Forum Members and Their Motorcycles

[Keystone19250]

At 62 years of age and after giving up motorcycles just 3 years ago I now focus on my truck, camper and yes my love of firearms. That doesn’t mean that the memories of spending close to 40 years on two wheels will ever fade away. I’ve figured I put close to 150,000 miles on the motorcycles I’ve owned throughout the years starting with a 500cc cross between a cruiser and semi sport bike up to my last 1800cc 6 cylinder touring bike.
The following pictures are from my first bike to my last.

500cc twin, shaft drive.

CB750F Super Sport, chain driven. This was my 2nd and 3rd bike, the picture is my bike taken in the driveway at a friends house in Avon CT. It was 1980 and treated me well until I wrapped it around 3 guard rail poles in Boone NC heading home from a summer vacation. The next CB750 was a 1982.

My 4th Bike was 1987 1200cc GoldWing Interstate, shaft drive, I put around 40,000 miles on it riding all over New England. It was sold when my son was born in 1994.

My last Bike was a 2005 1800cc 6 cylinder GoldWing shaft drive. I put 90,000+ miles on it riding through Canada, most of the East Coast, Texas and 3 trips down Skyline Drive and the BlueRidge Parkway the last of which included completing the
(Tail of the Dragon) two up pulling a trailer. Motorcycling was a HUGE part of my life rain or shine for close to 39 years.

So guys and maybe gals let’s see those bikes and share your memories.

 

[Peglegjoe]

I have a few currently; let's see what's here for photos.

First is my avatar - 2006 Buell Ulysses. Another angle:

Avatar is on a ride through Tail of the Dragon; the shot above is on my ride home to MD, along the Blue Ridge Parkway. Yes, that's a real road sign on the parkway, and yes, they make it as a decal. I have one on my helmet. That's my Swiss Army Bike - it does it all. Long distance cruising, fire roads, single track, backroad twisties...you name it.

That's my 1998 Buell S1W White Lightning, a great little hooligan bike. 1200cc, 110hp, short wheelbase and mountains of torque. I'm running it through a cone course in the shot, just having fun in a parking lot one day

My '95 Buell S2. Loved that bike. Comfortable, capable, and a real Gentleman's Cruiser. That pic is on a trip to West Virginia's Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum. Talk about a creepy place - largest sandstone building on the planet besides the Kremlin...and not a doorknob in the place (inmates could hang themselves from knobs, so they used flat plates with indents). Creepy. That bike is gone now, 2 years ago a deer jumped in front of me at 70mph. Cut the deer in half, slid 340 feet down the road, stood up, and called my own ambulance.

And lastly, my troublemaker. 2009 Buell 1125CR. Liquid cooled Rotax twin, 1125cc, dual overhead cam, 4 valve. 370 lbs wet (full tank and radiators), 152hp at the rear tire (bone stock). That shot is another of my trips down the BRP.

Yep...I'm a Buell guy. Used to work for them, love the torque of the twins, love the handling of the short wheelbases.

 

[KillerFord1977]

Nice bikes !!

no discussion from me here. I’m into planes.

 

[Keystone19250]

Nice bikes !!

no discussion from me here. I’m into planes.

I don’t discriminate so share!!!

 

[KillerFord1977]

I flew a 1956 de Havilland Beaver on floats out of Alaska for a few years.

currently fly a Piper Warrior 2 similar to this bottom photo.

 

[papa]

I flew a 1956 de Havilland Beaver on floats out of Alaska for a few years.

currently fly a Piper Warrior 2 similar to this bottom photo.View attachment 9179View attachment 9181View attachment 9182

Where's the FORD emblem????

 

[KillerFord1977]

Where's the FORD emblem????

 

[Keystone19250]

I flew a 1956 de Havilland Beaver on floats out of Alaska for a few years.

currently fly a Piper Warrior 2 similar to this bottom photo.View attachment 9179View attachment 9181View attachment 9182

A good friend I used to Hang Glide with became a pilot, he joined the reserve and they taught him to fly helicopters. When he got out he went to work for the Manchester CT PD Flying the police helicopter, he still flys for wealthy clients that have there own planes.

 

[papa]

I haven't ridden a motorcycle in many years . I have owned 2 CB750F's . The first was a silver '79 model with black striping and the second was an '81 that looked just like Keystone 1925's bike. I have ridden other , bigger street bikes but never owned anything bigger than the 750's.

