The cars and bikes thread!

[Raza]

Interesting to see what non bikers like. Anyone else?

Just about anything Triumph for me. I harbor dreams of buying a Bonneville Street Twin.

[Samanator]

Just about anything Triumph for me. I harbor dreams of buying a Bonneville Street Twin.

When the weight on your wrists gets old along with the raked over the tank riding position that is a fantastic choice. The last bike I had was a Triumph Bonneville 800cc twin. It had the only modern bike I've ridden most comfortable seat that I could easily go the 3-4 hours on and still want to get back on it. The bars allowed your to ride nice and upright and the engine had plenty of power to navigate along and pass at an 70-100mph pace. The speed tripple I had before that none of those things could be said about it. Yes it was a wheelie monster and it was very fast, but comfort was not part of the program.

[93EXCivic]

An agility dog could jump through it. That’s an extreme example of the disarticulated look I don’t like.

I think it is pretty ugly but it also seems like it would be an absolute stupid amount of fun. Also it is cheap and should be easy to maintain. If I am honest the most I could see riding a motorbike is in fall and spring cause summer in Alabama in a full helmet and pads sounds absolutely godawful.

[93EXCivic]

I think I've kind of run my course with the sports car thing. I enjoyed my Wrangler when I had it I just made two bad choices when I bought it. Up until that point I was like Raza and never had a car that did not have a manual transmission. You never want a Wrangler with a manual if you even want to tow even a jet ski you'll exceed the towing capacity. The Automatic does not have this issue. Also the way the seat is placed shorter people like my wife can't push the clutch in. The wife must be able to drive anything in the garage is a rule we have(Note: able not necessarily like to drive). The second mistake was I had the soft top and no hard top. Try and take one for a three hour each way road trip like say to Orlando and back and your brains will be mush from the noise. So this must have the extra sound deadening, automatic (which vastly increases it's of road ability except if you are giant bolder climbing) and a hard top with the removable panels so your brains don't melt on the highway from the noise.
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I am going the opposite way. I have been driving a Ford Ranger and now a Honda Element mostly recently and god I miss low fun cars. Next year after the new garage is built.

Is the hardtop Wrangler really that much more quite then the softtop? Cause the one I was in was not exactly quite. I think the best thing I have done as far as my sanity was talk my wife out of a Wrangler as her car.

[happyscrappyheropup]

I kind of want a Honda Grom for some random reason.

A few guys on the Hayabusa forum bought them and enjoy them, but I'd rather get something like a DRZ400SM or one of the KTM thumper SMs. More useful, the Groms seem like a novelty that would get old quickly.

[happyscrappyheropup]

I think it is pretty ugly but it also seems like it would be an absolute stupid amount of fun. Also it is cheap and should be easy to maintain. If I am honest the most I could see riding a motorbike is in fall and spring cause summer in Alabama in a full helmet and pads sounds absolutely godawful.

I wear 2 piece leathers or a 2 piece textile suit every time I ride. You get used to the heat. A camelbak in the tankbag with icewater helps. If you're doing a lot of riding, look at the Aerostich suits.

[mlcor]

...or one of the KTM thumper SMs.

I see that, and all I can think of is:

[Samanator]

I am going the opposite way. I have been driving a Ford Ranger and now a Honda Element mostly recently and god I miss low fun cars. Next year after the new garage is built.

Is the hardtop Wrangler really that much more quite then the softtop? Cause the one I was in was not exactly quite. I think the best thing I have done as far as my sanity was talk my wife out of a Wrangler as her car.

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I've not been in the new one, but take it out and go on the highway and hit about 70 in both. The hardtop will seem like a Lexus. In town it is fine and it gives you and excuse to take the long way. If you do less than 70mph here you'll get run over on the highway.

In the last 20 years I've had the following convertibles and sports cars in our garage: 2002 TTQuatro, Lexis SC430, 2009 Porsche Cab 4S, 2009 Jaguar XKR, 2002 Jaguar XK8 (Still own), 2015 Jaguar FType R, 2017 Jaguar F-TypeS, and a Lexus LC500.

The LC is kind of redundant for it's use now that I brought the XK8 back in February. In all honesty the XK8 shows Jaguars mastery of suspension tuning for ride while keeping 85% of the sports cars. Not the surgical scalpel the F-Type is but it also could run over RR tracks at 50 like nothing which would knock the front spoiler off of the F-Type. The Bronco will get used more than any other possible vehicle and we may take up a bit of overlanding on weekends. They demoed an Overland setup on Bronco Nation event last week that looks really cool.

[Samanator]

I'm liking the Bronco a lot. Going for the manual?

No manual with the V6 plus I'm not chancing it is like the Wrangler and my wife can't reach the pedals. There has not been any Bronco launch events in my area to go and sit in one to determine that. You might not have seen my later post about the transmission. There are quite a few extra features with the V6 and 10speed auto that I want to have more than a manual. I want this one to work out like the Toyota FJ for my wife liking to drive it, but not have the list of issues that plagued that one so it was taken back by Toyota. The FJ was an automatic. I might still have the Jeep if I bought an automatic so it was easy for her to drive. The roof on the Jeep I could fix by buying a hard top, but swapping trans is a quite a few parts including a new radiator to change over. I've driven Jeeps with both off road, and personally the one pedal mode for the automatic off-road on the Bronco and the way an automatic can load the wheels is better for the off-road conditions in Florida.

[Samanator]

The one that the son of a family friend was driving when he crashed and burned alive in a fire so intense it took hours to burn out was in Florida as well, if I do recall.

Sadly that was on Alligator Alley about 15-20 minutes from me. I remember it burned actually a few days before it was fully out according to some articles. Notice I've not lined up for any electric vehicles. I don't feel they are quite baked yet.