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[Festa748]

Aprilia Rs125

Ducati 748E
and
Rgv 250 (trackbike)

[Albie]

Fsie in purple 1978
Suzuki Gt200 X5 1979
Kawasaki ZXR250ninja 1998
Ducati m900 current
Ducati S4 current

[Greybloke]

Great fun..... I see some "classics" in there!

Love the kwaks Mav, and look how many of us started with a humbe 50cc ( have you ever seen the minute size of a 50cc piston!) I think my own quest for speed eminates from those years, thrashing the nut$ off my ss50 trying in vain to keep up with the fissies. Just never grew up I s'pose

[Greybloke]

Originally posted by Albie
Fsie in purple 1978

Some of my mates had these, the rest of us called them "purple pooftas!"

[sparkin]

ss50
ke125
cd185
cd175 benly
cb200
maliguti 50
cb250t
ts185
bsa d3 (don`t ask)
rd250 (x3)
cb550four
ft500
ss600
ss900ie
s4
multistrada
888 (home at last)

[nelly]

upto the age of 16, several "field bikes" C50's, C70's, C90's, AP50, CB250G5, XL125 etc.etc.

Then at 16 MT50. Tuned to the hilt, 60-65mph everywhere and 18000 miles.
17 brought in the RD125LC.............tuned to the hilt 100mph+
19 saw me pass my test and by a 350LC.............tuned to the hilt. 130mph+ and a crank a month
There's a worrying tendancy developing there

Then a forced break due to being pulverised in a car smash.

3 years went by. I had a brief spin on my mates RG500 whilst still on crutches though

Bought my first Ducati. and ex F2 500 Pantah racing machine. Converted that back to road trim(ish) and road her for 2 years+
Then bought a 750 Sport with 40mm Dellortos and cans on. What a sound!!
Then had a mind f**k and sold up. Only kept the helmet.....
Couldn't bear it after 4 months or so and bought a H0nda (I can say it) VFR400 NC30. Loads of fun.
Then a ZXR750J2.............one of the prettiest Jap IL4's ever imo.
Then the Ducati beckoned, i remortgaged the house and bout my 748BP which I still have.
Kind of a rolling test bed, and a bike I really never want to sell on. Should be "a bit special" this year if all goes to plan to

[Edited on 12-2-2005 by nelly]

[Iconic944ss]

Good fun this thread....eyes are bleeding but here goes....

Yam - FS1E

Yam - RD200E (disc brake )

Norton Dominator 600SS (a sign for the future ???)

Yam - XS750 Triple

Jawa 350 and Sidecar (what on earth was I thinking?)

Yam - SR500 Single

BMW R60s

Laverda RGS 1000 - (only new bike I ever owned)

BMW R100Rs (later fitted with sidecar for winter - then removed)

MZ ETZ125 (dont ask)

BMW R100Rt

Ducati 900SS

Suzuk RF600 Trackbike (hee hee).

***Will we ever learn !!! ***

[Rocker]

