Your bike list

[kro]

I'm just new, and always get a kick out of hearing about other peoples bikes they have owned, ever since they started riding. Please post up your lists, I love reading them.

In order from the beginning, and where I got them from.

RD250LC "J" model >> Bob Haldane Motorcycles
RG250FG >> Greenlane suzuki
GF250 (4 cyl) >> Greenlane Suzuki (purchased new)
GSX750ESD (yuk) >> Greenlane Suzuki
GSX400X impulse >> Greenlane Suzuki (purchased new)
GSXR750 >> Crosby's (Red Baron)
GSXR1100 >> Colemans Suzuki
FZ400 (awesome) >> Crosby's
KLR250 >> Private
GPZ750 >> Henderson motorcycles
FZR1000 >> Private
GSXR750 (current) >> Given to me !!!! (eat your heart out zeRax)
XR400 >> about to buy shortly

I think I missed one, you will see that I never owned a Honda.

[zadok]

1. Suzuki ER185
2. Honda CB250RS
3. Yamaha XZ550
4. Kawasaki Z750
5. Honda NTV650M Revere
6. Kawasaki 1000GTR (current bike)

[kro]

You covered all the major Japanese makes very quickly zadok, nice work.

[Zed]

This has been done before kronos, but I don't see the harm in doin it again seeing our membership continues to increase daily!

1980 Honda MB100
1989 Suzuki GSXR250
1992 Suzuki GSXR750WN
1995 Honda CBR900RR
1989 Honda CBR600F
1996 Kawasaki ZX-6R
2000 Honda CBR600F
1997 Honda CBR1100XX
Notice how I've owned a 5 Hondas, and from experience I can say they have been most reliable. :niceone:

[sAsLEX]

1.Honda XR250 84 private sale (sitting in Gargre)
2.Honda VTF250 found never went very well (sold for bits)
3.Honda MC22 CBR250 RR private sale (stolen)
4.Honda NC30 VFR400 private sale (sitting in Gargre)

and learnt to ride on dads Honda 175 thing and the Honda quad we had.

I seem to notice a theme.

plus would be nice if people say what happened to their rides

[kro]

man, you guys have all owned some trick rides, I feel quite out of place here....
I just found this too, I guess you guys have already seen it 800 times, but I thought this was a piece of artwork.
saslex, I see the theme too, but they are all pretty sweet bikes dude, nice list.

http://www.funmansion.com/html/Completely-Chrome-Bike.html

[k14]

1.) 1987 VT250F (First bike)
2.) 1991 CBR250RR (Second bike, sold to pay for racing)
3.) 1991 RS125 (Race bike)
4.) 1982 CB125 (Bucket).

4 hondas, next bike will either be an 06 R6 or a CBR600RR :niceone: oh yeah probably after i get a 2001 or so RS125

[DMNTD]

Heck...ouch gonna have to think now. A great list of mostly bollix/average condition 'til past 5 years

GT 750
XS1100
Z1000
z1000
CB900
Gs1000
GS1000
Z1100
FZR1000
TL1000s
TL1000s (current)

a couple more somewhere in there...all bought privately apart from my current bike-Colemans

[kro]

TL rider, was your XS1100 black?

[Indiana_Jones]

FXR150....yea that's it :crybaby:

-Indy

[DMNTD]

TL rider, was your XS1100 black?

Nah mate a white beast. Wasn't pretty but hell did it go-in a straight line! :devil2:
Dood before me had dropped it so a "bit" scarey to steer it.
Those were the days :mellow: Young 'n dumb :headbang:

[froggyfrenchman]

1. Yamaha Gemini
2. Suzuki gn250
3. Honda GB400
5. Hillbilly Deluxe (hot GL145 bucket bike)
4. Another GB400
5. '51 Triumph thunderbird
6. TL1000s (i hope!) :niceone:

[Motu]

1954 BSA Bantam
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35 yrs averaging two bikes a year
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.
1997 Yamaha DT230.

[Rhino]

1. 1966 Suzuki 50 stepthrough
2. 1967 Yamaha YL1 100cc two stroke twin (4 speed g/box)
3. 1967 Yamaha YL3 100cc two stroke twin (5 speed g/box)
4. 1967 Suzuki T20 250cc two stroke twin (first Suzuki with 6 speed g/box)
5. 1971 Yamaha DS7 250cc two stroke twin
6. 1972 Yamaha R5 350cc two stroke twin
7. 1973 Yamaha TX650 four stroke twin (stolen and finally recovered 3 years later)
8. 1972 Kawasaki S2 350cc two stroke triple (bought after bike 7 was stolen)
9. 1987 Kawasaki GT750 750cc four stroke inline four (current bike)
10. 1990 Honda Goldwing 1500cc four stroke six (current bike)

[cowboyz]

1. nifty 50 scooter
2. AG100
3. GS750
4. TF125 (NEVER BUY ONE OF THESE)
5. TT250
6. IT200 (2 smoker. great bike)
7. XR200
8. GPZ250
9. GSX600 (current)

My favourite trail bike would have been the TT. The GSX is definitely top of the list for my limited road bikes.

[scooterboynz]

1, kawasaki kdx200
2, honda vt250
3, suzuki 400 impulse
4, suzuki gsx 750 f
5, suzuki gsx-r 1100
6, suzuki rgv 250
7, kawasaki zxr 750
8, suzuki tl1000r
9, suzuki gsx-r 750k1
10, kawasaki zx10r (current bike)
11, daytona pocket bike (current bike)

[ducatilover]

86 gpz400r ninja [first bike and doomed project]
2004 gn250 [soon to be sold, got to be legal]
and on the next episode........
1990 honda bros650.....mmmmmmmmmmmv-twin :niceone: [first real bike when i get her]

[Bonez]

cj250, cb350 ratbike, cb400t, cb650c, gsx750ez, cx500, cb750fc2, cb550fa, BMW R65, Cb750 sohc, cb500 ratbike (scapped), c50, cb250rs(2- 1 scrapped for spares, see Cath), gsx750ex, cb250t(scrapped) and gb400. Still have the 6 of them. :drinkup:

[White trash]

RV90, KT250, A50, GT250, Jawa175, MVX250, MVX250, GSX400, XV750, MVX250, RGV250, RGV250 (with KX500 motor), X7, CB500-4 Chopper, XV750, RGV250SP, GSXR400SP, GSXR750 SRAD, GSXR600, SRX600 track bike, GSXR750G, GSXR1000K3, CG125, Daytona II.

[kro]

omg, RG250 with a KX500 motor, that would be lethal !!!!!

[Jamiepo]

OLD!! Honda CT90
1990 Suzuki TF125 Best bike ever super reliable crashed hundreds of times, my brother has it now and its still going hard!!
1992 Honda XR200 with 250 front end
1986 Honda CB400
1990 Yamaha SRX250 (Arrives tomorrow, YAY!!!)

[dangerous]

G5 80
CB125s
CB250t
CX500a
GSX750ez
CX500 euro
CX500b
CX500 turbo
97 VFR750 (in OZ)
86 VFR750 (spare bike 4 X)
97 Moto Guzzi 1100i sport
03 VTR 1000
CB125T bucket racer
MTgp 100mb bucket
05 Moto Guzzi Nero Corsa V11 LeMans

for pic's (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=158243&postcount=33) go there and here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=158254&postcount=34)

See old thread (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=8172) for more info

[Qkchk]

1. 1982 Honda XL250R (Mint as, I put her on the road) Bought Private
2. 1986 Honda CBX250 (Good Learners bike but thin as a pencil) Boyd Honda
3. 1987 Yamaha FZR250 (Will never own a Yamaha again - Shat itself within 2 months ownership went back to Red Baron and got next bike as replacement under warranty)
4. 1989 Kawasaki ZXR250 (Best bike I have owned and still wish I had her. Went to see her in Whangarei only to find out she had been sold to the wreckers 1 day earlier, soooo sad.) :crybaby: Owned for 5 years.
5. 1987 Kawasaki GPX600R (Had the same time as the ZXR) Kaitaia Motorcycles
6. 1992 Honda CBR600F2 (Sold to Frosty) Shaw? Motorcycles Whangarei
7. 1989 Honda VFR400R NC30 (Bloody good bike, still @ Colemans for sale) Private Importer
8. 1997 RF900 (Purple/Yellow still a lovely, popular bike) Coleman Suzuki
9. 2005 Suzuki GSR1000K4 (Hubbies bike. Reg as a 2005 but a K4 shape known as Custard) Holeshot Suzuki
10. 2005 Suzuki GSX1300R HAYABUSA (MY BIKE :)Very happy with her!!) Henderson Motorcycles

PLUS a 1974 (Yes a '74 - second year of production..) CR125 and a 1986 XR250

[ben444]

1. Kawasaki GPz250R
2. Honad CBR400r NC23 (crashed)
3. Honad CBR400R NC23
4. Another NC23.. turn race bike
5. Honad CBR900RR fireblade (and raced)
6. Kawasaki GPX600r (dunno why)
7. Kawasaki KR1-s
8. Kawasaki ZXR750... then sold it before i could ride it
9. Honad RS250 gp race bike
10. Honad Pal
11. Honad RVF400r NC35 race bike
12. Suzuki Sj50
13. Honad CBR600f3 race bike
14. Honad VFR400r NC30
15. Honad CBR400RR NC29
16. Another Honad CBR400r NC23
17. Another Honad VFR400R NC30
and soon to come.. yes you guessed it another CBR400R NC23 (but this one is quite special) :devil2:

[Toast]

1989 CBR250R for Run-it-down-the-road-6-times-and-it-still-goes
2002 ZX-6R

[vmx1200nz]

1. RV90
2. DS80
3. PE175
4. PE250
4. Z440
5. Impluse
6. GPX600R (oh dear)
7. ZXR750H1
8. DR600 paris daker
9. Impluse
10. GPZ900r
11. ZX10
12. TRX850
13. R850R
14. V-Max oh yeah baby

The first impluse was a minter, the GPX was a mint pig, the ZXR was awesome and had a lot of upgrades, the DR had the most bore wear that colemans had ever seen after a demon run down the Kiamis, The GPZ overheated and blew a big end on a trip to wellinfton, the zx10 was riden hard for 65 000 's and was faultless, the trx was un confortable, the bmw sounded to close to a honda, the V-Max intimadates and commands respect. :done:

[stunz]

1984 - xr250 :niceone:
1985 - cb500 (with apehangers) :headbang:
1985 - cb550
1989 - rg500 :sweatdrop
1989 - rd350
1989 - dr200 :bash: Had to kill this one with a hammer.
1990 - gn250 :rofl: dropped it...left it where it lay...
married, :hug: house, 1.9 kids, cars...
2002 - FZR250
2005 - GSX 600 :wacko:
:done:

[skidz]

SUZUKI TS 250
HONDA CJ 250T
YAMAHA XS 650-2
YAMAHA XS 650 SPECIAL
SUZUKI 550 KATANA
HONDA CX 500
HONDA CB 900
HONDA CX 500 TURBO
HARLEY 883 SPORTY
TRIUMPH BONNIE AMERICA
HARLEY ROADKING CLASSIC

I still think about the old CJ 250 at times. I had it in 1980 and it was a fun bike to ride.

