Which one do you really miss?

[blackdog]

I dug a picture out for 98tls to show him the bars I had on a Bandit a few years ago. I actually got a little bit emotional over the old thing.

There are 2 more I still wish I had been able to keep to this day. Not that GSF quite as much, even though it was an exceptional machine but it made me recall a couple of others.

(Apart from the 'j' of course, I still got that one.)

The 955i (in White Trash's words) was a fucking animal, and I can't disagree with that. Even thinking about the rides I had on it still give me wood.

When I was seventeen and had my first proper full time job I bought a 750 four. It was rubbish and I got rid of it for a Dominator that was well older.

Wish I still had that old Norton.

So, ladies and jellybeans. Pictures obviously are encouraged, which ones do you really wish you still had closeted in the garage's corner?

[mossy1200]

BMWR1200s missed

[robinm]

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The Steve Roberts TR500 I had in 1980, the Kawasaki H2B I had in 1981. the ex Randy Mamola TZ250 I had in 1981, the GT750K I had in 1977, the Honda CX500Turbo I had in 1984, all the DS7's R5's and RD250/350's I owned in the '70's. And probably more i I think about it. 286141286143

[roogazza]

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Yamaha 66 YDS3 Kawasaki Mach 4 Two out of Fifty I've owned.

[blackdog]

BMWR1200s missed

That's cream right there.

[blackdog]

[]

The Mamola TZ would surely now be priceless.

[robinm]

Because I regret selling the bikes mentioned above, wishing I had had the forethought to bury them away, I have decided that I will never sell this. I don't ride it any more due to an injury to my leg a couple of years ago, but I like looking at it in the shed.
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[blackdog]

[.

Actually reminded me of GPZ750 I had. Wouldn't mind that one back either. The pop up headlight Katana too, now that I think about it.

[blackdog]

]

I'm keeping the 'j' for the same reason. It may be many moons before I ride it again but it's a keeper.

Nice machine man.

[robinm]

The Mamola TZ would surely now be priceless.

Yeah, shame I wrecked it, sold the TZ motor to a go kart guy and fitted a RD350 motor. This was before I learned the history of it.
It was the TZ that Randy damaged badly at Wanganui in 1974. Before that he had had a major engine blow up, and was given another motor for it by John Boote, on condition that when he got back to the states he would send his spare motor out to John, which he did. (john told me this just last year when I was talking to him). At the end of this summer season here, Randy went back to the states, leaving the damaged TZ here. It was repaired and went thru a few NZ owners, exactly who I am not sure, although I understand Lynsday Williamson was one of them.
I bought it from Blair Carpenter motorcycles, although at the time I worked for Doug Cresswell Suzuki and there was a TZ350 in stock there at the time, but the 350 was too dear for me.
I raced that little TZ for a season at ruapuna, I loved it.

[Gremlin]

2004 ZX-10R. The next model was a bit of a pussycat, but this one was crazy.

<a href="http://s210.photobucket.com/user/_Gremlin/media/2004%20ZX-10R/DSC_1723_DXO.jpg.html" target="_blank"><img src="http://i210.photobucket.com/albums/bb236/_Gremlin/2004%20ZX-10R/th_DSC_1723_DXO.jpg" border="0" alt=" photo DSC_1723_DXO.jpg" style=""></a>

[unstuck]

My xr600r, still miss it. I had more fun and good times on that thing than any other bike I have had. One of the dumbest things I ever did was sell that.:crybaby:

Still got the xl250 in the background though.:headbang::headbang:

[Road kill]

It's easier to recall the odd couple I wouldn't like to still own than it is to remember all those I'd love to still own.

[Smifffy]

The RD350LC. By the time I got it, it had been well thrashed, and was fairly poked. Still, if I knew then what i know now, I would have held on to it, and lavished some time and $$ on it.

[pzkpfw]

The RD350LC. By the time I got it, it had been well thrashed, and was fairly poked. Still, if I knew then what i know now, I would have held on to it, and lavished some time and $$ on it.

Ditto. But it was me did some of the damage to mine. Saw it in a shop when I came back from my OE. Had zero money. Had to walk on by.

Damn comfortable bike, just to mention something not said often.

[avgas]

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My 2001 FZ1 - I was dumb enough to sell her before going to Aus......at a loss......after spending $2K getting her dyno tuned.
Felt like a right moron.
Can't even buy one now for what I sold her for.

