What bikes have you bought twice?

[kennyw]

2013 CB1100 ABS and a 2017 CB1100 EX. Both great bikes but the 2017 is just a bit better mechanically. The 2013 looked a little better.

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[ymtnpoah11_imp]

In 1965, I bought my first new motorcycle - Yamaha's 250cc YDS3, in red...



Last year, I spotted the IDENTICAL 'bike - a  Yamaha YDS3, in blue and also a 1965 model!  I shipped it in from Colorado...



So, two 1965 Yamaha YDS3s,  in the space of 56 years!  

!!!!!! This. Very cool, sir! Well done.

[Mtneers]

‘69 Honda Mini-trail (age 12 and 45 - still own)
‘72 Suzuki TS 185
‘66 and ‘72 Trail 90
‘15 and ‘21 Goldwing


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2014 CB1100..STD and DLX


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[Tev62]

A friend had one of those TS185's and I thought it was a great bike at the time, quite tall and big feeling for a little 185cc. I remember the power band being super narrow and gearchanges were the key to keeping it in that powerband to make decent progress.

[Maturecheese_imp]

MTC's purchase of his second CB1100 piqued my curiosity. Have you owned the same model motorcycle on two different occasions?

I have, five times:

2 K75's
2 SV650's
2 F800ST's
2 V7 Classic's
2 CB750's (both SOHC but 8 model years apart)

Anyone else?

GSX250 x2
X7 x2
GS550 x3

[Charlie Bravo_imp]

I wanted a smaller, lighter bike in addition to the Kawi Vulcan 1500 I had, and found a black mid 90's Honda 750 Nighthawk nearby. In great shape, it ran well, and felt good. I bought it. It had the 4-2 exhaust and sounded like a hair dryer, so I removed the end caps of both mufflers, cut two inches off both snooters and reassembled. It sounded like a Ferrari on steroids. Not real loud, but what a sound! It looked stock and other riders would ask why it sounded so good. I'd give a vague, non committal answer. It became my every-day ride and the Kawi just sat. Then one day, some elderly female made a lane change right into me leaving a red light and I got stuffed under a truck. The Honda was totalled. I took the insurance money and went looking for another one, and found it, but it wasn't the same. It had a Yoshimura pipe on it, way too loud, and it took four repackings to quiet it down, but it wasn't the same. Sold it soon after.

[DrewNJ_imp]

For me it has been a 2008 KLR650 that I parted ways with in 2017, and recently a 2022 KLR650. The funny thing is the response from my wife when she saw the new one. "Oh look, your old bike found it's way home, how cute".

[pdedse]

For me it has been a 2008 KLR650 that I parted ways with in 2017, and recently a 2022 KLR650. The funny thing is the response from my wife when she saw the new one. "Oh look, your old bike found it's way home, how cute".

So what do you think of your fuel-injected 2022 vs the carbed 2008? I recently moved on from my '07 to a new DR650...and it needs some attitude adjustment (idle mixture screw).

Are there any other notable differences?

[DrewNJ_imp]

For me it has been a 2008 KLR650 that I parted ways with in 2017, and recently a 2022 KLR650. The funny thing is the response from my wife when she saw the new one. "Oh look, your old bike found it's way home, how cute".

So what do you think of your fuel-injected 2022 vs the carbed 2008? I recently moved on from my '07 to a new DR650...and it needs some attitude adjustment (idle mixture screw).

Are there any other notable differences?

So what do you think of your fuel-injected 2022 vs the carbed 2008? I recently moved on from my '07 to a new DR650...and it needs some attitude adjustment (idle mixture screw).

Are there any other notable differences?
It's simply much more refined and a bit better all the way around. Runs smoother, easier to start, better seat, suspension, longer swingarm, etc etc.
It's still a KLR and does nothing fantastic, but Kawi did a real nice job on the gen3 refining the Gen2 a little here and there.
I actually parted with my 12' DR650 for the 22' KLR for all the same reasons. More refined, less raw. Just easier. Makes it nicer for when I do have to spend time with it on the pavement and I'm to old to notice a difference off pavement.

[CFLChris_imp]

Guzzi Griso (2009 first and now own a 2016)