[kro]

What are the VFR's like?, I see a few people with NC30's in their list, but I never really looked at them. I had the chance to buy an RC30 about 8 years ago, and passed over the opportunity to get my gixxer 1100. In retrospect, probably a bad choice, the RC30 would have held a better value longterm.

I guess I got put off Honda V's back in the days when you could get VF400, VF500, VF750, and VF1000F's and 1000R's. The 750's and some of the 1000F's developed oil woes at high rev's, and a couple of my riding aquaintances at the time had them, and had to shell out some serious bux to get them back on the road after partial seizures, and excessive wear caused by this.

I guess they got a lot of their V issues sorted then?.

VMX1200, have you seen the new Yamaha MT-01, there's one at Filco's here in Nelson, and I must say, I damn near fainted when I saw it. If anything is going to be the new VMAX, I am glad its this bike, because DAMN, is it a visual symphony.

QKCHK, you be careful on that Busa, I recently rode one, and came away with the feeling that I had twisted the space time continuum, they are quite a machine indeed.

[dangerous]

HONDA CX 500 TURBO

You little fuking ripper.... me too, how bout a pic and some thoughts on it, heres mine.

Click here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=2854) for my thoughts and write up on the TC

[What?]

In no particular order..

75 Suzuki RM125
76 Suzuki RM125
76 Suzuki TS125
76 Suzuki RM400
76 Honda CR250*
83 Honda XR200*
83 Honda CB1100F*
82 Honda CB750F
80 Honda CB650
77 Yamaha XS500
73 Suzuki T500
73 Triumph Daytona
81 Suzuki DR500
83 Yamaha XT550
86 Yamaha XT600
94 BMW F650
04 BMW F650*
54 Royal Enfield Bullet (for about a week...)

Still own*

[dangerous]

What are the VFR's like?,

I guess I got put off Honda V's back in the days when you could get VF400, VF500, VF750, and VF1000F's and 1000R's. The 750's and some of the 1000F's developed oil woes at high rev's,
and a couple of my riding aquaintances at the time had them, and had to shell out some serious bux to get them back on the road after partial seizures, and excessive wear caused by this.

I guess they got a lot of their V issues sorted then?.

IMHO.... best bikes to ever come out of Japan, the 85- VFR was a over enginered bike and remained that way ever since.

ONLY the VF750 had issues and major they were but there were never any woes with the other VF's apart from the 400 being rather bad on fuel usage.
I'd like to know more about your 'riding aquaintances partial seizures' I find that hard to believe.

After the VF750 which cost Honda, they over enginered the VFR.... I recentley had a 86 VFR 750 with 140,000+km on it, I removed the cam covers expecting to see some wear.... but the cams etc still looked like new.

ps: there was a thread recently on the VF range, have a serch for it.

[Fryin Finn]

73 Yamaha RT3
75 Honda CR125
73 Yamaha RD350
74 Suzuki TS 125
76 Honda XL350
77 Yamaha IT175
77 Suzuki GS750
77 Honda CG110
73 Yamaha RD350 - bought the old one back
79 Honda XR250
80 Suzuki PE175
80 Yamaha XJ650
87 Yamaha SRX600*
96 Yamaha TRX850
00 Honda XR650R
03 Yamaha WR450F
01 Yamaha XJR1300*
05 Gas Gas EC250*

* = currently owned - new bike coming details available when purchased
List shows model year but not purchase year - list in order of purchases.

I note a lot of riders have had road bikes only and some quite a few. It's my egotistical opinion that you never learn to ride a bike properly unless you get a dirt bike and spend quality time off road. :dodge:

[swanman]

First bike bought in 1984

Yamaha YB100
Suzuki Gp100
Yamaha YB100
Suzuki GP 125
Honda NR 125
Honda CBR 600 FM
Yamaha RD 350YPVS
Kawasaki GPZ 500
Yamaha DR 125
Kawasaki GPZ 1100 83
Kawasaki ZX 9 1997
Yamaha R1 2004
Yamaha YZF 750
Yamaha FRZ1 EXUP
You can see that I am from the UK as I had all those little bikes at the begining. Funnily enuf I really enjoyed riding those tiddlers, maybe because it was a new experience. Bike I liked least was the GPZ 500, uncomfortable and a twin. I have owned and ridden in UK, Carribean, Germany, and NZ. Best bike, hmm proly the R1.
I wonder how many more I will have?

[Kickaha]

1982 XJ550
1972 Suzuki GT550J
1982 YZ125 with a DT1 motor in it
1982 IT250
1984 XR250
1977 BMW R75/7
1982 Ducati SD900
1982 IT200
1979 RD400 (in a pile of bits in the garage)
GN125 Bucket (stroked to 140cc and currently being bored to 150cc)
1982 XJ550 (another one,and my current bike)

[TLDV8]

One..(Suzuki/Honda),Two..(Ducati/Triumph/HD),Three..(Kawasaki),Four..(Kawasaki) and Six Cylinder (Honda) bikes..over 29 years

[T.W.R]

its an easy job to clock up a few toys,

80' yamaha yz 80
76' suzuki gt 125
85' honda cb250rs
63' BSA d3 bantam
84' suzuki gsx400e
80' honda xr250
82' honda xl250 (x2)
84' yamaha xt250
82' honda xl500
81' honda cb900f2
79' laverda mirage 1200
79' suzuki gs1000e
63' norton m50 350
80' ducati 500 pantah
80' ducati sd900
80' yamaha xs750
81' yamaha xs850
80' honda xr500
80' suzuki gsx1100
53' BSA d1 bantam
86' honda cbx750f2f
89' kawasaki zxr750h1

25 yrs of it and hopefully theres plenty to come :done:

[Dadpole]

A real trip down memory lane seeing some of those models.
Here is my lot in rough cronological order, though I may have missed out a couple.

Suzuki T350 - Binned this more than the rest put together.
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki GT750
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki TS250
Yamaha RD350
Suzuki GS750
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki GS450S
Suzuki GSX750ET
Suzuki GSX250
Suzuki GSX400
Suzuki GSX1100EX Black Pipe
Honda CB250RS
Yamaha IT465 - What was I thinking? These thing are insane.
Honda CB400/4
Honda CB750FA
Honda CJ250 - Fitted CB360 barrels.
Suzuki GSX1100EZ
Suzuki GSX1100Ese
Suzuki GSX1100EFF
Suzuki RG400
Suzuki GSXF1100
Honda CB500/4 - Most of it anyway.
Suzuki T90 - Most of It anyway.

Current:
Yamaha FS1
Suzuki RV90
Suzuki RV125
Yamaha TZR250

[old farts]

Many moons ago Yamaha RD 250
" Yamaha RD 400
" Honda 900FZ
97 Honda ST 1100
2000 Suzuki GZ 250 (part share eg. fill her up when empty) :done:

[Biff]

I tried remembering all the bikes I’ve owned the other night, and couldn't. I've been a lucky bstard as I hung around with a bunch of rich kids, so we'd all swap bikes all the time. Sometimes for keeps if we liked one another machines. From what I can remember, from today backwards:

CBR1100XX Super Dooper BiffBird
CBR600RR
ZX6-R

And over the years (in no particular order)....
FJ750
KMX125
RS125
CB600FS
FZR750
Bandit600
Fazer600
RSVR
Puch80 (semi auto no less)

and loads more, some for weeks, some for months, none for more than 18 months.

I always go back to a Honda though, and have never had one fail on me in any way whatsoever yet. Just as well, because I'm useless mechanically.

[Sniper]

CG125
RG400
BMW R100
CBR250RR

[WRT]

85 YTM 225 (ATV)
83 XT250
87 GSXR400F
96 RF600R
98 TL1000R
01 CR250R*
04 RSV-R*

*Still own these. All private (the ATV was inherited) bar the Aprilia, which was from Mt Eden MC's. One ridden till it fell apart, one given to a mate, two sold to mates after they crashed them, and one written off in my sole road accident. Still miss all of the ones I no longer own, each one has left a legacy of memories (not all good, for example the XT had a penchant for breaking down when you most needed it not to). Its amazing how something made of metal and plastic can weasel its way into your affections . . .

[Lou Girardin]

'57 Triumph T'bird
Suzuki T20
Suzuki T500
Honda CB750
Honda CB650
Suzuki GSX750
Kwaka KL250 X 2
Yamaha XJ750
Kwaka GPz750
Kwaka KL650
RF900
Bandit 12

[Brian d marge]

Triumph Terrier ...Still under resoration ...
Suzuki A100 ...Parked up the back of a car .....ouch
Honda XL250 Parked in the left habd wing of a car ......Very ouchy
Honda CB 360 Parked into the side of a Mini ....ouch
Suzuki GN 250 ,,,Blew Motor
Triumph bonnie 750 ...exchanged for Very hot Witty Ducati Motor for the,,,,
Ducati 250 single ...which I sent carwheeling down road ....
Honda CX 500 ...Blew Motor then threw it over neighbours fence
CD250 u ..... Blew Motor ( in trafalgar square )
Suzuki T500 ...Blew Gearbox
Honda CB 550 ....Started smoking ...so I killed it ....
Can Am Bombadier 250 ..... Sold to buy bantam
Honda Revere NTV 650 ...Taken away by boss after visit from Plod
Honda H100..... Banished to h100 as a result of visit by plod
3 BSA Bantams ... D14 ... One of the 3 survived and is still going
Suzuki GSX400 ..... owned by me ....died in its sleep
Triumph 500 chopper ... built entirely by me ,,,,sold to finance trip
Suzuki bandit 400 ....Swapped for Enfield .....
Enfield 500 ...Still have
Yamaha XS650 race bike ....havent touched it yet
Suzuki gsx400 ...Stolen ,,,,sad buggus
Honda CR250 86 .... Blew motor
Honda CR250 91 ..... Blew motor ,,,but still have ...Racing soon
Honda CR125 ..... Dunno its just sitting there


Stephen

Think that all not sure .....

[kro]

IMHO.... best bikes to ever come out of Japan, the 85- VFR was a over enginered bike and remained that way ever since.
Was that the white interceptor?, I rode an interceptor from Auckland to Tauranga, and had a blast, it was hell grunty, and handled pretty well.



