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On from the hot hatches thread,
How good or bad is you bike history?
I miss motorbikes but I had a fairly big crash on the Nurburgring in 2005 on my blade and coupled with having children, no more bikes for me
Honda C90 cough.....
CB250 Superdream
CB 400 Superdream
GPZ 550
Z650 then a Z1000
CBR 600f
Fireblade urban camo
R1 and a Ducati 916 at the same time, 916 was a track bike
VFR 800 still with the 916
New Blade and 916 then crashed the blade on the Nurburgring caused by a Golf GTI feckwit.
Really miss bikes but out of all of them the Z650 and the 916 track bike were my favourites. Used to spend many a weekend going to Assen or to the super bikes all over Europe. Good old days of being single and having a fairly large amount of disposable cash!
Quite a small bike history, I'm sure some of you have had a lot more! I've also had a couple of bikes on long loan to me when in the forces. A Super Tenere and a good old bulletproof Pan European which if I bought a bike now, I'd probably buy either one of those or a BMW RG1200.
Over to you.....
How good or bad is you bike history?
I miss motorbikes but I had a fairly big crash on the Nurburgring in 2005 on my blade and coupled with having children, no more bikes for me
Honda C90 cough.....
CB250 Superdream
CB 400 Superdream
GPZ 550
Z650 then a Z1000
CBR 600f
Fireblade urban camo
R1 and a Ducati 916 at the same time, 916 was a track bike
VFR 800 still with the 916
New Blade and 916 then crashed the blade on the Nurburgring caused by a Golf GTI feckwit.
Really miss bikes but out of all of them the Z650 and the 916 track bike were my favourites. Used to spend many a weekend going to Assen or to the super bikes all over Europe. Good old days of being single and having a fairly large amount of disposable cash!
Quite a small bike history, I'm sure some of you have had a lot more! I've also had a couple of bikes on long loan to me when in the forces. A Super Tenere and a good old bulletproof Pan European which if I bought a bike now, I'd probably buy either one of those or a BMW RG1200.
Over to you.....
In reply to Denni:
Morning,
Just gone back onto bikes as a secondary form of transport.
List not as long
Started when I was 17...
Kawasaki KH100EX (would buy this back if I found it)
+ Honda C90 and scooters whilst working at a well known pizza delivery company
Suzuki RG250
-Friends bikes - Yamaha XT350
Suzuki GSXR600
Break for 12 years when rug rats came along
Honda CBRXX Super Blackbird + Wifes Street Triple
Will be trading the sports tourer for a custom in the next few years. Need to slow everything down
I did miss them during my break but the time with the kids far outweighed the weekend rideouts.
Trad kit and bikes don't mix very well, can be done though
Morning,
Just gone back onto bikes as a secondary form of transport.
List not as long
Started when I was 17...
Kawasaki KH100EX (would buy this back if I found it)
+ Honda C90 and scooters whilst working at a well known pizza delivery company
Suzuki RG250
-Friends bikes - Yamaha XT350
Suzuki GSXR600
Break for 12 years when rug rats came along
Honda CBRXX Super Blackbird + Wifes Street Triple
Will be trading the sports tourer for a custom in the next few years. Need to slow everything down
I did miss them during my break but the time with the kids far outweighed the weekend rideouts.
Trad kit and bikes don't mix very well, can be done though
In reply to Denni: In order (can you see how I have aged and become more risk averse and wanting of convenience/comfort?)
Honda H100
Suzuki GS500E
Suzuki GSXR400R
Suzuki TL1000s
Honda Dylan
Piaggio Beverly 350ST
Honda Integra NC700D
Honda H100
Suzuki GS500E
Suzuki GSXR400R
Suzuki TL1000s
Honda Dylan
Piaggio Beverly 350ST
Honda Integra NC700D
In reply to Denni:
CBR125 - fun
GS500 - crap
Bandit 600 - boring
CG125 - nicked
ZX7R - mental
Bandit 750 fighter - mad
Bandit 1200 - great
GSX 750 Inazuma - nice
Guzzi V50 cafe racer project - beaut
CBR125 - fun
GS500 - crap
Bandit 600 - boring
CG125 - nicked
ZX7R - mental
Bandit 750 fighter - mad
Bandit 1200 - great
GSX 750 Inazuma - nice
Guzzi V50 cafe racer project - beaut
In reply to Denni:
'99 Yamaha R6. Until it was stolen.
Edit: with totally nuts 4 pipe Blue Flame under seat exhaust conversion.
'53 Aprillia RSV Mille. Until it was written off.
Edit: totally mint original bike. HO-hum.
Kept the Mille in the garage for a couple of years after it was smashed just to "keep my foot in the door", thought about putting it on the track but really nowadays I'd rather be climbing if I have free time.
We have 2 children too so the bike was an offering to the brownie point gods.
Andy
'99 Yamaha R6. Until it was stolen.
Edit: with totally nuts 4 pipe Blue Flame under seat exhaust conversion.
'53 Aprillia RSV Mille. Until it was written off.
Edit: totally mint original bike. HO-hum.
Kept the Mille in the garage for a couple of years after it was smashed just to "keep my foot in the door", thought about putting it on the track but really nowadays I'd rather be climbing if I have free time.
We have 2 children too so the bike was an offering to the brownie point gods.
Andy
Post edited at 09:39
In reply to Denni:
Haha
Mine was also a
Honda C90
various 50cc mopeds
Then first 'big' bike
CBR 600 F2...my favourite one
Ninja 636...hated it
GSXR 750 K2-Would have killed myself if I had kept this
KTM 640 Supermoto- soo much fun
Yamaha FZS Fazer- also good fun
Now thinking of a new one
Maybe a speedtriple
Haha
Mine was also a
Honda C90
various 50cc mopeds
Then first 'big' bike
CBR 600 F2...my favourite one
Ninja 636...hated it
GSXR 750 K2-Would have killed myself if I had kept this
KTM 640 Supermoto- soo much fun
Yamaha FZS Fazer- also good fun
Now thinking of a new one
Maybe a speedtriple
In reply to Denni:
Yamaha TZR125 - V. tuned, rebuilt by my fair hand, screaming banshee of death.
Ducati M600 - actually safe
Ducati 748 - sexiest bike ever made/money pit (should have bought CBR600)
Moved to Australia/got older. Can't justify riding (given the Q of driving here). But I still have a hankering to do the America's top-bottom on a DR-650 (or modern equivalent).
Cheers
LD
Yamaha TZR125 - V. tuned, rebuilt by my fair hand, screaming banshee of death.
Ducati M600 - actually safe
Ducati 748 - sexiest bike ever made/money pit (should have bought CBR600)
Moved to Australia/got older. Can't justify riding (given the Q of driving here). But I still have a hankering to do the America's top-bottom on a DR-650 (or modern equivalent).
