Previous Bikes.

[nolton]

Took my Thunderbird on the weekend Poker Run . I was the self appointed traffic stopper so the pack could get through intersections in one go. Had a f#cking hoot screaming up to the front of the pack to block the next corner. Thunderbird feels like a dirtbike compaired to the Rocket.

Yea mate. I've been looking at them enough. I really want one, just not ready for another note.

 

[HansO]

At times two or three in the garage at a time, in roughtly the right owership order
1968 Ducati single awesome learners bike
Yamaha Dt360a
Kawka Ke175
Yamaha Dt250c ported with a Whispering Smith Camber pipe
Yamaha XT 500 first model first one in the ACT
Yamaha Rd250
YamahaRd350 with Expansion Cambers
Yamaha XS 650d last model before the specials great reliable tourer many klm's
yl125yamaha picked up for $50 to comute while waiting on delivery of XS650
Laverda 1000 jota 180 crank with 3 into 1 racing pipe no baffles
Kawka Z1 900 with 980 hi comp yoshi kit
Yamaha Dt175 Monoshock ported to the extremeby me toy bike never registered had bto fit new base gasket every outing side port wall a wee bit thin
YamahaXS 750 triple heap of ****e
Honda xl 250 heap of ****
Honda 750 african twin slow slug
Kawka GPX 900 awesome old girl
Honda VFR800 had some awesome times till I cartwheeled her at 140klm/h(90mp/h)
Honda ST1100 O'l faithfull done many Klm on her, still have the old girl but will sell her one day

 

[bruce aussie]

Honda 50 minibike 3 speed gearbox centrifcal clutch I was 7years old in 1970
Yamaha GT 80 proper little trail bike about 1975
Yamaha YZ125 C first bike I paid for 1977
Triumph 1969 TR6 Trophy 1978 rode this bike for 12 months before I got my learners
Bultaco 250 Alpina needed a 250 to ride on L and P plates in Oct 1979
Triumph 1972 TR6 Tiger 1980
Yamaha YZ 125 G 1980 first new bike 1 year serious MX raceing
Kawasaki Z1000J 1981 open licence
Suzuki GS1100G 1982 my first shaft drive
Suzuki EFE1135 1985 I wrote that off head on with an XD Falcon wagon
Honda CB750 4 trike
Suzuki GS1000S 1985
HD Softail 1990 had this bike for 20 years cost $14750 sold it for $14700
Chinese pocket bike to hang on shed wall
Triumph R3R 2010

 

[Rocket Scientist]

Oh hell, I forgot about dirtbikes.

57 Cushman Scooter
?? Zanella 125 (Made in Argentina)
70 Kawasaki 175 enduro ya right at 300+ lbs.
71 Kawasaki 100 Green Streak factory race bike (18.5 horse power)
62 Honda 305 Super Hawk made into dirt bike
74 TM 400 Suzuki (**** suspension, but man would it go) just about climb trees with it !
76 RM 370 all Fox suspension. Didn't have the grunt like the TM
76 CL 360 Honda, converted to long travel suspension. Fairly decent dirt bike you could beat on for years and not have to work on it.

 

[TOMCAT]

So what !!!!! ... is everyone else ' mid-life-crisis 'types that have just gone out and ' joined the lifestyle ' or whatever crap Harley advertising comes up with to sell bikes to middle aged men !!! Man , come on , you can't have owned anything worse than some of the previous posters joking !!!

 

[CanberraR3]

My list is pretty boring I started riding in 2007 .... And my first and only bike is my 2007 rocket iii classic tourer

You learnt to ride on a Rocket?

 

[mexican]

You learnt to ride on a Rocket?

If he did, he has balls of steel

 

[Izzo2]

When you start riding later in life you want to ride the ultimate while you still can. I started riding about that time too (But I put in a couple years on a Bonnie first).

 

[Evil Mitch]

I pretty much learned to ride on the rocket only did 10000 ks between the two shadows wrote one off then went straight to a rocket and never looked back


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[T Evans]

01 Kawasaki 1500 I bought new
99 Road King classic, sold the Kawy after 2 months.
Several Harleys in between.
01 Boss Hoss 350 sb from 02 to 07 longest I ever owned a bike and the kewlest also.
01 Valk Interstate
06 Triumph Rocket Classic.
Had to sell the Boss because of money issues back in 07. The Rocket is the closest thing I can find for the money that gives me that feel of torque when you twist on it. I will have another one day when I can afford it again but until then the Rocket is as close as it gets for me. I know there are faster bikes out there but not many I can find with as much torque as the Rocket.


I totally rebuilt this bike with stretched gas tank, custom fenders and paint with lots of new chrome and that shiny NOS bottle hanging on the side. You cant describe the feeling to be rolling along at 20 mph and hammer it then hit that NOS button. Cant describe it, you just have to experience it.


My current ride with triple K&N's, removed butterflies, custom Tuneboy map with a Power Commander stacked on top of that and dialed in on a dyno.