Anything you want, what bike would you get?

[dubtac]

The one bike I want to have next to my Guzzi would be a vintage cb1000 fully restored.

[MGPilot]

Did some reading about the new Brough Superior SS100. Seems like it's a little more like a lifestyle accessory than a fully sorted, refined riding instrument. Makes the Motus at half the price seem better.

But with all our reliability, we've also lost something. Used to be you had to know the secret ritual that would get your bike to run. Now anyone can simply turn the key.

Of course, you also used to meet a lot of people on the side of the road while you waited for help to get a part or truck it home.

Hm.

[segesta]

I'm flipping through my enormous "Art of the Motorcycle" coffee table book, and you know what? I'd rather have a Moto Guzzi 750S3 more than any of them.

[jbell]

Second time I've seen this thread come up.  After long and careful consideration I'll just stick with my current stable, 2 running  & 1 project.  I think it's more fun in the "wanting" and less fun in the "having", for me.  I don't ride enough as it is and though I keep a keen eye on the local Craig's List and see bikes I'd like to have and can actually afford, there's always a new that comes along next week.  Though I might build a sumptuous, well tooled garage to putz around in if I had all that money.

[pikipiki]

PERAVES MONOTRACER

Let's face it I probably never see one never mind own one.
Is it even a bike. One things for sure if I had one I'd probably find time to used it a lot, so that's my choice.

[charlie b]

Money is no object, then kinda like a Jay Leno garage, the mechanic and parts and chase vehicle come with the bike  :)

Any bike with a Vincent engine.  Norvin would be nice.  Not cafe bike.

Flathead Harley

Indian 4cyl

Road King with sidecar

BMW K1600GT or Honda VFR1200 with custom fairing

And I'd keep my T5  :)

PS forgot.  I'd get an electric bike.  Whatever is the newest, bestest at the time.

[cookiemech]

Been resisting replying to this one, because it would sound as though I just had too many bikes . . .

If there were something else out there I wanted, I would buy it. There's not.

What I would really like to do is to downsize, but since I don't dislike anything I own, it's difficult.

Eight bikes.

1994 K75RT - This bike took me to work for 11 winters. I rode it many days I should not have, but riding to work was usually the high point of my day (hated my job for nearly 36 years, and now I am retired!) Never once let me down, and never tried to dump me in the ditch, regardless of ice or snow conditions. It has earned a place in my garage, forever. Only bike I ever named, because naming bikes or cars is stupid (they are just machines, right?) It is "Friend".

1995 K75 - Same bike as the previous, sans fairing. It was always my "warm weather, but rain or foul weather" bike. I think that the early BMW K bikes were the best that they ever built. Or ever will. I rode that one on days it was raining so hard I couldn't see the instruments. Stupid. Yeah, I know.

2000 BMW R1100RT - Nice, powerful, long-distance bike. Took it to the west coast in 2001 and it was terrific. Wish it had cruise control, but it doesn't, and it appears very difficult to add it. I'd replace it with an R1200RT, but every time I read about the recalls ("DO NOT RIDE"), and just look at the ugly things, I say no. Again, only negative for me is the lack of cruise control, which is a problem for arthritic hands.

2003 MG Aluminium - Very pretty. Impulse purchase. Non-motorcycling friends say it's the prettiest thing in my garage. Can't take it seriously for more than a couple of hours' ride. If it went away, it would be OK.

2007 Road King - Now you're talking. On a nice day, no more pleasant bike on the planet to me. Flame me. Hate me. Don't care. Totally stock (except for comfort stuff, like seat and bars). No loud pipes. Sounds great the way it is. So comfortable and so satisfying to ride. Love looking at it. It's well built and it's reliable. I resisted buying one of the Motor Company's bikes for years because of the baggage, until I quit caring. I even wear a full-face helmet, full leathers, and high-viz vest. Sue me.

2009 Ultra - Long distance, no competition (again, obviously, for me). Oh, God. Like sitting in the living room, listening to the stereo through the helmet headphones. Hit the cruise. Punch the destination in the Zumo. Make sure you have enough gas. Done. Doesn't hurt any part of my body. Rode to Arizona and back in 2013 and was never sore.

2009 KLR 650 - Most fun per dollar of any motorcycle I've owned. Can use full throttle without danger in any way. Works on gravel roads. It's mostly plastic. Doesn't care if it's waxed. Runs like a Japanese bike. And that's a good thing.

