Biking question?
 

How long have you been a biker and what bikes have you owned along the way?

I'll start:

11 years

1st: Kawasaki KE100 in green
2nd: Kawasaki ZZR250 in purple
3rd: Honda RVF400 in red/white/blue
4th: Honda CBR600 (Ex TT Production Bike) in red/black
5th: Yamaha R6 in blue/white
6th: Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird in blue
7th: Yamaha R1 2002 model in black/silver
8th: Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird (bought back my old bike)
9th: Yamaha R1 2004 model in black/titanium
10th: Ducati 748E 2001 model in yellow

5 years

1st: Aprilia RSV1000
2nd: Ducati 749S
3rd: Apriia RS250

28 years (I'm 32½)

1st: anything I could get my hands on!
2nd: Puch Maxi - don't take the ****, it was cool. OK.
3rd: C70
4th: GP100
5th: GSX250
6th: CBR600
7th: Blade
=7th: C90 - yep, in full 1 piece leathers!
=7th: H100 - winter hack, got tea-leafed at the start of winter.
=7th: KMX200
10th: 996

28 years

1st = FS1E
2nd = DT175
3rd = GS550
4th = GS1000 ( very trick )
House
5th = 750 Paso
6th = 900ss
7th = 748
8th = 748R

1st-N.S.U Quickly(3 speed)
2nd-Honda C B 125S
3rd- Yamaha R D 350 B
4TH-Honda C D 175
5th-Suzuki G T 380 B
6th-Kawasaki S 2 350
7th-Gilera S P 180
8th-Aprilia R S 250
9th-Honda V T R .Firestorm
10th-Ducati 748R
11TH-Yamaha R 1.

and 33 years

P S .I've still got S2,748R and R 1.

5 Years

1) Aprilia Rs 125
2) Ducati 748e
3) Suzuki Rgv

Still got them all except the Rs

1. Yamaha RD 50 MX
2. Suzuki GP 100
3 . Yamaha Y80 ( past my test on!!)
4. Yamaha RD 125 LC
5. Yamaha RD 250 LC
6. Suzuki GSXR 750 M
7. Honda CBR 900 (1992)
8. Honda CBR 900 (1997)
9. Honda CBR 900 (1999)
10 Ducati 996 Bp(2000)
11 Ducati 748 E (2001)
12. Ducati 999s (2003)
13. Ducati 999R (2004)

that list brought back a few memories..............


not bad for 16 years though...

[Edited on 5-7-2005 by nathanhu]

20 years with rough years of ownership

1985 Puch Maxi (Yellow & Chrome)
1986 C70
86 DT100 - air cooled
86-88 DT175 - air cooled
88 - 90 AR 125
91-93 FZR 600
92 -93 XJ 600
During this break I went to Hong Kong, bought my first house, filed for divorce (Divorce cost me 2 years salary :o ).
98 ZX 6R
99 Blade
00 R1
02 R1 (pre FI)
05 - present DT125R
04 - present 748

[Edited on 5-7-2005 by Mr_S]

22 years

1 moped
2 GP 100
3 GS 250
4 RD350 LC
5 GPZ550
6 GPZ 750
7 GPX600
8 GPZ900R
9 GSXR 750 (OIL COOLED)
10 GSXR750WN (WATER COOLED)
11 CBR 900R (BLADE)
12 DUCATI 900SSIE
13 999 BIP

26 years

Road bikes
Yamaha FS1E
Honda CB250RS
Yamaha XJ550
Yamaha TZR250
Ducati Darmah :)
Yamaha FJ1200
Ducati TL600
Ducati 900SS

Race bikes
Yamaha RD250LC
Yamaha TZ125
Suzuki GSX750R (85)
Rotax 600 single
Yamaha TZ250 :)

Trials bikes
Yamaha TY250
Montessa 311:)

1978 - 79 Suzuki AP50
1979 Honda CB125J
1980 - 81 Honda 250 Superdream
1980 Puch maxi (3 months commuting, when crashed the dream)
1981 - 1986 Suzuki 750 kettle - never broke down, ner ner the knockers!:P
in between, borrowed anything my brothers had (3 bruvs)mostly Kwaks, but had small daughter
2000 - 02 Kwak Zephyr 550
2002 - 04 Ducati Monster 750ie
2004 - Monster 1000sie

cant list AK's cos would take forever I think.................
He is now down to 3 'running legal' bikes at last tho

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.

41 years

Suzuki KH80
Kawa A1SS 250
Kawa A7
Some box stuff like a 63 BSA Clubman
Suzuki GSX400E
Suzu GSX550E
Honda CBX400
Yamadog DX125
Yamadog DT125
Yamadog DT200
Gilera 500 Saturno
Gilera 500 Saturno (first one back ended)
Duck 93 750SS
Duck ST4Sabs

among others

30 years riding.

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.

Sports Tourers 3 VFR's 3 Triumphs, Firestorm, Yam FJ1200

Big Trail bikes, BM 1100GS. Varadero

20 real dirt bikes.

The odd pile of old British scrap.

5 Ducatis ST4, ST4s, Multi, 996SPS, 996R.

35 years,

memorable ones

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.

25 years plus (i'm only 38 tho :frog: )

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!! :rolleye:

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

Nearly 12 years or so on bikes.

