Well, as they say, different strokes for different folks and there seems to be quite a bit of variation in everyone's fantasy threesome. Here's mine: (this week anyway)
1. Straight out of my garage - Honda CBX6. A real 70's/80's dinosaur but great on sunny days when you just want to enjoy trundling around. And the sound of the engine - :woohoo: :woohoo: .
2. My overlanding bike. CCM 600 - not everyone's choice (to say the least :laugh: ) but just my little joke on the idea of the road less travelled. How many times have I heard the joke "if you want to get there, buy a CCM. If you you want to get back again buy a Yamaha" (original version used Land Rover and TLC). Went to look at it yesterday and found the carb leaking petrol all over the garage floor so maybe there's some truth in it
3. Honda CRM250. Been trying to scrape the money together to buy one of these for a few years. Nothing beats the stink of 2smoke clinging to your clothes to convince you it's been a good day's riding (or to convince my wife she took a wrong turn in life somewhere
). I know a DRZ would be a far better choice but I have this fantasy about doing another trip down to West Africa on a CRM even though I know I'd have to tow a bowser like the one in Sprockette's picture for all the 2T oil. Just got to sell my XR600 to finance it. Anyone want to buy an XR600? :whistle:
The ups and downs of 40 years on two wheels
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Do the best you can, then try to live it down.
CCM604 Honda XR600 Honda CBX1000
Honda 400/4 Yamaha XS2 650 Kawasaki H1 500
Lotus Elan, Land Rover Discovery