ONLY the VF750 had issues and major they were but there were never any woes with the other VF's apart from the 400 being rather bad on fuel usage.
I'd like to know more about your 'riding aquaintances partial seizures' I find that hard to believe.
This is going back quite a few years, The guys in question both got theirs with about 6k on the clock, from the old World Of Wheels Kwaka dealer that used to be in Eden Terrace in Auckland, and I was there when one of the mechanics said something about this oil feed issue, I may have my wires crossed, I requently do . :)



After the VF750 which cost Honda, they over enginered the VFR.... I recentley had a 86 VFR 750 with 140,000+km on it, I removed the cam covers expecting to see some wear.... but the cams etc still looked like new.
One thing you have to hand to Honda, is that they do indeed indeed learn from their less successful ventures.

I am honestly quite shocked at the total lack of XJ's in these lists. Frying Finn, and Lou had 650's and 750's, but no mention of 550's, or 900's, both of which were superb bikes in my humble opinion.

One bike in this whole thing that really caught my eye though, was the unreal KR1. This little 2 smoke screamer raised the bar in a very large way. I rode an RZ250FS (red rims), and an KR1, and I came back from the KR1 ride with a bigger grin by far. Unusual engine setup on these wasn't there?, they were a "tandem twin", is that right?, either way, superb looking machine.

[T.W.R]

Was that the white interceptor?, I rode an interceptor from Auckland to Tauranga, and had a blast, it was hell grunty, and handled pretty well.


This is going back quite a few years, The guys in question both got theirs with about 6k on the clock, from the old World Of Wheels Kwaka dealer that used to be in Eden Terrace in Auckland, and I was there when one of the mechanics said something about this oil feed issue, I may have my wires crossed, I requently do . :)


One thing you have to hand to Honda, is that they do indeed indeed learn from their less successful ventures.

I am honestly quite shocked at the total lack of XJ's in these lists. Frying Finn, and Lou had 650's and 750's, but no mention of 550's, or 900's, both of which were superb bikes in my humble opinion.

One bike in this whole thing that really caught my eye though, was the unreal KR1. This little 2 smoke screamer raised the bar in a very large way. I rode an RZ250FS (red rims), and an KR1, and I came back from the KR1 ride with a bigger grin by far. Unusual engine setup on these wasn't there?, they were a "tandem twin", is that right?, either way, superb looking machine.
the interceptor was a 700cc mod for the US market to get around thier import tax set up in the mid 80's ( just sleeved down from750) :niceone: the VF's oil feed to the cams couldn't keep up at high revs :dodge: , thus cam journal wear etc ( this caused their bad reputation ( but it was a common occurance with honda in the early mid 80's due to the hardening process of their cams etc) it happened to the mighty RC30 :headbang: when they were first raced in production racing ( remember Mel Cambell in the aussie endurance racing late 80's) the RC30 & VFR mods have gear driven cams & not camchains. a KR1 is a conventional twin engine, the earlier KR was a tandem twin set up ( had a habit of cooking the rear pot if not set up properly, just the same as the honda MVX did with its rear pot). :done:

[T.W.R]

Was that the white interceptor?, I rode an interceptor from Auckland to Tauranga, and had a blast, it was hell grunty, and handled pretty well.


This is going back quite a few years, The guys in question both got theirs with about 6k on the clock, from the old World Of Wheels Kwaka dealer that used to be in Eden Terrace in Auckland, and I was there when one of the mechanics said something about this oil feed issue, I may have my wires crossed, I requently do . :)


One thing you have to hand to Honda, is that they do indeed indeed learn from their less successful ventures.

I am honestly quite shocked at the total lack of XJ's in these lists. Frying Finn, and Lou had 650's and 750's, but no mention of 550's, or 900's, both of which were superb bikes in my humble opinion.

One bike in this whole thing that really caught my eye though, was the unreal KR1. This little 2 smoke screamer raised the bar in a very large way. I rode an RZ250FS (red rims), and an KR1, and I came back from the KR1 ride with a bigger grin by far. Unusual engine setup on these wasn't there?, they were a "tandem twin", is that right?, either way, superb looking machine.
the interceptor was a 700cc mod for the US market to get around thier import tax set up in the mid 80's ( just sleeved down from750) :niceone: the VF's oil feed to the cams couldn't keep up at high revs :dodge: , thus cam journal wear etc ( this caused their bad reputation ( but it was a common occurance with honda in the early mid 80's due to the hardening process of their cams etc) it happened to the mighty RC30 :headbang: when they were first raced in production racing ( remember Mel Cambell in the aussie endurance racing late 80's) the RC30 & VFR mods have gear driven cams & not camchains. a KR1 is a conventional twin engine, the earlier KR was a tandem twin set up ( had a habit of cooking the rear pot if not set up properly, just the same as the honda MVX did with its rear pot). :done: p.s. i had a XJ750D 84' ( fuel injected, XJ 650 TURBO body) great toy but it was silent death, whisper Quiet apart from the lovely helical cut gears( the unique XJ whine)

[Kickaha]

I am honestly quite shocked at the total lack of XJ's in these lists. Frying Finn, and Lou had 650's and 750's, but no mention of 550's, or 900's, both of which were superb bikes in my humble opinion.

.

If you look in my list I show two XJ550's

[T.W.R]

a couple of pics of the yamaha MT01 and serious serious V-MAX from the states :doobey:

[kro]

sorry kickaha, I missed your ones, but still, there's not alot of them here.

[branco]

Hopefully i have remembered them all.....
yamaha fsie year i got it 1980
kawasaki kh250 1982
yamaha tzr250 1987
suzuki gsxr750 1990
kawasaki gt550 (courier bike) 1990
yamaha rd350lc 1991
honda xl600r 1993
kawasaki zx7r present bike 2005

[Patrick]

Suzuki TS125, Yamaha DT175, Honda TT250 then a 20 year break...now have a Suzuki Bandit 250GSF, will move (probably, at the moment...) to its big brother 1200S when full licence gained...

[Goblin]

Was part owner of a 750 Katana aprox 1987
TS125
GSXR400
KDX200
ZX4 (Written off in a head-on with cage that "didn't see me")
GSX400Impulse
CBR600.

[skidz]

You little fuking ripper.... me too, how bout a pic and some thoughts on it, heres mine.

Click here (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=2854) for my thoughts and write up on the TC
I haven't got a photo any more, but it was a great bike . We had three CX 500 Turbos in Woodville and one just down the road in Pahiatua.

[kawaman]

Kawasaki ZZR250 1992
Kawasaki ZX6R 1998
Kawasaki ZX636 2004

[larriken]

mmmm the list!

JR50 Suzuki that dad bought me when I was little.
TY80 Yamaha yep, dad again.
TY 175 Yamaha x2 first bikes I bought myself
TLM200 Honda
Fantic 301
Gas Gas 330
KDX200 Kawasaki
RMX250 Suzuki
VFR400 Honda first road bike
Suzuki 400 Impulse
Yamaha FZR600
Suzuki GSXR750 x2 even one of those pink n black ones (what was I thinking)
Suzuki Bandit 1200
Honda Hornet 600
Kawasaki Z1000

I currently have in the shed a...............

Honda CBR900 Fireblade
Honda XR600 with a blown motor
Honda CBR400 of a mates that is waiting for the 600 hundred motor next to it to jump in and attach itself
Moto Guzzi Le Mans 850

phew!

[Zapf]

1.) Honda VTR250
2.) Suki SV650S
3.) GSXR750 (Current)
4.) CB400 Super four (Current) soon to be -> CB900 Hornet

[wil]

my rides have been,

97, cbr 600...........................................98, kx 125.
82, 250 superdream................................98, yz 250.
80, gsx 1100. streetfighter by me.............97, cr 250.
89, gsxr 750L. streetfighter by me.............01, cr 250.
97, gsxr 750 srad...................................93, xr 250.
99, fireblade.
90, gsxr 1100.
87, cbr 400.
99, hayabusa.
01, hayabusa.
97, vfr 800.
99, R1.
05, fazer 1000. and i really miss this one. :crybaby:

plus a few others that i have forgotten

[Magua]

2000 GN125 (sold)
1988 FZR250 2kr (Bad buy)

[avgas]

* = currently owned - new bike coming details available when purchased
List shows model year but not purchase year - list in order of purchases.

I note a lot of riders have had road bikes only and some quite a few. It's my egotistical opinion that you never learn to ride a bike properly unless you get a dirt bike and spend quality time off road. :dodge:

Bullshit.....you dont need an off road bike to ride off road (it helps though). But you are right in the aspect that you pick up skills off road that you cant get on road.

What have i had....
79 Krapasaki 100 (Sent to hell)
82 TS185 (pulled apart and never put back - now sold)
87? RG250 (gave back to owner after 6 months :))
82 XS850 (road for 2 days.....but watch this space...its comming back)
98 RG150ESRR "Killa-Quail" (Disintergrated motor)
88 GB400TT (FUCKN DOMINION ROAD DRIVERS!!!!!!)
98 955i (well ok its not mine - i just ride it)
89 ZXR400 "Sapphire"

[vladi]

balkan(russian 50cc)
simpson(eastgerman 50cc)
MZ150cc eastgerman
MZ 251cc
Minsk125cc russsian
Nonda NSR125
Yamaha RD350
Nonda CBR600
R1 2001
R12003 red , blasting every sun

[R1madness]

Suzuki AC50 (ahh the smell of two stroke oil when young)
Honda CB400/4
KDX175
KX250
Suzuki ER100 (bucket racer)
Suzuki GS450S
KX500 (too many broken bones on this beast)
CB650LC
A100
GPZ750
TY175
GSX1100T
GPX750
Ducati 900SS (ss stands for SUPER SHIT even my HDs were more reliable)
XT250T
TZR250( RACE BIKE)
FZR750
Harley Davidson Sturges (1981 model)
FZR400SP (Race bike)
Hraley Davidson FXD (like a fatboy only older, much older hahahahaha)
TZ250B (Race BIKE)
Triumph Trident (the old one)
FJ1200
ZL1000 Eliminator (bit like a Vmax)
FZR750R (RACE BIKE)
FZR1000B
ZX7RR (RACE BIKE) (lots of broken bones on this too)
R1 (99) Current ride
Kazuma minimoto

Good god that makes me feel old......... There are probibly also a few i have missed due to too much drugs and not enough memory hehehehehehe. It also does not count any of the bikes i "owned" while i had a shop many years ago.

[2wheels in Red Beach]

250CBR.

Mmmmmmmmmmm d'ya fink I should be adding to this thread.
Hopefully upgrading in a month or 2.

[Hailwood]

Gemini 50 (with fold down handlebars bought from Hugh Wrights!!)
Gemini 80 Private Sale
Honda CB125 Private sale
Suzuki GS450S new Lawton Boyle Suzuki
Ducati Darmah SD900 Bike Clinic
Honda VT250 new (Saywers)
Honda CBX750 new (Saywers)
Ducati Darmah SD900 Private Sale
Suzuki RG150 Race Bike Wellington M/Cycles
Suzuki Katana 1100 Race Bike Private Sale
Ducati 82 Mike Hailwood Replica 900 Motormart
Honda MB100 Bucket Private Sale
Suzuki GSX1200Y TSS Motorcycles

Thats the list over a 28 year period.