[T.W.R]

Put plainly this was brutal, least got the pleasure of knowing it's still going but had a :weep: moment seeing it at a rally some 12yrs after it went

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=51277&stc=1&thumb=1&d=1169115688

[Crasherfromwayback]

But these ones still make me sad I parted with them. For various diff reasons. The 79 CR250 because it's the most pristine example of the most gorgeous production moto-x bike ever made I've ever seen. The GPZ1100 because it was my first big road bike and the first time I ever road raced anything (Gracefield). The KR1SP because Mark Boyle and myself made them here in Wellington to compete with the faster RGV's aand NSR's and I won the NZ250 TT title on it in 1991. The YZ465 because it's a YZ465...sadly I never got to race it. The RS250 because it's quite simply WITHOUT a doubt the most amazing thing I've EVER ridden or raced. Sadly I only got to race it four times before having to sell it. And the mighty Z1RTC!!!??? Well...not much can be said about that raving sick fuck right off lesbian of a bike. It was forever on the rag. But fuck me...it was a life changing experience to ride that thing on big boost numbers.

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[MIXONE]

If it only had to be two 1974 Triumph TR5T and 1978 CBX1000.

[gammaguy]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=286181&d=1376234505&thumb=1
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I don't really miss any of my diesels except maybe my Cagiva 650 GT I raced quite successfully for a few years(750F1 rattleclutch and cams,big wheels etc)and possibly my NZ250...that was a fun little bike right there

Otherwise I kept the ones I know I would miss...still ride em..still love em

I miss all those strokers I sold though.....

[F5 Dave]

I keep bikes a fair while & by then I'm often over them. My YZF750SP I'll probably get nostalgic for, but not yet. My RZ350FU is up there.

Last year I had to sell My GasGas TXT200 Trials bike to raise fund. I miss that.

Also my first bike; PE175 I went 1/2 with a mate & only got to ride it once or twice before it was stolen from his house never to be seen again. I miss that one.

Strangely (well not really) I don't have electronic pics of these except the foul stroke.

[BuzzardNZ]

My old GSX400X Impulse. It was my first fast bike and have a lot of fond memories of it ( apart from the shitty electrics ).

[roogazza]

But these ones still make me sad I parted with them. For various diff reasons. The 79 CR250 because it's the most pristine example of the most gorgeous production moto-x bike ever made I've ever seen. The GPZ1100 because it was my first big road bike and the first time I ever road raced anything (Gracefield). The KR1SP because Mark Boyle and myself made them here in Wellington to compete with the faster RGV's aand NSR's and I won the NZ250 TT title on it in 1991. The YZ465 because it's a YZ465...sadly I never got to race it. The RS250 because it's quite simply WITHOUT a doubt the most amazing thing I've EVER ridden or raced. Sadly I only got to race it four times before having to sell it. And the mighty Z1RTC!!!??? Well...not much can be said about that raving sick fuck right off lesbian of a bike. It was forever on the rag. But fuck me...it was a life changing experience to ride that thing on big boost numbers.


That's a neat little bike crasher. It's funny how some stick in your head ? My H2 had mostly pleasant memories, apart from nearly ending it all for me! But I remember winning at Gracefield on it and then a week later selling it for $1200 !!!!! and entering the police college. A busy couple of weeks in 1973.

[avgas]

Also my first bike; PE175 I went 1/2 with a mate & only got to ride it once or twice before it was stolen from his house never to be seen again. I miss that one.
I miss my TS185. I wish I never pulled it apart - after that I went to uni......2 years of it being apart dad gave it to some kids down the road.

I actually wish I had it now, twin shockers are just fun.

[Crasherfromwayback]

That's a neat little bike crasher. It's funny how some stick in your head ? My H2 had mostly pleasant memories, apart from nearly ending it all for me! But I remember winning at Gracefield on it and then a week later selling it for $1200 !!!!! and entering the police college. A busy couple of weeks in 1973.

Yeah that's a sample pic, as I couldn't be arsed making an old pic digital. But yeah...I hear ya! I'd like an H2 actually...

[Kornholio]

My GSXR750K I miss... that thing would flex and get massive headshake and was brutal through the twisties but it used to piss all over my mates ZXR750 H1(except on hi speed sweepers where his was more stable).

