Hmmmm.....let's see what I remember......
DT50
MT5 (eurrgh)
DT125 YPVS
TZR250
YZF750SP (great bike, wrote it off after 6 weeks of joyous ownership)
TZR125 (bored-out to 170-ish, blueprinted, Nikon exhausts, servo kit, Skoal Bandit colours - capable of embarrassing much bigger bikes)
TZR250 reverse-cylinder (loved it, thrashed it, crashed it )
TDR250 (TZR front-wheel, all the usual stuff including Stan Stephens tune - fast as fook)
ANOTHER TZR125! Pretty standard apart from the ported and flowed motor - smashed my knee to tiny pieces on this one when I couldn't get around the car coming towards me on the wrong side of the road. Hit and run drivers should be killed IMO. Ten years off then....
XL125R. Horrid. Just a nasty, slow, crap-handling piece of s!$%.
02 Speed Triple 955i in Neon Blue. I love this thing - the best bike I've ever ridden, with looks and noise to die for. I can't see me selling it!
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Good idea to track ones path in this magnificent obsession.
Mobylette Moped - felt like heaven after a pushbike - went like stink for short distances on neat petrol (without 2 stroke oil)
Matchless 250CSR - First 'real' bike, fragile gearbox
Royal Enfield 500 Bullet - customised into cafe racer, but looks was about all it had.
Matchless 350 G3LS Trials iron - loved this bike, one of those I wish I had kept.
Emigrated to New Zealand 1972
Yamaha RD350 - exciting and so reliable
BSA 650 Lightning - too much vibration, broke mufflers regularly, tendency to overheat
Triumph 500 Daytona - my first Triumph and one of the best.
Suzuki B100 - just for commuting
Sunbeam S7 500 - heavy, ok in a straight line and if you're not in a hurry.
Ariel 650 Huntmaster - boring
Suzuki T500 - quick , smoky and lots of stroker ring-a-ding.
BMW R65LS - too heavy and boring.
Suzuki TS185ER - wring its neck and it will still come back for more - damn good bike, wish I had kept it.
Triumph 500 Daytona (2nd one) - I love these Daytonas.
Trumph 650 Trophy - another Triumph success story
Triumph 750 T140D Bonneville Special - not as smooth as the 650, but love the style. I still have this one.
Suzuki GS1200Y - fast, top heavy and boring.
Moto Guzzi Le Mans 1000 - real grumble and grunt - very macho.
Triumph Legend 900 - One of Hinckleys best - wish I'd kept it.
Moto Guzzi California Stone 1100 - Yes, I do like Guzzis, I still have this one, a nice contrast to the S3
Triumph Speed Triple - I still have this one, a fabulous toy and a nice contrast to the Guzzi
I have to admit that when I bought my t595, I was seriously considering to buy a -yellow too- used one. Then I was told that TL 1000 had serious handling problems with the "rotative valve monoshock"......
Honda cb200
Rd125lc (cool) allspeed etc new!!
rd250lc same!!
kz650b1 nice did iom tt on it
z1000a1 looked great but a bastard
cbx750 nice bike
cb200 rat
cb750 chop
cb550f
cb550f chop me and a mate built this best bike ive owned!!!
triumph t140v bonnie
bandit 600
(cbx1000,gt250,mz,yellow thing ,all non runners when i get time all gone now!!)
Triumph speed triple 955i
Yamaha DT50 (1993 - 1994)
Saved me the 3 mile walk home from Town
Yamaha TZR 125 (1994 - 1996)
Just an upgrade
England U.K.
Triumph Daytona T595 '97 (May 2008 to present)
First bike after selling my porsche and taking my direct access. I love this bike but it was poorly treated by it's previous owner and I kept having to throw money at it.
Yamaha R6 '08 (Nov 2008 to Present)
Picked this up yesturday after I decided I had put enough money into the T595.
Suzi GT250...pranged it in 3 weeks and reduced a beaut little bike to a wrecked runner in one go...first major injury...broken pelvis...17th birthday in hospital
Suzi T500 Titan...cheap and powerful...s!$% drum brakes
H2 Kwaka..first triple...practised wheelies till I could go 4 gears..made a big impression on me...
Suzi GS750...smooth and at the time very modern...smacked it on the road, then did a better job at Mallala racetrack...broke my collarbone on this one.
H1 triple...early model, disc brakes but 3 sets of points!!
