greatest bikes ever.

[yamahonkawazuki]

some of the abuse made me cringe and cry. almsot got me angry. such as number 1

honda cub best on youtube poll. goes from 1 to 10. 1 = best
ducati 916 number 2
cb750 number 3
y2k jet bike number 4 the jay leno bike lol
triumph bonneville t100 number 5
britten v1000 number 6
brough superior ss8 number 7
vespa px125 number 8
moto guzzi v8 race bike number 9
hd knucklehead number 10, i rode one of these with a jockeyshift through the dragon, while its graciousowner rode my gs. he actually liked it. i almost did a partial trade that day lol. wished i had

[Twisted]

Can't believe they ran that Cub on chip oil lol. Some good bikes in there. Norton Commando should have been in there somewhere though.

[yamahonkawazuki]

it pained me to watch that cub get dropped like that.    have a neighbor with a cub i restored for him. engine needed ONLY a carb cleaning and it fired on stale fuel lol was fun to test-ride. dangers hell yes. my motorised bicycles are dangerous. this thing went faster. and had the same type of braking power lol  id want one to try a cross country ride lol

[NickyNumbers]

lol part of the featured video on the cubs had a kid from greece on his.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6k_5AjbW8c&feature=related


thats just typical of what Greek kids do with cubs, they are all over the place. 

[noworries]

Does a Honda Cub or "Honda 50" or whatever they called it qualify as a motorbike?

[Twism86]

I say put the 916 first. I love the 916, 996 and 748. There is someone who rides a yellow 748 to work everyday, such a nice bike.

I passed up the chance to buy a running T100 from the 70's years ago for $500. Was in good shape too. Im still kicking myself for that one.....

[Porkchop]

That makes me want a Honda Super Cub.  It looks like a great run about for local jaunts.  Able to travel over 50 mph would make it a great city bike or something to bring on our family vacations so I have something to ride. It's under 200 lbs so it could be transported on my trailer hitch cargo platform. I googled the Honda Super Cub and read that it hasn't been available in the US since 1983.

What would be the current equivalent to the Honda Super Cub here in the US? I would think some kind of 125cc scooter.

- Porkchop

[mister]

@Yama was this the Discovery Channel list? (Sorry if this is explained in the videos - I cannot watch videos on dialup  )

@Twism I think we all want to kick you for passing up such a deal 

I love the Cub / Super Cub. After a minibike it was the first Big bike I wanted and it's still made to this day. Think our GS has a long production run with 1989, this sucker has been made since 1958! I believe it was ridden in some movie with Cary Grant in it.

What isn't the GS500 in the list. Surely a 20+ year build history has to count for something 

Michael

[Twism86]

@Twism I think we all want to kick you for passing up such a deal 

It was a flea market and I had no way of getting the bike home..... I could have made it work tho. I dont wanna think about it..... 

[noiseguy]

Honda Cub and variants... there have been over 60 million built over the past 50 years. Making it something like the most successful, motorized personal transportation device ever.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/motoring/columnists/jamesmay/3267424/Honda-Cub-The-greatest-machine-ever.html

For reference, there were 21 million VW Bugs built. I believe the next runner up was the Model T, at 15 million.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Beetle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Model_T

They haven't sold these in the States in years, but they are sold virtually everywhere else in the world. I see close variants in the US... extra-long GY6 blocks with big wheels refered to as "big wheel scooters" or such, which is arguably a better design (more enclosed drivetrain with lower service requirements).



Closest thing here that use that Honda engine (Lifan clones anyway) are the 110cc "pit bikes" that use the same engine, knockoffs of the XR50s. Those bikes are everywhere.

[bill14224]

some of the abuse made me cringe and cry. almsot got me angry. such as number 1

honda cub best on youtube poll. goes from 1 to 10. 1 = best
ducati 916 number 2
cb750 number 3
y2k jet bike number 4 the jay leno bike lol
triumph bonneville t100 number 5
britten v1000 number 6
brough superior ss8 number 7
vespa px125 number 8
moto guzzi v8 race bike number 9
hd knucklehead number 10, i rode one of these with a jockeyshift through the dragon, while its graciousowner rode my gs. he actually liked it. i almost did a partial trade that day lol. wished i had

Don't forget the Yamaha TZ750!  And this is the closest I'd want to get to a scooter:

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/model/yamaha/yamaha_xt125r%2005.htm

[Big Rich]

If that's the same list that I'm thinking of (can't watch videos either), I liked how they say the CB750 is to "reliable" so they had to put it at #3

[yamahonkawazuki]

i think what kicked the cb down was that it was "boring" our beloved gs has no spot in there. i had an old paso. i brought back from phoenix. miss that thing too 

[ryott52]

What about the old Yamaha two stroke triples?

[Big Rich]

Yeah- they were great. For paying widows the insurance money. Hence the term "widowmakers"

[yamahonkawazuki]

mister that was a cutup of the discovery channel series.  honestly i didnt know it existed. i was there looking for dire straits videos. on youtube. and stumble across this. damned keyword spammers lol but this time it worked

[yamahonkawazuki]

lol part of the featured video on the cubs had a kid from greece on his.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N6k_5AjbW8c&feature=related


thats just typical of what Greek kids do with cubs, they are all over the place. 

holy crap these things are cheap on ebay lol  ( cubs)

[noworries]

Like the little Cub? Off to:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WqKi_9p1zks

and enjoy.

[applecrew]

What about the old Yamaha two stroke triples?

Did you mean Kawasaki?  Yamaha never made a 2-stroke triple - they made twins and 4-cyl two-strokes (500/700/750). The Kawa's earned the name widow-maker... The Yamaha RD350 was known as the "giant-killer".

[ryott52]

I believe you're right, my mistake.