How Many Bikes Are Too Many ?

Phew, I thought for a minute I was going to have to explain the obsession growing in my garage.

 

Did at one stage in my riding life have 28 bikes of all cc's and states. Only have the one now. But the urge is still there just running out of excuses these days.

 

How many bikes is too many?
What you have + the one you haven't bought yet

 

I know what you mean, the range of Royal Enfields is becoming baffling, and there are a lot of closely related Triumphs too, among many others....

Have you considered a Honda GB350 for a runaround? Japanese build quality in a small bike. Or a scooter with loads of built in storage? What am I saying!!

 

@crispey You're so right.

 

The choice is absolutely mind boggling on paper, but when I actually look at and / or test ride machines, there are only really a few out of that vast amount that I actually want to own and ride long term. I like the look of loads of machines, don't like the looks but can appreciate the artistry or utility, performance or whatever of many others. Some I would love to own but cannot afford and others I just cannot see one single redeeming feature in .

I go into the garage every single day or night before I go to bed just to look at my bikes because I feel so fortunate to own and ride them, that is what I am looking for amongst the huge amount of choice out there.

 

There is a glowing review of the BSA Bantam in this month's Motorcycle Sport and Leisure, which summarises it as outperforming its Royal Enfield and Honda competition, and at two-thirds the price being strong competition for the Triumphs too.

The same magazine has a test of the new Triumph 400XC, Honda GB350S, Royal Enfield Guerilla 450 and Suzuki DRZ400 too - so it's a bumper small motorcycle issue!

As I've said here before, I didn't gel with my glitchy Triumph 400 and decided I preferred a twin cylinder motor, so two others to keep in mind could be the Honda 500's (I have a CL500 Scrambler, my mate has a 500F) and the Kawasaki Ninja 500 - at 471cc and 451cc, they are close in capacity to these tested "small bikes".... but faster!