I'm an old phart, so my first loves were a '68 Triumph Bonneville and a Harley Sportster.
Then I was in lust for a Guzzi Le Mans, the original one.

Quote from: bobspapa on August 20, 2014, 06:21:49 PM
rd 400 daytona special

+1

well until the RZ350 Kenny Roberts Replica came out.

The unattainable lust was for

1969 was the year - Honda CB 750 and Kawasaki H1 500.

 I bought a '69 CB750 with my first VA pension check in January of '70............

1986 GSXR 750



Which I now own

And 1977 RD400



Which I own again ..My first got destroyed racing a KZ900 when I was 16 

Quote from: ute on August 22, 2014, 03:55:50 PM
1986 GSXR 750

Not to nit pick, however that pic is a LTD, do you own THAT bike?

Had an RD 350 for a few years, my first street bike.
Got my very first ticket on it. 

I do miss having it, but I don't miss the *frequent* points adjustments.
I'd like another 2-stroke, but something more advanced......



My grandfather bought a BMW R60/5, brand new.
My dad and I adopted it.
Quintessential boxer twin, painfully slow as a 600 with the bulk of 900.
Such a clunky transmission.
Just too much tractor DNA in it.



Ah, my XV920R.
A really wonderful motor, best transmission I've ever had.
Starter gear-drive was diabolically tragic, really a shame.
Overall a very pleasant motor trapped in a flexy-flyer frame with pencil thin forks and skinny tires.



Hooked me on twins, and kept me from buying an M900 when I was shopping, so I got this:



Didn't come exactly like that....

Always wanted the Yamaha RD350 growing up.  Could never afford one that was in decent shape..sigh.

73 Kaw Z1 900

Quote from: red baron on August 22, 2014, 06:54:51 PM
Not to nit pick, however that pic is a LTD, do you own THAT bike?

I posted that one for the Boobies factor !!

here is mine



and the RD

Have to totally agree with the first Gixxer being included.

A little different than the 916 posted earlier, but these have always held a soft-spot for me:

1997 Ducati 748 mono-posto in yellow:

Kawasaki S1 250 Triple.  Mine had cafe bars. 

^^ oooh nice 

especially with cafe bars.

Quote from: Skybarney on August 25, 2014, 12:46:46 PM
Kawasaki S1 250 Triple.  Mine had cafe bars. 

The first new bike I ever bought was an S-2...350.

Clubman bars flipped over...

Denco pipes...

and a motor mod that Kevin Cameron, long before he was a famous journalist, and I came up with.

Friggin' thing was a light switch. It had no dimmer.