2014 Ducati Monster 1200 - Stupid amount of power. Not too uncomfortable. Did I say "Stupid amount of power"? Gorgeous. I could be talked out of this one. I am not competent to use more than 10% of what it has to offer. Bought it as a retirement gift to myself.

Gotta stop buying bikes. If I were to buy more, I'd start with a Piaggio BV350 scooter. Oh, they're gorgeous! I like them in silver with a dark red seat. Then, maybe, a Honda CB1100.

[MAC]

Motus,more grunt please!

[steamdriven NZ]

NTX 750. Yes, really.
In the white and blue please.   

[TobyJug]

How about an updated V50/V65?

[v7john]

I don't need much cash. Just not got any!

I want a Guzzi Superalce. Weird, I know but, that's what I want.

[blackcat]

Street legal, de-tuned MGS-01

[Furbo]

NTX 750. Yes, really.
In the white and blue please.   

Here ya go!

http://www.moto.it/moto-usate/moto-guzzi/ntx-750/ntx-750/6041867

[steven c]

 My Buell Uly if they had more time to develop it, gallon more gas, ABS, fix the heat issues and other little annoying things maybe a little more wind protection and keep it under 500lbs. Or if Guzzi came out with a mid size Stelvio that would work.

[Furbo]

I'm easy to please,

Would really love to have another Laverda 750, or a 72-73 Guzzi 850GT.

Some day....someday....I'm gonna get a HD 45.

Either of which I could easily buy tomorrow....but I got too much stuff already....so...

[MRLost]

First choice - 1988 Bimota YB4 - The racing version of this bike won the World Superbike Championship in 1987.

Second choice - 1993 Ducati Supermono - Weighs 247 pounds. Do I need to say more?

Third choice - 1981 Bimota KB2 - The legendary designer Massimo Tamburini made a special copy of this bike for himself.

cookiemech ... If my legs were three inches longer, I would still own my factory yellow 1994 BMW K75s. Smoothest engine ever.

[cookiemech]

cookiemech ... If my legs were three inches longer, I would still own my factory yellow 1994 BMW K75s. Smoothest engine ever.

When it comes to just "getting the job done", I've never experienced anything better than the K75 engine. They are all business!

But it seems to me that the ergonomics are all wrong. I'm relatively tall (6' 1"), but can't ride either of my K75s comfortably for more than an hour or two, despite seat modifications. The bar/seat dimensions seem OK, but the seat/peg dimensions are bad.

Glad I have other bikes to ride.

[Loftness]

I'd go one of two ways:

a)  Someone else is fronting this purchase so I'd go for something I'd never, ever spend my own money on.  Something like a Harley Street Glide or similar.

b)  Someone else is fronting this purchase so I'd go for something old and classic that is now way overpriced for what it actually is.  Something like a metallic blue Le Mans 850.

[Arizona Wayne]

Most of all, harking back to my racing days, a Yamaha RZ350 (also known as a RD350LC).

Next to it in my dream garage...

- Suzuki RE5 (with the original instrument cluster)
- Ariel Square 4
- Suzuki DRZ400-SM (the one I had to sell)
- Hodaka Combat Wombat, or a Super Combat, or (best of all) a 250cc Road Toad
- Vincent Black Shadow
- MGS-01

And the modern bikes...

- Aprilia Tuono
- Aprilia Caponord Rally
- MG Stelvio NTX (roller)
- Indian Chief (likely the Chieftain)
- One of the new small (sub 400cc) sportsbikes, I just can't decide which one

Suzuki RE5s are still available in their original crates.   If you're serious, Call Suzuki HQ. 


I don't need or have room for another bike, but I've always liked the looks of a clean red Ducati 851.   

[750S3]

1976 Ducati 900SS desmo

[Rox]

If anything I would have to go custom. I would have a Lemans made from a Griso..
Vintage it would be an 850 Lemans or a cx100( a bunch of you are already living this. I envy you)..

If a production bike would probably be an MV Agusta Bol D Oro..

If a realistic within my means a Suzuki 1200ss Japan import or a Yamaha XJR1300Racer. Just something about these new big bore Japanese 4s that are bad ass... Can't put my finger on it.

[Canada72]

1986 Suzuki RG500 Walter Wolf edition and
a 1000cc Moto Guzzi custom built by Axel Budde of
Kaffeemaschine.

I have room in my garage for both!