Cheers
LD
In reply to Denni:
Vespa ET2 50cc
Cagiva Prima 50cc
1977 Vespa T.S 125cc
Cagiva Mito 125cc
2004 GSXR 600 K4
1990 Vespa T5 custom
1964 Vespa Sprint Rat bike .... the only one I still own
Vespa ET2 50cc
Cagiva Prima 50cc
1977 Vespa T.S 125cc
Cagiva Mito 125cc
2004 GSXR 600 K4
1990 Vespa T5 custom
1964 Vespa Sprint Rat bike .... the only one I still own
In reply to Denni:
Honda H100, CB100, MTX-125 (trashed by off road use).
CB250-RS, Kawazaki GPZ550, Yamaha RD500 (loved it).
Kawazaki KR-1, Yamaha FZ600 (crashed it badly enough to quit bikes).
Honda H100, CB100, MTX-125 (trashed by off road use).
CB250-RS, Kawazaki GPZ550, Yamaha RD500 (loved it).
Kawazaki KR-1, Yamaha FZ600 (crashed it badly enough to quit bikes).
In reply to Denni:
I started as soon as I moved out from Home- Mum wouldn't let me have a bike, so 3 weeks after getting my own place my CBT was booked!
Learnt on a Yamaha YBR 125. Amazing 9 months!!!
Passed my test 5 days after my 24th birthday (new rules) and bought a...
Suzuki SV650. Brilliant fun. Chucked it about, found the limits. Did a couple of track days at Snetterton. I found the bike cramped as I am tall, so I bought a...
Triumph Daytona 955i. Scary fast, immense sound and I am in love. Maybe is a little too much bike after only having the SV for 18 months...
I started as soon as I moved out from Home- Mum wouldn't let me have a bike, so 3 weeks after getting my own place my CBT was booked!
Learnt on a Yamaha YBR 125. Amazing 9 months!!!
Passed my test 5 days after my 24th birthday (new rules) and bought a...
Suzuki SV650. Brilliant fun. Chucked it about, found the limits. Did a couple of track days at Snetterton. I found the bike cramped as I am tall, so I bought a...
Triumph Daytona 955i. Scary fast, immense sound and I am in love. Maybe is a little too much bike after only having the SV for 18 months...
In reply to Denni:
As you can tell from this list, I'm a little, er, more mature than some of you. Here goes:
James Cadet, 150 cc Villiers engine
Norton Jubilee, 250 twin
Triumph Tiger 100, 500 cc with sidecar
Triumph Tiger 110, 650 cc
Vincent Comet, 500 cc
BSA Thunderbolt, 650 cc
AJS CSR, 650 cc
Triton (Manx norton frame/forks plus 650 triumph Bonneville engine) - racing bike.
As you can tell from this list, I'm a little, er, more mature than some of you. Here goes:
James Cadet, 150 cc Villiers engine
Norton Jubilee, 250 twin
Triumph Tiger 100, 500 cc with sidecar
Triumph Tiger 110, 650 cc
Vincent Comet, 500 cc
BSA Thunderbolt, 650 cc
AJS CSR, 650 cc
Triton (Manx norton frame/forks plus 650 triumph Bonneville engine) - racing bike.
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In reply to Denni:
Cossack Voskhod
BSA C15
Another BSA C15 for spares but I did ride it
BSA Starfire
Triumph 3TA
Triumph Tiger Cub
Triumph Trophy
Cossack Voskhod
BSA C15
Another BSA C15 for spares but I did ride it
BSA Starfire
Triumph 3TA
Triumph Tiger Cub
Triumph Trophy
In reply to Rob:
Did you hear the joke about the Tritons Rob? For Each Triton, there was enough parts left to make a Norumph, the worst of both worlds...
Gilera Coguar 125 - terrible thing, bled to death by the side of the road after the crankcase cracked
CBF 125 - Great little bike, so light, could really throw it around. Crashed it into a tree and broke both my arms and my spine... ooops. After 18 months off, put it back together and rode it for another 6 months.
Kawasaki ER-6F - Nice bike, easy to ride but plenty of fun. Super cheap, but it does show in a few places.
Kinda want something a bit physically larger than the ER-6 as my 6ft frame is a bit crunched up on it. The problem is that want it to be forgiving and I don't want the crazy power that comes with most bigger bikes. Nearly did myself in once already...
Did you hear the joke about the Tritons Rob? For Each Triton, there was enough parts left to make a Norumph, the worst of both worlds...
Gilera Coguar 125 - terrible thing, bled to death by the side of the road after the crankcase cracked
CBF 125 - Great little bike, so light, could really throw it around. Crashed it into a tree and broke both my arms and my spine... ooops. After 18 months off, put it back together and rode it for another 6 months.
Kawasaki ER-6F - Nice bike, easy to ride but plenty of fun. Super cheap, but it does show in a few places.
Kinda want something a bit physically larger than the ER-6 as my 6ft frame is a bit crunched up on it. The problem is that want it to be forgiving and I don't want the crazy power that comes with most bigger bikes. Nearly did myself in once already...
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In reply to Denni:
Honda C50.
My mates all laughed at me while they were swanking around on their RD and DT 50s, but my hog was unrestricted and did 30 in second gear. I got 60 drafting a gravel lorry downhill.
I'd kill myself on a proper bike, but if I did get one I'd go for a 60s Triumph or BSA and pootle around country pubs.
Honda C50.
My mates all laughed at me while they were swanking around on their RD and DT 50s, but my hog was unrestricted and did 30 in second gear. I got 60 drafting a gravel lorry downhill.
I'd kill myself on a proper bike, but if I did get one I'd go for a 60s Triumph or BSA and pootle around country pubs.
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In reply to Denni:
Started late - in my thirties before passing my bike test.
Yamaha Diversion 600 (original version) - written off after 6 months when a car driver decided red lights didn't apply to him
Suzuki GSXF750 - would take it back tomorrow
Honda Pan European 1100 - the bike I wanted all along. Lots of long distance touring to the continent and so on. Couldn't be bothered with 9 hour runs to Dover on UK motorways anymore, so, sold it when swingarm needed replacing
Yamaha Fazer FZ6 S2 - Current bike. Love it - more speed and agility than I'll ever use but easy to stick on a trailer and tow to the continent
Current thinking is I won't replace the Fazer when it's time is up - I just don't use my bikes enough.
Tommy.
Started late - in my thirties before passing my bike test.
Yamaha Diversion 600 (original version) - written off after 6 months when a car driver decided red lights didn't apply to him
Suzuki GSXF750 - would take it back tomorrow
Honda Pan European 1100 - the bike I wanted all along. Lots of long distance touring to the continent and so on. Couldn't be bothered with 9 hour runs to Dover on UK motorways anymore, so, sold it when swingarm needed replacing
Yamaha Fazer FZ6 S2 - Current bike. Love it - more speed and agility than I'll ever use but easy to stick on a trailer and tow to the continent
Current thinking is I won't replace the Fazer when it's time is up - I just don't use my bikes enough.
