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Title: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 08, 2016, 11:06:44 am
So lets see some of the Cool, unique and even unusual motorcycles you have had. I am a big fan of some of the bikes that were only in production or at least in the states for a very limited time. I have owned many over the years and would still own a lot of them if money and space did not always seem to be a problem. Of course a move across the country did not help either.


Here are a few That have spent some time in my garage.


Honda Nighthawk S, I have owned six of these over the years. Only built for three years.


(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu52%2FOutlaws_Justice%2FBikes%2FIMG_4079.jpg&hash=0e6ad378994ec19fb15e56f97e0825662eb4a67c) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/Outlaws_Justice/media/Bikes/IMG_4079.jpg.html)


A red version that I owned (Most of mine were red although I liked the blue better)


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Some of you might recognize this one, Kawasaki Eliminator, But this one is a 250cc. It was only here for four years and used the Ninja 250 engine and trans. Was pretty cool and I had two I also used them for teaching new riders.


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How about a Honda VT500 Ascot. We got it for my Nephew and after a couple years he upgraded to a nighthawk S and I ended up with the Ascot. Hard to find now days!


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 08, 2016, 11:13:14 am
A few more, The Yamaha Fazer 700 We loved this bike and my cousin rode it along with his Vmax for several years.


(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu52%2FOutlaws_Justice%2FBikes%2FFazer004.jpg&hash=e3fe69e19149b577ccb0a6e98fe1537e9349bd47) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/Outlaws_Justice/media/Bikes/Fazer004.jpg.html)


How about an Original first generation Ninja 250, only for two years!


(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu52%2FOutlaws_Justice%2FBikes%25202%2FBikes043.jpg&hash=4da2ffbd5735f0ca17af0eab2109ddf42ec70ff1) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/Outlaws_Justice/media/Bikes%202/Bikes043.jpg.html)


A Honda CB1, Yes I loved this cool little bike but needed money so I parted with it after 3 years of ownership.


(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu52%2FOutlaws_Justice%2FBikes%25202%2FIMG_3998.jpg&hash=ff67ebb145c05684bcf90d1412ef6ab4ba38ca13) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/Outlaws_Justice/media/Bikes%202/IMG_3998.jpg.html)


Honda Magnas are not rare, but this model AKA as the Super Magna with its solid looking disc rear wheel and upswept pipes still has a cult following. Only made for two years.


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A Honda Hawk GT, Around for four years and with such a strong cult following they cost more now used then when they were new. I have had three of these and still regret selling the last one!


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 08, 2016, 11:23:20 am
How about a mini Interceptor, yes a VTR250. Had less than 3,000 original miles and I used it for Basic rider training, thank goodness it never got dropped.


(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi165.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fu52%2FOutlaws_Justice%2FBikes%25202%2FVTR250003.jpg&hash=0b6bb5f888665d5c44103a37c876ce936679dbdf) (http://s165.photobucket.com/user/Outlaws_Justice/media/Bikes%202/VTR250003.jpg.html)


Suzuki GT185, yes a two stroke. I had a pair of these and I ended up taking them to Nashville where they still reside. I even rode one in one of the Total Control Classes there!


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How about a GS700E. I bought it and fixed it up for a Budget Bike race in Indiana. We had to have less than $600 total invested and the bike had to be 1985 or older. Not enough people got bikes ready so the race never happened. Was a fun project.


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I still have this one as you can see it is on the shelf in my garage in New York. an Original 1980 Suzuki TS100 and it has 394 original miles. I got my First TS when I turned 16, it was a TS185 and I rode it everyplace.


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An all original 1972 Honda ATC 90. They came out in 1970 and we had them on the farm. This one I restored completely and had several others in various stages when I sold them all to a collector in MASS. The tires are worth huge amounts alone!


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 08, 2016, 11:26:30 am
One more! How about a 1984 Honda VF500F. I got it for my youngest after she completed her BRC, of course she had also been riding dirt. Now I wanted to go to the track so why not take it and have some fun. We later sold it when I got the SV650S that she claimed for hers.


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: normkern on April 09, 2016, 10:16:30 am
Fun Stuff! Thanks for sharing.