Suzi TS185, nearly new, straight swap for the evil Mach III...
Honda CB350 Four....slow but great noise with "modded" zorst...
GT550 Suz...'spansion chambers, clipons, twin discs...liked it a lot but it got stolen...got it back in pretty much the same shape 2 yrs later!
another RD350.....fun bike...
CB750...bought as a wreck and built into full custom chopper, rigid frame, raked to the max, tank, frame, rear guard welded and molded...chicks loved it...
Another Mach III...this time with discs AND electronic ignition!!
Z1000A...tough old girl...only thing that ever let me down was a fuse ....broke my back on this one in a collision with a car
RM370A...bought it for a slab of beer and fell off it too many times after consuming same
GPZ900R...fast, good brakes, didn't like the handling
HD XL1100 (1986) first Harley. Did a lot of touring on that once I had replaced the peanut tank...this bike is now 18 yrs old and going strong...it has been passed around our crowd over the years and Gary the latest owner is just stoked with it. Dont believe anything you hear about Sportsters (or HD's in general) until you have owned one!!
Triumph Bonneville...bought it for the wife who liked the idea of riding it until I said she had to get a licence..
Kwak KX500...another wild wheelie machine....sold on doctors suggestion...said I'd live longer!
Honda CBX six...nostalgia piece which I somewhat regret passing on now...wild sound with quite loud 6 into 2's...surprisingly torquey...smooooooth...
1993 XL1200...balanced overbored motor with high comp pistons, hot cams and Mikuni smoothbore...2 into 2 S/Steel flat track type pipes....
HD FXRS-C 80 cube Convertible. Comfy, smooth, excellent ground clearance...no I am not joking.
2002 S3...what can I say..?
1989 XL1200 HD...looked s!$%ty when I bought it cheap looked good when I trebled my money on it a few months later
1989 RGV 250 Suzi...shed gnome...one day
1986 RG500 Suzi...smelly road rocket in excellent nick...zzziiiiinnngggg!!!
2005 HD FXDL (Lowrider) 88 cube my general road bike these days
ZRX1200R...bought it on fleabay, sold it on same 2 years later and made over a grand on it...cant complain
Good to look at all these histories.
I'll add mine too....
1964 Honda C50 (complete with pedestrian slicer number plate)
Suzuki A100
Yamaha FZ600
Suzuki GSXR600V
and currently the Speed Trip which is bloody marvellous!
Also had intimate use of:-
Kawasaki Z250b (79 mod?) --crap brakes but lovely 2-1 exhaust
Kawasaki GPZ1100a3 ('83) - awesome fun ..handled like a tank thou
Kawasaki GT550 ('83) - gorgeous sewing machine
BSA - Shooting Star ('58)
BSA - B25
1974 Honda SS50.....nail.
1960 BSA C15...a worse pile of s!$% would be hard to imagine.
1973 Suzuki GT 185....seized solid whilst racing with an RD200!
1974 Honda 250 G5...looked nice but wasn`t.
1973 Yamaha RD 250A...lovely looking 250, went like stink.. 1977 Yamaha XS 650..blew up whilst racing with a Vincent.. 1973 Moto Morini 350 Sport...the one bike I wish I had kept.. ...Various Honda 750`s in varying states of decay and w*nkiness.
The use of an XT500 for ages till I flipped it.. 1981 Yamaha XS1100...more torque than the Space Shuttle. My present bike...T595 Daytona...
bmw 650 funduro- y reg
suzuki bandit 600 -w reg
yamaha thundercat-s reg
suzuki gsxr 600 k5-05 reg(only bike bought new)
ktm duke II-02 reg
suzuki bandit 1200-02 reg
suzuki gsxr 750wt-n reg
suzuki ts 185er-1980 reg
suzuki burgman 400(bought to fix and sell)-51 reg
suzuki bandit 1200-y reg
triumph daytona 955i(hand on heart this is the only bike that has made me smile with its speed,sound and handling)-vreg
i do like suzuki's and the others where just to have a look what they where like.
Owned bikes - chronological order of purchase from 1983...
