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     Carbonfibrebob |
http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/live-to-ride/top-15 -motorcycles-of-all-time/ss-BB8f8vz#image=17 Nice to see EBR is recognized | ||
| Carbonfibrebob |
Oops! Try this link http://www.msn.com/en-us/autos/live-to-ride/top-15 -motorcycles-of-all-time/ss-BB8f8vz | ||
| 86129squids |
 What, no Z1R? No RD350/400? Nothing from Rupp? Nothing from Indian? No HD OR Indian military bikes? No Rokon Trailbreaker? No Kawasaki H2 2-smokes? I could go on... still got lotsa yardwork to do. No idea how they came to choose several of these bikes. THIS will be a fun thread! | ||
| Froggy |
Squids, you try picking only 15 bikes out of the thousands of great ones that have hit the road over the last hundred and something years.  Post up what you feel would be the top 15 and why | ||
| Chauly |
ROADOG! | ||
| 86129squids |
..."of all time." Honda XR75. My hooligan neighbor Ricky used to ride wheelies around the neighborhood, ruining his tennis shoes. That particular bike would have been the gateway for a very large percentage of us, myself included. I gotta break it down to an engine... Honda's V-4, whether in the Interceptor, or in the Magna. Every iteration made of those motors touched us all. From that success, Yamaha's V-Max was conceived... that's one I left off my OP. Yamaha V-Max. It reimagined what a "muscle bike" could be. My best buddy has one- truly iconic. Vincent Black Lightning. No explanation needed. IIRC, it was a Norton that introduced the "featherbed" frame, which revolutionized frame design. Husqvarna basically invented motocross. Kawasaki GPz 750 Turbo, the first stock <10 second quarter miler. Brough Superior. Because it was. Britten V1000. Because of one NZ guy's dream. The Kawasaki Z1R created the mold for serious, reliable performance bikes. Suzuki's 4-valve GS line became the OTHER standard for hi-po monster bikes, LOTS of dragracers and roadracers. Vespa. It allowed the mobility for much of Europe, created its own MC genre. Rokon. First 2WD, one could fill the tires with air, or fuel, or... if they were air filled, you could float the bike to the next patch of land and go riding again. Yamaha RZ350. The last street-legal 2-smoke US imported streetbike, it represented the pinnacle at the time for that technology... had one for a while, built, was like God's own slingshot. Suzuki GT750, "the Kettle", world's first water-cooled production bike. IIRC, either an '81 or '82 first-year Harley-Davidson sporting the Evolution motor... without which, Harley-Davidson would have perished, and... none of us would have gotten to know one another.  I agree with the GL, the CB, the BMW G/S, the Zero, maybe a few others in that article... Is that 15 yet? Still gotta work in the yard. | ||
| Sifo |
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| Mr_grumpy |
Why is the Hardly Ableto "Street" in there? It's neither special or iconic or revolutionary. | ||
| Pwnzor |
See anything wrong with the caption in the photo?  | ||
| Sifo |
Shouldn't that be Eddie? | ||
| Aesquire |
The Street is revolutionary. It may mark the beginning of the end of Milwaukee motorcycles. | ||
| Finmars |
Squids, I agree with your list although the Scott 'flying squirrel' from 1926 was a water-cooled production bike before the 'Kettle'. | ||
| 86129squids |
Thanks- I sit corrected Maybe I meant "mass-produced"- after Wiki'ing that bike, looks like they didn't make a whole lot of them. Followed another link to a 1970's bike called Silk, apparently an updated design of the Scott. I might add the KLR650 and the Concours from the big Kaw too. Still wish I could acquire a Yamaha GTS1000 someday... | ||
| Greg_e |
The Street cycles would make good donors for a cafe build. | ||
| Mr_grumpy |
I'm not saying the Street isn't a decent bike, it just doesn't appear to me to be special in any way that would justify it's inclusion. I, like most of us here, can think of many many other motorcycles far more deserving for many different reasons. | ||
| Aesquire |
I agree. The Honda 750 surely is a landmark, both in it's performance, and it's creation of the industry dominating UJM. Vincent Black Lightning because of it's iconic status. Who didn't lust after one? ( if you were a young rider at the time ) Who hasn't seen the picture of Rollie Free stretched out in his swimsuit? I could rant on, but I mostly agree with all you guys. |