I grew up riding mini bikes , mopeds ( the old style with the 3 speed , grip shifter ) and various size dirt bikes from a 125 to a 400 Yamaha YZ .

I tried riding my son-in-law's crotch rocket around the streets near my home about 2010 and did ok at 30 MPH but as soon as I hit 35MPH I couldn't breath . So that was the last ride I ever took.

 

[Keystone19250]

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I’m guessing you restored that blue f250 custom, nice looking truck.

 

[Peglegjoe]

Nice pickups, I like the old stuff.

Current project - '72 Satellite wagon, currently a 360 smallblock with a 4bbl, soon to be a GenIII 5.7 Hemi EFI.

It's a "midsize" wagon from '72. I can fold the back seat, and carry a 4x8 sheet of plywood with the tailgate closed.

MIDsize.

And, a unibody. I used to have a hotter (420hp or so) 360 in it, and would run high 12s at the track. I ran slicks for five passes and the doors started fitting funny...so I went back to street tires!

 

[KillerFord1977]

I’m guessing you restored that blue f250 custom, nice looking truck.

Dad bought it new and I have been driving it around the property since I was 13. He gave it to me when he retired and I had it restored. 76,000 original miles on original engine. Truck has never been away from the family since it left the dealer.

 

[Keystone19250]

This is a picture of my f250 Super Duty the day I picked it up.

this is it now, very custom.

 

[papa]

I had a 1978 F-250 that I installed a 428 CJ in. ( It wasn't stock ) It had the truck 4-speed tranny . It brought lots of smiles to my face .

 

[Peglegjoe]

The blue F250 story sounds like my Daytona:

First new car I bought - 1991 Dodge Daytona C/S Competition Package turbo. 2.5 turbo 4 cylinder, 5 speed Getrag, oversize 4 wheel discs, largest-available (at the time) 16" directional wheels. 250 total built; 16 built in my color combo. One-owner, 74k miles, 95% original paint (nose and passenger fender were damaged in '92 when the parking brake failed and it rolled down a hill into a tree). Garage kept, and still a fun Sunday driver.

 

[KillerFord1977]

This is a picture of my f250 Super Duty the day I picked it up. View attachment 9190
this is it now, very custom.View attachment 9191
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Nice looking rig. I cant buy a new f250 as I have the old one and dont need 2 f250’s, but i really like the new body style of the F250

 

[KillerFord1977]

The blue F250 story sounds like my Daytona:

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First new car I bought - 1991 Dodge Daytona C/S Competition Package turbo. 2.5 turbo 4 cylinder, 5 speed Getrag, oversize 4 wheel discs, largest-available (at the time) 16" directional wheels. 250 total built; 16 built in my color combo. One-owner, 74k miles, 95% original paint (nose and passenger fender were damaged in '92 when the parking brake failed and it rolled down a hill into a tree). Garage kept, and still a fun Sunday driver.

Nice looking ride. Used to race those in my ‘90 mustang LX 5.0 coupe

 

[lmgunner13]

The 98 Fatboy was a 95th Harley anniversary bike outside my house in Arizona
the 77 iron head I restored about 2010
The 2002 Dyna superglide was my daily rider. sold it with almost 200k miles 5 years ago
Mellow yellow is a 2000 Fatboy with hard bags added. this bike was no slouch. 585 cams, big bore kit, S&S super E carb vance and Hines Long shots.
And the newest is my 2019 Electra Glide Police. 114 Milwaukie 8 with High flow screaming eagle intake, CFR pipes, Stage one tune with screaming eagle pro street tuner.

 

[Keystone19250]

Nice looking rig. I cant buy a new f250 as I have the old one and dont need 2 f250’s, but i really like the new body style of the F250

All aluminum, never rust.

 

[papa]

I had a 1978 F-250 that I installed a 428 CJ in. ( It wasn't stock ) It had the truck 4-speed tranny . It brought lots of smiles to my face .

I ran the Goodyear extra grip , high miler tires ( 12x16.5 ) , the same tire you used to see on the rear of all the semi trucks before they started running radials , and I could light the tires ( as in both ) when I went to 3rd gear.

Some really nice looking bikes , trucks , and cars here folks.