old metrics: who loves 'em and who doesn't

I was just working on my bike a while ago and was wondering if anyone else has one or any fond memories of one. So on and so forth.

I miss my old 79 gs 850

I do enjoy my supermagna.

I did truely love my Magnas and V-max. There is just something about amazing metric muscle crusier. I fell in love with my friend's Dad's 92 Vmax, I had dirtbikes as a kid, as soon as I was old enough for a streetbike I went searching all over alaska for one. I finally found my first motorcycle outside of fairbanks in a town named Nenana. My 94 V-max was owned by this old oil worker that had not touched it in a few years. It was the best buy You can imagine. we only had about 2 and half months a year to ride and for a couple years I rode everywhere I could for those 3 months. the rest of the time I would rub it with a diaper and tell it bedtime stories. My girlfriend would get jealous when i would make dinner and go out to eat in the garage just to be closer to it. Damn I miss that bike. I need to get back to the AK 99577!

72 CB750.
Punched out to a 900
6" over forks
Pullback bars
King/queen seat
16" hog rear wheel with oversized sprocket
Pearlescent white with prism metalflake (sprayed myself )

Sounds like some nice rides. I love mine, and would love to get my hands on a virago(post 83) or an old yamaha xs650.

My first STREET bike was a honda 250 custom. I loved that old honda. I rode that thing everywhere. Ended up putting it in a ditch doin about 65 on the interstate one night going home from work. I rode it for a few more month's and had to get rid of it.(alcoholism ruin's everything)

I love 'em. My current rider is a 1972 cb750 cafe racer (see my avatar and sig pic). I used to have a 73 yamaha TX500 which is the bike that later became the xs500 and in my garage and in progress I've got a 68 cb350 and a 1985 Honda Rebel 250 bobber project. You could say I like old metric bikes. In fact, I'll probably never own anything not Japanese and at least 15 years old.

I do miss my Hondas

I LOVE bout anything on two wheels , i guess the metrics will always have
a place in my heart , first time i heard a cbx honda with a kerker header on it, i thought somebody stepped on a wildcats tail, awesome.

saw a reproduction of the worlds fastest indian 2 days ago, he migh tbe at the show, you want to talk nasty

You should hear my magna. 4 into 2 with drag pipes.

nickestes wrote:saw a reproduction of the worlds fastest indian 2 days ago, he migh tbe at the show, you want to talk nasty

Huh?????

look it up, bonneville race bike from new zealand

Or you can Netflix it. Anthony Hopkins does a pretty good job as usual it was a neat bike

I forgot about the movie, there is a real documentary about the guy with live footage of the bike way back when

Deviant1 wrote:I love 'em. My current rider is a 1972 cb750 cafe racer (see my avatar and sig pic). I used to have a 73 yamaha TX500 which is the bike that later became the xs500 and in my garage and in progress I've got a 68 cb350 and a 1985 Honda Rebel 250 bobber project. You could say I like old metric bikes. In fact, I'll probably never own anything not Japanese and at least 15 years old.

That looks nice. love the sound of the inline fours.