One you wish you kept.

[Thunder 8]

Bloody hell a whole lot if i had the chance but the CBX is one i wish id kept. Mostly coz of the howling banshee sound it made when revved thru the six into one i had on it.

[BIG DOUG]

1969 rocket 3 first bike I restored,at least I know where it is.

[gatch]

My first bike 89 rg50h.

Did 110 with a tail wind, was hilarious, caning it through the gears thinking you must look like some kind of racer, when in reality it didn't actually accelerate it just made a louder hum..

[Dodgyiti]

1969 Suzuki 350 2 stroke twin roadbike. Someone had given it the full custom paint job during the 70's so it had sprayed lace and mulitcoloured bubbles all in super toxic metalflakes which in its self should have been preserved.
I did not have the skill base to keep it running as good as it could because it was very tricky to keep tuned.
Wish I had it now, I could have it running sweetly but I was 17 and had not gathered enough knowledge at that stage, I just wanted a bike that went well every day.

[Big Dave]

I was thinking about several machines I'm glad I got rid of.

[Motu]

Maybe I bought one of them? I'm always waiting for someone to get sick of trying to fix their bike,then dump the POS for a song.Bottom feeders get the pick of the garbage.

[vfxdog]

Bought new, ran it for 6 years. Fast, well made, great noise, no problems. Was something of a revelation after Triumph Tridents and Norton Commandos. Should never have parted with it. Have kept almost everything else I ever purchased. Could explain the divorce.

[Pedrostt500]

1980 Yamaha TT 500 H, actualy had 2 of them, the only real braking was engine braking, but a true Thumper.

[coffeejunkie]

Well my partner keeps saying.....wish i still had my TL, he got rid of it for the buell so dont know if it counts as one he had when......

[StoneY]

My old XR200RD 83, went anyfuckinwhereatallnoworries like
On the back wheel too often enough

[Big Dave]

Maybe I bought one of them? I'm always waiting for someone to get sick of trying to fix their bike,then dump the POS for a song.Bottom feeders get the pick of the garbage.

Did you ever have a GS850G or a CB450?

[Motu]

A CB450 did pass through my hands.I don't consider 4 cyl bikes even if they are free...in fact I don't consider 4 cyl bikes bikes at all.

[Ixion]

A CB450 did pass through my hands.I don't consider 4 cyl bikes even if they are free...in fact I don't consider 4 cyl bikes bikes at all.

Yeah? Didn't have a stuffed gearbox did it?

I almost bought a CB450. Had a stuffed gearbox. Put down deposit 'n all. Then while I was scrabbling round raising the rest, the filthy cunt sold it from under me to someone else? I bet it was you, y'bastard.

[mossy1200]

I have had a few but wouldnt mind my guzzi1100sport back to use for trips and holidays.

[Motu]

Ah,the wrecks that have passed through my hands.....I was once asked to pick up a scooter under a hedge,one thing a friend forgot to clean up after he moved out.So I went and picked up the Puch,a 175 with the twin rubber saddles.I dumped it around the back of the house and left it there,a couple of months later as a diversion from doing real work I wondered if it would run.With a leadhead nail as an ignition key and fresh fuel it was a runner.I used it as a runabout and commuter at times - I was determined that if it even so much as stalled at the lights,I'd remove my BSA number plate and just walk away.And then one day someone asked if I would sell it.WTF??? That's like selling horse poo....why would someone pay money for such excrement? But $75 for nothing? Why not?.....Oh where is my scooter now??!!!!

Another time someone wheeled in a 1969 Yamaha AT1,the very first of them with a white tank and the cute carrier,electric start too.I got it running,but the main bearings were rooted...so he just left it with me.I coasted it down the drive,behind the house,and lent it against the water tank....and it never moved from there,I just mowed around it.I pulled the brake and clutch levers off it to use on my KT250.I pulled the 18 front wheel off and put it on the front of my XR200 for dirt track racing.When I shifted some years later I dragged it onto the front verge with the rest of the old bikes,and it was gone in a few hours.Bloody hell - the first AT1,and I threw it away!