Armco barrier sent that to a wreckers and I skinned my knee :/

[DMNTD]

Mixed feeling looking back at some of the bikes. Odd reasons as to why I miss each one too

[Kornholio]

Mixed feeling looking back at some of the bikes. Odd reasons as to why I miss each one too

You wrote half of them off you numpty :p

[DMNTD]

You wrote half of them off you numpty :p

Just one of those...trucks are hard and unsympathetic to Ducatis dang it

now back to work with you...oh :whistle:

[Kornholio]

Just one of those...trucks are hard and unsympathetic to Ducatis dang it

now back to work with you...oh :whistle:

Did you run out of bandwidth posting up the rest? <_<

[DMNTD]

Did you run out of bandwidth posting up the rest? <_<

lol no I have a job so plenty of bandwidth. :sunny:
This thread was about the ones I missed the most :niceone:

[Kornholio]

lol no I have a job so plenty of bandwidth.
This thread was about the ones I missed the most

Giggidy... The Harley Ferguson gets cranked up next week so no more beersies for me :/

Back on topic.... I briefly had a GSXR750 H too which has just been done up but some old bugger pulled out in front of me so I didn't get the chance to get attached to it :wacko:

[F5 Dave]

From the dent in the back of the tank perhaps you got too attached to it.

Nice 'ullet.

[Kornholio]

From the dent in the back of the tank perhaps you got too attached to it.

Nice 'ullet.

Yerp she was a pelvis-breaker alrighty then...

[Maha]

My 02' Triumph Sprint.
Though, when I did a similar thread, it was my Thundercat, but I had not sold the Triumph at that stage. http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php/79616-Soft-spot

[fridayflash]

for me it'd have to be the gt250x7 and rd350lc i owned aged 16 to 18, so many good memorys of those bikes..always two up carrying booze to partys:shit:

no photos sadly

[Crasherfromwayback]

carrying booze to partys:shit:



Reckon. My Z1R was good for 2 doz Steinies on the gas tank it was so flat.

[fridayflash]

i did the crate on the tank thing a few times, but mostly it was dozens of tui or db...maybe rheinech of joseph kutze if that weasel piss was on special<_<

a mate of mine had a savagely modified gt250x7 and took great pride in pulling fully vertical wheelies whenever he left an intersection (pillions were a bonus ..as balast) one night i was on the back when he did it..and i was holding the booze, went straight off the back...but was saved by a combination of the indicators wedging behind me knees and my feet under his footpegs...bastard!

sorry...back on topic!

[fridayflash]

The RD350LC. By the time I got it, it had been well thrashed, and was fairly poked. Still, if I knew then what i know now, I would have held on to it, and lavished some time and $$ on it.

look what they go for now? :angry: $4000 for what it call a roughy, mine was really mint when i got it and sadly i was the mongrel who wrecked it in the longrun, last time i saw it was leaning against a shed out by a marae, rotting..that was 20 years ago

as the other guy said they were bloody comfy too!

[Smifffy]

look what they go for now? :angry: $4000 for what it call a roughy, mine was really mint when i got it and sadly i was the mongrel who wrecked it in the longrun, last time i saw it was leaning against a shed out by a marae, rotting..that was 20 years ago

as the other guy said they were bloody comfy too!

Only place I really see em for sale now days is on ebay UK. Typically 5-6k POUNDS.

[fridayflash]

poms always had the hottest lc's stan stephens was the man eh

[pete-blen]

Not sure I miss it...
But it's the one I would have back , 1975 Suzuki RE5...
Closely followed by the Kawasaki S3 400 Triple...
The 1100 kat & TD3 would also be up there...

[Crasherfromwayback]

Not sure I miss it...
But it's the one I would have back , 1975 Suzuki RE5...
Closely followed by the Kawasaki S3 400 Triple...
The 1100 kat & TD3 would also be up there...

Did you see the BRAND NEW RE5 on Ebay the other week mate? And yeah...the S3 was prob the best of the triples as an all round package I reckon. 1100 Kat too please!

[blackdog]

Did you see the BRAND NEW RE5 on Ebay the other week mate? And yeah...the S3 was prob the best of the triples as an all round package I reckon. 1100 Kat too please!

How many testes do you have to pay for a brand new RE5 nowadays?

[Crasherfromwayback]

How many testes do you have to pay for a brand new RE5 nowadays?

Can't recall what the bidding got to...but it didn't reach reserve. Don't think it was that high.

[The Reibz]

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The old FZR1000, picked it up for 1200 bucks before I decided it just wasnt enough power....

[Crasherfromwayback]

The old FZR1000, picked it up for 1200 bucks before I decided it just wasnt enough power....

