Serial monogamy or polygamy?

[foreda]

Number of bikes

Eight and rising!!

[Shacknasty]

It feels weird to only have six in the garage. I need more...

Motorcycles are like women. Ya love the one you have, but ya still wanna ride almost every one ya see. They will take all yer money and kill ya in a heartbeat without a second thought!

[madmax-im]

Never had more than 3 at a time currently have 2...1 that gets ridden alot and 1 that just sits in the shed...

[Shacknasty]

Never had more than 3 at a time currently have 2...1 that gets ridden alot and 1 that just sits in the shed...

They're like horses, ya gotta exercise them regularly. Do ya really need an excuse to ride?

I got to ride three different bikes today: XS750 cafe in the morning for a quick blast through the canyons before breakfast, Ironhead Sporty for some trips around town, and a good long blast on the Shovelhead. Tomorrow the eleven hunnerd gets let outta the shed! Yee haw!!

[WSL91]

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Hi Ty,
with bikes you need different styles for different uses.
A small capacity dual purpose for trail riding.
A big ol' road burner for long distance work.
An antique for Sunday rides, parades, etc.
Something with carrying capacity for grocery shopping.
So, a minimum of four.
Plus sidecar rigs, scooters, racebikes etc for those as likes them.
Same deal with wives.
A tall elegant one with good conversation for parties.
A smart one to run the household finances.
A sensuous fertile one to bear & raise the kids.
and a big sturdy one for scrubbing floors and heavy lifting.
For a take on how this could work out in practice, read "A brother's price" by Wen Spencer.

I absolutely agree. 3 bikes currently, road burner (Honda VTX 1800), mid range bike (XJ with fairing and 850 final) and round town bike (XS no fairing stock final). And for the other discussion I'm laughing too hard to type.

[ExcessiveBiker]

How many bikes

Currently, I have three, '81 XS11SH (daily rider), '76 XS750 (bought new, needs top end replaced), and a '80 XS11 Midnight Spc. (needs parts and TLC to run.) Back in the 70s, I had as many as seven, running and rideable machines at one time. You never know when you may need a spare.
My SH gets 11,000 mi per year, just going to work. It always runs.

[xsivebiker]

How Many Bikes

I also currently have three bikes. One that just sits in the shed ['79 Honda XL250-S] and two that I ride - '86 GoldWing Aspencade, '93 Kawasaki KLX 650-C dual-purpose.
I'm not counting my '84 GoldWing parts bike.
Greg C.

[Barnfresh]

My cheatin heart

Only my G... but I test drove a GoldWing 1800 the other day... I think I'm in love again... she was so smooooth..

[daveyg]

I have 2 street bikes, the 11, and the ts185 supermoto.
But then there's the dual sport xr500.
And the pe175 and tt225 dirt slingers.
And the ct90/110 basket case.
I guess that's 6. Or 2?

[daveyg]

And I could be perfectly pleasantly insane with 100, but I'd need a bigger salary, and have to get rid of SWMBO, and all that entails, and idk if I could survive under those circumstances.

[b1lock]

Seven

Cycle World Dave Edwards or Peter Egan did a thing once and the answer was seven. A touring bike, A sport bike, a dirt bike, an old crock, a dual sport, a "standard" and a sport tourer. Something like that. So when I get up to four or five, I tell this to SWMBO. Right now I got three, and they all fall under "old crock" 80 XS11,76 kz400, 76 MR175.

[LoHo]

I have three bikes and three sons, and none of them work.

[daveyg]

Well the cx500 makes 7, and still married!

[gryphon51]

There is places I just cant take my XS1100..