OK, let's see them motorbikes...

rammercmc · 11-17-2018, 04:32 PM

I think the point I was trying to make is The bang For your Buck !

A rare Luger that most people you know wouldn't have a clue as to its value. A gun you shoot maybe once and clean and put away OR a motorcycle that when you grab a hand full of throtle it puts a smile on your face you walk around with all day !

Edward Tinker · 11-18-2018, 02:06 AM

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Originally Posted by rammercmc

I think the point I was trying to make is The bang For your Buck !

A rare Luger that most people you know wouldn't have a clue as to its value. A gun you shoot maybe once and clean and put away OR a motorcycle that when you grab a hand full of throtle it puts a smile on your face you walk around with all day !

i’ve always been leery of bikes, but about two years ago, a good friend and his girlfriend had somebody pull right in front of him and most of his major bones in his body were broken.
So it’s a little bit hard for me to get excited about wanting a motorcycle again :-)

G.T. · 11-18-2018, 10:54 AM

Motorcycles are definitely a, "Risk, skill, thrill" activity. I grew up in a Harley shop, when I was at two and three years old, my dad used to toss me onto the tank of the bike, and I rode there until he thought I was old enough to hang on, and then I was behind him... I drove the smaller Italian made Harley bikes from about nine or ten on … When I was 16 and seventeen, I toured the western states on a 350 Sprint, both bikes fell apart on the last legs of the journeys...
I had rode several 100,000 miles by my eighteenth birthday, and into my freshman year of college, then my dad sold the franchise. I was done with bikes and thru my experiences has three or four near catastrophic, come to Jesus experiences, and two high speed get offs... (amazing how, for a millisecond, you really believe you can run it out? ) Fast forward 35 years, my friends and I buy Harleys to travel to some rally's and tour a'bit…. No accidents in approx. ten years, but a few close calls... Had some medical issues that made it difficult to ride, so all too soon, my bike days were over for good...
So, here's the long and short of my experiences. The risk is constant and always high, doesn't matter how good, physically, you are on the bike, survival is totally dependent on you ability to smoothly choose defensive and preplanned options when the boogieman pops up? Of course skill and experience are definitely factors to consider, sometimes they are rendered moot just by circumstance.. Got'ta be lucky as well?
The thrill, it's the whole deal, freedom and fun, plus a "Walter Mitty" type adventure ever time you leave the drive way...
But, freedom doesn't mean safety... All might end well, but the odds are not in your favor? I've always liked motorcycles, like freedom even more.. Love my family even more... best to all, til...lat'r…..GT....

DavidJayUden · 11-22-2018, 11:26 AM

I've always wanted to visit Barber, especially in October. Way more interesting than Sturgis! Ever do the old AHRMA Steamboat Springs rally?
dju

MikeP · 11-28-2018, 12:31 AM

The Pan I rode for 35 years.
Had the Roadglide since 2005.
Still up at 71.
Never quit, never give up.

sheepherder · 05-01-2019, 09:09 PM

I held off posting my favorite, owned it for 12 years from new, but thought I'd outgrown cycles...I was wrong...

Anyway, my 1983 XR-1000. Only 112 mph indicated, but tons of torque...

Looked for another one to acquire, but they're hen's teeth now...But I found a '83 XL-1000 and hope to haul that home in a couple weeks...

Until then...

wlyon · 05-01-2019, 11:53 PM

I'm 83 and still riding. Have a Harley and a Honda. Both cruisers. Bill

Roadster 02 · 05-02-2019, 06:56 PM

2000 fxds 2005 flhtcui

Jasta2 · 05-03-2019, 01:36 AM

Rammercmc, I live in Lakeland, Fl. Sure wish I had some nice, low traffic, country roads around here!! But I'll be back in NH soon. There I'll find lots of country winding, hilly roads.

MP38 · 05-03-2019, 02:55 PM

My HD Electra Glide.

Matt

MP38 · 05-03-2019, 02:58 PM

more pics

Jim Mac · 05-10-2019, 09:00 AM

this is about as big of a motor cycle I want. Honda z50 monkey bike. jim

sheepherder · 07-03-2019, 09:53 PM

30 Cool Pics Show Badass Biker Chicks Through the Years

https://www.vintag.es/2019/04/vintage-biker-chicks.html

Here's my favorite...Triumph twin set up for the dirt...

gunbugs · 07-03-2019, 11:01 PM

My brother has handed me the signed title to his 1972 Norton 850 Commando. It's going to take some work to get it up and running, but it is all there. Last time he rode it was '85. I think it's a gift...With work attached. I've been bugging him about it for 20 years now.

Zorba · 07-05-2019, 11:29 PM

You asked for it, you got it!

DavidJayUden · 07-06-2019, 12:44 AM

My brother has handed me the signed title to his 1972 Norton 850 Commando. It's going to take some work to get it up and running, but it is all there. Last time he rode it was '85. I think it's a gift...With

That is a 1975 electric start 850 Roadster. And it looks like an easy restoration job.
dju

DavidJayUden · 07-06-2019, 12:53 AM

Here are just a couple of about 15:

gunbugs · 07-06-2019, 02:38 AM

Silly me. In my excitement I didn't look at the title very close when he handed it to me. The title identifies it as a'76. I'll have to research the serial number and frame markings to get a firm date on it.