Tommy.
In reply to Denni:
This may hurt my head, but I'll give it a try...
some random 50cc thing
Kreidler 50cc
Yamaha RD 250
RD350
Honda FT 500 (ha ha ha ha...)
Suzuki Katana 650
Yamaha SRX 600
numerous BMW R80s for despatch riding
some leaky Brisitsh stuff
Yamaha LC 375
some more mopeds
CB 125
Yamaha YR5
Kawasaki KH 400
Lots more Yamaha RD 250/350s
This really is not a comprehensive list, as I've had loads of the things come and go. I tend to forget them!
Then I started racing...
RD 350 (main bike)
RD 250
Yamah TR3
Yamaha TZ350g
Then after a very fine last of the season race when I got my fastest ever lap at Cadwell, I stopped riding and have never been on a bike since. DO I want to again? OOOO YES! But each time I start looking, i find that I am looking at lightweight scratchers, so I haven't grown up yet. That, and a few friends and my brother have recently been smashed up on bikes, and that serves as a timely reminder. Think I'll stick to soloing.
This may hurt my head, but I'll give it a try...
some random 50cc thing
Kreidler 50cc
Yamaha RD 250
RD350
Honda FT 500 (ha ha ha ha...)
Suzuki Katana 650
Yamaha SRX 600
numerous BMW R80s for despatch riding
some leaky Brisitsh stuff
Yamaha LC 375
some more mopeds
CB 125
Yamaha YR5
Kawasaki KH 400
Lots more Yamaha RD 250/350s
This really is not a comprehensive list, as I've had loads of the things come and go. I tend to forget them!
Then I started racing...
RD 350 (main bike)
RD 250
Yamah TR3
Yamaha TZ350g
Then after a very fine last of the season race when I got my fastest ever lap at Cadwell, I stopped riding and have never been on a bike since. DO I want to again? OOOO YES! But each time I start looking, i find that I am looking at lightweight scratchers, so I haven't grown up yet. That, and a few friends and my brother have recently been smashed up on bikes, and that serves as a timely reminder. Think I'll stick to soloing.
In reply to Denni:
Only got into bikes when I hit 30.
Started with Honda 600 Hornet
then Kawasaki 636
then a Honda CBR 600
onto a Kawasaki ZX-6R
and finally a Triumph 955i Daytona Anniversary
I had a moment of clarity in the far North West of Scotland while riding the Daytona alongside my mate on a Yamaha R6. The horizon stretched on to infinity on a perfectly straight 'A' road like something out of an American road movie. He passed me on my right and as I looked across he was grinning like a cheshire cat. I looked down and the needle was nudging 180 (can't be sure officer, the clock might have been wrong, maybe it was just 60).
I decided it was time to hang up the leathers when I got home to my wife and kid. The experience was in the bank and I reckon my Russian roulette gun was running out of bullets.
Never say never again though.
Only got into bikes when I hit 30.
Started with Honda 600 Hornet
then Kawasaki 636
then a Honda CBR 600
onto a Kawasaki ZX-6R
and finally a Triumph 955i Daytona Anniversary
I had a moment of clarity in the far North West of Scotland while riding the Daytona alongside my mate on a Yamaha R6. The horizon stretched on to infinity on a perfectly straight 'A' road like something out of an American road movie. He passed me on my right and as I looked across he was grinning like a cheshire cat. I looked down and the needle was nudging 180 (can't be sure officer, the clock might have been wrong, maybe it was just 60).
I decided it was time to hang up the leathers when I got home to my wife and kid. The experience was in the bank and I reckon my Russian roulette gun was running out of bullets.
Never say never again though.
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In reply to Denni:
My bike history:
Baby to child - sidecar on my Dad's BSA Bantam and pillion on his Norton Dominator 99 (600cc twin).
Teenage years - Suzuki AP50, Yamaha FS1E (Fizzie), Suzuki GS125.
20's - Suzuki GSX 650f (That's when I got caught without a full bike licence and thus ended my riding)
Also throw in a 1958 Francis Barnet 250 twin that my Dad and I renovated in my 20's. And the Norton Commando that I once rode around Caddy - such fun.
My bike history:
Baby to child - sidecar on my Dad's BSA Bantam and pillion on his Norton Dominator 99 (600cc twin).
Teenage years - Suzuki AP50, Yamaha FS1E (Fizzie), Suzuki GS125.
20's - Suzuki GSX 650f (That's when I got caught without a full bike licence and thus ended my riding)
Also throw in a 1958 Francis Barnet 250 twin that my Dad and I renovated in my 20's. And the Norton Commando that I once rode around Caddy - such fun.
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In reply to Bjartur i Sumarhus:
Even allowing for Speedometer error......my right hand was pinned, no idea how he was coming past me.....
Even allowing for Speedometer error......my right hand was pinned, no idea how he was coming past me.....
In reply to Denni:
Puch Maxi moped (hard tail)
Puch Maxi moped (suspension!)
Honda C70
Honda CD175
Honda CD185 Benly
Honda CX500 (I miss that bike so badly)
Honda CX650 Eurostyle
Honda CB250RS
Puch Maxi moped (hard tail)
Puch Maxi moped (suspension!)
Honda C70
Honda CD175
Honda CD185 Benly
Honda CX500 (I miss that bike so badly)
Honda CX650 Eurostyle
Honda CB250RS
Post edited at 12:43
In reply to Tony the Blade:
:
I'm amazed a Bantam could move with a sidecar attached!
I had a D7 as my first bike, then moved on to a CB 250 Honda K4; that's my total apart from a C50 Honda for getting to work on for a year in the mid 80s.
My best mate was into moto cross (Scrambling back then) and I rode his 360 Montesa Cappra a bit, a weapon on wheels! His brother had a Sprite trials bike with a 250 Villiers Starmaker engine that I also messed around on.
Sometimes wish I'd bothered to get a full licence, when the test was just riding round the block and you passed if you didn't run over the examiner as he stepped out to get you to do an emergency stop.
:
> Baby to child - sidecar on my Dad's BSA Bantam
I'm amazed a Bantam could move with a sidecar attached!
I had a D7 as my first bike, then moved on to a CB 250 Honda K4; that's my total apart from a C50 Honda for getting to work on for a year in the mid 80s.
My best mate was into moto cross (Scrambling back then) and I rode his 360 Montesa Cappra a bit, a weapon on wheels! His brother had a Sprite trials bike with a 250 Villiers Starmaker engine that I also messed around on.
Sometimes wish I'd bothered to get a full licence, when the test was just riding round the block and you passed if you didn't run over the examiner as he stepped out to get you to do an emergency stop.
Post edited at 12:43
In reply to Denni:
Vespa 125 picked up from a farmyard for £5, and ridden round fields until it split across the middle.
