Ducati's, Triumph's and Harley's are great bikes.

Harleys are too hard to own. The other two are better. Too many Harleys are stolen.

The Modern Harley's are great the older classics were not that great over rated under powered and still a theft magnet. 

Dnarever wrote on Mar 20^th, 2022 at 7:19pm:



I love all motorcycles, but I look at a Harley and feel nothing.

What is better than buying a Ducati to restore?

My uncle left me his Honda 250Z in his will. I was 18 & rode it for two years without a licence.
luckily I was never pulled over by traffic police. I stupidly traded it in on a Norton Commando
when I got my licence. Bloody thing leaked oil like mad. Tore down the engine three times
replacing the seals before discovering the engine castings themselves were the problem.
Next came a  long list of bikes over the decades ending with a 1980 Ducati Pantah 500.
Best bike I'd ever ridden and unlike a lot of other Ducati's, totally reliable.
Recently someone tried to talk me into getting in the saddle again. Given in my 70s my
balance isn't what it used to be I've resisted the temptation.
A trike? Too embarrassing.

I've never wanted a Harley. A few rides were enough to turn me off. There's something
unsettling about the balance of those things , and all that chrome YUK.
In my dotage I sometimes sit on my front porch watching swarms of Harley's pass by.
The noise has me fantasise doing something nasty with a machine gun.

Frank wrote on Mar 21^st, 2022 at 8:05pm:

Why? So as I can take better aim at geriatric Harley riders pretending they’re speed dealers?
Not to worry, the statistics tell us a high percentage of retirees whose first bike is a Harley soon
mangle or kill themselves.

aquascoot wrote on Mar 20^th, 2022 at 7:19pm:


I've had Honda, Triumphs and a Harley.
Rode a Ducati.

The Ducati was smooth, refined, sounded beautiful.
Honda was ......... a honda.
Trumpy was great fun.
Harley was a serious mans bike.

Best bike I had was a Harry Quinn.

The Heartless Felon wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2022 at 4:57pm:



Here you are hiding away!

And to think I started a topic wondering how you were going 😂🤣😆

Sprintcyclist wrote on Mar 21^st, 2022 at 8:27pm:



Which Honda did you have sprint

Lisa Jones wrote on Mar 23^rd, 2022 at 11:58am:


REPORTED: Stalking.

aquascoot wrote on Mar 22^nd, 2022 at 6:27am:



CB750, lovely revver.
Bit heavy, smooth

Mad scientistic Allen Millyard keeps grafting more displacement and cylinders together. This siamesed 2300cc Kawasaki V-12 motorcycle his his latest wild ride.

The 41-year-old nuclear research engineer from Berkshire, west of London, has good reason to be pleased with his unique, hand-built machine. At first glance it looks almost like a standard version of the gigantic KZ1300 six that Kawasaki released in 1978/1979 in the rush toward ever larger and more powerful superbikes. But this particular machine is considerably bigger; it includes two complete KZ1300 cylinder blocks grafted together to make a 70-degree V-12.

If you know anything about Millyard and his history of building bikes, especially old-style Kawasakis with more than their original number of cylinders, the V-12 Kawasaki won't come as a complete surprise. After starting this wacky process by creating Honda V-twins using a pair of C90 and then SS50 cylinders, he produced a string of Kawasaki two-strokes with four-, five- and even six-pot powerplants based on the old air-cooled triples. Then he built an even more ambitious special, a 1600cc V-eight compiled from two four-cylinder KZ1000 engines (which we profiled in September '02).

Looks production, no? Millyard is an absolute rocket scientist (literally), doing much of the actual problem-solving in his head before getting out his various hand tools. You heard that right; he uses hacksaws and hand files to do a significant amount of the work. The resulting 2281cc 70-degree V-12, which melds nearly two Kawasaki KZ1300 mills, is an absolute engineering masterpiece.

"Modern, attention-grabbing style coupled with the street credential garnered by the name KZ1300 and you've got yourself a real...." Seriously, though, the big V-12-powered Kawasaki moves out nicely and effortlessly thanks to copious amounts of torque from the depths of the tach. And like all V-12s, it sounds sweet!

More here- https://www.motorcyclistonline.com/wild-file-homebuilt-kawasaki-2300cc-v-12-moto...

I rode a 50cc Suzuki while at Uni. Very cheap transportation. If there was a headwind I wound up having to push the damn thing.