Originally Posted by son of the hounds

It looks like 17 bikes. Red Italicized are current riders.
47 FL - First bike, at 15. Got it because my best friend found a 50 Pan.
61 XLH - 16th summer, this a gift from the gods for a 16 year old
42 ServiCar - The beach party beer carrier. Great at getting through the soft sand.
66 Hodaka 100 ACE - It is a wonder I am still alive, but the bike never failed.
61 R60/2 - BMW - Grace, like my XK-120 Jag.
72 XLCH - Kickstart only, football knee injuries forced sale for electric start
79 SP370 - Suzuki - Enduro for forest roads
80 FL - An okay bike, but old school at a time I wanted more. Hence the 88 EVO.
88 FLHS - The first real touring Harley, opened up the world beyond my time zone
80 CM400T - Honda - After my divorce, garage sale for $ 200, got me back on wheels when my only furniture I owned was a leaky queen air mattress. I have hated Coleman ever since.
05 C50 - Suzuki - Met great people who are still my friends, fun bike, affordable. Toured the West. It is what I bought after selling the Honda above.
76 R75/6 - BMW - Just a bike, nice but still just a bike. I would not recommend one as who wants an adequate bike.
08 T-100 Bonneville - Triumph - Great bike, just not better than the sporty. Figured I needed to owe a Brit bike before I died. But the new Thruxton is looking pretty good.
96 XL883 - Bronson tribute and time machine for my 16 year old brain.
10 V7 Racer - Moto Guzzi - Style, fun, under powered for what it could have been.
81 XS650 - Yamaha - the storm project. A winter project.
10 FLHR - Perfection on two. This has been a perfect bike for me.

The '10 FLHR and the '96 XL883 do for my riding all that I could need.
My FLHR can strip down for runs to Taco Thursday at city hall, or add the King Tour pack, my girlfriend and take off for more than 2 weeks. Perfect.
I made my '96 XL883 into a Bronson tribute bike, but it was also a time machine for my 16 year old XLH of the '60s and 70s. Then came Bronson came out in 1969 and here was a movie about "MY MOTORCYCLE" and Bonnie Bedalia. It is my errand runner, my commuter, my I need to clear my head and run a few canyons, be back later today.
That said, when I owned each bike listed above, it was a great bike, just on some the greatness did not last very long. These have staying power. Their replacements will have to be even better.