Worst bike ever ridden

[dangerous]

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.

I know what ya mean in a month you'd replace each piston (one a week) and on the forth week its proberly raining so you wouldent get a ride in.
But were they a wicked wee bike if hotted up fast as, but once again you gota remember those extra cold plugs or you'd be pushing it home.

[merv]

MVX250 - remember this one racing at Lyall Bay in 1984? Was that Neil Harris on board or someone else? Paul Pav maybe - didn't label my photos too well back then.

[SILVER SUZI]

I was thinking my worst bike was my first. Honda CB250, don't know what year but it was second hand about 18 years ago (shit has it been that long?).
It looked cool and I knew nothing about bikes.
It was a big heavy slow POS with no power.
But then I read the post about Cyclespot's loaner. Honestly it can only be because they warrant it themselves that it's on the road. Dangerous heap. And whats worse is that they give it to guys who normally ride sports bikes.
I got given it as a loaner while they put new pads on the Gixxer I bought from them not three weeks prior (didn't realise when buying it that the front was virtually down to the steel - silly me trusting the word of a salesman).
Phoned the next afternoon to say I was going to pick it up, and arrived to find it not done. So impressed with the thought of having the loaner for another day that I waited while the finished something else and did my bike.
As you might guess, I hav'nt been back and aren't likely to either.
Sorry seems I got a bit

[pete376403]

The worst had to be the Suzuki 120 powered Farmbyke. Everything about it was an amplified version of what most people here dislike about Hogleys. But they weren't road registerable (I don't think...) so a dishonourable mention must go to the Kawasaki H1 500. Seriously scary!

I knew a guy whose parents owned a market garden at Otaki - combining the worst of your post, he registered an H1, (blue, drum braked) as a farm bike (farm bike registration was much cheaper than road bike)
Old time Wellington riders might remember this guy - Wayne Eglington - he raced the thing in 'Sports Production" at Gracefield and Porirua (there was a "round the Shopping Centre" event there about 1970)

[Two Smoker]

Don't forget the Honda CT110, what a dong that is, great low speed handling but thats about it...

its 0-100 time is..........

oh wait..... it doesnt do 100 lol

[pete376403]

It's all relative I think,if we went back to ride some of the shitters they might seem better in a new light,the dream bikes pieces of crap.
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I think the worst bike I have ever owned and ridden was my 1953 Matchless G9,
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I don't know how or to who I unloaded this pile of shit onto,but I'm glad I owned it - it gives me a benchmark for bad,very bad ,so even mediocer bikes are the very best I've ridden.

Did you sell it in Wellington? Cos it sounds awfully like the one I bought. :sneaky2:
Spent a lot of my apprentice wages on it, rechromed the tank, girlings to replace the jampots, new pipes and "mufflers" (yeah right - open megas), new seat from a BSA Lightning, rebuilt magneto, new Amal concentric to replace the worn out monobloc, new rings and valve grind. Couldn't get G9 head gaskets, though, so I used G11 (650) and that was a mistake. A head gasket blew while chugging up the 'Tukas, the fire leaked into a pushrod tunnel and melted the Dural pushrod. But once that was fixed it was almost reliable by the time I sold it. Wish I had it now.

[Motu]

Ah!...I always wondered who the dumbfuck was! No,I have no idea where it went,I was just happy to see it go.Those AMC twins were a masterpiece of engineering in those days,way ahead of Triumph,BSA and Norton - but they were just as unreliable.But talking to the older generation who had them new,they had no problems.When they bumped them up to 650 the cranks stated to break,but they fixed that,although the bad name stuck.

[LB]

MVX250 - remember this one racing at Lyall Bay in 1984? Was that Neil Harris on board or someone else? Paul Pav maybe - didn't label my photos too well back then.

I'm pretty sure it's not Paul Pav (I don't ever recall him wearing those leathers), not sure who it is.....I do sorta remember the bike but not the guy racing. Don't recognise the number either. Will keep thinking.

[Holy Roller]

The worst ride would have to be my mates 84 GSX750 slow, heavy steering, and jolly uncomfortable for a tall guy like me. My XZ 400 at the time was heaps faster ( OK I admit I was a hoon then and he rode it like a nana ) But it was enough to put me off them.

[Kwaka-Kid]

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.

really? well we have 2 of them, wait, no one now, the other we chopped the frame up and threw it out in the inorganics collection about 2 years ago, kept the second set of plastics, threw the motors out aswell, and the 1 frame we got left has been chopped and modded to sit the XR500 methanol burner in it (70something HP) unfortunatly it hasnt been completed yet. Also i had 3 sets of spare rims for those! threw them out in inorganics too, aswell as the last one about 6 weeks ago where we threw out the complete front end minus instruments (kept), as fast as i can take these bikes out to the front of my yard vans were lining up taking them outta my hands! crazy.

[Big Dog]

as fast as i can take these bikes out to the front of my yard vans were lining up taking them outta my hands! crazy.

So none of them had met you before huh?

[Two Smoker]

So none of them had met you before huh?

Well guys don't bother goin to a Bike Wreakers for parts.... Just go see KK, You name it he's got it, I can vouch after seeing his garage. Why dont you start selling stuff KK????instead of throwing it?

[Big Dog]

Well guys don't bother goin to a Bike Wreakers for parts.... Just go see KK, You name it he's got it, I can vouch after seeing his garage. Why dont you start selling stuff KK????instead of throwing it?

Because if it's still useful he hasn't finnished fixing it yet HA HA Ha

[Kwaka-Kid]

nasty big dog! just nasty hehehe! ill getchu for dat! and yeah i dunno, i dont want to sell it or throw it!!! i wanna keep it all but dad gets into these big lets have a clean-up moods and wants it all gone fast as.
whilst im onto the subject i found some 202 holden racing headers, any use to anyone?

[Big Dog]

nasty big dog! just nasty hehehe! ill getchu for dat! and yeah i dunno, i dont want to sell it or throw it!!! i wanna keep it all but dad gets into these big lets have a clean-up moods and wants it all gone fast as.
whilst im onto the subject i found some 202 holden racing headers, any use to anyone?

what good is a good punch line if you don't use it.
I was going to leave well enough alone but couln't resist that particular rib