revtothelimit - motorbike forum

Lets jump an indeterminate number of years into the (probably near) future.

Due to the lack of refuelling infrastructure and the prohibitive cost of petrol,old ICE bikes are now primarily a treasured artefact,polished to death and used for the odd classic bike run.

Unless you are very wealthy and pay for a collector's licence,you are permitted to own only one old vehicle.

Would you bother and if so,what would be your one and only?

This would possibly be mine.

I don't want old tech. Maybe I'm weird.

Only old bike I'd want is a pukka 500GP bike.

You will have to pry my cold dead fingers apart to get hold of the keys to my Griso.

My old 03 1150GS. In fact. I want it now.

My 1150GSA. The RT would be the better bike for me, but the GSA just edges it.

Skub wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:00 pm

That looks quite 'bendy'.

My ZH2

An 800VFR.

Will do anything, go anywhere I want to go, and with a regular service will last forever.

Beancounter wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:35 pm

Skub wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 5:00 pm

That looks quite 'bendy'.

Absolutely. They drink fuel,smoke like a chimney,handle rubbish and blow up with monotonous regularity.

But don't forget the rules, this is mostly a running ornament. You lot seriously get your rocks off looking at a GS Beemer?

Yamaha mt10. That'll do me.

In grey with luminous yellow wheels.

CB400-F2.

I loved that bike. (Apart from the brakes in the rain.)

Any bike?

A road going RC45.

A 1997 full power TL1000s in red. Without the contents of the M&P catalogue thrown at it but possibly with the addition of a good rear shock and lovely sounding exhausts.

I went against the grain somewhat and removed the steering damper - I'd probably do the same on any replacement I managed to find!!

I bloody loved that bike andI really really want another!!



If pushed though, something REALLY old could maybe possibly replace the TLs - but I'd have to get my little mitts on something to find out if I could look after it first!!!

This one

KungFooBob wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:35 pm Any bike?

A road going RC45.

Has somebody hacked his account ?

Another vote for a Triumph.

weeksy wrote: Mon Aug 23, 2021 6:19 pm Yamaha mt10. That'll do me.

In grey with luminous yellow wheels.

A mate's young lad across the road has just bought one today, a 2017 SP model. Looks the biz.

I'd probably keep my 1997 Speed Triple. The Bonneville (1969) also has sentimental value, but that will always be my FiL's bike whereas the Speed Triple is mine.

In terms of having a bike 'which can do everything' - by the time EV's are dominant and petrol bikes are properly dying the idea of an ICE bike which can 'do everything' compared to a brand new ~2035 EV will seem laughable IMO. So you might as well have a charmingly bad ICE bike.

This one with a bit more work done to,it ...always makes me smile and I don't need a daily driver