Norton Jubilee which arrived in pieces in two tea crates
BSA Bantam - tuned, and capable of breaking the gearshaft on fast starts - but could change it in 45 minutes
Honda CD175
Kawasaki Z250c - unusual 4stroke single
Honda CB500 - commuter workhorse, did about 80,000 miles on it. Engine still perfect when I traded it in
BMW 650CS - belt drive single (Rotax), with oil reservoir in frame
BMW R1150R - too big and heavy....
BMW F800ST - belt drive vertical twin - Rotax engine again
BMW F800ST - I liked the first one!
Vespa 125 picked up from a farmyard for £5, and ridden round fields until it split across the middle.
Norton Jubilee which arrived in pieces in two tea crates
BSA Bantam - tuned, and capable of breaking the gearshaft on fast starts - but could change it in 45 minutes
Honda CD175
Kawasaki Z250c - unusual 4stroke single
Honda CB500 - commuter workhorse, did about 80,000 miles on it. Engine still perfect when I traded it in
BMW 650CS - belt drive single (Rotax), with oil reservoir in frame
BMW R1150R - too big and heavy....
BMW F800ST - belt drive vertical twin - Rotax engine again
BMW F800ST - I liked the first one!
In reply to Denni:
250 cc Crusader. Did a ton once. Crashed, written off.
500cc ex-army bike, forgot the name, crashed.
250 cc Crusader. Did a ton once. Crashed, written off.
500cc ex-army bike, forgot the name, crashed.
In reply to Denni:
Distant memories,here goes
garelli 50 moped (off road use only) but all the skills learnt on + off it,probably did save my life in later skirmishes
gilera 50 trials - screwed the nuts off it try to keep up with my mates FS1E'S + puch 50 grand prix's
yamaha dt250 mx enduro
suzuki gt 185 - ditto mates had kh 250 rd250dx suz gt380 + suzuki 250x7(first 100mph 250)
then cars,mainly mk2 rs2000 (had about 8 different ones)and had to swop tow bar over each time as i needed trailer to carry motocross bikes
m/x race bikes
kawasaki 250 t/shock 1976
maico 250 t/s 1980
ktm 250 mono 1982
ktm 250 1984
ktm1251985
ktm250 1987 x3 the last 2 i then used the engines in 250 national race karts
then a few years water skiing with rover v8 jet boat
then the need for speed of my youth
suzuki gt 380 - very smelly 2 stroke
ktm 250 enduro road reg race bike 0 to 40 would beat most bikes
yamaha rd359 ypvs -very nippy
yamaha diversion 600- slow
tempted to go bigger after riding mates gsxr 750 but i dont think i would have survived,so rock climbing it is then for me!
still got a moto-morini 350 strada 1979 in the shed,starts 3rd kick every year
cobra kit car not run for 15 years -one day :~(
Distant memories,here goes
garelli 50 moped (off road use only) but all the skills learnt on + off it,probably did save my life in later skirmishes
gilera 50 trials - screwed the nuts off it try to keep up with my mates FS1E'S + puch 50 grand prix's
yamaha dt250 mx enduro
suzuki gt 185 - ditto mates had kh 250 rd250dx suz gt380 + suzuki 250x7(first 100mph 250)
then cars,mainly mk2 rs2000 (had about 8 different ones)and had to swop tow bar over each time as i needed trailer to carry motocross bikes
m/x race bikes
kawasaki 250 t/shock 1976
maico 250 t/s 1980
ktm 250 mono 1982
ktm 250 1984
ktm1251985
ktm250 1987 x3 the last 2 i then used the engines in 250 national race karts
then a few years water skiing with rover v8 jet boat
then the need for speed of my youth
suzuki gt 380 - very smelly 2 stroke
ktm 250 enduro road reg race bike 0 to 40 would beat most bikes
yamaha rd359 ypvs -very nippy
yamaha diversion 600- slow
tempted to go bigger after riding mates gsxr 750 but i dont think i would have survived,so rock climbing it is then for me!
still got a moto-morini 350 strada 1979 in the shed,starts 3rd kick every year
cobra kit car not run for 15 years -one day :~(
In reply to Denni:
Amongst others 2 of these, at different times
youtube.com/watch?v=DGdvTt4S8lg&
The sound is all important.
Amongst others 2 of these, at different times
youtube.com/watch?v=DGdvTt4S8lg&
The sound is all important.
In reply to abseil:
PS didn't crash doing a ton of course. Rode into a metal fence at 30 mph.
> 250 cc Crusader. Did a ton once. Crashed, written off.
> 500cc ex-army bike, forgot the name, crashed.
PS didn't crash doing a ton of course. Rode into a metal fence at 30 mph.
In reply to Rob:
Along the same mature lines....
Passed my test on a D14 Bantam
BSA C15
Triumph
T120 Bonneville, T140 Bonneville
T160 Triple
Kawasaki H1 and H2 two stroke triples (widow maker)
Honda 500 and 750 fours
Plastic Maggot
Laverda Jota 1000 180 and 120 degree crankshafts
Kawasaki Z1 900
Suzuki Kettle
Lots more, I used to restore bikes and British sportscars for a living
Along the same mature lines....
Passed my test on a D14 Bantam
BSA C15
Triumph
T120 Bonneville, T140 Bonneville
T160 Triple
Kawasaki H1 and H2 two stroke triples (widow maker)
Honda 500 and 750 fours
Plastic Maggot
Laverda Jota 1000 180 and 120 degree crankshafts
Kawasaki Z1 900
Suzuki Kettle
Lots more, I used to restore bikes and British sportscars for a living
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In reply to Denni:
1965 C100 Honda Cub ( the 49cc pushrod precursor to the C50 stepthru').
First year I had it (1977) did a 24 hour round trip Merseyside - Earl's Court Motorcycle Show. £1.70 total fuel costs, crashed after I fell asleep on it coming out of London. Damson jam butties were the only food I had for the trip, so, even though the bottle of engine oil had leaked on them, I ate them.
1958 Triumph Tiger Cub. Began its' ownership as an engineless box of bits. Wiring harness built out of washing machine wiring loom...which Kept burning out. A sweet little chuffer to pass my test on.
!968 T120 Bonneville. Threw a rod outside Rugby. Crankcase blew and dumped oil on the back wheel. Until then a beaut of a bike except for brake fade from the TLS front. Chrome tank rack a testicular hazard when fade resulted in shunt into car and rider sliding up the tank. Never rebuilt it. Eventually swopped it for a blown Ducati Darmah engine. 15 years later discovered 'my' bike in a local machinery museum. Over-restored!
1981 Ducati 900ss . Brand new. One of the last 'black and golds' imported- 'Sex on wheels'. Broke down once due to Bosch electronics. Ridden all over Europe, up to the Arctic, down to Bologna (chose the week that the Ducati factory went on holiday to pay a visit). Last ridden 1989. A rebuild project for the future, and/or my future pension..
