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03-04-20, 09:49 PM | #1 | ||
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Bike (s) you miss?
Realising I kind of miss the GSXR750 that I had to sell recently. Wish I hadn't needed to get rid of it. Wondering if anyone has a particular bike they got rid of and wish they still had?
[ + Short amateur badly made video, but it has the sound I miss in it... ]
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03-04-20, 09:53 PM | #2 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
DRZ400, theyre now worth 3x what I paid
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03-04-20, 10:28 PM | #3 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
My Beta Rev 3 250. Totally impractical but just fun to explore with, go to the beach, try to wheelie. Just mess about on. I MOT'd it so used to get some strange looks riding down the street standing up on it
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04-04-20, 08:09 AM | #4 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
I still miss my lightly modded GT380 (cleaned-up ports, 20 thou off the heads, J&R power pipes).
The way the double-edged cackle from the pipes hardened into a banshee wail as the revcounter hit 5,000, and the bike surged forward, made the hair on your neck (and some other things ) stand up. It was pure magic. |
04-04-20, 09:50 AM | #5 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
Buell Firebolt, what a broom.
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04-04-20, 10:44 AM | #6 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
difficult. either this one:
or this one:
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04-04-20, 01:24 PM | #7 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
Oddly enough, my SV650. The GSX I replaced it with was stable but boring and the T100 I have now is nice to ride but I dare not leave it unattended anywhere. Plus it takes ages to clean.
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04-04-20, 05:24 PM | #8 |
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Ducati Desmo 250
I was only young once----
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04-04-20, 05:26 PM | #9 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
I was going to say---
Laverda 750S A really superb handling bike but a bit of a nightmare on the reliability front.
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04-04-20, 05:59 PM | #10 |
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Re: Bike (s) you miss?
Really miss two previously in my stable....
Brand new 1994 blade, and a close second my RG500. The RG was always plotting to kill me everytime I rode it, soooooo much peaky power but strangely addictive. The blade was nothing short of a revelation for me having ridden /owned a few early to mid 80's jap steeds such as GS1000G, GSX1100 katana, GPZ 900R and a Honda CB750KZ. Probably a strange statement but I much preferred 70's /80's bikes to modern bikes tbh. |
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