Norm Kern
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: fartymarty on April 09, 2016, 12:16:58 pm
I don't have a picture of mine (that I can find) but the my Bridgestone 350 GTR has become pretty rare and restored ones are going a a pretty penny. For those that have never seen one they look like this (http://i464.photobucket.com/albums/rr6/vjmctbforum/DSC_1868-Copy-Copy_zps9165f2ea.jpg~original). Rotary valves, chrome plated cylinder bores, six speed two stroke with (IIRC) through shafts for the rear brake and shifter so you could swap them left for right as you desire. They always look kind of wimpy in the photos because of the rear tire being only 3.50. I put a 4.00 on mine and it really improved the looks as it was a somewhat larger bike than the it's peers at the time with 19 inch wheels front and back. I doubt it did much for the handling but I wasn't a good enough rider then to be able to tell. That and and my CZ400 (https://fartymarty.smugmug.com/Other/Moto-Cross/i-VGKMkr6/0/X2/MotoCross_740003_HDR-user_1-X2.jpg) are the two bikes that I wish I would have never sold, however I never would have owned the CZ if I hadn't sold the Bridgestone so....

Now I have a GT750  (https://fartymarty.smugmug.com/Other/GT750/i-LL6nH24/XL)Water Buffalo that is becoming rare but isn't anywhere as rare as the Bridgestone 350 GTR is.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Tigger on April 09, 2016, 01:13:26 pm
I regret selling my CB-1, to this day...
Title: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: RIDEMYST on April 09, 2016, 02:05:40 pm
As with many firsts, I'll never forget my first bike back in 1969, a 350 Bridgestone. You could order them from Sears catalog and they ran pretty much like what you would expect from a mail order bike. :( (https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160409%2F83df0c78c3549a5e3c94dc16ce70f10e.jpg&hash=7adca60ae00f64c0449a6214551cd6e3b5df0e80)


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: touringman on April 09, 2016, 02:32:10 pm
When I got back into riding in the late '80's, the first bike I surprised my wife with (I don't recommend this method) was an '82 Suzuki GS 650E. It only had 800 miles on it, and it was pristine. It wasn't the fastest bike around, but I was measuring it by the Honda 305 Scrambler I'd ridden in the past. It was fast enough and smooth enough to make me wish I'd never paused in my riding addiction to help raise our four kids! It wasn't long before I started looking for another addition to the stable. While riding out in the sticks to look at a farm, I glimpsed a blue reflection from an open barn door, and curiosity got the best of me. The reflection was from a pristine (but dusty) 1978 R80/7 BMW with only 10,000 miles ( after translating from kilometers). The owner said he loved the bike, but didn't have time to ride it. I made an offer, and he wasn't sure he wanted to sell it. After exchanging numbers, I went on with my business. About two weeks later, he called, and told me to come and get it. It had Krauser bags, and a full faring, and thus became my first real touring bike. It was a wonderful piece of machinery that I rode for some time. It was sold to a lobbyist from DC, who rode the bus down to ride it back home. Other bikes owned include, but are not limited to: 1978 GL1000 Goldwing, 1983 Suzuki GS 1100E, 1982 Honda CB900C, 1983 Yamaha XJ 900 Seca, "96 Triumph Sprint 900, '06 Wee Strom 650, '93 Seca 600, '97 Bandit 1200, '01 SV650, '02 R1150R, 2012 Wee Strom 650, 1981 GL1100 naked Goldwing (still have this baby), '04 Aprilia Scarabeo 500 complete w/detachable hard bags, '09 Piaggio MP3-400, and my mind fogs up after that! :P The Aprilia, Piaggio, and GL1100 still reside in the garage, along with a new '15 model motorcycle, the pedigree of which I won't divulge until Staunton. I prefer to be ridiculed in person!! 8) Wish They were all still in the garage!! Syd ;D
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: touringman on April 09, 2016, 02:35:00 pm
By the way Jim, I wouldn't mind having the Bridgestone, or what I assume is a Nova behind it!! Syd
Title: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: RIDEMYST on April 09, 2016, 04:32:49 pm
Thanks Syd. My Dad worked for Chevrolet and a small job perk was a new car each year at cost. I got to put in my vote when I got my license and my Dad kinda ordered the car except it was not a four on the floor 350 but a three on the floor 307 but still very cool.