1965 C100 Honda Cub ( the 49cc pushrod precursor to the C50 stepthru').
First year I had it (1977) did a 24 hour round trip Merseyside - Earl's Court Motorcycle Show. £1.70 total fuel costs, crashed after I fell asleep on it coming out of London. Damson jam butties were the only food I had for the trip, so, even though the bottle of engine oil had leaked on them, I ate them.
1958 Triumph Tiger Cub. Began its' ownership as an engineless box of bits. Wiring harness built out of washing machine wiring loom...which Kept burning out. A sweet little chuffer to pass my test on.
!968 T120 Bonneville. Threw a rod outside Rugby. Crankcase blew and dumped oil on the back wheel. Until then a beaut of a bike except for brake fade from the TLS front. Chrome tank rack a testicular hazard when fade resulted in shunt into car and rider sliding up the tank. Never rebuilt it. Eventually swopped it for a blown Ducati Darmah engine. 15 years later discovered 'my' bike in a local machinery museum. Over-restored!
1981 Ducati 900ss . Brand new. One of the last 'black and golds' imported- 'Sex on wheels'. Broke down once due to Bosch electronics. Ridden all over Europe, up to the Arctic, down to Bologna (chose the week that the Ducati factory went on holiday to pay a visit). Last ridden 1989. A rebuild project for the future, and/or my future pension..
In reply to Denni:
From 1983 forward:
Honda MTX 50
Yamaha DT125LC
Kawasaki 550A1
Suzuki GS 550 Katana
Kawasaki GPZ600R
Kawaski ZXR750H1
Honda CBR600R
KTM 250 Enduro
Suzuki TL1000R
From 1983 forward:
Honda MTX 50
Yamaha DT125LC
Kawasaki 550A1
Suzuki GS 550 Katana
Kawasaki GPZ600R
Kawaski ZXR750H1
Honda CBR600R
KTM 250 Enduro
Suzuki TL1000R
In reply to Denni:
hello,
RXS 100 horrible
GSX250 ok
GS500 terrible in wet
GPZ500 very good commuter
ZX6R F3 ninja stolen loved it
GPZ500
ZX6R G2 loved it but seat a bit high
XELVIS 250 import great little bike
XT100 horrible
MT-03 loved style and handling but too slow
VTR 1000 stolen loved the big v-twin, heavy I dropped it both sides and came off in the snow
ZX6R G1 for winter and now just got a Street Triple R awesome
Had my 1st ninja for 7 years went to font twice on it, then had 4 bikes in 2 years.
Don't you just love bikes.
hello,
RXS 100 horrible
GSX250 ok
GS500 terrible in wet
GPZ500 very good commuter
ZX6R F3 ninja stolen loved it
GPZ500
ZX6R G2 loved it but seat a bit high
XELVIS 250 import great little bike
XT100 horrible
MT-03 loved style and handling but too slow
VTR 1000 stolen loved the big v-twin, heavy I dropped it both sides and came off in the snow
ZX6R G1 for winter and now just got a Street Triple R awesome
Had my 1st ninja for 7 years went to font twice on it, then had 4 bikes in 2 years.
Don't you just love bikes.
In reply to Denni:
I had a Puch M2, does it count if you have to pedal to start it? I was the identical model to this, just in a lot worse condition. It brought no street cred.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...
I have been thinking about getting my full licence for a while, I would love a Ural with sidecar or an old matchless, Triumph, BSA
I had a Puch M2, does it count if you have to pedal to start it? I was the identical model to this, just in a lot worse condition. It brought no street cred.
http://www.google.co.uk/imgres?imgurl=http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia...
I have been thinking about getting my full licence for a while, I would love a Ural with sidecar or an old matchless, Triumph, BSA
In reply to Denni:
MZ 150 I almost forgot about it (the therapy almost worked)
Suzuki TS100
Kawasaki LTD550
Kawasaki GT750
gap of several years
Excelsior Roadmaster 197cc Villiers, in bits on three shelves
so... I'm kinda happy 'cos I have a bike and the missis is happy 'cos I never ride it
MZ 150 I almost forgot about it (the therapy almost worked)
Suzuki TS100
Kawasaki LTD550
Kawasaki GT750
gap of several years
Excelsior Roadmaster 197cc Villiers, in bits on three shelves
so... I'm kinda happy 'cos I have a bike and the missis is happy 'cos I never ride it
In reply to Denni:
Early 90s
Honda mt50
yamah dtr125
honda cb100
montesa 349 cota
Big gap to 2007
Yamaha xt125
harley sportster
kawasaki versys
BMW 1200gs
harley dyner
currently Triumph Explorer
I don't own a car and refuse to drive my van if I am not being paid to do so.
2 wheels is the only way to travel.
Early 90s
Honda mt50
yamah dtr125
honda cb100
montesa 349 cota
Big gap to 2007
Yamaha xt125
harley sportster
kawasaki versys
BMW 1200gs
harley dyner
currently Triumph Explorer
I don't own a car and refuse to drive my van if I am not being paid to do so.
2 wheels is the only way to travel.
In reply to Denni:
Honda MT50 - big bore kit - racing reeds and exhaust
Suzuki RG125 Gamma - re sleeved and newer spec piston and rings after the rings went scoring the bore. Racing reeds and tuned so it was all or stall. Couldn't ride it sensibly on the road!!
Vfr 400 Rc30 - nice pocket racer
Suzuki GSXF600 - commuter
Yamaha YZF600R thundercat - commuter - ruined 2nd gear pulling wheelies!!
Other bikes I've had loaned are
Honda VFR800 VTEC 2005
Buell - can't remember the model but more a city bike
BMW k1200S
BMW K1400
BMW k1600 GT
As you can see by the later models I've had loaned to me to test I've tried to slow down! (Well the BMW K series bar the GT are bad examples!)
I have two kids now that need dropping off and picking up,from nursery and school.
If buying I would probably go for a BMW K1200S on cost and usability or 800 ST.
I do like the FJR Yamaha as well and the triumph sprint 1050.
Sports bike would be the KTM!
Honda MT50 - big bore kit - racing reeds and exhaust
Suzuki RG125 Gamma - re sleeved and newer spec piston and rings after the rings went scoring the bore. Racing reeds and tuned so it was all or stall. Couldn't ride it sensibly on the road!!
Vfr 400 Rc30 - nice pocket racer
Suzuki GSXF600 - commuter
Yamaha YZF600R thundercat - commuter - ruined 2nd gear pulling wheelies!!
Other bikes I've had loaned are
Honda VFR800 VTEC 2005
Buell - can't remember the model but more a city bike
BMW k1200S
BMW K1400
BMW k1600 GT
As you can see by the later models I've had loaned to me to test I've tried to slow down! (Well the BMW K series bar the GT are bad examples!)
