Topic: Show us your ride (Read 11614 times)

Ivophoto · « **on:** October 20, 2018, 11:30:07 am »

What’s your favorite ride?
...

Here’s mine

Triumph Bonneville T120

KLaban · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2018, 12:28:25 pm »

Takes me back to the 60s when I used to go to Brands Hatch and Crystal Palace to watch the production bike races. The Triumphs used to have the best engines but invariably used to end up throwing it down the road whereas the Nortons kept it upright but weren't as quick. The best of both worlds were the Tritons, Norton featherbed frames and Triumph Bonnie engines.

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #2 on:** October 20, 2018, 01:09:10 pm »

Not my ride now, but when I had it, it was certainly my fave. Royal Enfield Bullet 350.
On the road in North India in the early 80s.

Also, this. BMW R90/6 Delightful. Unbreakable.
Except for that one time when the clutch grenaded, stranding me in Wyoming.

Rob C · « **Reply #3 on:** October 20, 2018, 01:17:31 pm »

Quote from: Peter McLennan on October 20, 2018, 01:09:10 pm

Not my ride now, but when I had it, it was certainly my fave. Royal Enfield Bullet 350.
On the road in North India in the early 80s.

Also, this. BMW R90/6 Delightful. Unbreakable.
Except for that one time when the clutch grenaded, stranding me in Wyoming.

The entire two-wheeled lunacy is forgiven on the strength of that beautiful b/w tonality; those rocks look magnificent!

Rob

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #4 on:** October 20, 2018, 01:23:11 pm »

Thanks, Rob. 6X7 Pentax, FP4.

Ivophoto · « **Reply #5 on:** October 20, 2018, 01:24:39 pm »

Quote from: Peter McLennan on October 20, 2018, 01:23:11 pm

Thanks, Rob. 6X7 Pentax, FP4.

Ha, the Hernia. That’s me second favorite ride.

Telecaster · « **Reply #6 on:** October 20, 2018, 04:43:37 pm »

Here's mine.

It may look pedestrian but it's a stealth hot rod. Turbo diesel engine, recently modified by Volkswagen to properly conform to US emissions standards. The modified engine not only gets the same fuel mileage as before, it does this with even better performance! (What a fiasco: VW has ended up killing its diesel auto business for the sake of…nothing. Stoopidity at its worst.) It's 8 years old, and I intend to keep it for as long as I can.

-Dave-

Rand47 · « **Reply #7 on:** October 20, 2018, 06:20:55 pm »

My last ride before I packed it in on sport touring:

Route 1, South of Carmel, CA

My knee replacement surgeon said I could still ride, but that I couldn't crash and bend my metal knees. Discretion and all that . . .

Rand

Ivophoto · « **Reply #8 on:** October 21, 2018, 01:43:09 am »

Quote from: Telecaster on October 20, 2018, 04:43:37 pm

Here's mine. It may look pedestrian but it's a stealth hot rod. Turbo diesel engine, recently modified by Volkswagen to properly conform to US emissions standards. The modified engine not only gets the same fuel mileage as before, it does this with even better performance! (What a fiasco: VW has ended up killing its diesel auto business for the sake of…nothing. Stoopidity at its worst.) It's 8 years old, and I intend to keep it for as long as I can.

-Dave-

Did you get refund? (In Europe we got null nothing zero)

Ivophoto · « **Reply #9 on:** October 21, 2018, 01:45:54 am »

Quote from: Rand47 on October 20, 2018, 06:20:55 pm

My last ride before I packed it in on sport touring:

Route 1, South of Carmel, CA

My knee replacement surgeon said I could still ride, but that I couldn't crash and bend my metal knees. Discretion and all that . . .

Rand

Nice bike. Is it a BMW?

Bob_T · « **Reply #10 on:** October 21, 2018, 07:06:18 am »

Owned a bunch of bikes over the years....Right now I have these.
My old '83 Suzuki is one of my favorites. She's a little rough around the edges, but solid. A couple photos from this summer.

Also this '01 TT600

And this '99 Trophy

And finally, "the project." A '67 Honda Cub

Ivophoto · « **Reply #11 on:** October 21, 2018, 07:45:17 am »

That’67 Honda reminds me to the Zundap and Kreidler we all wanted but could not afford.

petermfiore · « **Reply #12 on:** October 21, 2018, 08:36:49 am »

When I'm in NYC...the only way to go. A GMC behemoth.

Peter

Eric Myrvaagnes · « **Reply #13 on:** October 21, 2018, 10:23:17 am »

Quote from: petermfiore on October 21, 2018, 08:36:49 am

When I'm in NYC...the only way to go. A GMC behemoth.

Peter

Two23 · « **Reply #14 on:** October 21, 2018, 11:24:03 am »

Trek FX2

Kent in SD

Rand47 · « **Reply #15 on:** October 21, 2018, 03:53:53 pm »

Quote from: Ivophoto on October 21, 2018, 01:45:54 am

Nice bike. Is it a BMW?

Yup... an ‘04 BMW R1150RT. I put just shy of 40K miles on this beautiful machine, in just over 2 years, touring all over the western US.

Rand

Rand47 · « **Reply #16 on:** October 21, 2018, 03:58:26 pm »

Bob,

I love the Triumph Trophy! One of the first sport touring machines I rode. The Hinkley Triumphs are very nice indeed. I rode a 900 Thunderbird for a while.

Rand

Telecaster · « **Reply #17 on:** October 21, 2018, 04:21:34 pm »

Quote from: Ivophoto on October 21, 2018, 01:43:09 am

Did you get refund? (In Europe we got null nothing zero)

Yup! A bit over US$6K. Folks in the US (maybe Canada too) with more recent turbo diesel versions—mine is a v1 in WV nomenclature—got more, up to ~$10K.

My guess is the entire scheme was concocted by a small group of execs for their own short-term benefit, with little or no concern for longer-term consequences. Once they'd initially gotten away with it, they likely let it continue due to the usual toxic brew of hubris and ignorance.

-Dave-

Bob_T · « **Reply #18 on:** October 21, 2018, 08:52:26 pm »

Quote from: Rand47 on October 21, 2018, 03:58:26 pm

Bob,

I love the Triumph Trophy! One of the first sport touring machines I rode. The Hinkley Triumphs are very nice indeed. I rode a 900 Thunderbird for a while.

Rand

Thanks! She's a good bike, but I am probably going to sell her in the spring.
My wife doesn't ride with me anymore, (she quit a year or so after we had a bad crash, back in '15), so I don't really need two up room.

Think I am going to go dual sport next.

Bob

Peter McLennan · « **Reply #19 on:** October 21, 2018, 09:27:16 pm »

Can't resist. Since these are also landscape images, I'll give myself a pass for yet another entry.

The REAL "Loneliest Road in America" UT 140, NE of Winnemucca.
Once a Beemer owner, always a Beemer owner.

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