Your favourite bike is/was???
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It’s between my first bike a Honda SS50 and my Aprilia RSVR. The Honda was my first and I loved it for the freedom and fun. The Aprilia was my first 1000+ and first v twin. Blew my mind. Only bike since to make me have the same reaction is my Streetfighter V4S. I think that may take top spot eventually when sentiment wears off. I do love motorbikes.
The list could be very long
Any number of Ducatis, 860GT, 900SS, 1298 Superleggera
Honda Fireblade
R1M
Z1R
Honda 400/4
But for me, the one bike that made me want to ride bikes will always be an old coffin tanked Triumph/BSA custom chopper type thing from the 70's, belonged to a guy from a back patch club and i must have been about 5 or 6 and when he pulled up next the car while dad was filling up, it was the greatest thing i had ever seen in my life.
Mum was horrified, dad grinned when the guy on the bike said he thought he'd made an impression and i knew that i wanted a motorbike when i was older.
Any number of Ducatis, 860GT, 900SS, 1298 Superleggera
Honda Fireblade
R1M
Z1R
Honda 400/4
But for me, the one bike that made me want to ride bikes will always be an old coffin tanked Triumph/BSA custom chopper type thing from the 70's, belonged to a guy from a back patch club and i must have been about 5 or 6 and when he pulled up next the car while dad was filling up, it was the greatest thing i had ever seen in my life.
Mum was horrified, dad grinned when the guy on the bike said he thought he'd made an impression and i knew that i wanted a motorbike when i was older.
Edited by slopes on Sunday 9th November 08:07
5JJ 2001 R1
Brilliant bike, did a fair bit to it suspension wise but it was always a good bike, that is the only one I wish I still had.
I always fancied a 954 blade and having had a few years off bikes I found a really nice one, hoped it would be similarly good to the old R1 I sold in my early 20s... It just wasn't, even after I put money into the suspension, power commander etc.. sold it after about 8 months. Still a nice thing but I don't miss it at all.
Another bike I miss is my first bike which was an NC30 VFR400. Too small for me ultimately but a lovely thing.
Brilliant bike, did a fair bit to it suspension wise but it was always a good bike, that is the only one I wish I still had.
I always fancied a 954 blade and having had a few years off bikes I found a really nice one, hoped it would be similarly good to the old R1 I sold in my early 20s... It just wasn't, even after I put money into the suspension, power commander etc.. sold it after about 8 months. Still a nice thing but I don't miss it at all.
Another bike I miss is my first bike which was an NC30 VFR400. Too small for me ultimately but a lovely thing.
Yazza54 said:
5JJ 2001 R1
Brilliant bike, did a fair bit to it suspension wise but it was always a good bike, that is the only one I wish I still had.
Ditto the R1, mine was one of the first, i think 99 or something, wish i never sold it. Have had faster and better bikes since, but the R1 is the one i remember most fondly.Brilliant bike, did a fair bit to it suspension wise but it was always a good bike, that is the only one I wish I still had.
Even if it was the one that tried to kill me the most often
It's probably nostalgia but my Yamaha DT175. Had it after I passed my test. First bike was a DT50.
It was brand new and got stolen in London after about 12 weeks of ownership.
I have had about 30 bikes since and 40 plus years has passed.
I still remember it clearly and I still want one again.
I do know it would be a disappointment now , never ride your hero. Bikes that is .
It was brand new and got stolen in London after about 12 weeks of ownership.
I have had about 30 bikes since and 40 plus years has passed.
I still remember it clearly and I still want one again.
I do know it would be a disappointment now , never ride your hero. Bikes that is .
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