What bikes have you owned?

[_Shrek_]

early 70's 68 Bonnie but I didn't own it
TS125 died
PE185 died
DR200 died
AG100 traded
SR250 nicked
XV750 swapped
XS1100 sold
Gs650 sold
Gs1150 trashed
Gs1150

[Banditbandit]

Various BSA Bantams (Five I think - 125cc, 150cc and 175cc)
1950 BSA B33 (500cc)
1951 BSA A7 (500cc)
1963 BSA C15 (250cc)
1936 5H Triumph (500cc)
1963 Triumph Thunderbird (650cc)
1986 Honda CB250RS
???? Honda CBX250
1987 Honda FT400
1990 BMW R100GS Paris Dakar (1,000cc)
2007 Suzuki 650 Bandit (current)
2009 Suzuki 1250 Bandit (current)

[HenryDorsetCase]

Gah. this was supposed to be around the other way.

This is an RE5 bought by a friend of mine in 1986 or 1987. He rang me and asked me to pick it up in Wellington where I lived and ride it down to Christchurch. I said yes.

Good fun. Nice bike and very smooth to ride. Great big thing it was. I have had more positve comments about that bike than any other I have used on the Cook Strait ferry. The ferry staff, random punters at gas stations, all wanted to have a chat about it.

He sold it some time later no idea where it is now.

I found a bunch of old photos at the weekend: I'm going to scan some of them, some gems......

[HornetBoy]

2000 Suzuki FXR150
1999 Honda Hornet 250
1999 Honda Transalp 400

2001 Suzuki Katana 600
2008 Honda Hornet 900
1999 Harley Davidson XLH1200
2002 Suzuki SV650S (Current)

[Phil.T.Tipp]

My head hurts a bit thinking about this. Sometime in the mists of the late C20th I started this idiocy with a...

Honda CB 125 TDC - 4 stroke twin. Shit UJM. Passed test. Sold.
Suzuki TS 125 dirt bike - laughed like a drain. Can't remember what happened to it.
Unknown 250cc dirt bike - unregistered, went like stink. Gave it away.
Yam 250LC briiiiiiing ding ding ding crash. Fixed, painted. Sold.
Yam 350LC rinse and repeat. Loved it. Learned to do proper wheelies in a nylon bomber jacket. Ate pistons and cylinders. Sold.
Suzuki GS550 chopped pipes the lot. Fucking horrible. Sold. Quick.
Honda CB550 Four. Café racer. Steering damper, homemade exhaust silencer. Brakes made from tinfoil. Scared myself silly. Gone.
[Break due to years of kicking in doors and climbing over things in the face of rain/fog/shouting/bullets for Her Maj's Army]
Kawasaki 500cc dirt bike (KR - KX?) - unregistered/crosser. It tried to kill me. Sold for a lot of money oddly.
Another 250LC. Cheap Uni commuter. Mick Doohan 'Reggae' paintjob in red and black. Yeuch. Sold.
Kawasaki KR1S briiiiing ding ding ding crash. Again. Fucking fast. Also ate pistons. Sold.
Yam R6. 1999. Blue and White. The fast ones. Still miss it. All the goodies, hot, dynoed, the whole shebang. Ate kneesliders. Sold.
Honda XL175. Project bike. Mostly cobwebs and rust.
Suz DRZ400-SM. Braaap braaap!

[Dougnelson]

I began about aged 17
1970 - Puch 50 scooter (hardly did 50mph!)
1971 - 125 Suzuki (sweet two stroke classic)
1972 - '71 blue 500 Kawasaki Mach III (bit of step up!! - lots of fun!. The sound, the kick in the powerband. Handling??)
1973 - New 250 Honda trail (nice but slow and pretty boring - what was I thinking?)
1974 - '72 blue 750 Kawasaki Mach IV (that's better. Why am I not getting any tyre wear?)
1975 - Ossa 250 trail (amazing handling. So so gearbox)
1976 - 175 Benelli trail (crap really)
1998 - Kawasaki 650 trail (excellent way to get back in to biking)
2005 - '03 900cc Triumph Thunderbird Sport. Wonderful bike. Great balance of performance, looks and handling. Sore spot was the seat. Way better than the standard Thunderbird. My best bike.
2008 - '98 Triumph Trident (faster but not as good as the Thunderbird).

