Your worst bike?
Cruiser
Joined: Feb 2008
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Have to say after owning 67 bikes the worst Ive had was a brand new 883 anniversay. Think I was taken in by the Harley name at the time.Sold it after 800 miles and went back to Triumphs for a few years before getting the Softail
Outstanding HDF Member
Joined: Oct 2005
Posts: 2,035
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From: near Buffalo, NY
1982 Kawasaki KZ 1000 LTD.
It was a lemon from the get-go. It came in the crate with a flat tire. I should have seen it coming.
Although it had a flat which from the result of a pin hole in the wheel, leaky fork seals, longer than normal clutch rod which burned up the clutch twice, and a weak pressed crank that twisted.. All of this in 3k miles, it was probably my favorite bike. I ran smooth bores with a 4 into 1 Kerker... What an unbelieveable sound.
Go figure...
It was a lemon from the get-go. It came in the crate with a flat tire. I should have seen it coming.
Although it had a flat which from the result of a pin hole in the wheel, leaky fork seals, longer than normal clutch rod which burned up the clutch twice, and a weak pressed crank that twisted.. All of this in 3k miles, it was probably my favorite bike. I ran smooth bores with a 4 into 1 Kerker... What an unbelieveable sound.
Go figure...
Road Captain
Joined: Feb 2008
Posts: 694
Likes: 2
From: indiana
rice rocket
two harleys and 4 rockets later cant say iv had a bad scooter....now on the other hand I had a bmx Huffy back in early 80's dam thing was always throwing the chain off the sprocket fixed that with dads hammer
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Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 4,151
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Hadda 77 FLH (AMF) That was pretty poorly built..I had just sold a Super glide to buy this garage queen, only had 800 or so miles onnit in when I bought it in 79.. Im on my way back from Sturgus that same year, It tossed a wrist pin thru the front jug right outside Chamberlin SD..Got ta spend the night at the wayside that overlooks the river there till a brother drove a van 11 hours ta pick me up.. When I got it apart I found that the front Piston didn't even have a grove machined in it to hold the wrist pin keeper ring.. so the factory probibly didn't even install a keeper on that side..Had it fer another year of nothin but troubles and breakdowns.. Till somebody stole it late one fall when I was at the Hospital see'n a brother who had gone down. Didn't miss the bike a bit.. But had dropped the insurace to liability for the winter as I didnt expect a few warm days in late November.. 
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Road Warrior
Joined: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,442
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From: Bel Air Md
My CB350 when I was in high school, always breaking down but I loved that bike, just saw the exact same year and color on ebay, would buy it if I had the room and a different wife, just kidding.