[HYPE]

Honda CR250 - Pieces
Suzuki RG250 - DOA
Suzuki RG250 - charity
Suzuki RGV250 - sold
Kawasaki ZXR250 - sold
Honda VTR1000 - sold
Kawasaki ZX7R - sold
Yamaha R1-98 - sold
HD Softail -sold
Honda Zuma50 - sold
Suzuki GSXR750 - Mate killed it!
Kawasaki ZX7R - recently sold

Yamaha R1-01 - current
Yamaha R6-01 - current
Honda CBR919 - current

[cowpoos]

2000 GN125 (sold)
1988 FZR250 2kr (Bad buy)

bad buy....well it is a yamaha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha

[classic zed]

Yamaha FS1E
Honda CB250
Kawasaki 500 H1
Honda CB400F
Suzuki GT750
Yamaha XS1100
Kawasaki Z1000
Yamaha RD500
Kawasaki Z1300 A1 (current)
Kawasaki Z1300 A2 (project)
I think thats about it

[SARGE]

I'm just new, and always get a kick out of hearing about other peoples bikes they have owned, ever since they started riding. Please post up your lists, I love reading them.
.


1964 Honda C50 Cub - 1973: rode the dogshit out of it and tried to Evil Kenival it across a gorge behind the farm.. still laying there i bet..

Honda Trail 70 - 1976. WIDOWMAKER!!!

1978 Yamaha DT175mx: new (see gorge jump..RIP)

1974 Harley-Davidson XLCH 1000 Sportster - 1979: first proper street bike.. built with dad from several boxes of parts bought at swap meets. my all time fav bike cuz dad and i did it together..dad still owns it

1984 Kawasaki GPZ650 Ninja- new. hated it. traded on a Nighthawk

1985 Honda 650 Nighthawk - bought new , kept it for 3 years

1984 Yamaha Vmax -1987: HOLY SHIT!!!.. i tricked it out for drag use. 8' wheelie bars, NoS.. wish i still had it.. huge launch; trans shattered, 3 weeks in hospital (1985 Suzuki Katana 1100 was the streetbike at that time)

1940 Indian Scout 750cc- 1990: needed a bike.. found this one in sad shape at a swap meet in Cleveland Ohio.. 2 years later.. sold it for US$20000 to put deposit on a house.

1994 Kawasaki ZZR1100- new: crossed the US several times on this one..great high speed touring machine. traded in on next bike

1989 Harley FXST 1340 Soft tail: still own: stored in Ohio

1996 Harley Fatboy FLSTF - 10 miles on the engine and it was out in favor of an S&S big bore. billet everywhere. custom ghost flames. still own: stored in Ohio next to the other one and a couple Mustangs.

1985 Yamaha FJ1100r - 2002: first bike in NZ.. 320,000 km on it when i got rid of it.. engine has ben transplanted into another one in Hamilton.

1992 Yamaha FJ1200abs - present ride.. all stock :whistle:


might have missed a few but those are the highlights

[inlinefour]

C90
XL100S
XR200R TIMES TWO
XR250R
TS185ER
PE500 - WORKED
RM80
RM125
A100
RD250LC
RZ250LC
RZ350LC - WORKED
RG400WW
RG500
DT175
CB350f TIMES TWO
CB400T
CB400F TIMES THREE
CB550F
CB650F
CB750F TIMES TWO, ONE BEING EX MOT
BENLEY
ST90
Z50
CL450
DREAM
CB400F2
CBR600RR and thats the ones I can remember. I know there are more, but they are only the ones that was important.

[lewises]

Can I remember that far back............

1970 Benelli 90 (Sliders used to come out of fork legs doing a wheelie)
1972 Suzuki TS90
1975 Suzuki TC100 (wow, Hi/Lo ratio, 8 gears!)
1978 Suzuki TC185 (Rear peg wheelstands for 4 miles @ 100km/h)
1975? Honda CT90
1976 Honda CB360 (w Drag pipes!!)
1980 Yamaha XT250 (w Supertrapp)
1978? Honda CB650 (Bikini Fairing and clip ons HOOOOTTT)
1980 Honda XR500Z (Best wheelie bike ever)
1980 Suzuki PE400 (100mph+)
1988 Suzuki DR600 (Broke face on bars doin a powerslide 'n' hit a sheep rut!)
1980 Yamaha XS650 Special (Rectifier fryer)
1980 Honda CBR1000 Hurricane (Smooooth)
1996 Yamaha YZF600 Thundercat (Written off)
2000 Kawasaki ZX12R !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Wife made me sell it!!)
2000 Honda CBR600F4
1999 Yamaha YZF R-1 (Current)

[riffer]

Well I had a hunt around and found some pics of the bikes I've had before the RF900 I currently ride.

So here they are:

GP125, CB350, IT400, KZ400, GPZ750, FZR750.

Actually the IT400 pic is actually of a 465, but I couldn't find any 400 pics.

[Sketchy_Racer]

Iv only been riding bikes for 5 years now annnnd only owned bikes for 3

1, Honda XR 80...... was a 200 frame with a Cr 480 engine init... bilt myself
2, Suzuki DS 80... thrashed untill it died
2, Kawasaki KE125.... best bike i ever bought
3, XR 200
4. XR 250
5, RV 50
6, Rm 80
7, Kawasaki 100cc bucket racer first road bike.
8, RMX250 severily modded*
9, RG100, very fast bucket bike
9, 50cc Lifan pit bike
10, YZF250, dads but i can ride it when ever ;)*
11, FXR 150 bucket bike*
12, Sj 50 scooter*
13, CBR250RK *

still own *
thats all i can remember, i have had a few others but got rid of them within a couple of days to make money.

[APPLE]

91 rgv (mt eden motorcycle first bike) 97 TL1000S patterson 0conner rotorua)99 TL1000R (bay city motorcycles).... and seriously thinkn of next years R1 or gixxa 1000 trade up....:blip:

[hXc]

Learnt to ride/fall off on an A100 (which is now Speights_bud's bucket)

Dad decided to buy me a dirtbike 'cause I hadn't given up trying to ride (even with a broken thumb)

XR200 (sold)
RD50 -bucket (sold)
TZR250 frame with TF125 -bucket (selling)
RG50 frame with CT125 -bucket (riding)

Hopefully getting a road bike soon. Getting lisence in February. Either a ZXR, FXR, GSF(Bandit) or GSXR 250's

[Sketchy_Racer]

That new bucket bike you brought HXC isnt a RG 50 frame.... unless you are talking about another one???

[hXc]

That new bucket bike you brought HXC isnt a RG 50 frame.... unless you are talking about another one???

Different bike buddy. The bike we just bought isn't mine. It's dad's

[Sketchy_Racer]

oh my mistake.... so what does he think of the 'mint' paint job?? and becareful the paint comes off onto your leathers... damn it did to mine!!

[Sketchy_Racer]

oh and seriously.... keep that TZ frame... the RG 50 arent to great

[hXc]

oh my mistake.... so what does he think of the 'mint' paint job?? and becareful the paint comes off onto your leathers... damn it did to mine!!

Being sanded on boxing day and re-sprayed metallic blue. Has to look nice for the 28th in Taupo.

[Sketchy_Racer]

28th of Dec??? at taupo?? mm tell me more!!

[hXc]

28th of Dec??? at taupo?? mm tell me more!!

PMCC and they have a bucket class. Will be highly geared UP of course

[froggyfrenchman]

PMCC and they have a bucket class. Will be highly geared UP of course

Havnt been to the meetings for a while, since when do we run a bucket class at taupo?

[hXc]

Havnt been to the meetings for a while, since when do we run a bucket class at taupo?

Well I don't know but Mike told me. You coming up for it? Bring the ol' deluxe and moonshine?

[froggyfrenchman]

might do. The last meeting i went to, it was brought up. but seen as a wast of time as the bikes will take 20mins to do a lap and the day is pretty tightly packed already. Ill have to ask round with the guys and see what the deal is..

[hXc]

might do. The last meeting i went to, it was brought up. but seen as a wast of time as the bikes will take 20mins to do a lap and the day is pretty tightly packed already. Ill have to ask round with the guys and see what the deal is..

Gear 'em up! We're gearing up the GS and the CT. But leave those other 2 alone thank you very much. We actually want a chance!!!

[froggyfrenchman]

ooooooooooooh no. If we take them, theyll get the gearing treatment alright!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzooom

[Sketchy_Racer]

yea im gonna find out some more.... i want to learn the track berfore i 125 GP race it in the winter series..

ill bring my ..... seroiosly modded FXR 150 :)

[hXc]

ooooooooooooh no. If we take them, theyll get the gearing treatment alright!
zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzooom

Gear 'em up all you like...But one rule - You 2 will be riding backwards

[froggyfrenchman]

hey rg, search for thread "best bucket ever" thats my baby

[hXc]

yea im gonna find out some more.... i want to learn the track berfore i 125 GP race it in the winter series..

ill bring my ..... seroiosly modded FXR 150 :)

Nice......

[Sketchy_Racer]

yes Froggy, i have seen the Delux..

but wait till you meet the FXR Jaccuzi !!!!

[hXc]

Pictures will be required within 10 minutes

[Sketchy_Racer]

Hey hXc have you got any pics of your RG125??

[hXc]

It's an RG50 frame with a CT125 in it and nah I havn't sorry

[Sketchy_Racer]

heres some

[Sketchy_Racer]

it looks heaps better in real life, and the camera is just my phone

[hXc]

Coolees. Looks allright. Speeds of how much $?

[Sketchy_Racer]

$500 for the bike... in almost mint condition.... then i ripped off the fairings (looked ugly) then got a xr 250 carb... was good but i thought that it could be better.... so then got a RM 125 carb.....excelent!!. pulled head off gave it a quick clean up on the ports... (removed any lups etc) cut muffler open and removed 90% of the baffle and made the hole bigger...

to do,

after market exaust,
correctly jetted,
profiled cams
plane head
and get a real port job.

[hXc]

SPEEDS of how much? $1.00, $1.20, $1.40?

[Sketchy_Racer]

close to $1.60.....

[hXc]

close to $1.60.....

Fuck! Lol. Would be lucky to get $1.40 outta mine. Stupid cheap thing

[Sketchy_Racer]

yes but remember mine is alot newer!! and alot more money spent on it..

[hXc]

yes but remember mine is alot newer!! and alot more money spent on it..

It's not how fast it's top speed is. It's how fast it gets there and if you can hold your speed in corners

[Sketchy_Racer]

hmmmm i would like to think it holds speed in the corners... i forking out quite a vit of dosh soon for brand new slicks...

