From the article: The Six Scariest Motorcycles I've Ever Ridden
Have you ridden a motorcycle that was so intimidating, so virile, or just so downright rickety that it scared the bejeezus out of you? Share your experience here! Share your scariest bike!
Marvin
- 1949 DoodleBug scooter. I was a very young farm lad who had never been on a powered two-wheeler. A visitor said, "Go ahead, ride it. I got it up to about 20 MPH in a straight line and felt braver than King Kong. I was hooked.
- —Guest Marvin McConoughey
AZ Centennial Copper Chopper!
- LOL, 100cc and super long fork... and all that gorgeous copper, state seal.. definitely do not want to lay this sweet machine down!
- —AZCopperChopper
Scariest Ride
- The Kawi 500 triple, super fast and steering was very light. What a ride
- —Guest Lango
1974 kawasaki H1E 500cc triple
- I believe i am still riding motorcycles and enjoying it BECAUSE of this bike. This was my first road bike. Riding this bike flatout through high speed curves was very dangerous, yet that is what we did, consistently. Once you have learned to ride a mach III like that, ie., consistently flatout, you can ride anything..and for evermore
- —Guest peter
Chris Connor
- I had (have) a Ducati Darmah at the time (1978) & test rode a Harley on which the running board scrapped the ground on the first corner where I had just found out the front brake didn't work - returned the bike (2 wheeled motorcar) immediately.
- —Guest the2connors
scariest motorcycle: 1972 Kaw Mach IV
- Skinny tires, flexible frame, sudden power band, violent power. Fast cornering was an exciting dance with Death.
- —Guest fastwoman
yamaha dt 100 modificada
- señores tengo una dt 100 modelo 81 y solo desarrollaba 70km cuando la modifique e logrado desarrollar 165km y para ser real he montado motos susuki 1100cc y por cuestiones de peso y economia no canbiola mia empesando que los repuesto de las dt yamaha son economicos a conparacion de la 1100 , y modifique la kawasaki kmx 125 de desarrollar 150km a desarrollar 210kml lo malo esque a esta velocidad la mot paceque que volara y pierde aderencia al piso en pocas palabra si tropiesas con una piedrita visitarasa sanpedro en el cielo gracias por su atencion y cuidense y sean prudentes y respeten las señales de transito
- —Guest mejias
Suzuki Gamma500
- Holy crap! Never rode it again ... Nice bike, I never had the talent to ride a two stoker.
- —Kmasa
Triumph Bonneville
- Back when I was in college, I rode a 1984 Suzuki GS550ED. Great bike... tame, good handling, decent performance. My neighbor knew I rode a lot and wanted me to try out his bike, a late 60's Bonneville (I think). It was horrible! Couldn't turn, funky handlebars, no acceleration, bounce, smelly... I offered to let him ride mine, but he wasn't interested. A few years ago, I bought a 1983 Kawasaki GPz550 to ride to work on. It was a $200 rat bike. I put 60,000 miles on it in under a year. That $200 rat bike was FAR safer than the classic Bonneville ever was.
- —Guest 52Degrees
My scariest rides
- Well ! Firstly there is the "waterbottle"! Gt 750 two stroke Honda ! Lethal ! Wicked engine in a rubber band frame! Awesome in straight lines ! Very scary ! Not to mention the Kawasaki h1 750 another 2 stroke monster ! Widowmaker they were nicknamed aptly ! The rz350 with racing reeds and micron chambers was the other one which gave me the Hee bee gee bees ! Lifts the wheel with no effort at all! I dont believe there were no old two strokers on your list ! You must be a youngin ! Lol ! The old two strokers really were scary as .... !
- —Guest Garry D
1979 yamaha sr 500 single(thumper)
- awesome bike wish i still had it,but for low end torque out of the hole MY GOD! i was "hunting squirrels" off of every red light,and it could blow 1100 and 1300 kawi's doors off for the first 1000 feet. she handled like a dream.but if you didn't give her your full respect and concentration,you could get your nuts in a vise!...scary fast!
- —Guest terry
Kawasaki 750 triple
- The most evil motorcycle I have ever owned,And I loved it!!! No torque until about 6500 rpm, then all hell broke loose! Being a 2 stroke it looked like the space shuttle just got launched when you were passing everyone! Wow my heart is pumping thinking back to 1974.
- —Guest Steve
Kawasaki 500 Mach III - the Widowmaker
- There is a reason the 1969 Kawasaki 500 Mach III was nicknamed "the widowmaker" and about a year ago I was almost one of the statistics when the worst handling and scariest bike of all time seized up doing about 50 mph. As my rear tire came to a complete halt - I was slapping back and forth and did everything I could to bring it to the side of the road. I put a new top end in it and it now sits in my family room until I decide to sell it - I will never ride it again!
- —Guest Terry
Norton Dominator 88 (late 50's 500cc?)
- A friend lent me this bike for a trip up to London as my bike was in the shop. The M4 was pretty new and had no speed limit. The bike was a cafe roadster styled machine with clip-ons (my first time riding with these bars) and an uncomfortably slippery seat but went like a bat out of hell. So much so, that even lying flat on the tank, the wind kept pushing me further and further back. This caused my right hand to wind the throttle open. I was scared to let go of the bars and the brakes were doing a valiant job. I loosened my right hand grip very gently and the throttle snapped back much faster than I had expected and the bike seemed to almost stop - it was just the amazing deceleration. I continued at a more leisurely pace. It was a great bike and had the feather-bed frame I think. I decided against ever fitting clip-ons on my bikes thereafter. Turning slow turns was like breaking your wrists but then everything was safe for teenagers in the 60s! Stay happy and ride safely, jenn
- —tiggernhobbes
bob
- A tie between a 56 H-D panhead with a tank shifter that I couldn't shift right, and a Kawasaki 500cc triple that I thought had a bad steering head bearings till the owner told me it always handled like that! And it had an on-off switch for a power band, one secong you're tooling along, and in an instant, the thing is screaming fast and you're hanging on!
- —Guest bobpilot
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