how many bikes are too many?

[damz]

at the moment i have two bikes and lots of people think im weird for owning more than one yet i still want more....

since i use bikes for all my transportation needs i have one running on the road and the other in the garage being worked on and now im thinking theres space for a 3rd one.

how many is too many? doesnt kickstart have loads?
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[chris-red]

I have 4

Only 1 on the road,

Should be 2 next week, There are 7 bikes in my house (Garage) only 2 are on the road!
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[damz]

iv''e only got the rvf on the road, the fzr's brakes are fucked at the moment. which is why im expecting people to think im an idiot for buying a 3rd bike without gettin the 2nd working yet.
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[McGee]

Owned 3 at one point.

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[rc211v]

I have 4 bikes and a quad. 1 bike and the quad are under works.
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[Jenks]

i have 7 at present.
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[.....]

I've just found out that my uncle on the side of the family we don't really see has about 200

[truslack]

I only have 3 at the moment, had 5 all lined up in the back garden at one point.
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[Kickstart]

Hi

One for every day of the year might be getting to the point of being excessive.

Currently between myself and Charlotte we have 24 bikes that are either on the road or likely to be again at some point. The actual number on the road varies (at the moment I think it is 4, but 1 more only needs tax and could get another half a dozen on the road with little more than batteries and MOTs). Also a few more floating around for spares.

For those who say you can only ride one at a time, just ask how many CDs they have. After all they can only listen to one at a time.

All the best

Keit
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[truslack]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

At one point I had 5 bikes between me and the ex - GPZ750R/1000RX, AJS 350, CB250RS, CB400/4, GS500E. Having the GPZ for an everyday bike and the AJS for bimbling and rallies seemed like a good balance, with the 250 as a backup and the CB400/4 as a project.

It's a bit hard justifying more than one when you're out of work

[edit] Just remembered, it was 6 - there was a CM200 rat in pieces tucked away in the corner of the garage
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[The Shaggy D.A.]

[MarJay]

I've got four, I've had as many as five at any one time but five (for me) is too many because they take up all of the useable space in my single garage. I believe G has seven at the moment. In a single garage. Plus Dusty's bike.
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[Barry_M2]

Just the two for me. One for road and one for the track.


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[yambabe]

We have downgradede the number of bikes owned between us quite a bit in the last year or so.

I currently have 2, both roadworthy & road legal, one is new, shiny and special (VS800) the other is my everyday hack (550 Zephyr).

The OH also has 2 currently on the road & legal for the same reasons (Vmax & XJ600).

He also has 2 more that just need tax and/or MOT to make them rideable (XS650 & 900 Daytona).

He's now down to just 2 projects in the shed (XS650 and some little 125 suzuki thing that has never been registered for road use) but still has a lot of other bits cluttering the place up, probably enough fo at least another 2-3 bikes in total lol!
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[njd27]

[Kickstart]

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[1016]

[TheDonUK]

4 is too many,

You are allowed one fast road bike, one fast track bike and a utilitarian go everywhere bike... Thats it
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[Fawbish]

I swapped my utilitarian go everywhere bike option, for a 1.8 MG ZS


I have a zx6r for the track.


And I have a Speed Four for the road.


1x Comfy, fairly fast (ha) Car + 2 x 600's FTW


Oh, and we have *counts* 7 bikes in the garage, with another one to join soon (little brother is joining the road biking fraternity, bless him. Tuono 125 )
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[Welshd1k]

between me and my father we have 10 bikes in the household
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[Tristan.]

I have 4, a few weeks ago our household had 10 here

my FZR on the road, my CB in my bedroom, housemates' GS550 and H100 on the road. Two BCF friends' RD200 and XJ650 turbo in the back garden, another friends CG and chink CG copy for spares in the garage, housemates VT250 in the garage and another GS550 frame and engine in the spare room and hallway.

[BanditsHigh]

You can never have too many

Current bikes ...

Honda CB250G5 ... in one piece but not been run/moved for over a decade
Yamaha 250 US Custom ... basket case
Suzuki GS1000ET ... taken to bits years ago and still not rebuilt
Suzuki 1200 Bandit MkI ... in bits waiting to be rebuilt/modded
Suzuki 1200 Bandit MKII ... on the road
Suzuki GSXR750 SRAD ... on the road
Suzuki GSX1400 ... will be on the road in about a month (after full strip/rebuild).
Suzuki GSXR1300 ... rolling chassis (may one day be built as a special).

All the best ... Barry