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Been riding bikes for 17 years now, and in that time i have owned loads of bikes...loads.
I love the new bikes of today...but find i look wistfully in the Autotrader etc..for the bikes of my younger days.
E.g NS125F/R, RGV 250, KR-1(S), GSXR1100, Exups, RD350LC, Duke 851/888, original Fireblade & RC30..Mmmm etc etc....
I'm now pining for an original ZXR 750H2, in GWB. I had one in 1990, and i loved it :cloud9:, and really want one now. There are a few rougher than rough ones out there, but no nice original ones...
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What bikes do you miss?
I love the new bikes of today...but find i look wistfully in the Autotrader etc..for the bikes of my younger days.
E.g NS125F/R, RGV 250, KR-1(S), GSXR1100, Exups, RD350LC, Duke 851/888, original Fireblade & RC30..Mmmm etc etc....
I'm now pining for an original ZXR 750H2, in GWB. I had one in 1990, and i loved it :cloud9:, and really want one now. There are a few rougher than rough ones out there, but no nice original ones...
:(
What bikes do you miss?
When I first started riding (late '70s), I lusted after a Honda 400 four, then a Laverda Jota, then countless others but at the time I couldn't afford them and so had to make do with lesser, older bikes.
I saw a 400-4 the other day and no way would I want one now, I might be still be tempted by a Jota but I know I would be disapointed with the way it goes.
There are many old bikes that I wanted and some that I had and at the time they were worthy bikes but I think now they're best left in your memories.
My current bike ('98 916) is getting on a bit and the design is well over 10 yrs old but to me it still feels 'up-to-date' (despite the 'agricultural' noises) because I have little experience of anything newer or better and for now, until I can fully utilise it's abilities I don't see the point in getting anything more able - a bit more power would be nice though
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That said I would still like an old Norton Manx 500....
I saw a 400-4 the other day and no way would I want one now, I might be still be tempted by a Jota but I know I would be disapointed with the way it goes.
There are many old bikes that I wanted and some that I had and at the time they were worthy bikes but I think now they're best left in your memories.
My current bike ('98 916) is getting on a bit and the design is well over 10 yrs old but to me it still feels 'up-to-date' (despite the 'agricultural' noises) because I have little experience of anything newer or better and for now, until I can fully utilise it's abilities I don't see the point in getting anything more able - a bit more power would be nice though
. That said I would still like an old Norton Manx 500....
I fondly reminisce over some of the less obvious things I've owned. I had a ZZR1100D5 which wasn't half as good a bike as the ZZR1200 I now own, but which I get quite misty eyed over. I had a 1989 ZX10, which I bought new and spent lots of money on (Mr Turbo, Dream Machine, Maxton, Yoshi pipe AND nitrous kit). I really miss that. The one that really does it for me though was a tatty GT750 shaft drive Kawasaki I owned. It was my first day-to-day "big" bike and I grew upin South Africa with it, touring, being silly and taking out some very lovely girlies. It was a part of me and I miss it very much, even though it was undoubtedly not a very good motorbike!
Never owned one but kinda hankered over a 350LC (early 80's model unfaired).......but those skinny tyres.
Remember years ago a mate with a CB900 met one at the traffic lights (LC had to bump start LOL) full race fairing & probably tuned to destruction.......it was close apparently & the 900 was no slouch in those days.
....I was on my GSX250 so let 'em get on with it
Remember years ago a mate with a CB900 met one at the traffic lights (LC had to bump start LOL) full race fairing & probably tuned to destruction.......it was close apparently & the 900 was no slouch in those days.
....I was on my GSX250 so let 'em get on with it
Well i've not been biking for long, but I have become really quite attached to my little ZX7R. I bought it in April for £1500 as a bit of a dog of a project, and ive spent many long summers evenings with a few spanners and a few more beers, fixing it up into what is now quite a nice motorcycle. It's still not immaculate, but the blemishes give it some character, and I really cannot see me ever selling it - it's not worth very much and it's certainly fast enough to keep me entertained for some time. Plus, the engine is about the only thing I haven't fixed or replaced, so when I finally get around to sorting that out (fuelling isn't great and it seeps a little oil) it'll practically be a new bike.
Plus, i've learned to ride it almost to it's limits on a good day, and i've cracked a few biking milestones on it - rebuilt my first brake caliper, learned to bleed brakes, learned how to use my body position to turn a bike, got my knee down, got my footpeg down come to that and basically just gleaned an awful lot of knowledge and experience from either fixing it or riding it.
I have similar feelings for the Bandit I owned first (and that was a cheap project too) but the green machine has taught me so much more and allowed me to experience a style of riding that I could only dream of on the little Suzuki.
Plus, i've learned to ride it almost to it's limits on a good day, and i've cracked a few biking milestones on it - rebuilt my first brake caliper, learned to bleed brakes, learned how to use my body position to turn a bike, got my knee down, got my footpeg down come to that and basically just gleaned an awful lot of knowledge and experience from either fixing it or riding it.
I have similar feelings for the Bandit I owned first (and that was a cheap project too) but the green machine has taught me so much more and allowed me to experience a style of riding that I could only dream of on the little Suzuki.
Guzzi Steve said:
GPz900R,350LC,RG500.I wouldn't mind a good one of those!
Ahh yes the Ninja. My mate had one, we used to watch Top Gun...just for the bike bit.
Voom Voom VOOM......."I can't hear you"
There was an RC30 advertised in last weeks MCN, no pic though
>> Edited by waynester on Wednesday 2nd November 11:03
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