Yeah I've had two of them. Great bikes but need another gear.

[blackdog]

before I decided it just wasnt enough power....

So why do you miss it then dickhead?

[Rhubarb]

When I was an impressionable school boy this was my dream bike.
Posters of it convered my bedroom wall.
I drew pictures of it everywhere.
After working for a couple of years I bought one - one of the happiest motorbike days of my life.
YZ125
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This was a beast of a trials bike.
Montessa COTA 348
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[Crasherfromwayback]

This was a beast of a trials bike.
Montessa COTA 348
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Strewth. I can well imagine a 348 would be!

[Big Dave]

No machine melancholy here.

I do miss a skid in the Bombay Hills at lunch time.

[mossy1200]

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The old FZR1000, picked it up for 1200 bucks before I decided it just wasnt enough power....

I miss mine also. Had lotsa power. Costa a little more than 1200 to find it though. Wouldn't mind it back. I could get it back but I shouldn't.

[Wingnut]

I miss my RSV4... Well I will some day...

Mis my old M109. Never should've sold it. Was fun have a blat on every now and then. Till you get to the twist:no:ies

[Oblivion]

Sucks to be a youngin and missing out on all of the awesome bikes that you guys had during the 60's and onwards. The only bikes that I've been through are a GN, and the GPz. And no-one says that they miss having a GN. :shutup:

Well except maybe DL. But his is so far gone that you might as well not call it a GN anymore :crazy:

[mossy1200]

Sucks to be a youngin and missing out on all of the awesome bikes that you guys had during the 60's and onwards. The only bikes that I've been through are a GN, and the GPz. And no-one says that they miss having a GN. :shutup:

Well except maybe DL. But his is so far gone that you might as well not call it a GN anymore :crazy:

I had 2 gn250s. Not missing them.

I do miss the first posty I built and the bonny a bit also.

[Oblivion]

I had 2 gn250s. Not missing them.

I do miss the first posty I built and the bonny a bit also.

If I were to build something, I'd chuck a 6th Gen VFR800 engine into a Vintage frame and make myself a rad Cafe Racer. :Punk:

[blackdog]

No machine melancholy here.

I do miss a skid in the Bombay Hills at lunch time.

Well yeah, because you pretty much get to ride the cream of the crop for a living. Bastard.

There is at least one you wish you still had though aye. Spill it.

[Crasherfromwayback]

Spill it.

Izzzz XB12X I reckon.

[pete-blen]

Strewth. I can well imagine a 348 would be!

beats the hell out of me why they call them 348... in fact they are 306cc..
the next year up the Cota 349 is 349cc...

see the one in the pic is a MRR... Malcom Rathnell Replica... 1976 world champ
bugger thought I had the only 348 MRR... O well...

[Crasherfromwayback]

beats the hell out of me why they call them 348... in fact they are 306cc..
the next year up the Cota 349 is 349cc...

Crazy Spaniards! I rode Steffan Merrimans factory built TYZ250 and nearly shat my pants.

[Corse1]

I do miss the racing a lot but its wearing off. The triumph was a bloody good bike too! If I could add one more it would have been an XT500 30 years ago.

[pete-blen]

Crazy Spaniards! I rode Steffan Merrimans factory built TYZ250 and nearly shat my pants.


How about a TY500.....
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8656/ty500d4.png

http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4143/4952469276_18f124f0b2_b.jpg

[Crasherfromwayback]

How about a TY500.....
http://img201.imageshack.us/img201/8656/ty500d4.png

lol. Cool bike. But it'd be a heavy gutless pile of poo compared to the TYZ, as I'm sure you'd know. But I do like that because I'm a sick bastard.

[98tls]

My old green/black 500/4 would be the one i really would like to have back,many hours spent on the Summit road and Hundaless,loved that bike.

[pete376403]

Yeah I've had two of them. Great bikes but need another gear.

6 speed from the FZ750 goes right in. If you want a 6 speed fzr1000 there's one in my sons garage thats looking for a new home

[Grumph]

The only ones I wish I could have kept were the Manx and the Mach 3.

that Manx had won 3 NZ GP's and was a bloody good one.
I swear i've still got fingerprints on my ribs from the first time I stood the Kawasaki up with a girlfriend on the back.

