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11-16-2009, 06:25 PM
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Super Sidecars Favourite Bike: '09 Bonnie SE
Join Date: Jul 2009
Location: Long Valley, NJ US
Posts: 76 Other Motorcycle: '07 Tiger 1050 Extra Motorcycle: Brutale 1090
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Do you feel guilty?
I do. I have the Bonneville, a Tiger 1050 and a DR650. I feel bad for the Tiger and the DR. I just don't ride them as much as I ride the Bonnie. (moreso for the DR). I don't even keep them very clean. Oh the shame...
If you have more than one bike, I'm sure you guys/gals must have a favorite - what is it? Do you feel guilty about your other bikes?
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11-16-2009, 07:49 PM
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Site Supporter SuperSport Favourite Bike: 08 Speed Triple
Join Date: Oct 2007
Location: The State of Washington
Posts: 969 Other Motorcycle: 2010 Bonneville Extra Motorcycle: 2010 FJR 1300
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11-16-2009, 08:01 PM
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Formula Extreme Favourite Bike: Thruxton
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Griffith NSW Australia
Posts: 836 Other Motorcycle: Honda NSR150sp smokey
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Originally Posted by junker
I do. I have the Bonneville, a Tiger 1050 and a DR650. I feel bad for the Tiger and the DR. I just don't ride them as much as I ride the Bonnie. (moreso for the DR). I don't even keep them very clean. Oh the shame...
If you have more than one bike, I'm sure you guys/gals must have a favorite - what is it? Do you feel guilty about your other bikes?
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Nice choices
I have a Thruxton and a dr650, There's a triumph demo day at the local shop and I'm thinking of taking test rides on the tiger and street triple. I normaly share the rides pretty evenly and make sure each gets a ride at least every 2 weeks to keep them all ticking over
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11-16-2009, 08:15 PM
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Grand Prix 500 Favourite Bike: '09 Bonneville SE
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: Los Angeles
Posts: 136 Other Motorcycle: Suzuki Burgman Extra Motorcycle: Honda Sabre
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My other bike is a super scooter (Burgman). I know everyone loves to hate scooters but the poor thing is a work horse. It handles all the chores and lugs back the groceries, garden supplies, hardware and everything else I load it up with.
Meanwhile Bonnie spent the weekend in Malibu playing in the canyons and sunning on the beach.
How can I not feel guilty?
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11-16-2009, 08:40 PM
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Site Supporter Formula Extreme Favourite Bike: 2007 Bonneville T100
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: Royal Oak, MI
Posts: 718 Other Motorcycle: Soon. Extra Motorcycle: 73 TR6 (okay, it's a car)
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For the last ten years or so, I've always had two - one being something interesting and/or project, one daily rider. I had a nice old white-framed Duc 900 SS, which was a perfect polar opposite. Alas, shortly after getting the Bonnie, I was riding it a lot more, and decided I could use the money and offed the Duc.
Been looking for #2 - had my eye on a really nice Caspian Blue Daytona this morning.
It's a sickness.
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11-16-2009, 08:49 PM
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Powerbike Favourite Bike: two wheeled
Join Date: Jan 2008
Location: rectum of the world
Posts: 325 Other Motorcycle: Bonneville black Extra Motorcycle: thumper
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My Bonnie is my only ride now. Have a 78 SR500 & 91 VFR750F. Both need to be freshened up but putting three Others through school on a fixed income has delayed that for now. Someday soon, I hope to get started on them. Not so much guilt as disappointment is how I feel. Once they are back on the road, they will get ridden too.
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11-16-2009, 08:59 PM
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SuperSport Favourite Bike: 04 Thruxton
Join Date: May 2008
Location: Mill Valley (Bay Area)
Posts: 1,095 Other Motorcycle: BMW F800S
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The FXD (15,000 kms) and the R100S (160,000 kms) are in Aust in long term storage whilst the Thrux (15,000 miles) is the weekend bike and the K12RS (42,000 miles) is the commuter. All bikes purchased from mates or purchased used. By far the most exciting bike to ride is the Thurx, the most character is the R100, the 'do anything' bike is the K12RS.
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Last edited by Aussiematt; 11-16-2009 at 09:20 PM.
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11-17-2009, 02:51 PM
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Site Supporter Pole Position Favourite Bike: 98 Thunderbird
Join Date: Jun 2002
Location: Surrey, UK
Posts: 4,098 Other Motorcycle: 03 Speedmaster
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I feel guilty just for owning three bikes, not for favouring any one of them. It seems greedy somehow.
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11-17-2009, 03:07 PM
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SuperSport Favourite Bike: MV 750 Sport 1972
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Colne Lancashire UK
Posts: 1,224 Other Motorcycle: tiger 1050 Extra Motorcycle: Moto Guzzi Falcone
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 My other bike is my lovely old Guzzi Falcone. I know I don't ride it as often as I should, which is weird, cos it's great fun. I will try to get out on it a bit more next year with some of my mates, who have gone and bought old Brit clunkers. Should be a laugh, and with a top speed of 70mph, safer too!
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11-17-2009, 03:40 PM
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Grand Prix 125 Favourite Bike: '09 Triumph Scrambler
Join Date: May 2009
Location: Tennessee
Posts: 32 Other Motorcycle: Kawasaki KX 250
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I have three and the Scrambler gets ridden the most. I'm trying to sell my SV, so I only ride it enough to keep it in shape. A torn ACL has kept me off of my dirt bike for most of the past year.
However, winter is approaching and the ACL is healed. I'm pretty sure I'll be favoring the dirt bike for the next 4 or 5 months.
No guilt here.
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