BSA C15 used
Royal Enfield 250 Crusader sports used
Honda CB92 Benley Super Sport used
Suzuki TC 120 trail Cat new
Triumph TR6R Tiger (oil in frame) new
Kawasaki S2 350 tripple new
Yamaha XS-2 new
BMW R75/5 new
BMW R90/6 new (the first one sold in UK)
Suzuki TC90 used
Suzuki GT750 new
BMW R75/6 new
BMW R90/S resprayed Green/Silver smoke by BMW UK new
Honda GL1000 new
BMW R75/6 new
MZ TS150 new
Yamaha XS 750 tripple new (My biggest mistake)
Honda CB 550 Four K new
Honda CB 750 KZ (with Vetter fairing) new
Honda CX500 new
Honda XL100 new
Honda GL1100 new
Honda CB900 F2B new
Honda GL1100 with full Vetter fairing/luggage. this bike was used on Vetter stand at earls Court Show. I got all the gear 1/2 price in exchange for the loan of the bike) new
Honda GL1100 Interstate new
Honda CG 125 new
Kawasaki KH 175 used
Honda GL1100 Aspencade new
Suzuki GN400 used
BMW KRS 100 new
Honda GL1100 Interstate used
Honda XBR 500 used
Yamaha V-80 used
BMW R100/7 used
MZ TS 125 new
BMW R80 RT used
MZ 250 ETZ silver new
MZ 250ETZ Blacknew
Yamaha XS 250 used
Kawasaki Gpz 305 used
Kawasaki GTR 1000 used (EX Demo less than 1000 miles on clock)
BMW KRS 100 used ( taken on our honeymoon)
Suzuki DR BIG 750 single new
Kawasaki EX 500 (Green limited edition of 200) new
Honda CD200 Benley used
Kawasaki Gpz 305 used
Kawasaki KH100 new
Kawasaki GPX 600 resprayed in Rizzla team colours new
kawasaki Gpz 550 used
Kawasaki KE100 new
Kawasaki GT550 new
Kawasaki GPZ 500 s new (EX 500 in USA)
MZ 125 Sports Star
Kawasaki 550 Zephyr new
Triumph (Hinkley) Trident 750 used
Triumph 900 Sprint new
Triumph 900 sprint sports new
Honda VFR 800 new
Honda CG125 new
Honda CG125 new (yes a pair of them)
Aprillia Pegaso 650 Ex Demo
Kawasaki 900 ZX-9 new
kawasaki ER-5 Red new
Kawasaki ER-5 silver new
Honda Deauville new currently owned
Kawasaki W650 new
Kawasazaki ZRX 1200R new
Ducati DS1000 Multistrada new currently owned

Cars Owned None

I think thats the lot but the memory starts to go at my age

[Mad Dog Bianchi]

Hmmm, what lists!!
My humble offering is
Suzuki KH-80 (2 sprockets in back for trail riding) First bike I ever took onto Willow Springs Raceway after 2 days of desert riding!) Stolen
Matchless 500
Kawa A-1 250
Kawa A-7 350, wheelie king! 24 hours at mostly 100 mph from Texas to California!
Suzu GS400E, six speeds, 23,000 km in 1 year touring Japan.
GS 550E four, great fun, good tourer, learned how to adjust valves (special tools somewhere!!)
Yamadog XT125, DT125 both traded for DT200, a wonderful fire roader, wheelie toy, ski transport!
CB400 Houndog...enclosed disk brakes...got wobbly over 160kph due to tweaked frame from previous owner
Gilera 500 Saturno, modern version...great torquer, long range tank about 600km on fill-up!
another 500 courtesy of my buddy porking me in the back-end with his beemer
93 750SS, nasty bitch turned me on to the beauty of Ducks!!
Newly bought ST4 ABS! Lovely, awesome, civilized
Not bankrupt yet

[KeefyB]

Wow Rocker,thats an impressive list!
Here's mine,
Started off with the usual feild bikes then progressed to full blown competition Grass Track bikes.The road bikes are;
BSA C15 250cc-It was me dads bike and got me through the bike test in 1977.
Triumph Bonneville T140V USspec-bought it as a basket case,despite only a year old!Previous owner just abused it from new.
Triumph Bonneville T140D special UKspec.Great looking bike,but did'nt have the oomph of the older one.
Suzuki X7 250cc-Great fun,.......when it went!
Yamaha RD250LC-Huge improvement on the X7,in a differant league.
Yamaha 650 XS2-I needed to get back on a big twin again.Bit of a let down as the handling was terrible.Nice motor tho.
Yamaha FZ750(new)-Just got divorced and had a pot full of cash to spend!
Yamaha RD400-Bought as an alternative/winter bike.Well I did'nt want to spoil my FZ now,did I??!!
Yamaha FZR 1000 Genesis-Lovely bike to ride and the only bike to have at the time.
Yamaha FZR 1000 EXUP (new)-Faaaaaaasssstttt!!,but I did'nt like it as much as the older bike.
Now we come to the good stuff ,
900ss(new)
851(new)
916
996(new)
998(new)
999
Multistrada(new)
Almost forgot the winter bikes!

Cagiva Elefant 350-Sloooooowww,but kinda fun!
Cagiva Navigator 1000-Heavy with a detuned TL motor.
Ooh some memories there,great thread.