Dream Bikes, what would you ride???

[7oxSin]

after you pick your bike feel free to post pics and tell us why your bike is the perfect one. or if i didn't mention your bike "sorry im semi new to the bike world" then stand up and preach on why we should lust over the bike of YOUR dreams.

BTW, mine is the 09 ninja ZX-14

GOD!!!! that is like sex on 2 wheels....

[Busy Little Whiner]

Mercy... a dream is the disguised fulfillment of a long sought after wish... I don't see anything on your list to wish for...

[7oxSin]

then as i said "since im new to biking" what would be your dream bike? and why?

[Busy Little Whiner]

then as i said "since im new to biking" what would be your dream bike? and why?

After 44 years in the saddle I own the bike of my dreams... it's everything I think a motorcycle should be
and then some... the trouble is only 56 of us in North America really know anything about it...

[7oxSin]

dont keep me on the edge of my seat, what is it and could you post some pics? nothing can show you the soul of a man like 2 things, his kids, and his bike.

[atypical1]

Dream bike?

I'd love to own a Formula Xtreme spec R6. I'd also love a Duc 748RS. Pretty much any Bimota comes to mind.

james

[olderigetfasteriam]

dont keep me on the edge of my seat, what is it and could you post some pics? nothing can show you the soul of a man like 2 things, his kids, and his bike.

Oh no, here we go............

[7oxSin]

what, did i do/say something wrong or out of line??

[Kootenanny]

One of the most beautiful bikes ever made:  Moto Guzzi MGS-01

[Fourstring]

what, did i do/say something wrong or out of line??

No, you just got him started.   

Mine is the R1200S:  A shaftie sportbike with touring sensibilities.   

But I'll never own one, so it goes in the dream bike file.

[UFO]

None of those listed are remotely close to my dream bike.  A dream, pie in the sky bike implies that it's not made.

[olderigetfasteriam]

what, did i do/say something wrong or out of line??

No.

You are about to find out ALOT about Larry's motorcycle. ALOT.

[photomd]

One of mine is an RC30. I love the gear driven cams and I miss having a V-4. I had a 93 VFR for 5 years and 40K+ miles. It was great. I think the RC30 is the best looking of that line. There, now Larry can wax poetic about his RC-45.

My other dream bike is in the garage. It's a Tonti framed Guzzi that'll be a cafe bike. I hope to have more parts back this weekend.  

[Busy Little Whiner]

dont keep me on the edge of my seat, what is it and could you post some pics? nothing can show you the soul of a man like 2 things, his kids, and his bike.

Kids??? I thought about kids but then I always found a motorcycle I liked better...

I've lived 3 life times on Mr.RC45...

[Bjorn Toulouse]

BTW, mine is the 09 ninja ZX-14

GOD!!!! that is like sex on 2 wheels....

Dood, you have yer forks installed incorrectly.

As to the poll....None of the above.



Rex

[denisep]

if they ever put a dealership within 20 miles ...  

[Lawn Dart]

R1200S-HP.







Hey, it's my dream.

[2RR2NV]

any race-spec bike from the : Motogp, WSBK, BSB series. and the top-of the line MV F4CC

[Rincewind]

Bimota Tesi 3D

[Orson]

A Norton Manx

no wait...a Norton Commando. Yah, that's the ticket.

No! A Laverda 750 SFC triple! Tooling down the Pacific coast Highway, then Andrea Corrs pulls up next to me on her Ducati 750SS, blips the throttle and says, "Catch me if you can". And we ride. We pull up to a little lodge in Mendocino...Andrea looks at me with those puppy dawg eyes of hers and....*pop*

and then I wake up  

[scottzilla]

Just give me Rossi's bike at the end of the season.  

[bomber]

lots of great choices here, but i find myself wish, more than anything else, the ability to take 6 weeks off in a row to book up on my present bike  . . . . . .

[Fourstring]

lots of great choices here, but i find myself wish, more than anything else, the ability to take 6 weeks off in a row to book up on my present bike  . . . . . .

True.  And a couple grand to catch up on maintenance, chain, sprockets, tires, valve check, carb rebuild...

[Bjorn Toulouse]

Bimota Tesi 3D

Although mucho higher maintenance, I'd rather have the umbrella girl!  


Rex

[Yakima9]

Honda NR750.  That bike is rolling art and some amazing technology.

[garry]

I voted Duc 1098, but make mine an 1198S. A 1098R Bayliss Edition would be swell too, but I'm keeping my dream realistic.

[7oxSin]

Dood, you have yer forks installed incorrectly.

As to the poll....None of the above.



Rex

thats not my bike, its a image i pulled off of google, but the 09 zx-14 is my dream bike.

[Orson]

What Ogri rides. A BSA 441  

[Squareman357]

Ducati Desmosedici or a MV Agusta F4 312R would make my dreams come true.  I just don't have $70K  to spend on a bike...so I ride my ZX-14 and love it LOL!

