2005 vtx 1800 n
2009 HD Roadking
1994 HD bad boy springer
2014 Honda Valkryie
2013 Honda F6b
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2005 vtx 1800 n
2009 HD Roadking
1994 HD bad boy springer
2014 Honda Valkryie
2013 Honda F6b
Just since Dec 98:
http://dwelch.cocc-cis.com/hobbysite.html
Of course the F6B isn't listed. Back in the day I also owned a 1980 Suzuki GS-550ES and a Suzuki PE-250. So I still have the M109R and plan to hang on to it. :banana:
First bike was a 1997 Honda CBR F3
Second bike was a 2003 Harley Sportster
Third bike was a 2003 Harley VRod
Fourth bike was a 2005 Harley Road King
Fifth bike was a 2003 Harley Softail Standard
Sixth bike was a 2003 Harley Softail Deuce
Seventh bike was a 2003 Harley Fatboy
Eighth bike was a 2004 Harley Deuce
Ninth Bike was a 2007 Harley Ultra
Tenth bike was a 2007 Harley Softail Standard
Eleventh bike was a 2012 Harley Street Glide
Twelfth bike was a 2013 Harley Fatboy
Thirteenth bike was a 2014 Harley Road King
Fourteenth bike was a 2013 Honda F6B
Fifteenth bike was a 2012 Yamaha Raider
Sixteenth bike and current bike Honda F6B
I'm sure I've missed a few and as you can tell I like to trade bikes a lot because I can never make up my mind. I can honestly say the Honda F6B is by far my favorite bike of all of them.
Harley's are cool and there's nothing like that distinct Harley sound. The downside to owning a Harley is the thousands you end up spending on customizing the bike and that cool sound is a head ache on a long ride. Of all the Harley's I owned if I were to go back it would be a CVO Road Glide Ultra.
I like the F6B because it's fast and quick out of the crate. The F6B is super smooth and quite enjoyable on a long ride and doesn't tire you out as much as the Harley. I do wish my F6B had cruise, cb, and satellite radio. I think the F6B is a lot of value for the money.
Just came off of a M109r. Had three of them in 8 years.
Bought a '16 F6B in white two days ago. It's a Cadillac in comparison.
Yamaha 125 dirt bike
Honda Rebel 250
Honda 400 four
Honda 750 four
triumph speedmaster 750CC
triumph storm 1700 CC
all the above were sold still have the below:
Indian Scout - fun ride - like a dance
2014 - Honda Valkyrie (insurance haggling with me) it was laid over by a garbage truck in a parking lot
2015 Honda F6B
YAMAHA
2009 Kawasaki Vulcan V1700 Classic (still got it...)
WEG
Had:
1978 Honda XL 100
1979 Kawasaki KZ 650
1978 Kawasaki KX 250
2002 Yamaha Roadstar Warrior
2001 Honda CBR 929
2004 Honda CBR 1000
2005 Honda RC51
2001 BMW 1100 RT-P
2009 Kawasaki ZX10R
1997 Suzuki 600 Katana
1997 Kawasaki ZX9R
2005 Custom Build Chopper
Have:
2005 Suzuki Hayabusa
2001 Harley Electra Glide Standard
2004 Harley Softail Deuce
2010 Harley Screaming Eagle CVO Electra Glide
2015 Rods & Rides Custom Bobber
2005 Yamaha Roadstar Warrior
2009 BMW 120 RT-P
And of course 2015 F6B Anniversary
Yamaha 100
Yamaha 350
Yamaha 200
Jawa 350
Yamaha 650 (2)
Kawasaki Vulcan
Triumph Bonnie
Triumph Thunderbird LT
hmm
lets see
2003 vrod
2002 vrod (stripped and rebuilt)
1994 Kawasaki Vulcan VN750 (stripped and rebuilt)
1999 Honda ACE tourer (stripped and rebuilt)
1998 Honda VN1500 (I think but anyhow stripped and rebuilt)
2015 vrod muscle
and now a 2015 f6b deluxe
Started on a Honda Z 50 way back when,
Yamaha YZ 80
Honda CR 125
Honda CR 250
Honda CB 900F
Harley XR 1000
Harley Sportster 1000
85 Harley FXR Still got it
2000 Triumph ST 955
2011 BMW K 1300S
2015 HONDA F6B Delivered on TUESDAY 5/16/2017 I cannot wait!"fireybat"
Your stronger than me, I can't bring myself to sell any of my Xs nor Runes, but the F6B get more rides than any of the others. Maybe someday I'll part with them, but for now they set in the stable clean and ready to go....just need more than 24 hrs in a day to ride them.:icon_lol:
Victory Cross Country Tour- Nice bike but I love this F6B! There is no substitute!
