Crossers 1988 Suzuki RM250 Slingshot 1988 Honda CR500 Red Rocket holy shit that thing was crazy!!!!! 1996 Honda CR125 (snapped my femur, nearly died, end of motocross for me) Roadbikes 2004 Yamaha R6 2005 Kawasaki Ninja 636 C1H 2011 Aprilia Dorsoduro Factory (Still Have) 2012 Ducati Multistrada 1200 ABS (Pick up next week)
I'm only 23 so haven't had the chance to build an impressive list yet, but here goes. Honda XR70R (first bike at 10 or 11, only a field bike) Yamaha TT-R125 LW (another field bike) Peugeot XPS50 x2 (first road legal 'bike' at 16, first one got nicked) Honda CBR250R MC19 (biggest biking love!! Parked it in the side of a u-turning Volvo estate at 35mph) Suzuki SV650S (the curvy model) Ducati 848 (biggest money pit since the birth of the British Welfare system). Suzuki GSX-R 600 K1 (bought as a track bike but only did two track days so I sold it.)
I might as well have a go as well.. When I think back, I had a lot of rubbish and probably still have.. Bikes I had, rode and sold 1960s Honda CB92 (125 Benly) (Sold) 1950s Francis Barnett 150cc Plover (Sold) 1950s Francis Barnett 197cc Falcon (Sold) 1950s Francis Barnett 225cc (Sold) KTM 250cc Scambler (old air cooled one) (Sold) 1980s Suzuki X7 250 (mad thing with Microns, K&Ns, fibre reeds etc..) Used to ride it a long time ago.. (Sold) 1966 BSA 250cc C15 (wish I never sold it..) 1974 Honda CB250 G5 (Sold) 1986 Yamaha RD50MX (my 1st bike on the road) (Sold) 1984 Yamaha DT50M (Sold) 1989 Yamaha RD350YPVS (I really, really enjoyed this bike ) (Sold) 1989 Kawasaki ZXR750H1 (Sold) Current Bikes 1960 Capri Scooter (bought as 1st ever field bike in the early 70's and still have it and love it..) 1967 BSA 250cc Starfire (needs restoring) Moto Guzzi 250TS (basket case, but looking to bring back to life..) 1974 Norton Commando 850Mk1a (mid restoration) (current) 1986 Honda CBR250 MC14 (current) 1986 Honda VT500F (current but needs some work) 1985 Honda VT500E (current but really a parts bike) 1984 Honda VT250E (current) 1985 Honda VT250F (current) 1997 Ducati 600ss (current) I'm starting to go all semtimental again...
BSA 125 Bantam D1 field bike Triumph Tiger Cub,Bathtub style ugh),field bike Honda C50 BSA 175 Bantam D7 BSA C15 250 BSA 500 Royal Star BSA B40 350 Triumph 5TA Cafe Racer (2343 IL where are you now) Another B40 Kawasaki 500 H1 Triple (DPE 56J where are you now) Triumph Trident 750 Suzuki T500 Another T500 BSA 650 Thunderbolt Suzuki GT250 despatch weapon MZ TS250 despatch Another TS250 despatch Honda CX500 best despatch weapon ever made Another CX500 ditto BMW RT despatch bike,too big/bulky for hooning around London Kawasaki KX125 Yamaha XS500...awful....just awful....but it was metalflake black with "Ogri",painted on the tank! BSA A7 500 Suzuki TS250 x 3 all enduro'd Suzuki DR400 Yamaha XT350 Honda XR600 animal Husky WR400 Ducati 160 Monza Junior Laverda 3CL Honda CD175 Sloper Suzuki TS250X "The African Queen" Kawasaki GT750 second-best despatch bike Honda XR400 H-D 1200 Sportster Custom H-D 1340? Deuce BMW 1150GSA Suzuki DRZ400 Current 750SS for sale 900SS ST2 Kawasaki 500 Triple cafe racer Kawaski 350 S2 project for sale BSA 650 Thunderbolt OIF project Not an exhaustive list,my brain aches trying to remember them all....but they all had their good points!
851 strada - gone 916SP - gone - looking for it 999R - diva project. ST4 - gone Multi 1200 - my hidalgo ! 1199R on the way.. trackmonster looking at a 851SP3 - to join the diva? as you see, i saw the light immideatly... never have and never will own a non Ducati bike !
