Since this thread seems to have stalled a bit, I thought I'd throw up a couple of recent machines I "had". We're talking only a few years ago, so I figure that's close enough. Won't go into "decades" past, that's a topic for a whole other thread.
Here's the machine that got me into the Goldwing world. A 1984 Aspencade, it had a lot of nice extras when I got it and, boy, did I add a few more. I had way more into it than it was worth, but it sure did love the road. I enjoyed it, but a certain Valkyrie came along and I let it go:
This was my lover. My second Vmax - a '94. I miss her terribly. I had an '85 back in the '90s. Foolishly, I let this one go. I made a TON of modifications to this motorcycle. Looong list. Again, a certain Valkyrie came into my life. My reasoning was that the Valk would take the place of both the VMax and the Aspencade. I was wrong, nothing replaces a VMax:
Like the Vmax, this machine is an encore of one I had back in the day. In fact, I had the very 1st 1985 Kawasaki ZL900 Eliminator in Central Florida. Rode it off the dealer showroom. I couldn't pass this one up. I made all the mods to this one that I should have made to the first. All were reversable. Unfortunately, I was rear-ended at a light and it was ruined. Bummed me out. (I was OK).
My background has always been naked cruiser muscle. I guess I am evolving (read: getting older).