DavidJayUden · 07-06-2019, 09:03 AM

I don't believe that there were actually 1976 models, but unsold '75's that were sold in '76 and titled as such. All Mark III's and right at the end of Norton as we know it. There were quite a few new-in-crate '75's turning up for many years, still to this date actually.
At any rate, Nortons are a hot item with a strong following, and you done well.
dju

11-17-2018, 04:32 PM	#1
rammercmc User Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 20 Thanks: 0 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	OK, let's see them motorbikes... I think the point I was trying to make is The bang For your Buck ! A rare Luger that most people you know wouldn't have a clue as to its value. A gun you shoot maybe once and clean and put away OR a motorcycle that when you grab a hand full of throtle it puts a smile on your face you walk around with all day !

11-18-2018, 10:54 AM	#3
G.T. Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Chandler Arizona Posts: 3,541 Thanks: 1,342 Thanked 3,742 Times in 1,020 Posts	Bikes! Motorcycles are definitely a, "Risk, skill, thrill" activity. I grew up in a Harley shop, when I was at two and three years old, my dad used to toss me onto the tank of the bike, and I rode there until he thought I was old enough to hang on, and then I was behind him... I drove the smaller Italian made Harley bikes from about nine or ten on … When I was 16 and seventeen, I toured the western states on a 350 Sprint, both bikes fell apart on the last legs of the journeys... I had rode several 100,000 miles by my eighteenth birthday, and into my freshman year of college, then my dad sold the franchise. I was done with bikes and thru my experiences has three or four near catastrophic, come to Jesus experiences, and two high speed get offs... (amazing how, for a millisecond, you really believe you can run it out? ) Fast forward 35 years, my friends and I buy Harleys to travel to some rally's and tour a'bit…. No accidents in approx. ten years, but a few close calls... Had some medical issues that made it difficult to ride, so all too soon, my bike days were over for good... So, here's the long and short of my experiences. The risk is constant and always high, doesn't matter how good, physically, you are on the bike, survival is totally dependent on you ability to smoothly choose defensive and preplanned options when the boogieman pops up? Of course skill and experience are definitely factors to consider, sometimes they are rendered moot just by circumstance.. Got'ta be lucky as well? The thrill, it's the whole deal, freedom and fun, plus a "Walter Mitty" type adventure ever time you leave the drive way... But, freedom doesn't mean safety... All might end well, but the odds are not in your favor? I've always liked motorcycles, like freedom even more.. Love my family even more... best to all, til...lat'r…..GT....

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wlyon Lifer 2X Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: May 2005 Location: Somewhere in Montana Posts: 2,673 Thanks: 3,244 Thanked 2,662 Times in 988 Posts	I'm 83 and still riding. Have a Harley and a Honda. Both cruisers. Bill __________________ Bill Lyon

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11-22-2018, 11:26 AM	#4
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I've always wanted to visit Barber, especially in October. Way more interesting than Sturgis! Ever do the old AHRMA Steamboat Springs rally? dju

05-03-2019, 01:36 AM	#9
Jasta2 User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Lakeland, Fl. Posts: 514 Thanks: 349 Thanked 101 Times in 52 Posts	Rammercmc, I live in Lakeland, Fl. Sure wish I had some nice, low traffic, country roads around here!! But I'll be back in NH soon. There I'll find lots of country winding, hilly roads.

07-05-2019, 11:29 PM	#15
Zorba User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Merritt Island, Fl Posts: 952 Thanks: 777 Thanked 528 Times in 290 Posts	You asked for it, you got it!

07-06-2019, 12:44 AM	#16
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	My brother has handed me the signed title to his 1972 Norton 850 Commando. It's going to take some work to get it up and running, but it is all there. Last time he rode it was '85. I think it's a gift...With That is a 1975 electric start 850 Roadster. And it looks like an easy restoration job. dju

07-06-2019, 02:38 AM	#18
gunbugs Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Sep 2013 Location: Fairbanks, Alaska. Home of the best moose. Posts: 681 Thanks: 375 Thanked 1,227 Times in 414 Posts	Silly me. In my excitement I didn't look at the title very close when he handed it to me. The title identifies it as a'76. I'll have to research the serial number and frame markings to get a firm date on it.

07-06-2019, 09:03 AM	#19
DavidJayUden Patron LugerForum Patron Join Date: Nov 2008 Posts: 4,047 Thanks: 578 Thanked 1,414 Times in 887 Posts	I don't believe that there were actually 1976 models, but unsold '75's that were sold in '76 and titled as such. All Mark III's and right at the end of Norton as we know it. There were quite a few new-in-crate '75's turning up for many years, still to this date actually. At any rate, Nortons are a hot item with a strong following, and you done well. dju