Honda CB100 VTN 574T
Suzuki GP100 YSH 56W - Upgraded to GP125 by me
Honda MBX125 A25 GHN
Yamaha RD350 LC LHD 672W
Yamaha RD350LCII YPVS B942 GRM
Yamaha RD500LC C752 LCN
Kawasaki Z250C Can't remember Reg
Suzuki DR600 Djebel Can't remember Reg
Triumph T595 Daytona Current bike (which is now a 1050 S3) Husaberg TE610 Can't remember Reg
Vertemati (VOR) 492E Current Project bike Suzuki DRz400S WX53 ZWK
BMW R1200GS VN54 UDO
KTM 990 Adventure
Aprilia Pegaso Strada 650 Current Bike
Yamaha MT-01 Current Bike
BMW R1150 GS Current Bike
Borrowed Bikes....
Yamaha XJ900 Courtesy bike
Suzuki DR350 Hired on hols in Turkey
Aprilia RSV Mille Swapped T595 with my mate for a day
Honda C90 Hired on hols in Vietnam
Suzuki GSF600 Bandit Bought for wor lass
Honda CB500 Wor Lass's Current Bike
Buell XB1200 Firebolt Demo bike from Buell
BMW G560X Country Courtesy bike
This seems like a good spot for a first posting...
In order of ownership
1989 MZ EZ125
1985 Honda VT500 (I was skint....)
1991 Honda CBR600 (top bike, took me and the future missus to Cornwalll and back for the eclipse in '99)
1996 Yamaha Thundercat (massively underrated, embarrased a few litre-class bikes on this)
2002 Honda VTR100F Firestorm (5 years before camchain tensioner failed)
1998 Triumph T509 - my current ride!
Well here's an old thread. Feck me how many Yanks are on the early part of this list?
1990 GN250 Suzuki (Passed my bike test and swapped a moddified mini for it)
1986 GSX550 EFE sold for £900
1997 ZX6R F3 (Damage repairable when purchased but got knocked off twice by women) Bought for £3100 Sold for £2200 after last damage
1999 Bandit 600 Streetfighter (Awesome and the most fun yet!) Bought for £2300 damaged, Sold for £2100
1994 FZR1000 Exup RU (Clutch basket exploded taking out the bottom end too many wheelies) Bought for £2600 Sold for £1200 with fuk't engine
1989 ZXR400 (Amazing handling and power for a 400) Bought for £800 sold for £1300 1999 Fireblade RRX Bought for £1800 Sold for £2500
2001 R1 Amazing bike (gearbox dogs playing up so part ex'd it) Bought for £4500 PX'd for £3500
2001 Aprilia RSV1000 Mille R (One of the best bikes on the road IMO) Bought for £4700 Sold for £3250
1998 Fireblade RRV (Better than the RRX. I love it!) Bought for less than £2k
2005 Honda cbr 600FS (94) First bike,already came with battle scars, so not afraid to drop it. 2006 Yamaha fzs 600 (02) 2007 Kawazaki zx6r (99) 2007 BMW K75 (92 i think) Project bike 2008 Honda VFR 750FS (94) Loved this bike, fond memories of riding it round Ireland forced to sell it. 2008 Yamaha MT03 (07) 2009 Triumph Daytona T595 (97) Current
Owned bikes - chronological order of purchase from 1983...
Honda CB100 VTN 574T
Suzuki GP100 YSH 56W - Upgraded to GP125 by me
Honda MBX125 A25 GHN
Yamaha RD350 LC LHD 672W
Yamaha RD350LCII YPVS B942 GRM
Yamaha RD500LC C752 LCN
Kawasaki Z250C Can't remember Reg
Suzuki DR600 Djebel Can't remember Reg
Triumph T595 Daytona Current bike (which is now a 1050 S3)
Husaberg TE610 Can't remember Reg
Vertemati (VOR) 492E Current Box/wardrobe of parts
Suzuki DRz400S WX53 ZWK
BMW R1200GS VN54 UDO
KTM 990 Adventure
Aprilia Pegaso Strada 650 Current Bike
Yamaha MT-01 VU 05 YVM
BMW R1150 GS Current Bike
Triumph Speed triple 1050 Current Bike
Borrowed Bikes....
Yamaha XJ900 Courtesy bike
Suzuki DR350 Hired on hols in Turkey
Aprilia RSV Mille Swapped T595 with my mate for a day
Honda C90 Hired on hols in Vietnam
Suzuki GSF600 Bandit Bought for wor lass
Buell XB1200 Firebolt Demo bike from Buell
BMW G560X Country Courtesy bike
Triumph Daytona 675 Courtesy bike
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) Bought for £3100 Sold for £2200 after last damage
) Bought for £2600 Sold for £1200 with fuk't engine
