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[Greybloke]

Sorry if this has been done before, but thought it would be interesting to see what path led you to ducatiship

Here's mine starting in 1974!

H O N D A - SS50
H O N D A - CJ250T
Y A M A H A - DT125
H O N D A - CB350
H O N D A - CB900F
H O N D A - VF1000R
H O N D A - CB900F (again)
H O N D A - ST1100 Pan (eek)
B M W - K1
H O N D A - VFR750
Ducati - 750SS
T R I U M P H - Daytona 900
H O N D A - CBR1000F
Y A M A H A - YZF1000 Thunderace
BMW - R1100S
BMW - K1200LT
BMW - GS1150
H O N D A - CBR1100XX Superblackbird
B E N E L L I - Tornado TRE
DUCATI - 749 Dark

Now I review this lot, I have mad some bazzare purchaces


What have you owned?

[Lily]

CR80
KX125

Then a few years later i passed my test and bought..

CBR600 which i then had an impulse moment and part exed for delilah my
748r

so pretty limited on the bike front, i went stylish as soon as i could

[TP]

Originally posted by Greybloke
Here's mine starting in 1974!

I was born in 1975 ....

Well my bike ownership started in 1994:

Suzuki Across (GSX-250 - the one with the helmet compartment in place of the tank and the fuel tank ran under the seat, with the filler above the brake light)

BSA C12

1981 Z1000

ZZR-600

VTR 1000

996 (Current)

Monster 620 (Current)

[Rushjob]

Right then...... a potted history of 25 years of bikes wot I have had.......
Honda CB125T - Bought brand new in 1980 16.5 bhp & 16000 rpm ( revved to Nippon Seiki at the bottom ofthe clocks! )
Passed my test on that in 1981 and quickly bought...
Honda CB400/4 F2 - Lovely bike - used to draw circles on the floor with the exhaust collector when you felt like it......
Triumph Bonneville T140V US spec - loved this bike till some low life nicked it...
Anyhow, I then bought a Honda CB650Z which bored me witless for 3 months so that led to
Benelli 654 Sport...what a bike! Had great fun upsetting GPZ550 Unitrack riderswho thought they were the dogs danglies till my little beastie went under them on the Stoke ring road roundabouts.
I kept this one for years, only passing it on in 1993. It had a stable mate from 1984 in the shape of a
Moto Guzzi 850 T3 Cali...this old girl built in 1977 did starship mileage over the next 14 years - although the speedo cables broke with regularity it recorded over 120,000 miles in my hands....no car you see!
Ah well,the times were a-changing & my better half asked me if I wanted a new(ish) bike....
Ducati 900ssie...9 months old when I bought it...superb bike but neck injury from work meant that the forward riding position gave me too much pain so she went to be replaced by a...
Ducati ST2 which suprised many a 748 / 916 rider!
Kept that one for 3 years but a mate mentioned he'd seen an ST4S up for sale for a good price so I bought my current ride as a 40th birthday pressie to meself.
Andy

[GsxrAge]

I'm 33 and been riding big bikes scince i was 19



rm50

2x yam 80s

dt50
rd125

1987 cbr600 (first big bike)

1994 cbr 600 new

1996 cbr600 new

1996 gsxr750 new

1996 yamahahahaha thunder cat new

1996 cbr600 new (again)

1988 nc 30

1998 gsxr 600 srad

1997 916 bp

2001 996 bp


Think that's it lol

[Edited on 12-2-2005 by AGE996]

[AK]

Me:
1978 - 79 Suzuki AP50 - sold
1979 - 80 Honda CB125J - seized twice
1980 (one month) Honda Superdeam 250 - crashed & totalled
1980 - 1987 Suzuki 750 & at same time had GS550 - sold both

1987 - 1998 Lay off due to 'off' keeping me in hospital for 7 months & then being on own with small child/short of dosh/too much work/no time

Then
Sept 98 - Mar 02: Kwak Zephyr 550 -sold
Mar 02 - Jan 04:Monster 750ie - traded up
Jan 04 - present: Monster 1000sie

am now banned from 'shopping' in Ducati shops

Alan says it will take all night to list what he had had, as he is quite old and has had a number of bikes, so the post would be quite long! First bike was as a 14yr old in late 1970
Suffice it to say: he only had his first Ducati in 2003 - when he brought the bits for the 'project'.
This was mainly done because he liked the people who he met on the Ducati's via both clubs - and had done Kwaks 'to death' as projects & dragsters.

CK

[Edited on 11-2-2005 by CK and AK]

[SPS]

Started riding in 1967!!
Bonneyville 3 years - Norton Com 4years.
Got married could not afford bike and car - bike goes
Back on bikes early 90 GPZ600 - L3 Ninja 750 - P1 Ninja 750 a great bike. TDM 850 - R1 - 748SPS Fan bloody tastic bike.
Now ride a lovely 996 Red Bull Replica ( one of twenty produced in UK). It's a bit of a beastie - but I do luv it.
Cheers
SPS

[rcgbob44]

1. Hondo 50
2. BSA Gold Star Clubman
3. kawasaki H1E
4. 1975 Ducati 750 Sport
5. Laverdao 180 Jota
6. Ducati 998s Monoposto

[MarkyMark76]

1. BigRed
2. Fourtrax 450
3. DR400

4. CBR600FX
2. 748S

[madmav]

Zundap 50
ajs 500 stormer
Ducati 60 (wish i had it now!!!!)
Bsa bantam
honda 90
" " 70
"" 50
velocette le 200

then school age
yamaha ss50 sixteener special first of the fizzies
my youth
GT380 suzuki
H2 500 kwack
H1 750 tripple kwack
S1 350 kwack
RD 250 with 400 barrels on would wheelie to the end of the world and back

got married kids, time off !

got divorced, kids older
GPz 900
Gpz 1100

92 fire blade
95 fire blade
200 fireblade
98 R1
Hayabusa
gixxer thou
Ducati 996

mavs BLING machine

Bankrupt