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If you could have any motorcycle, what would it be

Discussion in 'Other Racing' started by dretceterini, Jun 15, 2009.

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  1. dretceterini

    dretceterini F1 Veteran

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    For me the 1955 MV Augusta V8 500cc monster
     
  2. wax

    wax Five Time F1 World Champ
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  3. SMS

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  4. oss117

    oss117 F1 Rookie

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    You should really qualify your question.
    What would be the purpose of this motorcycle?
    - Collector item
    - Every day use
    - Tracking
    - Other
    There are so many types around and usually, a bike that is excellent in one category, is more often than not, impractical in another.
     
  5. tundraphile

    tundraphile F1 Veteran

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    Desmosedici RR
     
  6. BIGHORN

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  7. Choptop

    Choptop F1 Rookie

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    this may sound odd...

    but I'd like a first series Katana.

    a high school aged Choptop walked into a Suzuki dealership when the bike first came out and I was blown away.
     
  8. 2000YELLOW360

    2000YELLOW360 F1 World Champ

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    I just got what I've wanted for a while: a track bike that is essentially user friendly: SV1000. Ex-Team Emgo bike, very quick, but not a handful like the GSXR1000 that I'd been using for a track bike. Should be a fun bike for the track, will find out at Thunderhill next Monday.....

    Art
     
  9. Steveny360

    Steveny360 F1 Veteran

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    An old Indian with a wood frame. I happen to know where there is one too, brand new in the crate, NEVER opened. The same guy has about 30 bikes in his barn, some of them like the Indian was never opened up. There are only a handful of those Indian bikes ever produced. I think it was built before 1900 or right around there. The guys grandfather was a dealer and he closed up shop but never sold off inventory. The owner of the treasures is currently 86.
     
  10. GuyIncognito

    GuyIncognito Nine Time F1 World Champ
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    wow, that's awesome! I know a lot of Harley guys who bought 100th anniversary bikes a few years back and never uncrated them...but a bike from the turn of the last century?!?

    to answer the OP's question, its a long list but I think the Desmosedici RR is at the top for me.
     
  11. Steveny360

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    This guy didn't plan on saving any of this stuff it just happened. That is usually the stuff that has value later on, the unplanned retention of items. He has a few Harley's too. There is one I would love to have. It was actually used for a bit, broke and then was stuffed in the same barn. As the story goes the owner of the bike took it back to have it repaired then never returned. This barn is HUGE and it's full of stuff like that. Austin Healeys, Triumph's, MG's, Jaguar, the motorcycles, etc. The house has been in the same family for generations. The grandfather, father, and son all went to A LOT of auctions. I found a lot of first print VERY old books in the library. It's not what some may think. There is NO organization at all, just piles of crap everywhere. It's my mothers boyfriend of 30 years. He told me on Saturday he took a bunch of old VW stuff to the scrap yard.
     
  12. aquapuss

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    I didn't even know such a thing exists, I thought it was a Moto Guzzi.
     
  13. dretceterini

    dretceterini F1 Veteran

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    Just one motorcycle, to use as one pleases...
     
  14. dretceterini

    dretceterini F1 Veteran

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    You are right; brain fade. It was a Guzzi
     
  15. Choptop

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    wow... if he needs help "saving" anything else before it goes to the crusher... let me know.
     
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  17. FFOUR

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    MV Agusta F4 CC, to join my current F4. A stable of them would be nice.
     
  18. ferrariguy

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    For me an Aprilia RSV 1000R Factory
     
  19. Forexpreneur

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    Ducati 888 SP3. Used to have an 888 SP1. The handling on that bike is mystical.
     
  20. texasmr2

    texasmr2 Two Time F1 World Champ
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    Kawasaki H2 750 and a Honda CBX for nastalgic reason's.
     
  21. PSk

    PSk F1 World Champ

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    Ducati (Bevel) Supersport I think ... actually after recently riding a 2000 750S I'm very impressed with the belt driven engine.

    Pete
     
  22. DeSoto

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    A little Honda XBR500.

    Yep, that´s enough for me.
     
  23. tundraphile

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    Donelson Cycles in St. Louis still has an SP3 that they have never sold since new. I have always wanted an SP seat with the cutout for the tank bolt for my 851 Strada.
     
  24. alvestia

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    Nothing is better than a Vespa....
     
  25. oss117

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    To do everything with a resonable amount of fun, today I would probably pick the new Moto Guzzi 8 valve Griso.
     

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