[Edbear]

51 BSA 350 ZB31
73 T500 Suzuki
70's Tas 60
82? XT125 Yamaha
80 XS750 Yamaha Special
89 GSX 600 F Suzuki, currently
Not a lot, but got married fairly early, (1977,) and sold the T500, so I'm one of those "returning bikers" , (as of Nov. '03), and having a ball on the GSX!:apumpin:

[kiwifruit]

83(?) honda xl75 -age 5
80 honda xr200 -age 8
86 yamaha rz250 -age 15
89 suzuki gsxr250 -age 17
88 suzuki gsx400x impulse -age 20
88 suzuki gsx400x impluse -age 21 (yes i had two :P good bike apart from the electrics)
91 honda cbr400rr -age 22
90 gsxr750l (current) -age 25

[Grumpy]

79? Suzuki TS185ER
80 Suzuki GS450S
?? Suzuki GS650 Katana
?? Suzuki GSX750EZ
Honda CB400N
89 Suzuki GSXR750J
91 Suzuki GSXR750M
92 Suzuki GSX750F
97 Suzuki RF900
99 Suzuki TL1000SX
01 Suzuki TL1000K1
02 Suzuki GS500K2
02 Suzuki GSX1400
04 Kawasaki Z1000.

[Big Chim]

man, you guys have all owned some trick rides, I feel quite out of place here....
I just found this too, I guess you guys have already seen it 800 times, but I thought this was a piece of artwork.
saslex, I see the theme too, but they are all pretty sweet bikes dude, nice list.

http://www.funmansion.com/html/Completely-Chrome-Bike.html

All you need are chromed or silver leathers and you disappear on the road, you would pick up the colour of your surrondings and blend in. a good cop stopper.

1. Honda CBR 250, put it back together 1992 - Still have it

[Big Chim]

man, you guys have all owned some trick rides, I feel quite out of place here....
I just found this too, I guess you guys have already seen it 800 times, but I thought this was a piece of artwork.
saslex, I see the theme too, but they are all pretty sweet bikes dude, nice list.

http://www.funmansion.com/html/Completely-Chrome-Bike.html

All you need are chromed or silver leathers and you disappear on the road, you would pick up the colour of your surrondings and blend in. a good cop stopper.

1. Honda CBR 250 1992, put it back together - Still have it

[the mouse]

Cheeez came across this old thread, may as well spill, beans (gloat)

My star rating *1 = great *5 = crap

1974 First ... new Trutest kitset minibike *2
1975 Honda Elsinore 125 *4
1972 ? CB 175 Honda *2
1971 Triumph Daytona T100R *1
1968 TR6 Triumph Trophy *3
1968 T6P Triumph Saint *1
1954 BSA Bantam 125 *5
1974 Honda CB 175 *3
Aged 20 ish
1980's ? Yamaha XS 650C Blue tank *4
Triumph custom chopper ex show bike 1968 TR6 *4
Triton ( Norton Featherbed slimline frame/ same TR6 Triumph donk) *3
early 80's Honda CB 500 4 *3
1990 Honda 50 PAL scooter *4
1979 Triumph T140E 1979 750 (1990- To now) *1

[uksteve]

1975 Honda XL 100
1979 Honda XR200
1981 Honda XR200R
1981 Yamaha YZ250H
1980 Honda XR500R
1985 Honda VF750
1991 Honda CBR1000
1999 Yamaha WR400
1999 Yamaha YZF1000R1
2003 Honda CRF450R
2006 Suzuki GSXR1000K6
2008 Honda CRF450X

[lankyman]

'90 MC21 NSR250
'91 NC30 Viffer
...and looking to upgrade very soon

TLS? SP1? ZX7R?
The wish list goes on...

[hmurphy]

Honda 1987 CBX250 (03/08 - 05/08)
Hyosung 2008 GT250R (05/08 - 10/08)
Yamaha 1999 YZF-R6 (10/08 - now)
Suzuki 2001 FXR150 (12/08 - now)

[Monty69]

Suzuki FA50
YAMAHA stepthru 50 3spd
HONDA XL185
SUZUKI TS185er
YAMAHA RX125 '83
SUZUKI GT200 '81
SUZUKI RGV250R '91
HONDA 250 scooter
HONDA CBR250R '89
HONDA NSR250R '89
HONDA HORNET CB250 '96
KAWASAKI eliminator 250 '91
KAWASAKI KC100
HONDA CBR250R '89
KAWASAKI Z200 '81
HONDA CM400
YAMAHA yamahauler 200ex shaft
HONDA CBR600FV '97

HONDAS RULE:beer:

[Squiggles]

Old thread but may as well add to it like the others

MB50 (i think)
88 RGV250
83 GN250 - now a box of parts
83 VT250 - sold as parts
88 GSXR750
82 GN250 - still going strong!
97 TL1000S
85 DR250
89 GSXR400
08 DR650 - still have it
89 VFR400 (NC30) - still have it

[steelestring]

?? nifty 50
?? ct 90 ag
old ct 110 hi/low
86 vt250f
89 vt250f 2 special edition
89 4g63t coversion hmmmm..:nono:
92 zxr250c
07 zx6r

[ducatilover]

89 4g63t coversion hmmmm..:nono:

:Police: I had one of them, not in a bike though

[speedfish]

ds80 haha gotta start somewhere ,xt200,pe250,gn250,rg250,rgv250,fzr1000,fzr1000,cr 250,kdx200,xr200,tf125,trx400,tf125,yz250,xr400,gn 250,955 daytona got the last gn to finish the bike licence after 16yrs on the learners shit ive had more bikes than hot dinners

[Lateralus]

1983 Honda VT250F
198- Kawasaki Ninja 250
1989 Honda VFR400 NC24 (project)
1990 Honda VFR400 NC30
1992 Suzuki Bandit 400
1990 Honda VFR400 NC30

I think i like 400's :scratch:

[DrunkenMistake]

My list of Road legal bikes,
Had some buckets and what have you,

Only had two up to know,
1. 1989 Honda CBR 250R MC19 (sold to a young fella I went to school with)
2. 1991 Honda VFR 400 NC30, (Stolen and written off this previous Saturday.)
3. ???? ?????? ???? ??? .

I like Honda.. haha

[ducatilover]

1983 Honda VT250F
198- Kawasaki Ninja 250
1989 Honda VFR400 NC24 (project)
1990 Honda VFR400 NC30
1992 Suzuki Bandit 400
1990 Honda VFR400 NC30

I think i like 400's :scratch:

I think you like VFR's :yes:
I've had
'86 Kawasaki GPZ400R
'04 Spewzuki GN250
'91 (I think?) Honda BROS650 (last of them, tricked up beasty)
'89 Honda VT250j Spada
'93 Honda CB400 Super Four (bloody great bike...)
'91 Kawasaki ZZR400(600)K (converted to a 600, destroyed)
'91 Kawasaki ZZR600D Streetfighter-nouveau caferacer

Need more Honda in that list

[Hitcher]

When this thread first started, I didn't have a list. Time heals many things:

Yamaha FZX250 Zeal (7/10)
Kawasaki ZRX1200R (8/10)
Honda ST1300 (7/10)
Yamaha FJR1300T (9/10)
Aprilia SL750 Shiver (9/10)
Suzuki GSX1250FA ST (8/10)

[lewises]

I last posted on this in 2005

1970 Benelli 90 (Sliders used to come out of fork legs doing a wheelie)
1972 Suzuki TS90
1975 Suzuki TC100 (wow, Hi/Lo ratio, 8 gears!) AND SAT MY LICENCE ON IT
1978 Suzuki TC185 (Rear peg wheelstands for 4 miles @ 100km/h)
1975? Honda CT90
1976 Honda CB360 (w Drag pipes!!)
1980 Yamaha XT250 (w Supertrapp)
1978? Honda CB650 (Bikini Fairing and clip ons HOOOOTTT)
1980 Honda XR500Z (Best wheelie bike ever)
1980 Suzuki PE400 (100mph+)
1988 Suzuki DR600 (Broke face on bars doin a powerslide 'n' hit a sheep rut!)
1980 Yamaha XS650 Special (Rectifier fryer)
1980 Honda CBR1000 Hurricane (Smooooth)
1996 Yamaha YZF600 Thundercat (Written off)
2000 Kawasaki ZX12R !!!!!!!!!!!!!! (Wife made me sell it!!)
2000 Honda CBR600F4
1999 Yamaha YZF R-1

since then

1998 ZX9R a sleeper if ever there was
2003 GSX-R1000 best handling and fastest bike I have owned
2007 SV1000S K7 I love it....the sound is awesome

[Mort]

Mine... These over lap quite a bit (ie several at one time)

97 VTR1000 (shit bike)
98 CBR600F
2000 929 FireBlade (great bike)
2003 DRZ400
2003 GasGas 250 still got that one)
2004 GasGas EC300
2004 YZF-R1 great bike
2007 Fireblade
2011 YZF-R1 - fave so far

[bluninja]

suzuki a100
kawasaki zzr600
kawasaki zx9r
kawasaki zl600
Aprilia rsvr (x2)
suzuki sv650 (curvy)
suzuki x5
suzuki sv650s (pointy)
suzuki v-strom 650

no hondas or yamahas.....or Harleys :innocent: but there's still time. I would love to get a V-MAX at some time.

[bismarck]

1994 Kawasaki ZR-250 Balius (Cute, I missed it)
1991 Suzuki GSX-R400 (I loved it)
1990 Suzuki Bandit 400 (Crap bike)
1999 Kawaski ZX-9R (Written off, sold the parts for more than I bought)
1998 Ducati Monster 900 (Fun bike around "town")
2007 Kawaski ZX-10R (Sick and looks like a pumpkin)

[Brian d marge]

bet no one had an Hilman imp motor in a featherbed frame

stephen

[Banditbandit]

bet no one had an Hilman imp motor in a featherbed frame

stephen

I didn't know they would fit ...

Here's my list ....

1949 BSA Bantam
Five other Bantams
1963 Triumph Thunderbird
1963 BSA C15 (250 single)
1951 BSA B33 (500 single)
1950 BSA A7 (500 twin)
1936 Triumph 5H (500 single)
1986 Honda CB250RS
1987 Honda FT400
1990 BMW R100GS Paris Dakar (the big tank model)
2005 Suzuki 650 Bandit
2009 Suzuki 1250 Bandit.

I still have the last two ...