That's 6 two strokes and 4 four strokes.

[idb]

1967 Vespa 90
198X PE 400
1971 BSA B50SS
1973 Honda 750/4
1979 Ducati SD900 (favourite)
1994 Ducati 888
KLXR 300

Still have three of them.

[10bikekid]

Will add details later (for my own records)

Yam 50 FSI
Kaw F6 125 & F7 175
Buffalo 50
Yam DT250
Hon XL250 yellow & black
Suz TM250
Hon XR500Z 2x
Suz PE175
RMC PZ175
Yamasuz GN250
Hon CR125
Suz RM125
Suz RMX250
Hon CB900 F2
Kaw KZ400
Kaw KX80
Kaw KX100F
Yam YZ125
Kaw KX200
Kaw KDX200
Hon XR50 2x
Kaw KLX110
Hon XR500 91
Yam YZ250
Hon XL125
Yam WR500
Yam IT490
Suz RM250
Yam YZ250F
Yam YZ290F
Yam YZ400F
Kaw GPX600
Suz DR800 Big
Suz DR750 BIg
Harley FXCU 1340 custom
Aprilia RSV1000 Tuono
Hon CB1000 project big
KTM950 ADV

40 listed so far
Have missed some I'm sure and currently own 10 + off these, hence the sign in

[Dougnelson]

[QUOTE=nudemetalz;988786]Well, bike I have/had include:

At present: Guzzi V11 Sport and RF400R (for the next couple of days anyway) and a 1963 YG-1.

etc...

In the photo of your dad he looks like he is racing a red kwaka Mach III. Any more info on that?

[Karl34]

Suzuki RG50 Gamma
Yamaha XS400
Ducati 500 Pantah( very sad dropped this one big time)
Suzuki DR400 SM
Suzuki GSR600
Honda CBR1000RR
Suzuki DR650SE

Great bikes all loved all of them but my current DR is the most fun due to its all terrain capabilities and cheap running costs.

[jolly_26]

From "my" first bike as a tiny little kid up until now, having just bought my first road bike. Oh how this list will grow when I graduate..

'95 Yamaha PW50 (cheers dad )
'03 Suzuki DRZ125L (still gets around the farm at home)
'02 KTM 200EXC (awesome bike, when it wasn't broken down)
'88 Honda VTZ250 (should do me for my learners and restricted)
[insert r6 etc "yay I'm an engineer now" bike here]

Note that when I got old enough to buy the bikes myself, the bikes I bought got older and cheaper too. Student life.

[aff-man]

hmmm lets see..

VT250F - special edition (yes thats right the baby blue one)
ZXR250 - 1989 model one of the best bikes i've owned.
ZXR400 - 1990 model Tank slapper of death machine
CBR600F - 1998 owned it a week before it went back to bike shop for a month!! gaaaa
GSXR600 - 1998 big assed SRAD
GSXR750Y - 2000 model and had quite a tickle up
R6 - race bike 2000 model
ZX6RR - 2006 race spec bike that was on the road
RSVR - 2000 mille factory bike with all the fruit - and a black hole for coin
R1 - 2005 model as my current tyre shredding commuter
KLX650 - 1996 just bought it as a motard for a bit of fun

There are a heap of bikes that have been rebuilt and sold on including zxr250's, rs250, vfr400, xr200 and a few others i'm probably forgetting..

[Angel_of_Metal]

2010 Yamaha Scorpio - had it for the last 3 months
And my current baby, a beautiful 2013 Honda CBR 250R Repsol edition that has helped me to discover what true love is like

[Mushu]

2012 EX250 fi Ninja - loved the bike, buying it brand new was a mistake though

'02 R6 - Speaks for itself, great bike

K7 DR650 - Awesome, go anywhere fun

Have owned a handful of pocket and pit bike toys.

The R6 and the DR are both for sale as I'm moving to Australia and plan on buying a Tenere or a Transalp when I get there.

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[insane1]

lets see ,started on a an 250crashed that,bought another one ,sold it after 3 months ,had 2 an650s kept one for 5 yrs .bugger forgot bout the sv650 i had for a week or so didnt like it in the end ,now i has a 2010 vfr 1200 .