[Crasherfromwayback]

6 speed from the FZ750 goes right in. If you want a 6 speed fzr1000 there's one in my sons garage thats looking for a new home

Yeah I hear that. And mate...if I had any spare money I'd ask you more about it. Thanks for the offer though. I'm hoping to do a road trip in the States next year. Buy either a slab side GSXR1100, or an FZR1000...use it, then crate it up and send it home.

[Crasherfromwayback]

I swear i've still got fingerprints on my ribs from the first time I stood the Kawasaki up with a girlfriend on the back.

Hahahaha...is she your wife now?

[pete-blen]

lol. Cool bike. But it'd be a heavy gutless pile of poo compared to the TYZ, as I'm sure you'd know. But I do like that because I'm a sick bastard.

They would be a pig.... The UK seems to be the only place yer seem them
think they were not built by yamaha....

[Fastmark]

poms always had the hottest lc's stan stephens was the man eh

Yes we did and he was!

I had a RD350LC YPVS which was used for everyday stuff, weekend blasts and toured on (quite quickly, more like a long distance race)which once it got a bit tired went off to Stan the man for a little TLC. Had to run it in again afterwards which was torture but once done by christ that thing shifted, and the frame flexed, the tires ran out of grip and it was an absolute blast, best fun bike I ever had

Wanders off into the distance looking for someone to bore the arse off about past 350 exploits......

[98tls]

The only ones I wish I could have kept were the Manx and the Mach 3.

that Manx had won 3 NZ GP's and was a bloody good one.
I swear i've still got fingerprints on my ribs from the first time I stood the Kawasaki up with a girlfriend on the back.

I grew up a few kms south of the Hundaless in Nth Canterbury,all the guys that worked for the old man had bikes but to cut a long story short i once when young,dumb but eager stuck my hand up to ride a Mach 3 with absolutely no front brakes at all (not even lines) from Kaikoura to just Nth of Parnassus,i had never ridden a 2 stroke in my short life and still wonder how i didnt kill myself through the Hundaless,changing down seemed to result in going faster:wacko:compared to anything else i had ridden.One of lifes experiences for sure.;)The blokes that worked for the old fella fell about laughing when i related the trip home...

[Motu]

Sucks to be a youngin and missing out on all of the awesome bikes that you guys had during the 60's and onwards.

These days bikes become legends in their own life time, and others like 250's have an inflated value. Early '70's was the best time for bikes - the fading away of the British bikes, and the rise of Japanese and Italian bikes, everyone was on bikes. But old bikes were just old bikes, having the latest and greatest was what they wanted, old bikes were worth nothing. That was my world - I didn't want the new bikes (although I bought a couple of brand new ones), old stuff was what interested me. There was no rego, WoF or VIN bullshit - you could drag an old bike out of a shed that hadn't been on the road for 10 years, go to the Post Office and register, no problem.

One bike I always regret parting from was this 1964 Rickman Metisse, just an old out of date motocross bike - like these days saying a 2002 CRF250 wasn't worth riding. Put lights on it and ride it on the road, not a problem in 1975.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/scan0021.jpg

I don't really miss this one, but another example of a non road bike with lights registered and put on the road. In 1973 riders of RD350's looked down their nose at me, but I was laughing, they were wannabes, I was on the real thing.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/scan0027_zps39c9556c.jpg

But this is one I do miss and regret selling - the Honda XLV750.

http://i1009.photobucket.com/albums/af212/bmwr65/Awakino-2_zps5f9f02ce.jpg (http://s1009.photobucket.com/user/bmwr65/media/Awakino-2_zps5f9f02ce.jpg.html)

[mossy1200]

6 speed from the FZ750 goes right in. If you want a 6 speed fzr1000 there's one in my sons garage thats looking for a new home

Mine was good with 5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbsbMpV4wKk&list=UU9GeTTtI5fPSu3vSwBAhxLw&feature=player_detailpage

[george formby]

This was a beast of a trials bike.
Montessa COTA 348


I learned to ride on one of those. More accurately how not to get hurt falling off the back. There is a 247 on trade me.

Prolly the one bike that always comes back to haunt me was my DT 400, Stage 3 Stan Stephens tune. Only bike I've ever owned that I approached with a mixture of fear & exhilaration. It's still sat in boxes in a shed in Scotland with TDR 250 forks & brakes & a few other baubles waiting to have another day in the sun. Can't kill it.

[Big Dave]

I miss the stunting on a Buell. Any Buell though.

And no - no regrets - give me a new/next one any day.

[tigertim20]

cant find pics but the TZR 250 is one I miss a lot, that thing was heaps of fun!