Aprilia RSV Mille R Benelli Tornado 650S BMW R1100S Cossack Ural 650 CZ125 Ducati 200 Elite Ducati 750GT Ducati 900ss '93 Ducati 900ss '94 Ducati Cadet 100 Honda CB100N Honda CB750K2 Honda CB900FA Honda CX500 Kawasaki GPz900R A1 Martini Yamaha XS1100 Montesa Cota 348 Moto Guzzi 850 T3 Moto Guzzi LeMans 850 MkI Moto Guzzi LeMans 850 MkII Multistrada 1000 DS MZ ETS250 MZ TS250/1 Norton 350 Mod18 girder fork Suzuki GT250 Ram Air Suzuki Katana 650 Suzuki U50 Vespa 125 Vespa 125 Sportique Yamaha AS1
Yamaha RD 50M x2, one with al All speed, one with a micron Suzuki RG125, written off Yamaha RD125 LC, started going backwards when you put it in 1[SUP]st[/SUP]! 13 year break then… Vespa ET4 Suzuki RV Van Van 125 Ducati Monster 600, loved it but I bought a stinker Honda CB 600 Hornet, great bike but a bit soulless Ducati Monster S2R 800, stolen two days after full service, recovered but they had cut the frame in half to get the swing arm off!! Ducati Monster 600, this one was a peach, lots of work by Baines Racing, Sils that sounded like heaven on wheels, wish I’d kept it. Ducati Monster 696 with more bling than the Argos jewellery pages Ducati GT1000 current and I love it but I can’t run in it through winter again so prob I’ll get another vespa to commute next year.
no mate, still got my pegaso trail, original nc30, 999s, 998s and cbr600 sport. The 999 is for sale and part of me says the 998 is too but doubt I could part with it even for the right offer
Yamaha DT 125 kawasaki KX250 Yamaha YZ250 Honda CR250 2001 Yamaha R6 - 1st road bike, got catapulted through the air after a few months of ownership 2002 Yamaha R6 2000 Yamaha R1 - great bike, probably never sell it Soon to be Ducati 1098/1198
Garelli Rekord - now that dates me, but top end was just a smidge faster than my mates' FS1E's and it was Italian. NVT Easyrider - most emabarissing thing I ever rode, only thing my Mum would let me ride after I wrote-off the Rekord, please don't google it. Suzuki TS185 - our neighbours hated it, everyone within earshot and over 20 hated it! Honda CB250 RS - not the Superdream, a thumper with real character. At the time I thought it was my first 'big bike' Honda CX500 - spent two summers dispatching on this when I was a student, never serviced it and it never broke down. Honda C90 - postie bike, my main mode of transport whilst I owned a series of unreliable but sporty Renault and Fiat tin boxes. Aprila Pegaso 650 - lovely bike when it would start. Suzuki GSF 600S K1 - Bandits, you can't quite love them but if you've owned one you can't hate them either. Suzuki GSF 1200 K1 - as above but with a bit more poke. Ducati ST3 2004 - what's going on inside that clutch housing? Next Bike - Saving up for an 848 to run alongside the ST3.
Oh I need to add one to mine, I had a CB 250RS that I forgot about, twin exhausts on a single cylinder, lovely 'little' bike LOL
Twin exhausts, disc brakes up front (well a single solid disc nearly 1/2" thick) and a trendy rectangular headlight. In it's time it was light-weight and torquey - almost a super-bike! Till you realised it a ran out of puff at 85 mph, I loved my 250RS.
Riding 20 years, I currently have 12, over 300 total. I used to buy and sell a few years ago during a particularly desperate period to make ends meet. I think 22 was my record at one time. The GT is only my second duke. First was a 906 PASO, that was great but I was young and not so fussy. Not sure Ill have another ducati after this one, I am a bit big, 6'4 and 17 stone for them, and a lazy rider so I think its guzzis only for me from now on.
Only been riding since 2008 so list is seriously short. Even though I have loved bikes since I was a kid i never managed to own one until I was 35! my list ZX6R p7f GSXR1000 k9 Multistrada 1200 S Sport
I dispatched on one of those, cained it mercilessly round town and had huuge fun on it. Used to dread jobs out of town on it tho, like you say, it ran out of puff at 85!!! Mine was screwed at 70!! My mate ran over some dear old-soul on one and broke her hip, he told me, all she could say was "Where's me butter? Where's me butter?" Repeatedly. Shopping all over the place. The way he said it you couldn't help but laugh!! About a fortnight later, some old geezer walked right out in front of me through some parked cars, and to this day I'll never know how I didn't total him. Went back to base that night and handed my notice in - never again.
