The most boring bike you've ever ridden

ph0rk · 12-27-2012, 08:23 AM

Posting this in road warriors because blacktop is boring, right?

Unlike most people, I seem to actually gravitate towards "boring" bikes. Words like appliance and bland sound like synonyms for "workhorse" and "reliable" to me. I hear linear power delivery and 50+ mpg and I get unexcited!

A few choice quotes about boring bikes, bike models removed to protect the guilty:

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Originally Posted by DiabloADV

The most boring motor in the history of irrigation pump motors.

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Originally Posted by EetsOK

Tried numerous ones and they are all boring. They work well enough, comfort, handling, braking pwoer are all very good for a bike in its class and price but somehow I feel bored on it. It does everything very well except it is as interesting as a new kitchen appliance.

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Originally Posted by X1Glider

123 RWHP but an utterly boring linear acceleration, an annoying intake "wheeze" instead of a howl, and vibes that are much finer but in a frequency that doesn't agree with my wrists, 4 less mpg, fully adjustable suspension that really is just ok.

Just an ok bike, IMO. It actually bores me to tears.

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Originally Posted by stripple

in my opinion of of the most boring bikes on the road. For me, lack of character in a bike is a death sentence. I cannot own a bike that has no "soul".

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Originally Posted by bogey78

It was a good tourer, dirt road rider, weekend getaway, haul camping gear bike. It worked every time and was easy to own. It was just more boring than I wanted.

What's the most boring bike you've ever ridden? What was so boring about it? What bikes failed to achieve the pinnacle of boringness?

What bikes have a pulse-calming, breath-regulating, drool-correcting effect every time you ride or look at them?

My entry, a bike so boring I can't even find a decent image more recent than the summer 2011:

Velociraptor · 12-27-2012, 08:29 AM

I had a DL-1000 V-Strom. Utterly boring. Even more boring than the 2008 KLR-650 I had. At least with the KLR is could go off road in the winter and get stuck in the snow......

boatpuller · 12-27-2012, 08:31 AM

Gold Wing GL1800. Turbine smooth motor has no soul. Faring so protects you from the wind it's a non-issue. Gages and dash looks like any other Japanese sedan. Other than the lack of foot room leading to some discomfort, there is no sensory stimulation from that motorcycle,

kitesurfer · 12-28-2012, 03:58 AM

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Originally Posted by boatpuller

Gold Wing GL1800. Turbine smooth motor has no soul. Faring so protects you from the wind it's a non-issue. Gages and dash looks like any other Japanese sedan. Other than the lack of foot room leading to some discomfort, there is no sensory stimulation from that motorcycle,

i could not have said it any better!

zozie · 12-27-2012, 08:36 AM

2005 Honda shadow 750. After riding it for one hour, I had to pay attention not to fall asleep. Crappy acceleration with turd like suspension

. Plus it's it's way too smooth for a v twin. At least if it would vibrate, but barely.

Pigford · 12-27-2012, 09:20 AM

I have a feeling that the HONDA brand name will be figuring rather highly in this thread

Here's one I got just before Xmas, and sold it within a week - but I did make + 60% on it

The Engineering may be pretty good - but they make them too bland and easy to ride......

marksbonneville · 12-27-2012, 09:45 AM

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

eddie bolted · 12-27-2012, 09:52 AM

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Originally Posted by marksbonneville

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

Spool77 · 12-27-2012, 09:56 AM

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Originally Posted by marksbonneville

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

Steelybeast · 12-27-2012, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by marksbonneville

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

Well said. It is, what you make of it

EetsOK · 12-28-2012, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by marksbonneville

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

One day you might reach the level of motorcycle connoisseur.

There are people in this world who can not tell the difference between a Big Mac pattie and a fillet mignon. I mean beef is beef right?

marksbonneville · 12-28-2012, 07:22 PM

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Originally Posted by EetsOK

One day you might reach the level of motorcycle connoisseur.

There are people in this world who can not tell the difference between a Big Mac pattie and a fillet mignon. I mean beef is beef right?

Doesn't sound like a level I'll strive to reach, happy where I'm at in life.

Robert OK · 12-29-2012, 06:50 AM

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Originally Posted by EetsOK

One day you might reach the level of motorcycle connoisseur.

There are people in this world who can not tell the difference between a Big Mac pattie and a fillet mignon. I mean beef is beef right?

Rather be a happy dilettante. When I do eat at MacDonald's (maybe once every two years) I prefer the basic burger.

It's the roads that are boring.

fonsecarlos · 12-29-2012, 06:08 PM

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Originally Posted by marksbonneville

I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

+1

daveknievel · 12-27-2012, 09:55 AM

Ninja 250. I use to wrench at a kawi dealer, and i would dread having to fix or prep a new one when sold. You could take a brand new one, fuel it up and put it on the rev limiter with 30 sec of run time and would do nothing for it good or bad. Purchased one for my wife. It was her first bike. After her first ride, she asked me " are all of these turd slow?" Yes dear they are. They say how great a beginners bike they are, but i think they produce one bike and done riders because of the no frills, no thrills package.

12-27-2012, 08:29 AM	#2
Velociraptor TrackBum Joined: Apr 2005 Location: Seattle Oddometer: 463	I had a DL-1000 V-Strom. Utterly boring. Even more boring than the 2008 KLR-650 I had. At least with the KLR is could go off road in the winter and get stuck in the snow...... __________________ 2009 KTM 690r Enduro in da house 2002 RC51 SOLD 2010 KTM 990 Supermoto R

12-27-2012, 08:36 AM	#5
zozie Adventurer Joined: Jun 2012 Location: Mississauga, ON, Canada Oddometer: 98	2005 Honda shadow 750. After riding it for one hour, I had to pay attention not to fall asleep. Crappy acceleration with turd like suspension. Plus it's it's way too smooth for a v twin. At least if it would vibrate, but barely.

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12-27-2012, 08:31 AM	#3
boatpuller Gnarly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2012 Oddometer: 129	Gold Wing GL1800. Turbine smooth motor has no soul. Faring so protects you from the wind it's a non-issue. Gages and dash looks like any other Japanese sedan. Other than the lack of foot room leading to some discomfort, there is no sensory stimulation from that motorcycle,

12-27-2012, 09:20 AM	#6
Pigford British Joined: Sep 2009 Location: North Dorset, UK Oddometer: 743	I have a feeling that the HONDA brand name will be figuring rather highly in this thread Here's one I got just before Xmas, and sold it within a week - but I did make + 60% on it The Engineering may be pretty good - but they make them too bland and easy to ride......

12-27-2012, 09:45 AM	#7
marksbonneville Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2008 Location: Arizona, Prescott more less. Oddometer: 937	I have never been bored while riding any motorcycle and I hope I never am.

12-27-2012, 09:55 AM	#15
daveknievel Adventurer Joined: Dec 2011 Oddometer: 30	Ninja 250. I use to wrench at a kawi dealer, and i would dread having to fix or prep a new one when sold. You could take a brand new one, fuel it up and put it on the rev limiter with 30 sec of run time and would do nothing for it good or bad. Purchased one for my wife. It was her first bike. After her first ride, she asked me " are all of these turd slow?" Yes dear they are. They say how great a beginners bike they are, but i think they produce one bike and done riders because of the no frills, no thrills package.