Above is my VStrom for commuting and below is my VTX 1800R that I'm selling.

My previous bike was a Kawa Drifter 800 '99, fully indianized: 

My current spare bike, Triumph Explorer:

All the rest: http://www.marcparnes.com/motorcycles.htm

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My other bike is a BMW K1300S aka "an old man's sport bike" because the seating isn't as extreme as the full on sport bikes

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When I was  kid i rode all kinds of stuff that my uncle was always trading for.  He was a wheeler dealer type; bushhog one day, camper the next, motorcyle the next.  The biggest thing I rode then was a Honda 250 (I guess it was a Shadow if they made them in the late 70's early 80's).  He had a 50cc M50 harley for a while that was very interesting.

The attached photos are all googled photos, but they match the bikes...

M50 Harley

Then I bought a late 80s Honda VF-750 Magna in the mid 90s.  Bought it on a lark because it looked cool on the side of the road with a for sale sign on it.  Rode it a couple of years/couple of thusand miles, then decided I needed to sell it before I died on it.  Never occured to me to just ride safer

Then about 2003-2004 I was a big boy, had afew coins in my pocket, and decided what any man should decide (so I thought) - it was time to buy me a Harley.

Before I invested large money I opted to buy something inexpensive to make sure I really wanted to get into riding.  So I got a used Suzuki Marauder and rode it for about a year...

It was fun and I was serious about it, so I set out to get my Harley. 

Came home with a Vegas a couple of weeks later.

Today I ride a Victory and my other bike is a Victory.   Not sure which is which.

Among my 23 bikes owned, I had 7 Yamaha Viragos - starting with a 1979 750. This one was my last before purchasing my SPCSHP. It is a 1995 HEAVILY modified 1100 Virago - beautiful and FAST.

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donetracey - 2014-03-04 12:56 PM

...HEAVILY modified 1100 Virago - beautiful and FAST.

Outa site before I could get a glimpse.  Now THAT's fast.

Sorry, Tom.

I was still playing with the photos cuz our WebMeisters here haven't figured out how to do that on this site. My photos were both bigger than 2mb - and you saw my post while I was resizing.

Ah, the joys ....

rwilly - 2014-02-22 6:55 PM Here's my 74.

Dang. I don't think I have seen a Harley dresser called a 74 in at least 30 years, maybe even longer.

Not my bike, but the one that got it all started, not counting the 2 350's I had to get one running.  I miss this bike still.  A lot of good memories and about 74,000 miles on it in 3 of the 4 years I owned it.

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