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Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 16 2011, 10:30 AM

I always dreamed to have a Harley. Bare in mind I'm not that familiar with bikes, but this just looks cool to me man





What is your dream bike?

Posted by: Chris Evans Aug 16 2011, 10:39 AM

haha you kidding I love motorcycles!!

More of a sports bike nut though.

my dream bike? hmm, not sure I have an ultimate dream bike, my next bike I think will probably be this BMW S1000rr



but heres my current bike, Honda CBR600rr

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 16 2011, 10:49 AM

Wooow, thats awesome man, you're lucky to have that bike

Posted by: Bossie Aug 16 2011, 11:29 AM

Hello

I'v been riding since i was 18 years old..i don't even have a licence for a car.Thankfully my girlfriend does all the 4 wheel stuff..

Here's my motorcycle history.....suzuki intruder 750( stolen),Yamaha TRX850( X2), Honda VTR1000 firestorm, Honda VTR1000SP2,
Honda CBR 1000(X2)....

Winter and summer ..always on 2 wheels!!

Ciaoo

Posted by: Chris Evans Aug 16 2011, 12:13 PM

cool, any pics of your bikes?

Posted by: Finny Aug 16 2011, 12:32 PM

Dreambike would be a Hayabusa turbo;)
Current bikes are Suzuki 700 Intruder and Yamaha FZ6S

Posted by: Bossie Aug 16 2011, 12:34 PM

Only some analogs ..i'm not much of a photographer.I had some great pictures of my CBR's and VTR's but lost them on a harddrive crash.
Thinking about scanning my old ones one day....

The weirdest anekdote in all those years (besides some nasty accidents) was crashing into an owl at night that flew straight to my headlight...it was a massive blow !
My bike and myself were completely covered in blood...my friends reckoned i slayered somebody


Here's a pic of my winter bike ...115000km on the clock

Posted by: Ivan Milenkovic Aug 16 2011, 01:16 PM

For the winter? Isn't it cold to drive it around in winter time (or slippery)?

Posted by: Bossie Aug 16 2011, 01:24 PM

Well it is cold ...i have special clothing for it ...last 2 winter have been extreme really with lots of snow and ice here so it's not rideable ofcours.The coldest temperature i did was -12° but dry...then you're glad to arrive at work

Harley's are a lot of people's dream..ofcours there are great japanese alternatives outthere...

The BMW S1000RR is my dream bike too...

Posted by: Chris Evans Aug 16 2011, 01:43 PM

I really love the BMW, huge amounts of cash though, maybe one day, a few years perhaps, I`ve only just got the Honda this year so I ought to get some fun out of that first

I did do away with a car towards the end of last year and bought a winter hack, a Suzuki SV650S, but yea, we had probably the worst winter for a long time, my wife ended up taking me to work a lot of the time due to snow and ice & I caved the early part of this year and sold the SV and bought a car again and gone back to being a fair weather rider only the rain I dont mind, the clothing is good enough to keep you dry, but it was the really cold wet days that did me in the end

Posted by: Daniel Realpe Aug 16 2011, 03:55 PM

man, those are some nice bikes! I might start falling in love with these machines

Posted by: Gabriel Leopardi Aug 16 2011, 04:18 PM

I like to see them but I don't like to ride them... I have many friends that had accidents with motorcycles...

Posted by: Adrian Figallo Aug 16 2011, 04:21 PM

same here gab, i love how they look, but i'm a bit scared of them too

Posted by: playaxeman Aug 16 2011, 05:57 PM

Hi

My current bike is BMW K1200 RS:



Like to ride this one: BMW 1300S



Love my ride.

Hi Chris
Great Honda, nice colors

Great new choose that BMW S1000RR saw it on the road today: awesome bike!!

Posted by: Chris Evans Aug 16 2011, 08:18 PM

nice bike!

I like the BMW bikes in general, they are pretty pricey but I`m guessing you get what you pay for

It`ll be a while before I change the Honda but I`m aspiring to the BMW next.

Gab & Adrian, yea, totally understand, as like others here I`m sure, I`ve had one quite bad accident on a bike which did actually put me off riding for nearly 16 years, I was incredibly lucky to get up and walk away with just bruising but the bug to get another bike never went away, I actually only started riding again just over two years ago, now I`m totally hooked again!!

Posted by: Sensible Jones Aug 16 2011, 09:11 PM

Current Bikes:-
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Posted by: fkalich Aug 16 2011, 10:11 PM

1+. I had one once, for about a year. The thing about them, is that you are at the mercy of people doing foolish things on the road, you are totally vulnerable to them, and there is nothing you can do to defend yourself. People do a lot of stupid things on the road.

Now I used to ride a bicycle a lot, 30-40 mile rides for fun, on state highways a great deal. But you can ride safely on a bicycle, you can protect yourself in all situations really if you know what you are doing. You can't protect yourself on a motorcycle from some old lady coming to a stop at a stop sign, and then proceeding to plow into you as you pass by (as once happened to me in a car).

Posted by: Bossie Aug 16 2011, 10:52 PM

I'm very very cautious these days..almost ridiculously cautious.I had some nasty accidents ....i never want one again!

Posted by: thefireball Aug 17 2011, 03:19 AM

I haven't ridden one before, but a friend of ours has a 1000 hp bike, much like the white one Chris Evans shared. It's black though. He revved it up for me and my brother. He let us sit on it as though we were driving it, kickstand down. There's no feathering the throttle. He said he's got it up to about 175 mph (282 kph), but didn't want to go any faster because the front end felt a little loose.

I don't think I'll ever get into bikes or motorcycles. I'm not a risk taker. I've heard of so many accidents on them. Yes, I know the car has a potential to crash too. But...just saying, if you hit gravel on a turn.........

Posted by: JamesT Aug 17 2011, 06:17 AM

I love em. Yeah, you've got to be careful for sure.
Here's a picture of my old bike. I sold it a couple of years ago after 17000 miles of pure freedom . I mostly rode for recreation and not transportation so I guess I couldn't justify having it around anymore. Maybe someday I'll get another.

Posted by: Sinisa Cekic Aug 17 2011, 03:03 PM

I love motorcycles, but what I'd like to ride is too expensive!