Bucket List Bikes

[MrLongbeard]

And just hope they're a weightlifter, not an old granny...

It's only 350ish Kg's not a ton and a half.

390kg wet weight for the fully specced version, which is not far short of the weight of a Reliant Robin (sub 450kg). And which is a small car.

And both are easily pick up-able providing you're not under them and use the right technique

[mangocrazy]

It's only 350ish Kg's not a ton and a half.

390kg wet weight for the fully specced version, which is not far short of the weight of a Reliant Robin (sub 450kg). And which is a small car.

And both are easily pick up-able providing you're not under them and use the right technique

After you, Claude...

Post the video up here so we can all enjoy it.

[Bustaspoke]

It's only 350ish Kg's not a ton and a half.

390kg wet weight for the fully specced version, which is not far short of the weight of a Reliant Robin (sub 450kg). And which is a small car.

And both are easily pick up-able providing you're not under them and use the right technique

Pick up-able or not if it goe's over you'd lose a lot of cool points from the know it all witness's
I don't have a motorcycle bucket list,but if I had to pick a 3 bike garage I'd go for
350LC cool retro vibe & fond memories from my old 250LC days
XSR900 in blue with the nose cone & bellypan
Z900RS Classic styled UJM
If we could have 4 bikes I'd pick a air cooled thumper probably a XT600E.
I do have a motorycle trip list,I'll post that as a topic

[Dickyboy]

Owning/Riding would definitely be entirely different lists.

Riding - Moto Martin CBX, RD500 or other mad 2stroke & finally fully loaded modern goldwing across the states.

Owning - Indian FTR1200, XT500 & a tuned up derestricted BMW K1600gt - after hearing one on the facebook

[MrLongbeard]

390kg wet weight for the fully specced version, which is not far short of the weight of a Reliant Robin (sub 450kg). And which is a small car.

And both are easily pick up-able providing you're not under them and use the right technique

After you, Claude...

Post the video up here so we can all enjoy it.

Give me a 350 - 400kg bike I can lay down on the ground and I'll pick it up whilst you film it.
In the mean time here's a girl doing it;

[mangocrazy]

Yes, I've watched quite a few videos like that. All filmed under near ideal conditions etc. Excuse my scepticism but under real world conditions I suspect it would be a whole bunch more difficult. You don't get to choose where a bike falls over and on most occasions the conditions are what's caused the bike to tip over in the first place.

[dern]

Yes, I've watched quite a few videos like that. All filmed under near ideal conditions etc. Excuse my scepticism but under real world conditions I suspect it would be a whole bunch more difficult. You don't get to choose where a bike falls over and on most occasions the conditions are what's caused the bike to tip over in the first place.

Completely agree. I dropped my 1190 adventure on a sloping car park and it fell down hill. It was feckin' heavy and was grateful for the guy who helped me.

[MrLongbeard]

Yes, I've watched quite a few videos like that. All filmed under near ideal conditions etc. Excuse my scepticism but under real world conditions I suspect it would be a whole bunch more difficult. You don't get to choose where a bike falls over and on most occasions the conditions are what's caused the bike to tip over in the first place.

Nah, it'll be fine, providing it doesn't end up upside down in a ditch 6 foot below road level it can be hoiked upright again.
As a rider of a 300kg+ bike it doesn't even register as a concern.

[Count Steer]

I'd watched those '8st slip of a thing picks up heavy bike' vids and had the opportunity to try the technique on a 'Wing style bike (twice* ). Both times were slow motion, no damage jobs but quite high in comedic value.

Steering on full lock, bum into side of seat, bend knees and....use them bulging quads...lift..lower....start again. Repeat. Fail. Needed help both times. The first chap to help was so enthusiastic we nearly lobbed it over in the other direction.

The moral of the story is....don't lay 'em on the floor (and, if you do, don't do it in the dark, miles from the nearest person that might be able/willing to assist! +Don't break your mobile phone when you do it).

I gracefully lowered a CX500 to the floor in a supermarket car park once - without visible damage. It was a sloping car park so the wheels sort of ended up higher than the top of the bike. Needed help with that too.

None of which are reason enough not to have a biggish bike though.

*office car park and petrol station forecourt.

[gremlin]

Aprilia Moto 6.5

Honda C90

1947 Vespa 98 Corso Circuito

[MrLongbeard]

Only ever needed to pick up the Speed Triple (200kgs) twice, once after stuffing it into the side of a car, once when I forget I was on the pavement and not the road, neither posed any issue.

[Taipan]

I stacked my CX500 onto a roundabout and ended up in some rhododendrons. I'd knocked the wind out of myself and was about 10 stone wet in my riding gear back then and i was fooked if I could pick it back up. I did eventually with the help of a roadworks guy. He was the only one who had stopped laughing enough to help. I was smothered in mud and petals which flew of poetically as i sped off down the A217...

[Count Steer]

Only ever needed to pick up the Speed Triple (200kgs) twice, once after stuffing it into the side of a car, once when I forget I was on the pavement and not the road, neither posed any issue.

Your a bigger unit than I am Mr L.

I wasn't exactly a weakling....but the bigger bike did weigh 378kg (wet, with empty luggage).

[Ian]

I've ticked them all off apart from the bike that got me hooked as a child: A Velocette Thruxton.

Prices for real ones, not tarted up Venoms are silly now so unlikely to happen.

[Pirahna]

There's no bikes on a "bucket list" for me, I've owned a lot of nice stuff over the years and if haven't owned it I've ridden it.

My hands are a bit fucked with dupuytren's contracture at the moment, hopefully after surgery (again) I'll be able to get gloves on and will have a long hard look at a 250 Gas Gas trials bike.

Bicycle wise, I'm thinking of buying a Yeti ASR, I used to own a 26" one a few years ago and would love to own the new version.

[Bigjawa]

C1

I've ridden one, on the test-grip-pan at Longcross, for about 10 minutes. Odd thing: massively under-powered for the weight of it, a bit top-heavy when you start moving, or at very low speeds, but still reasonably usable. If I had a mainly urban 10-15 mile commute I'd definitely consider one. (even now).

Having said that: they still take up a lot of space, and they're not weatherproof (rain would easily come in round the sides: I'd be looking at making up some sort of transparent thin-sheet "doors" just to keep spray and rain off.

I've ridden one, crossing the M3 elevated motorway bridge in Belfast on a windy day riding a C1 is one of the most terrifying experiences of my life.

[Bigjawa]

My bucket list bikes are an early Blade, the first R1s with underseat exhausts in that gorgeous wine red colour and a R100RS in the Motorsport colour scheme.

[KungFooBob]

the first R1s with underseat exhausts in that gorgeous wine red colour

Lava Red?

[MingtheMerciless]

NSR500-V (I have known of a few in private ownership)
KTM 950/990 SMR. Had a 950 SMR which was a real hoot to ride.
Quite fancy the new Ducati single SM.

[weeksy]

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