As a school kid, I owned a Norton 500 that I shared with a mate. [totally illegally] then had unrestricted access to but not owned by me,.. 127 Capriola set up as a fully faired race bike 200 Triumph Tiger cub 650 Rocket Gold Star I then owned TS 250 Suzuki XL500 Honda BMW R80 ST BMW R100RS x 2 VFR 750 Honda SP2 And then my son converted me to the world of Ducati...
I was about 12. after I was given an SS50 in a box and told, if you wanna ride a bike, you are gonna have to build it first. just used as a field bike. 17th BDay I was standing outside MCS Paisley waiting for it to open to pick up my RD. £814. it got nicked a year and a half later. the day after I made the last payment. must of covered over 20k in those 18months.
I bought my RD125 in January 1986 from Ford and Ellis in Chesham. Why my mum agreed to it I’ll never know as I wasn’t 17 till the May.... I promised I wouldn’t ride it till I was 17....it had 2000 miles on it on my birthday!! I actually got pulled over a couple of weeks before my birthday and got a producer, I had no license, insurance etc. In those days we had the local village copper who my mum and dad knew. Somehow he got me off!! Then on May 18th, 3 days after my birthday, I went to the cinema to watch The Hitcher with my mates. They were on a YPVS, RG250 and a MBX125(don’t laugh!!). Came out after the film and my lovely RD was gone!!! I’ve hated Rutger Hauer ever since. And I’ve remembered what happened to my 1100K, I’m not telling as I could cry!!! Like you Fire, I had no interest in a car license and losing my RD spurred me on to past my test which I did a couple of months later. Good days.
1965 Royal Enfield Continental GT 1972 Triumph Bonneville [stolen] 1967 Triumph Bonneville 1978 Kawasaki Z650c 1980 Kawasaki Z1R
Started riding in 1981 Honda MB50 Passed test in 1983 Honda CM200 Kawasaki Z200 Kawasaki GT 550 Stopped riding when daughter was born in 1990. Started riding again in 2007 Suzuki GS500f Yamaha FZS 1000 Razer Motoguzzi V7 Racer Currently own Ducati Scrambler Icon and Triumph Tiger 1050SE Also ridden Suzuki TS 125 Suzuki GS 850 Ducati Monster 1100 Kawasaki ZX6r Kawasaki Z750 Kawasaki Z1000 Triumph Sprint 1050 Harley Davidson iron 883 Harley Davidson CM 1200 Best allrounder was the Fazer
I was legal at 17. started riding when I was 12. the lad has been riding quads since he was three and bikes since he was 12 too. he has been talking about road bikes and tests of late. which oddly, is stressing me a lil.
Honda MB50 red Yamaha DT125LC black Kawasaki LTD 550 four black Kawasaki LTD 750 twin purple Kawasaki LTD 1000 four black no idea why I had a thing for those things - it was the 80’s & drugs were most probably involved My taste improved in the 90’s
1973 Mobylette 50v, later ported and tuned for a laugh (Cost my dad £29 for my 16th birthday) 1973 1973 Suzuki B120P in a box (cost £40) 1980 Honda CB250RS bought new for £804 and did 20k miles in its first year 1978 Suzuki GS550E which was written off in 84 with 64k on the clock, killing my brother unfortunately. Had to stop riding for an extended period 2003 Kawasaki ZX6R B1H
Cagiva Planet Kymco Zing Yamaha R125 Suzuki GSXR 600 Suzuki GSXR 750/KTM RC8R 2009 (the true R) added two here as I only had the 750 for a couple months.
