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What's your garage inventory?

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  1. Mechanic1978

    Mechanic1978 Active Member

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    My inventory:

    1999 cbr 900rr stroker (my baby!)
    1996 cbr 900rr all original (needs minor work)
    1979 xs650 midnight special (needs minor work)
    1982 xj550j maxim custom trike (build in progress)
    1993 reverse trike rat rod 2hr build w/nephew, built from gy6 scooter rear end and kids atv front,(grandkids toy)
    1992 Honda gl500 silverwing (sold to friend but I store)
    1974 Harley Davidson x90. (runs, Only need exhaust to complete) (ameracchi/when Italians owned HD for a while) (needs minor work)
    1972 Honda cl350 scrambler (engine off ready for top end rebuild)
    1976 Honda cb 550 four (wrecked front end) keeping for engine only (frame twisted) was gifted to me
    1989 Yamaha fzr 600 (13k miles/w 2001 r6 tail faring conversion) (started full restomod few yrs ago 60% done) set aside?
    1965 VW trike 1600cc 4 speed manual custom tube frame w/Harley springer
    front end and dual fatboy hd tanks(half built/ brother left for me)(brings too many crying memories to touch)
    2001 Yamaha warrior 350 (gave to nephew)
    2002 Yamaha banshee 350 alcohol dragster (sold to old team mate, his son raced it also)
    1979 VW Sandrail w/ 2000 cc stock engine (parked10yrs ago needs minor work)
    1967 spare VW engine an trans
    1984 Honda z50r (needs restored)
    1984 Honda magna 750 (v4 engine only) complete with harness and ecu

    Various Chinese kids atv's, scooters, mini choppers...

    Most notable cars I owned..

    1989 Chrysler conquest TSI... Removed 4cyl turbo and replaced with a Chrysler big block 440 magnum w/mild street cam, tunnel ram intake two 4 barrel holly double pumper carbs and 3 blade street scoop /w 2speed powergkide trans and adapter housing. Ran 11.56 in qtr.(sold motor still have car)

    1966 Oldsmobile cutlass, booger green/w 350 rocket small block. I installed edelbrock intake and dominator carb with small jets I wrecked it when I was 22yrs old street racing (wish I still had it)
     
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    Huntchuks Well-Known Member

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    Hogfiddles has you beat. Heck, he has everyone beat.
     
  3. Mechanic1978

    Mechanic1978 Active Member

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    Lol... Its not about beating another, it sharing an obsession and maybe a pic or two of something in our collections.
     
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    Minimutly Well-Known Member

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    It's not about what you got - it's about who you have to leave it to - no one here is taking one xj with them....
    And, as my grandson says, "you can only ride one bike"
     
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    JPaganel Well-Known Member

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    Heh.

    Yamahas:
    1984 FJ600 (almost done)
    1993 FJ1200 (runner)
    1981 XS400 (runner)
    1982 XT250 (runner)
    1982 Vision (project)

    Others:
    1995 BMW R1100RS (needs clutch)
    1978 Suzuki GS400 (sorta running project)
    1992 Kawasaki EX500 (project)
    1977 Honda CB550 (half-assed cafe racer project)
    1991 Honda XR250L (Mad Max type project)
    Not sure of year Honda trail bike 125cc clone (don't really know why I have it, but it runs great)

    Not mine, but in my garage

    Pagsta 50cc chopper (son)
    2007 Suzuki SV650 (wife)
     
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    Mechanic1978 Active Member

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    Yess! another bike hoarder. Oops... collector
     
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    JPaganel Well-Known Member

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    I can stop any time I want!

    (They have functional brakes. )

    :)
     
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    Fuller56 Well-Known Member

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    What?! We can't take our XJ's with us! I'm not going!
     
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    Okay, I'm game. I enjoy checking out everyone's taste in bikes although I know some bikes just fall into your possession due to convenience or an impulsive reaction to just what looks cool! The early ones I acquired didn't really have a theme to them but did influence my future purchases. Now the main objective for my collection (obsession) is finding bikes that were at or near the top of the performance charts for their respective era. And when people inevitably ask... WHY??? (you can only ride one at a time) Well, they bring me great joy. They are an investment I can enjoy and when it comes time to sell I will make a tidy profit on almost all of them. I also enjoy the challenge of tinkering with them, learning the characteristics of the various engineering marvels/breakthroughs as they progressed and improved through the years and keeps my mind working as I approach retirement.

    1971 Yamaha AT1 125 (my only 2 stroke and had one when I was 14)
    1976 Honda CB750F
    1981 Suzuki GS550T (am original owner)
    1982 Honda CB750F
    1983 Kawasaki GPz750
    1984 ZX900A1 (Top Gun bike and 1st Ninja)
    1984 Honda V65 Sabre
    1985 Yamaha XJ700X Maxim X
    1986 Yamaha FZX700 Fazer x 2 (highly underrated)
    1988 Yamaha FZR750RU
    1994 Yamaha FZR1000 x 2
    1996 Honda CBR900RR
    2003 Honda CBR1100XX
    2006 HD VRSCR Street Rod

    Still looking for
    1998 Yamaha YZF R1
    Kawasaki ZX7R
    1999 Suzuki GSX1300R Hayabusa
    To be continued...
     
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    Fuller56 Well-Known Member

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    inventory.
    1982 XJ650 RJ with the big frame mounted Shoei fairing. in many pieces, being resurrected, recently acquired
    1982 XJ750 Maxim, no title organ donor for the 650
    2-1989 Honda VTR 250 Interceptors, 1 is in project stage, 1 is awesome for a little guy
    1984 Moto Guzzi California 2, I put it together out of the crate. 1000 cc's of "character"
    1984 Honda GL1200 GoldWing, trying to make the Awesome Wife more comfortable
    2006 Kawasaki ZG1000 Concours, "Three", 'cause he is the third 1 I have had, not quite to 100k miles, yet.
    2009 Suzuki DL650 Wee Strom, "Gator", an amazing all a rounder
     
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  11. Mechanic1978

    Mechanic1978 Active Member

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    Nice collection @Blackbird
    I collect any and all machines that cross my path and im "attracted" to... except my xs650 midnight special.
    its all stock right now and collecting dust, but its mine lol...
     
  12. hogfiddles

    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    Some......75 or so others. Mostly xj’s, a dozen or so that aren’t.

    129A8FE0-8AF0-4BB3-8A41-AD3DE449B926.jpeg 91F73318-6B11-4048-B9C0-B0384DE946F4.jpeg
     
  13. k-moe

    k-moe Pie, Bacon, Bourbon. Moderator Premium Member

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    @Mechanic1978 As to your note about your H-D X90: It was AMF that owned Harley Davidson and bought half of Aermacchi's motorcycle division.

    As to my garage inventory:

    1982 XJ750 Seca
    1990 Mazda Miata
    A bunch of spare parts.
    A whole lot of tools and stuff to make things with.
     
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    Huntchuks Well-Known Member

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    Dave, it looks like you have a couple of VMax. What do you think of them?
     
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    I like them. Lots of power..... 145hp!!!!!

    one is an ‘85, the other is an ‘02
     
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    Franz Well-Known Member

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    Is that a Harley Davidson top centre photograph?
     
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    hogfiddles XJ-Wizard, Host-Central NY Carb Clinic Moderator Premium Member

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    No..... 2002 Big Dog “Bulldog”
     
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    Franz Well-Known Member

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    I like that bike.
     
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    my ashes are going in the frames so I can keep riding whem I'm dead
     
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    Franz Well-Known Member

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    That's deadication ;).
     
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