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What bikes have you bought twice?
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TxPappy Offline
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Granbury, Texas
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
(08-01-2017 07:43 PM)suhawk305 Wrote:  2 - 2014 CB1100 Standards

# 0998 purchased Nov 2016, accident and totaled March 2017 with only 216 miles on the odometer.

# 1048 purchased late May 2017. Just passed 1000 miles! Banana

Me too, I can't talk about the accident due to the lawsuit, I had just done the break in oil change and never got to open it up because it happened 5 minutes from the house. I bought the second one a couple of months later and have 11,000 miles on it.
11-19-2017 05:30 PM
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High Mileage

Orange County, NY
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
(11-19-2017 05:30 PM)TxPappy Wrote:  
(08-01-2017 07:43 PM)suhawk305 Wrote:  2 - 2014 CB1100 Standards

# 0998 purchased Nov 2016, accident and totaled March 2017 with only 216 miles on the odometer.

# 1048 purchased late May 2017. Just passed 1000 miles! Banana

Me too, I can't talk about the accident due to the lawsuit, I had just done the break in oil change and never got to open it up because it happened 5 minutes from the house. I bought the second one a couple of months later and have 11,000 miles on it.

No regrets getting another CB1100. I have been enjoying every mile I ride it, but old man winter is now knocking on my door. Maybe done for the year.

Best of luck with your lawsuit, hope everything works out in your favor.

2014 Honda CB1100 Standard
1967 Honda CB77 Superhawk
You don’t stop riding when you get old, you get old when you stop riding.
11-19-2017 07:00 PM
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Florida / Georgia USA
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What bikes have you bought twice?
Ok... I was finally able to corner the infamous Rick Brett in Ft. Myers yesterday and seal the deal on this 1970 Kawasaki H1 500. It’s an original survivor with 16000 miles on the clock. I owned my first one in 1973-74 while in college, selling it to buy a car (what a dumb move!). Rick purchased it about 10 years ago from the original owner and shipped it to England for a thorough cleaning. It spent about 8 years there and the last 2 years at his place in Michigan. He brought it down to Florida in anticipation that I’d actually come through and buy it. He’s a pretty big deal in the Kawasaki Triple Collectors universe. Google his name and you’ll see. A nice guy too! I put a few miles on it and had forgotten that all 5 gears are UP, neutral is down. I noticed that drum brakes really don’t work very well and that the bike was a bit smaller than I remembered. Interestingly, I hopped on the CB while squaring everything away and it felt BIG after getting off the H1! I also forgot that it really needs to rev... it lugs really badly at lower rpms, but once the rpms pick up, it jumps like a bat out of you know what. I’m looking forward to cleaning her up a bit more (I like clean bikes...) but will keep her pretty much as found. She’s a survivor and I want to keep it like that.

Here’s Rick and I sealing the deal...

İmage

Here she is on the trailer for the trip back home.

İmage

Next to her stable mate here in Florida. I will eventually bring her back to Georgia...

İmage

Here’s a shot of my original H1 back in the day...

İmage


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‘22 BMW R1250 GSA
‘14 Honda CB1100 DLX
'09 Kawasaki KLR650
‘70 Kawasaki H1 500
02-11-2018 04:27 AM
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Flynrider Offline
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Phoenix, AZ
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
Congratulations, R4N! She's a beauty.

Phoenix, AZ
2013 CB1100 - Big Red
1993 CB750 Nighthawk - Tahitian Blue
02-11-2018 05:27 AM
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Cormanus Offline
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Queensland, Australia
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
Good one, ride4now! Blue smoke and the sweet smell of two stroke!

It looks so small. I remember them being bigger.
02-11-2018 05:44 AM
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paulw Offline
1st Service Completed

USA
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
None yet but will probably be adding a Ducati ST to the stable this Spring. Owned a 2000 Yellow one but they are hard to find so looking at an 07 ST3S.
02-11-2018 05:56 AM
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The ferret Offline
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Ohio
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
R4N... Very cool. Looks like you need to find a set of original turn signals, and a r/h mirror for it.

Are you going to try and track down a Bates (or is that a Wixom) fairing, crash bars and luggage rack and back rest as well?

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02-11-2018 06:06 AM
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Blockhead Offline
Running Like a Top

Pittsburgh
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
Good job ride4now! Looks like a fun bike.

2013 CB1100
2008 YZ 250
2008 TW200
02-11-2018 06:08 AM
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High Mileage

Florida / Georgia USA
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
(02-11-2018 05:44 AM)Cormanus Wrote:  Good one, ride4now! Blue smoke and the sweet smell of two stroke!

It looks so small. I remember them being bigger.

It is small... or perhaps, everything today is just big!

‘22 BMW R1250 GSA
‘14 Honda CB1100 DLX
'09 Kawasaki KLR650
‘70 Kawasaki H1 500
02-11-2018 06:16 AM
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Cormanus Offline
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Queensland, Australia
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RE: What bikes have you bought twice?
I’ll be really interested to read your views on it and how it compares with your contemporary bikes after you’ve ridden it a bit. I do like the idea of you pulling wheelies on it!
02-11-2018 06:35 AM
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