Best 80’s Bike ?

[speirmoor]

Lucky to have a bike from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, ’90’s, ’00’s & 20’s. Not missing much from the 2010’s. I did have an ‘82 Suzuki Katana briefly so not going back there. Maybe RD/RZ ?
If you could get any bike from the 1980’s which one would it be?

 

[Fast Eddie]

GIXER … choice of the connoisseur headbanger !!

First gen slab side 750
Or
First gen Singshot 750
Or
(Best for real life road use) early slab side 1100.

Or
Ducati 851.

 

[MichaelB]

Kawasaki ELR....

Or,
Honda Intercepter, in Red White Blue....

Or,
Suzuki Gamma RG500

Or,
Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo,

Or,
The Top Gun Bike
Kawasaki GPZ900

 

[Fast Eddie]

Kawasaki ELR....

Or,
Honda Intercepter, in Red White Blue....

Or,
Suzuki Gamma RG500

Or,
Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo,

Or,
The Top Gun Bike
Kawasaki GPZ900

Ignore everything he said… apart from RG500 !
Freakin expensive these days though.

 

[MichaelB]

Ignore everything he said… apart from RG500 !
Freakin expensive these days though.

Ok,

Yamaha YZR500........

 

[Fast Eddie]

Ok,

Yamaha YZR500........

Now yor talkin’…

That’s a good addition to the list !

 

[MichaelB]

Lucky to have a bike from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, ’90’s, ’00’s & 20’s. Not missing much from the 2010’s. I did have an ‘82 Suzuki Katana briefly so not going back there. Maybe RD/RZ ?
If you could get any bike from the 1980’s which one would it be?

Sounds like a very nice Collection.
Care to share what they are?

 

[concours]

 

[MichaelB]

Honda CBX?

 

[concours]

Honda CBX?

CB1100F?

 

[MichaelB]

Thinking back, there are a lot of great bikes from the 80's.
Including Harley with the Intro of the Evo and the FXR..
Was this the Golden Age?

 

[grandpaul]

Lucky to have a bike from the 1940’s, 50’s, 60’s, 70’s, ’90’s, ’00’s & 20’s. Not missing much from the 2010’s. I did have an ‘82 Suzuki Katana briefly so not going back there. Maybe RD/RZ ?
If you could get any bike from the 1980’s which one would it be?

I would immediately have my trusty old 1980 KZ1000 back!

(Tracy 2001 fairing, MAC headers, Lockhart oil cooler)

 

[baz]

I've never owned or ridden one
But the gpz900 has to be up there amongst the top
It became the benchmark IMO

 

[speirmoor]

Actually I have a 2017 Dominator. Don't know how I forgot that one. All decades covered except for the 80's

 

[grandpaul]

Actually I have a 2017 Dominator. Don't know how I forgot that one. All decades covered except for the 80's

I went back to my master spreadsheet, I've owned bikes from 43 different years, starting with a 1952 Norton ES2 (Triton, with a '63 TR6SS engine), and the newest being a 2017 Bashan 250 Storm. I had (18) bikes from 1972, the most of any year. All decades covered from the 50s to the 2000s. Only 14 years in the 51 year span between 1954 and 2005 that I haven't owned a bike from.

(I have too much time on my hands, and an excellent Excel spreadsheet database for my lifetime collection)

 

[Lineslinger]

I had an 81 Yamaha Virago....then I got married and didn't have an 81 Yamaha Virago.
Didn't last long though.

 

[ESO-terix]

I had an 81 Yamaha Virago....then I got married and didn't have an 81 Yamaha Virago.
Didn't last long though.

HD XR 1000 '83 , all you need

 

[hybridracer]

Any Norton Rotary.

 

[speirmoor]

Sounds like a very nice Collection.
Care to share what they are?

1948 Indian Chief
1956 Norton International Model 30
1965 Honda Cub
1970 Indian Velo 500
1971 Suzuki T125 Stinger
1972 Benelli Enduro
1972 Benelli 250 2C
1973 BMW 75/5
1975 Norton Commando 850
1975 Moto Morini 3 1/2
1990 Harley Davidson FatBoy
2002 Ducati 998
2017 Norton Dominator 961
2022 Indian FTR 1200

 

[Fast Eddie]

1948 Indian Chief
1956 Norton International Model 30
1965 Honda Cub
1970 Indian Velo 500
1972 Benelli Enduro
1972 Benelli 250 2C
1973 BMW 75/5
1975 Norton Commando 850
1975 Moto Morini 3 1/2
1990 Harley Davidson FatBoy
2002 Ducati 998
2017 Norton Dominator 961
2022 Indian FTR 1200

Wot, no Triumph ?!?

Is the FB a grey ghost ?