Here's my list Crikey, I didn't realise there were so many! (I usually have 2 or 3 bikes at a time though) No willy waving with 3 superdreams on the list Yamaha FS1E (Baja Brown) Honda 250 Super dream Yamaha RS125 Honda 250 Super dream Honda CBX550F Honda CBX550F Honda 250RSA RG250 Gamma proddy racer Kawasaki SR650 Purple with meatloaf dead ringer album cover painted on the tank (Dead cool) Honda 250 Super dream Kawasaki GPZ600 Honda 250RSD Yamaha TZ125 CZ125 (winter ride) Suzuki GS850 Suzuki GS550 BMW R80/7 Suzuki GS550ESD Honda CBX550F2 Yamaha FJ1200 Honda CB100N (winter ride) Honda VFR750FN Suzuki GS500 (Winter bike and shared with wife) Ducati 900SS (this is when I started to see the light) Suzuki SV650 (Shared with wife) Honda VFR800i Ducati ST4 Moto Guzzi V50 Moto Guzzi Breva 1100 Yamaha R6 Moto Guzzi Stelvio 1200 Present: Ducati Monster 900 Triumph Tiger 800 Ducati 916 Wife has a Monster 696
Wonderful to see some lairy 2 strokes in there from my era!! Those Garellis were fast!! Loved my S1C - beautiful looking bike! Feeling all nostalgic now
I'm sure my Garelli would do 65mph on good day - downhill, tailwind and Gola's on the pillion pegs! S1C was good but the best of my lot was the RD350B - great bike to ride - remember touring South West France on it along with a mate on his S3 400 (which needed re-fueling every 75 miles...) - Racing French yooofs on their XT500's along the sea front at Royan - Great days!
Always had trouble staying withe the Garelli guys on my Malaguti (clip-ons, twin exhausts etc.... on a 'ped!!) Yes, I loved my RD350 B too - good on petrol too as I recall. Imagine the disappointment when I returned to 2 strokes after years on 4 strokes, when I bought an RG500 - just not very good - not sure why they go for stupid money these days!
Nostalgia. 80's youth + Memories + Kids left home + Disposable income + Mid life crisis + Rarity of the bike = Strong prices. I sold a full RD350LC years ago, for what I saw a set of clocks for the same bike go for recently.
At 31 I’ve been riding 15 years and spent way too much money on bikes... Honda SFX50 Aprilia SR125 Aprilia RS125 Honda RFV400 Suzuki GSXR600 KTM Duke 690 Kawasaki 636 C1 Suzuki K3 GSXR1000 Aprilia RSV-R Triumph Street Triple R Ducati 899 Panigale Aprilia Tuono 1100 Triumph Daytona 675R KTM SuperDuke 1290 2.0
