Motorcycles

[MP]

Looks (and sounds) great! I was tempted to go something old-school for my first bike (we're restricted to relatively low powered bikes here in Oz until you've been licensed for 12 months), but I ended up going with a Ducati Monster 659. I thought the ABS etc will come in handy while I'm inexperienced.  The ability to 'mod' the look of these Monsters is crazy, all the panels come off in about 20 mins and can be swapped for a different colour or design. I've ordered matte black but have got the Pantah homage kit coming from Italy…

The plastic bodywork is probably as far from old-school as you can get, but I reckon it looks pretty great and I'm stoked to have my first bike incoming

Cheers,
Matt

[madmonday]

congrats MP, be safe & keep us updated

[summ3rhays]

Both those bikes are sweet!  The Monster is a large first bike, but IMO the kick ass agility, brakes and suspension make it a smarter choice than most. Congrats!

[harley dave]

you cant go  wrong with anything that says ducati on the tank the monsters are a great bike ,ive had a few ducati engined bikes and they are glorious sounding machines .
what a great first bike enjoy the bike just remember your lifesaver look !!!!!!

[natehate]

Went to a swap meet today. Unloaded a bunch of junk I'd never ever use. Unloaded that springer I just bought. Now on the hunt for a inline knucklehead or pan head springer. Probably end up with a ww repop.
Picked this little gem up thou

[Moonshine]

^you'll need steel shanked Vans for that badboy, Nate!  What's the specs?

[natehate]

its just a 4speed ratchet top from a shovel head
i'm kinda afraid of gears
so i'm gonna get over that by rebuilding it

[summ3rhays]

Crazy ass weather. The North easy is taking all the bad weather. They left us to suffer through 60F in February. 

[Graeme]

R1200GS modified by Wunderlich.

[Mild7]

Yeah nice Graeme.  Really enjoyed that.

[summ3rhays]

Badass video.

[Bluegrass]

Love the bike - makes me want an on/offroad.

[natehate]

[summ3rhays]

Kind of dumb, but made me chuckle. Also earned a stern look from the Mrs.

[natehate]

no summerhays thats perfect math

[Bluegrass]

works for me - I just added #3 last year! 

[irishexpat]

Can't forget the second calcuation:

D - 1

Where D is the number of motorcycles/bicycles that will lead to a divorce

[natehate]

scratches head and looks at irishexpat
i dont understand that one?
no compute

[Bluegrass]

I get it - and I am close - have to find exact sweet spot, max number of MCs you can hang onto without losing your wife. 

[irishexpat]

I have three bicycles and my wife gets a look in her eyes when i talk about how much I would like a mountain bike.

D - 1 and N + 1. It's all about finding equilibrium.