2008 VTX 1800F spec2
Her name was Ruby, she was a hot ride.
2003 Suzuki Volusia
2005 Suzuki Katana 750
2005 Suzuki C90
2000 Honda Valkyrie Interstate
2015 Honda CBR650FA
Not in order:
Cushman......Yep, first one
Honda 90
Honda CB750
Honda GL1000 with Vetter and Cravens....a Tesla-like bike when it came out
Honda GL 1200
Honda GL1800....had this frame re-welded back in the day
Honda F6B...........Current
Kawasaki 750 Triple....a smokin' Cruise Missile
Kawasaki 1000 with Vetter and Cravens.....a touring little rocket
Ducati ST4......not one to have poosey on the back...EVER!
Moto Guzzi 750 Ambassador........electrical nightmare
Moto Guzzi 850 Eldorado.....John Deere-like engine...reliable and a breeze to work on.
Moto Guzzi-matic......similar to driving a CVT trans
Moto Guzzi 850 Lemans
Moto Guzzi 1000 Lemans w/ D&D exhaust.....bad azz
Harley 75th Anniv. FL.....a leak-o-holic
Harley Street Glide....not bad but could cause 2nd degree burns on right leg from exhaust header
BMW R90S..........totaled by a Suburban with me on it.
BMW R100RT....a reliable slug on trips.....generator light would never go out.
BMW K1200LT......worst top-heavy beast on the planet with poosey on the back.
BMW 1150RT.....best Beemer ever, IMO
Norton 850 Commando....2nd most bad-azz bike in it's day............................................... ...............................Gilroy Indian--it belongs over here...absolute piece of crapola
The one I missed by one day...........Mammoth Munch
The one I want some day...............Honda F6BX as described in earlier post
In reverse order...
Honda F6B
Honda ST1300
Honda Pacific Coast
Honda V65 Magna
That makes 4 bikes since the late 80's. The F6B is my favorite!
F6b
1996 BMW 1100rs
2014 multistrada
2012 v storm
2006 ninja 250
09 buell 1125 cr
07 xb12 s
04 xb 12 r
08 xb 12 xt
07 hd streetglide
05 softtail standard
03 rebel 250
04 electraglide
05 sportster
03 sportster
1981 xs 650 special
The F6B will likely take the place of my 2003 BMW R1100S BCR...
It's a bucket list thing; I've always liked the F6B since first seeing it back in Nov 2012 and decided to add one to the livery for a while. Hopefully it will be a keeper. Not having ABS and cruise in a bike this big is a bit odd; even my '04 BMW R1150RT and '13 Harley touring bikes have had both.
The bikes that have come before...
1972 Hodaka 100
1971 Yamaha MX 360
1971 Honda Elsinore CR250
1972 Honda Elsinore CR125
1977 Honda CB550F SuperSport
1978 Honda CB750
1980 Honda CBX
1984 Honda VR100R
1987 Honda CBR1000F
1998 Honda CBR1100XX
2003 BMW R1100S BCR (Still have this one)
2004 BMW R1150RT
2011 Harley FXDWG (Just sold this one)
2013 Harley FLHRSE5 / Road King CVO (Blue I RIP; DWO encounter)
2013 Harley FLHRSE5 / Road King CVO (Still have Blue II)
Enjoying the transition mentioned above. Looking for advise:
--need a recommendation for heel shifter (missing that function);
--already ordered taller wind screen Cee Bailey;
--probably will replace stock seat with Russell Day Long;
--any and all comments or suggestions about changes and upgrades appreciated.
thanks all.
Oldies but goodies – a BMW R90S and a BMW R75/5 before that. I like horizontally opposed cylinders with a shaft drive: the most logical and efficient powertrain layout, with the lowest CG. The Honda F6B shares that configuration and felt 'right' from day one after years of riding BMWs.
1st bike - 77 Honda 750 4 cylinder - Owned about a year
2nd - 89 Honda Shadow VLX - Owned about 4 years
3rd - 03 Honda Shadow 750 Aero - Owned 4 years
4th - 07 Honda VTX 1300R - Owned 10 years
5th (current) - 16 Honda F6B
Hmm, I see a trend here...
An '07 Honda VTX 1300C
1974 AMC "Harley Davidson" thing made in Italy: 175 CC, enduro, electric and kick start, strange thing that my Dad bought us. I'd love to know who the heck really made it, and why.
