What bikes have you bought twice?

[LongRanger_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?

 

[the Ferret]

3 Harley Panheads ( 49, 56, 57)
2 Harley Sporsters ( 59, 94)
3 Yamaha TX/XS 650 Yamaha's ( 73,79,81)
2 Yamaha FZ-1's (01 and 04)
2 Yamaha Magestys (06, 09)
2 CB1100s (13 and 14)

Thinking about a second ST1300 since they no longer make them

 

[Hondahawkrider_imp]

Cb500/550 3 total
Sr500 owned 3 - cheap in price and quality

 

[suhawk305]

2 - 2014 CB1100 Standards

# 0998 purchased Nov 2016, accident and totaled March 2017 with only 216 miles on the odometer.

# 1048 purchased late May 2017. Just passed 1000 miles! :banana:

 

[Scoobynut_imp]

Two Yamaha Super Tenere XT1200Zs. Traded the 2012 in on a 2014 because they added electronic cruise control that year. Have also owned three Honda Hawk GT 650s, but they were all bought used.

 

[Guth_imp]

Ummm... I bought a couple of Schwinn Stingrays

What can I say, I've only ever purchased two motorcycles in total. Rarely have I ever felt so left out of a conversation around here, lol.

 

['64]

Two Yamaha's SR250 (1984 and 1987). And I completely agree with Hondahawkrider, cheap in price and quality!

 

[ManInBlack_imp]

Buying the same bike twice seems a bit like remarrying your ex-wife. Life is short and there are so many cool bikes to ride!

 

[pdedse]

I think I would find it hard to repeat, there's so many cool bikes out there both used and new.

 

[pekingduck]

1980 CBX new, then a 1979 CBX 15 years later - The '80 was better
2 Benelli 750 Sei - The first was better
2 2002-2003 Moto Guzzi Le Mans - What a fool I was.
2 2004 Moto Guzzi Cafe Sport - Ditto above. No more Guzzis - ever.
Ducati 750GT and 860GT - the first was better by far

4 2001-2009 Triumph Bonnevilles, finally settling on my 2004. - I like the carbs better than FI.
3 650 V-Stroms - The earlier version was better in many small ways. When I wear this latest one out, I'll hunt for a low mileage pre-2012.

The earlier one was always better, whether in my mind or in reality.

 

[Nortoon_imp]

2 650cc BSA Lightnings

The 1966 model I made into a café racer with parts from Britain.
Sold it when the Kawasaki H2 Mach IV became available.

The 1971 model I bought second hand was a quasi chopper.
I restored it except for the original paint which was hideous.
I painted it glossy black.
Sold it to buy a Yamaha XS1100 which I equipped with a Vetter fairing, saddle bags and trunk for touring.

Something about those two that I will always appreciate.

 

[Randy B]

3 1993 750 nighthawks. To be fair I killed the first one 8 days after I bought it and the ins company replaced it for me, but that still counts.

 

[MM300_imp]

Two

Kawasaki ZRX x 3

Harley Davidson Low Rider x 3

 

[The A-man]

Two CB 350 Fours (my wife's bikes) and two CB 750 Fours. A friend still owns the last 750. Wish I had all of them back today.

 

[ClassicVW_imp]

Two CB550F about 35 years apart
Two Honda NT700V about 2 years apart.
Two Triumph Bonnevilles. Now. At the same time. One is FS in the classifieds.
I also had a CB360T and a CB400T. I consider them so similar to be the same model :biker::biker:

 

[XSCBT_imp]

3 Harley Davidson Road Glides. 2005, 2007, 2013

 

[Nortoon_imp]

Two CB 350 Fours (my wife's bikes) and two CB 750 Fours. A friend still owns the last 750. Wish I had all of them back today.

While attending a vintage motorcycle rally a few years ago, I was admiring a pristine Norton Commando that was for sale. To my eyes the early 70s model with the black paint and gold lettering was the most handsome British motorcycle ever made.

Sitting around the Commando in the shade of the large trees were a number of vintage bike owners. The owner of the bike suggested I buy the bike. I though a bit, and then replied. "Old motorcycles are like old girl friends. You always wonder why you gave them up, until you meet them again. The you say to yourself, NOW I REMEMBER." Everybody within earshot laughed.

 

[Macduff_imp]

2 Ducati 900 Superlights.
1st almost new 94 MkIV for which I was the Ducati QA debugger, mostly snapping Cylinder head studs with the odd Crank gallery plug back out (into case bearings).
2nd a 93 MkIII which has all the "new" Ducati issues ironed out but is now on the downward slide into old age, purchased a few years ago and I still own but rarely ride, some day it will get a (light?) resto and could be a pension investment.
PS both were or are in the last ones case yellow.

 

[Django]

@Nortoon:

I bought a Yamaha RD250/350 3 times:

1. Was my first motorcycle at all, bought it 1977, rode it 5 years, sold it with 92,000 km on the clock. I knew every single screw of this machine by name.

2. 1983 I had a Honda CB500T, but stumbled over a used RD250. Bought it as a second ride, rode it, remembered, why I liked the CB500T more and sold it a year later to my brother.

3. 1988 While my main ride was a Yamaha XS650, I bought the RD250 back from my brother as I still was taken with it. I built it up to the 350 ccm displacement but rode it very seldom. I sold it 2007, when I was divorced.

No regret to sell it. I really enjoy, when I see a RD on the road or at a gathering. However, I'm perfectly happy without owning one.

It's like Nortoon says...

 

[Nortoon_imp]

@Nortoon:

I bought a Yamaha RD250/350 3 times:

1. Was my first motorcycle at all, bought it 1977, rode it 5 years, sold it with 92,000 km on the clock. I knew every single screw of this machine by name.

2. 1983 I had a Honda CB500T, but stumbled over a used RD250. Bought it as a second ride, rode it, remembered, why I liked the CB500T more and sold it a year later to my brother.

3. 1988 While my main ride was a Yamaha XS650, I bought the RD250 back from my brother as I still was taken with it. I built it up to the 350 ccm displacement but rode it very seldom. I sold it 2007, when I was divorced.

No regret to sell it. I really enjoy, when I see a RD on the road or at a gathering. However, I'm perfectly happy without owning one.

It's like Nortoon says...

I have owned more than a dozen bikes of all types during my 27 years of motorcycling. The four I remember most fondly were my two BSAs, a 1982 Goldwing Aspencade (the Cadillac of motorcycles), and a 1971 Yamaha 350 R5.

I transformed the R5 into a café racer by simply turning the handlebars upside-down. It was light, quick, nimble and would do "the ton". I put 10,000 miles on it the first summer I bought it. It was very reliable and easy to maintain. I could do an oil change, chain lube, and tune-up in a morning.