La Borgia
Tuned and Synch'ed
There's only one first time. Even though my 1st bike was a POS 
it was awesome...until that pole 
it was awesome...until that pole 
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Whats the coolest bike you have test rode?
- Thread starterdavethewelder
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<<<--- Love at first sight.
Within minutes of walking into a West Sussex M/C dealership I was trading in a 1978 Triumph Bonneville for the 1st 850 Lemans mk II I ever laid eye's on.
It was so much fun to tussle with Kawasaki Z1's on the A23. Especially on the stretch between the M23 & Tilgate Park.
Sure they would pull away from me between roundabouts. I'd usually pass them as they braked for the next.
I was usually leaving the roundabouts before the Z1's they'd pass me on the straight, i'd catch up at the next roundabout etc.
In the last 3 - 5 years roundabouts, aka Traffic Islands, have been built on some of the busy roads in Georgia. I'm fortunate enough to have found a route to my new favourite coffee shop with several traffic islands. :-D
Within minutes of walking into a West Sussex M/C dealership I was trading in a 1978 Triumph Bonneville for the 1st 850 Lemans mk II I ever laid eye's on.
It was so much fun to tussle with Kawasaki Z1's on the A23. Especially on the stretch between the M23 & Tilgate Park.
Sure they would pull away from me between roundabouts. I'd usually pass them as they braked for the next.
I was usually leaving the roundabouts before the Z1's they'd pass me on the straight, i'd catch up at the next roundabout etc.
In the last 3 - 5 years roundabouts, aka Traffic Islands, have been built on some of the busy roads in Georgia. I'm fortunate enough to have found a route to my new favourite coffee shop with several traffic islands. :-D
davethewelder
Cruisin' Guzzisti
I’m glad I started this thread! I’m hearing about biked that I didn’t know existed. Now I’m thinking about something from MV Augusta.
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Everybody should own one at least once in a lifetime!
Oh, and the Supercharged Kawasaki H2 SX came back in for its end of the season service. Such an incredible and beautiful motorcycle.
It’s a remarkable piece of motorcycle engineering.
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Louisv97
Cruisin' Guzzisti
God I I would love to own an F4 RR from the latest generations. it looks and sounds so good for an inline 4. It is really a timeless design
davethewelder
Cruisin' Guzzisti
Those gold wheels, so cool!
I had a $50 down payment on a 1969 Dodge Charger RT with a 440 in 1979. I didn't end up buying it. Total price was $1,200. They're worth a bit more now. Hind sight is 20/20.
I had a chance to buy a 1966 or 1967 (cannot remember for sure) Mustang in excellent condition for $1,000 after I bought my first street motorcycle and while I was still in college (so between 1979 and 1982). I did not have the extra money to spend and did not need the car so I did not buy it. As Raven said, hindsight is 20/20.
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