[Mr.Black]

Todays wish.

Tomorrow may be different.

[FizDog74]

I don't know if I'd call it my "dream" bike, but it's my next bike...



 

[steve.ski]

Morbidelli V8.

[cultureslayer]

Another fail of a thread.  

No good poll options.  Only bikes that make up for a very small penis.

I have nothing to compensate for, it'd be either a F800ST, F650, or ninja 500.

[kainotk]

I want to give this a try.

[Zerosum]

What?  No Sachs Madass?!



I'm only kinda kidding...  

[cultureslayer]

What?  No Sachs Madass?!



I'm only kinda kidding...  

Like I said, the only bikes listed in the pole are penis compensation devices.    That thing is pretty sweet and I wouldn't mind owning one, but it's not going to make up for certain shortcomings.

[photomd]

I want to give this a try.

I thought we were talking about bikes.

[Busy Little Whiner]

Honda NR750.  That bike is rolling art and some amazing technology.

True... and the 1989 Honda NR750 spawned the 1994 Ducati 916...

Ducati 916 looks the way it does because it based on a 1989 HONDA
NR750!!! you see back in 1992 Massimo Tamburini felt so passionate
about Mitsuyoshi Hohama's NR750 upon which he promptly tore up his 916
design and started again...amazingly, the NR prototype was first
displayed in 1989! and remained largely untouched when production
commenced in 1992.Honda's stunning 1992 NR750... complete with
wedge-styling... fox-eye headlights... single-sided swingarm and
underseat exhausts... that Tamburini freely admits copying the styling
cues and produced the 1994 916 with wedge styling... fox eyed
headlights... single sided swingarm and underseat exhaust...

[Jethro]

Please bear with my story:

I have been riding a 2003 Suzuki Bandit 1200S for the last 6 years and need a bike with hard bags. A few of my friends ride Harleys and I thought that would be change and have been looking at them, but the performance is not really good and the old baggers do not handle the corners very well, but the 2009s handle OK.  I was try to convince myself that that is the way to go.  After looking at bikes I found that Victory was coming out with an 8-ball Vison, and I though that is the bike.  So I made a list of every thing I wanted in a bike and listed the bikes I was looking at plus I put in a Kawasaki Concours 14.  I gave each bike 1 to 5 points in each category and them totaled them up.  I really thought I wanted a Harley but the type of bike I was really looking for was a sport touring bike.  That was last week Wednesday, Firday I had off and went to a swap meet, and that's is where I found a 2002 BMW K1200RS with less than 8,500 miles, with bags and a tall windshield, that BMW is now in my garage.  I put almost 200 mile on it Sunday morning.  

[Blunder]

To tell the truth I think I want one of these.



Easy maintenance, shaft drive and I'd feel comfortable wearing my baggy black leathers.

[yotes65]

Another fail of a thread.  

No good poll options.  Only bikes that make up for a very small penis.

I have nothing to compensate for, it'd be either a F800ST, F650, or ninja 500.

These may be "Penis" compensation bike's... but at least she won't say: "Not tonight dear, I have a headache"...

MV Agusta F4 312R


Moto Guzzi MGS-01

[cultureslayer]

These may be "Penis" compensation bike's... but at least she won't say: "Not tonight dear, I have a headache"...

At least you didn't limit your choices to the typical squid fare.  

I'll never understand wanting a bike because a magazine tells me it's the best or my friends have it.  

[steve.ski]

I'll never understand wanting a bike because a magazine tells me it's the best or my friends have it.  

That's because you'll likely never have the opportunity to ride such machines. Many of them are just as good/fast/intoxicating as those lame, biased, influenced-by-advertising-dollars say they are. Sometimes even better.

Once you do ride them, even if for a short while, your tune will change.

To each his own.

[bluez]

HD Street Glide

[2RR2NV]

HD Street Glide

 

[YamadogR1]

Fortunately, I have my dream bike: MV Agusta Brutale 910R

[scott19]

82 Kawasaki KZ1000R Eddie Lawson Replica



If we're talking new bikes, then this:

[CODan]

To tell the truth I think I want one of these.



Easy maintenance, shaft drive and I'd feel comfortable wearing my baggy black leathers.

You sir have excellent taste.

[nnjhawk02]

To tell the truth I think I want one of these.



Easy maintenance, shaft drive and I'd feel comfortable wearing my baggy black leathers.

U Sir have taste.

I owned a '78 (in the early 90's), my friend (who had owned Beemers) wanted another one and as he left his casa to look at the '78 R100RS that some guy was selling, his wife stated "if U buy it don't come back", well we went & looked anyway, I loved it and bought it. But not before stating the obvious to him> dude U'll regret listening to that advice.  Well he eventually divorced that Irish lasse & is still bike less ho hum

The bike turned out to be a slight lemon, it ate copious amounts of oil - never did find out why.  Sadly, sold it

Still would love another - a '83 R100RS will be on my garage one day...