[eden]

I would totally own another 1992 GSF250 Bandit Slingshot 16v. That thing was a f***** banshee. 18000rpm screamer, hit 180 before the carbs couldn't send enough fuel, and the thing was perfect in the corners! - always good fun and easy to get the older drivers angry. :mad::mad: ;)

Ignore the white trash backyard.
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[puddytat]

I miss this one.....

[Kornholio]

I would totally own another 1992 GSF250 Bandit Slingshot 16v. That thing was a f***** banshee. 18000rpm screamer, hit 180 before the carbs couldn't send enough fuel, and the thing was perfect in the corners! - always good fun and easy to get the older drivers angry. :mad::mad: ;)

Ignore the white trash backyard.
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Try a 1000... just saying....

[\m/]

I would totally own another 1992 GSF250 Bandit Slingshot 16v. That thing was a f***** banshee. 18000rpm screamer, hit 180 before the carbs couldn't send enough fuel, and the thing was perfect in the corners! - always good fun and easy to get the older drivers angry. :mad::mad: ;)

Ignore the white trash backyard.

I used to have a 2000 GSF250. Great little bike, but when I test rode a 750 after passing my full I just had to trade in the Bandit.

[Banditbandit]

None of them ... I sold them all for good reason - usually to buy a better bike ... and will continue to do so ...

There are reasons I don't ride the older bikes .. now we have better handling, better brakes, better motors ... and I don't have to be a mechanic any more - just a rider

I have no nostalgia for the past ... there's good reasons why it is the past ...

[Maha]

None of them ... I sold them all for good reason - usually to buy a better bike ... and will continue to do so ...

There are reasons I don't ride the older bikes .. now we have better handling, better brakes, better motors ... and I don't have to be a mechanic any more - just a rider

I have no nostalgia for the past ... there's good reasons why it is the past ...

The reason I sold my Sprint was because in one year I had spent $4324.56 on it.
My thought was '' when the fuck will this spending stop''? do I sell or keep it? Some said to keep it because of the new parts that were on it. Started looking around, saw the CB and my mind was made up.
Buying new from now on lessens the expenditure, ok initial outlay could be twice what I would want to spend on bike but it evens itself out in my opinion.

The Sprint still remains the bike I miss the most, the comfort/that Triple sound through the Neptune and the ease of riding it.

[Rhubarb]

see the one in the pic is a MRR... Malcom Rathnell Replica... 1976 world champ
bugger thought I had the only 348 MRR... O well...

The one in the pic isn't my actual bike. I owned it before digital camera's etc.

The pic is just one I found on Google images.

After the Montessa I also had one of these. It was heaps of fun (and 'old school')
I miss it because it was fun and easy to ride. It always started first time no matter how long I left it.
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I also owned 2 twin shock TY175's but I prefered the TLR.

[F5 Dave]

Well if we're allowed to post pictures of other people's bikes, here's sort of like my TXT200. Handled better than any other bike I've ridden. . .except for latter model Trial bikes I've ridden. Seriously. you think your bike handles well? give you a race through a tightly spaced pine forest section

[Madness]

The Sprint still remains the bike I miss the most, the comfort/that Triple sound through the Neptune and the ease of riding it.

Did it have Ohlins?

[Drew]

Every bike I've owned, with two exceptions. The exceptions are the 1984 GSX250 I had as my first bike, and the 2001 RSV1000 I swapped for my Hornet. Fuck the Aprilia was shit, slow, crap handling, ugly, and expensive to buy parts for. Why the fuck anyone would bother with them, I just don't know.

[Tony.OK]

Miss my 1st ever new bike, we learned together haha, got faster too. Turned her into a racer and we had lots of fun, then got ahead of myself and upgraded to the latest by ticking it up.......................end of racing came soon after from having no $$.

[mossy1200]

Every bike I've owned, with two exceptions. The exceptions are the 1984 GSX250 I had as my first bike, and the 2001 RSV1000 I swapped for my Hornet. Fuck the Aprilia was shit, slow, crap handling, ugly, and expensive to buy parts for. Why the fuck anyone would bother with them, I just don't know.

Agree I had one. I think it was 1999. Was new and 28k to buy. Must admit the sp1 I got after was a better bike.

[Flip]

My old 1963 tiger 100 cafe racer. The only bike I regret selling.

[scracha]

Hmm....my 86 VFR750. Toss up between the 98 TDM850 MK2 or the 1988 GPX600