Most exciting motorcycle you ever ridden

[nervona81732]

My Harley Davidson in Issan.

[jenny2017]

Kawasaki Z 900, a real classic bike. In 1978 the best bike on the market, also the year when I was allowed to drive big bikes. Helmet laws were not yet invented. My friend had one and I could drive it from time to time. 

( Best rice cooker bike, excluding HD, of course) 

 

  

Edited April 12, 2018 by jenny2017

[jenny2017]

My first bigger bike in 1978. The CB 500 Four was okay for a beginner, good sound, and going 180 km/h. A 1976 model. 

Edited April 12, 2018 by jenny2017

[LawrenceN]

1984 Yamaha 1100 Maxim. Straight four-cylinder, shaft drive. That monster could fly. Had it out on US Hwy 63 south of Columbia MO late one night. Buried the speedometer (120 mph). Extrapolating from the tach, I must have been doing 140 mph. Only possible because I had added a fairing. It was comfortable to ride all day, too, with very little vibration.

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[jenny2017]

Royal Enfield 350 Bullet, made in India. I had one for three months when holidaying in India after graduation from university in 1983.

[Ulic]

When riding in Thailand anything/everytime you ride is exciting. Nothing like rolling the

dice with your life on the line.  

[CGW]

Had a lot of bikes over the past 50 years

Probably the most memorable was a VFR 750 Honda, after watching Ron Haslam ride a standard out of the crate bike to 4th place in a race at Donnington in ~1987 (racing factory bikes) I bought one, they were new on the market, at the time it was without a doubt the best "sports" bike on the road, stopped well, handled well with a great engine, at the time this combination was not available in one package on any other bike, had a lot of fun on that bike

My first Triumph speed twin at 16 was also memorable, not sure how I survived that one!

[jenny2017]

BMW R 80 GS, built in 1989, my last bike in Germany. With two Krauser.

[CGW]

9 minutes ago, jenny2017 said:

Kawasaki Z 900, a real classic bike. In 1978 the best bike on the market, also the year when I was allowed to drive big bikes. Helmet laws were not yet invented. My friend had one and I drive it from time to time. 

( Best rice cooker bike, excluding HD, of course)

They were evil! no other word for it, no brakes worth talking about, a very "flexible' frame, handling was atrocious combined with an engine that was superb, went like a rocket!

Survived having one of these as well!

[jenny2017]

2 minutes ago, CGW said:

They were evil! no other word for it, no brakes worth talking about, a very "flexible' frame, handling was atrocious combined with an engine that was superb, went like a rocket!

Survived having one of these as well!

After all, driving full speed for so long a little miracle that I've survived. But there were some strange accidents and a lot of casualties. 

[nss70]

6 hours ago, 55Jay said:

Suzuki GS1100 when I was 14~15 years old.  It weighed more than I did. By a lot.                                                                                                                                60 mph in 1st gear, tears flowing out of my eyes, I managed to get this beautiful beast turned around and back to where I started.  Haven't ridden anything that powerful since.  Just not interested.  But.  No doubt. THAT was the most exciting, and petrifying, motorcycle ride I've ever taken.

Fully empathise with this, I was older, 18/19 but very much the same experience on a Yamaha FJ1100 and likewise have not ridden anything larger than a 350 since.

 

[Ron19]

Pre 1960 Indian with gear stick on the left of fuel tank.

From memory like this on but not in the same condition.

[4MyEgo]

In the early 1970's my older brother let me take his Kawasaki 750 2 stroke for a spin around the bloke, at that time, I immediately understood why they were called the "widow maker" if memory recalls, of the 500 sold in Australia, there wasn't a lot these bikes left as blokes taking them out for a days ride sadly were not returning home.

 

 

 

 

The biggest bike I ever owned was a Kawasaki 1100 D3 series made in 1994, fastest road bike for its time.

 

My older brother named it "Battle Star Galactica", because when I would open it up, it left his Suzuki GSXR 1000 well behind, that is until he purchased his "Hayabusa"  which left me eating its fumes, different times, different strokes.

 

Miss the good old days when a group of about 10 of us would do a two and a half hour country side ride, lots of winding roads with twists, sharp bends and turns, climbing and going down mountains, racing each other to get to the pub at Kangaroo Valley for lunch, steak on the grill and a couple of light beers.

 

Over a 2 year period, of the 7 out of 10 riders, rode their bikes off or had some crazy crashes with a few broken bones, only 3 of us left at the end, with the moral of the story being if you want to take over the leader, be prepared to be pushed to your limits, I was always number 3 as that was where I fitted in, always smelling the brakes of riders 1 & 2 in front of me, but out of sight, both neck and neck always changing places, could never see them until one day I managed to be on their rear watching their riding skills at their best, later when they pulled up for a smoke, and after taking their helmets off, they turned and saw me there, both shocked, and said where did you come from, with me jokingly beating my chest and walking along to take a piss, that was the only time, it was another world, and I knew these guys were in another league, so I had to respect that or take the next step which I didn't...555

 

I did end up getting the ZZR 1100 up to 220 clicks once on a straight stretch, but when the front started to wobble a bit from the wind, I backed off, and a week later I had a heart attack and sold it, after many years of enjoyment, the reason I sold it is because most times I would go out on the weekend, depending on the weather and what we had on, I would get up to 200 clicks most times with the Mrs on the back, and that thought of "what if" kept reoccurring in the back of my mind after the heart attack.

 

So I sold it and our kids still have their parents a decade on, less the bike, except for the scooter.

 

All I ride now is the Mrs, and that's up there.....as that's what gave me the heart attack, true story....lol

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[rumbo1]

Riga 16 ! ....... i bet not many people have heard of this bike , sadly i have no pics

 

[Kwasaki]

8 hours ago, Moo du said:

So my most exciting was the Honda CBR1000RR 2018.

