What's been your favorite bike?

Amber Lamps · 12-10-2008, 09:59 PM

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Originally Posted by HRCNICK11

Bikes owned:
1978 Honda 350SL (gave it to my uncle)
1993 CBR60 F2 42,000 miles (stolen)
1997 CBR600 F3 36,000 miles (sold)
2001 RC51 15,000 miles (traded in)
2001 CBR600 F4 16,000 miles (still have its the wifes)
1999 SV650s Track only (still have)
1989 CB-1 400 (azooms favorite)(sold to a friend it was a basket case)
2006 DRZ400SM 5,000 miles (Sold to a friend)
2005 DRZ400SM (wifes other bike but I ride it more)
2006 KTM 450SMR (sold it after crashing in a race and breaking collar bone and ribs)
2000 SV650 (my current street bike)
2008 CRF150R (current dirt , motard and ice bike)

Also had a 1993 300EX and have a LTZ400 quads.

Favorites:

Now my current CRF150r is a real cool bike that I ride the crap out of. From Motard, ice riding, dirt, to mini road racing on Kart tracks its a do all bike.

My 1997 CBR600F3, it was not anything special, was even pretty ugly and had a once totaled title. But I just felt real super comfortable on it even when it was sliding and bucking and ready to toss me in the air at the next corner. I mean I had a head shake all the way down the front straight at Grattan huge enough that the flag guy gave me a thumbs up the next lap. Even then I was still OK with it and did not even slow down. (adjusted the suspension for the next session) but was still comfy the whole time. Wheelies 1st through 6th, stoppies for a block. Total trust in the front suspension. 10.97 in a 1/4 mile. I think I just got lucky with that bike, they can't all be like that, can they?

I used to get on the gas out of turn one after the 3rd time the stock shock bottomed(replaced with a Fox later). But I was comfortable enough to count them leaned over knee on the ground. All this on BT50, BT52 and BT56ss.

I remember with the BT-50s I could dumb the clutch at 7,000 and smoke the tire through 1st and 2nd for about 100yards and never gain traction till high in 2nd gear. Looked real cool but was real dumb. Also used to pull out of gas stations and spin up the rear tire for the last 1/3 of the turn with it kicked out like a foot then pull it up into a wheelie. I would not even try that on anything but the tards and the F3.

I should have been spit off this bike a million times. Yet the only time I fell I had a flat front tire.

Hey do you still live in Mi? Your list of bikes reminds me of someone I used to ride street and track with....

HRCNICK11 · 12-11-2008, 08:34 AM

Yeah, I grew up in Lansing and now live in Marshall, MI. I used to ride around Lansing and East Lansing area every weekend with some trips to Detroit and Flint.

Every now and then we would do some real dumb late night trips to GR or South Haven WFO. Man I'm lucky to still be alive.

A photo from back in the day, if you rode with me I was more than likely in those leathers and helmet.

fnfalman · 12-11-2008, 06:59 PM

I think that the KTM Adventure edges out the Tuono by just a hair. Before that my favorite was the ancient Ducati 750 PASO way, way, way back in the days.

Smittie61984 · 12-11-2008, 08:38 PM

I've owned only 2 bikes. One was a 1994 Yamaha SecaII. The other a 1996 Honda CBR600 F3 that I basically rebuilt from crashed. I love the F3 but the SecaII was such a fun little bike. Slow as hell but just a fun little bike. I plan to get another SecaII one day. I wish I had my old one but the person who bought it wrecked it... 4 times.

I did like riding my buddy's RC51. Everytime you wacked the throttle it was like getting raped in the ass! Infact his girlfriend got a ZZR600 for her first bike. She rode his RC51 one time and she wouldn't give it back.

HRCNICK11 · 12-11-2008, 09:06 PM

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Everytime you wacked the throttle it was like getting raped in the ass!

And that was a good thing? I'm confused, that would be bad in my book!

Smittie61984 · 12-11-2008, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by HRCNICK11

And that was a good thing? I'm confused, that would be bad in my book!

The low end power of that thing was just so awesome it'd scare the hell out of me and I'd just be hanging on for the ride. Basically the bike was fucking me the whole time I was riding it.

HRCNICK11 · 12-12-2008, 10:19 AM

I loved the motor on my RC51 but never trusted the suspension and I would get cramps in my hip and my wrist and back would get sore.

