I will mate, I still can't believe I'm getting it!

:D :D :D

Streuth Tony, I'm rarely envious of others' bikes but that's fantastic mate.

Congrats !

8 Years

1st - VFR400 NC30

2nd - CBR600 FX

3rd - 996 BP

25years...but I don't look old enough I know! :lol:

1980 - Honda CB 125T
1981 - Honda CB 400/4 F2
1981 - Triumph T140V US spec
1982 - Honda CB 650Z
1982 - Benelli 654
1983 - Moto Guzzi 850T3 Cali
1998 - Ducati 900ssie
1999 - ST2
2003 - ST4S

Held a licence for 13 years

1st bike was RGV250M in lucky strike colours
2nd ZXR400
3rd CBR600
4th CBR900
5th ZX6
6th 996 Had to sell as I lost the company car and just couldn't bring myself to use it as everyday transport, so brought bike number 7 and a Rover 400 :(
7th CBR600FX
8th 748R
9th 749S
10th S4R
11th :devil:

Darren

I think i passed my test in 1991

1st Batavus 50cc
2nd CB125 Superdream
3rd CX500
4th GSX600F
5th GT550
6th RD350 YPVS
7th GSX750F
8th ST2
9th ST4

Aahgoowonthen...........
Passed my test in '78
1.BSA C15
2.Triumph T140V U.S spec
3.Triumph T140D Special
4.Yamaha XS250
5.Suzuki X7
6.Yamaha RD250LC
7.Yamaha XS2 (650cc)
8.Yamaha RD400
9.Yamaha FZ750
10.Yamaha FZR 1000 Genesis
11.Yamaha FZR 1000 EXUP
12.Ducati 900SS
13.Ducati 851
14.Ducati 916
15.Ducati 996
16.Ducati 998S
17.Cagiva Elefant
18.Cagiva Navigator
19.Ducati 999
20.Ducati Multistrada (still got it)
21.Ducati 999S (still got it!)

Had Class A on my licence for 9 years: -

92 Kawasaki ZZR600
97 Suzuki GSXR600
99 Ducati 748 BP
01 Aprilia RSV Mille
01 Aprilia RSV Mille (that's not a typo, it was an 18 day old Mille vs. car battle and neither of them won!)
99 Ducati 996 SPS
02 Ducati 998S Bayliss Replica

Oh my god, I've been riding for 24 years if you count the mopeds! I must need therapy:

Fantic Cabillero:lol:
BSA Bantam - plunger frame model:(
BSA C15 SS80 :(
BSA B25 Star Fire :bouncy:
Triumph T140 US Spec - chopped with ape hangers:alien:
Honda cb 250 RS:barfy:
Kawasaki Z400J :rolleye:
Suzuki GS 1000 S - with Yoshi big bore kit, extended swing arm etc. :ninja:
Triumph Thunderbird - 900 Hinckley triple :puzzled:
Yamaha YZF R6 :burn:
Yamaha YZF R6 - wrote the first one off :flame:
Ducati ST4s :biaggi:

I think there is a pattern emerging amongst the ST riders - moped, crappy BSA 250 single, some jap stuff then an ST?

Riding for 7 years.

Honda CB 100n MEU 477Y
Honda H100 sII F419 LMX
Honda NC24 D172 JHY
Honda Hornet 600 Y334 WHR
Ducati 748s WX54 KXV
Ducati S4R at the mo......:D:D:D

Bad pattern they get more expensive:lol::lol:

11 years,

1992 KR1s - Bought as in 4 boxes for 200 notes (16,000 miles) Went BANG! Big stylee on a roundabout. Still got the gravel rash scar.
1989 UK-spec Honda VFR400R NC30 - (18,000 miles)Mint,thrashed,crashed,sold for 50 notes profit to a dealer. Brilliant.
1999 YZF600 - R6, (4000 miles) Bought,rejoiced,sold to pay for a new bathroom.SOB.
1997 Ducati 916, Bling in progress. Will never be sold - honest. (ever heard of a bike for life???)

Looking for...........................................Cat C/D write-off Ducati 620ieSport.....why???????
Just about to buy an off-roader

Jas:D

Been away from the board for a while......

And it appears I have the least riding experience so far......

