Comments on: 10 Most Significant Motorcycles of the Last 50 Years

By: Scott Greenland

Scott Greenland — Wed, 15 May 2024 04:24:38 +0000

In reply to Jaime Cruz. I agree with most of your pics. I would also like to add the Honda nighthawk cb 450 to the 650.s they were in a class that started the Average person to see and experience what most of us take for granted. Thanks for recognizing.

By: Arden Kysely

Arden Kysely — Wed, 20 Mar 2024 15:40:26 +0000

Greg, Honda’s Interceptor came 3 years before the GSX-R, sold well and rocked the competition on both road and track. There’s no doubt it was a sport bike. I don’t mean to dis the Suzuki, but I was riding their underrated GS750ES when the Honda came out and those V-4s were everywhere.

By: Jack Harper

Jack Harper — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 08:51:17 +0000

In reply to mwv1500. Agreed!

By: Steve

Steve — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 08:10:03 +0000

1978 cb 750 f 1979 CBX6 2001 Honda blackbird come on get with the program!

By: Kris Brown

Kris Brown — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:53:35 +0000

The 2006 Yamaha Stratoliner not on this list.

By: Chaplain Bob DeSantis

Chaplain Bob DeSantis — Thu, 14 Mar 2024 00:10:48 +0000

Totally agree with T.E. about the British machines (I had 2 BSAs, one Triumph, and a Norton. If they weren’t leaking oil, there wasn’t any oil in them. Thank goodness for my Mom’s old cookie baking sheets.

Keep this as a regular article. You could even expand it: 10 biggest loosers,
10 most reliable, 10 oldest bikes still being ridden, 10 most expensive antique bikes. Mabe 10 best selling bikes of all time, 10 best bikes that were ahead of their time and didn’t sell (My favorite, that I hit a deer on, the Honda PC800.
Did everything well, but nothing great.)

Get Clement Salvadori in on some of these. He’s probably owned many of them.
Just a few ideas,

Chaplain Bob DeSantis American Legion Squadron 107 Live Oak, Florida

By: JWH

JWH — Wed, 13 Mar 2024 08:02:33 +0000

Nailed it

By: Rider Magazine

Rider Magazine — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 14:17:12 +0000

In reply to Dan Gullett. Our list is limited to bikes introduced in the past 50 years (1974-2024). The Honda CB750 was introduced in 1969 and the Kawasaki Z1 was introduced in 1972. Both are fantastic motorcycles, they just came out too early to make the cut.

By: Albert Keenan

Albert Keenan — Tue, 12 Mar 2024 03:23:56 +0000

While I could debate a few I cannot disagree with a single choice. My only disagreement is with the description of the gsxr. My first “sport bike” was a kawasaki late 70s kz650 with rearsets, Superbike bars and a kerker which is what you described as what was available before the gixxer was produced. My 1985 ninja 600 and 86 interceptor track bikes beg to differ! My ELR and original katana 1000 and rz350 also were not nearly standards with mods. That said the gsxr was a game changer and a great choice.

By: Dan Gullett

Dan Gullett — Mon, 11 Mar 2024 23:07:10 +0000

You guys must be smoking something, where is the Jawasaki 900z1 and the Honda cb750. No respect for your list what a linebof frap.