I bought a couple of motorcycles over the past week. They are not CBR's but thought I would post them for you guys to see.

The first one is a minor project bike. It's a 2006 Honda Shadow Aero. The bike was taken down and it needs some TLC although it is in excellent shape with 10,000 miles. Very clean bike and runs great. I paid $2900 US for it. I have all the parts coming. It needs a tank, clutch perch and mirrors.

Clean Left | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Clean Right | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Engine Right | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Engine Left | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

The second bike is a 1998 Kawasaki Vulcan 800. It has 8000 miles on it and needs nothing. Paid $2200 US for it. Don't have it home yet so these are pictures from previous owner.

Vulcan Left | Flickr - Photo Sharing!
Vulcan Right | Flickr - Photo Sharing!

I decided the CBR wasn't going to be ready in time so these will be my riders this summer. I am still plugging away on the CBR...just got the itch to have something to ride.

Let me know what you guys think.

 

They look nice! Esp that Shadow. Going to have a bike dealership at your place soon.

 

Well you know the story on the CBR. I was originally going to use the engine for another project. I decided to fix it instead after I started it up and it ran so good. Hated to gut it. The problem with that bike is it isn't really practical and I am really a road bike guy.

I wanted something to ride around here in Wisc and found the Shadow. It was hard to turn down once I looked at it, because I can fix it pretty cheap and it's worth a lot more than I paid. When I pulled in the driveway my girlfriend comes running out and says "That's mine!" Then she tells me I can ride on the back. Wow!

So I decided to find something else for me and that's where the Vulcan comes in. Once I found that she decided she liked that one better and traded me the Honda back. It worked out because I really wanted the Honda. Now we will ride together this summer :-)

Pretty cool to have a woman that wants to ride with you...never had that before.

 

Pretty cool??? No thats VERY cool!

 

That shadow is low and sexy! As for the Vulcan...it is screaming "I wanna be a bobber when I grow up"!! Great bikes

 

Thanks guys. I'm pretty excited to have a couple riders since I haven't ridden for 20 years.

I really like the Honda. It's a nice bike and sounds awesome...can't wait to get it on the road. We had 12" of snow yesterday and when I finished plowing with my ATV I parked it next to the Aero and looked over at it and wondered if winter would ever end

 

Two very nice looking bikes, awesome to have a chick that wants to ride, not just backseat, too.

 

Yeah...but she took the faster one