Classic Collection!

[Joe]

Wow…….  

[audiomick]

Yes, lots of nice bikes.

 

What I don't understand is why the bloke showed his "Nighthawk" at the start. That is a CBX 650 E. I used to have one of those. Someone gave it to me as a birthday present, because he had been unable to sell it for about 5 years. It was an "honest" bike, but boring. How can one start a video with "this is my bike" (that...) and then go on to show those other ones. I would be embarassed, to say the least.

Edited June 30 by audiomick

[activpop]

My friend had the H1 back  around '73. I rode it once. It scared the crap out of me. No way, no how.

[Joe]

audiomick- The initial bike is a bad start to the video. Most of the bikes had been restored by different people basically describing the owner as more of a buyer than restorer. But their are many cool bikes in this collection from two-strokes to 6 cylinder bikes. The Benelli had many Moto Guzzi sourced parts, looks like the front forks and triple tree, but I could be wrong.

[audiomick]

48 minutes ago, Joe said:

audiomick- The initial bike is a bad start to the video.

That's what I mean. The Honda at the start belongs to the bloke who made the video, apparently, and the segue is that the bloke who owns the interesting bikes restored the Honda for him.

It's just that the bikes presented in the video are nearly* all iconic and interesting ( * there was a BMW at the end... ), and the Honda at the start is just grey porridge. Quite a nice motor, actually, but an uninspiring package.

Edited July 1 by audiomick

[Lucky Phil]

I know I'm a grumpy old man these days but there isn't a bike in that video I'd have any interest at all in owning. If I was the owner I'd sell all of them and buy 2 decent bikes with the money. Funny these days how people lust over motorcycle that we were all puking over back then.

[audiomick]

What?

The Kawasaki 2-stroke triples were fantastic. Ok, shit frame, but the motor was a monster, even the small capacity ones. The CBX 1000 was fantastic. Ok, typically Honda "glattgebügelt" (ironed smooth), but still nice. I haven't experienced a Benelli Sei, but I would love to. Z 1, don't start. Legend. The only one I wouldn't be interested in was the modern BMW at the end of the lineup.

[alannn]

I still have fond memories of the sound and smell and fun of my Yamaha Daytona Special (RD400 style 2 stroke). I sold it because of overwhelming feelings of inadequacy when an associate showed up on his Suzuki RG500 "Gamma." Sadly my excitement over the Gamma exceeded that of my Daytona, and I never even rode it. What a sound!

[p6x]

3 hours ago, audiomick said:

The CBX 1000

I rode the KZ1300, and it was a fantastic bike. Not as great looking as the CBX, but with shaft transmission and Fuel Injection (later years), it was an incredibly reliable motorcycle.

[Joe]

3 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

I know I'm a grumpy old man these days but there isn't a bike in that video I'd have any interest at all in owning. If I was the owner I'd sell all of them and buy 2 decent bikes with the money. Funny these days how people lust over motorcycle that we were all puking over back then.

The guy in the video quipped he would trade them all for a yellow Lamborghini.

[Lucky Phil]

2 hours ago, p6x said:

I rode the KZ1300, and it was a fantastic bike. Not as great looking as the CBX, but with shaft transmission and Fuel Injection (later years), it was an incredibly reliable motorcycle.

The thing weighed 321KG wet! Thats not a motorcycle it's a big fat wide horrid contraption of some sort. Any bike that weighs 321KG is a disgrace.

Phil

Edited July 2 by Lucky Phil

[activpop]

16 hours ago, Lucky Phil said:

Funny these days how people lust over motorcycle that we were all puking over back then.

Different strokes for different folks...no pun intended.

Back in 1974 I was 20 yrs old and road a Ducati 250 all over the place. My boss had a gig in NYC where he needed another rider for a motorcycle escort for a mini promotional parade for the release of the movie That's Entertainment. He borrowed his friend's brand new Honda 750 and asked me if I wanted to ride it down and do it. Of course I said yes! I couldn't believe it! I cruised down to NY on the Palisades Parkway, about a 25 mile ride, crossed the GW and headed downtown to the meet up point. I met up with the crew and another biker and we proceeded to ride to City Hall where the dancers did their thing to the music on the City Hall steps. It was a hoot. When it was over I rode back to Pomona. That bike was surreal to me. Cruising effortlessly at 60 mph and a little throttle blip and I was at 70. One finger on the front brake was all it needed to slow down. Coming off my Ducati to this it was an amazing contrast and it was easy to see why this bike was one of the biggest gamechangers in motorcycles. It wasn't until 1977 that I was able to buy a new bike. By then there were quite a few bikes out that were all part of what I thought was one of the most exciting times of motorcycle production. The next year Suzuki came out with the GS1000, another game changer. The battle in Japan was on for the baddest and best, and it was fun to watch. Oh yeah, the new bike I bought in '77 was a Ducati 900 GTS. 

Edited July 2 by activpop