I bought the original CR125 for $400 kept it 3 years swapped it for a TS 125 kept that 6 months then swapped it for a Nikon F camera body (back in 1978) I still have the camera with 35-200 zoom lens but rarely use it in this digital age
Can only ride 1 bike at a time
I bought the original CR125 for $400 kept it 3 years swapped it for a TS 125 kept that 6 months then swapped it for a Nikon F camera body (back in 1978) I still have the camera with 35-200 zoom lens but rarely use it in this digital age
e mare libertas
I've only owned two bikes.
I bought the FXR new for $4400, trashed the hell out of it and wheeled it onto Frosty's trailer two years later for $500 (eliciting extreme finger-waggling from Mrs Random) and then rescued my Zeal from its previous owner (who I don't think lubricated the drivechain even *once* while he had it) for $2500.
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Soo-deep
Cheapest - 2002 FXR 150 - $ 150
Expensive - 2002 GSXR 600 - $ 7,000
gypsy
$ 50 seams to be a re-acuring figure for me....
1st $50 i spent on a bike, it was a dt100, put the piston round the right way ..... and raced it for a whole season (buckets) before i decided to increase the power....
2nd $50. on a CB 550.......got it going and sold it for $200 (didn't trust my rebuliding skills)
3rd $50. was on the scooter that i have now, the one that luke keeps on falling off... had it now for about 3 years.. still going strong...
andy
what a ride so far!!!!
Forum whore
30 yrs on it still hurts - but I kept the GT for quite a while....Originally Posted by jrandom
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
e mare libertas
I should 'ope so.30 yrs on it still hurts - but I kept the GT for quite a while....
Reminds me - you coming to lunch tomorrow?
kiwibiker is full of love, an disrespect.
- mikey
Forum whore
Nah - jury service over - back to work tomorrow - buggrit
“- He felt that his whole life was some kind of dream and he sometimes wondered whose it was and whether they were enjoying it.”
Still Ridin'
Free - some little 100cc Suzuki which needed a little work. My brother fixed it up and his son learned to ride on it.
Free - GSX250 with knaffed engine, spent $290 on a second-hand motor, $60 on a new set of carbs, dunno how much it's going to cost me to get it to run for more than two minutes at a time...
Often spent "a dollar a cc" on some of the bikes I've bought.
Motorbike Camping for the win!
on the up
Okay for some reason Kiwibiker's refused to let me create a thread for the last two days...
So I'll talk about my new ride here.
It's a 1996 Suzuki RF900RS, a little more kms than I wanted to get, but still quite reasonable for this bike and its been incredibly well maintained so I'm happy with what I got.
It's got brand new rotors, near new Metzelers, Z3 front Z4 rear, new battery, a good newish chain and sprockets (can't see the front one but) and some lovely heated grips that will come in handy for winter as the temperature in Upper Hutt regularly dips below 0°C. An yup, it's still got the tank bra, and the original owner's manual and toolkit.
I'm waiting for AMI to get the cheque for the FZR750R to me and I will pick up this sucker - the wait's killing me ... not to mention the train trips.
But it will be worth it. It's the American Model (E-03) which means it's the full 118 horses at the rear wheel (135 at the crank apparently) and a MPH speedo which will take a bit of getting used to - especially as how 100 comes up reeeeealllly quickly and smoothly.
It doesn't pull any harder than the fizzer, which derestricted was about 105 at the rear wheel, but it seems to pull that hard for a bit longer, which as a 9 year newer bike and 187cc bigger it should.
Anyway, hope you aren't pissed for the thread hijack. Just wanted to share my joy.
As for what I paid - let's just say it's $50 more than the insurance company gave me for my 1987 FZR750R...
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
BAD DOG!!
$25 for a 1981 CR125 with a TF125 engine in it, then $100 for a PE250. Both suffered from the same fault, moronic owners who put 30-40 in the tank then let it settle to the bottom and ride like nana's at 2000rpm so they had fouled plugs/carbs/barrels/pipes. a good one day thrashing and they ran like new (all that oil did something good)
heres the PE, the RM/TF was by far the cooler bike (although the PE was plenty cool for a 14 year old
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One, two free, floor!
