Reply To: Buying older bikes (as in 20-40 years old)
September 2, 2010 at 11:47 pm
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Rab
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Old bikes are a money pit and that’s if you can even find the parts. Possibly dangerous too due to metal fatigue, etc.
Look at the new Triumph Bonneville and T100s, the Ducati GT1000, the Moto Guzzi V7 Classic, Royal Enfield Bullet variants and the Harley Davidson Sportsters. All modern motorcycles with a retro look.
These are not the best beginner bikes IMO, but the Royal Enfields probably qualify as that. They’re 500 c.c. I think, but are single cylinder bikes which are built to a 1950s design so do not have the performance of modern 500 c.c. motorcycles.