Or this Bike

I loved Aryton (saw him race)  & this bike is awesome

FYI - oldest daughters middle name is SENNA

[maddjack]

I'll take a Ducati 1198s with Multistrada bags attached please

[falconati]

Either a BMW HP Sport or a Confederate Wraith (or Fighter, pictured below)

[R Doug]

My dream bike right now would be the RC8 R.  Why?  To complete the trifecta of course.  



Preferably, I would take it in race ready trim:

[xbud]

 I think an RSV4 would be nice since we are dreaming.

 

 Or maybe an RSV4 Tuono?

 

[Mac]

MV Agusta.

[swanny]

Vincent Black Lightning.....

[vintagemxr]

I love this bike and I love the Aprilia V60 engine.    

[Blunder]

FYI - oldest daughter's middle name is SENNA

My daughter's middle name is Ayrton.  

I still want that RS.

[Bad Dad]

Allways had a thing for Magni's   http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/270508212_c8bf1e40ef.jpg?v=0

[7oxSin]

Allways had a thing for Magni's   http://farm1.static.flickr.com/110/270508212_c8bf1e40ef.jpg?v=0

that bike looks like a mix between a busa and a katana.
with the back of a hayabusa and the front of a katana.

[DaleFranks]

I wouldn't mind one of these:



But this is the one I dream about:



55 of these left in the whole world.

[greywolf]

Not that I'd have the neccessary skills to realize its full potential but a Ducati Desmosedici RR sure would be sweet .

[remal]

Not that I'd have the neccessary skills to realize its full potential but a Ducati Desmosedici RR sure would be sweet .

would be my pick also

[JonS]

These are so beautiful! Of course, I would need bar risers.  

If I were 25 years younger, than one of these.

[Ratchet_72]

Just bought my dream bike today!!! 2000 CBR1100XX with low mileage, luggage, and fuel injection. I am DONE with carbs, the FJ about brought me to tears in that department.

[atypical1]

Another fail of a thread.  

No good poll options.  Only bikes that make up for a very small penis.

I have nothing to compensate for, it'd be either a F800ST, F650, or ninja 500.

Meh, those are hardly dream bikes. Shit, I can pedal faster than that Ninja 500 or F650 can go. The point of dream bikes is that they are supposed to be something that you wouldn't be able to ordinarily obtain.

Many of us enjoy sport riding on bikes that are sport in nature. Therefore our dreams go along the lines of bikes like the Duc and not the F650. It's not that we are trying to compensate for anything at all but that we enjoy the rush that you get from a sport bike. The Ninja and F650 wouldn't be a challange for me to ride at all so what's the point?

james

[vfrrider]

Honda NR750.  That bike is rolling art and some amazing technology.

Make that +1.

Larry
VFRrider

[CBRXXBLACKBIRD]

As the norm is for this bike I still want one ( Busa )

[Boov]

Just bought my dream bike today!!! 2000 CBR1100XX with low mileage, luggage, and fuel injection. I am DONE with carbs, the FJ about brought me to tears in that department.

Congratulations!  My dream was also an XX, so I bought one back in Feb. of this year.  I LOVE IT!  I'm sure you'll love yours too.

I guess I'm supposed to have my next dream bike in mind, but I just can't decide.  Maybe Busa or ZX-14 but I've kinda been there and done that with the go fast thing now.

[Justin]

Congratulations!  My dream was also an XX, so I bought one back in Feb. of this year.  I LOVE IT!  I'm sure you'll love yours too.

I guess I'm supposed to have my next dream bike in mind, but I just can't decide.  Maybe Busa or ZX-14 but I've kinda been there and done that with the go fast thing now.

The Gen2 Busa and ZX-14 are in whole new league of "fast".. I used to think my XX was fast till I got a 2k8 Busa...

[mg66]

Although mucho higher maintenance, I'd rather have the umbrella girl!  

Rex

She'd probably kill this old man. I'd have a higher survivability rating on the Bimoto  

And to answer the question in the poll this would be nice but wasnt an option

[jesse0192]

I always appreciate the performance and the beauty of Ducatis, but I don't think I've lusted after a bike this before...the boringly named Streetfighter is just gorgeous





And I've always wanted a late model ZX-7R, too...it was my dream bike when I started riding!

[falconati]

Just go out and buy the Ducati...it's only $14k.  ...the problem is the maintenance!

[jesse0192]

Just go out and buy the Ducati...it's only $14k.  ...the problem is the maintenance!