[crazy man]

93 zxr750 super bike
3 95+ zxr400 race bikes
1 89 zxr400 racebike
1 93 zxr250 road bike
1 xl 250
1 360 planeta russian bike
1 1981 cr125
about 8 bucket racers
1 home built race bike 400cc
1 Benelli 250 race bike

[racefactory]

All in 3 years:

1 TZR250 3xv
5 NC30, yes 5 of them. Plus...
1 NC30 race bike
3 ZXR250
2 ZXR400
1 GSXR750
3 CBR125
1 CBR400RR
2 ZX6R
1 CBR250RR MC22
1 CBR600RR
2 DRZ400 supermotard
1 KTM 525 supermotard/dirt
1 NC35 RVF400

[Morepower]

I keep my bikes for ever but have had a couple

Yamaha 100 (not sure what model )
Suzuki GT125
Suzuki GT380
Honda SL125
Suzuki GT750
Suzuki TS ER 250
Honda XL 200
Suzuki GSX 750 ER
Suzuki DR200
Suzuki TL1000s ( still own )
Buell XB12R ( still own )

[crazy man]

All in 3 years:

1 TZR250 3xv
5 NC30, yes 5 of them! Plus...
1 NC30 race bike
3 ZXR250
2 ZXR400
1 GSXR750
3 CBR125
1 CBR400RR
2 ZX6R
1 CBR250RR MC22
1 CBR600RR
2 DRZ400 supermotard
1 KTM 525 supermotard/dirtyou better go racing now l see you have race bikes

[The Pastor]

this is kinda like a shopping list for robbers, but heh, who cares

1. 92 zxr250
2. 86 gpz1000
3. 00 Mini choppa
4. 92 mc22
5. 75 Tf125
6. 88 gl145
7. 00 gsx1200
8. 04 dr650

[pritch]

I thought I'd posted first time round but things have changed anyhoo...

AJS Model 16
Yamaha RT360
Honda CB500
BSA B50SS
Cheney B50MX
BMW K100RS
Honda CB900
Honda VFR 800
Ducati S4R
Triumph Speed Triple
Suzuki SJ50

[pete-blen]

I had a 15 year lay of so its not as big as it should be...

order and years might not be correct...

Honda ST90
Suzuki TS90
Suzuki TM125
Yamaha TY50
Honda XL250 K1
Kawasaki S3 400 triple
Yamana RD400C
Yamaha XS400 chopper type thingy
Yamaha IT175
Yamaha IT400F
Honda CB900FZ
Honda XR200 twin shock
Suzuki PE175
Suzuki GS450
Yamaha TT250
Kawasaki KDX175
Suzuki RM125X
Suzuki RM125D
Honda CR125RB
Suzuki katana 1100
Suzuki GSXR750
Kawasaki KT250
Yamaha RD250LC
Yamaha RD350LC
Suzuki RE5 "No734"
Moto Morini Coguro 501 Vee twin
Honda MVX250
Honda XR250 Tornado "now"

think thats it..
like I said had a 15 year lay off...
Ps,,, and a couple of quads
& 2 speedway bikes... 2 valve & 4 valve Jawas
maybe a Suzuki GT380???..can't remember if it was mine or my brothers..LOL

I hope to add a BMW F650 to the list...

[slofox]

1953 Ariel 350cc Red Hunter
NV Velocette 250cc Race bike
1960 Triumph Speed Twin
1974 Benelli Supersport 250cc
???? Honda 250cc Trail bike (of some sort) Rode it into the school assembly hall once - during assembly. At the Principal's behest.
1984 Honda CB250 communter
2007 Suzuki SV650S
2008 Suzuki GSX-R600

The last one is the best so far.

Ridden a few others too between times - can't really remember a lot of detail.

[BigAl]

Yammy 125 At3
Honda Cb360
Suzy Gs550e
Kwaka Z750e
Honda Nv400 (4 da missus)
Yammy Dt175
Yammy Rz350 (great fun)
Yammy R1 (current)

And a couple of water cooled pockets.

Pretty partial to Yammys and I reackon best quality in finish dept. Fwiw.

[DrunkenMistake]

I guess this counts,
Im currently hiring a bike untill my insurance company sorts me out (at their cost)
and I have been given a
Yammi Scorpio 22

[Laava]

Yamaha DT360
Suzuki TS250
Honda CB450
Honda XR200
Honda CB650
Suzuki A100
Ducati Darmah [Drama!]
Laverda SF750
Aermacchi 350
Suzuki V Strom [Current]
Suzuki GN 250
Kawasaki ZX600R
Suzuki GSXR750 [Current]
Honda SL125 [Current]

[crazy man]

is this a list you own now? or have ever owned?

[Maha]

is this a list you own now? or have ever owned?

From post #1..bikes they have owned, ever since they started riding

[crazy man]

From post #1..bikes they have owned, ever since they started ridingmine are just whats lv got now so better start thinking cause l no there is over 80 lol

[yamahaggis88]

Suzuki JR-50, when I was 6
Suzuki 50cc scooter (cant remember what model, recent though)
83 Honda CB400, really my mates, but I rode it a hell of a lot more :p
86 Suzuki GSX-R400, current, only on my learners, for sale, but cant really bring myself to let it go :D

Eyeing up a K6 GSX-R750, '03 R1 or a Speed Triple as full licence bikes... random assortment I know, like my Suzuki's though :)

[crazy man]

ok some more

1981 cb50
1978 ts125
3x rgv 250's
3 nsr250's
3 kr250's
2 cr125 1981 one got nicked
2 yz 80 79 1981
3 yz125 79 - 81 - 84
1 ducati 750 2000
3 50cc ducati's
3 zundaps
1 kx500 in a yz frame
1 klx 250 nicked
1 rhx 250 nicked

will keep thinking for more

[misterO]

Honda Trail 110- don't know the year, '85 Suzuki GS550ES, '87 BMW K75S, '89 BMW R100, '77 HD FLSTF, '92 Kawasaki ZX6, '91 Honda NX650, '95 Honda VFR750, '98 Honda VTR1000, '01 HD Fatboy, '05 Vespa PX150, '09 Honda CBR1000RR. That's all for now...

[hillbillie]

Kawa Z1000J
Kawa ST1000
Kawa GPz1100
Kawa ZXR400
Suzi Gs 850
Suzi GSX1100 Sticker
Kawa ZXR750
Kawa Z1000J again
Suzi GSXR1100
Yamie YZF1000
Kawa ZX10R
Suzi GSXR1000 K7
Suzi GSF750 (current)
KTM ECX250F (misses current)
KTM S-Duke (current)

[\m/]

Just one so far, GSF250VZV, hopefully a GSXR750K6/K7 when I get my full.

[BuzzardNZ]

GP125
DR200
DR250
AX100
TT250
GSX400X Impulse ( fav bike of all )
GB400 * 3
Hornet 600 ( worst bike owned )
SV1000S

[boman]

Here is my short list,
Honda Vf 750R V4
Honda 650 Super Custom???
Suzuki RM125
Suzuki Gsf 250V
Suzuki SV-1000S
Triumph 675r

[CHOPPA]

What a fun thread!

83 QR50
87 KDX80
90 KX80
91 KX125
92 CR80
93 RM80
95 YZ80
95 KTM 125
96 CR125
96 CR500
98 CR125
98 Ducati M900
99 YZ250
00 KX500
00 YZ250
00 KX250
01 KX250
02 KX250
02 YZFR6
02 KTM 250SX
03 KTM 250SX
03 KTM 125SX
03 GSXR1000K3
04 ZX6R
04 YZF450
05 YZF450
05 ZX6RR X2
06 KXF450
07 KXF450
07 ZX6R
07 GSXR1000K7 X2
08 ZX6R
08 ZX10R X2
08 CRF450
09 BMW S1000RR


Im sure theres more I have forgotten....

[uksteve]

1975 Honda XL100
1980 Honda XR200
1982 Honda XR200R
1981 Yamaha YZ250H
1981 Honda XR500R
1985 Honda VF750F
1991 Honda CBR1000F
1999 Yamaha WR400F
1999 Yamaha R1
2003 Honda CRF450R
2006 Suzuki GSXR1000R (current)
2008 Honda CRF450X (current)
2008 Kawasaki Z1000 (current)
2006 KTM SXC625 (current)

[scracha]

Hmm...I tend to hold on to bikes for a long time. Owned these over past 18 years.

?? Suzuki GP125 (blew up - Q plate so dunno how old)
82 Suzuki GP100 (blew up) -
?? Suzuki X5 (old 200cc 2 stroke twin) another Q plate (swapped for a mini)
81 Kawasaki Z250 Twin (blew up)
86 Yamaha FZ400N (sold after 3 years)
89 Kawasaki GPX600 (sold after 3 years)
89 Kawasaki GPX750 (blew up this "upgrade" - piece of shite)
81 ?Yamaha XJ550 (sold after 4 years - was over 300,000km lol...it would not die)
95 Yamaha Diversion 600 (sold after 4 years - emigrated...also would not die)
98 Yamaha TDM850 Mk 2 (sold after 3 years - emigrated - 2nd best bike ever)
86 Honda VFR750 (sold after 2 years)
89 Honda CBR400 (racebike....cracked its frame)
00 Ducati 748r (intended to race it....bottled it)
89 Honda CBR400 (bitza bike to replace broken frame)
05 Kawasaki ZX6rr (racebike...couldn't get on with it...sold to a MAIR)
88 Honda CBR600F (roadbike....then racebike once I got the TDM)
89 Honda CBR400 (racebike...frame donated to make frankencane)
02 Yamaha TDM900 (owned 3 years - best bike ever)
89 Honda CBR600F (roadbike....scabby..cheap..will be a racebike)

[disorderly]

Xt125
Gsx400x impulse x5 yes I owned 5 of these bikes
Gsxr750h
Tzr250 (3ma) pile of shit rebuilt it 3 times
Klx300 good trail bike can take a beating not up to the new bikes standards in performance but at least your not rebuilding top ends every weekends
Vtr1000f great bikes

[DrunkenMistake]

Heres my update,
First road bike onwards,
1989 Honda CBR 250R
1991 Honda VFR 400 NC30
2001 Yamaha Scorpio 225 (was a loaner)
2008 Hyosung GT650R. (Current bike)

[Bonez]

I like to get the most out of mine so hold on to them for a long long time.
77 CJ250
73 CB175
79 CB400T
81 CB650C
82 GSX750EZ
83 CX500
8someting CB750F dohc(needs work-still got plus tons of spares)
76 CB550F(still got)
82ish CB250RS(Dogs ended up with that)
74 CB500/4(guess I should have kept but shed space was limited so parted it out)
80 R65(glad I got rid of it)
81 GSX750EX(still got)
86 CBX750(still got-will dispose of in near future)
88 GB400(still got but not running-poor dear packed up due to abuse. Propably part out and put the alloy rims on the 550F )
78 CX500(daily runner-GL400 parts bike)
88 BMW R80(in the process of getting road legal)

I've owned the CB750 and CB550F since 1986. Had a few other odds n sods which were bought for wrecking only. Goodness almost forgot the C50 in the garden shed. The second CX is the untidiest and most abused of the lot.

