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Old Dec 1, 2011 | 06:19 PM
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just to start off.. I've ridden bikes from ducati pantah 500's to an r1 ..yet my favorite is this....

A 1996 SMOKIN JOES F3..MY POP'S BIKE!!! IM JELLOUS!!

ISNT SHE BEAUTIFUL!!!!!
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 10:35 AM
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Aprilia rs250 all day long, gp bike with lights and licence plate
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 12:13 PM
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those f3s sucked...

best is what way OP... handling, power, comfort, utility?
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 01:57 PM
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Best Street Sport Bike RVF400
Best Street Bike Triumph Street Trilpe R
Best Touring Bike ST1100
Best Road Racer TZ250 Delta Box (Most fun Road Race Bike TZ 500)
Best Ice Racer Framer 250 Rotax
Best MX Bike CR500 - Believe me you don't need valves to have fun
Best Trials Bike Beta Zero
Best bike to pick up a girl half your age Ducati
Best Six Cylinder CBX
Best Flat Track Bike HD XR750 (sorry I never had a chance to ride a RS750D)
Best Automatic Street Bike MG Convert
Best Automatic Dirt Bike Husqvarna 420 AXC


I would love to ride Aprilia's Dorsoduro 750

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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:33 PM
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I like all of your guy's taste!

I guess I mean to say " your favorite overall daily street ridden motorcycle" .. although the paint job that honda did on the smokin joes is awesome!

I shall say this..yes its a generic f3 with pretty plastics, but for being 5' 6" tall ..the f3 suites my needs more than the gsxr 600 (02 model) I ride.

when I have the cash I would love to own an aprilla!
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:39 PM
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Originally Posted by MSchu
those f3s sucked...

best is what way OP... handling, power, comfort, utility?
i guess all of those as a daily ridden street bike ( comfort,utility, power and handling.) ..

comfort: probably a goldwing.

power: I like the torque from the desmo valve train that ducati has out there..

handling: yet to own enough bikes to explore this category.. at this point and time from what ive ridden, my buddys ducati 749 handled like butter!

best dirtbike: just because im on the shorter side of height.. id say the honda cr125 turned pitbike lol..

and the hondamatic we found in a garage was pretty cool to ride.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:44 PM
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Originally Posted by RVF400
Best Street Sport Bike RFV400
Best Street Bike Triumph Street Trilpe R
Best Touring Bike ST1100
Best Road Racer TZ250 Delta Box (Most fun Road Race Bike TZ 500)
Best Ice Racer Framer 250 Rotax
Best MX Bike CR500 - Believe me you don't need valves to have fun
Best Trials Bike Beta Zero
Best bike to pick up a girl half your age Ducati
Best Six Cylinder CBX
Best Flat Track Bike HD XR750 (sorry I never had a chance to ride a RS750D)
Best Automatic Street Bike MG Convert
Best Automatic Dirt Bike Husqvarna 420 AXC
wheres the old 1983-85 honda interceptor 750-700-500cc in your list sir!!
my dad swears by em lol. I laugh every time he rides em' "the ol red white and blue he says.."

id agree with your choice on the rsv400.. although ive never been able to see one in person!

FIRST BIKE i LEARNED TO RIDE ON: an old barn find of mine.. 1974 titles s3 400cc triple two stroke kawasaki.. made me learn how to respect a 2 stroke after its sat for 15 years lol..@ the age of 15.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 03:56 PM
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LIL do you know Terry V an old flat tracker from there?

Never had a chance to ride that vintage vfr had a RZ350 back then.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 04:38 PM
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LIL do you know Terry V an old flat tracker from there?

Never had a chance to ride that vintage vfr had a RZ350 back then.
I know an older man named Terry that lives in New Berlin wisconsin. He's 80 drives an older mgb in the summertime not sure if he flat tracked. He always talks about having owned motorcycles and older cars though..
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 05:00 PM
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Brain fade I think Terry was fron Kenosha.
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Old Dec 2, 2011 | 05:06 PM
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I see. are you from around the wisconsin area?
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Old Dec 3, 2011 | 11:31 AM
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I love my 2004 cbr600f4i, every time I get on it it's so smooth handle great and is
very comfotable. I also had a vfr loved the motor in that thing gear diven camms
v4 also very comfortable. I have had 6 street bikes from 400cc to 1000cc. After
4 seasons on my cbr it's still alot of fun.
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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 03:48 AM
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Originally Posted by LIL DAn "lsv"
power: I like the torque from the desmo valve train that ducati has out there..
eh?
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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 07:38 PM
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eh?
the valve train that im refering too is on an 81 ducati pantah sl500...

very outdated compared to todays standards, but the fact that the bike is a crude street bike with the attitude of a cafe racer sets itself apart from any other ducati that ive ridden to date.
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Old Dec 4, 2011 | 09:36 PM
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im gunna go on a limb and say the husqvarna 400 supermoto, the older carb'd ones. not the most comfortable for touring rides but a lot of fun around town
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 04:48 AM
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hmm... i dont know i would say the best bike, But deff the most fun bike to me was an 03 R1. bike i learned to ride on 1971 Jawa scooter 50cc, (pioneer) it was called in slovakia. I was 7. http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&...t:429,r:11,s:0 still runs to this day. love it
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Old Dec 5, 2011 | 11:33 PM
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hmm... i dont know i would say the best bike, But deff the most fun bike to me was an 03 R1. bike i learned to ride on 1971 Jawa scooter 50cc, (pioneer) it was called in slovakia. I was 7. http://www.google.com/imgres?num=10&...t:429,r:11,s:0 still runs to this day. love it
ive never even heard of one of those.. very interesting.
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Old Dec 6, 2011 | 04:41 AM
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yup, it was produced in the czech republic (czechoslovakia). It had a 3 speed transmission with the gears going 1 up 2 down.
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Old Dec 9, 2011 | 08:23 AM
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98 R1 put the biggest smile on my face
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Old Dec 11, 2011 | 10:27 PM
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'94 NSR250 (MC28)
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 02:36 AM
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best all around bike? did someone already say GIXXER 1000?
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 08:30 AM
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best all around bike? did someone already say GIXXER 1000?
what year in particular?
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Old Dec 15, 2011 | 11:48 AM
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Originally Posted by GsrIntegra789
what year in particular?
2013

Unsuccessful troll was unsuccessful. I was really expecting people to really hate on that one.
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 04:13 PM
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my first
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Old Dec 18, 2011 | 04:23 PM
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^ lol for sure..the first bike ofownership is always awesome even if it wasn't anything special...
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