3 years:
2002 - Yamaha R6
2004 - Ducati 748S


Ade.

Suzuki GS 125 - 1986
Honda CX500 with sidecar :D 1988

then a bit of a break

Ducati 750SS - current

35 years

No helmets then!



Bridgestone 175
Honda CB250 KO
Triumph T110 sidecar
Wassel bantam 175 trials
Yamaha 125 YAS1
Honda 400 four
Honda CB200
Royal enfield 250 crusader
Honda 400 four
BSA A10 650
Kawasaki KH 250
Kawasaki Z750 twin
Ducati 860 GTS
Honda 750 F1
Honda 750 F2
Honda CB900F
Kawasaki KH250
Ducati 860 GTS
Moto guzzi le mans mk1
Suzuki GS 1000
Exelsior consort 98cc
Suzuki katana 1000
Ducati 851

:sing:

What a b'stard question !
33 years !
Where did it all go ?
Am I the only one sad enough to have put it on my web site ? (29 of them)
http://freespace.virgin.net/ps.h/bike_history.htm

Hmmm ... and how many of you can boast that they've only just bought their second car ?

26yrs (im only 32) dad was a racer so started me very, very young....

'79 Yam 50cc scrambler
'80 Yam TY80 trials bike

Had a massive gap after good friends in racing got killed !!!

Took Direct Access test in '98 and bought a GPZ600r

Then brought a brand new CBR600 fx in 2000 (not reliable at all !!)

Got bored of 100mph everywhere and exchanged for the tricked-up 900ss at end '01 and kept the baby ever since.

Also bought the R1 road/trackbike last xmas.

Andy

12 years with one 3 year break

1. Yamaha 350LC blew up after 8 miles - still have it now and must get round to building it again :)
2. Yamaha 350LC
3. Honda CBR600FS
4. Honda CBR900RRV
5. Yamaha R1
break
6. Honda CBR600 F1
7. Honda VTR SP2
8. Ducati 916


Phil

Passed my test in 1979 riding on and off since then

Honda CB125
Yamaha XS500 (double overhead hamster cam - heap of poo)
Suzuki GT380
Honda CB400/4 (used bum cheeks as brakes)
Yamaha XS750
Triumph Sprint (commuting mad)
Ducati ST4 and Ducati 996BP

5 years

1. Yamaha SR125 (what a rocket!)
2. Ducati Monster 600
3. GSXR750 K3
4. Ninja 6
5. Ducati 748S

24 years

FS1E-DX
GSX250 (WHY OH WHY?)
Z1000 MK2 :burn:
Z1000
ZX6R
748S :saint:

1976 Honda PC50
1977 Honda G4250
Big gap......
1994 Yamaha Diversion 600 (you gotta start somehwere!)
1996 Yamaha TRX850
1998 Yamaha Thundercat 600
2000 BMW R1100S
2003 BMW R1100S Boxer Cup Rep
2004 Ducati 999:D

16 years (constant!) last week.

1989 - Yamaha FS1E-DX
1991 - Kawasaki AR125
1993 - Suzuki RGV250
1996 - Honda RVF400RR
2001 - Ducati 748S
2005 - Ducati 600SS

Passed my test 11 years agoand so far have had;in order:-

Honda MTX125
Honda CBR600
Honda FireBlade
Ducati 916bp
Honda RVF400
Honda MTX125(again)
Ducati SS750
Honda VFR400 race bike
Ducati M750
Ducati S2R

still got them all except the first three

Hi all,

Riding since 12 racing since 16 now 30.

1st bike, MZ250 trackbike.

To many to mention. Change bikes like underwear usually cos I fall off.

Now on Cbr1100XX, Cbr1000 and 600ss.

30 YEARS
Suzuki ts 125
Suzuki 250 hustler
Suzukii gs 750
Honda 400four
yamaha90stepthrough (not my finest hour)
Kawasaki z 1000
Suzuki TL1000r
KTM 450exc
Ducati 999s

29yrs
Bezza Bantam
Kawasaki Z250
Triumph T160
Silk 600s
Ducati 916
Ducati ST4s

All the above I've owned - others that I have had the extended pleasure (or pain) of using inc Laverada Jota and Mirage - Honda SuperDream - BMW K1000.

