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sammypetter

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Hello,

My favorite is GXSR 1000. I miss my bike and I refuse to ride on the back. What is your favorite bike.

 
I really like this one.

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Since I the FJR is an ST and you are asking about SB's, my favorite I have had was the Blackbird. It was comfortable enough to ride all day , most are agony IMO, to ride for any length of time. It handled well and good power for its time ( late 1990's) .

 
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The Bike of All Time

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One of my all-time favorites

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Another

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And mebbe

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And who could forget Honda's first liter twin? (It's the best bike, because it's my bike!)

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Honestly, I could do this all day. :)

 
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YUP! And I got to hear it race at Daytona! Boy, nothing sounds like a Britten at full chat. It had a deep bass throaty roar that you could separate from all the other bikes literally half a mile away. I got to see the exact same bike at Art of the Motorcycle 20 years later. I still think the estate not letting replicas be made is the greatest injustice to John's memory.

But my true favorite bike is anything I'm riding at the moment, from my CB450SC to my FJR-1300. Except for my DL-650 V-Strom. That was a chunk o' *****. My Yamaha Vision was sort of an abortion too.

 
Regarding the Britten, get thee to the Barber museum and you can ogle one in person:

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Here's Motortoad with his toy, I think we were getting ready to go to Barber in fall 2007.

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