It is unbelievable!

[Igofar]

^Ah, those were the good old days.

... when motorcycles had: poor brakes, low-grip tires, spokes to adjust, oily short-lived chains, point ignition, wallowy shallow suspensions, finicky carburetors with choke, kick start, altitude jetting problems, foul exhaust smell, numbing vibrations, broken clutch cables, vibrating mirrors, no wind protection, boardy seats, ...

Yep motorcycles real men rode to far away places and wrote books about it....
Not spend thousands of dollars on a credit card to buy a BMW GS to ride to Starbucks

 

[bdalameda]

Enjoy:

 

[Igofar]

Enjoy:

Thanks Mr. Alameda, you made my night

 

[okckeith]

^Ah, those were the good old days.

... when motorcycles had: poor brakes, low-grip tires, spokes to adjust, oily short-lived chains, point ignition, wallowy shallow suspensions, finicky carburetors with choke, kick start, altitude jetting problems, foul exhaust smell, numbing vibrations, broken clutch cables, vibrating mirrors, no wind protection, boardy seats, ...

Not everybody is willing to spend the coin for modern technology. Not everybody can afford to spend the money for modern technology.
I don’t knock those that can’t afford or do not want to spend the money for modern technology.
I can’t think of a better bike to tour on for the money than a ST. I prefer a 1300. But the 1,100’s are still holding there own.
I have a Triumph and a BMW in my garage that I love. But old faithful 07 is still ready for duty if called on.
Your RT would be in my garage if it wasn’t full already. I love that bike!

 

[Larry Fine]

Enjoy:

I did! May I share it with my friend in PA? He rides an '88 R100RT. He'd love it.

 

[BakerBoy]

Not everybody is willing to spend the coin for modern technology. Not everybody can afford to spend the money for modern technology.
I don’t knock those that can’t afford or do not want to spend the money for modern technology.
...

Your RT would be in my garage if it wasn’t full already. I love that bike!

Yup, I wasn't knocking anyone, just pointing out the interesting good old days. My 1971 Honda CL175 is remembered fondly, but I'm appreciating the advancements, since.

There's always room for 1 more.

 

[Whooshka]

I've been riding for over 46 years, and my '01 ST1100 is only my fifth bike. I still have my '96 Nighthawk 750; before that was an '82 CB750SC (also a Nighthawk).

My second bike was a '73 CB750. My first bike was a CL450, like this one:

My 360 was like that. They called it a high pipe Scrambler.

 

[Igofar]

I had several Honda's, starting with the Cub's, trail 90's, CB160, and my favorite....The Black Bomber! I wish I still had that 450

 

[Igofar]

Yup, I wasn't knocking anyone, just pointing out the interesting good old days. My 1971 Honda CL175 is remembered fondly, but I'm appreciating the advancements, since.

There's always room for 1 more.

My comment was not directed at you, or your beautiful BMW (I've had several of those too) but more at my Old Neighbor....He went through the BMW thing with the clothes, gloves, helmets, riding suits, boots, books, and pastries at the shop every Sunday morning, but never put more than 500 total miles on it in the 3 years he owned it....and it was all to Starbucks.
He said he wanted to impress folks....He later did the Harley thing....him and his wife both got Softails just because I had a Roadking, Spring classic, Fatboy, 2 XR1200 track bikes, and an XR750 in my garage at the time .
Everyday was a new T-shirt, chain wallet, do-rag, or HD dog toy etc.
His wife was was a kindergarden teacher, and would ride the 2 miles to school, put up little orange bicycle cones around the bike and sit on it drinking her Starbucks coffee to impress the kids
Neither bike had more than 1000 miles on them when they sold them for the next craze...Zero Electric bikes.

 

[ST Gui]

This was my second bike after my 305 Scrambler

but with dual disk front brakes. Played with different exhaust systems. Second best was some 4 > 2 Paul Dunstall reverse cone megs. Beauties at first with the sound of a crisp Chevy V8 but the chrome flaked badly. The factory pockita-pockita mufflers with slightly modified baffles were the second best sounding pipes ever (just behind my Duc 750 Sport.

 

[Coop]

I miss my RD, it was fun.

 

[paulcb]

I had a 1973 Honda CB350 in college. I don't miss it, at all. I reminisce about the times riding and the places I went, but don't miss the bike. It didn't go well, didn't stop well and didn't handle well. What's to miss?

 

[Larry Fine]

I had a 1973 Honda CB350 in college. I don't miss it, at all. I reminisce about the times riding and the places I went, but don't miss the bike. It didn't go well, didn't stop well and didn't handle well. What's to miss?

Yeah, but ignorance was bliss at the time, wasn't it?

 

[W7AX-Lee]

 

[W7AX-Lee]

My favorite...Triumph Bonneville

 

[Larry Fine]

Is that a spot-the-differences puzzle?

 

[W7AX-Lee]

I don't know what the heck happened there Larry. Guess I had it on stereo instead of monaural....

 

[Coop]

In '64/'65 every gas station in town had motorcycles for rent. They were 90cc mostly with some smaller so when I got up the cash to buy my own fun machine I got one of these. For those of you unfamiliar with fast? motorcycles it is a Twin Jet 100 Yamaha. Rode it on my 30 predeployment leave and some on my return, but sold it and in a weak moment a year later bought a BSA (Bastard Stopped Again) 441 Victor before I smartened up and Bought a DT-1.

 

[the Ferret]

It's funny how so many of us had many of the same motorcycles. Here's a list of the street bikes I've owned and see many of these in the pics and descriptions of bike you guys have owned., like ST Gui's CB 750, Coops RD 350, W7AX-Lee's Triumph Bonneville. Yes bikes are much better now, as are cars, and airplanes and TV's, but many of the bikes we owned 30,40, 50 years ago were much better than the bikes that were made in previous decades. Oil tight, electric start, disc brakes, reliable electrics, all revelations to those of us who rode prior to 1968.

How many of these have you guys owned?

HARLEYS:' 65 M50, '59 XLCH, '49' 56 & '57 Pans, '94 XLCH

HONDAS:' 66 CB160, '67 CL77, '68 CB350,' 67 CB450,' 74 CB350F, 76 CB750, '85 VF1100, '00 CB750, '06 ST1300, '13 CB1100, '14 CB1100 dlx

SUZUKI: '76 GT750, '81 GS850G, '83 GS1100E

KAWASAKI: '77 KZ1000

YAMAHA: '73 RD350, '73 TX650, '79 XS650,' 81 XS650, '04 FZ1,' 01 FZ1,' 06 Majesty 400, '09 Majesty 400, 2018 FJR 1300

TRIUMPH '03 T100

BSA '69 750 Rocket 3

 

[W7AX-Lee]

I started riding a long time ago and have had well over 100 bikes in my career. I had a rather long professional motorcycle racing career. First the flattracks, then motocross and cross country desert racing. Was one of the first dealers in the nation to have Husqvarna motorcycles. Gave up racing at 40 and then on to the highways and byways of this great nation. Close to a million miles on Goldwings and ST 's. But as they say, it's been a great trip so far. I've had several Harley Sportsters including the XLCH . I have a 2014 Sportster I still use some.