I remember as a teenager I had a poster of a Monster on my bedroom wall.
I also had a 916 and an Urban Tiger Fireblade. 20 years later do the real things live up to expectations? YES

ok so its a 996 but I can't afford a 94 916 they have become collectable and the only one for sale in the uk is twice what I paid for the 996.

Anyways what bikes did you lust after as a teenager?
And have you had/got any of them?

Next on the wanted one when I was a kid but couldn't afford it (or to insure it) is an early Subaru Impreza wrx.

I had a few bikes I wanted as a teen...bad.

I doubt I'll ever own any of them.

Bultaco Metralla...

Royal Enfield 750 interceptor...

and a Velocette Thruxton.

rd 400 daytona special

All the bikes I had when I was young I didn't properly appreciate. They were what I could afford, and I flogged them mercilessly. My biggest regret is thrashing this thing into an early grave:




Paid $750 for it in 1995, engine wasn't even broken in yet. Was incredibly fast. At the time I wanted an XR750 more than anything, and riding this goofy Jap bike was an embarrassment. Now I want another one to see how dramatically I could modify it.

1993 CBR900RR

Wanted one BAAAAAAAADDDD

Still want one. Recently passed up a low mileage survivor over e few hundred bucks.


or and RC30. 

When I was a kid, didn't get any better than the GPZ900 from top gun.  The honda interceptor 750 in red, white, and blue whose poster was hanging on my wall next to the porsche 959,  testarossa, and countach was also THE bike I lusted after.

Mine started with a '68 Triumph Bonneville and, oddly enough, a Honda CB77 Super Hawk.  Then the Yamaha RD350/RD400. There was also the Honda CB750 in there. During that time I had a '69 Norton Commando and that was awesome!!

A Suzuki Katana in there and the BMW R90S. After that I lost track for years until the Monster came out.

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Quote from: ungeheuer on August 21, 2014, 06:35:19 AM

The Honda CB series...dunno how I could forget to mention them. Possibly THE most iconic bikes of my generation and if not they are the biggest "sleepers" of the lot. I think the fact that are still so damn many of them still, with the exception of the original sandcast 750 hurts their "iconic" status a bit, but eventually those are going to be highly sought after bikes.

Early 916 Mono, RC30, XR750 flat tracker, 69 Bonnie, '65 Panhead chopper, and finally 96 Gixxer 750 (beginning of the Squid Era).

For me, the Suzuki GS1150E.  It was featured in Meatloaf's 'Modern Girl' video.  I did get an ES version, but really wanted the E version so I sold the ES. 



JM

Quote from: ungeheuer on August 21, 2014, 06:35:19 AM

That was my first street bike. Mine was yellow with a red stripe. Great bike. Many fond memories. 

Iconic? Not mine (can't scan my chromes) but I had an early '74 like this one, replaced with an early RS Motorsport in 1978.

Quote from: red baron on August 21, 2014, 06:57:36 PM
That was my first street bike. Mine was yellow with a red stripe. Great bike. Many fond memories. 

Nice RB, nice.

I always wanted (but never did own) a blue Honda 400 Four.  Love the curvature of those four gorgeously sweeping headers.............