The ONE you wish you never sold.

[FROSTY]

Have you ever had a bike you sold and you really regretted it?
i've been lucky to have owned a "couple" of bikes over the past few years and although I've had fond memories of most of em I don't regret selling any of them Barr 1
It was a YZF750 NZ model done a shit load of K's and showing it a bit in the bodywork.
There was just something about that bike that felt bloody fantastic to me.
Wish I'd never sold it

[McJim]

My wife's RG150. I wanted to race it in streetstock coz it just went so well.

Oh well. I'll have to wait until I'm even older before I'll have the money to race a bike.

[megageoff76]

My RZ350K, damn that thing was MINT too.

[jcupit69]

When i was 17 in the Uk i had a cagiva mito....I LOVED IT!!!!

It had an arrow exhaust so it had the 33bhp n weight absolutly nothing, looked amazing and was so much fun to ride. I sold i when i got my licence and went and brought a 96 gsxr600 and missed my lil mito so much :weep:

The gsxr was faster and way more reliable but wasnt as easy through traffic or as much fun in the twistys, and i found i just missed the character of my lil red italian 2stroke.

So i now have an RS250 which satisfys my love for italian 2strokes, but this time when i come to upgrade i will be keeping my lil 2stroker...lesson learned :2thumbsup

[MIXONE]

1974 triumph adventurer.500cc of sweet trumpy twin .

[zeocen]

My 1990 GPX250 :weep::weep::weep:

<img src="http://cdn.livevideo.com/image/19/77319/245103_po.jpg">

:weep::weep:

[Goblin]

My old KDX200.

[Mooch]

Have you ever had a bike you sold and you really regretted it?
i've been lucky to have owned a "couple" of bikes over the past few years and although I've had fond memories of most of em I don't regret selling any of them Barr 1
It was a YZF750 NZ model done a shit load of K's and showing it a bit in the bodywork.
There was just something about that bike that felt bloody fantastic to me.
Wish I'd never sold it

My first bike , a Kawasaki KR1 b1 South Affrica model in mint condition. Had mint fairing and rebuild motor before I traded it thinking I wouldn't ride it much. Owned it for 13 years. Appart from it's ablitlty to grenade at short notice , it was a very enjoyable bike , light , and agaile , enough power to have some serious fun on the twisties.

The problem would have been my better half ...... With 2 unfinished project cars , a couple of M/bikes and two daily drivers in the garage the KR1 would have had to be hidden at a mates place. ...... I've run out of room.

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=22376&d=1135174632

[spookytooth]

yup 88 KTM 350 exc that was one fun bike

[Lil_Byte]

My 99 GSXR1100. I sold it to by a house with a now ex partner. I would have been better to keep the bike and sell the partner.

It was a lovely bike and she wasn't

[MVnut]

1973 Yamaha SC500MX, if anyone has one and doesn't want it, let me know:Playnice:

[Drew]

My 99 GSXR1100. I sold it to by a house with a now ex partner. I would have been better to keep the bike and sell the partner.

It was a lovely bike and she wasn't

I know a guy with that exact model for sale right now, cheap too!!!

My only regreted sale wasn't even mine yet. I paid for half of it then being young and stupid stopped, never even rode it...sniff sniff. The beast was an MVX250, repowered with a T500 suzuki motor, complete with expansion chambers and decent carbs. I'd owned 2 standard titans before, and couldn't wait to ride that power in a frame that DIDN'T have a hinge in the middle.

[SPman]

A certain YZF750SP.............. :bye:

[R6_kid]

my R6... even though it cost me lots to maintain from all the thrashings i gave it i do miss that bike.

[sugilite]

Just the one, this one! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
(RZ500)

[Subike]

1974 triumph adventurer.500cc of sweet trumpy twin .

ugg ugG uGG UGG
I had one of those UGG!!
road it a twice , rebuild it twice, scrapped it once!
worst heap of crap I have ever owned.
I probably expected too much from it, but it was a nightmeer of oil leaks, rattles wobbles everything UGG!

as for the one that got away?
Brand New 1984 1100 sportsteer EVO 4 speed chain drive.
Burgandy /slate wire spoke wheels, bla bla bla :crybaby::crybaby::crybaby:
Damb the mortage and the wife and the kids and the dog,
Interest rates went up, sporty had to go

[bigbad]

ZXR 250 C, it was just a little beauty that you could throw around corners and thrash it.

[Motu]

The Rickman Metisse - I think it is the bike I am still searching for,but nothing could ever replace it.I have never ridden a bike that was so connected to my psych - my eyes connected to the steering,my right hand directly to the engine.I am sure I would see the bike at the Legends of Dirt Festival in Wanganui at Easter...I still know the frame number....it calls to me.....

