Reefs and Motorcycles

Dave Cureton · Mar 29, 2020

Man I miss riding and trackdays. I'm one of those guys that had a couple of kids and realized I wasn't invincible. Still have my 07' GSXR 750. Poor thing has only been out a couple of times in the last couple of years.

Dj City · Mar 30, 2020

Dave Cureton said:
Man I miss riding and trackdays. I'm one of those guys that had a couple of kids and realized I wasn't invincible. Still have my 07' GSXR 750. Poor thing has only been out a couple of times in the last couple of years.

None of us are invincible but youth sometimes blinds that fact.

I had a couple of kids and realized I NEEDED to to get on the bike and in the wind from time to time. (Like early springtime to mid fall time).

07 gsxr 750 was a sweeeeeet bike. (Still is)

Krzydmnd · Mar 31, 2020

Any ADV riders on or near the MABDR?

Saltysav96 · Mar 31, 2020

Sxs, dirtbikes here . Also have a honda rebel 250 that i ride sometimes. I prefer the dirt though!

ReefnFG · Mar 31, 2020

3 year 40 breeder. Just starting to change from mostly soft corals to SPS.

2018 Harley Street Glide at Outer Banks NC Bike Week

Dj City · Mar 31, 2020

I keep saying I will one day get a Harey but ...
THAT PRICE TAG!!!
I need a physically big bike. The Road Glide seems big but both my Suzuki Boulevard M109R And my Kaw ZX14R are bigger than the Harley.
Bigger Bike
Bigger engine

Smaller Pricetag!

K7BMG · Apr 27, 2020

Ok I will byte.
Tank

Putter for around the home Yamaha TW200.

Of course the putter for me around town and going to Sturgis 2020 if Covid-19 does not cancel it. 2014 Harley Fat Bob, Purchased new by me.

Smoke-Town · Aug 30, 2022

Cool thread. Here's a couple pics of my reef and bike.
Has anyone ever taken a good ride to pick up sps on a bike? Ill be trying that out in a couple weeks... hope i dont come home to bags of broken sticks... maybe i shouldn't... any experiences out there?

X-37B · Aug 30, 2022

Smoke-Town said:
Cool thread. Here's a couple pics of my reef and bike.
Has anyone ever taken a good ride to pick up sps on a bike? Ill be trying that out in a couple weeks... hope i dont come home to bags of broken sticks... maybe i shouldn't... any experiences out there?

Nice system and bike!
You need some saddlebags or a tank bag and you can do coral anytime.
I have done it with a tank bag on a 2003 CBR954 sport bike so its doable.

Smoke-Town · Aug 31, 2022

Thanks. Never even realized tank bags were a thing. Didn't know what you meant and looked it up. Pretty sweet

Mark Goode · Aug 31, 2022

I just wish my tank looked as nice. Still, I guess the uglies will pass.

monkeyCmonkeyDo · Aug 31, 2022

What a kool thread. Thinking about getting an Indian motorcycle.
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CoralB · Aug 31, 2022

Dj City said:
Hi...

I've been noticing a lot of people that own Reef tanks also own motorcycles.
I thought I was the only one.

It's funny because we manage to find time for family, work, RIDING, maintaining and enjoying our reef tanks.

If you ride and reef, Please share your passions in this thread.
Both the bike and the reef.

I know that I am as passionate about my bike as I am about my reef.
Both are expensive to maintain and even more expensive to upgrade but we seem to manage to pull it off.

Let us know how you manage it all...

The New Nano Reef build thread...
https://www.reef2reef.com/threads/citys-15-gallon-column-nano-reef-build.430708/

Nice bike !! Tank too !!!

Mark Goode · Sep 12, 2023

I know it's an old thread, so forgive me.
My first Harley. Though I've been told it's not a 'proper' Harley. It's a fast bike, too.

Dj City · Oct 22, 2025

This thread is OLD

But...

Here I am.
8 years after starting this thread.

I'm still riding, and I'm still reefing!
Anyone in this thread still around?
Still riding?
Still reefing?

Anyone new that wants to post that rides and reefs?

X-37B · Oct 22, 2025

My last bike was 2003 CBR954.
Fastest bike I have ever riden.
Handled better the faster you went.
Regeared 2 down 1 up and it could do wheelies you don't want if you don't know how to ride.
It could get to 150 faster than you can think.
Custom magnesium rims. Full titainium exhaust, steering stabilizer.
I sold it in 2009. I could not get on that machine and keep it under 100.
I have been riding street bikes since 1975.
1976 KZ 900 another hold on tight bike.
It had serious wobble above 90 but hey I was 19.
If I were to ride again I'd go for a Harly 3 wheeler. At 68 that could work even with my bad back, lol.
Ride On!

Dj City · Oct 22, 2025

X-37B said:
My last bike was 2003 CBR954.
Fastest bike I have ever riden.
Handled better the faster you went.
Regeared 2 down 1 up and it could do wheelies you don't want if you don't know how to ride.
It could get to 150 faster than you can think.
Custom magnesium rims. Full titainium exhaust, steering stabilizer.
I sold it in 2009. I could not get on that machine and keep it under 100.
I have been riding street bikes since 1975.
1976 KZ 900 another hold on tight bike.
It had serious wobble above 90 but hey I was 19.
If I were to ride again I'd go for a Harly 3 wheeler. At 68 that could work even with my bad back, lol.
Ride On!

I'm about to be 57.
I'm still on a Zx14r!
And I own a 2013 Harley-Davidson Road Glide CVO.

I don't see the world largest and most expensive mobility scooter (Harley 3 wheeler) in my future.

For me, I need to lean with it, rock with it!