Now getting a little long in the tooth and questioning why I still ride.

31 years

FS1E
Honda CB175
Honda CB500/4
Honda CB400/4
Honda CB250RS
Moto Guzzi V50
Garelli Monza 50
Honda XBR500
Ducati 750SSie
Ducati 748S

17 years.

Puch Maxi
Vespa 50 special (with 110 kit!)
Honda MBX50
Honda MT5
Vespa T5
Vespa PX 125
Kawasaki KMX 200
Kawasaxi KX 125
Kawasaki GPZ 900R
Yamaha TZR 125
Kawasaki KE 175
Suzuki TS 185
Suzuki TS 125R
Suzuki GSX 400/4
Honda 250 Superdream
Honda CD 175
Suzuki GT 250
Yamaha XS 400 twin
Yamaha YZF 750
Another Kawasaki KMX 200
Suzuki RG500 Gamma
And another YZF 750
Which then went on the racetrack
'99 Yamaha R1 on the track too.
Honda CBR1100xx Blackbird
Suzuki GSXR 1000 K3
And finally, my '93 Ducati 888. True love at last!

Flippin 'eck, thas a lot of bikes, I never realised! First time i've made a list. Thats where all me money's gone!!

Hi
31 year of age

1 Honda CB200
2 Yamaha AR50
3 Yamaha AR 125
4 Yamaha TZR 125
5 yamaha DT125
6 Yamaha TZR 250
7 Suzuki RF600
8 Suzuki GSXR 600
9 Suzuki TL1000s
10 Suzuki TL1000r
11 Kawasaki ZX9R
12 Yamaha XJ750 Seca Us import ( great bike Did all our xmas shopping on this one even down toys r Us with big boxes straped to the back)
13 Aprilia RS250
14 Honda VFR 400r
15 Honda FVR 400r
16 Suzuki Hayabusa 1300r
17 Buell XB12r
18 Suzuki Bandit 600 Pressant
19 Ducati 999 Presant

I think there are others but i can't remember

19 years

DT50MX with 75 bore kit
RD125LC candy blue with white wheels
250X7 with allspeeds (of course)
RD250LC mint and standard :o
KH400 triple in purple that i wish i still had
GS500E
CBR600FJ
XT185
GSXR600
GSXR750K1
996S

24 years with a big gap.

Fantic GT
KH 250 (two over a period of time)

CBR 600FT
996 BIP
998R

Ray.

A whole 7 years riding... :o should of done it sooner

1998 - ZX6R G1 - Written off after 2 months, broke my neck amongst other things and seriously thought biking wasn't for me :(
1998 - ZX6R G1 - Insurance replacement
2001 - 996Bp (also a CR250 for winter)
2003 - 998S Bostrom Rep
2004/5 - 999R

Riding 36 years first bike age 10

These were field bikes
1. James 175
2. Some old Lambretta 200
3. Honda C50
Now on the road
1. Honda C50
2. Yamaha RD125
3. Honda XL125
4. Triumph T120
5. BSA D14 (two of them)
6. Suzuki TS185
7. BSA C25 (Factory Special)
8. Motoguzzie V50
9. Yamaha RD250
10. Yamaha DT 175
11. Suzuki RS200
12. Kawaski GPZ500
13. Triumph Daytona T595 (Still got)
14. Honda NC24
15. Aprilia RS250
16. Mini Moto (Still got)
17. Multistrada 1000DS
18. Multistrada 620 (Still got Desmo Due bike)
19. Ducati 748 (Still got)
20. Suzuki DR200 (Still got)
Last count in the Garages 18 bikes in the family collection.

Riding 20 years.

Started on Lambrettas and Vespas for ten years , and then....

Yamaha 350 YPVS
Suzuki GS550
Kawasaki KR1S
Suzuki GSXR 600
Ducati 900 SS
Honda NC30
Ducati 748SPS

:D:rodent:

Riding a total of 35 years

Suzuki B100P
Honda CB175
Honda CB77
Suzuki X5
10 year gap
Suzuki 500
Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis
Triumph Speed Tripple
BMW R1100S
Kawasaki ZRX1100
Kawasaki ZX6R G1
Yamaha RD400E
Ducati 998 Bip
Honda VFR750
Ducati 998S FE
MV Agusta F4 750
Ducati 916 Strada
Ducati ST3
Ducati 996R
Honda VFR800

Here we go!
Riding 24 years.
Honda XL125.
GPz750R1 (The twin shock model...).
GPz1100 unitrak.
GPz750R.
KMX125.
ZXR750H1.

