First bike BSA 175 bantam Hornchurch car adome all day every day petrol 50p a gallon
First road bike B Line fizz 74mph A127 rebuilding again this week lad
First off road bike CR125 Honda now that’s what I call a power band, or I thought it was till I got the
Maddest 2 stroke off road Yamaha air cooled YZ 400 C, still got the scares on me elbows form flipping that bas***d, then started to race it, O what fun.
Raced AMCA till the late 1980s

In 1989 I went back to road bikes with a GSXR 750K Vance and Hinds pipe, engine tuned by SST, dragons, mad Sunday now were talking, Track days steering dapper recommend from now on.

1993 Blade yoshi pipe, engine tuned SST, just gone supersonic. I loved that bike it would show
170mph on revit strait, and made a mockery of fox eyes and every thing else over the next few years

The first model R 1, I took to SST, and things just got out off hand now, I just can’t keep up with this bike, its just plain scary, 168 bhp on the RRT dyno, so I don’t need a new 1000 jap bike !

I have been very lucky on bikes but not so lucky racing windsurfers and ended up with my leg in plaster for the best part of Two years, Two smashed disks, a dislocated shoulder, crack ribs, broken ankles. 42Knots best recorded speed, was it worth it ? Foo**in right it was.

Anyway I packed all that dangerous stuff up and came back to bikes.
Doing it on a duke now and am really enjoying riding it so far, looking forward to a long warm summer meeting some of you lot,not getting nicked and having a blast on some of our best tracks.

New ground braking Model bikes are better because they are designed to capture markets, not just to maintain their market share. 916 996 998 ten years, fire blade ten years, R1 ten years? But to be honest any bike is fun even its because its so bad it makes you laugh. Rally Wisp

The bike now Honda 600 RR with a pipe and tune, sweet, sweet, sweet, handling fun, I was back at school in the girls bike sheds. If you haven’t ridden one of these bikes just treat your self to a test ride and tell me I am wrong. Lester Harrises road bike was the repsol one on his stand at ally pally, guess what he likes his to.
:frog:
My Age, same as Franky

[Edited on 12-2-2005 by ericthered40]

[Edited on 12-2-2005 by ericthered40]

hardly any by many standards...35, riding since 13...test passed at 26 after 3 attempts (to those who have seen me ride this wont be a surprise!!)


Suzi ts50
Suzi ts50 (newer model)
Suzi ts100
Kwak ar80
Yam rd125 (first proper road legal bike - 17th bday - and wheelied off the power)
mtx125


BIG BREAK! 6 years


Suzi gt550 triple
nonda 250 dream
nonda 250 dream (2 so clearly a glutton for punishment!!)
a old bag of bolts which just about ran but cant remember the mane (think early kwak with suzi bits fitted!


break....year or 2


gpx250 (passed test !!!!!)
zxr400l3 (want another one of those!!) (25k miles commutting on this baby!)


another break.....year or 2


748e
916sps (best of the lot and a dream come true;))

next.....:puzzled::puzzled:

Got you all thinking now:sing:

Rocker is by far th ewinner so far.....

BTW I'm 47, with 20 bikes over 31 years, so a poor average by some standards.

What were your best bikes ( apart from your most recent of course) Mine was the The VFR750 fantastic bike, great build quality, plenty of performance, and looks....graet. My VF1000R was also a great ride, sound, speed, looks, only let down by an inadequate frame, how did they race these?

Not forgetting my first bike SS50 in red, thought I was so cool, flat out everywhere, max about 45mph, but it was like a grown up bike i.e. 4 stroke. All my mates had 2 strokes, which all self destructed in time. Love those days. :burn:

You are never old enough to have been riding in 78 Charlotte:lol:

Velocette Li? scooter type thing
Suzuki TS 50
Lambreta 125
Serveta 150
Suzuki GT125

Big break cause girls wouldn’t get on the back of a bike!

Harley sportster
Yamaha Thunderace
Triumph T140v
Ducati 748
Triumph Speed triple
Ducati 916
Honda VFR
Honda VTR SP1
Kawasaki KLR 650
Norton Commando e/s
BSA starfire
Honda VFR vtec
Ducati 916

Mmmm what next?

passed test in 77
SUK GT185
GT380
GS550E
TRIUMPH BONNIE 69 Never agian
married=car=kids=bike break
now
GuzziLeMans IV
900SL
888ST

FANTASY LIST
NC30
SUK RG500
ORIGINAL 900 92 SL
888SPS WHO WOULDNT
KWAK 750 TRIPLE 2ST
Z900
:roll:

Here we go 24 riding 7 years,

Cb100
H100
Vfr 400 (NC24)
Hornet 600

Now 748s :D:D

Rocker, respect is due..amazing list!
Mine less so..

1986 - Honda CB100 (fell to bits)

Then lots of cars.

1998 - Vespa PX125E

1999 - Vespa PX200E

2001 - Kawasaki ZX-6R

2004 - Ducati 996S

39 years old now - overweight, grey hair, but trying to make up for all those wasted, bikeless years.:(

[Edited on 13-2-2005 by ils]

1982 - FS1E-DX, fitted big bore, Micron etc
1983 - GP100, bought with known knackered big end & rebuilt motor
1984 - RD200DX, Allspeeds, usual porting skimming, pile of pistons & cranks etc.
1985 - RD250LC, fitted 350 topend,twin brakes, Allspeeds etc: wheely good fun.
10 years without bike:puzzled:
1997 - RZV500R (ally frame ver of RD500LC V4 2stroke) - kept standard & still got it.
2001 - 748 BIP
2002 - 853 kit on in same 748 BIP
2004 - 916 motor in same 748 BIP

Too many years not enough bikes:sing:

Tiger cubs (various)

Tiger 90

Triumph Speed Twin:(

Triumph Thunderbird

Triumph TR5

Montesa Cotas x2

Vincent Comet

Velo Venom

Enfield Constellation

MZ 250

Hon unrecognised word XL185

BSA A65:(

78 Bonneville

BMW R75

BMW R100Rs

BMW K100RS

900SS

748BP

St2

748R

St4s