List of bikes you have owned...
Discussion
I'll try and remember mine off memory, might have forgotten some.....I have pictures of around half of them......
Since 1969, mostly bought new:-
1969 Honda CD90Z....My first road bike (£150)
1968 Triumph 650cc TR6 (Export model)
Sachs trials bike
Triumph 350 cc 3TA...(Paid £12 for this as a field bike when I was 14)
Triumph Tiger Cub....(Paid £10 for this as a field bike when I was 15)
Triumph Thunderbird
Beta 200cc trail bike
Triumph 955i
Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster
Harley Davidson 1340 Road King
Suzuki 1200 Bandit (Air cooled)
Suzuki GS850...(Went to TT on this in 1985
Kawasaki GPZ900R
Honda CX500 (Euro)
Kawasaki 185 (two stroke)
Suzuki 185 (Two stroke)
Triumph Trident 750
Suzuki Marauder 175
Suzuki SP370
Suzuki SP400
Triumph Scrambler 900 (Green)
Triumph Tiger 750 UK model
My current bike is a Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet, which only comes out on nice hot sunny days, as I don't like the cold...
Since 1969, mostly bought new:-
1969 Honda CD90Z....My first road bike (£150)
1968 Triumph 650cc TR6 (Export model)
Sachs trials bike
Triumph 350 cc 3TA...(Paid £12 for this as a field bike when I was 14)
Triumph Tiger Cub....(Paid £10 for this as a field bike when I was 15)
Triumph Thunderbird
Beta 200cc trail bike
Triumph 955i
Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster
Harley Davidson 1340 Road King
Suzuki 1200 Bandit (Air cooled)
Suzuki GS850...(Went to TT on this in 1985
Kawasaki GPZ900R
Honda CX500 (Euro)
Kawasaki 185 (two stroke)
Suzuki 185 (Two stroke)
Triumph Trident 750
Suzuki Marauder 175
Suzuki SP370
Suzuki SP400
Triumph Scrambler 900 (Green)
Triumph Tiger 750 UK model
My current bike is a Royal Enfield 500cc Bullet, which only comes out on nice hot sunny days, as I don't like the cold...
I'll have to break this into 2 sections, I passed my test just 3 years ago.
Personally owned
Kawasaki GPZ500 bought in 1998 to do my test, friends crashed so I never did my test and sold it
Yamaha FZR400 1WG bought in 2012 again to do my test and also sold due to being replaced before I did my test
Suzuki GSXR 750 K7 bought in 2012 a week before my test (still have)
Suzuki TL1000R bought in 2014 and hardly ridden (still have)
Suzuki TL1000R bought in 2014 sold a few weeks later
Yamaha R1 5PW track bike which I bought in 2015 and I haven't ridden yet (still have)
Yamaha R1 4VX bought in 2015 just 2 weeks after the track bike (still have)
Bought to break
Yamaha R1 5JJ
Kawasaki ZX6R
Suzuki TL1000S
Suzuki GSXR 750Y
Suzuki GSKR 750 K2
Kawasaki ZX9R
Suzuki GSXR 750 K7
Suzuki TL1000R
Yamaha R1 4XV
Personally owned
Kawasaki GPZ500 bought in 1998 to do my test, friends crashed so I never did my test and sold it
Yamaha FZR400 1WG bought in 2012 again to do my test and also sold due to being replaced before I did my test
Suzuki GSXR 750 K7 bought in 2012 a week before my test (still have)
Suzuki TL1000R bought in 2014 and hardly ridden (still have)
Suzuki TL1000R bought in 2014 sold a few weeks later
Yamaha R1 5PW track bike which I bought in 2015 and I haven't ridden yet (still have)
Yamaha R1 4VX bought in 2015 just 2 weeks after the track bike (still have)
Bought to break
Yamaha R1 5JJ
Kawasaki ZX6R
Suzuki TL1000S
Suzuki GSXR 750Y
Suzuki GSKR 750 K2
Kawasaki ZX9R
Suzuki GSXR 750 K7
Suzuki TL1000R
Yamaha R1 4XV
Edited by 555 Paul on Tuesday 6th October 00:03
Since 1989:-
Suzuki GP100 - Bought off a mate who'd crashed into a tree
Kawasaki Z250 - lasted 2 weeks before it shat itself, traded in for
Honda CBX550 - ran perfectly for a year, no rattles at all
Suzuki DR400 - winter trailriding bike
Kawasaki GPZ750 - great bike
Suzuki TS185C - winter bike
Kawasaki GPX 750R - 4 years and 45,000 miles
Yamaha TZR250 - ex racer, mainly f
ked but still quick
Kawasaki KMX125 - winter bike
Suzuki GSXR1100H - fast but frightening
Honda XL250K - winter bike
Suzuki 1200 Bandit - Cat d write off with 1000 miles on the clock, still own it
Yamaha YZF750R - 810 big bore, 130bhp at the wheel
Yamaha Fazer 1000 - Brilliant all rounder, still own it
Honda Bros 400 - bought for my wife but she decided on a child instead, nuts fun to ride, still own it
Cagiva Raptor 1000 - oddball, too short
KTM Duke 2 LC4 - bought for giggles, has plenty of them still own it
Suzuki GP100 - Bought off a mate who'd crashed into a tree
