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Any Motorcycle Riders Here?

Old 03-01-2009, 09:47 AM
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I ride a '94 Harley Davidson FLSTN Heritage Softail Nostalgia. Lots of $$$ put into this bike. My dad bought it new in '94. He left it to me after he passed 3 years ago. It was bone stock then, but after about $7k of upgrades, it is now the way you see it below.

Any other 928 guys/gals riding? Post some pics!!!





Old 03-01-2009, 10:01 AM
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Owned motorcycles since '75 when I bought a new Suzuki GT250.

Had many bikes since then including roadracing professionaly in Canada and the PNW. Now we're a 'little' older I putt around our land on a Kawasaki KLR 650 while my son rides a Yamaha 4 stroke 125 dirt bike.

I'll add pics later.

By order of ownership:

'75 Suzuki GT 250
'74 Norton Commando 850 Interstate Mk IIA
'75 Honda 750 F1
'78 Yamaha 750
'75 Triumph Trident
'74 Yamaha RD 350 Daytona
'82 Laverda Jota 1000 Italian beauty
'85 Yamaha RZ350 (first racer)
'87 Honda HRC RS 250 GP racer
'88 Honda HRC RS 250 GP racer
'90 Honda CBR 900 Endurance racer
'93 Honda CBR 600 F3 Sprint racer
'87 Suzuki 750 Superbike........very scary racer
'75 Suzuki GT 750.....relive youth AKA kettle/water buffalo
'02 Malagutti 50 (sons first bike)
'03 Kawasaki KLR 650 farm bike

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Old 03-01-2009, 10:31 AM
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Been riding since the mid 60s as a kid. Here is my list over the years the best I can remember, I am sure I forgot some. Moved away from street riding a few years ago and now Jeannie and I just ride Sport Quads off road. Current toy shown below with too many mods to list including real Carbon-Fiber wheels with Double bead locks.

1965 Honda Sport 65
1971 Honda SL125
1976 Honda TL250 Trials Bike
1977 Honda TL250 Trials Bike
1983 Yamaha DT-100 (daily Commuter when I lived in Bermuda)
1984 Honda 750 Intercepter
1992 Honda 750 Interceptor
1998 Honda XR250L
1999 Honda XR400R
2001 Honda XR650L
2002 Honda XR400R
2002 Honda VTR1000 SuperHawk
2003 Honda XR650R HRC Modified and converted to Street Legal
2005 Honda 400EX
2008 Honda 400EX


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Old 03-01-2009, 10:59 AM
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Yep - I use mine to commute most days...
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I had a Ducati S4 , its sold
Also a BMW BIG Ugly, It has street tires and Ohlins I converted this B4 super motard was a bike you could buy at the dealer.
Here at the Miller Motorsports track day, I did grind down both of the cylinder head guards
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Merlin, NICE DUC !!!

Here are a few pics of our previous Blue Ridge Parkway Screamers, my VTR1000 SuperHawk and Jeannie's Hawk GT. Loved that V-Twin Torque, always reminded me of a 928.
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I have had several small bikes over the years, now have an '84 Kawasaki 440. I have a nice Sportster for sale...
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I've ridden most of my life, worked my way up to a brand new 2002 Harley Road King then started selling and buying faster and faster bikes until I ended up with a Kawasaki ZZR 1200 and as I approached my 48th birthday I realized I was driving like a teenager again, trying to drag my knee at speeds that would get you arrested on any road except the autobahn...so I sold it and bought the 928. Now I drag my imagination around those same sweepers wrapped in steel and aluminum.

I miss the open air two wheel feeling but I think I'll live longer this way.
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Started with British bikes in the 60's (BSA 441 Victor, Triumph Bonnie 650, Norton etc.) and have had some type of 2-wheel outlet since. I've had my current fair weather friend for going on 20 years.
It's a 1988 Sportster, well modified. A few years ago, my son and I decided to see if we could break the 100 horse barrier and after a year and a fair amount of $$ we managed to break 90 and decided that was it for now. It's well behaved and just a blast. Like my shark, I can't imagine being without it.
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used to have a 90 zx-6, now ive got an 01 xt225. this pic is a few years old when i first learned how to wheelie
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Got back into riding in 07 after last riding in my college days (had Kawi EX-500)....Picked up a couple of nice toys to play with.. Hope to do an Iron Butt 1000 this year on the PD...should be easy ....

04 Ducati 998 Matrix Edition (the one Trinity rode in the Matrix series)



and one I've always loved...and my multipurpose do anything bike
91 BMW R100GS/PD (Paris Dakar)


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Old 03-01-2009, 01:26 PM
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Cool thread. Nice bikes guys! Been riding since I was a kid in the 60's. In order:

Alexander Reynolds 3.5 hp mini bike (my brothers actually but we all rode the wheels off it).
'66 Suzuki K10 (or K15?) 80cc single cylinder 2 stroke - my "dirt bike".
'74 RD350 (came with Jesus stickers on the engine cases!)
'80 KZ750
'82 Katana 1000
'96 KLX 650R
'98 VFR800
'88 Ducati ST2 (setup with all kinds of goodies)
'00 KTM 520 EXC
'04 KTM 250 EXC
'02 YZ250
And a couple of projects that came and went that are really not worth mentioning as I basically passed them on without doing a thing to them.

No street bikes anymore, doin' it in the dirt now.


'66 Suzuki K10 -Not mine, but the same model. Mine was considerably more, ahem, "broken in."


'82 Katana 1000


'96 KLX650R


'00 KTM 520 EXC


'98 VFR800


'98 ST2


'04 KTM 250 EXC


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I got my first bike when I was maybe 8? Always have loved riding. Just recently got into road bikes.

Kawasaki 70cc 2 stroke minibike (no idea what model or year)
86 Kawasaki KDX 80
87 Kawasaki KX 80
87 Kawasaki KX 105
86 Kawasaki KX 250

Current stuff:
03 Kawasaki ZX-6RR Ohlins shock, Ohlins steering damper, Akrapovic exhaust, 05 brakes

01 Yamaha YZ426F
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Mostly pre or imeadiate post war English bikes, affordable....

Triumph 3T, Triumph 5T early Aerial square 4 (600cc overhead cam), Aerial 350cc with tuned motor, Rudge 500cc 4 valve, Vincent twin,tuned.
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I also ride on the dirt. Here is my '05 Yamaha YZ450f. It will freeakin' fly!!


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