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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Patmo on April 09, 2016, 04:44:24 pm
Syd, Syd Syd you dog!  What did you get now?  Are we allowed to gues?  Hmmmmm, what could it be?


For some reason I've got this picture in my mind of something unusual, but easy to ride, cheap to buy, and rural in nature......does John Deere still build pedal tractors?  Nah, to much work.....unless they have one with a scooter motor in it!   That's it!.......you got a Moto Guzzi, didn't you!? 

 :)
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: touringman on April 09, 2016, 05:49:16 pm
Sorry Pat ;D, nothing as stimulating as a Guzzi! This will be considered mundane by MSTA standards, but the inherent comfort really impressed me. I bought it, and added the standard "Syd Stuff" to it to save the comfort, but make it otherwise fun and competent. Time will tell!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: fartymarty on April 09, 2016, 05:50:32 pm
Quote from: RIDEMYST on April 09, 2016, 02:05:40 pm
You could order them from Sears catalog and they ran pretty much like what you would expect from a mail order bike. :( (https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160409%2F83df0c78c3549a5e3c94dc16ce70f10e.jpg&hash=7adca60ae00f64c0449a6214551cd6e3b5df0e80)

So yours didn't run very well?
Mine ran like a scalded cat, and out ran a lot of the bigger bikes back then. Seemed like Triumph 650s, BSAs and Nortons were the fast bikes back then (before the Kawa triples came out) I never out ran a Norton on mine but Triumphs and BSAs many times. I wouldn't have gotten rid of it except the Moto-X bug bit me and I traded it for a Husky 250.  ::)
Then looking at your photo again, it appears you are/were a big guy. I doubt I weighed more than 130 lbs when I was riding mine, probably a major factor in our different recollections on performance.  :D
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 09, 2016, 05:52:02 pm
The bike that started all this:



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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Brick on April 09, 2016, 10:47:43 pm
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This was my first bike... I thought I posted this here but didn't see it so here it is again. I don't have a photo of it handy. 1970 Honda SL350 in Gold. I was back from Nam and stationed in New Mexico.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 10:11:51 am
1980 Suzuki GS450S. My girlfriends bike back in the mid 80s:



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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: TN2Wheeler on April 10, 2016, 10:12:51 am
I enjoy bringing old Hondas back from the grave. Here are three I revived...
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'82 Honda VT500

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'82 Honda FT500 Ascot

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'78 Honda CX500
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 10, 2016, 10:41:28 am
Quote from: TN2Wheeler on April 10, 2016, 10:12:51 am
I enjoy bringing old Hondas back from the grave. Here are three I revived...
(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.jimrandall.net%2Fvt500%2F100_0740+%28Medium%29.JPG&hash=38b37766912a1aaa15aa9c0a8ea4e087a93ed74b)
'82 Honda VT500






Are you sure this is an 82? I always thought that the VT was only produced in 1983 and 1984?????


I like the Blue with silver stripe from the 1985 Honda Nighthawk S
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: brider on April 10, 2016, 12:23:34 pm
Here's three of mine that I considered unique from my stable.  The Sidecar rig passed through a couple of members when their kids were younger and the TDM was owned by at least 2 members as well.  I loved that CBX but it was a chore in the twisties.
 
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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: rideandfly on April 10, 2016, 12:26:14 pm
Nice bikes!!!!!!!

Currently building a Cafe Racer out of a 99 Ninja 250.

Here's a 1980 CX500D completed project:

(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi657.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu299%2Fvstromklr%2F2013%2F2014%2FIMG_3715_zps7f2adebe.jpg&hash=45df710a48a5fc56b11e3246566a6e1b35abd477) (http://s657.photobucket.com/user/vstromklr/media/2013/2014/IMG_3715_zps7f2adebe.jpg.html)

This Aprilia Dorsoduro 750 Supermoto was a fun bike:

(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi657.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fuu299%2Fvstromklr%2F2012%2FIMG_0215.jpg&hash=4c119e364316601e6668eb2958ddf2d95ac780b0) (http://s657.photobucket.com/user/vstromklr/media/2012/IMG_0215.jpg.html)
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Brick on April 10, 2016, 12:43:06 pm
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 10:11:51 am
1980 Suzuki GS450S. My girlfriends bike back in the mid 80s:

Heck Bob besides a cool beautiful wife... You had a cool girlfriend back then too!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 02:25:27 pm
Quote from: Brick on April 10, 2016, 12:43:06 pm
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 10:11:51 am
1980 Suzuki GS450S. My girlfriends bike back in the mid 80s:

Heck Bob besides a cool beautiful wife... You had a cool girlfriend back then too!
Yep, maybe the luckiest guy on the planet. Regina rode pillion with me to STARS 83, 84 and 87. But no one compares to Stacie!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: RIDEMYST on April 10, 2016, 02:37:24 pm
Quote from: fartymarty on April 09, 2016, 05:50:32 pm
Quote from: RIDEMYST on April 09, 2016, 02:05:40 pm
You could order them from Sears catalog and they ran pretty much like what you would expect from a mail order bike. :( (https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fuploads.tapatalk-cdn.com%2F20160409%2F83df0c78c3549a5e3c94dc16ce70f10e.jpg&hash=7adca60ae00f64c0449a6214551cd6e3b5df0e80)

So yours didn't run very well?
Mine ran like a scalded cat, and out ran a lot of the bigger bikes back then. Seemed like Triumph 650s, BSAs and Nortons were the fast bikes back then (before the Kawa triples came out) I never out ran a Norton on mine but Triumphs and BSAs many times. I wouldn't have gotten rid of it except the Moto-X bug bit me and I traded it for a Husky 250.  ::)
Then looking at your photo again, it appears you are/were a big guy. I doubt I weighed more than 130 lbs when I was riding mine, probably a major factor in our different recollections on performance.  :D
Yes my Bridgestone was fast and could beat most bikes out of the hole at that time but I had to remove the plugs every 100 miles or so to keep it running! :( -JEP-
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 02:43:31 pm
Interesting that two of my heroes have restored CX500s. A C model was my first street bike and "sport tourer". I thought it was a pig and traded it in on the 82 Sabre after my first road trip to Rocky Mountain National Park Check out the sissy bar backrest and high tech luggage system. ;D
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: dpippin on April 10, 2016, 03:09:53 pm
Bike wasn't that unusual although you don't see many of them today
However the helmet was unusual

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Maybe I should have worn this helmet

(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi292.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm3%2Fldpippin%2FMisc%2FAraiHead.jpg&hash=651a8e940fd7849398fa1d44e4807cf719c89c2a)

Or borrowed this one

(https://ridemsta.com/mstaforums/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fi292.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fmm3%2Fldpippin%2FMisc%2FBrickBigHead02-16-02Small_zpsdc9c8f5f.jpg&hash=01c9a47b87cecf1a8334376b30240e63ad54312e)

Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: STLTHMSTA on April 10, 2016, 08:48:21 pm
Boy, you have opened a bag of worms here. You might get more info the an oil & tire thread!!  Yeah, we all have those that we wish hadn't got away on top of those "unusual" bikes. One that falls in both categories is my first Ducati.....'92 907i.e.  That was a very different bike but once the normal hustles of ironing oil the quirks, it was a great bike to ride. The impossibility of finding Italian fiberglass for 10 year old bike prompted me to sell after having it since new in '92. Maybe I shouldn't have. Sorry, no pix in this computer of it to post but it looked just like the one Brick had years ago.
I wish I had never sold my '93 VFR750F in Pearl White. Not sure what I was thinking there, had it just the way I liked it. I also once had a Kawi 250 Eliminator, cool like drag bike-like thing that would rev the high heavens. What fun.   TM
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 10, 2016, 08:58:13 pm
Quote from: STLTHMSTA on April 10, 2016, 08:48:21 pm
Boy, you have opened a bag of worms here. You might get more info the an oil & tire thread!! 