I have two kids now that need dropping off and picking up,from nursery and school.
If buying I would probably go for a BMW K1200S on cost and usability or 800 ST.
I do like the FJR Yamaha as well and the triumph sprint 1050.
Sports bike would be the KTM!
In reply to Denni:
So far:-
2x fire blade across the bonnet
1x Harley in the boot
1x scooter in drivers door
All not my fault.
So far:-
2x fire blade across the bonnet
1x Harley in the boot
1x scooter in drivers door
All not my fault.
In reply to Denni:
Yamaha TZR 125
Yamaha FZR 600
Honda VFR 800 - written off in France
Honda NTV 600 Deauville
Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin - I really regret selling this one
Honda XLV 1000 Varadero
Triumph Tiger 955i
Honda XL600 Transalp
A 4 year break and have just got back on two wheels with an old
Triumph Trophy 900
Plus a number of off road numbers including Yamaha XR125, Suzuki RMX 250 (x2) plus one I just can't remember
Yamaha TZR 125
Yamaha FZR 600
Honda VFR 800 - written off in France
Honda NTV 600 Deauville
Honda XRV 750 Africa Twin - I really regret selling this one
Honda XLV 1000 Varadero
Triumph Tiger 955i
Honda XL600 Transalp
A 4 year break and have just got back on two wheels with an old
Triumph Trophy 900
Plus a number of off road numbers including Yamaha XR125, Suzuki RMX 250 (x2) plus one I just can't remember
In reply to 9WS9c3jps92HFTEp:
Africa Twin, love those bikes. Never got around to buying one which I regret as a mate had one and took two years sabatical from the forces and drove round the world.
Nearly had a mid life crisis buy before we had kids and nearly bought a Tenere. Went full mid life and bought a camper instead, never go full mid life!
Africa Twin, love those bikes. Never got around to buying one which I regret as a mate had one and took two years sabatical from the forces and drove round the world.
Nearly had a mid life crisis buy before we had kids and nearly bought a Tenere. Went full mid life and bought a camper instead, never go full mid life!
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In reply to Denni:
My 1991 Africa Twin is the love of my biking life! Mine is currently just about to have a full refettle, box of new parts ready and waiting.
Apart from that, it goes as follows...
Yamaha DT125R (brilliant, nicked but found the day before my test)
CBR 600 (sold to buy the...
Africa Twin
Suzuki DR350 (nicked)
Another Suzuki DR 350 (also nicked)
Yamaha XT350 (crap)
CRM 250 (brilliant, but now sitting unloved in the garage)
VFR 750 (Californian import, only done about 14,000 miles, but buggers my knees, so also languishing in the garage).
The last two are for sale if anyone is interested
JW
My 1991 Africa Twin is the love of my biking life! Mine is currently just about to have a full refettle, box of new parts ready and waiting.
Apart from that, it goes as follows...
Yamaha DT125R (brilliant, nicked but found the day before my test)
CBR 600 (sold to buy the...
Africa Twin
Suzuki DR350 (nicked)
Another Suzuki DR 350 (also nicked)
Yamaha XT350 (crap)
CRM 250 (brilliant, but now sitting unloved in the garage)
VFR 750 (Californian import, only done about 14,000 miles, but buggers my knees, so also languishing in the garage).
The last two are for sale if anyone is interested
JW
In reply to Denni:
LC350 - extremely mental
LC350 YPVS - moderately mental
FZR600 - almost sensible
ZX7 R - not sensible at all. Loss of licence and/ or life very possible .
Now ride a bicycle and drive a Berlingo . Aspire to own a camper van !
LC350 - extremely mental
LC350 YPVS - moderately mental
FZR600 - almost sensible
ZX7 R - not sensible at all. Loss of licence and/ or life very possible .
Now ride a bicycle and drive a Berlingo . Aspire to own a camper van !
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In reply to Denni:
I had a rather beautiful Kawasaki S1 250 as my first bike - white with chromed carbs. Nothing sounds quite like a 2-stroke triple; it went like a rocket and drank petrol - totally unsuitable for a learner! Inevitably it ended up embedded in the side of a Triumph Dolomite but I got off lightly. The local bad boy who had an almost identical bike was killed on his.
(Slightly) more recently I shipped my ZZR600 out to Cape Town and enjoyed my morning ritual of eating my toast while I counted the chameleons in the garden and then breaking the sound barrier on my way to Tygerberg Hospital for my morning lab meeting. Maybe it was a coincidence but the police bought a couple of ZZRs while I was there. Not that they ever caught me, obviously.
Riding fast on mostly excellent roads in perfect weather is bliss and I survived the occasional encounter with an unlit donkey cart or guys pushing shopping trolleys at night on the N2. I sold it when we left - I just could bear the thought of riding it in February in Oxford.
I had a rather beautiful Kawasaki S1 250 as my first bike - white with chromed carbs. Nothing sounds quite like a 2-stroke triple; it went like a rocket and drank petrol - totally unsuitable for a learner! Inevitably it ended up embedded in the side of a Triumph Dolomite but I got off lightly. The local bad boy who had an almost identical bike was killed on his.
(Slightly) more recently I shipped my ZZR600 out to Cape Town and enjoyed my morning ritual of eating my toast while I counted the chameleons in the garden and then breaking the sound barrier on my way to Tygerberg Hospital for my morning lab meeting. Maybe it was a coincidence but the police bought a couple of ZZRs while I was there. Not that they ever caught me, obviously.
Riding fast on mostly excellent roads in perfect weather is bliss and I survived the occasional encounter with an unlit donkey cart or guys pushing shopping trolleys at night on the N2. I sold it when we left - I just could bear the thought of riding it in February in Oxford.
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In reply to Denni:
Yamaha FS1E
Kawasaki Z250
Kawasaki H1 500 triple (120 mph bike with a drum brake on the front)
Kawasaki Z650
Kawasaki GPz 900
Honda VFR 750 FR + Kawasaki KH 125
I also raced an LC 250 between 1991 and 1995
Would love a bike again but Canadian winters, Canadian roads and Canadian drivers all say NO!
Yamaha FS1E
Kawasaki Z250
Kawasaki H1 500 triple (120 mph bike with a drum brake on the front)
Kawasaki Z650
Kawasaki GPz 900
Honda VFR 750 FR + Kawasaki KH 125
I also raced an LC 250 between 1991 and 1995
Would love a bike again but Canadian winters, Canadian roads and Canadian drivers all say NO!
In reply to Denni:
I started late.
Fazer 600
Honda CBR600rr
Ducati 1098 sold last year.
Planned BMW K1300S Sport HP in next 12 months. Super fast but comfortble for two.
I started late.
Fazer 600
Honda CBR600rr
Ducati 1098 sold last year.
Planned BMW K1300S Sport HP in next 12 months. Super fast but comfortble for two.