1984 or 5 Honda CB-650 -- nice bike, shaft drive 100,000 miles
1988 Kawasaki 250 Eliminator, used, fun city commuter bike. Put 20,000 miles on it, sold for more than I bought it for. Fantastic little thing.
1996 Honda Pacific Coast 800. Fantastic severely underrated bike. In some ways my F6B reminds me of this bike: smooth, 5 speed, rear bags, comfortable, somewhat sporty handling, only the F6B is much better.
2001 Kawasaki Concours - no matter what I did this bike had the worst vibration in handlebars.
2006 Yamaha FJ-1300 - fun, top heavy sport bike with bags and shaft drive. Great bike but too tall for me. A blast on high speed curves and Interstates. Painful commuter. Dropped this bike on its side so many times it had to go.
2009 Suzuki Burgman AN-650Exec (hit by 2 cars that crashed into me at a stoplight in 2013). Great commuter, otherwise kind of boring and not too great handling on curves. Terrible suspension for highway distance riding. Insurance check got me a.....
2013 Suzuki Burgman AN-650 replacement. Redesign made it a better looking commuter with better shifting automatic and slightly smaller storage, but otherwise exactly the same. Biggest weakness for these two bikes is long distance ride highway suspension in rear. Pavement joints pounding on I-84 in NY actually cracked the Givi luggage rack I had on the 13 bike. Suzuki replacement was a stronger rack, but I know why it broke, really.
1994 (ish) Suzuki GSXR 750. What a POS. Only had it for a few months.
2000 Yamaha YZF R1. My ultimate dream bike as a 19 year old kid. Yep, I crashed it, lol. And I fixed it.
2002 Yamaha YZF R1. Bought brand new as a 20 year old kid. Didn't crash it but watched it get towed away from the back seat of a police car (twice! I'm a slow learner)
2001 Yamaha YZF R1 (there's a pattern here, lol) Put a bunch of miles on this one. Sold it the year I got married, but not for the usual reasons. Just needed the money.
1979 Suzuki GS 1000. Had the itch but no money and the price was right.
2000 Yamaha Roadstar. Great bike. Totaled when I got smacked by an F-350.
2012 Yamaha Roadstar (replacement for above bike). Another great bike for what it was, but not really right for my riding preferences.
2006 Yamaha YZF R1 (still have it. Track only bike-finally learned my lesson on these crazy things).
2004 Roadstar. Loud, blast around town and shiny type of deal.
Currently on my 2015 F6B Deluxe
Trading in my 06 Wing for a 16 F6B on Friday. Riding from Rio Rancho, NM to Russellville, AR to pick up the bike. Already have a Madstad on order.
Ride Safe,
Pikester
Haven’t decided if I am going to cull the herd ...
2016 bmw s1000xr
2016 Honda Africa Twin dct
2009 bmw gsa with dmc sidecar
137 miles on the f6b over the last 2 days (warm for December in Iowa)
I think I am going to love this bike.
Pete
I rode a 73 Triumph Huricane for 20+ years. Fun bike and very few people knew what it was. My buddy still has it so I get to ride it once in a while.
86 road glide, it was an ok bike.
85 Vmax. Wish I had that one back.
89 Venture Royal, a good cruiser.
14 Honda CTX. Nice little ride. A good runner for a 650
94 Honda VF750 V4. Another good cruiser. Still have it for a back up. But the B is just so nice.I'll probably sell it soon.
I still have 2 CB 900's.
WOW, I have too many bikes.
Great question. Last bike is my 2nd FJR1300. Loved them but I am finding that the riding position and comfort is not what it used to be or I am just getting older.
- Honda 150 Dream 1st bike
- Honda 750 four
- Honda GL1000
- Honda 750 Sabre
- 1 Harley Fat Bob - sold in 8 months - hated it
- BMW K75s
- Honda ST1100
- FRJ1300
- 07 Goldwing
-FJR1300
2009 Softail Custom, 2009 Star Raider S, and a 2017 Yamaha FZ09. Rid myself of the Hog years ago. Traded the FZ09 and Raider for the sexy F6B. Things I should gave done years ago.....hindsight sucks sometimes😂
Why the switch? I dont know if i can bring myself to sell my 9 just yet.
2014 Yamaha Super Ténéré
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My history: GL 1800 f6b
GL 1800 f6c
suzuki M 1800 r
yamaha XV 1900
XVS 1300 asb
XVS 1300
XVS 1100 dragstar c
suzuki GR 650
honda CB 450
2006 Kawasaki Nomad 1600
2002 Honda vtx 1800c
1995 Honda Shadow 1100 c2 ace
1982 Yamaha maxim 550
1980 Yamaha maxim 450