1st: '91 Suzuki Across (GSX-250)
2nd: '81 Kawasaki Z1000
3rd: '5? BSA C12
4th: '96 Kawasaki ZZR-600
5th: '99 Honda VTR-1000 Firestorm
6th: '00 Ducati 996 (Is for sale)
7th: '03 Ducati Monster 620ie

26yrs and rising

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):D
11th: Ducati S4R:cool:

26 years since I was 16;

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!!)

Keith

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!

Just 9 years for me :-

1. Ducati 900 Superlight
2. Ducati 748 BP
3. Ducati 996 SPS
4. Suzuki TL1000S (the less said the better)
5. Ducati 900 Superlight
6. Ducati 888 SP4

Still have 3. and 5. and 6.

25 years with some gaps

1. honda C90 for off roading with mates occasional ride to Chippy
2. Suzuki AP50 - Happy days
3. Honda VT 250 - junk
4. Suzuki GS500E- reliable and thats about it
5. Ducati ST 4 - happy as a dog with two todgers

If i had space i would have a multistrada as well

6 years so far

1. '94 Duc 750ss

2. '96 Yamaha Thundercat

3. 2000 Triumph Daytona 955i

4. '93Duc 888

Still have 3 & 4........and probably will have for very long time

16 years

1. H0nda MT5
2. H0nda NSR125R
3. Kawasaki GPZ500S
4. Kawasaki KR1 250
5. Cagiva Mito125 ltd edition in black (cos its faster)
6. Kawasaki ZXR400L4
7. Kawasaki ZXR7R P2
8. Yamaha R1
9. H0nda SP1
10. Husqvarna TE610E Supermoto

Gee, this is really the place for you MBS !

Not a ducati in sight.......

1988 Ar50
1989 Ar125
1989 Kr1s
1991- 95 Rg500
1991 - 2000 Gsx400
1995 - 2000 zxr750
2000 - 2002 Trumpet Daytona
2003 -> ZZR600 (for sale very soon)
2003 -> 748s
2005 -> ??? Monster S4 or ST4S???

LOL not really but its always good to have another point of veiw on a site! and ive done a few track days with DSC members in the past through VD

But i did slip in a cagiva who at the time owned Ducati or vice versa!:eureka:

jesus !!


theres some old ones here !!

was the wheel even invented back in those black and white days ???!!!

:lol::lol::lol:

Oi! I'm only 29 ... for a few more months anyway.

yes but it was 18" and very narrow;)

Well I'll add my vast (not) biking selection.

Riding 7 years

ZX6R - G1 which was replaced with...
ZX6R - G1 wrote the 1st one off, smashed myself up big time
996Bp
998S Bostrom
999R

And a CR250 for winter

Small list by all accounts

I'm still 17, its just my body doesn't know that :)

Great Question

22 years - bloodly hell I,m old

83-DT 50
84-CB125s
85-RD125LC&DT175
86-RD250
89-RD350LC
90-TZR125
91-FZ750
92-FZR600
93-FireBlade
94-FZR750RR
96-Fireblade
R1
RSV-R
VFR-800
04 - Fireblade - VFR 800
05-999r & Pan Euro

:saint::saint:

Thanks guys for all the posting, I love this question, I also think tells you a lot about peoples tastes in bikes.

I know that I'm now sticking with Ducati for the long haul, I also think that so long as I can afford too I would like to keep my bikes from now on.

At least the 748 and I think I would like a 999 next but thats a million miles away yet as I'm skint and have a lot I want to do to the 748 first.

Plus get a new set of leathers (always expensive!!)

13 years would of been longer if the law let you start younger
yamaha DT50
yamaha RD125LC
honda 400 4
kawasaki KR1S
yamaha TZR250 RC
suzuki RGV250 M
honda NC30
honda NSR250 MC28
ducati 900SS
ducati 748SP
ducati 996SP

17 years (31 now"Wow" I hear you all shout "You look so young and youthfull")

Got taught to ride on a Honda MB-5
DT 50 Field bike
RM 125
Yamaha Townmate (1st road bike @16)
Kwak AR50/80
KX100 (Big wheel version)
GT 250 Got given it
RD 350 Kenny Roberts one (Prob worth a forture now)
CR 500
YZ 250
ZXR 750
996 Bip
Monster S4

37 years

1968 Honda 50
1960 BSA Gold Star Clubmans
1973 Kawasaki H1E
1975 Ducati 750 Sport
1983 Laverda 180 Jota - still got it!
2002 Ducati 998s Mono - still got it
2002 Aprilia RSV R - still got it but trying to sell it......................only 5.2K- SOLD!

Forgot to add Puch Maxi - a damn fine machine.

[Edited on 2-9-2005 by rcgbob44]

15 yrs

dt 5o
RD 125
CBR600
CBR600
CBR600
GSXR750WT
THUNDERCAT:rolleye:
CBR600
NC30
GSXR600
ducati916
Ducati996

Well, I can't resist. I pick up my new toy next week :D

8th: '02 Ducati 998R

Now I really need to sell my 996 ... best I think about an ad.

TP

You must put some pictures up of the 998R when you get it, I still think that its the ultimate Duke!