Your favorite motorbike of all time?

[motion]

I'm going to have to say Aprilia RS250. Two stroke character, sound and smell, fits my adult-sized body, rails on the track. Everything just works about this bike. Some of my best racing memories were on mine. I have 3 of them now.

You?

[dlockhart]

Originally Posted by motion

i'm going to have to say aprilia rs250. Two stroke character, sound and smell, fits my adult-sized body, rails on the track. Everything just works about this bike. Some of my best racing memories were on mine. I have 3 of them now.

You?

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[Don Ro]

Oh man! That's like which was your fav. dog.
This could be an interesting thread.
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On the track, if I had more time on it, I'd have to say my Ducati 996S...
However, for just the pleasure of riding a moto in all aspects of motoring, I'd have to say either my '99 BMW R1100S or the Ducati Hyper 1100S EVO SP. You know, I still have fond memories of my dead stock Yam. RZ350 for its nimbleness.
I know, the "flexi-flyer".
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Believe it or not...my TDR250 grey market rig (photo). TZR250 motor, and similar feel as the RZ350 but much lighter.
A true Hooligan bike, that one.
Good question, but prompts too much frustrating thought because each and every one had a special place...a special feel.
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[Don Ro]

PS - in a page or two may I sneak in a couple more?

[doug_porsche]

From a visual standpoint... The Honda CBX. First time I saw those six pipes, all other inline bikes looked, well lacking.


From an emotional standpoint, a Vincent Black Shaddow
Cant be near one without thinking of the adventures that await

[unclebilly]

I liked my 87 Honda Transalp pretty good.

[t-tom]

My old FZR400 I used to have (picture is not of my bike but just like it), or the YSR50 I had a long time ago.

[Noah930]

The one I'm riding at the moment?

But I like your nomination for the Vincent Black Shadow, Doug. It'll forever be one of those bikes where you wonder if the ride is as legendary as the mystique makes you imagine it to be.

[regency]

BSA 441 Victor

Steve

[Bill Douglas]

Probably my old Triumph 650. It was a fun time. I was at high school and the other kids had
Suzuki 90s and Honda 125s, so all the girls wanted to go for a ride with me. Oh, give me those days again.

[LakeCleElum]

Originally Posted by regency

BSA 441 Victor

Steve

Ha, I was saving the 441 for the Worst if anyone ever asked....

[JavaBrewer]

I don't have near the experience of folks, especially Richard, on bikes but my favorite that I owned was my Triumph S3



Younger I rode for a couple weeks, babysat, a Yamaha RD400 that was very awesome. I got to ride a Yamaha IT 465 in a 2 day enduro that changed everything...I was riding a KDX 174 at the time. The 465 made everything easy in comparison. I longed for the first generation Honda Interceptor, the Kawasaki Z1000 R (Eddie Lawson replica), and of course the CBX already mentioned.

[Craig T]

By far my favorite was the first street legal motorbike I bought with my own money...the 1975 Yamaha RD 400. A two-stroke screamer with the powerband of a chainsaw. I loved the smell of burning BelRey synthetic oil and riding wheelies past my high school at lunchtime.

[Tobra]

Yeah Craig, friend of mine had one of those, freaking hoot, red and white rocket. Felt like it would outrun anything.

RZ 350 is all eaten up with awesomeness too.

[Bill Douglas]

Originally Posted by peteremsley

From what I recall about the pics you've posted previously, I'm guessing it was the hair, not just the bike.

You'd give Don a run for his money

Haha, no Don's the man. I'm just an old fool wishing I had the Triumph, yes the hair, and the abb's back

[Yorkie]

My favorite bike was a Honda GB500 like the one in this picture. Not fast but beautiful to behold and a lot of fun on the Angeles Crest Highway mountain road down here in SoCal. Such a fun bike my Dad stole it off me and he was a Vincent guy.

[speeder]

This has the makings of a great thread.

For me, it would be a '69/'70 Triumph Bonneville, (had both). That's a bike that held mythical status for me as a teenager and did not let me down at all when I got one. Wheelie heaven. 👍

My old BMW R100RS is another all time favorite. I've never owned a 2-stroke but have admired them from afar, like RDs and of course the Aprilia RS. I've got my eye on a particular Aprilia right now, hoping it lives up to my expectations. I've owned quite a few bikes that didn't.

[Bill Douglas]

My friend at a different school had a Matchless 500 single. He could do a wheelstand just by pulling the clutch in and giving it just a handful more rev's. Later that year he got a Triton with the Norton featherbed racing frame. Sadly we didn't think that much of it at the time.

[manbridge 74]

Many.

For sure my first, a FZ600. UJM with a fairing.
KX125 was a screamer.
CBR600 Hurricane.

The memories of them are better.

[Don Ro]

Had the same '89 GB500. Just a sweetheart of a bike...a jewel to ride...gorgeous to look at...felt a tad small (cramped) for me but I enjoyed riding it.
I bugged SuperTrapp (six phone calls) for over a month.
I offered them $150 above list to spend time finding one...they finally searched their warehouse and found what they claimed to be the last existing S/T muffler for this bike.

OTD for $2,800+...sold it to a collector ten years later for $4,800 (3,100 miles) to help finance a new roof.
It lived in my living room.
It is now a cult bike.
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Originally Posted by Yorkie

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Yamaha SRX600 "Super Single". Brought in only one year - '86 - no one wanted a kick start 600 in those days...$3,100 OTD.
The easiest bike to kick start of all I ever owned. Narrow, extremely easy to lean, lots of torque, solid as a Pit Bull.
Minimal jetting, SuperTrapp, and a very rare oil cooler (front of upper frame) from Japan...g/f was an international business woman who trekked all over Tokyo to find it for me.
And one I never - ever - should have sold...22 years later ...$4,000...had 4,200 miles.
It lived in my living room.
It is now a cult bike.
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RZ350, KR Special w/seat cowl. Absolutely dead stock and mint condition.
Again, sold it to the same collector for $5,000 (1,900 miles) to finance a new roof.
If I had the place back then that I now own, I would still have all the bikes I now regret selling.
Uncanny how I'd often hear, "Nice RZ, man!"
It lived in my living room.
I was a royal head-up-my-ass fool in those days.
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