In reply to Denni:
itching to get another..head says 'big scooter for commuter', heart says Speed Triple or somesuch...walking/cycling to work for years (and working too much) means I've not had a bike for a good while.
Dredging the memory tanks and tickling the recall carb till the memories run out:
-Mobylette thing with pedals and a bad attitude (mine). Wheelie!
-C90 basket case for fields and crashing into hedges
-girlfriend's scooter, in my memory, was like Sarah Connor's one in Terminator (though that's probably more a recollection of the woman rather than the bike. Shame really, the bike was more reliable than the woman )
- Fizzy FS50 off a mate. It was yellow, restricted and horrid
- MZ125. Mean black agricultural machine. bought off an oldbloke along with ex-police gauntlets, horseriding-like Lewis Leathers boots. Me & it had a song written by a mate's band. Could actually fix it with the supplied toolkit. Spares from Brit Bike Shop on Leyton High Road ('bring it in and we'll find something in a box that'll work')
- GSX250. Ah, so *that's* what a powerband is. and that thing where you push the bars to steer.
- GSX400(?) Didn't last long
CB400 wetdream with fairing. Meh. Hello granddad
CB125 custom. Seeming square tyres due to the forks being kicked out, quite terrifying. Collected it from Brixton for a mate
CB125. Mate's again. Gorilla on moped syndrome, tank was down by my shins. Missed MZ at this point.
Suzi GS550. Bounced the valves out racing a Hardly Worthitson Fatboy in Amsterdam. I won & managed 118 (indicated ), though. Poor old girl...
same trip, norton commando for a coupla days. epic!
Some Yam thingy. bogstandardcheap off a mate. Rode into some armco, punctured the tank. Patched it up with a plastic bag & gaffa tape. Safety-conciousness to the fore, i lay on my back while smoking a calming rollie, so the petrol over my boots & shins didn't ignite.
yam XJ650 from same mate. nice twin.
Ducati Le Mans, very characterful & lovely with unlovely electrics & 'authentic' push starts needed due to aforesaid electrics. Borrowed off a mate for a couple of weeks for a laugh. Then her boyfriend came out of the nick...
Within a gnat's chuff: Bonneville Silver Jubilee with 14 miles on the clock. I'd rather have bought it than a roof over my head. But that was the choice. Boo.
Virago 550?600? shaftdrive for courier work, later 'upgraded' to 750. Company bikes. excellent farty exhaust, shaft drive torque reaction. Square tyres again. The panniers weren't bad.
Plastic maggot CX500 due to poverty. chucked it up the road on diesel & managed to bend the frame.
CBR600. Wish I'd kept it. Pleasant and sensible enough.
And an ex-police R80. Mad.
If I had any cash now...maybe that big scooter...but really a speedtriple or KTM. Eeee!
itching to get another..head says 'big scooter for commuter', heart says Speed Triple or somesuch...walking/cycling to work for years (and working too much) means I've not had a bike for a good while.
Dredging the memory tanks and tickling the recall carb till the memories run out:
-Mobylette thing with pedals and a bad attitude (mine). Wheelie!
-C90 basket case for fields and crashing into hedges
-girlfriend's scooter, in my memory, was like Sarah Connor's one in Terminator (though that's probably more a recollection of the woman rather than the bike. Shame really, the bike was more reliable than the woman )
- Fizzy FS50 off a mate. It was yellow, restricted and horrid
- MZ125. Mean black agricultural machine. bought off an oldbloke along with ex-police gauntlets, horseriding-like Lewis Leathers boots. Me & it had a song written by a mate's band. Could actually fix it with the supplied toolkit. Spares from Brit Bike Shop on Leyton High Road ('bring it in and we'll find something in a box that'll work')
- GSX250. Ah, so *that's* what a powerband is. and that thing where you push the bars to steer.
- GSX400(?) Didn't last long
CB400 wetdream with fairing. Meh. Hello granddad
CB125 custom. Seeming square tyres due to the forks being kicked out, quite terrifying. Collected it from Brixton for a mate
CB125. Mate's again. Gorilla on moped syndrome, tank was down by my shins. Missed MZ at this point.
Suzi GS550. Bounced the valves out racing a Hardly Worthitson Fatboy in Amsterdam. I won & managed 118 (indicated ), though. Poor old girl...
same trip, norton commando for a coupla days. epic!
Some Yam thingy. bogstandardcheap off a mate. Rode into some armco, punctured the tank. Patched it up with a plastic bag & gaffa tape. Safety-conciousness to the fore, i lay on my back while smoking a calming rollie, so the petrol over my boots & shins didn't ignite.
yam XJ650 from same mate. nice twin.
Ducati Le Mans, very characterful & lovely with unlovely electrics & 'authentic' push starts needed due to aforesaid electrics. Borrowed off a mate for a couple of weeks for a laugh. Then her boyfriend came out of the nick...
Within a gnat's chuff: Bonneville Silver Jubilee with 14 miles on the clock. I'd rather have bought it than a roof over my head. But that was the choice. Boo.
Virago 550?600? shaftdrive for courier work, later 'upgraded' to 750. Company bikes. excellent farty exhaust, shaft drive torque reaction. Square tyres again. The panniers weren't bad.
Plastic maggot CX500 due to poverty. chucked it up the road on diesel & managed to bend the frame.
CBR600. Wish I'd kept it. Pleasant and sensible enough.
And an ex-police R80. Mad.
If I had any cash now...maybe that big scooter...but really a speedtriple or KTM. Eeee!
In reply to thin bob:
Oooh, I'd forgotten I had a scooter with pedals when I was 16 - clutch died driving it home from the shop!
JW
Oooh, I'd forgotten I had a scooter with pedals when I was 16 - clutch died driving it home from the shop!
JW
In reply to Denni:
BSA Bantam. Always breaking down in the rain
1957 Manx Norton 500 single. A Beast!
Norton Dominator 99SS. Unstoppable chaincase oil leaker but a great bike. Never let me down.
Matchless 350 single. Another beast .
BSA 350 . Can't remember the model. Bland as semolina.
That was all mid - late 60's
Keep thinking about getting a modern bike but thinking is as far as it gets. Can't be doing with all the clobber you have to wear.
BSA Bantam. Always breaking down in the rain
1957 Manx Norton 500 single. A Beast!
Norton Dominator 99SS. Unstoppable chaincase oil leaker but a great bike. Never let me down.
Matchless 350 single. Another beast .
BSA 350 . Can't remember the model. Bland as semolina.
That was all mid - late 60's
Keep thinking about getting a modern bike but thinking is as far as it gets. Can't be doing with all the clobber you have to wear.
In reply to Denni:
Suzuki GS125
Yamaha RD125lC
Yamaha RD350LC
Kawasaki GPZ750
Had a long gap then:-
Suzuki GSR750 nice but slightly dull, currently in my garage.
