Anyone got a bike they still miss for good or bad reasons?
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Bought my 916 in late 95 & was knocked off it in Feb 2000, I'd spent a fortune on it (proper 5 spoke wheels, carbon, exhaust etc.) & despite buying a Ducati again a couple of years ago, I still miss it after nearly 16 years.
Wish I'd kept the 250LC I had new at 17 & then couldn't give away after the 125 law came in a couple of years later
Wish I'd kept the 250LC I had new at 17 & then couldn't give away after the 125 law came in a couple of years later
My old CX500B.
Heated grips and a windshield made it an all year round ride. Narrow tyres warmed up quick in the wet and cut through puddles and were grippy enough in the dry to scrape, well, everything.
Huge tank, comfy seat, lovely low down torque and a bit on top when you thrashed it, light clutch, long travel comfy soft suspension (hilarious when pressing on)...
Never cleaned, lived outside and used every day. It was rusty and battered but never missed a beat.
I was the second owner, and the first was an old bloke who did the same - he'd never owned a car. Because of it's condition I didn't care about it - so I took it everywhere in all conditions.
I think that was why I loved it so much - it was convenient, no worry motorcycling boiled down to the essentials, and the bike was ideally suited to commuting, great in poor weather but still fun on a sunny day on a country road.
Heated grips and a windshield made it an all year round ride. Narrow tyres warmed up quick in the wet and cut through puddles and were grippy enough in the dry to scrape, well, everything.
Huge tank, comfy seat, lovely low down torque and a bit on top when you thrashed it, light clutch, long travel comfy soft suspension (hilarious when pressing on)...
Never cleaned, lived outside and used every day. It was rusty and battered but never missed a beat.
I was the second owner, and the first was an old bloke who did the same - he'd never owned a car. Because of it's condition I didn't care about it - so I took it everywhere in all conditions.
I think that was why I loved it so much - it was convenient, no worry motorcycling boiled down to the essentials, and the bike was ideally suited to commuting, great in poor weather but still fun on a sunny day on a country road.
, they've kept their value too, most decent ones seem to go for >£3000WhiffofCastrol R said:
Yes, Every two stroke i have ever had and my Ducati 748S which i bought brand new, i just had to get another stinkwheel, so i got me another RGV250 to tinker with, half way through "improving" it. 
Im with you on the 2 stroke thing. I had a couple of 250 smokers I really wish I kept tooToo expensive as road bikes now for what you get I personally think
I don't miss the bike much, but I do miss the usefulness of my CG125. I could keep it at home because it was slim enough to push through my outhouse door. That meant after a late shift or a nightshift, I could push it backwards down the drive, up through the door and wander round to the front door and sling my kit off and be done with it. My Triumph is too big to get into the outhouse, so I keep it at a relative's house that's a five minute walk away. Not the biggest deal in the world, especially since it now has a great dedicated garage, but that walk seems to take forever at midnight!
I'll get my outhouse restructured into a garage one day, though.
I'll get my outhouse restructured into a garage one day, though.
Good - my first bike an XL125 S from Allan Jefferies in Bradford. Went everywhere, all over the dales green laning, road riding, bike test and star rider in my £17 nolan open face helmet, pair of gardening gloves with woolen gloves inside, my walking boots and an old leaky nylon belstaff jacket - couldn't afford anything else. Traded it in for a DT175 MX - the biggest bag of s
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