cracked taillight lens that started cracking at a seam a couple of years ago ( there's a replacement sitting on the shelf), and now it seems my rear shock has lost it's springiness for lack of a better word ( that's about $750 to repair plus labor I think). I don't want to be bandaiding this thing along for the next 130,000 miles, and I really don't want a failure somewhere in North Dakota while on a trip.

One of my good friends has bought 5 RD350s, 3 FZ-1s and 3 Kaw Versys over the years and just texted me the other day he found a good deal on another Versys but he had just bought a BMW GSA and wasn't sure if he should buy the Versys. Lol

So how many of you have bought a bike, sold it, missed it and bought another just like it?

I had two 92 Nighthawks. Crashed the first one and quit riding for quite a while.

Then another one in babied condition came up for $900 and I jumped on it. I put almost 20K on it in less than two years before I traded it in for the 1100. The Nighthawks are highly underrated bikes. Mine had 83K on the clock when I traded it in and still ran very well. While I really miss the self adjusting hydraulic valves, the 1100 is an all around better bike.

I would even buy another one if I didn't have the 1100.

[kdwolfinger_imp]

My first bike was an '81 CB650. I absolutely loved it. Other than the electrical issues that I eventually fixed. Bad stator. And the carbs that were a pain to keep synced. I had it for about 4 years before I sold it privately. Now I'm picking up my CB1100 tomorrow.



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I like the blue! I had tons of charging issues with mine, stater and regulator. Got sick of the carb issues and sold mine a few years ago



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I like the blue! I had tons of charging issues with mine, stater and regulator. Got sick of the carb issues and sold mine a few years ago



Sent from my VS985 4G using Tapatalk I had similar issues. Stator didn't work properly until I bought an aftermarket one, but then I kept having carb issues. The blue was my doing actually. I stripped the tank to bare metal and didn't bother with a primer. Just a single coat of the blue and then about 3 coats of clear coat.

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[TINK_imp]

Honda's VFR is my favorite bike of all time... I've owned three of them; 1992, 2001 and 2000.

[Pterodactyl_imp]

They are indeed a beautiful bike. A great all rounder. I wouldn't like to see them become any heavier though. To my mind, the original and best was the 750. Nimble, with sport before tourer, probably best describes them. The best years were probably mid nineties. However the 1200, despite its appellation, is a very different kettle of fish. More tourer than sport tourer.

You've got some really nice photos of a bike you obviously enjoy very much. Well done.

Cheers

[the_undecider_imp]

I have now bought and sold the same bike twice, for the same reason. My 2013 V-strom 650, like my 2006, was a great bike with no mechanical faults. Both bikes were, we'll not terribly exciting. I just never bonded with either of them. I ride bikes for pleasure. While simply getting out and riding is fun, the bike needs to give me a jolly. I made the mistake of taking a used R1200GS home for the weekend. If my signature is any indication of what happened...

[the Ferret]

Lol my buddy that recently bought a BMW 1250 GSA more recently sold said BMW 1250 GSA and bought his third ( or is it 4 th now ) Kawasaki Versys

[Hondahawkrider_imp]

Lol my buddy that recently bought a BMW 1250 GSA more recently sold said BMW 1250 GSA and bought his third ( or is it 4 th now ) Kawasaki Versys

1250 huh... Interesting.....