Bikes from your past?

[dantama]

What bike from your past do you still have a soft spot for?

Mine would probably be Honda V65 Magnas.

I had one and two of my younger brothers had them. Back in the day the looked good and were fast. I accidentally did 135mph on it, totally by accident. Figured I was going about 90mph.

They look pretty dated now, I wish Honda kept making them and made them look retro like the V-4 Yamaha Venture does.

What bike from your past still is still using up hard drive space in your head?

[audiogooroo]

Nothing from my past compares to my Nomad. :)

[oldbiker]

A 1964 Triumph TR-6 Tiger.

[coldfingers]

1996 honda goldwing aspencade, it was my mid life crisis purchase!

[davidjones1]

1976 FLH first big curiser for me lots of miles on that one great times.
ride safe

[rlfaubion]

1944 Harley Knucklehead

[ringadingh]

My first bike, actually a scooter. 1961 Lambretta 125cc

[damark115]

Same as you Dan. Mine was a 1983 V65 Magna. Fun while it lasted but would never trade back.

[mrghost]

I still have it. it`s an 81 flt tour glide. It`s a shovel & very old school compared to todays rides. only 28,000 mi`s on it. Actually have a fellow coming thats probaly gonna buy it. Just need the room & money always helps.

Two stand out, 66 H-D XLCH, and a 67 Triumph Bonneville. The Bonne was my first new bike, wrecked it in '68 and bought the sporty.

[rickmeister56]

1975 yamaha rd 350. the engine had been ported and polished by don vesco enterprises. had expansion chambers. it was 1 fast 2 stroke. wish i still had it.

[Top Cat]

Probably my 1964 Norton Electra 400. I put a windshield and hard bags on it and rode it to Canada. First bike I rode that far.

[bobzinger]

I actually owned 2 of these 1974 Yamaha TX500. Very smooth riding.

http://www.loflyby.com/images/motorcycles/tx500/tx-rightside.jpg

[dano]

Two hold special meaning for me. My first, a 305 Honda Dream and my 4th a 72 Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado.
Ride safe,
Dano

[garydup]

1996 Suzuki Intruder 1400 , sold her recently and regret it

[dantama]

I actually owned 2 of these 1974 Yamaha TX500. Very smooth riding.



That front disc must have been pretty cutting edge in 1974.

[racinchef]

1971 BSA 650 Lightning. Pictured here after some work on it.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m61/stilwater225/BSA650firstfix-up.jpg
Had a buddy that worked on bikes and another that worked in a body shop. Between the three of us and another friend that fabricated brackets that I designed here is how we got it to look.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m61/stilwater225/1971BSALightning.jpg
That's a 5 gallon Triumph tank. I eventually found a stock Lightning tank and seat.

1978 Honda GL1000 that my dad passed on to me. Had to sell it to pay auto insurance on a second car. It looked a lot like this
one.
http://i101.photobucket.com/albums/m61/stilwater225/1979HoldaGoldWing.jpg
Would like to have one like it for nostalgic value.