Bikes I would like to have back.

[ride4now_imp]

I'd wish I could have 2 bikes back that I owned in the 70's... My 1970 Kawasaki
H1 500 Triple, and my 1977 Yamaha DT250 Enduro. I've had many other bikes
since then but... for a lot of reasons they remain my favorites.

 

[GSAviator_imp]

Careful what you wish for!

Oddly enough, less than two weeks after I posted this I ran into an old friend. I had been to some track schools with him years ago, so I know that he is a great rider. He had just taken a test-ride on the Wasser Boxer, and was in love. As a result, he was selling a bike, one I never knew he had. It was a 996S, the same year and only a few numbers off the one I had previously owned. 11,000 miles, and the price was right with services up-to-date (the pricey 12000 mi. service done early), and a few nice extras like full Termi system, chip, stands, and so on. As he lives only about 5 miles from me, it was probably the closest 996S to me in the US! I could not help it! Wasn't that fortunate!

 

[buck80mph_imp]

Careful what you wish for!

Oddly enough, less than two weeks after I posted this I ran into an old friend. I had been to some track schools with him years ago, so I know that he is a great rider. He had just taken a test-ride on the Wasser Boxer, and was in love. As a result, he was selling a bike, one I never knew he had. It was a 996S, the same year and only a few numbers off the one I had previously owned. 11,000 miles, and the price was right with services up-to-date (the pricey 12000 mi. service done early), and a few nice extras like full Termi system, chip, stands, and so on. As he lives only about 5 miles from me, it was probably the closest 996S to me in the US! I could not help it! Wasn't that fortunate!

This is a pic from your first time owning the 996? Or is it of your recent purchase of a 996?

 

[GSAviator_imp]

Careful what you wish for!

Oddly enough, less than two weeks after I posted this I ran into an old friend. I had been to some track schools with him years ago, so I know that he is a great rider. He had just taken a test-ride on the Wasser Boxer, and was in love. As a result, he was selling a bike, one I never knew he had. It was a 996S, the same year and only a few numbers off the one I had previously owned. 11,000 miles, and the price was right with services up-to-date (the pricey 12000 mi. service done early), and a few nice extras like full Termi system, chip, stands, and so on. As he lives only about 5 miles from me, it was probably the closest 996S to me in the US! I could not help it! Wasn't that fortunate!

This is a pic from your first time owning the 996? Or is it of your recent purchase of a 996?

That's the first one, picture taken just a few months after I bought it (probably late 1999). It had to be fairly new at the time, because I still did not have the Termi titanium cans and the DID chain installed. In fact, the more I examine the picture, the more I realize I had not put on many of the nice little upgrades. Plus, I do not look much like that anymore!

I need to get a current picture, but have not taken the time to get a good background for it. Soon. Maybe I'll go out and find a nice spot for pictures this afternoon.

 

[GSAviator_imp]

OK, here's the new one -- looks about the same as the first one, no? It has some nicer goodies on it, however.

 

[buck80mph_imp]

OK, here's the new one -- looks about the same as the first one, no? It has some nicer goodies on it, however.

Nice!

 

[jodyz_imp]

Had to sell my '02 919 when I moved from TX to Okinawa in 2004. Silly Japanese govt wouldn't let me import my Japanese bike to Japan unless I spent about $3500-$5000 to get the brakes and emissions checked in mainland Japan. Shouldn't be difficult to find another. I'd love to find a clean '05 or '06 and swap the painted bits out with the 2002 asphalt parts.

 

[GSAviator_imp]

Those are some pricey brake and emissions tests! What a racket they have going there.

 

[Griso Guy_imp]

My 1997 900SS SP one of 120 imported that year.


My 2013 Tiger
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My 2002 VFR ABS
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I have had many more but I had great times on all three with almost 0 problems.

 

[ride4now_imp]

I'd take back (even offer to pay good $$&#36 for any of these. If I had to pick one... It would be the Kawasaki H1... without the fairing. Lol....










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[rboe]

1977 Honda CJ360T

 

[the Ferret]

Wonder whatever happened to GSAviator. He was the second member of this forum. I'm betting he no longer has his CB 1100. I could be wrong but he seemed to have a taste for the exotic..BMWs and Ducatis.

 

[geosar_imp]

It appears I am lucky. I have never paid more than $10,000 for a bike and I have never sold one.

 

[Cormanus]

Blimey, geosar. Does that mean:

(a) that you have a HUGE collection of bikes; or

(b) you haven't owned many; or

© you're careless and have mislaid lots?

 

[gossman_imp]

I wouldn't mind having my old 1963 C110 back, my 76 GT550, and perhaps even my 1950s Tohatsu CA2R, the first motorcycle I ever got.

 

[redbirds_imp]

I would love to have my BMW R75/5 again. Still regret selling it after all these years. Pam still pines for her KZ650, her first street bike. Also would like to have my Honda SL350 again, a bike used for commuting and trail riding.

 

[TINK_imp]

Bikes I would "like" to have back... I got back.

I recently GOT BACK the bike I love most; the VFR800 Interceptor (5th generation).

Back story:
In 1992 I bought my first "sport/touring" bike, a VFR750 (black). I loved that bike, and swore I would never sell it... that is... until a super deal on a 2001 (red) VFR800Fi dropped into my lap and I HAD TO upgrade the VFR750 to the VFR800. While I though the VFR750 was the bike to end all bikes... the VFR800 was light years ahead of the ol' VFR750.

Fast forward to 2010; I bought my ST1300 and at the time thought the VFRF800 was redundant, so I sold my VFR800 (red)... little did I know...

Fast forward again to 2014; Well, the error of my ways got the best of me and I longed for the gear driven cam and Staintune pipe sound of my VFR800, so I went on craigslist and found a 2000 VFR800Fi (yellow) for sale and knew I had to have it.

One never really forgets their first (sport/touring) love, I'm home again, on the most amazing (IMHO) motorcycle ever built, the Honda VFR.

http://home.ix.netcom.com/~tinkler/VFR.html

 

[Rocky_imp]

My 1989 Honda NT650 Hawk was my first motorcycle in 34 years.
I sold it when I bought the 2002 CB900F (919), but wish I still had it.

 

[Henrik_imp]

Yeah, I suppose I would not mind having my VFR800i back as well. I just didn't get to have it long enough as it was stolen after 6 months. But, to be honest, The way I ride these days it probably would not correspond too well.

However, I would like my Africa Twin back:



But most of all, if I could only choose one bike to have again, it would be the ST2:

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[metallyguitarded_imp]

I would love to have my 2006 Kawasaki Vulcan 900 back. For no other reason than it was my first motorcycle.


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