Any audiophiles into motorcycles


As its just getting into motorcycle season here in the great lakes region, motorcycling is beginning to supplant audio as my primary preoccupation. I recall there being threads as to car ownership, don't recall a motorcycle thread. And so, lets hear from the audiophile motorcycle enthusiasts out there; tell everyone about bikes you own, or have owned, and lets hear some motorcycle tales.

As for myself, I started riding around 12 years of age, little Suzuki 50cc trail bike, purchased Sears Allstate (Puch) 250cc street bike at 15 so I'd be ready for street legal riding at 16. Over the next 25 years too many bikes to list, mostly 650cc bikes and larger, migrated to super sports over those years, I was doing a lot of sports touring in those years, strap a tent and sleeping bag on bike and go for up to three or four weeks, mostly around great lakes region. I did great lakes circle tour: southern Ohio and West Virginia was a yearly tour, up into Adirondacks, northern New York, Vermont was always nice. Ontario, Canada was also a pretty common destination as was upper peninsula of Michigan. These days I  find myself pretty much sticking to weekend rides with my nephew, a budding audiophile with his Aprilia RSV4. I've been riding my little pocket rocket KTM RC390 the past few years, fun bike but lacking the thrill of bigger bore bikes such that I've now purchased 2021 Ducati Supersport S in silk white, expecting delivery next Wednesday. So, at this point my ownership of bikes includes the KTM, Ducati, Suzuki DRZ400S and 1973 Yamaha TX500 I'm in process of making into cafe racer.

My passion for motorcycles (and cars, but that's a different story) has certainly impacted my audiophile life. I don't have as much disposable income for audio, and bikes replace audio as my primary preoccupation in summer, but having passion for both sure makes for a richer life!
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I've owned some type of motorcycle since around 11 or 12 years old. Started with mini bikes powered by B&S lawnmower engines. Had one mini bike with a chainsaw engine on it. Could go about 40 with that one but it was dangerous.
"Proper" bikes:
Rupp (don't remember the model year but this one had shocks at least)
Suzuki 50 (late 60's version)
Kawasaki 125 enduro (1972)
Kawasaki 175 enduro (mid 70's)
Huskvarna 125 dirt bike (late 70's)
Harley Davidson Sportster (1982) I still own this one
Harley Davidson Superglide (1985)
BMW 1200 Oil Head (2001)
BMW 1200GT (2003)
BMW 1200 Cruiser (2003)
Moto Guzzi Norge (2008) 
Victory Cross Country (2013) I still own this one

Still ride. Love to tour around the USA & Canada.  


I have a KTM Duke, Ducati 1098, Aprilia RSV4, Honda RC51 and VFR400 I bought in Canada. 
I love classic Brit bikes and have had a few but Diabetes and Peripheral Neuropathy have put an end to my riding because with having no feeling in my feet it was difficult to know when your feet were on the ground. The last bike I had was Suzuki SV1000 and pulled up at a crossing one day and the bike fell over and trapped my leg under it. Two guys came over and helped me up and that was the last of my bike riding ( most embarrassing it was ).
My first bike was an AJS 350
BSA 350 Gold Star
Velocette 500 Venom Thruxton
BSA 500 Gold Star
Norton Commando 850 Dunstall converted.
Vincent Black Shadow
Those were my weekend bikes at one time or another and I had some AJS and Matchless 350s for daily riding to my work.
I still gaze at bikes with loving looks and my wife and daughter chime in with a resounding no !!
1988 VFR750FJ; believe you call it the Interceptor; used to use it a lot with my alto strapped to the back blatting to Cambridge or London, hardly use it at all now with all the cameras everywhere and even the motorbike bays are full- chuck my pushbike in the car and park outside of town nowadays as everywhere is so busy.

Friend has a supercharged Busa I've had a play on- lovely machine/ weapon and sooo fast and famously rubbish brakes for such a rapid machine.

Would love another TZR250 or a simple aircooled middleweight twin- like listening to music (got a TechnicsSL1210GR and getting the Thorens TD160/ 3009/V15 and Quad II going again) am getting simpler and more basic over the years listening to Harry James, Bix, Frank S etc
I started riding in 1965.
Honda 50 sport
Yamaha 180
Yamaha 250 enduro
Honda 500
Yamaha 650
Kawasaki 750
Yamaha 1600 bought in 2000, still own. 

Across country rides on the 650, 750, and several on the 1600. Put 50K on it the 1st 4 years, not riding so much any more.