Thats the Idea, This is a Forum, Lets get people talking!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Brick on April 10, 2016, 09:58:51 pm
Quote from: STLTHMSTA on April 10, 2016, 08:48:21 pm
Boy, you have opened a bag of worms here. You might get more info the an oil & tire thread!!  Yeah, we all have those that we wish hadn't got away on top of those "unusual" bikes. One that falls in both categories is my first Ducati.....'92 907i.e.  That was a very different bike but once the normal hustles of ironing oil the quirks, it was a great bike to ride. The impossibility of finding Italian fiberglass for 10 year old bike prompted me to sell after having it since new in '92. Maybe I shouldn't have. Sorry, no pix in this computer of it to post but it looked just like the one Brick had years ago.
I wish I had never sold my '93 VFR750F in Pearl White. Not sure what I was thinking there, had it just the way I liked it. I also once had a Kawi 250 Eliminator, cool like drag bike-like thing that would rev the high heavens. What fun.   TM
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Yea Tom I didn't have a photo of my Ducati 907ie on this phone so I got this photo off the internet. I too enjoyed that bike.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: TN2Wheeler on April 11, 2016, 10:09:21 am
You're probably correct.  It's been several years since I owned that one.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: rideandfly on April 11, 2016, 10:20:36 am
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 02:43:31 pm
Interesting that two of my heroes have restored CX500s. A C model was my first street bike and "sport tourer". I thought it was a pig and traded it in on the 82 Sabre after my first road trip to Rocky Mountain National Park Check out the sissy bar backrest and high tech luggage system. ;D

My CX has turned into a favorite bike for local evening rides. Rode a friend's stock CX500D (Mikuni test bed beater bike) in NC with a new set of Mikuni's installed, he sells Mikuni kits around the world. He told me to run it hard, so it pulled the front wheel completely off the ground when I shifted to second. Of course the original front suspension was soft, so have to admit it had a pogo stick effect.  :)

My 1980 CX500D came in at 400lbs wet and with larger jets, K&N pod filters, Ignatech ignition, and free flowing exhaust, it still does not run as strong or as economically as my 2015 CB500X, but there's something about it I like when riding on evening sunset rides.

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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: STLTHMSTA on April 11, 2016, 06:21:02 pm
I also ment to comment that I had 4 Nighthawk S's myself. I won't bore you with the looooong story as to how that happened but 3 were '86 RWB, 2 of those pristine or close to it and an '84 Blue and Black. Bottom line is I should have just kept the first RWB.
TM
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 11, 2016, 08:54:58 pm
Not unique or unusual but definitely (https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=definitely&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU4fan8YfMAhXjloMKHdg8DlIQvwUIGigA) cool
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Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Brick on April 12, 2016, 06:13:41 am
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 11, 2016, 08:54:58 pm
Not unique or unusual but definitely (https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=definitely&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU4fan8YfMAhXjloMKHdg8DlIQvwUIGigA) cool
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WhaHoo! Bob that is pretty new do you still have it? And yes that is cool for sure!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 12, 2016, 09:11:31 am
Quote from: Brick on April 12, 2016, 06:13:41 am
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 11, 2016, 08:54:58 pm
Not unique or unusual but definitely (https://www.google.com/search?safe=off&q=definitely&spell=1&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjU4fan8YfMAhXjloMKHdg8DlIQvwUIGigA) cool
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WhaHoo! Bob that is pretty new do you still have it? And yes that is cool for sure!

It's an 07. Yes I still have it, bought it in 2014. I was looking for an 848 and found this for sale by a grandson of my  Dad's old golfing buddy in New Orleans and couldn't pass it up.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: stevegrab on April 12, 2016, 02:07:17 pm
I didn't grow up riding in my teens and 20s like many of you, so I didn't own or lust after these bikes. But I have been fortunate to know many local (NE Ohio) members with some of these cool bikes including an Ascot, and multiple Hawk GTs and CB-1s (I think some of those are still around). My only somewhat unique bike was probably a Bandit 600S (my first bike). When I got my 2000 CBR600F4 it was kind of rare at (then) HSTA events, as most were still riding STs, VFRs, and other stuff. More got into harder sport bikes later, when I was transition to my VFR ;)

My baptism in riding was on a somewhat rare Suzuki GS1150E that my brother owned and road me as a passenger to WSBK at Laguna Seca.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: qman8 on April 12, 2016, 03:07:07 pm
Quote from: Outlaws Justice on April 08, 2016, 11:06:44 am
So lets see some of the Cool, unique and even unusual motorcycles you have had. I am a big fan of some of the bikes that were only in production or at least in the states for a very limited time. I have owned many over the years and would still own a lot of them if money and space did not always seem to be a problem. Of course a move across the country did not help either.


