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General => General => Topic started by: Fatherbiker on 16 September 2012, 09:31:46 pm
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Ok, i'll start!....Back in 1974/1976 i had 2 Raleigh runnabout mopeds, a Raleigh Wisp, and following those was my first bigger bike, a 125 Stinger twin Suzuki. In 1977 sold the Stinger to a mate and bought a year old 250GT Suzuki with Ram Air (whatever the hell that was) but loved it. The reg number was OCG940P and she only had about 2000 on her when i had to sell her on. I kept her for just a year because the insurance had rocketed up in price to £100 for the year and i was devastated that i couldn't afford to insure her for the next year. It stopped me riding bikes for 25 years for some reason....I came back some 8 years ago with a little CB250RS Honda which kept breaking down so i bought another RS to repair the first one only to end up totally restoring her and selling it on. I then had to buy another RS to repair the first one. I still have both of those in bits ready for restoration.
A close neighbour saw me one day and asked if i fancied another bike? It was a red CD175 in basket case condition for bugger all, and of course i said Mmmm, yes please. Oh dear......still got that one too! I was looking on ebay one day and fell for this pile of crap CBX550 in a just running condition in Essex (concidering i live in Lymington Hants 100 miles away) so bought that for a song and almost completely restored that as well costing me around £600. I sold that to a guy in Ireland and as far as i am aware, he still has it! The next one was a Suzuki Bandit 600. Loved it loved it loved it!!!..Took it to France and Spain in 2008 and did a 1700 mile trip in 6 days. When i got back, i was longing for something with a bit more power and started looking for 1200 Bandit and instead ended up with another bit of a wreck....Like a magnet for wrecks!!..... I found a Triumph 955i Sprint ST which had been dropped on a guys front foot path smashing the side and nose fairing. I bought it for £1200, spent about £150 on it and about 90 hrs of labour...sold her for £1900 looking beautiful. That was another seriously fast machine. The next one was a 1200 Bandit which had been stored for at least 2 years going nowhere but with less than 7000 miles was a bargain at £1500. Held onto her for 2 years and sold her on with 14000 miles to buy another 1200 Bandit on a 03 plate with a genuine 5124 miles from new in imaculate condition. I managed to drop it twice! Both times at 0 mph and the second time it broke my leg so sold her on again.......only to buy....Ta Da..My first 600 Fazer! Present bike, and due my leg being bad still and it needing chain and sprockets that i cant get down to do, I still haven't ridden it more that 3/4 mile!! :'( :'( Longing to ride it. Sorry about all the dribble! :z :z :z
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Here's some.....
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well here we go
in 1988 aged 16 -fs1e fizzy for goin to college
1989 jawa 350 with side car for winter fun in the snow
1994 dt 125 for on farm
1995 rd 350 with ypvs engine stan stevens tuned
1995 skoal bandit rgv 500 so wish i`d kept it
then a wee break
1998 fz 600
1998 tzr 125 barn find
1999 frz 600
2003 r6
2005 gsxr k4 600
2007 gsxr 1300 hayabusa with £30k spent on it by previous owner
2009 given 2 gtr 1000 by boy giving up 1 mint 1 fixer upper mate has these now
2010 bought my 53 reg fazer 1000
had loads o bargains in-between no worth typin about
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well here we go
in 1988 aged 16 -fs1e fizzy for goin to college
1989 jawa 350 with side car for winter fun in the snow
1994 dt 125 for on farm
1995 rd 350 with ypvs engine stan stevens tuned
1995 skoal bandit rgv 500 so wish i`d kept it
then a wee break
1998 fz 600
1998 tzr 125 barn find
1999 frz 600
2003 r6
2005 gsxr k4 600
2007 gsxr 1300 hayabusa with £30k spent on it by previous owner
2009 given 2 gtr 1000 by boy giving up 1 mint 1 fixer upper mate has these now
2010 bought my 53 reg fazer 1000
had loads o bargains in-between no worth typin about
30 :eek got any pics of her?
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Villiers/Greeves trial bike.
Honda CB250
Kawasaki S1 250
Kawasaki S2 350
Kawasaki KH500
Kawasaki KH250
BMW R65 650
BMW R80s x 3 of
Kawasaki 750 Zephyr
Kawasaki ZX10
Kawasaki ZZR 1100
Triumph 900 Trident sprints x 3 of
Triumph Sprint sports
Kawasaki H1-500
Suzuki Bandit 1200 Mk1 x 2 of
Suzuki Bandit 1200 Mk2
Suzuki DR350
BSA A65 lightning
Yamaha Fazer 1000
And probably others I've forgot about.
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ones i can remember! c50,c70 and c90,mt 50,gp100,gp125,x5,cd 175, cd 200,gs500e(x2)gs 550, virago 550,zephyr 550,rf600,nsu 150,heinkel 175(x10)heinkel 150(still got) vfr400nc24, fzs600(still got) as well as couple of off road macine,mopeds etc !
