Your dream bike collection/garage?

TallPaul_S · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:33

Ok, so it's an utterly boring day at work for me, we're completely dead. So let's play "what's your (realistic) dream bike garage?"

3 bikes would be actually doable for me, 2 in the garage and the commuter sat outside.

Bike number 1 would be a commuter/every day bike:

NC750x - 2016 model. 80-odd mpg, full LED headlight, a perfect commuter bike

Bike number 2 - weekend/touring bike. Something you can say "sod this, I'm off the to the alps!" on a Friday afternoon, and arrive there 8 hours later feeling fresh as a daisy, and yet can still carve round the alpine roads like the best of them. A 2014 Multistrada pikes peak

or

2016 KTM Superduke GT

Bike number 3 - something for the weekend sir? - Triumph Thruxton R 2016, pure retro awesomeness!

If I had the room/money for another 2 bikes it would be:

Something rare to look at and polish, and possibly go up in value, and maybe even ride now and then - a Honda SP2.

And a bonkers naked bike, which would have to be the Aprilia Tuono v4 Factory, just for the engine :cool:

The 3 bike garage is doable, I should (fingers crossed) have a multistrada in a year or so, the NC750x would replace my little honda if it ever dies and they're not that expensive. Just the matter of £10k+ for a Thruxton R to find...

Kreeeee · 30 Dec 2015 at 11:57

Yamaha MT-10, Aprilia RSV4, Aprilia Tuono, or Yamaha R1 for the mountains.

Kawasaki ZZR 1200-1400, modded Honda Super Blackbird or BMW K1300S for touring.

I only want 2 bikes at a time, just need to test them all and pick one in each category. Maybe add a winter hack like an SV650 as I do miss my old one.

What's nice it that I will easily be able to have my dream garage as soon as I get a house

MowyTone · 30 Dec 2015 at 12:20

Bike 1 daily use:
Couldnt fault the SV apart from the brakes. Maybe a CBR600F as the brakes are better and you get 50 miles a tank more for an extra litre of fuel

Bike 2:
TLR/SP2/RSV/RSV4 you get the idea

Bike 3:
Blackbird - never owned one (but grew up on the back of one) but it's what I've have to tour on

Bike 4:
Something a little bit special - classic vs carbon fibre. It would have to be a Norton Domiracer. Been lucky enough to have a look around one of these are they are lovely. The sound of the bike is just fantastic as well.

benji182 · 31 Dec 2015 at 00:15

For me I only really have one dream bike (bike #1) but I'd have the others in there just because.

Bike 1: Ducati 1098R
Only seen the 1098 in a show room and it was gorgeous, I love the white nose that comes with the R version and who wouldn't want more power?

Bike 2: BMW S1000R
Because my back won't last forever on a Ducati 1098

Bike 3: Lucy
And I think I'd turn my ZX-6R into a track bike.

dholdi · 31 Dec 2015 at 00:25

RC30, SP2 & 916.

misterjingo · 31 Dec 2015 at 01:01

I hadn't seen the MT-10 until Kreeeees post, and perhaps a marmite bike, but I love it(!)

So...

MT-10, Nuda 900r, and a R6 for track.

~Dockie · 31 Dec 2015 at 02:25

My 4 would probably be:

CBR250 (late 80's/early 90's 4cyl version)
NR750
SP2
either a 2014 CBR1000RR or a 2012 R1

MowyTone · 31 Dec 2015 at 10:16

dholdi said:
... & 911.

What bike is a 911?

ConTRo13R · 31 Dec 2015 at 15:27

VFR 400 nc35
Daytona 675r
Apprilia RSV4
VTR1000 SP2 in castrol colours

dholdi · 31 Dec 2015 at 19:41

MowyTone said:
What bike is a 911?

Ooops my bad 916.

Stovepipes · 31 Dec 2015 at 21:24

Never thought I'd see an NC700/750 on someone's dream bike list. They're good bikes but they're not usually lusted over.

I think I'd want the following

BMW S1000XR

Looks fun, I think I could use it everyday and this would be my choice for a long tour.

Kawasaki H2

I want something utterly mad and terryfying, can't think of anything that fits the brief quite as well. I'd rarey ever ride it though.

Ducatti Scrambler

I just love the look of it. I assume it'd be loads of fun.

MowyTone · 31 Dec 2015 at 21:26

To be fair we have all forgotten something that will never be road legal. Tbh a greenlane bike should also be in my garage

Yaayuh! · 31 Dec 2015 at 22:26

BMW R NineT
1200GS
And some sort of sportsbike.

ZedPowered · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:10

It sounds sad but I have mine already! My 2011 ZX10R is almost perfect. I couldn't ask it to do much more! Just a couple more tweaks and shes my dream bike!

wazza300 · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:23

I'd like to have all my old bikes back again...just for the memories

edd1e · 3 Jan 2016 at 22:37

I'm lucky in that I already own one of my dream bikes (RSV4 Factory) but the other 3 would be:

2015/16 Ducati Panigale R
1290 Superduke
Somekind of supermoto to mess around on.

unKle · 3 Jan 2016 at 23:02

Same here, I have my dream bikes S1000RR and 1290R. Just one more and that'll be a resto project, a 2 stroke, possibly a RGV/RS250. Don't have the spare space at the mo to do it, will be moving later on this year and hopefully I will have a workshop to tinker in to do my projects :cool:

Ok proper dream bikes (almost unobtainable)..

YZR500 Replica (Yamaha RD500)

RGV500 Replica (Suzuki RG500)

Although that isn't a replica, that's a genuine 500 GP bike once ridden by my biking legend/hero Kevin Schwantz.

Try buying one of those, not the replicas, the genuine articles :eek:

edd1e · 3 Jan 2016 at 23:33

to be honest I think that's one of the best things about biking, chances are your (modern) dream bike is affordable to most people at some point in their lives. You cannot say that about cars. My dream car is a Zonda... chances of affording one.... 0.15%.

TallPaul_S · 3 Jan 2016 at 23:59

Stovepipes said:
Never thought I'd see an NC700/750 on someone's dream bike list. They're good bikes but they're not usually lusted over.

True, they're not a 'want' bike but as a reliable, cheap to run commuter, they're perfect. if I didn't ride to work it'd be dropped and replaced with something much sexier, of course

But as i don't have a car you need some practicality in there

edd1e said:
to be honest I think that's one of that best thing about biking, chances are your (modern) dream bike is affordable to most people at some point in their lives. You cannot say that about cars. My dream car is a Zonda... chances of affording one.... 0.15%.

That high?

My chances of ever owning a car like that are a flat 0%. Even if I played the lottery, it would increase to 0.00000714 (according to google)

Cars are bloody expensive. A base spec Audi A1 is the same price as a top of the line 2015/16 model 1000cc superbike. I know which one I'd rather use to go to work!

Stovepipes · 4 Jan 2016 at 05:28

TallPaul_S said:
True, they're not a 'want' bike but as a reliable, cheap to run commuter, they're perfect. if I didn't ride to work it'd be dropped and replaced with something much sexier, of course But as i don't have a car you need some practicality in there

True I've been considering swapping my NC700s for a NC 700/750X as I prefer the adventure styling plus I love the mpg, I don't think I can live without my frunk and finally the thieves don't seem interested.