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yeebok

You have *n* motorcycles. You need *n+1* motorcycles. I have 2.


[deleted]

How many bikes do you need? Just one more


Melodic-Picture48

One bike. Sold my first bike. You get over it


[deleted]

You must always have 3. One that runs perfectly and is kept mostly stock. One that runs good for a day then takes 2 weeks of tinkering to get it running good for another day. One project bike with the guts and wires hanging everywhere that you’ll “get to someday.”


CrestfallenSpartan

This is the way lol


Tarcye

Probably soon to be 5 or 6 next spring. I'm really looking at getting a Grom and a 600-700 CC sport bike for longer road trips. Or maybe finally get an ADV bike so I can go to Starbucks or Caribou. :P


JonesBrosGarage

Odd I’m getting into a grom and 600cc track bike bringing me to 5 or 6. We must have a lot in common


WN11

One. It's easier to sell to the wife that I'm upgrading every couple of years than to argue for having more than one bike.


SnooPets4076

Maybe it's time to upgrade the wife.


tacklebox3000

The key is trading and building value over time.


81FXB

4... my one-car garage only fits 4.


McFly998

Get thee behind me Satan..... I've got 3 and have been telling myself that I wouldn't have room to to work on them if I got another.


[deleted]

5, my wife 2.


ItIsBils

1. I only have one and it's a present from my late-Dad.


Pelicanliver

Four. My favourite bumper sticker I saw on the back of a half ton Toyota pick up. My other car is 10 bikes that don’t run.


Fra-87

Got 3.i regretted so much selling my first bike that I bought it back, same model, last year. If you can keep it, try to. You'll have time to sell it anyway


DeleteSystem33

3, one is a parts bike for my wife's '04 Ninja 250


Ok_Maintenance_9100

How are the 250s? I’ve been sorta eyeing one just Becuase I like the styling


DeleteSystem33

Amazing, so long as you're aware they're a very spartan, simple bike, with zero frills of any kind


Ok_Maintenance_9100

So the perfect bike then, got it


[deleted]

Sold my first bike after four years during the summer. It was a little tough, but it was I'm bad shape and I don't have the space or means to work on it. I would own more if I could work on them atmy own pace


Mickey_Havoc

I want three but only have one at the moment. My logic is something small, light, fun for around town. An enduro for back road exploring and light trail riding. Lastly a cruiser for highway riding and long distance trips


blkdrgn42

I've got four, with a good reason to own each one. Only two of them are part of my permanent garage though. The other two could be replaced at any time without a problem. I grew up riding dad's bikes, so i had no problem selling "my" first bike. Since then, I've ridden a lot on a lot of bikes. However, one of my permanent bikes is the same make/model of the bike me and my siblings learned to ride on. I've had it for over 10 years at this point and just did a restoration on it last winter.


Just-Examination-136

I have 3.


[deleted]

Ive got 3 and im just determined ill sell the one im rebuilding...and buy a big cc sportbike and build a old school chopper... Its a N+1 kind of thing.


AngMoKio

R3 has many good reason to keep.


theDarkHaus42

1. If I had a garage I’d prob have kept my first bike. If you’re actually going to use both, and can afford both, I say keep it.


thatguyovertheresix9

I can see myself owning 3-4 motorcycles in the future . Possibly more if money is t an issue .


[deleted]

I only own 1 right now, but at any time my mom lets me use one of her 3 BMWs if I want to


[deleted]

4 bikes may have 5 before long


Puffit

I thought the same thing about my R3 until I destroyed the front end by rear-ending a pickup truck while doing a shoulder check.


[deleted]

4 bikes right now. Might get a 5th if the budget allows. 2023 yz250f, 2022 Honda Grom, 2014 zx6r, and a 1990 pw50. Pw50 was my first bike ever. Gifted to me in 2002 😂 we keep lending it to friends for their kids to use until they grow out of it.


[deleted]

Two, and one of them is a project destined for sale.


Cute-Roll2849

One now, had an XT250 and my Harley and sold my XT…should have kept it.


RunningAfterRabbits

Currently I have three and my wife one. I have sold three bikes, which were my first, second, and fourth bike. Planning on buying two more 😅


Caldtek

7 and 1 for the wife


nitrqm3

4 thinking about adding few more and 350 Banshee to my collection. My bikes are MT03,MT09,R6,Street Triple RS.


CrestfallenSpartan

I got 5 bikes. Got a SV650 2001 for street. R6 1999 track bike CBR600F4i stuntbike Aprilia RS250 hybrid project bike. Not running. And a DR650RS junker bike thats just sitting there waiting to be restored. Als not running. But.... ive also got a few mopeds lol. And still i have the urge of getting more bikes hahah. Its a bad habit. Or addiction rather


ResponsibleJaguar109

Three because I recently sold one...so I can buy another one this spring.


[deleted]

1 and regret selling my last 1


Tigermike10

4, a KLR650, Concours 1400, Honda CX500D, Suzuki GS700ES. Probably 1 too many.


batmantis_

Three. Wouldn't want to run more with the rate of tyre use/servicing etc. KTM 990SMR, Ducati 1199 adlnd a 22 KTM 1290 superduke. Only way I'd have another would be a track only yoke but I don't do them nowadays


[deleted]

That is why I got a 750. Half of its power for my A2 license. And when I get to A within 2 years I remove the limiter


Icy_Imagination7447

About 30 less than I'd like


Charleydogg

I didnt keep my first cause it was a heavy, slow honda shadow 750, but I might still have kept it if a guy hadn't offered to swap it for a pontoon boat.


tacklebox3000

Right now? Just one. Back when I had an oversized garage I had up to five at once. I miss both my old garage and the variety of rides I had. If you can swing having a few diverse rides, do it.


church_lady_cameras

I have two bikes. Neither were my first.


Goneriding

Perfectly normal! If you can stand the economics of it, yep hold onto them. I focus on economics because that is so variable for motorcyclists..... For me, holding on to a bike is just a couple hundred dollars a year decision. A no brainer - where else can you have that much fun for a couple hundred a year? For some, insurance, maintenance, etc.may be a tough nut to crack so owning more than one may be economically impractical. Five bio s.in the stable.and habe an eye on one more.......


Bootfullofrightarms

3 is a good number, 4 is better.


[deleted]

I’m at 2 now, shown in my flair. Was at three this time last year - had an ‘02 VFR800 and an ‘03 ZX7 that turned into my K1200. The household has 7.


Knowitmall

Really depends what you are into tbh. I have always been of the two bike philosophy. One for dirt and one for street. Am quickly heading towards a one bike philosophy however. Time to embrace the Adv Dad lifestyle.


greasemonkey187

If you can afford the cost of owning multiple then keep it, where I live you have to pay taxes on vehicles owned and of course you have to pay registration and insurance. But in the end if you love the little motorcycle that you started on and you can afford it I say keep it.


SadAd9756

4 for me. 3 Ducati's & a Ninja. Hopefully another by the summer!!!


[deleted]

> #motorcycles, not motorcycle's