[slide]

FS1E
Honda SS50
C110 step through :) dont laugh
CB250g again no laughing
Suzuki Gt250 Ram air
Bultaco 370?????
Suzuki X7
GSXR 750H
GSXR 1100J
GSXR 750 Slingshot
GSXR 1100K
Honda VFR750 ewwwwwwww lasted 3 days
GSXR 750X
DR250
CR250
GSXR 1000K4
CRF250X
Triumph Speed Triple 1050
RD400C
RD400 Daytona

[gale_wolf]

Had to work the old grey matter a wee bit to remember some of the earlier bikes I had, however briefly I might've had them:

1977 Honda CB50 (x2) - sold
1979 Suzuki A100 - sold
1984 Honda CBX250RS - sold
1986 Suzuki RG250 Gamma (x2) - blew one up, sold the other
1988 Yamaha TZR250 - sold
1991 Honda NSR250 - short term loaner
1992 Suzuki RGV250 - long term loaner
1989 Kawasaki ZXR400 - written off
1990 Kawasaki ZXR750 - long term loaner
1983 Honda VF750 - sold
1989 Suzuki GSXR1100K - sold
2006 Suzuki GSXR1000 - current

[SMOKEU]

1977 Honda CG125
1987 Honda Melody
1988 Honda CBR250R
???? cheap Chinese pit bike
1973 Suzuki TS185
1998 Suzuki GSXR600

[MD]

Never looked at this thread before. The group I do an annual South Island trip did this head count once and the 'rich one' won by a mile. But I claimed it didn't count because he did bugger all miles on any of them. It's riding them that counts! I can't get over how many people 'own a motorbike' but far less actually ride them.

For me it started in 1975.
Honda XL100 about 1973 model
Honda CG110 new 1975
Honda XL175 (New in 1976. lost while crossing the Waimak. river. It's deep in places!)
Honda CB400/f 1977
Honda SL125 first of three for dirt use
Honda SL 125 again. Wore the first one out.
Kwaka Z650 new in 78. Broke a leg on it.
Honda CB750 Broke a leg on it. Pattern forming.
Yamaha XS650 twin Custom. UK in 1982
Honda SL125..yet again in 1983
Honda XL250 new in 84. Stolen. You bastards rot in hell
Honda GB400 New in 1986
Honda VT500 Custom V twin. Odd ball machine but was great value
Harley Sportster 1200. 1989. Exceeded all my expectations for how often a new bike could break downs. I pushed it more miles than it carried me. Petrol consumption was low for that reason.
Suzuki GS500. 1990. Actually a bit of a gem and 3 times the bike the Harley was for a 3rd the cost.
Kawasaki ER500 1995. Another gem like the GS500. I bought both for commuting
Honda 1997 Firestorm 1000. Red ones were faster and crash better
Honda 2001 CBR929RR. Finally some real performance
Honda 2004 CBR1000RR. the new blade and awesome
Triumph America 2005. New cruiser for a change of pace.
Kawasaki 2005 636. A new green one. Green clashed with my eye colour.
Kawasaki 2005 636. A new red one. Sadly written off only 11 days old
Kawasaki 2005 636. A new black one because I was working my way through all the colours in the brochure.
BMW F800S 2006. A bril. bike, much overlooked. Perfect balance for wheelies once you could get it up.
Triumph Daytona 675. 2007 WOW. Do bikes get any better than these? Did 58k in under 3 yrs.
Triumph Tiger 1050 in 2010. Sick of sports bikes. Was a good choice. Did 28,000 km in first yr. So yes, I like riding it. But keen on the Speed Triple R for next year.


People have questioned my constant changing of bikes, but for me life is too short to drink the house wine. Bikes are like wines, enjoy them, TASTE them, then taste another. If you buy a bike you don't like. It's not the end of the world. Buy something else! Works for me. Probably works for the bike shops too. We have limited time on this planet and so many bikes to experience.

[whowhatwhere]

1997 Honda CB500
1998 Suzuki GSX750F

[Subike]

Interesting thread
Mine?
Suzuki AC50 Maverick green
Suzuki 125 stinger y\red
Suzuki 380GT Blue
Kawasaki 250LTD blue
Triumph Adventurer 500. ( big hunk of crap)
86 Harley Davidson Evo Sportster 1100 4 sp chain drive, Burgundy/Slate "Liberty Edition"
Suzuki GT450 sumthing, horrid heap of decaying alloy and rust....
1979 XS1100E Yamaha Black ( present ride )
1980 XS1100F Yamaha red/white, 380k miles, one previous owner English assembled new, under rebuild .

Foot note, anyone know of any XS1100E or F (stds) bits left over in old fellas sheds, could be interested in them

[SMOKEU]

Honda 2004 CBR1000RR. the new blade and awesome
Triumph America 2005. New cruiser for a change of pace.


I don't understand how someone can go from such a great bike like a CBR1000RR to an over weight boat anchor.

[SVboy]

TM125
XT 250
XT 125
CB250rs
XR200a
SV650s
SV1000s
GSXR400rr
GSXR600k7
rx150
ZX6r
GSXR750K9
fxr150
DRZ400smk8
GSXR600k6
DRZ400smk8[No 2]
fxr150[no 2]
xr200

[DMNTD]

Heck...ouch gonna have to think now. A great list of mostly bollix/average condition 'til past 5 years

GT 750
XS1100
Z1000
z1000
CB900
Gs1000
GS1000
Z1100
FZR1000
TL1000s
TL1000s (current)

a couple more somewhere in there...all bought privately apart from my current bike-Colemans

LOL....flash backs!
Just bought my 32nd bike in 6 1/2 years. Yes I have issues :eek:

[MD]

I don't understand how someone can go from such a great bike like a CBR1000RR to an over weight boat anchor.

I had them both at the same time. It was a Jekyl and Hyde thing. Bloody fun it was. Sometimes I went out real early 'cruisin' at 6am on a Sunday so no one would recognise me, for a slow stroll around lake Wairarapa. Only to return in the afternoon and wind out the Blade full tit. But in the end having a bike that can't wheelie seemed pointless to me, so I flicked it on when summer ended. I still rate the America as a good looking and enjoyable ride though.

Hidden deep in all of us is a queer desire to ride a cruiser. Sort of like homos coming out of the closet, I had to give in to the secret desire to try riding feet foward. Fortunately with the right meds you can recover. I am now a recovered cruiserolic with little chance of a relapse. To prove it to myself I test rode the Diavel. Bravely, I returned the keys and walked away.

I had the green 636 at the same time as the Blade as well. But when money got tight I had to sell one, whichever went first. Pissed me off it was the near new 636 that sold. So not long after I changed the Blade for another 636.

[SMOKEU]

Hidden deep in all of us is a queer desire to ride a cruiser. Sort of like homos coming out of the closet, I had to give in to the secret desire to try riding feet foward.

I can honestly say that I have no desire to own a cruiser. However, I do have a bit of a motard fetish. I've never ridden one before but I am really keen to ride one to satisfy my cravings. Maybe I should go to a bike dealer to test ride one at some stage just to get it out of my system. This thing here http://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/motorbikes/motorbikes/dual-purpose/auction-423332928.htm is so sexy.

[actungbaby]

gee know your asking me to go back in time and i love it ....

who doesint like talking bikes and talking and talking hehe

my first bike was red c 90 step tru Hollands Honda dad kindly brought brand new to get me to my first job
I paid him back
all new except with *

1. C 90 step thu 80
2. CB 400 N 1981 (accident written of) car pulled out moorehose ave before overbridge
3. cbx 400 f 1982 (tradeed in after 4 years) great bike owned the longest much better for fun than cb400 twin
4. cb 750 interga full fairing ex usa 6 grand good price (never really took to had xl600 at same time ) didnt have confidence on it at open road speeds felt like front end wash out somtimes
all hollands honda new
5. honda xl 250 rf 1986 white traded on the 600 great bike should keep it
6. honda xl600 1986 rf white probley still in palmerston north
whitings honda chch
7. nh 80 traded the xl600rf swaped it for the nh 80 lead ( must been mad) co-op honda Palmerston north
nh 80 was cool scotter rode it from chch to palmerston north , sold on behave at phill turnballs palmerston north
ditto the cb 750 intergar phill sold that for me too. great guy

second hand

Brought and old dunger 1977 xl 100k2 in 1985 still got it looks like shit but i love it

silver 1981 gs 450 cc suzuki brought from freind rode to chch from palmerston north
black gs 450 twin brouight form cousin both bikes brought4 years ago
both sold on tradme as choudint get them going after years in the garden shed .
both got going again easiely aghhhh new owner told me going use one engine in vintage tq to power it
for display
loved the gs 450 always thought they sucked but loved my silver one handled well wish not be so baised to honda back in the day

this year

all trademe brought

Honda vt 250 brought for 500.00 engine damaged neeeds new motor bad buy
honda vt 500 brought for 500.00 needs petrol cap fork seals yet to get picked up (hopefull)
honda rc 36 (vfr 750 ) 1992 accident damaged 906.00 get it next week (mainfreight )
Honda cbr 900 1992 yellow accident damaged so close to getting this trademe didnt have the money won the auction though ;-)

like cbr 600 and vt 1000 firestorm cbr 900 sometime eps the vt 1000 firstorm they look awsome esp the motor
frame

dream bike be rc 30 or lotto win nr 750

all in all happy with my bikes never disliked any of them do think where the bikes are know if there still going
bit silly i know only machines

oh side story had yamaha it 400 for few weeks when owned the honda c90 step tru
talked into not buying it as my fmaily said i kill myself on it was fun though stalled it alot as hadint ridden bike with a clutch
got hang of the clutch after first day was hard to start lots sore feet days (kick start) bloody fast rekon thats fastest feeling bike
ever ridden , my mate neil chould whellie it to 4th he brought it insteed ;-) but he chould really ride it, i just rode it on the road

[actungbaby]

also brought a brand new Xr 50 honda for my nephew whos 18 know he was 7 at the time
I rode the xl100 k2 and he rode the xr 50 . for me i think this was best honda owned never ridden
all had to do was add petrol no battery brillent design was quick to esp on grass hehe
i fell of my xl100 few times trying keep up

great bike used same engine as c50 i think this be longest run production honda engine
and must made millions of them
at one stage was biggest seller in austraila as used same motoe bored out in ct 110 aussie posties sued them
and think nz post still uses them to this day

owned to second hand c 50s brought dirt cheap one was early push rod version with electric start
i dont think was good model i never got it working i tryed heaps though weather was timing issue

the other c50 was ohc rode it week after wrote of the cb 400 n
good bike was much slower than c 90 that 40cc really makes diffrence ;-) eps in torque
the 50cc was just to slow in traffic 90cc was much more fun



gee know your asking me to go back in time and i love it ....

who doesint like talking bikes and talking and talking hehe

my first bike was red c 90 step tru Hollands Honda dad kindly brought brand new to get me to my first job
I paid him back
all new except with *

