Your bike list

[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:Me]

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

[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.