How long do you keep your motorcycles?

How long do you keep your motorcycle before selling it and buying a new one?

  • 0-3 months

  • 3-12 months

  • 1-2 years

  • 2-5 years

  • 5-7 years

  • 7-10 years

  • 10-15 years

  • 15-20 years

  • 20-30 years

  • 30+ years

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1973 Norton 850 purchased in 1978 so 47 years and counting. I bought the first Triumph Rocket III in Canada in 2004 and sadly sold it when it got too heavy for me, 18years. 1994 Triumph Sprint, owned 13 years. 1963 Matchless 500 bought in 1978 and one day will finish it........currently own 5 bikes. Just noticed the '73 Commando 850 in my avatar about 8 years ago on the Blue Ridge Parkway
 
Lightcycle said:
If you had no intentions of ever selling your bike, but the laws of physics and the hungry, hungry tarmac conspired to have other plans for you, let's use 30+ years. ;)

Also... feeling a little personally attacked here...
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Current bike I've had 10 years, I've voted and am aiming for the 30 years 😁
 
The Z50 minitrail that I learned to ride on was actually my dads as a child, I think purchases new and it's still in the family. Sooo that on is 50+ years

Now bikes from when I was 16
1984 Honda 500 Interceptor - 3-1/2 years
2004 Honda 599 - 3 months, until I yard saled it
YSR50 - 2 years, never actually rode it
2002 ZX6r - 3 years track/race only
2005 CBR600rr - 8 years track/race only
Z50R - 5 years & counting
2004 Honda 599 - 4 years & counting
2008 CBR600rr - 4 years & counting track/race only
2012 KTM 250 XC-F - 3 years & counting
2008 CBR1000rr - 1 year & counting track/race only

So currently have 5. Two for the track, one for the street, one for the woods and a mini. If I had more garage space, I'd have more. We have a single "car" garage and Kyle also has an additional 4 bikes crammed in there.

We're wanting to ride out to the east coast next year, so might have to swap the street bike.
 
The dismantled project bike that I bought in 1969 and got back on the road a couple of years later is still with me and working well. A decade later I had a chance to buy another of the same make (but different model) which had not run since 1950. Bought it and got it working OK so now I have one fitted with a sidecar and the other one still solo. Most parts for both bike models are still available, through the club for this old British make.
AFJ
 
AFJ said:
The dismantled project bike that I bought in 1969 and got back on the road a couple of years later is still with me and working well. A decade later I had a chance to buy another of the same make (but different model) which had not run since 1950. Bought it and got it working OK so now I have one fitted with a sidecar and the other one still solo. Most parts for both bike models are still available, through the club for this old British make.
AFJ
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I find the availability of parts for my Norton Commando absolutely amazing, same goes for my new-to-me BMW R100RS. I don't need to sort through greasy bins of questionable bits and pieces to effect repairs. Not to say I don't do it, just in case there's something I can't live without.
 
xrljoel said:
I find the availability of parts for my Norton Commando absolutely amazing, same goes for my new-to-me BMW R100RS. I don't need to sort through greasy bins of questionable bits and pieces to effect repairs. Not to say I don't do it, just in case there's something I can't live without.
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Ever look around on www.britcycle.com Lots of interesting ole British iron there, one day maybe own another Trident or a `69 Rocket 3 to place in my living room, just something about them.
 
SteveM. said:
Had a '75 Trident T160 for a short while.
It had a 3-1 Bub exhaust. Still one of the best looking and sounding motorcycles, imho.
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Years ago at Mosport I saw the Team Obsolete BSA Rocket 3. I believe it was the Dick Mann Daytona 200 winner. I think Dave Roper was riding, hard on the gas outta` 10 with that open megaphone gave me goosebumps. The XR 750, not the flattrack version, was awesome too. The TO RC-166/250 six still is the winner though. I`ve been fortunate to see it on track 3 times, un-F`n believable.
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