I still have:
ZZR1100.
1965 BSA A65.
1971 Bonneville.
1979 KH250.
1979 KH400
750 Turbo.
CBR400RR tri arm.
888SPS.

I know it's heresy, but I do like me Kawasakis.......

Riding 14 yrs with a bigggg gap

21yr old with a NSR125RR
31yr old with an Aprilia RS125 passed test finally!
33yr old with a Kawasaki ZX6R G2
Now a 35 yr old with a DUcati 748 and keeping it!

right,

im 36 and have been riding on and off road for about 31 years.

As a wee nipper

pronto 80 cc monkey bike
yamaha 100 dirt bike.
Honda cb250
Suzuki RM125
HAGON grass track bike.

On road.

Suzuki TS50X
Kawasaki AR125
Kawaski KMX125
Yamaha TZR125
Honda NS400r
Kawasaki GPZ600r
Yamaha 350 Powervalve
Kawasaki KMX200
Kawasaki KR1S
Suzuki GS1000
Kawasaki ZXR750
Kawasaki ZXR400

short break in biking......about a year.

Yamaha FZR600
Suzuki GSXR1100
Suzuki TL1000s
Yamaha R1

and now my little dream of a Ducati 748/853

I think that the only bikes that I would have back would be the TL1000s and the R1.;)

DC.:burn:

I am 43, been riding for 26 years without a break. Over 1000 miles per week for a while, now about 2000 miles a year. Bit sad that.

CB250T - Honda Dream, allegedly. Never ridden a bike before. Bought it, got on and rode off. Those were the days. :o
CB500/4 - rat bike, despatching on other people's thrown away tyres. :o :o
CB250N - bought cheap after throwing a rod on the 500/4, nicked and whole bike thrown through a field. :mad:
R80RS - ultimate despatch bike (white BMW + fluro jacket) :pig:
Triumph 5TA - double vision above 40mph. Not ultimate despatch bike.
Laverda Jota - double vision above 130mph! :frog:
Motodd Laverda Jota - recently sold after 10 years in a Scottish shed :(
CBX1000 - UKP250 in Perth, Australia
XL1000 - UKP400 in Houston, Texas. Double vision at 70mph
91 900SS - sold to buy 916, then waited 18 more months
96 916BP - worth the wait
99 996SPS No 770 - I only went to look at it coz I'd never seen one
851SP3 No 341 - Just missed repossessed SP3 for UKP600, bought on the rebound
Brutale - Needed something to take the wife out on. Couldn't think of anything nicer.
851SP3 No 533 - Bought repossessed SP3 after all, but not for UKP600

Mike
996SPS
851SP3 x 2
Brutale
Some of a 500/4

Field Bikes:
yamaha 50 step through (field-bike)
puch maxi (field bike)
Honda CB125 (another field bike, knobbly tires this time!)
Suzuki RL250 Trials bike
Husqvarna CR125
Bultaco Sherpa 325 Trials bike
Fantic GT Moped (aged 16 - on the road at last!)
Another Suzuki RL 250
Honda CR 250R Red-Rocket
Yamaha YZ250 H
Suzuki RM250 Z
Yamaha YZ250 K
Yamaha YZ125 K
Suzuki RM250H
Fantic 240
Yamaha YZ250L
Kawasaki KX500
Kawasaki KX250
Honda XL125 (daily transport still on L-Plates)
Yamaha YZ250 (89)
Marriage-kids-divorce-more kids
Triumph Speed Triple (took test in 1995 - first big bike)
Yamaha WR400
Yamaha TY250
Beta Techno 250
Ducati 996
KTM Duke 640 (broke neck couldn't ride the 996 - riding position)
Ducati 998 (neck's all better)
KTM EXC520 - see avatar (& the ducati)
KTM EXE525 still got it and .....
Ducati 999 05 - bloody sublime.

That's all folks.