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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
!st Honda 350 Four

2nd Honda 750 Hondamatic Get this it was a 2 speed automatic!!!!

3RD Honda 1978 1000 Gold Wing That was the one with gas tank below the seat and the gas tank was storage.

4th 2003 VTX 1800 THE BEST!!!!! VERY VERY FAST and never a problem Looking to sell my roadie and go back it's a far superior bike to the roadie.

5th 2004 Midnight Roadstar


As far as maintenance with the Hondas beat the crap out of them and only changed oil and plugs way to many issues with the Roadsar.
 
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Gender: Male mark.dyck Location: Chilliwack, BC Birthdate: 1977-09-14
Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
1st bike - 1983 Yamaha 400 Maxim. Bought it off a guy who inherited it from his dad. It had sat in the barn/garage for at least a couple years. Crazy thing fired up on the old gas (hardly gas anymore) right away once the battery was charged! The bike is still in the family, my dad bought it off me and he's since loaned it to his brother for a learner.

2nd bike - 1980 Honda 750CB Custom. A friend found it for me sitting in some guy garage. Similar story to the first bike, that is having sat for a while. Took a little bit of TLC to get things up to riding standards but that bike did me well. Even when it was my only means of transportation (drove it 365 up in the rainy west coast). Eventually my dad & I did a total tear down to clean up the cosmetics of the bike just for fun. Did a total repaint ourselves, figured it was a good bike to try our hand at painting since I wasn't going to keep it forever.

3rd bike - Renai, my 2003 R*! Love it, love it, love it!! I seemed to be following a pattern of essentially doubling the motor size of my bike with each upgrade (400 -> 750 -> 1600). I think the pattern stops here though Don't think I'd want to go bigger than this!
 
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Renai, my 2003 RoadStar!

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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
I been racking my brains out, I had a Honda SL250 with Universals, great for making a 12 year old dash at the trails via the street when Mom wasn't home. And a Taka? I don't even think they make that anymore, It was grey with red trip. No idea where that company went or even if I spelled it right. It was supposed to be good, but it was always down waiting for hard to get parts. MC
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
honda scooter 50cc
honda ct70
honda cr125
honda cb500 tombstone windshield and harley bags custom paint (what a riot!)
Kawi kz750
honda goldwing 1100 decked out and cutomized
05 midnight roadstar
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
Honda 90(old school girly style)
yamaha mx 80
indian 100
indain 125
Yamaha yz 100
honda cr 250
honda dt 250
honda 750 sabre
yamaha fz750
yamaha fzr 1000(1989, the best ever!)yamaha fzr 400at same time(wife's bike)
honda vtx 1800
honda cbr600rr & honda cbr600 f4i
Suzuki gsxr 1000 & yamaha yzf R1(wife's)
Currently 2006 yamaha roadstar and yamaha YZF R1 50th anniversary(wife's)

I've owned alot of bike but my favorite will always be the 1989 Yamaha FZR 1000!
 
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2006 Road* Classic! IF THIS BIKE IS TO LOUD, THEN YOU ARE TO OLD!
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
66 Honda S90 stroked to 133cc/

66 Yam 305 Street/

70 HD 350 Sprint/

67 (68?)Norton Atlas/

70-something Yam 650 twin/

93 Virago 1100/

06 Road Star
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
1. 1981 Yamaha Exciter 250.
2. 1982 Yamaha Virago 750.
3. 1983 Honda 250 enduro.
4. 1985 Yamaha Maxim 550.
5. 1983 Yamaha Virago 750.
6. 1997 Yamaha Virago 1100.
7. 2005 Yamaha Midnight Silverado Roadstar.
8. 1981 Yamaha XS650 Special (bobber project in the works)

I guess you could say that I'm kinda partial to the Yamahas.
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 2 Months, 1 Week ago  
The Maxim 550 was s screamer! I had one! Very dependable. I put 60K on the sucker in 2 years, I didn't have a car. MC
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
Rupp 3.5 briggs
suzuki 80cc on/off road
yamaha 125 enduro
yamaha 125 yz
norton greeves 250 english trials
Kawasaki 350 triple
yamaha 500
Etc. over 35 bikes and counting
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 1 Month, 4 Weeks ago  
I've grown up with my Roadstar 1600 over the past 6 weeks
Never had one before. It was always something I wanted to get... Next is a Jeep Wrangler

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