What Bikes Have You Had.

[Reborn]

Originally Posted by decker

Listing these brought back some memories , the one bike that sticks in the memory more than any of the others is the Suzuki GT 380. It was a bike i just couldn't break no matter how much abuse i gave it.

There was a near to mint one in Andrews in Scarborough a couple of months ago.

[Buzzer]

In order............

BSA Bantam D7 converted to little scrambler
Yamaha TY 175
Yamaha TY 250
Bultaco Sherpa 250
Montessa Cota 330
Beta Rev 3 270
Suzuki ER 50
Kawasaki KH 125
Yamaha RD 250
Yamaha RD LC 350

loooooooong pause .................

Current bike Kawasaki Z 750

My dad and i also have an AJS 350 Jampot special and a Norton Dominator to renovate

[Penguin-TPP]

Used an sr125 on cbt, great little bike that. Not much of a looker but fun to nip about on.

Taking the test on a ybr125 the bike school just bought, first tester Not bad, bit temperamental coming down the gears though.

Joolz a rocket 3? You lucky b*****d Saw one at Laguna Motorcycles, big machine that.

[skodaphil]

yamaha v50
honda ss50
honda cb250rs x2
moto guri 250 trails
yamaha xjr 400
honda 400 superdream
mz etz 125
mz etz 250
kawasaki gpz 500
mz baghira supermoto
honda cbx 550
honda cb600f hornet (buzzin colours)
mz baghira supermoto
yamaha rxs 100
yamaha fz600 (aircooled-NOT fazer)
yamaha rd125lc
suzuki sv 650
raleigh runabout x2
ke175b
kawasaki zx6r '98 (current)
suzuki gsxr1100m (current)

[bealsey]

Hmmmm let me think, long list might take a while...


















Yamaha FZ6 S2 (naked) 2008 Black..
First bike bought it 3 weeks ago and love it!!

[Hic! Mine's A Triple]

Ok, here goes.
1979 Yam RD50M. I was 16, it was my first and last new bike and it felt fast (at first) after 11 or 12 years on pushbikes.
1976 Honda CJ250T. Had it for a couple of years – it was off the road more than it was on, but it was my first ‘real’ bike, so I loved it.
1977 Honda CJ250T. This one was immaculate – It’d not been registered until 2 years after it was new in ’77, so it was on a ‘T’ plate. I did more miles on this one.
1974 Honda CB125S. A right little flier – embarrassed a bloke on a Z250 once! Paid £15 for it when the 125 law came in.
1982 Yam XS250. Took this one from 2000 miles and as-new to 30000 plus and absolutely tatered. Loved it to bits – almost literally.
1981 Yam XV1000 (TR1). Smashing bike. Smooth, nice handling, comfy, looked good, quite quick.
1978 Yam XS500. Looked brilliant in black & gold, handled well, never ran right.
1979 Honda CB400N. Never even rode it!
1980 Honda CB100N. Slower than a sedated slug. Horrible. Got me to work though. Bad days. Skint!
1980 Honda CB250N. Rode it once. Enough!
1981 Yam XV1000 (TRI) Not a smashing bike. Nasty handling with square section rear tyre, too much vibration, no top end, not enough torque. Earlier styling, so not good looking either. Never go back? This one wasn't a patch on the first one.
1981 Suzuki GS650GT. Lovely in the turns – embarrassed a muppet on a fireblade – he was all togged up in his little power ranger suit and was going so slow and leaning so far off in the turns that the bike was leaning outwards! I got bored and overtook him on the outside on my 21 year old shaft drive tourer. It died a year later when I nearly did, in a ball of fire whilst writing off the Montego that tried to kill us. To date the only non Yam or Honda that I’ve owned.
1984 Yam XS850G. What a sound! Beautiful – big, majestic, torquey, magnificent. Handled like a tea-trolley though. Loved the triple howly-growl – hence the username. Kind of wish I hadn’t sold it to make way for…
1980 Yam XS650SE. A US import, been a bit more trouble than I bargained for, getting there now though. Nice parallel twin bark, nice and chuckable round town. That’s the current bolide.
Next? Hopefully a mid-to-late-nineties Triumph Trident 900. Then I can justify the username again!

[Hic! Mine's A Triple]

...Although there has been a new devlopment - someone I know who has a nice XV1000 (TR1) has intimated that it might be for sale! Never go back? Hmmm....

[johnny_b]

A French import Honda 125 twin. It was broken and I was only 15
Fs1e
Honda TL125
CG 125
CB550
BMW R69S
BSA B40
Triumph Bonneville
Moto Guzzi T3 California
Triumph 5TA
Another Triumph Bonneville. US Spec.
BMW R80GS Paris Dakar 1000cc conversion
BMW R80RT Ex-Police
BSA D7 Bantam
Honda XBR 500
Triumph 900 Sprint
BSA C15 Star
Norton Big Four (600cc SV single)
Another Moto Guzzi T3 California
And if your interested ; my wife has a Virago 535 and my daughter a Kinroad 50cc chopper.
Quite a lot of overlapping there as well. I currently have the last four on the list. I built the Norton and am restoring the Guzzi. The BSA is in bits and is the next project.

[grotbag]

Originally Posted by johnny_b

And if your interested ; my wife has a Virago 535 and my daughter a Kinroad 50cc chopper.
Quite a lot of overlapping there as well. I currently have the last four on the list. I built the Norton and am restoring the Guzzi. The BSA is in bits and is the next project.

Hello, could you introduce yourself in the new members forum please

[Nomad]

Lists look so regimented and rarely show the bikes true value to the rider here are 3 of my old bikes - other photo's didn't make it past 2 divorces sorry...