Kawasaki Z250 - lasted 2 weeks before it shat itself, traded in for
Honda CBX550 - ran perfectly for a year, no rattles at all
Suzuki DR400 - winter trailriding bike
Kawasaki GPZ750 - great bike
Suzuki TS185C - winter bike
Kawasaki GPX 750R - 4 years and 45,000 miles
Yamaha TZR250 - ex racer, mainly f
ked but still quickKawasaki KMX125 - winter bike
Suzuki GSXR1100H - fast but frightening
Honda XL250K - winter bike
Suzuki 1200 Bandit - Cat d write off with 1000 miles on the clock, still own it
Yamaha YZF750R - 810 big bore, 130bhp at the wheel
Yamaha Fazer 1000 - Brilliant all rounder, still own it
Honda Bros 400 - bought for my wife but she decided on a child instead, nuts fun to ride, still own it
Cagiva Raptor 1000 - oddball, too short
KTM Duke 2 LC4 - bought for giggles, has plenty of them still own it
Yamaha 50cc moped thing - when I was 16
Honda CB100N – the test passer
Honda CB250N Superdream x3 – I used to pick these up as cheap hacks
Yamaha RD350 YPVS x4 – Had every model in pretty much every state of tune, wish I'd kept them all
Yamaha 600 Diversion – Grown up commuter, dull but worthy, owned 4 years
Suzuki Bandit 600 - slightly less dull but still worthy, owned 6 years
Suzuki Bandit 1250 - torque monster, owned 7 years
Yamaha MT07 – My current “Do everything” bike, owned just over a year
Honda CB100N – the test passer
Honda CB250N Superdream x3 – I used to pick these up as cheap hacks
Yamaha RD350 YPVS x4 – Had every model in pretty much every state of tune, wish I'd kept them all
Yamaha 600 Diversion – Grown up commuter, dull but worthy, owned 4 years
Suzuki Bandit 600 - slightly less dull but still worthy, owned 6 years
Suzuki Bandit 1250 - torque monster, owned 7 years
Yamaha MT07 – My current “Do everything” bike, owned just over a year
Kawasaki KDX125 - My first bike, I had to sell it to pay for an engine rebuild for the RGV.
Suzuki RGV250 - This was my first bike after passing my test.
Honda CRM250 - This is the bike I probably use the most. Over the 6 years I have owned it, I don't think there is a part of the bike I haven't rebuilt.
Honda CBR400 - I bought this a couple of years ago, at a ridiculously low price. It looks mint and the guy sold it for half what he had spent on it.
Laverda 750S Formula - Its only done 4k KM and looks brand new.
Suzuki GSXR400 - I got this a few weeks back. The previous owner had rebuilt it, but lost his job before he could finish it. The bike looks like it only just left the factory, and probably better finished.
I still own all these bikes, except for the KDX. I wish I had kept it, it was a lovely clean bike, not the normal abused 125 you get. I sold it to a guy who had just joined the forces and wanted something to tide him over for 2 months until he went away. He paid me the asking price and I left him and his mate trying to pull wheelie's around the Sainsbury's car park. I would be surprised if the bike made it the 2 months.
Suzuki RGV250 - This was my first bike after passing my test.
Honda CRM250 - This is the bike I probably use the most. Over the 6 years I have owned it, I don't think there is a part of the bike I haven't rebuilt.
Honda CBR400 - I bought this a couple of years ago, at a ridiculously low price. It looks mint and the guy sold it for half what he had spent on it.
Laverda 750S Formula - Its only done 4k KM and looks brand new.
Suzuki GSXR400 - I got this a few weeks back. The previous owner had rebuilt it, but lost his job before he could finish it. The bike looks like it only just left the factory, and probably better finished.
I still own all these bikes, except for the KDX. I wish I had kept it, it was a lovely clean bike, not the normal abused 125 you get. I sold it to a guy who had just joined the forces and wanted something to tide him over for 2 months until he went away. He paid me the asking price and I left him and his mate trying to pull wheelie's around the Sainsbury's car park. I would be surprised if the bike made it the 2 months.
Johnny50 said:
Quite a poor list in comparison....
Honda CBR600RR
Triumph Street Triple R
Triumph Speed Triple R
Triumph Tiger XCX
Mines smaller!Honda CBR600RR
Triumph Street Triple R
Triumph Speed Triple R
Triumph Tiger XCX
2000 Kawasaki Eliminator 125
1997 Kawasaki ZX6R
2008 Harley Davidson XR1200
Going on the capacity increase my next bike ought to be a Triumph Rocket
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