Here are a few That have spent some time in my garage.


Honda Nighthawk S, I have owned six of these over the years. Only built for three years.


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A red version that I owned (Most of mine were red although I liked the blue better)


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Some of you might recognize this one, Kawasaki Eliminator, But this one is a 250cc. It was only here for four years and used the Ninja 250 engine and trans. Was pretty cool and I had two I also used them for teaching new riders.


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How about a Honda VT500 Ascot. We got it for my Nephew and after a couple years he upgraded to a nighthawk S and I ended up with the Ascot. Hard to find now days!


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Nighthawk S (700) was my first bike!   It was a great machine.  Traded that in on a 98 VFR800.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Patmo on April 12, 2016, 04:36:20 pm
Not neccessarily that rare or unusual, but I do think it's the "coolest" bike I've ever owned


2014 Triumph Thruxton
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: touringman on April 12, 2016, 08:42:13 pm
I'm more interested in the Yamaha FZ700 behind the Kawasaki!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: wardie on April 12, 2016, 10:30:43 pm
Larry Ward my older bikes  1979 KTM 400 GS , 1974 Suzuki RL 250 and my 1964 Bridgestone 60 Sport which I'll compete in during the 2016 MOTO Giro USA April 30th.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 12, 2016, 10:55:17 pm
Quote from: touringman on April 12, 2016, 08:42:13 pm
I'm more interested in the Yamaha FZ700 behind the Kawasaki!


Look at the first pic in the second thread.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: HawkGTRider on April 13, 2016, 01:07:43 am
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 10:11:51 am
1980 Suzuki GS450S. My girlfriends bike back in the mid 80s:

I have an '80 Suzuki GS450e that I've equipped with an S fairing with a matching stripe tank and tail piece. For my money, it's probably more fun per buck invested than any other bike I've ever owned. I've put about 25,000 miles on it after getting it with about 8,000. After having it for more than a decade, it still puts a smile on my face. (Thank you Mike Morris in Oklahoma for selling it to me for the price I offered even though it took two trips to get it back to Tennessee.) It's a LOT of fun running around little backroads, but I've done a couple of thousand mile days on it as well.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: wardie on April 13, 2016, 06:38:16 am
HawkGTRider those older bikes are classic. If maintained last forever. I just read an article in my Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club magazine about two guys who went and bought 79 and 80 Kawasaki and Suzuki's and after cleaning the carbs and the usual fluid changes rode them on 2,200 mile trips.

Glad you enjoy the vintage bikes.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: NinjaBob on April 13, 2016, 09:03:04 am
Quote from: HawkGTRider on April 13, 2016, 01:07:43 am
Quote from: NinjaBob on April 10, 2016, 10:11:51 am
1980 Suzuki GS450S. My girlfriends bike back in the mid 80s:

I have an '80 Suzuki GS450e that I've equipped with an S fairing with a matching stripe tank and tail piece. For my money, it's probably more fun per buck invested than any other bike I've ever owned. I've put about 25,000 miles on it after getting it with about 8,000. After having it for more than a decade, it still puts a smile on my face. (Thank you Mike Morris in Oklahoma for selling it to me for the price I offered even though it took two trips to get it back to Tennessee.) It's a LOT of fun running around little backroads, but I've done a couple of thousand mile days on it as well.
It was an awesome bike in its day. I had an e model for club racing in 85 but it got beat up pretty bad because I crashed a lot. It was hard to find good track tires for it.
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: TN2Wheeler on April 13, 2016, 04:25:58 pm
Can't recall the model year but I had one too. It was red. Great bike!
Title: Re: Cool, Unique and unusual Bikes you have had.
Post by: Outlaws Justice on April 15, 2016, 09:35:07 am
How about a Benelli Sei. A friend got it in trade, we got it running pretty easy. Engine based on the Honda CB500 four with two more cylinders added on. A lot of the Honda parts worked on it.






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