Bikes you want for no rational reason

[slowside]

I realise this may cover a lot of bikes for a lot of people.

But in my case, I really want a GPZ500 as a second bike.

I've never ridden one, I have no sentimental attachment to them and my Sprint will (objectively) do everything better. It's not even a rare or glamorous bike.

I think I like them because they are (relatively) cheap, vs something like a CB500, and I do miss my old YBR125 for having a quick blast to the shops or to visit my old man. It was a lot of fun riding a slow noodley bike 'fast'.

I've no space for one, it makes absolutely no sense to own one, but everytime I see one on eBay I pause.
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Triumph Sprint RS 955i - Sold
Triumph Street Triple R 675

[stinkwheel]

GPZ5s are quick bikes. They'll do 125mph flat out and they reward thrashing with increasingly spritely performance. Way more fun that they should be, they were Kawasakis answer to the 350 powervalve. I'd certainly never describe one as "slow".

I want a Honda Grom but I have absolutely no use for one.

I also want an electric powered hardtail chop in a 70's style with apehangers and huge over-standard forks to ride to work on. Which in fairness, would probably be more justifiable than a grom...
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I did the 2010 Round Britain Rally on my 350 Bullet. 89 landmarks, 3 months, 9,500 miles.

[slowside]

[MarJay]

I rode a GPZ, it was definitely better than the sum of it's parts. Comfy, stable but quick and nice turning. If we lived in a communist society and only one bike could be produced for all of us high ideology workers to get to our government mandated factory work, I really hope it'd be a GPZ500S.

You know the BMW F650CS? The ugly one with the helmet box under the tank and the belt drive? I've fancied one of those for ages. My commute is far too long for a naked bike these days, but if I was still commuting a few miles up the road, I'd probably have one. They are great value and I bet they are a hoot too.

I also regularly fancy but can't justify or afford (in no particular order):
Fast bikes:
ZXR750 L1
GPZ900R A1
Recent GSXR750
2008 Fireblade SC59
Tuono V4
Mondial Piega
SP2

Fun bikes:
Yamaha MT07/XSR700
Kawasaki Z900RS
Ducati Multistrada 1000DS

Stupid bikes
MZ ETZ 300 ( I had one before and it wasn't really useful but I'd have one again if I had tonnes more room).
Jawa (anything but I realise they are crap)
IZH Planeta
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British beauty: Triumph Street Triple R; Loony stroker: KR1S; Track fun: GSXR750 L1; Commuter Missile: GSX-S1000F; Cheap project: CBR900RR FireBlade
Remember kids, bikes aren't like lego. You can't easily take a part from one bike and then fit it to another.

[Ayrton]

I keep fancying a ktm rc390 because I think they look cool, but having just got my full license I wanted something bigger. I wish they would make a 690 version. I am insured on my brothers 690smrc so at least I can ride that

[The Shaggy D.A.]

I've a hankering for a Royal Enfield Flying Flea, or a D1 Bantam. Or a Black Douglas.

Would be far better off getting another YBR though.
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[BTTD]

An old KLR650. I don't ride off road or plan on travelling around the world, but there's a certain utilitarian appeal.

[slowside]

[stinkwheel]

[chickenstrip]

Only one that springs to mind is a Laverda Montjuic 500. I've wanted one for years, mostly because back in 1980 they got a write-up as a mad thing. I know that now, they'd probably seem pretty tame to me - only a 500 parallel twin after all - but the hankering has never lessened.
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[wr6133]

GSXR1100K - No use for it, just want.

Buell Blast - I know it's the shit one with half a sportster engine but I just want one.

[MarJay]

[TheIncredible...]

RC45

One of many posters on my wall as a kid.
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Current Bike:-Suzuki GSXR 1000 - K3
Past Bikes:- ZX6-R, ZX7-R, RSV Mille x2 (1st Gen).

[c_dug]

I had a gpz500 and it was excellent fun, prices seem mad now though, I think I got my '98 on for £350 in around 2007. Doesn't seem to be any anywhere near that price for sale at the moment.

Dorsoduro 1200 is my no-sense bike, tank range is far too small to be usable for anything other than hooning.
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I am a bellend, I am a man of constant sorrow, I am a gummy bear, I am a rock.

[spottedtango]

Laverda Ghost

Cb400NC31 super four which I bought last year and sold

Here’s a wee vid. It was one of those don’t meet your hero moments. Good bike I didn’t gel with it

https://youtu.be/TBy_gkkSKrE

Yamaha viragro 1100/ tr1 I like the engine looks like two sr500 singles bolted together

[redeem ouzzer]

Suzuki A100. Preferably a K or L model.

Yamaha DT175MX.

No room for either but still objects of desire.
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Be a REAL MAN!

[chickenstrip]

Another one for me: RD400, simply because I never got to try one.
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[Ayrton]

[xX-Alex-Xx]

NR750. With the rarity and value of it, I’d never take it out. Still want one.
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[pepperami]

I’ve always wanted a CZ 250 twin, I rode one many moons ago and thought “this is fun”.
We all know that they’re not brilliant bikes, but I liked it.
I have no use for it as I am not sure I would trust it not to break down

There’s not enough nice days in Blighty for me to even begin to contemplate owning a Busa or an old air cooled GPZ11OO.
Most of my bike journeys are relatively short , and that’s seems a waste of a big bike in my opinion.
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I am the sum total of my own existence, what went before makes me who I am now!

[chickenstrip]

[NJD]

Another ZR7S. Makes no sense to go back to one, but loved how: reliable, simple to work on and cheap it was to run. I don't think I appreciated how good it was when I decided to sell it.

Fazer 600 . 2005 FZ6. NC750, at times.

Owning a CBF1000 I think I miss the loud sound of an IL4 cracking and annoying dogs, and working on it is annoying at times.

Z750, perhaps. FZ8 catches my eye sometimes, but seems flashy.

ZRX 1200 is one I defiantly want to own at some point, but prices are out of my reach.

I think anything that looks mechanically easy to work on gets my vote.
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[pepperami]

[wr6133]

[ThunderGuts]

I'd love a C90 and actually looked at getting one a few years ago, until I saw the asking price for a "project" bike! Got an ER5 instead which was ultimately a much more sensible hack, but I got bored and sold it a year later!

Still like the idea of touring on a C90; something about a simple existence appeals, maybe around Scotland or something, camping kit on the back, acknowledging that 40mph is my new top speed and taking my time up hills . . . but letting the place I'm in soak in (especially if it's raining).
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TG.