Pedro Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 Most of us have our favorite manufacturers of motorcycles, I tend to like BMWs with boxer engines, most Hondas, Harleys, Kawasakis, KTM and Husqvarna offroad bikes, some Ducatis, etc, I appreciate most non chinese brands. What I am curious is about what bike brands wouldn't you buy? Although I like Sofia's bike, I think I wouldn't buy a Triumph, I dislike their dealers here in Portugal, BOTH of them, and to be honest some details in their bikes just seem to rub me off the wrong way. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 20, 2020 Share Posted May 20, 2020 I wouldn't buy anything other than Jap. I liked the GS I had.....but I just didn't trust it as I would with a Japanese bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I want the japanese to make my motorcycles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 3 hours ago, Tym said: I want the japanese to make my motorcycles Shouldn’t have bought that Kwak then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 9 hours ago, Buckster said: Shouldn’t have bought that Kwak then. When? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 I like to think that I'm not a bike snob, i've owned lots of different makes of bikes. In recent years I've had a lot of european bikes, some good, some not so but at the moment I have three 'Jap' bikes. Nowadays your bike could be built anywhere, I have a Yamaha that was built in France, a Suzuki that was built in Japan and a Honda that was built in Thailand Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 4 hours ago, Tym said: When? When it arrived from Taiwan. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 4 hours ago, boboneleg said: I like to think that I'm not a bike snob, i've owned lots of different makes of bikes. In recent years I've had a lot of european bikes, some good, some not so but at the moment I have three 'Jap' bikes. Nowadays your bike could be built anywhere, I have a Yamaha that was built in France, a Suzuki that was built in Japan and a Honda that was built in Thailand Suzuki seem to have stuck with building their bikes in Japan more than the others. Stroms have always been built there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 21, 2020 Author Share Posted May 21, 2020 If I were to buy a Japanese bike today to have along with the GS, it would either be a Kawasaki GTR, a Yamaha T700, or a Kawasaki Z900. I mean the pretty Z900 with the nice paint and cushy seat, not the Z900 that looks like it was taken out of an apocalypse zombie movie. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Buckster Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 My bike was built in York, Pennsylvania. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 1 minute ago, Buckster said: My bike was built in York, Pennsylvania. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tym Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 7 hours ago, Buckster said: When it arrived from Taiwan. Fool me once, shame on you 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 11 hours ago, XTreme said: Suzuki seem to have stuck with building their bikes in Japan more than the others. Stroms have always been built there. All Suzuki's under 200cc are built in China now. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 8 minutes ago, boboneleg said: All Suzuki's under 200cc are built in China now. Budget stuff for Asian markets I expect. The only Suzukis I'd buy is the Strom and the DR.......but we haven't had those for years. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boboneleg Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 My DR650 is still my favourite bike, wether the T700 will overtake it remains to be seen . 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
XTreme Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 15 minutes ago, boboneleg said: My DR650 is still my favourite bike, wether the T700 will overtake it remains to be seen . Yeh.....great bike! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Specs Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Hardly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pedro Posted May 25, 2020 Author Share Posted May 25, 2020 7 minutes ago, BusBoy said: Ditto, and Goldwings I get that, but I loved riding a Goldwing a few years ago. It's a great engine and weirdly fun to ride, in a guilty pleasure sort of way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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