Worst bike ever ridden

[Zed]

I had a 95 Fireblade as well. My loaner from Sawyers once was a DJ50 which is a bright yellow and black scooter. Problem was that all my riding gear was yellow/black as well so it looked like I got the full-on gear for the bike. Then when I left work to pick up my blade a few "friends" gathered downstairs to take the piss outta me

That's hillarious!

Brings a question to mind...most 50cc riders I have ever seen do not wear any protective wear! Why is this? Ignorance maybe?


Zed

[boris]

had to be a gsx550

[moko]

had to be a gsx550

The old GSX`s used to fry their electrics regularly,nightmare,whatever went used to take out the lot.Blokes in the know here used to buy dead ones cheap and fit Honda regulators,did the trick.Dont know the reason but apparently if you kept your headlight on all the time there wasnt a problem with the original Suzi stuff,still piss-poor though.Used to be Suzi electrics,Honda camchains and Yamaha brakes that screwed up regularly,the latter mainly due to Brit local authorities chucking salt all over the roads in winter.
Oddest "bad bike" I had recently was a Yam XJ600,the carbs iced up in winter(something else you maybe dont get in N.Z.)it was rusting despite only being 8 months old,no character,clutch was the worst I`ve ever had,2 dealers had a go and fixed it for about a week when it was back to sticking so badly that it was hardly worth having,handled like a pig,felt like a 70`s throwback to ride,and not a good 70`s bike either.

[SPman]

Kawasaki S2 350 triple. Not bad, so much as evil. No power until it hit it's powerband and then you had everything it had RIGHT F__KING NOW Jimbo!!

Clip-ons under the top triple clamp (it only had the top triple clamp) so you constantly head butted the intrument cluster during the unceasing "I didn't intend to do that wheelie, honest officer", wheelstands.

It flexed. As in you could see with the naked eye the forks deflect to the left or right depending on the corner direction.

And the rear shocks pogoed like a bouncy castle filled with lime jelly.

But it still made you laugh like a madman when the thing came on song and tried to buck and worm it's way from under you. It also made my RG250 feel very fast and very comfortable in comparison.

Not to mention plugs every 500 miles, fuel cooling (a best of 27 mpg) and engine rebuilds every 3000 miles! But they were real stable and good handling compared to the 500! And they were FUN1

[ching_ching]

Worst bike I had?

I've only had 3 bikes so far. My second 250 during my probie period was a 92 CBR250RR. Got it from a shop down in Lower Hutt (won't say which one) but I traded my ZZR250 for something more sporty and that's what they had. Being new at this, I didn't give it a good check and they didn't tell me anything about its condition . Tested it, seemed OK, rode it home. A month later, still getting used to it, and shot over to Taupo for yet another mercy dash.
Approaching Bulli Point (first corner out of three) and whatdya know, the throttle's stuck bro. Ever seen a Maori heading for a sharpaz corner at 100kph on a bike bro? Managed to apply the stoppers but motors still going full brudder (remember, stuck throttle). So after applying a bit of stop before hitting the corner (managed to slow down a little) the brudder leeeeaaaaaaannnnnnnnnns bro. My Maori ass is playing havoc with my digestive system and tis the first time I've touched a bit of knee on the tarmac. Straightened up and luckily it loosened off before anymore subsequent corners.

Managed to apply a bit of a fix to it (not much) but always somewhat mindful of it when riding. When I got my Alstare was the first thing I checked on it... whatdya know the throttle snaps back. No comparison bro.

[moko]

Everr seen a Maori heading for a sharpaz corner at 100kph on a bike bro?

Yep,on a V-Max with no tread on it`s tyres too,scraping the stand and everything else,scary to watch.Mate of mine up in Opotiki runs a bright yellow one,I tried it for about 5 k`s and that was scary enough,owner chucked the bloody thing about like it was an R6,told me it took him about 3 months to get used to it`s dodgy handling,reckon he`d give anyone on anything a good go now.think he still does a run to Hamilton regularly so some of you may have seen it around.

[DEATH_INC.]

I've ridden a few crook one's over the years,but the crown would have to go to my mates Hardley 1200 sporty........This was the worst handling,uncomfortable(it had highway pegs and a big filter...you had to try to bend your leg round the filter to get it on the r/h peg),vibratingist(special hardley word)P.O.S. I've ever had the displeasure of chucking a leg over.....

[Pickle]

Prize for the worst bike ever would have to go to my mates Ducati 750 Paso
Ugly as sin, very dodgy handling just look at the brakes in a corner and it wants to go straight ahead and the power of a sick 250, dodgy carb set up and way over priced, only good thing about it was that it sounded good

[Lou Girardin]

My first bike was the worst. '58 T/Bird. Anything that could go wrong did. Parts constantly made a bid for freedom. Wouldn'tgo, wouldn't stop and wobbled like a bastard.
Lou

[Big Dog]

I think the worst bike I have ever owned and ridden was my 1953 Matchless G9

So you did your whole apprenticeship on the one bike then

[merv]

The old GSX`s used to fry their electrics regularly,nightmare,whatever went used to take out the lot.

Yeah Suzuki electrics were wonderful. My first bike was a 1970 A100 Suzuki and for some strange reason (never figured out what) you could be happily riding along at night and all the light bulbs would blow - not the fuse - all the bulbs including the instrument light bulbs leaving me to ride home in complete darkness. I sold that bike in 1973 and never bought another Suzuki until 1998 when I bought the DR250R. The DR while not my ideal bike in the end was bulletproof reliable so no complaints about that and the electrics were fine.

[Aleph]

You haven't lived until you have ridden a Jawa from the 70's. Just watching others trying to work out how to start it is a good way to start your day - you push in the gear change and flip it back to become the kick start, all on the left hand side. Looks like a trail bike and they do not easily leave the trail, you leave the bike while it follows the holes to the bottom.

[Timber020]

Okay for a 2stroke 400 it was fast in its time, but the engine made cheques that the rest of the bike couldnt cash.

Brakes, dont make me laugh, you could have both hands gripping the front brake for dear life, be standing on the rear brake and still need 2 trees to slow you down.

The suspension made its own bumps. Its under engine expansion chamber was the first thing to get holed as soon as you found a log or rock-the thing made the battle of verdun seem peaceful. I wore a helmet just to keep out the noise!

And boy the fact that the gearshift could shift along the gear shaft that the shifter wouldnt shift down as the frame would stop it coupled with a clutch that had all the feel of stirring gravel with an egg beater, oh add a bad kill switch and a carb that would decide to self feed, the results? Me buried 3 meters in a hedge lying arcross the rear guard and the little bulldozer still trying to dig its way deeper.....infront of a whole crowd of girls.

[White trash]

M-V-X250!

Beat that! What a hunk of shit, I've had three and I love 'em! It's actually an ambition of mine to own the last running MVX250 in the world.

I reckon if I find one now, I'll be 90% there.

[Motu]

I thought my TS/TM 400 was great,it was a dog that would take heaps of abuse - a TS bottom end with a TM top end made a nice motor and was a mod some of the TM guys did,the heavier crank,flywheel and igntion tamed that huge power kick and made a docile tractor with a top end rush.Brakes?...well that was all everyone had in those days.If I had of kept it a better front end was next,also another expansion chamber,going high.That thing was like a bulls tackle hanging under there.Certainly not ridable off road,but mine did well on a dirt track,but has a huge black mark in my book as the only bike to dump me on a gravel road.

The Sales have one and at Paeroa the young fella was giving Vince Sharpe a hell of a hard time on the 1120cc CB750 - way outclassed...in theory.