Cooter
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12/19/15 10:10 p.m.
My list keeps changing. I have Il Monstro, and just sold the Monza, as it was too small and too nice for me.
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The V65 Sabre with the Hondaline fairing is a keeper, as is my 650 Seca and a KTM 620RXC, believe it or not. Several other semi-odd 70s-early 80s JapBikes in the keeper pile, as well, including a XV920R and an FT500.
Looking for an ATK, an RZ350 (that I also would be too big for, but I am still kicking myself about a bumblebee I missed out on a couple years ago), a Guzzi Ambo, and probably an SRX6
FT500 is the single and VT500 is the shaft-drive twin, right? IIRC, both had factory tracker-esque styling.
I do like that Monster...the yellow looks great!
As for bikes being too small...I am 6'2" and my Goose 350 sort-of fits for a short ride, yet I still love it! Don't let a slightly heftier build keep you from the nimble corner carvers...nobody says you have to ride it all day!
And Cooter and I have similar tastes in bikes...
![photo IMG_0385_zpsjfbzoecn.jpg](http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb184/JeepTJpics2007/IMG_0385_zpsjfbzoecn.jpg)
I wanted an old Honda 4cyl as well so check this off the list
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Bucket list???
How about this...
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And then my bike ADD kicks in, but today it would be this...
![photo Ducati-SBK-1199-Panigale-R-front_zpsdkhfartf.png](http://i206.photobucket.com/albums/bb184/JeepTJpics2007/Ducati-SBK-1199-Panigale-R-front_zpsdkhfartf.png)
Or this...
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I had a soft spot (hard spot?) for a Bimota Mantra for years. One turned up at a local shop for $23,000 which is stupid money. It stayed in the area for 20 years and finally came up for sale at around $8,000.
Maybe I've grown out of it.
![](http://moto.zombdrive.com/images/bimota-mantra-1996-10.jpg)
![](http://raresportbikesforsale.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Bimota-SB8r.jpg)
![](http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/2016_KTM-500_EXC_Sixdays.jpg?378220)
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![](https://www.google.com/url?sa=i&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=images&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj6053xs_bJAhUHZCYKHUV-CNYQjRwIBw&url=http://www.trx250r.net/forum/quad-month/2138-march-qotm-2.html&psig=AFQjCNHeOU0XVZEpkQdzZXWJrSsrFTVsmA&ust=1451108326273108)
I'd love to have another laeger protrax 250r quad, and it'd be cool to have a collection of old two stroke sport quads, quadzillas, banshees, quadracers, etc. too.
I have always had a thing for a ATC250R.
I had a ATC70 and a XR80 as a kid -
![](http://www.offroadvintage.com/USERIMAGES/ATC250R_1983_US_1.jpg)
I also have a thing for a OW01 - a 1989 FZR600 was my first street bike
![](http://www.motomodeling.com/showroom/OW01/OW01.04.jpg)
If I had the money, I would have a hard time deciding between a red and white or a blue R7
![](http://images.mcn.bauercdn.com/upload/751/images/yamaha-r7-x3-0743-01.jpg)
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Bimota's are neat as hell, no bucket list would be complete without an MV Agusta though. I'll probably end up with a used 312R or a new F3 800 in the next few years, just depends on my tastes at that point.
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clutchsmoke wrote:
WOW Really Paul? wrote:
zx2r and a 250cc 2stroke GP bike.
Any interest in a 500cc 2 stroke GP bike clone?
Probably not due to finances, eventually perhaps. I'd really like to import a zx2r though due to the noises they make.
I'll probably do a turbo ninja 250 at some point as well.
mndsm wrote:
WOW Really Paul? wrote:
zx2r and a 250cc 2stroke GP bike.
This shiny happy people muzzy raptor. Mostly because the damn thing would kill me.
Yea, I already own one bucket list bike for sure, being a 1 of 3 built is pretty exclusive.
In reply to Rusnak_322:
I have an atc70, I got it brand new.......
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Been working on "boosting" the power level a bit lately via a homebrew supercharger.
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@ sesto element -
as a kid, I had two of those ATC70s. My fathers pipe fitting company did a big job at a Canadian refinery and they bought a dozen of them to get around the site. when the project was over, he kept two for me and my brother. They had a cool flame sticker kit on the tank. I looked at getting one for the fun of it and cant believe how much they sell for in good shape.
I remember hating the pull start because it always broke, but as a 10 year old, it was fun to work on.
I broke a rear hub jumping a 10 foot dirt pile (in my memory it was at least 10 foot tall but in real life it was probably 3 foot tall).
pinchvalve wrote:
Had a nice CX500 and a complete parts bike and I planned to make a cafe racer. Never did, sold them both, regret it, still want to make one.
That is a really legit looking CX500!
92dxman
SuperDork
1/14/16 4:02 p.m.
CX-500 is one of my favorite looking bikes ever. Looks good in plain, touring or cafe racer mode.
I had this poster on my wall as a kid, and I still want an old-school V-MAX. I don't care if it corners well, neither do I.
And of course these guys were my heros...
![](http://www.bikebound.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/CHiPs-Motorcycles.jpg)
I guess I don't have exotic tastes, but one day I want to own a GSX-R750. Not even a new one, probably one from about 2004 or so.
![](http://www.onewheeldrive.net/wp-content/uploads/2004/07/img_0016.jpg)
Which is kinda funny since my current ride is an S-model Ducati with the Ohlins this, Brembo that and carbon fibre those. Not mine, but pretty much this (almost exactly like Cooter and Octavious' bikes):
![](http://www.steinborn.org/jim/monster/m900s-front.jpg)
jere
HalfDork
1/14/16 7:11 p.m.
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I am not much of a bike person but have lusted after the brammo empulses
I want a 250cc 2 stroke Honda NSR