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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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pidjones wrote:
Paola Zago wrote:
desertrefugee wrote:I do feel your pain, Terry. Let me tell you about bikes that are needy. If you think carburetors on a GL are finicky, carburetors on a CBX are worse.

Please don't ask me to go to detail. It would be a far worse rant than the one you just made...
after my husband had been stolen from his CBX for 22 years, my husband bought another one, always gray and always from 78 from Canada, he was only 2300 km long, he was impeccable, but stopped for 11 years. it was the biggest motorcycle mistake of his life. The carburetors have been disassembled and washed with ultrasound 9 times, and each time a new kit of O-rings, before the motorcycle started to work well, spent a madness, every intervention on the carburetors, disassembly, washing, overhaul, balance and reassembly, it cost from 250 to 350 euros, spent a fortune and lost 8 months. When they saw him on that motorcycle, they all went to hide at the Honda dealership because they no longer knew what to do. a Honda Inspector came specifically to view the CBX, but without solving the problem. It went on with 5 cylinders, usually the first cylinder on the left didn't work, only when it had warmed up very well did it start to go. At other times he ran out of fuel from the third carburettor from the right, at other times he did not rev up. Now peer luck works very well and flies like a plane.
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Although I am fairly comfortable working on GoldWing carburetors, if I had a CBX they would go to J.R. Luksik (CBX-tras) for rebuild. I have met him, and seen the quality of his work.
Yeah, I had our own Mike Nixon go through the carbs a while back. Then I made the mistake of letting the bike sit for about six months with, apparently, insufficient fuel treatment. But, it ran gloriously for a season! Alas, it looks good only in the garage...for now.

Perhaps I do, in fact, have one motorcycle too many!
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Whiskerfish wrote:I am sure you have checked but when you mention getting bad once warmed up the first thing that comes to mind is an air leak at the rubber boot clamps. Make sure those are tightened up at full temp when the rubber is most pliable.
Thanks Whisker. I'll give that a go.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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I'm a little late to this party, but what the heck.

I've got kind of a Sith "Rule of Two" thing going on in my stable that my wife seems to want to maintain. I could probably get another one by her at some point maybe if I pushed. I always assumed that my next bike would be in a different category than my current two, maybe a comfortable cruiser or an adventure bike or something. Since I've been working on my GL1000 though, I think I'm hoping that one day I can score a LTD in decent condition. Capture a little more of that history. I've been super frustrated with mine at times (I have a tendency to break things) and have gone way deeper down the rabbit hole then I intended to go, but I know in the end it'll be worth it.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Twelve is too many. If you own twelve or more, you are a hoarder.
I own eleven.
Although, I've always wanted one of those big ol' Valkyries. And one of those big, new, Adventure bikes would be cool. And I might actually buy a two-wheel drive Ural with a sidecar. Oh, and a CRF230 could be the perfect trail bike for my area. I also want to build a Ducati Monster scrambler, and a V-Max drag bike. I need a buddy bike as well, so maybe more like twenty...
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byrd900sp wrote:Twelve is too many. If you own twelve or more, you are a hoarder.
I own eleven.
Although, I've always wanted one of those big ol' Valkyries. And one of those big, new, Adventure bikes would be cool. And I might actually buy a two-wheel drive Ural with a sidecar. Oh, and a CRF230 could be the perfect trail bike for my area. I also want to build a Ducati Monster scrambler, and a V-Max drag bike. I need a buddy bike as well, so maybe more like twenty...
Got a chuckle out of this one. If you have 11, you might as well go ahead and bite the bullet and call yourself a hoarder. Close enough to 12. I recently picked up my third VMAX and in my opinion, they are all drag bikes, even those in Factory trim.

I currently have seven in the garage, and if I had to keep only one it would be a tough decision between the 78 gl1000 and the valkyrie.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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some people say I have a MC problem
I say I have no problems with MC's at all
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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the sales person i bought my KLX from has been through 103 and currently owns 9.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Two wheels and an engine, right?
Well then, technically, I'm at six.

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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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I probably answered earlier in this thread, but I've got an updated answer to the question:

Too many bikes is always two more than I currently have.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Lucien Harpress wrote: Tue Dec 01, 2020 6:16 pm I probably answered earlier in this thread, but I've got an updated answer to the question:

Too many bikes is always two more than I currently have.
Maybe the question should be how many now unavailable spare parts are too much.....
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Years ago i was friends with jerry heil.he owned hannigan fairings in paris arkansas.he quit and went riding a few years ago.his building was 2 story.he owned and fairinged about 4 oldwings, klr 650, even a valkyrie. He had a velocette and several other bikes. I said jerry you have too many motorcycles. His response was you cant have too many motorcycles, but you can have too little space.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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Unfortunately I don’t think I will ever know the answer to this one. I picked up another Vmax yesterday, but it’s a first year ‘85. Very needy, but all there and low miles. The price was ridiculously low… $200!! Came with an extra Kerker full pipe easily worth $500. It joins my now well-sorted, one owner ‘86.

I can’t help it. I think I need a 12 step program…
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Wow....I’d say you got a smokin’ deal! I’d pick that up in a heartbeat!
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200 dollars?! Sheesh. Yeah, I wouldn't be able to resist either.
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Re: How many bikes are too many?

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this thread is the 12 step program... we all admit we have a problem and then go buy another project bike!
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The question is not how much time do you have, it is what you do with the time that you have Gandalf
"One of the greatest dignities of humankind is that each successive generation is invested in the welfare of each new generation." Fred Rodgers
"it takes 10,000 hours to become an expert" ancient saying
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76 Ltd "cookies bike" ALMOST DONE
79 project, finished, FOR SALE
'86 1200 (Beth's)(FOR SALE) with motorvation sidecar (sidecar sold) , July 2017 BOTM
'17 HD Road king and 08 HD Heritage softail (Beth's) (FOR SALE). I guess you can say we have MBS
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