[idleidolidyll]

the best THREE i should never have sold actually:

Ducati Cucciolo 50
Ducati Mountaineer 100
Aermacchi 350

[onearmedbandit]

My 1985 GSXR750F. It did a year in the NZ Champs back in '85 then was parked up along with the spare bike for 11yrs. Not much done to it other than blueprinted and balanced motor and oversize carbs, but it would leave my mates one for dead. It later would become the bike I lost the use of my arm on and in hospital I told my brother to sell it. I'll own another though.

[dipshit]

My RZ500

Also my 1985 GSX-R750

[Coyote]

KX80. It was so cool. Power was on or off, no in between. Loved to have kept it as a pit bike.

I know I'll regret selling the VFR. I know it'll be a marvellously reliable bike and the person who buys it for cheap will reap the rewards of all the money, time and frustration I've spent on it. But whilst it's mine, it'll continue to die at random intervals, try to spit me off and demand more money.

[Hitcher]

There are days I really miss having one of these...

(That's Jantar in the background taking a leak)

[RentaTriumph]

My 1978 T140V Bonneville. She was a minter in showroom condition.

[montsta56]

91 zxr750 My first road bike. No bike I've had since sound's any where near as good

[Bonez]

My old '82 GSX750EZ.

[fazer]

2001 fazer 1000, sold in uk before arriving on these shores. Best 2 wheels i've owned.

[Paulus]

88 RC30. Swapped it for a Fireblade which honestly was a better road bike (and a lot more powerful). Still miss that old RC30 though and today it is worth a heck of a lot more than an old Fireblade.

[JimO]

1979 kawasaki 1000 Z1R, nearley gave it away in the late 80s like rocking horse shit nowhttp://i187.photobucket.com/albums/x67/jim157/bikepics-198199-320.jpg

[martybabe]

My lovely white FJ1200, It was in better condition than Mr yamaha could have ever imagined.

Saw it three months later, had been used for a courier company and farkin wrecked. :angry2:

[T.W.R]

Could have :spanking: when it came time to move this on :mad:

time & place meant it had to go :argh:

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

after having ridden plenty of other bikes, most a lot more powerful & faster, that old animal is by far the most potent to 180kmh and the sound was in a league of it's own :drool:

[tri boy]

81 Kat 1100.
I don't wan't to talk about it.:no:

[gijoe1313]

Wow, reading all this has only confirmed my thinking ... I'm keeping all my bikes! :oi-grr:

I don't want to have any regrets ... so what I collect, I keep! :yes: :woohoo:

[scracha]

Biggest piece of kak. Hmm... Kawasaki GPX750. Straight line missile, $hit brakes and $hit handling. Total disappointment after the lovely GPX600 I'd had for 3 years. Only good on the motorway..or it was until the 2nd week I owned it when I killed it after racing a VW Corrado down a dual carrageway for about 100K's at pretty bonkers speeds. Warped head and 3 cracked cylinder head bolts. "you want HOW MUCH Mr Kawasak?"

One that got away. 1998 Yamaha TDM850. Should have shipped it out here with me. Wonderfully under-rated bike.

[SVboy]

SV650S "sigh"

[Str8 Jacket]

2001 KR150. It was the cyclone race replica model so it looked pretty mint too (until I gotmy hands on it). Was a fucken cool little bike and crashed really well too..... :bye:
After I sold it the guy who bought it of me had it stolen 2 weeks later. It'd done 45000 k's with no rebuilds whatsoever when I sold it so I really hope that it blew up on the bastards who stole it!

[nodrog]

my Suzuki Street Magic, it was the fastest thing from one side of town to the other, footpaths and walkways were no obstacle. DMNTD had one also, and there used to be fits of laughter as two twats, in full leathers and tinted visors, used to go into town on a friday night, and give the 'boyracers' the learn.

[jim.cox]

Norton 750 JPS

Had a nasty wobble at around 90mph

Never would have sold it if I had realised that all it needed was new headset bearings :(

[vfxdog]

Laverda Jota. Bought new in 1976. Rode it for 6 years; loads of fun and not a spot of trouble. Sold it to buy a GSX1100. Still kicking myself.

[martybabe]

Laverda Jota. Bought new in 1976. Rode it for 6 years; loads of fun and not a spot of trouble. Sold it to buy a GSX1100. Still kicking myself.


