Sewing machine with a disc brake. Needed a run to make it over Sepulveda Pass at WOT.
Just the opposite. V65 Sabre. Hearing it idle cold made wood. Hearing it purr after a run did the same. Went thru a lot of rear tires with this one.
No explanation for this. Had it long enough to realize it was going to kill me.
One of the original Interceptors. I bought one in Frankfurt while living in Mallorca, and rode it to the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo.
Kept this one for a long time. Was box stock. Always reminded me of commuting from Moraga to SF Pier 41 on one while driving ferryboats during college. The college one was stolen in the marina district while I was 30 feet away. Wish I still had that one.