1985 VF1000R... Getting close...

I have my army men, marbles and matchbox cars ….


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Wow......incredible collection, @Captain 80s ! Thanks for sharing!

 

I didn't even get into the toys...



That's just some. I have a pretty large PlayMobil collection that is all motorcycle-related. And some Lego motorcycle stuff.

 

Here are some of my prized pieces that barely fit in the same case. I had always wanted to be a formula 1 or Lemans driver. Motorcycles came after.

 

chit, for my 58th b-day I bought a Shoei X-15, I figured the prices are not going down, so WTF. I had a Super-Vent, it got stolen from a doode that was supposed to do a custom paint job on it. LOL.

 

Man room. Tell us about those speakers and driver materials.

 

I still have that Doohan. It was my first helmet. It cost a quarter of the cost of my first bike. Hahaha Someday I will set up a helmet display.

 

Its easy, just don't throw away your old brain buckets LOL. Speakers are B&W, made in the UK back then, SP600?s maybe? I got them for free from a so called friend. I had to send the tweeters out to be rebuilt because some sodomite caved in the foil. I had Klipsches (another flea market find, 4 speakers with brackets for 5 dollars each! I got tired walking back and forth to my car) the nice thing about them is that they are their out door speakers but are pretty super in my ears, I switch off between the two of them. For power I have an old Kenwood receiver, bought at a flea market for 30 dollars, has a remote and 100 watts. The cd player I bought from Crutchfield for $600 dollars, its a Rotel tribute to some designer. My old Marantz player I moved into another room, it was acting wonky and I felt like Fug it I am gona treat myself to something. Thats it, I have two other dedicated stereos in other rooms in the house and may have 700 to 800 cds. No Music - No Life

Its a man cave I guess, I am responsible for the paint colours and labour involved. Wife uses the room daily for a work out if you can believe it. Doohan was 300 when I bought it, my Luca Cadolara was 600 and was the first helmet I tested (race track, got a whirly bird ride to the hospital) Flat black Arai was 800 maybe? Shoei X12 was around 800 too, (foggy memory) and the latest greatest Shoei is 900, flat black. That was a BD gift to myself. Peace

 

B&W are nice. I remember them. I worked hard for my DBXs and still have them and love them. They've made their way to the movie room (with some Aperian Audio center and rears) so that everyone can hear everything from anywhere in the room. The (unfathomably good) Adcom electronics that used to be mated to them are downstairs running some in wall speakers paired with a hidden sub. I still have the Cambridge Soundworks minis at my computer/desk.

I remember ribbon speakers, honeycomb cones, and even one pair of bookshelf speakers that had a maybe limestone plate that the speakers were mounted to. I've been out of it so long that I have no idea what is available now.

 

I still rock some Speakerlab stuff. They were local around here, but fairly famous. You could buy them assembled or in "kits". Still have the ones my dad built from when I was a kid in my shop. The center and L / R fronts that I built are in our living room that is our viewing room.

My brother-in-law just kicked down some Polk Audio stuff after he bought new (more Polk) recently. Not sure where I'm gonna utilize those.

I remember my uncle having the Klipsch Corner Horns. They were massive, but awesome.

 

I was always partial to Polk and Klipsch, and really disliked Bose. I wanted B&W, but never had the budget.

 

Main shop rear speakers are Klipsch. As are the speakers for the outer shop. Never been a Bose fan.

 

I meant "KLIPSCHORN"

 

Bose is junk *


* Not hatin if ur into Bose

 

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Of course...

 

I have B&W speakers and a Denon amp that I picked up for $50 on our local auction site, keeping me company (via a Bluetooth dongle) in the Mancave. Lovely sound quality.

 

Should start a thread for "Shop Stereos" or "Tool Boxes" I got JBL floor standers along with Denon receiver and a 5 disc cd player that did not work. I had to have the Denon repaired but it was worth it. I have the JBLs in my bedroom (lucky wife is nuts and is ok with them) I think the whole thing cost me 100, came with all the boxes and receipts. Pretty cool, that was off Craigs List, a while back I was gona pop for an Outlaw integrated Amp, it was fairly expensive $500 and I decided to stay with my old stuff and bank the money. Funny how its tough to get an English speaker that is still made in the UK, Wharedale and all these companies, I wanted to say "Sold Out" but they are all guilty of it.

oh, I still have the original Onkyo integrated amplifier that I bought down the street from the Twin Towers, still blasts those JBLs, I originally bought the Bose 302s, my kid punched out the tweeters, they sent me a drop tag to mail them back, they only charged 75 bucks for the repair. They gave me a credit and I upgraded to the next level of that speaker. I am ok with them, I work with an audiophile who told me to toss them in the trash can, LOL.

 

Do it!

 

Onkyo and Denon have been what usually drives my speakers. For me, they have been a good value, where the quality and budget lines seem to meet on my graph.