35 years and it's hard to remember them all now and in what order and sometimes I had 2 or 3 bikes at the same time, but roughly;
'60 Ariel Arrow Super Sports '57 BSA Road Rocket 2 or 3 assorted '50's BSA A10s '55 BSA DB34 Gold Star Tourer '5? Norton Dominator 600 '50 BSA ZB32 Gold Star Clubmans '60 Velocette Viper '58 BSA DBD34 Goldstar Clubmans '37 Norton 500 Manx '55 Ariel VH 350 '76 Ducati 860GTS (The only bike I ever bought brand new) '75 Honda 500F '78 Ducati 900SS '75 Honda SL125 another '75 Honda SL125 '81 Honda CB250RS '79 Moto Guzzi V50II '95 Ducati 900SS '03 Ducati ST4s
Youll note that the early ones were nearly all british so I'm well used to getting my hands dirty. My bikeing slowed down a little through the '80s while the kids were growing up but I never stopped, I just kept the bikes a bit longer.
Last time i did a list of bikes i could remember it was about 70 i think.
everything from Honda CB125, CB250, Z250, Superdream.
3 Honda CX 500's 4 BMW's 2 Pan Euro's and numerous other despatch bikes over the last 25 years, (the worst being a Kwak GT550 and a Suzuki GN400, both of which were absolute crap).
Sportier bikes as they were at the time CB 750, CB900, GS 750, GS1000, Katana 1100, Kawa GPZ900.
C50 - first road bike ( not technically a moped but plod never noticed) BSA Bantam D3 - first pit heap bike when I was 12 Triumph 500 T100SS - built it myself from bits when i was 16 Kawasaki Mach 111 500 - yeehah, first wheelie machine Honda 400/4 - first bike i could rely on to get me where I wanted to be Crooks Suzuki 500 - bike I lost my licence on Laverda 650 Sport - first Italian bike I took to Italy
after that it blurs into various Jap IL4's, Gxr's, ZX7/9's with the usual gaps when houses/life etc interfered.
started on various field bikes FS1E's, AP50's, C50's, C70's and C90's, CB250G5 etc.
MT5 - first legal road bike RD125LC CG125 winter hack RD350LC then had a forced break.........me legs got broke!!
First Ducati was a 500 Pantah ex-race animal reverted to road use. Ducati 750 Sport then a dizzy moment on a VFR400NC30 another dizzy moment on a ZXR750R then back to Ducati on my current 748BP
1st: Fantic GT moped 2nd: FS1E 3rd: Kwaka KH250 4th: Yam RD250 Government held on to my licence for a while 5th: House 6th: Wife 7th: Kids 8th: GPZ600 9th: Fazer 600 10th: Ducati 996 (I saw the light) 11th: Ducati S4R
Casal Phantom 5 moped (ate Fizzys for breakfast) Honda CB175 MZ TS250 Honda 400F Honda 750K6 (owned for 15 years, a total of near 100,000 miles and I still couldn't wear it out) A couple of Honda C90s Suzuki GT750 Suzuki RG500 (still got, have had to rebuild it twice but still mighty impressive for a 20 year old bike) Honda CBX750 (still got but not ridden due to boredom overload) Ducati 888 (at last!!)
Pre M/C test (from age 16) Honda CB50 Yamaha DT125 Post M/C Test (Feb 1991 - 14yrs+) Numerous MTB's (Man Power) Kawasaki GPZ305? (3mths) Honda CBR600f (18mths) - 1 Breakdown (Fuel Pump) Ducati 900ss (5yrs) - No Breakdowns Yamaha 250 Trials - Lot's of Fun Ducati 750ss (2yrs) - No Breakdowns Ducati 900fe (Feb 1999 to Present) - Good old Friend "FOR SALE" Ducati 748s (Aug 2003 to prsent) - Love it! Possible future purchase - New Triumph ST for 2 up Sport touring and Triple Growl or Ducati 888sp4-5. It's only Twins for me from now on, with the exception of the odd triple. Ride Fast, Ride Often, but always Ride Safe!