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#78
#78
Getting real close to pulling the trigger on a Grom

[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zb1JS4DljYo[/youtube]
 
#83
#83
volinbham said:
I'm 5'7" and haven't ridden regularly in over 30 years. Seems like the perfect way to get back into it.
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I would.give my lefty for one of.those. ride red.

Had a cbr600 when younger but it put me in a coma for.3.days so I put it down. That Lil dude would be perfect if I had that 1000 dollar.set of leathers to go with it. Wrecks happen.
 
#84
#84
marcusluvsvols said:
I would.give my lefty for one of.those. ride red.

Had a cbr600 when younger but it put me in a coma for.3.days so I put it down. That Lil dude would be perfect if I had that 1000 dollar.set of leathers to go with it. Wrecks happen.
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I had 2 Honda's (XL100 first bike and CB500F SuperSport - both from the mid 70s). Had a Yamaha DT 125 and Suzuki TS400. Between the time I was 14 and 22 they were my primary transportation.

Can't go wrong with a Honda for reliability - not always the most excitement but the Grom looks like something that would always be fun to have around. At 225 lbs wet I can take it anywhere.
 
#85
#85
my first bike - deliver the Knoxville News Sentinel on it

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#87
#87
volinbham said:
My commuter through college

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That's a 550-four. The Honda CB500-four ran through the 1973 model. Seems like Honda might have produced a 500-twin... pretty sure they had a 500-single in the late 70s. Both the v-twin and single Ascots might have been 500s. A lot of Japanese bikes in the late 70s were 699cc because of the import tariff on 700cc bikes that saved Harley-Davidson from shutting down.

Edit: the Harley 700cc tariff was passed in 1983 and the 500cc Honda Ascots (v-twins and singles) were 1982-1984 models. Honda also had the 500cc V-4 in the early 1980s.
 
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#88
#88
Thunder Good-Oil said:
That's a 550-four. The Honda CB500-four ran through the 1973 model. Seems like Honda might have produced a 500-twin... pretty sure they had a 500-single in the late 70s. Both the v-twin and single Ascots might have been 500s. A lot of Japanese bikes in the late 70s were 699cc because of the import tariff on 700cc bikes that saved Harley-Davidson from shutting down.

Edit: the Harley 700cc tariff was passed in 1983 and the 500cc Honda Ascots (v-twins and singles) were 1982-1984 models. Honda also had the 500cc V-4 in the early 1980s.
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Yes a 550-four - I may have said 500 earlier by mistake. This is a 76 or 77 model. The picture is the version I had - it's the F Supersport rather than the K. Had a 4 into 1 factory pipe. The K had 4 pipes. (I think the same was true for the 750 F and K).
 
#89
#89
My first street bike. 1984 Honda Magna 700cc, loved that motorcycle.

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#91
#91
Thunder Good-Oil said:
I lived in the same apartment building as a guy that had the 750 Sabre. Nice bike... shaft drive. I think it replaced a KZ550 that he had jacked up.
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I bought used in 86 with about 1500 miles on it, sold it in 90 with 20-21,000 miles on it, not 1 problem with it.
 
#92
#92
Honda's marketing sure became confusing around their v-cruisers. When they first came out with the V-4 it was pretty straightforward... the V-4 sport bike was the Interceptor, the standard was the Sabre, and the cruiser was the Magna. Then they quit making the standard Sabre but slapped that Sabre label on V-4 and V-2 cruisers years later. They also made the Magna more standard and less cruiser. I thing they called large displacement V-twin Shadows Sabres. I guess the Honda marketing geniuses ran out of words to identify their bikes as they really got deep into copying Harleys.
 
#100
#100
Yankee_Vol said:
I want another Repsol. The new ones are SWEET
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Yeah that's sick. They paint then rep. Just like the Superbike and Supersport versions that I wouldn't even ride. I have seen the dynos. For those superbikes...200+ hp less than 400 lbs. I don't weigh enough to keep the nose on the deck. I used to ride wheelies on my cbr, but it took a very intentional effort to do so, and I never ever liked it when the front tire skidded under throttle in a curve. Scared me to death. I have been in 3 wrecks tho, and 1 was bad. Helmet came off and I woke up 3 days later in traction. Compound fractured my leg, tore everything in my shoulder loose, bad head injury with permanent memory loss. Bikes lose to mustangs every time, lol.
 
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