Bikes I've owned and own.

[Erik S]

First bike- '76 Honda CB 550. Introduced me to two wheel transpo. Put quite a few miles on that gentleman. A great bike- never broke down. Gave away 4-5 years ago- darn it.
1973 RD 350 Yamaha. A real ring ding, ding ding. Loud, fast and fun. Brakes and handling not so good. Wish I still owned it. Traded it for something.
1971 or 72 MotoGuzzi Eldorado 750cc. Big hunk of a bike, underpowered, but handled like a dream. Old style with chrome knee sides on tank. Had a Bosch (I think) belt driven generator between the cylinders, ala VW. Hit the gas and the rear would raise up- shaft drive. Sold to an enthusiast- probably still around.
1971 Harley Davidson FLH. Electroglide in blue. Loved that big old beast. Drove it like a truck- slow and easy. My joy was to scrape the boards in tight turns. Dressed it up and down. Installing an S&S carb made it run and start so much easier. Was expensive to keep running- I figured about $50 every two weeks for repairs and parts. There is nothing like a heavyweight bike to ride. When I hit the lottery, yea right, there will be one similar in my garage. Sold to a guy in Canada.
1973 Jawa 250cc California. Sits in the garage today. Underpowered- maybe 50mph on the highway. Neighborhood bike. Love to smoke out dogs who choose to chase me. Premix only. No title. Gets lots of comments at the neighborhood pool. Saved from a dimwad who might have disassembled it and scattered it to the wind- most likely the dump or scrapyard.
1965 Honda CA95. Undergoing restoration- have the title, but maybe make it just another neighborhood bike. Thought the title was bogus, but the year sold named 1967 and used the frame serial #. Is real. Undecided to make street legal- my buddy will probably make me, so we can ride around town. Him on his '72 Honda CB 350, nice bike. Super shape, but an older restoration. Needs going through.

[Smithers]

• 1970s Mini Bike w/1963 2HP Briggs and Stratton power. Tube tire suspension. Convenient starting rope.
• 1985 Yamaha YZ80 with couch-like single rear shock and forks. On/Off switch powerband included.
• 1965 Honda CA160 found in a barn and used in parades.
• 1986 Kawasaki KX125 Lima Bean Green. One of the toughest bikes I've ever owned. I didn't realize how much power that engine had until I later rode some newer 125's.
• 1990 Honda CR250 Didn't take me more than a couple months until I needed more power to get those larger wheels spinning. This machine had more mid-range then I ever imagined. I was the luckiest kid in town on that bike. Rock solid and it never let me down.
• 1963 Honda CB250 Superhawk - me and my dad went to LA and picked it up from a friend of his.
• 1964 Honda S90 bought from an older friend and sold it back to him because he was begging me. He instantly sold it to someone overseas and shipped it off. Big mistake on that one.
• 1969 Honda CL70 I rode this little scrambler on a lot of ranches and all over the hills. I could pull up barbed wire and slide it under allowing me to go anywhere I wanted! Amazingly fast and capable little bike for what it is.
• 1990 Yamaha FZR1000 I just graduated high school now, had saved $5K in the bank and I was on a mission to have the fastest streetbike possible. I knew in 1990 the FZR1000 got motorcycle of the year and I found one in LA in the paper I could afford. That was a whole different dimension in motorcycling. That 5 valve water cooled engine had more power than the oil cooled GSXR1100s! I actually proved it a few times against some friends too. I put some serious miles on that machine, never crashed it once and sold it for $4K to a guy that approached me at a gas station asking me about it.

To be continued...

[Magpie]

• 1'st bike 1965 Honda 305 Super Hawk purchased the summer of 1966
• 1967 Honda 305 Scrambler
• 1968 Triumph Bonneville bought new
• 1969 Honda CB750, bought new in July 1969, stuffed into the door of a Cortina that blew a stop sign, lights and sirens to the hospital, helmet saved my life
• 1971 Honda CB750K1, bought new, sold it in the '80's but bought it back in a year or so, still have it
• 1971 Honda CB750K1, built up from a bare frame given to me by a friend, still have it.
• 1970 Honda CB750K0, given to me by a friend, waiting for paint, pipes and $$'s
• 1980 Honda CB750F Supersport, friend called from a local shop saying a guy had a bike to give away, still have it
• 1964 Honda Benly, friend called saying he knew a lady who had it, she gave it to me, under goung restoration
  Lastly, 2007 Honda Goldwing, our rider.
  Hopefully more will appear in my limited garage space.

[ByTheLake]

I seem to hold onto every bike I've ever owned, but my list is much shorter than the rest of the gang. In the order of acquisition:

1) '65 Honda C102 Super Cub. Took my road test on it, and still own it today. Runs great, runs forever on a gallon of gas, and causes little kids to point at me and laugh hysterically.

2) '67 Bianchi Aquilotto. Slow, absolutely no parts available, but is a great conversation starter. My only 2-stroke.

3) '72 Honda CB175. Love this, ride it regularly. Hard to beat the thrill of riding this bike at 70 mph around the twisty roads through the woods and around the lakes. Exhilarating.

4) '99 Triumph Legend TT. My daily rider. A 900cc triple with retro styling.

5) '65 Honda CA95. Current restoration project, roughly 4 hours from finishing, but I haven't had a spare hour in the past 4 weeks. Plan to wrap this up by September 16.