Now that is a sad tale, even I regret that sale. :nono:

[vifferman]

I was going to say "all of them", but rethinking that, I realised now that it would have to be none of them: they were all Hondas, therefore all ghey, and mostly started off in pretty good nick, and were muntered when I bought the next bike (especially the two that I wrote off). The exceptions would be the XBR500RS, which was a Pile-o-Poop when I 'inherited' it, and much more betterer when I sold it, and the VTR1000, which was in better condition when I traded it in.
I think I would've liked to have kept that, as a fun bike, for doing track days and the like. Despite the fact VTRs are urglee, underpowered and badly suspended, I had some fun on the thing. Popping a massive unintentional wheelie riding it home the night I bought it was evidence of that.

Alas, I'm "not allowed" more than one bike. The few weeks I did have two (VF500 and VFR750) were so much fun ("Hmmm...which bike shall I ride today?") but got me in so much trouble.:nono:

[BarBender]

Bluey.................

[Kflasher]

It was my ZX7R, i shead a tear when I let her go...for a 748R of all things.
Plate No was 16TYE so if you know if it anywhere please get in touch :(

[nudemetalz]

Just the one, this one! :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry: :cry:
(RZ500)

Me tooooo,...my RZ500 !!!!!!!
Oh the wail of the (twin crank) V4 two-stroke coming on the pipe(s) is erection-inducing !!!

[Mooch]

81 Kat 1100.
I don't wan't to talk about it.:no:

Wire wheel version by any chance ? :doh:

[tri boy]

Not a wire wheel, but a fantastic design, and an absolute horny machine to ride anywhere. (damn, the grey clouds of lost love are returning:crybaby:).

[Skunk]

Two bikes I regret selling: my ZRX1100 and my KZ550. Both great for different reasons.

[RC1]

only sold one a hotted up import 95VFR400RR the rest have crashed and burned :2guns::2guns:

[sugilite]

Me tooooo,...my RZ500 !!!!!!!
Oh the wail of the (twin crank) V4 two-stroke coming on the pipe(s) is erection-inducing !!!

Hey Nudz, this woodys for you bro :yes:
Mine was one of the rare short pipe models, of which only 20 came...the original batch..... :crybaby: :cry:
It had done about 36,000 km's at the time of this photo, I've never polished a bike so much before or since lol, and as you can see the pipes are dry as it was well thrashed, just what they like :lol:

[Coldrider]

My first bike, Suzuki TS125K, two stroke and the powerhouse of all time back then to me.

[davejenknz]

The next one. Maybe.

[nudemetalz]

Hey Nudz, this woodys for you bro :yes:
Mine was one of the rare short pipe models, of which only 20 came...the original batch..... :crybaby: :cry:
It had done about 36,000 km's at the time of this photo, I've never polished a bike so much before or since lol, and as you can see the pipes are dry as it was well thrashed, just what they like :lol:

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice !!!!!! :love:

I can't seem to find more pics of mine, must have a better look for them.
Here's a couple I posted a long time ago
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=51023&page=2

[Drew]

Niiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiice !!!!!! :love:

I can't seem to find more pics of mine, must have a better look for them.
Here's a couple I posted a long time ago
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showthread.php?t=51023&page=2

Holy crap, look how young Sugi looks in that first pic!!!

[sugilite]

Holy crap, look how young Sugi looks in that first pic!!!

Bro, what is it your trying to say? I still look like that don't I? :crybaby:
Look at my height as well, 'only' about 6.1 ft there (at 17), eventually made it to 6.6 ft by age 26!

[MacD]

Alas, I'm "not allowed" more than one bike. The few weeks I did have two (VF500 and VFR750) were so much fun ("Hmmm...which bike shall I ride today?") but got me in so much trouble.:nono:

I'm only "meant" to have two, but sometimes it takes a while to get around to selling the extra one :whistle:

I'd like to have my '74 RD350B again.

[Drew]

Bro, what is it your trying to say? I still look like that don't I? :crybaby:
Look at my height as well, 'only' about 6.1 ft there (at 17), eventually made it to 6.6 ft by age 26!

Saying naught bruvah, I see pictures of me at 17 and ask, "who's the fat cunt on my bike?"

[Capinure]

my gn250 .... lol

[Laava]

1971 Laverda 750SF, very customised by me,. now lives in New Plymouth
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=57548&d=1175394478
http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=57545&d=1175394478

[Conquiztador]

My 48 Panhead. Sold her to go travelling. And I am still on that trip 25 years later...

[pzkpfw]

I was overseas when my sister's husband's mother decided my RD350LC should not be in his farm shed.

So it was sold from under me for $500.

It was a wreck, really, but when I got back to N.Z. I found it in a Palmy (Nth) bike shop for $1,500.

It was still the 4 cans o' spray-paint blue I'd painted it with.

(But presumably the cracked crank-case was fixed, because there was no puddle under it, and it looked like someone had put an oil pump on it so it wasn't pre-mix any more.)

If I'd had any money then...