Ridden many bikes through my long biker years.

The Blade was mine at the time when they first came out in UK 1992 nothing could get near them for 6 years.

Exciting to me is acceleration speed the GXR K7 came close but it has to the Suk Hayabusa.

These days my sons 2117 R1 is just as quick as any.

[xylophone]

I fell in love with the Villiers twin 2T two stroke engine really, and my only bike with that engine in it was an Ambassador 250 twin.

 

It wasn't the best looking bike, being a little clunky by today's standards, and also by similar bikes which had that engine, for example the Norman or the Panther (I think), but what it did have was very flexible engine that really had a lovely note to it when going flat out, which when all said and done, wasn't that fast!

 

By flexible I mean that it would run on almost anything and as I was an apprentice when I first got this, towards the end of the week (before the pay packet) I would have run out of money to buy petrol for it, so I would make up a concoction in the workshop in which I served my apprenticeship – – I would mix just a little petrol which was used for cleaning motors, along with some old gearbox oil from the mechanic's workshop nearby and add some chain lubricant which contained molybdenum disulphide and which was used for lubricating the chains which operated in very high temperature situations.

 

It didn't mix very well, despite my best efforts, and very often riding home and opening up the throttle would pull through the oily components of the mix and I would leave behind a trail of what could only be described as similar to a smoke bomb – – that's why I actually called the old bike my "2T smoke bomb".

 

As I said, the bike wasn't the best looker, but I did think that the engine was absolutely superb and I think they came out with a later version which was still 250cc, but called the Villiers 4T?

 

Would love to find a bike over here with that engine unit just to ride it for the sake of nostalgia.

[saminoz]

BSA Starfire 250cc. 

Awesome as a step up from my Pusch 49cc moped!

[The Theory]

Honda 50cc is a goddess ???

[Blackheart1916]

8 minutes ago, saminoz said:

BSA Starfire 250cc. 

Awesome as a step up from my Pusch 49cc moped!

Was that the one with pedals? My grandfather had something like that, sure it was a Pusch.

[NoshowJones]

Exciting, the noise????

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[Stevemercer]

I still miss my Sportster.

 

 

[Media1]

Been riding since 11 years old. Races enduro. Loved the Alpine hill mountain climbs scary stuff. Seen men stop and say no thanks. l was 15 like a monkey up a 25 min climb dead steep..Various obstacles mainly rockslates.

 

Today l would be reluctant unless l training before hand because I was climbing every day at home on a local hill. Mono motocross all that was and is natural to me. Rode XR on dirt and road speedsters..CBR  929 YZF R1... R1 probably the quickest in the pack..owned April is RSV 1000 R nice but the Jap bikes scream 

[transam]

Going way back I suppose the most exciting bike I had (and it was the last) was a tuned up 1964 Honda SS250...It looked much the same as this but alas not a 6 pot...It was stolen....

 

[seajae]

driven lots of cars and bikes over the years without having to rave/bullsh*t about how fast they can go or I went on them, really have to wonder how much of a  dick pulling contest this is for some rather than talking about how exciting some bikes are to ride, real bike riders talk about the bike not what speed they did on them

Edited April 12, 2018 by seajae

[transam]

5 minutes ago, seajae said:

driven lots of cars and bikes over the years without having to rave/bullsh*t about how fast they can go or I went on them, really have to wonder how much of a  dick pulling contest this is for some rather than talking about how exciting some bikes are to ride, real bike riders talk about the bike not what speed they did on them

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[Surasak]

My best ever motorcycle ride was a Harley Davidson 1200cc back in 1965. It belonged to a guy who had not long moved into the area. I think he only came to the cafe we all frequented, just to show it off. It finished up with five of us taking turns to gun it down the road. It made my Triumph 650 Bonneville feel like a snail by comparison. Great times, but I'm well past the fast and open road days   

[bprinceuk]

4 hours ago, BMW Overlander said:

Ridden and owned many, about 2 dozen + past 30 over years.

All of them are exciting in some way.

 

ZZR1400 - clocked 290km/h right here in Thailand at Route 44 back in 2007

 

 

 

Best sport touring bike as far as I am concerned: BMW K1600GTL, lots of rides in Asia and around the Europe:

 

 

 

And best dual purpose bike BMW R1200GS Adv...great for highways and dirt roads/trails

 

 

 

 

Thank you for sharing these great videos

[Ozybear]

Either my hyabusa for speed and handling or my fatboy for class.

 

[maxcorrigan]

1 hour ago, ebonykap said:

1976 and I split up with my gf so, feeling depressed, walked into a bike shop and rode out on a Honda 750cc (K6 if I remember correctly). Loved that bike; dragging off show offs in their souped up Torana XU1's at the traffic lights with ease.

It took me 4 years to pay the bike off on outlandish hire purchase. The month after my last payment, someone stole it from my carport. THAT was a very sad day 

I did better that, i bought a Gold Star 500 clubmans on the knock (over 24 months) three weeks later it was written off, not my doing i might add, i foolishly loaned it to a friend, to do an errand, you can see the results!

 Does'nt look as if i can get the link to work sorry about maybe someone else can, hopefully!

Gold Star 500 Clubmans.lnk

Gold Star2.lnk

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more info

[ezzra]

2 hours ago, impulse said:

 

There are so many places here in LOS that rebuild Vespa's that nobody should pine for them.  Go out and find one!

 

A real genuine complete Vespa GS will cost up to 300,000 baht in Thailand

that's if you can find a good one, sure, there are millions of vespa running

around but they are not the proper GS with the correct and matching

 body and engine numbers...