No fooling, I need a bike that'll take neglect and abuse in stride!  The r6 really doesn't ask for much more than tires and oil changes.  It's suprising, really, since the average kid who buys an r6 will bin it in <10k miles  

The ducati is fast and sexy, but the r6 is all I "need" when I hit that twisty stuff.  Revving it to redline is plenty of guilty pleasure for a sunday morning; then again, I've never been spoiled with that v-twin bottom end, which is pretty addictive from what I've read...

[MDHCO]

So many interesting rides out there.  How could you possibly settle on just one?

[skippy69]

I just want one of these please..........

[Wanderer]

I chose Busa because, well I've wanted one since I rode a co-workers' a year or so ago.  I wouldn't call it a 'Dream Bike' though.

I'm not sure there is an end-all-be-all for motorcycles.

My Ideal stable would be a new FJR, a Busa and a Dual-Sport'ed Versys.


...This week.  

[bassjones]

In a multi bike stable:
My current VFR
A Moto Guzzi Norge
A BMW GS1250
Triumph Speed Triple or Aprilia Tuono
KLR 650

[Specter]

I own my dream bike - I just need more dream farkles

[Dean Rose`]

Moto Guzzi MGS-01

[EricJ]

Either a BMW HP Sport or a Confederate Wraith (or Fighter, pictured below)

+1 brazillion  

[phoenix]

I don't get the attraction to the Confederate bikes, but to each his own.
And what's with that rear sprocket? Looks like the chain is not the right size or sumpin'.

I really don't have a mega expensive bike that I lust after. I do like the newer Yamaha R6's, Husqvarna TE610, KTM Adventures....

Maybe I'll just wish for that Yamaha Tenere since it probably will never come to the US, with hard bags and a hot chick with it.

[Dr. Zorko]

I'm thinking this. A Fritz Egli Vincent.

[Busy Little Whiner]

Mercy... all that billet machine work and no handles...

[steve.ski]

I don't get the attraction to the Confederate bikes, but to each his own.
And what's with that rear sprocket? Looks like the chain is not the right size or sumpin'.

I really don't have a mega expensive bike that I lust after. I do like the newer Yamaha R6's, Husqvarna TE610, KTM Adventures....

Maybe I'll just wish for that Yamaha Tenere since it probably will never come to the US, with hard bags and a hot chick with it.

 

Both girl and bike...

[veefer800canuck]

But this is the one I dream about:



55 of these left in the whole world.

JPS Norton Rotary!   Get yer Wankel on!  

Srsly, nice bike, and the Norton racers were kicking some serious butt before everyone started complaining about the displacement calculation method.



Did you see the modern interpretation of the Norton rotary racer?

http://www.nortonracing.com/race/

[veefer800canuck]

How about a Mondial Piega?

[veefer800canuck]

OR, back to Nortons again:

[hobie1dog]

Thanks for posting up all the great pictures.  I'd like to have this sitting in my garage to look at:

[ice-cycle]

Barring insurance I would get one in a heartbeat.

[Emerson00]

Dream garage:
1. My bike
2. 2004 BMW 1150RT for weekend trips w/ my wife
3. Moto Guzzi MGS-01  
4. Moto Guzzi V11 Le Mans Nero Corsa
5. Oh, and the garage space to hold them...

[Papa Lazarou]

Norton-new or old-if an old one, then a slimline featherbed.

Guzzi-several.

Vincent Rapide/ Black Shadow.

Velocette Clubman Venom (it's gone   )

Munch  

[Rincewind]

For me, I am back to my perennial lusting over a Griso  

[sammyseaman]

OR, back to Nortons again:

 

[Mr.Black]

OR, back to Nortons again:

 

Do we have a price yet?

[EricJ]

For me, I am back to my perennial lusting over a Griso  

Offer still stands if you want try mine out but only if you explain to me what the wingo writing means under your nome!?    

Eric

[Rincewind]

Offer still stands if you want try mine out but only if you explain to me what the wingo writing means under your nome!?    

Eric

   Thanks, is yours a 4-valve/cylinder model?

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[EricJ]

   Thanks, is yours a 4-valve/cylinder model?

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Yes it is!

[Counter Steer]

If I could keep my DL650, my dream bike would be a Victory Cross Country for going across the country and a Triumph Thruxton for around town. The DL650 for forest roads in Idaho and Montana and my vintage Beemer for old guys on old bike rides.

If I had to select just one new bike, I'd keep the three I ride now.

[aTahmission]

I assume the "r" addition to the 1098 is implied.  One of the great benefits to a bi-centric lifestyle is that aspiring to something Italian is a manageable goal.

[Shrike]

OR, back to Nortons again:

That looks Sweet!!!!

However I am still trying to talk a guy down the road out of a Commando he has sitting in his garage.

[Papa Lazarou]

That looks Sweet!!!!

However I am still trying to talk a guy down the road out of a Commando he has sitting in his garage.

Oh, those Isolastic frames!!!

(Which is why the featherbed always capped the Commando)