slowrollwv Posted March 19, 2019 Share #26 Posted March 19, 2019 Well for me there is two that I would like to have back. #1 is a Bridgestone 350 GTO, #2 is the KZ 1000 that I stripped down to run at the drag strip. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRIDR Posted March 19, 2019 Share #27 Posted March 19, 2019 (edited) Naked '83 Honda Goldwing. Bought ours new in '84 for $4,000 CAD. Rode it across the Continent from Windsor/Detroit area, down to LA, up to Vcr, and back home FIVE times with only a bug catcher 'shield and throw-over bags. NEVER let us down. Sadly, the charger couldn't keep up with the draw of added Passing Lamps. Took a lonnnng time to figure out what the problem was. We let it go to a mechanic-Type, and he quickly figured out what the problem was. Color us STOOPID. Rgds, WRIDR Edited March 20, 2019 by WRIDR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandyR Posted March 19, 2019 Share #28 Posted March 19, 2019 I'm really liking the 900cc Vulcan v-twin I bought last year. But looking back, historically, I'd have to choose the '68 Triumph 650cc Trophy that I bought while in college after getting out of the Army. long story. This was the second Triumph I owned having had a very-used 500cc scrambler for a short while that was a maintenance headache. The 650 Trophy needed a little work to get it going, but I had rebuilt the 500cc twice in the year I had it, so I had most of the Whitworth tools and was familiar with the engines which were the same except for the bore (heads and cylinder jugs). That 650 Trophy had belonged to a Marine who had been killed in Vietnam. It had sat for a couple of years and was being sold by a friend of his for the Marine's mother. So that bike always had a special meaning for me. I rode it around Missouri, back and forth to Texas, and then to Georgia while I was there (now here) for Army National Guard training. Finally trailering it up to Maryland where I had taken a new job. It was then ridden all over the east coast until it was damaged in a parking lot accident (outside my apartment one night while parked). It never ran right after that. I always meant to take the time to restore it, but didn't. After my move to Georgia, where I live now, I advertised it for sale along with a Triumph 650 Bonneville on a company computer bulletin board, and they were bought (for him and his son) by a fellow in Sweden who did a perfect restoration. He sent me the pictures of the restored bikes about 2 years later. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Create an account or sign in to comment
You need to be a member in order to leave a comment
Create an account
Sign up for a new account in our community. It's easy!
Register a new accountSign in
Already have an account? Sign in here.
Sign In Now