Since I can't seem to part with my bikes, my wife says "no more bikes", and "you can only ride one at a time". Blah blah blah, whatever -

[grubsie]

First Bike:8th grade 1965 Red Honda CA95 for $75.00 from one of the older kids in the neighborhood a few streets over. Rode the crap out of that bike on the trails. Seems like a million miles. Modded the crap out of it. Got some parts from another kid...front forks from a Yamaha enduro that I made work. A swingarm, shocks and wheel from a Kawasaki. I even put knobby tires on. Do they still call them knobbies today? Just exhaust headers, no mufflers. Cut the rear fender off at the shock mounts, put red "Preston Petty Plastic Fenders" on it. (Remember Those?) Even put MX handlebars on it. Eventually had to have a bracket welded on the upper shock stems to keep them from bending, same with the footpegs. The engine finally quit after 3 years of un-relentless beating on it. and I brought it to the dump. Still wish I had my pictures of it. It was "Bad Ass Man"!

71 Yamaha DT60 Enduro
72 Kawasaki 100G4TR
An old Vespa 125, Can't remember the year. Got knobby tires for it from an old kawasaki dealer that worked out of his house. Used to skim across mud holes on the trails while my buddies were getting stuck in them. Didn't handle for crap but a blast to ride.
70 Penton 125 6-Day that was a basket case. Traded the Kawi 100 for it.
1973 Hodaka Ace 100B - Crashed real bad on it and stopped riding for a while.
Got into racing motocross - best days of my life!
77 Suzuki RM125
78 Maico 440
79 Kawasaki KX250
80 YZ465
Got married...Racing ended
72 Kawasaki H1 500 Was a winter project. New Wiseco Pistons, Denco Expansion Chambers, Carbs re-jetted and synced. Only kept bike for a short time. This was the only motorcycle that scared the snot out of me ever!
Decided to lay off bikes being married and all.
Got the urge again in 2000.
86 Honda Goldwing. Bought cheap cleaned it up and repaired everything that needed it. Brought it home to surprise my wife. Took her for a ride and she was hooked! Got it with 20K and sold it with 175K for more than double what I paid for it originally.
06 Yamaha Midnight Venture Our current cruiser. Fantastic machine!
1963 CA95 Early Model - My current resto project.
1966 CA160 Next project.
2 76 Kawasaki KH500's Project after the CA160. I've got to be nuts after the way that my 72 H1 scared me.

[Larzfromarz]

So BTL... this forum must be your little haven away from the wife (as is for most of us, sorry dear) Blah Blah. Mine says you can't own them all, (but I can try) and yes, whatever...
How bout this, I never owned a bike until about October last year. Since then,

1967 CT90, resto for the wife (not even started yet)
1977 CT90 basically donor for the CT150 chopper I'll build
1971 Yamaha QT50- sold
1966 CA160 lady in waiting
1966 CA95 waiting for some guy from Miami to come for it (where are you?)
1967 Yamaha YL2C, little screamer, traded for CB350
1969 CB350 sold ( and shouldn't have )
1966 CA160 95% original now in Top overhaul
1966 CB77 80% original sweetie
2 1966 CB77 projects bikes
1964 C105 in waiting
1965 S65 full over resto- engine in overhaul
1965 S90 sold
1966 CB160 selling to the S90 owner
1967 CD175a black- sold nice bike
1967 CD175a Candy Red,complete rough but a keeper- newest acquisition

Oh crap that's 17 bike in a year (about) Never counted it up before, call the Doctor! I've got the sickness!

[Spokes]

1st scooter ever riden: Cushman Eagle (8 yrs ols)
2nd scooter ride: 1962 Vespa (10yrs old in South America)
1st Thrill bike riden: Early 60's Electra-Glide (14 yrs old)

Then at 12yrs old:
1964 Fox Mini-bike
1965 Fox Mini-Bike
1965 Honda CA95 (the summer of 65)
1966 Tote Gote
1965 Honda 50 (1st attempt at customizing, 1st cycle show
1968 Harley 125 (I turned 16 at this point. The 1st bike legal)
mid 1940's Harley 45 (Bought from a guys back yard...$50.00) Parted out
1972 SL350 (1st personal restore)
1975-1999 Time out for bikes except my freind loaning me his Electro-Glide on summer weekends) Got into boating..married 1st time
1999 Honda Valkyrie (kept for a short time...way to big
1965 CA95
1968 CA160
1966 CA160
1965 CA95 Build from Scratch
1966 CA160 (current build)
1965 CA95 (Yet to be delivered)

Now Cars during the same period(starting in 1968 ending 2012)
1965 MG 1100
64-1/2 Mustang
62 VW (Dune Buggy Project)
57 Porsche Speedster (project car in 1971)
65 Pontiac Bonneville (389)
68 Buick Grand Sport (400)
73 Ford Pinto...yea...the fiance freaked at the 1st gas price hike
65 Pontiac Tempest
66 MGB
67 Rambler Rebel
67 Chevy SS Impala
69 Chevy Impala Wagon
65 Ford Galixy (sp)
70 Nova (302)
71 Ford Maverick
81 Olds 98 Regency
76 Olds Cutlass
85 Olds Cutlass
85 Olds 98 Regency (FWD)
96 T-Bird (newly divorced & 1st car payments)
99 Ford Ranger
96 Chevy 1500 & 4 Horse trailer w dressing room)
2001 Mazda
99 Ford Taurus (the beginning of buying my company issued cars and reselling them)
00 Ford Taurus
02 Ford Taurus
05 Ford Taurus
06 Hyundia 2nd wifes car

and
1- 20' deep V day cruiser boat
5-Horses

phew..