I have almost always had a motorcycle. (The "a" singular is relevant here) .There was a gap of about 12 years when I had two motorcycles but both off road. One was a Honda Deauville and the other a BMW R65LS.
I finally got around getting them operational again. The BMW fired up with a jump start from a car battery. The Honda didn't. It took a couple of days to get it started, most of which was removing body work. I decided to sell it and stick with the BMW.