Introduce here the one of your bikes that always will be the favorite.

[Number One]

It has style and soul but I've never felt connected to it

Bit of UHU will fix that

seriously though I do get ya! I have only felt 'connected' to three of the bikes I've owned over the years and one of them I don't miss because it was far too gutless anyway

[FROSTY:Me]

1984 Yamaha XJ 900 seca. White with red and blue stripes. I nicknamed it ICE

I bought the bike in late 84 with 8000km on the clock.
I fitted a set of stainless mufflers,Koni rear shocks,progressive front springs and put SBS pads in the front.
I think I did about 100000km on that beasty and it never let me down.
I used it for commuting,tried a bit of drag racing,Touring,backroad scratching,I even in a fit of insanity raced it once at bay park back when we could do graded class racing
Back then the GPZ900 ninja was king of the heap with the gixxer750 slabbies still not really available to the general public.
The bike was able to keep up with about anything I rode with.
Fond memories of some bloody good time we shared

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

The one I am riding...

[Blackbird]

The Ducati Elite I had in the UK 35 years ago was my dream project. Not many people will have heard of them, so I've attached a picture (not my actual bike, sadly). I still think it has the sexiest shaped tank of any bike before or since. In stock form, it was fairly unremarkable, around 85 mph from a 200cc engine.

However, I shoe-horned the Triumph twin motor from my drag bike into it to turn it into a road-going special. Quite a bit of work including changing the drive chain to the other side, getting some beautiful alloy engine plates made by drag racer Alf Hagon, high level exhaust pipes like the early 70's Triumph 500 factory racers and a half fairing similar to the early Ducati 900ss. Made a single racing seat from glass fibre and polystyrene.

Here's the sad bit. Most of the major engineering was done but it needed a good 6 months of detailed finishing. We decided to emigrate to NZ and I sold it as a project bike in the UK. I don't know if it was ever finished off or not but is genuinely the only regret I've had in 40+ years of motorcycling. If I only had a magic lamp to rub....

[BMWST?]

havent had a bike for a while but honestly i loved every bike i had....i cant pick a favourite they all had something special for me...
honda cl 175,yamaha dt3,honda cb 500,yamaha sr 500(didnt like that one so much)yamaha xs 750e,Honda cb900x2,kawasaki Z1000J,Ducati 900 s2,BMW k 100 rs,yamaha fz 750...sigh,I miss them all

[piston broke]

loved my old '74 cb400 four.it was a bike you could put anywhere,when it was pegged you knew it was low.i fully rebuilt it,powdercoated frame,all crome redone,new paint,fully rebuilt engine that the mechanic told me the first ride to get it into second and see how many rev's i could pull,got 14k rpm out of it,after that 14 was sweet,only used to do 10'ish before rebuild.
amazing brakes for it's time too.once had a 14 stone pillion,pulling up to a roundabout at speed and had the rear bouncing.(very young and VERY silly).
sadly it was stolen, taken down to the river thrashed,jumped bent to buggery.lovin the duc tho

[Pussy]

The one I am riding...

Same for me... just been for a scoot on the sem fiddy, and thought to myself when I got home.."there is no better bike for me!"

[Katman]

Spent 20 years dreaming of owning mine.

[martybabe]

Same for me... just been for a scoot on the sem fiddy, and thought to myself when I got home.."there is no better bike for me!"

Yep, it looks like a happy union.

[Conquiztador]

I was really hoping for a short story re who she is and perhaps a pic.

The: "Yeah, the one I have now" does nuffing for me. C'mon, U can do better than that!!!

[Pussy]

Yep, it looks like a happy union.

Thanks, Marty! Gassit Girl and I swapped notes when I got home... she feels the same way about her sem fiddy

[Bonez]

You poor dear.

Well some of us still own THE bike. My '76 CB550F(first bike I pulled the engine down and rebuilt) still puts a smile on my dial every time I fire it up so does the GB for that matter. Pics are in my attachments.

[terbang]

One of my current bikes a Cagiva Navigator. Powered by the awesome TL1000 engine, it takes me everywhere and is one of the nicest handling bikes I´ve ever owned. Picture tells it all.

[Conquiztador]

You poor dear.

Well some of us still own THE bike. My '76 CB550F(first bike I pulled the engine down and rebuilt) still puts a smile on my dial every time I fire it up so does the GB for that matter. Pics are in my attachments.

Thats all cool. But to expect ppl to be so interested in you that they visit your profile? Why not attach them here? Or is that asking too much??

[Bonez]

Thats all cool. But to expect ppl to be so interested in you that they visit your profile? Why not attach them here? Or is that asking too much??

Whats a few mouse clicks?