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Bike you wanted but never bought...

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MikeP996:
I thought I'd start this following on the "1984" best bike thread.

So what's the "best" (in your mind) bike you wanted at the time but never bought?  For me it is the 1978 Honda CBX!  I actually got close to owning one around 1986.  I lived in Alaska and a friend had a '78 CBX and was considering trading me the CBX for my Honda V45 Sabre and some cash.  We went out one day and exchanged bikes back/forth and he sadly decided to keep the CBX.  I had an opportunity then to buy a later model CBX but Honda had turned it into more of a tourer and I was not interested.  I could find/buy a '78 now but I think it's too heavy for my much older self!  I figure 225kg/500lbs to be my current "limit" (and prefer much lighter).  The '78 CBX is 272kg/600lbs :(

Antietam Classic Cycle:
'83 Laverda RGA Jota w/Slater Brothers fairing and three-into-one exhaust. Wanted it so bad, but the weight and height were an issue.



 

MikeP996:
Yeah, I forgot, I wanted a Jota 1000 too... ;)

Tusayan:
Lots of Laverda ambitions….

Mine was a Laverda SFC 1000, almost impossible to find it the US which is part of the appeal, but I bought one this year  :grin:

yrunvs:
1972 Norton.

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