What has been your smallest motorcycle?

[cleanspeed1]

Originally Posted by larrybuck

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Great mileage, but not too comfortable.

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Admittingly, at 6 4", I couldn't help but look a little silly on these!

Couldn't get 2nd pic larger, but it is a Honda MB5 sport bike, a 50 w real suspension, and all!

I wish you had pictures of you riding it!

[alvaro84]

Originally Posted by piers.singer

Currently own my largest motorcycle, a 1997 BMW R1100RT. I say owning and not riding because I've barely had it a month and it's already in the workshop. BMW = Bring My Wallet, as one of my friends says.

My little Bring My Wallet lady works well and has 100k+ km under her (second, soon third) belt. Maintenance cost still exceeds fuel cost a bit, but the latter is about to take the lead... (Hungarian fuel prices are much closer to the UK prices than to the US ones).

Smallest ever was a Honda SH50 that I learned on. It was restricted to 30mph so it wasn't much use and only did 75mpg(Imp) because I gave it full throttle everywhere.

I'd be very disappointed of this FE from such a small bike

Most retarded was my first bike, a Honda (are you seeing a trend here?) ANF125. No wind protection, ridiculous gear-change, rubbish tyres, miniscule fuel tank...it did do 150mpg+ though.

Those are famous for that

[GeoMoto]

Honda QA 50 2 speed...
...would make a great motorized bicycle convert for MPG

GeoMoto

[ciderbarrel]

I had a late 90s 250 Ninja. I actually miss that little thing. It was really fun to ride. Being 300 lbs I had to keep it up towards the redline to keep it moving in traffic, but I still loved riding it.

[cRiPpLe_rOoStEr]

I had a 4-speed '84 Honda CG125, which I had to hide from my parents, and I was only 11-years old when I purchased it for $150 in '01. Totaled it in '04 but was never caught by my parents.

[minimac]

My smallest bike was my first, a '66 Yamaha 80. I ran the wheels off that thing in the two months I owned it. I bought it from a buddy who was leaving for college and sold it, 6K miles later, to a guy that thought it was "cute" and offered me a lot more than I paid for it. He paid me immediately and took the bike, leaving me to call my mom to pick me up at the gas station I had stopped at!

[ObscureProton]

Mine is my present 09 Ninja 250. Fun bike but I do miss my 07 GSXR 600. This 250 needs a bit of help in FE. I weigh 240lbs at 6'2" but I think I should be getting more than 36->45 (WOT -> Trying for FE)

[larrybuck]

I once bought an early-mid '70's CB 125 strictly just to see if the mpg would beat the Kawa. KL250 Enduro I still have.

It came close to tying, but again, at 6"4, the larger frame of the Kawa. much more comfortable. So after this test, my CB125 ownership was brief. I sold it to a happy teenager who understood my whys, and I didn't lose any money on it either.
A nice experiment with a decent outcome!

[radioranger]

I owned an s 65 Honda, pressed steel frame , amazing milage, probably n the high 80's ran out of gas one day riding with some friends with bigger bikes , back in 73 and we found a beer bottle on the side of the road, transferred two bottles full later , rode the rest of the day a good 30 miles till the next station . First experience with synthetic oil on that bike also they sold an oil called ollmo, supposedly used by the military, cost outrageous at 3 $ , only held one quart ,so what the heck, ran like a demon till I finally broke every cog on all the gears riding it off road fast as it could go ,

[D.O.G.]

My smallest (and first) road registered bike was a '75 Honda XL250, although I rode 90cc, 110cc and 175cc bikes off road.
From memory, the Honda did 60 mpg and over 10 years of ownership was probably the most reliable bike I've had.