THAR SHE BLOWS!!!!!!!!Okay for some reason Kiwibiker's refused to let me create a thread for the last two days...
So I'll talk about my new ride here.
It's a 1996 Suzuki RF900RS, a little more kms than I wanted to get, but still quite reasonable for this bike and its been incredibly well maintained so I'm happy with what I got.
It's got brand new rotors, near new Metzelers, Z3 front Z4 rear, new battery, a good newish chain and sprockets (can't see the front one but) and some lovely heated grips that will come in handy for winter as the temperature in Upper Hutt regularly dips below 0°C. An yup, it's still got the tank bra, and the original owner's manual and toolkit.
I'm waiting for AMI to get the cheque for the FZR750R to me and I will pick up this sucker - the wait's killing me ... not to mention the train trips.
But it will be worth it. It's the American Model (E-03) which means it's the full 118 horses at the rear wheel (135 at the crank apparently) and a MPH speedo which will take a bit of getting used to - especially as how 100 comes up reeeeealllly quickly and smoothly.
It doesn't pull any harder than the fizzer, which derestricted was about 105 at the rear wheel, but it seems to pull that hard for a bit longer, which as a 9 year newer bike and 187cc bigger it should.
Anyway, hope you aren't pissed for the thread hijack. Just wanted to share my joy.
As for what I paid - let's just say it's $50 more than the insurance company gave me for my 1987 FZR750R...
JOIN THE CLUB CHAPPY (same colour as mine... and OH SO PURDY!)
Oh we can stop swap stories, and have things in common and ride together and be bestest friend and swap recipies and clothing patterns and ... oh the list just goes on and on and on...
... ahem...
I mean "nice ride good choice dude"
...as you were...
MDU
$2,000 cash if you find a buyer for my house, kumeuhouseforsale@straightshooters.co.nz for details
One, two free, floor!
Oh that's brilliant! Actually that is funny...
$2,000 cash if you find a buyer for my house, kumeuhouseforsale@straightshooters.co.nz for details
on the up
Are you sure your name isn't SpongeBob?
And I to my motorcycle parked like the soul of the junkyard. Restored, a bicycle fleshed with power, and tore off. Up Highway 106 continually drunk on the wind in my mouth. Wringing the handlebar for speed, wild to be wreckage forever.
- James Dickey, Cherrylog Road.
Forum whore
Was given a "Steel riders" BMX, and a PeeWee50. (when I was 3yr old)
Cheapest: $1500, sold for $1800 ZXR250 89
most expensive: $8000 R1 99
I LOVE MY JOB!!
Have had other bikes, $4000 FZR250, And another ZXR250 $5000
Plenty of time to increase the list too.
Motorcycing is not a hobby, It is a way of life!
Missed forever! NEVER FORGOTTEN!!
LIVE ON MY FRIENDS!
Friends dont let friends ride Hyosungs
com-mute
Cheepest bike: 1990 CBR600
- The bike = 4 cans of db
- Paint = $100
- Cleaning stuff = $20
- new fastners = $50
- tyres = $?
- chain = $?
- sprockets = $?
- Bike Fluids (oil, brakes, water...) = $70
- Person Fluids(beer, more beer...) = $undisclosed (and rising)
- DVD Hire (to keep the wifey quiet) = $?
- Time spent looking for misplaced valve collets = $Priceless
Most expensive bike: F650 '97= $8000
Still have both of them and want to sell them soon, Hoping to make money on the CBR.
Would take a miracle or a real dumbass buyer for me to make money on the F650
Motorbike only search
YOU ONLY NEED TWO TOOLS IN LIFE - CRC AND DUCT TAPE. IF IT DOESN'T MOVE AND SHOULD, USE THE CRC. IF IT SHOULDN'T MOVE AND DOES, USE THE DUCT TAPE
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