The front suspension was great in that when you made a adjustment you could feel just a few clicks. It was bad in that I always felt like I was just waiting to lose the front. It just never felt planted. That may have been the stiff chassis more than the suspension.

I used to call my RC51 stable mable cause it took a lot to turn it and it hated tight corners. Loved the large sweaping corners, like a on-ramp. It was made for the large tracks of europe and thats what it was good for.

z06boy · 02-09-2009, 02:39 PM

Probably my current 07 R1.

When I rode more with the "Harley crowd" then it would be my BigDog Bulldog.

Other bikes I've owned and enjoyed through the years...

2000 R1

98 ZX9R

93 ZX-11

Honda 600 F2 and an F3

The wife's 07 R6 is fun to ride too but unless it gets real twisty I'd rather be on my R1.

Antwanny · 02-09-2009, 07:04 PM

TLR hands down always fun to ride.(just needs new rotors)
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MERCEDES-BENZ VITO SPECIFICATIONS

Vtwinsports · 02-15-2009, 11:51 AM

2000.5 Aprilia RSV Mille R (the real one)

12-11-2008, 08:34 AM	#2
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	Yeah, I grew up in Lansing and now live in Marshall, MI. I used to ride around Lansing and East Lansing area every weekend with some trips to Detroit and Flint. Every now and then we would do some real dumb late night trips to GR or South Haven WFO. Man I'm lucky to still be alive. A photo from back in the day, if you rode with me I was more than likely in those leathers and helmet. Last edited by HRCNICK11; 12-11-2008 at 08:40 AM..

12-11-2008, 06:59 PM	#3
fnfalman Europhile Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: SoCal Moto: Aprilia RS125, Aprilia SR50 Factory, Aprilia Tuono, BMW Rockster, KTM 990 Adventure Posts: 1,875	I think that the KTM Adventure edges out the Tuono by just a hair. Before that my favorite was the ancient Ducati 750 PASO way, way, way back in the days. __________________ *Cogito Ergo Vroom - I think therefore I ride*

12-11-2008, 08:38 PM	#4
Smittie61984 I give Squids a bad name Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Fly Over State Moto: 1996 CBR600 F3 (AKA the Flying Turd) Posts: 4,742	I've owned only 2 bikes. One was a 1994 Yamaha SecaII. The other a 1996 Honda CBR600 F3 that I basically rebuilt from crashed. I love the F3 but the SecaII was such a fun little bike. Slow as hell but just a fun little bike. I plan to get another SecaII one day. I wish I had my old one but the person who bought it wrecked it... 4 times. I did like riding my buddy's RC51. Everytime you wacked the throttle it was like getting raped in the ass! Infact his girlfriend got a ZZR600 for her first bike. She rode his RC51 one time and she wouldn't give it back. __________________ lifts - R.I.P.

02-09-2009, 07:04 PM	#9
Antwanny WERA White Plate Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Maryland Posts: 1,047	TLR hands down always fun to ride.(just needs new rotors) ________ MERCEDES-BENZ VITO SPECIFICATIONS Last edited by Antwanny; 03-14-2011 at 06:39 AM..

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12-12-2008, 10:19 AM	#7
HRCNICK11 Canyon Carver Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 429	I loved the motor on my RC51 but never trusted the suspension and I would get cramps in my hip and my wrist and back would get sore. The front suspension was great in that when you made a adjustment you could feel just a few clicks. It was bad in that I always felt like I was just waiting to lose the front. It just never felt planted. That may have been the stiff chassis more than the suspension. I used to call my RC51 stable mable cause it took a lot to turn it and it hated tight corners. Loved the large sweaping corners, like a on-ramp. It was made for the large tracks of europe and thats what it was good for.

02-09-2009, 02:39 PM	#8
z06boy Letzroll Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Lake Norman area, NC Moto: 07 Red R1 & 07 Blue R6 Posts: 5,265	Probably my current 07 R1. When I rode more with the "Harley crowd" then it would be my BigDog Bulldog. Other bikes I've owned and enjoyed through the years... 2000 R1 98 ZX9R 93 ZX-11 Honda 600 F2 and an F3 The wife's 07 R6 is fun to ride too but unless it gets real twisty I'd rather be on my R1.

02-15-2009, 11:51 AM	#10
Vtwinsports Learning Life Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: Atlanta, GA Moto: various Posts: 2	2000.5 Aprilia RSV Mille R (the real one)