Who Rides??

[Newfie]

I was winterizing my bike last night and was wondering who here rides. I know Sarge does, and BKCloud owns a Harley (and may even ride it from time to time ).

So, if you ride, post up here and tell us what you ride.

As for me, I own a 30th Anniversary Gold Wing, totally stock except for highway pegs and grips. I love everything else about the bike, so except for a possible chrome touch here or there, why change??

Oh yeah, that little blue beauty you see in my avtar was sold July past. Broke my heart but I wasn't riding it. I had put 500 KMs on her since I had bought the Wing, so insurance alone was costing me like $2 / KM, so it just wasn't worth it.

[cigarsarge]

03 Yamaha Road Star...If you like torque this is the bike for you.

[drew_goring]

I used to drive a gsx-r 750, but had to sell it to go back to school. I am planning on purchasing a new one in a year or 2.

[Loudpipes78]

I have a very hard time keeping 4 wheeled vehicles out of triple digits, right side up, and in one piece.... even though I would love a bike... I know it would result in nothing good.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

I'd like to take a motorcycle safety class, but i dont think I'd ever feel safe on a bike. To many crazys out there for me.

[Newfie]

I have a very hard time keeping 4 wheeled vehicles out of triple digits, right side up, and in one piece.... even though I would love a bike... I know it would result in nothing good.

Then what does the name loudpipes pertain to? I figured you for a sleek built soft tail with open pipes keeping a name like that!!!

I'd like to take a motorcycle safety class, but i dont think I'd ever feel safe on a bike. To many crazys out there for me.

Jon, I teach the class here at a local college in the summertime and while the MSF in the States teaches a slightly different course that I'm not real familiar with, it will ease you're sense of nervousness and instill a sense of confidence. You're also taught to look out for the many "crazys" out there and it will affect your 4-wheel driving habits as well, for the better.

[Loudpipes78]

Then what does the name loudpipes pertain to? I figured you for a sleek built soft tail with open pipes keeping a name like that!!!

The "loud pipes" on my 78 Firebird.

[nhcigarfan]

I've had a yamaha seca for a while, I used to ride all the time, then one baby, then two more and.... the longest ride in the last two years was from my old house to my new house. About 2 miles.

[kevin7]

I used to ride

Had a Kawasaki KE100

An old Hodaka Combat Wombat 125 which was pound for pound as whicked as a bike I have ever ridden

An Old Kawasaki H2 750 3 cyl 2 stroke, The fastest bike I have ever ridden, 13 seconds in a 1/4 mile . Scariest bike I have ever ridden too bar none

A 73 Kawasaki 900 when they still had the lightweight crankshaft in it. 135 mph down a 2 lane country road in nothing but shorts and flipflops .


Funny thing is my childhood friend died in 1981 on his bike and he was a textbook proper bike rider

Thanks you Jesus for letting me survive my youth and marry and reproduce another male offspring. I am sure you will protect him as you did me

[Empire23]

This was my bike till some lady that didnt know how to drive (welcome to California) nailed me on the freeway and totalled it and almost me.



I havent ridden since then, but if I did buy a new bike it would be this bad boy...

[cigarsarge]

A 73 Kawasaki 900 when they still had the lightweight crankshaft in it. 135 mph down a 2 lane country road in nothing but shorts and flipflops .

I rode one of these in my high school days.

If you liked to be terrified this was the bike for you.

[BigMacFU]

This is my ride, oh yeah baby, Human Powered, don't mess with me, I'm one bad ass biker!!! (I actually have a different crankset (what the pedals connect to) now). It's the only way to get around NYC, I'm faster than a car in city traffic.

[nhcigarfan]

That's ahh ... hmm.. cute.


Nietzsche - good read.

[Cabaiguan Juan]

Then what does the name loudpipes pertain to? I figured you for a sleek built soft tail with open pipes keeping a name like that!!!



Jon, I teach the class here at a local college in the summertime and while the MSF in the States teaches a slightly different course that I'm not real familiar with, it will ease you're sense of nervousness and instill a sense of confidence. You're also taught to look out for the many "crazys" out there and it will affect your 4-wheel driving habits as well, for the better.

well, maybe i'll go up to The Great White North for my safety class that would be fun.

[Secret Santa]

Here is my ride:

[Newfie]

LOL, I think I saw you yesterday on a highway close to here!

[Bkcloud114]

This is my ride, oh yeah baby, Human Powered, don't mess with me, I'm one bad ass biker!!! (I actually have a different crankset (what the pedals connect to) now). It's the only way to get around NYC, I'm faster than a car in city traffic.

Sean....

Please don't tell me you actually ride that thing from Astoria into Manhattan....... I need to get me a picture of that