Motorcycle Thread

[Capt Worley PE]

If you're a motorcycle fan, and you’re a rotary fan: http://columbia.craigslist.org/mcy/3332859351.html

History: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Suzuki_RE5

 

[Master slacker]

That's a heavy fookin' bike...

 

[mudpuppy]

Not heavy by 1970's standards. My 1979 Yamaha XS750 weighs about the same.

 

[Flyer_PE]

It's heavy for a 500cc bike. My old 650 (1981 Suzuki) weighed about a 100lb less.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I've always been partial to smaller bikes. Mid eighties VFR500F Interceptors and the 250 Ninjas and Fazers.

 

[Dexman PE PMP]

Always wanted a Harley 1200 Sportster. Except I don't know how to ride a motorcycle. In my only attempt to ride, I ran head-on into a brick wall. :true:

 

[Flyer_PE]

I'm not that much of a fan of the Sportster. I've only ridden two of them but I'm much happier on the heavier bikes with much lower CG.

 

[knight1fox3]

I love rolling the bike out in the Spring. I have a 2006 GSX-R 600 (or "gixxer" as they are commonly referred to). Sad that I will be putting it up on stands and away for the season already.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

I love rolling the bike out in the Spring. I have a 2006 GSX-R 600 (or "gixxer" as they are commonly referred to). Sad that I will be putting it up on stands and away for the season already.

I remember when the GSX-R 750 came out in 1985; it was a real ground pounder.

New bikes came out so frequently in the mid-eighties, we used to refer to the latest offering as the superbike of the month.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Pretty interesting link, if you're into bikes 20-50 years old...

http://www.classicmechanics.com/

 

[goodal]

I own a Suzuki GS 500 about 10 years ago. It was my first, and probably last, bike. It was in pretty rough shape when I bought it, so I had it painted Prowler Yellow. I loved it, but it is so impractical for me to own/use that I will probably never own another. Sad.

 

[Capt Worley PE]

Here you go, badal!

http://columbia.craigslist.org/mcy/3387668265.html

 

[knight1fox3]

I put the bike away and up on stands for the winter yesterday.

 

[goodal]

That was it. i actually had alot of bad luck with the bike (leaky tank, broke sproket, bald tires, etc), but I had a blast riding.

 

[Flyer_PE]

I put the bike away and up on stands for the winter yesterday.

Took mine over to the airport and stashed it in the hangar Saturday. Will have to go back and put it up on the storage stand this weekend.

 

[knight1fox3]

Took mine over to the airport and stashed it in the hangar Saturday. Will have to go back and put it up on the storage stand this weekend.

What kind is it?

 

[Flyer_PE]

Harley Davidson Fatboy

 

[Supe]

EB.com?

 

[Lumber Jim]

That was it. i actually had alot of bad luck with the bike (leaky tank, broke sproket, bald tires, etc), but I had a blast riding.

That looks like it could be fun. Pretty light? It doesn't look like you had to lay on your wrists too bad?

I too pulled the bike in the barn, topped off the gas with stabil, pulled the battery, and pulled the kid's soft plastic wading pool over the top of it...

 

[Capt Worley PE]

That was it. i actually had alot of bad luck with the bike (leaky tank, broke sproket, bald tires, etc), but I had a blast riding.

Reading reviews of thm, they actually sound like really nice bikes, absent electrical gremlins.