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Current Bike:

2010 Harley-Davidson XR1200

Previous Bikes:

2006 Moto Guzzi Nevada 750
1979 Yamaha RD400
1971 Honda CB750
1975 Norton Commando 850 Interstate
1973 Honda CB175
1970 BSA 441 Victor Special
1969 Ducati 250
1968 Honda CB350

Current bike:
2004 Honda Shadow Aero VT750C
She was love at first sight. Still in love after 66k miles.

Previous bike:
1981 Honda CB650C
Fun bike, bad choice for the mechanically disinterested

Dad's bikes that I rode:
1982 Honda Magna V45
Holy cow, that thing was fast!
1981 Honda 250 of some kind
What I learned on. Rode it 'till it died.

CURRENT BIKE:
1985 Honda Limited Edition GL1200 Trike
A very nice ride just turn over 146,000 miles and still runs and ride great.


PAST BIKE:
1978 Goldwing

ortiger wrote:CURRENT BIKE:
1985 Honda Limited Edition GL1200 Trike
A very nice ride just turn over 146,000 miles and still runs and ride great.


PAST BIKE:
1978 Goldwing

Welcome to TMW. Your trike looks to be in shape given the year. It must have been a well cared for machine to get that mileage.

Don't know if I've done this. LOl

Current bike. 2006 500 Vulcan ltd

Have owned

1982 Yamaha 400 xs secs
1984 (?) Yamaha 650 something or other xs I believe
1972 rd350. Rode it for 2 hours. Didn't work out so well. Lol.

Current Bike: 2009 Kawasaki ER-6n

Past Bike: 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 250r

My Current Bike: 2001 Kawasaki VN800 Classic
Wife's Current Bike: 2003 Honda Shadow ACE 750

Past Bike: 1984 Honda Magna V65



Vulcan on the left, Shadow on the right.
Pic of the Magna coming soon, I'll edit then.

As promised, the Magna.

JackoftheGreen wrote:My Current Bike: 2001 Kawasaki VN800 Classic
Wife's Current Bike: 2003 Honda Shadow ACE 750
Past Bike: 1984 Honda Magna V65

And To TMW

Very nice picture, JOTG.

Hi guys, nice to join the forum.
I started riding in 1985. It was a Hondamatic Hawk 400.
1984 V65 1100cc V4.
85 V30
94 VF750C (yellow) and 97 Magna,
88 VMAX 1200, Seat is painful, weak brakes, hard cornering, 25mpg, never again.
01 ZRX1200R, (fastest bike I had, excellent brakes, easy to ride, lots of style, Eddie Lawson replica, I'd get another if I can find one that's clean.)
99 Bandit 1200GSF, (cheap, crap, weak transmission, weak clutch, carbs are junk)
03 Bandit 1200GSF, (2nd generation, not any better, I'm done with Suzuki's.)
94 Concours (C-10) ZG1000, (Busy engine, 6 speeds so close together it feels like a 4 speed, top heavy, no leg room, horrible brakes on older models.)
04 Concours ZG1000, (16k miles, felt tight, well maintained, still not a nimble bike.)
05 Concours ZG1000, (Gold/Bronze, I liked it because of the clearview windshield)
94 ST1100 with only 94,400 miles, ($1250 bike, why not? Ran great.)
97 ST1100 with 31k (still have it, I'm hooked.),
VT500C (shaft drive, 6 speed)
03 VTX1800 (no more V twins for me, no paint shakers, Harley clones, heavy, noisy, hard to park.)
86 Kawasaki LTD700,(cute, peppy)
Currently I'm searching for a clean Yamaha XT600.

Of all the bikes, I like the ST1100 the most and therefore, honor that model in my user ID. It's a flawless bike to ride, 7 gallon fuel capacity, shaft drive, V4 power, quiet and quick, capable of 150,000+ miles, has tons of touring storage, and with the Corbin seat, it feels like it was made for me. The "tupperware" bikes just give me good protection from bugs, sand, cold night riding than just windshield mounted bikes.