1. C 90 step thu 80
2. CB 400 N 1981 (accident written of) car pulled out moorehose ave before overbridge
3. cbx 400 f 1982 (tradeed in after 4 years) great bike owned the longest much better for fun than cb400 twin
4. cb 750 interga full fairing ex usa 6 grand good price (never really took to had xl600 at same time ) didnt have confidence on it at open road speeds felt like front end wash out somtimes
all hollands honda new
5. honda xl 250 rf 1986 white traded on the 600 great bike should keep it
6. honda xl600 1986 rf white probley still in palmerston north
whitings honda chch
7. nh 80 traded the xl600rf swaped it for the nh 80 lead ( must been mad) co-op honda Palmerston north
nh 80 was cool scotter rode it from chch to palmerston north , sold on behave at phill turnballs palmerston north
ditto the cb 750 intergar phill sold that for me too. great guy

second hand

Brought and old dunger 1977 xl 100k2 in 1985 still got it looks like shit but i love it

silver 1981 gs 450 cc suzuki brought from freind rode to chch from palmerston north
black gs 450 twin brouight form cousin both bikes brought4 years ago
both sold on tradme as choudint get them going after years in the garden shed .
both got going again easiely aghhhh new owner told me going use one engine in vintage tq to power it
for display
loved the gs 450 always thought they sucked but loved my silver one handled well wish not be so baised to honda back in the day

this year

all trademe brought

Honda vt 250 brought for 500.00 engine damaged neeeds new motor bad buy
honda vt 500 brought for 500.00 needs petrol cap fork seals yet to get picked up (hopefull)
honda rc 36 (vfr 750 ) 1992 accident damaged 906.00 get it next week (mainfreight )
Honda cbr 900 1992 yellow accident damaged so close to getting this trademe didnt have the money won the auction though ;-)

like cbr 600 and vt 1000 firestorm cbr 900 sometime eps the vt 1000 firstorm they look awsome esp the motor
frame

dream bike be rc 30 or lotto win nr 750

all in all happy with my bikes never disliked any of them do think where the bikes are know if there still going
bit silly i know only machines

oh side story had yamaha it 400 for few weeks when owned the honda c90 step tru
talked into not buying it as my fmaily said i kill myself on it was fun though stalled it alot as hadint ridden bike with a clutch
got hang of the clutch after first day was hard to start lots sore feet days (kick start) bloody fast rekon thats fastest feeling bike
ever ridden , my mate neil chould whellie it to 4th he brought it insteed ;-) but he chould really ride it, i just rode it on the road

[Laava]

1989 GN250 Suzuki..........traded
2003 GSXR1000 Suzuki...........crashed
2003 GN125 Suzuki............

[Fast Eddie]

1989 GN250 Suzuki..........traded
2003 GSXR1000 Suzuki...........crashed
2003 GN125 Suzuki............

haha I like how you went from the 1000 to the 125..

[Fast Eddie]

gee know your asking me to go back in time and i love it ....


dream bike be rc 30 or lotto win nr 750
d

hehe.. I love my NR750..

252874252875

[Ragingrob]

GN250
CBR250
VFR400
ZX9R
GSXR750
ZXR750

:scooter:

[Bikemad]

susuki ts250 savage
honda xr250
honda cb110
71 BSA A65 Thunderbolt
82 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
honda cb750 k or was it f
91 kawasaki KX 250
86 Moto Guzzi 1000 Le Mans
81 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
97 Ducati 916
89 susuki gsxr 1100.....track bike
06 Triumph 955i Daytona.....main ride
honda cb125 bucket

still got the last 5

[Voltaire]

susuki ts250 savage
honda cb110
71 BSA A65 Thunderbolt
82 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
honda cb750 k or was it f
91 kawasaki KX 250
86 Moto Guzzi 1000 Le Mans
81 Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans
97 Ducati 916
89 susuki gsxr 1100.....track bike
06 Triumph 955i Daytona.....main ride
honda cb125 bucket

still got the last 5

So when are you taking the bucket to Mt Welly?:innocent:

[Stylo]

Wish I'd kept this little baby .....253029

[Macontour]

Kawasaki GA5(?) 100 2 stroke 1980-81, bought 2nd hand at Greenlane Suzuki
Suzuki GT250 X7 2 stroke, bought new, Vinsens
Suzuki GS550 Bought new, Vinsens, written off one night
Yamaha XJ650, bought 2nd hand, Vinsens I think. Had it for years, it never missed a beat, no chain to adjust either. Crashed it through the Paraparas on the way to the Boxing Day races in Wangavegas years ago and had to ride it home dented and steering funny. Still have it in the garage.
Cars for a few years because of family.
Currently Ducati 904 Superlight.

[wanpo]

For the most part I'm not proud of this list:
2008 Hyosung GT250R - Sold
2004 Hyosung GT650R - Sold
2008 Honda CBR1000RR - Current
2008 Hyosung GT250R (Race bike) - Current

[HossNZ]

1991 Kawasaki ZR1100 - Looked Great Z1 Paint.
2007 Triumph Speedmaster
2009 Suzuki SV1000 Naked - Brand New
2005 Suzuki GSX1400 - Favourite By Far.

Link to photos - https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.2041588952212.2105255.1018961850&type=3

[NZsarge]

Way back when I was a young fella...
Yamaha IT175J
" IT250L
" RZ350

Left motorcycling for a long while then:
Yamaha YZF1000 Thunderace (2002)
" FZ1 S (2006)
Kawasaki ZX14 (2007) still currently owned.

[pete376403]

Velocette/AJS 350 hybrid
Matchless G9 500
Kawasaki F9 350 (first new bike, $1169 in 1972)
Yamaha AT1(?) 175
Yahama DT1 250
JAP, Weslake and Jawa speedway bikes (all 500)
(Family, cars, house, usual shit)
Honda F1 750
Yamaha IT 400
Suzuki GS1100GK (still in the shed)
Kawasaki KLR 650 (next new bike $9895 in 2008)

[haydes55]

JAP, Weslake and Jawa speedway bikes (all 500)


:first: that's the way to go :yes:

Speedway bikes:
1-Honda xr125 powered junior
2-Honda xr250 powered junior (had 2 or 3 different xr250 juniors, good motors)
3-Jawa 500cc solo

Road bikes
4-'87 Yamaha FZR250 (sold)
5-'06 Hyosung GT250R (crashed because of blind idiot:argh::brick::motu::bash::cry: ) (yes all those smileys were needed)
6-Depends on what the insurance company wants to do and what's on trademe in my price range.

[Woodman]

DT175
IT175J
Benelli 250ss (still have it)
Gs 550
XR250RD
KDX200
GSXR750(85)
XL600
KLR650 (current ride)

Good memories.

[Goblin]

Was part owner of a 750 Katana aprox 1987
TS125
GSXR400
KDX200
ZX4 (Written off in a head-on with cage that "didn't see me")
GSX400Impulse
CBR600.

2X ZXR400 (race)
900 Hornet :niceone:

[Madness]

CT90
RM80
RD50
TS185 ER
XL500
RG250
GSX750 ET
GSXR750 H
CRM250
GSX1100 ET
ZZR1100 D1
ZX12-rR B3

[mossy1200]

DIRTY BIKES

xl185s
xl250r
rm80
it465
it490
tt350
dr250
xl100
kx250

ROAD

rg250
rg400
vf750f times 2
cbx750 boldor
zxr400
cx400
revere 650
zzr1100
rs1000r
sp1
guzzi 1100sport
bmwr1200s
1100xx blackbird
cbr900
zx12r
vfr400
zx10 1989
mt-01
t100 bonny
gsx400 impulse times2
vl1500
FZR1000

nifty 50.......................DOES THAT COUNT

RACE


VFR400
gsx750e
FZR1000w

50 pit bike..........................DOES THAT COUNT

[manxkiwi]

Pre NZ:
C70 Honda (numerous)
Z200 Kawa
TL125 Honda
400/4 Honda
GT550 Kawa
GPZ900

In NZ:
GSX250 Suzuki
GPZ900
VFR750L
SV1000S (current)
RGV250 (2)
675 Daytona (current)
675 Daytona Race bike (current)

[RS2000]

ts125
a50
c90 cub
rd250lc
rd350lc
cb250
rgv250k
fz600
cbr600
gt200
gpz900
gsxr400
rd500lc
rgv250m
gsxr750k
gt750
gsxr750m
gsxr750wn
gsxr600
R1
zxr750
v-max
cr125
rd350lc
cbr600f1
gs1000s
yzf750sp,
I am sure I have missed out some

[gavinnz]

This is going to test my memory.... I have had bikes for 27 years.
I will only list the bikes I have owned and sold not my current bikes for security reasons....

Vespa SS90 (17 Vespa's in total)
BSA C11
Puch 250 SGS (2)
Kawasaki Z440 (3)
Yamaha RD400 (2)
Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha RD250LC
Suzuki GS1100G
Macintosh BR2 1150
Yamaha TT225
Maicoletta scooter
Yamaha Chappy
Moto Guzzi SP1000
Moto Guzzi V7
Moto Guzzi Superalce (500 single, 1951)
Laverda GT750
Laverda SFC1000
Morini 350 Sport drum brake
Morini 500 Sport
Aermacchi 350SS
MV Agusta 175CS OHC 1954
MV Agusta F4 1+1
Ducati 906 Paso
Ducati 900SS Bevel drive wire wheel
Ducati 350 F3
Ducati 450 Mk3 single
Cagiva Alazzura 650
Bimota SB3
Bimota DB1
Gilera 350 Saturno
BSA Golden Flash
Velocette MAC 1939
Buell Blast (4 of them)
Harley Davidson 1920 1000cc
NSU 250 OSL 1939
MZ ETZ (3 of)

I think that's about it.
My current collection has reduced from 17 to 7 over the past 10 years or so.
regards
Gavin

[Xman]

85 Honda VT250F
87 Honda NS250R
90 Honda NSR250SP
89 Honda VFR400 NC24
91 Honda CBR1000F
91 Suzuki RGV250M
92 Kawasaki ZZR1100
91 Suzuki GSXR1100M
01 Suzuki SG350N Goose
00 Aprilia RSV Mille*

*current

[nzvlogger]

Old school Honda 125cc Something i cant remember what it was
Piece of crap Chinese "Motard"
89 Yamaha FZR400
87 Yamaha XJ400
Another FZR400
Honda BROS400 88
Kawasaki ZXR400 H model 89
Suzuki RF400 2001
Honda VFR400
Honda BROS 400 88 again < Nice bike, love em, not quick but nice.

[roadkillnz]

Previous Bikes
19?? Suzuki RV75
2001 Kawasaki KLR250 (road going)

Current Bikes
2003 Kawasaki KX250
2000 Suzuki RMX250 (road going)
2007 Buell XB12Ss

[Boff]

Xr100 04
Crf230 06
Kdx200 06
Scorpa sy250 05
Exc200 01
Kdx220 05
Rmx250 97
Kdx200 91
Dt175 89
Br250 94?
Ts125 89
Dr350 x2 98
Yz250 04
Gt200 81

Think that's it?