Aprilia Tuono Factory
BMW R1100S Boxer Cup
CBR600F Sport, Maxton Suspension for track days
Ducati 916SP.
Suzuki GS125
Yamaha RD125lC
Yamaha RD350LC
Kawasaki GPZ750
Had a long gap then:-
Suzuki GSR750 nice but slightly dull, currently in my garage.
Aprilia Tuono Factory
BMW R1100S Boxer Cup
CBR600F Sport, Maxton Suspension for track days
Ducati 916SP.
In reply to Mostin3:
Hi what do you prefer the KTM Duke or the Street Triple R ?
Is yours standard ?
I've got some different bits on, low boy exhaust very lowd
Hi what do you prefer the KTM Duke or the Street Triple R ?
Is yours standard ?
I've got some different bits on, low boy exhaust very lowd
In reply to Denni:
Gs500
Gsxr750 c reg 1986
Cbr1100 black bird
Gsxr1300 hyabusa
Tl1000r
Zx10r ninja
Cbr956 fire blade
Trying to ride a hyabusa to work in the snow is a bit difficult
Gs500
Gsxr750 c reg 1986
Cbr1100 black bird
Gsxr1300 hyabusa
Tl1000r
Zx10r ninja
Cbr956 fire blade
Trying to ride a hyabusa to work in the snow is a bit difficult
In reply to Denni:
I street fightered my Z650. Spent a small fortune on it. Front and back end off a GSXR1100, CBR 1000 monoshock. Monoshock altered strengthened frame powder coated. Machined special engine sprocket to align back sprocket. Engine fitted with GPZ750 top end, Race exhaust oversize KNs. Tyres were race slicks that had grooves machined in to look like road ones(scarey in wet). It got quite an audience and looked very minimalistic although this extended to police interest and the local station got to know me well bringing in on a weekly basis my hortes.
> Really miss bikes but out of all of them the Z650 and the 916 track bike were my favourites.
I street fightered my Z650. Spent a small fortune on it. Front and back end off a GSXR1100, CBR 1000 monoshock. Monoshock altered strengthened frame powder coated. Machined special engine sprocket to align back sprocket. Engine fitted with GPZ750 top end, Race exhaust oversize KNs. Tyres were race slicks that had grooves machined in to look like road ones(scarey in wet). It got quite an audience and looked very minimalistic although this extended to police interest and the local station got to know me well bringing in on a weekly basis my hortes.
Had over 60 bikes in my time and currently own 15 in one piece, including a NorVin (chopped gearbox - Norton box fitted with Commando clutch, 2 front heads with rewoked manifolds, John Tickle 2ls f.brake, stroker crank, etc, etc) currently building a Rob North Trident for racing.
Some other current bikes are:
Ducati 1198 with full KTECH suspension to replace the (Sh-Ohlins) - Road bike,
Husqvarna Nuda - Road bike,
Buell X1 - Road bike,
Buell 1125 - Race bike
T150 Tiger - nipping to the local crag bike,
1947 JAP/Enfield classic race bike, soon to be made into a sprinter for next years Pendine Sands speed trials. I've just got back from there 'Crewing' this weekend - I've got the Sand Bug now and a drunken bet with a bloke who runs a 1937 Rudge.
Fantic 300 Twinshock Trials,
Scorpa 175 mono Trials,
TriBsa pre '65 Scrambler,
Honda CRF 250 green laner.
If I didn't spend my money on bikes, I'd only waste it
Some other current bikes are:
Ducati 1198 with full KTECH suspension to replace the (Sh-Ohlins) - Road bike,
Husqvarna Nuda - Road bike,
Buell X1 - Road bike,
Buell 1125 - Race bike
T150 Tiger - nipping to the local crag bike,
1947 JAP/Enfield classic race bike, soon to be made into a sprinter for next years Pendine Sands speed trials. I've just got back from there 'Crewing' this weekend - I've got the Sand Bug now and a drunken bet with a bloke who runs a 1937 Rudge.
Fantic 300 Twinshock Trials,
Scorpa 175 mono Trials,
TriBsa pre '65 Scrambler,
Honda CRF 250 green laner.
If I didn't spend my money on bikes, I'd only waste it
In reply to Andy Peak 1:
Tell me about it. I once rode to Chamonix on a Guzzi Mk1 LeMans, in Winter, with skis strapped to my rucsac. I binned the skis for the return journey
Tell me about it. I once rode to Chamonix on a Guzzi Mk1 LeMans, in Winter, with skis strapped to my rucsac. I binned the skis for the return journey
In reply to goodboy:
The duke was awesome around town, sipped fuel (genuinely did about 75mpg average) was really fun. It kind of felt like a bmx with an engine. It was too easy to be a bit silly on it.
I don't know why I remember this, but I was parked up at a fuel station once on the A44 between Rhayader and Aberystwyth and noticed two dropped curbs that looked like a pretty sweet double. So for some silly reason, on leaving the petrol station, I jumped them.
The duke would've been a better bike if it had around 100hp. On long journeys, it vibrated like hell being a large single and was pretty crap at motorway speeds.
Ideally I'd love to have one as a second bike, pirely for Sunday blasts, but I can't afford one.
The street triple R is pretty uncomparable in speed terms, especially when opened right out. It handles better as well, has better brakes and feels a bit more grown up. You can't play about on it as easily as the duke.
It's better on the motorway too.
The downside to the street triple, in comparison the duke, is the fuel consumption is awful.
The duke was awesome around town, sipped fuel (genuinely did about 75mpg average) was really fun. It kind of felt like a bmx with an engine. It was too easy to be a bit silly on it.
I don't know why I remember this, but I was parked up at a fuel station once on the A44 between Rhayader and Aberystwyth and noticed two dropped curbs that looked like a pretty sweet double. So for some silly reason, on leaving the petrol station, I jumped them.
The duke would've been a better bike if it had around 100hp. On long journeys, it vibrated like hell being a large single and was pretty crap at motorway speeds.
Ideally I'd love to have one as a second bike, pirely for Sunday blasts, but I can't afford one.
The street triple R is pretty uncomparable in speed terms, especially when opened right out. It handles better as well, has better brakes and feels a bit more grown up. You can't play about on it as easily as the duke.
It's better on the motorway too.
The downside to the street triple, in comparison the duke, is the fuel consumption is awful.
In reply to Mostin3:
Yea I've had same thing with MT-03 too slow it needed a V-twin or a triple engine. I went to IOM on it and it was hard work on motorway & slow on mountain.
Street is terrible on fuel 31 to 35 mpg worse than my VTR1000, street does make me feel like I want to be more of a hooligan
Yea I've had same thing with MT-03 too slow it needed a V-twin or a triple engine. I went to IOM on it and it was hard work on motorway & slow on mountain.
Street is terrible on fuel 31 to 35 mpg worse than my VTR1000, street does make me feel like I want to be more of a hooligan
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