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These are mine.
http://www.ollis-brown.co.uk/bob/everybike.htm (http://www.ollis-brown.co.uk/bob/everybike.htm)
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if we were doing bikes we have ridden these lists could take up pages ! but bikes I have owned !
seems like I havent had that many compared to some of you !
started at 15yrs old with
suzuki TS50 then this was followed by
dont laugh !
mobilety mobacane (spelling)
Honda MB5
HondaCB100n
Yamaha XS500 twin Very reare eight valve version ( or so I was told after I sold it)
Kawazaki Z550 ( nope Idea why but the preson I got this off had spent a fortune on the engine but it never ran properly till the airfilters fell off one day)handled like glue and was faster than a Gpz750)
GPz550 last of the twin shock versions it was a crashed rebuild and a pile of sheet)
then 2003 I got my Fazer thou and still have it !
but in 2005 My father passed away and I inherited his Panther M120 this is moving forward very slowly as it was a basket case , all the prep work is complete all the parts purchase just needs the assembliy now so I recon 2020 it should be on the road !
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1979 FS1E with no lights and half a seat used for over the local track only
1980 Vespa Primavera (1975)
1981 Lambretta GP200 (might have been an indian one. can't remember)
1982 RD250 took my test on this then sold it to buy a clapped out car (why?!!!!)
Had a little break from serious bikes to take up drinking and girls, but had some odd bikes in this period such as a C90 step through, a couple of GP 100s, a trail bike thing I can't remember what it was, all with top boxes and used for commuting only until they broke, nothing worth more than £50 at the time.
1987 Yamaha RTX100 (I think that's what it was, might have been RTS, it had 'energy induction' written on it, but I don't think it was a turbo!)
1988 Honda VT250 then a VT500E (test rode a Katana and ended up with the 500E - again why?!!!)
1989 Kawasaki GPX750R kept this a while as it was very smooth
Not sure of the next years but there was a CB750 and a couple of others that I can't remember, mostly poopers but I kept the GPX for most riding and commuting.
2001 Lambretta TV175 series III (1964) proper Italian model, special edition in original paint (wish I'd never sold this).
2001 Fazer 600 registered February 2001 the first foxeye on the roads round here, got a lot of attention in the first few months, I sill own my Fazer and use it every day, now has a gazillion miles on (I don't actually know as the speedo stopped working for about 18 months after a tyre change and didn't work until the next tyre change when the plastic sender was changed)
2002 Suzuki GSXR750 had this for 2 years, good fun
2012 Lambretta TV175 series III (1965) proper Italian Innocenti machine, sadly this one has been restored in white and silver paint but it is all original parts and goes quire well as it has a Mugello kit and 12 volt conversion, standard brakes though so stopping is a bit scary.
I suppose I'm going to have to change the Fazer soon but been justifying keeping it as I haven't had a garage to keep a new bike in (scooter is in lock up about 5 miles from where I now live), so once the garage is built I no longer have an excuse to keep it.
I just can't imagine not having it really, I've never had a bike this long, I will definitely shed a :'( if she goes.
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My first ''bike'', was a moped a 2004 YN50 Yamaha Neo's in the Rossi Gauloisies coours, it was the only one ever made from the factory...
After that came my Honda CBR125R in Rossi Repsol Colours, I loved that thing, until it threw half the crank out of the side casings, then I replaced the engine and traded it in against my Beautiful Yellow Ducati 600 SS (1998 model), That thing was lovely, I rode it every day for two years until it finally went boom in traditional Ducati Fashion (i'd like to add it was properly maintained by Ducati dealers)
I also had my 1993 Ducati 750SS in red , mmm tasty with all the superlight exhausts and seat unit goes like Sh1t off a shiney hovel and sounds amazing!
I still own both Ducati's :)
And obviously, My good old FZS600 Fazer Y reg. the mule. amazing bike, great tourer, knee down weapon , and fantastic at embarrasing the gixxer brigade :)
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In 2003 Aprilia RS125 (2003 model)
In 2004 Honda Varadero 125 (2001 Model)
In 2004 Yamaha Fazer 600 (2000 model)
In 2005 Honda Hornet 600 (2005 Model)
In 2006 Yamaha Fazer 1000 (2003 Model)
In 2007 Suzuki M800 Intruder (2005 model)
In 2008 Honda CBR600F (2006 model)
In 2009 Honda Hornet 600 (2007 Model)
In 2010 Suzuki SV1000S (2005 Model)
In 2011 Suzuki GSR600 (2006 Model)
In 2011 Honda CBR600F Sport (2002 Model)
In 2012 Yamaha FZ1 Fazer (2006 Model)
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You guys seem to change bikes more often than you do underwear :look
I've had a long and illustrious bike history, consisting of a Chinese Ebay-special Huoniao (I liked to call it a WhoKnows) which I blew up after 10 days of ownership and my FZS600.
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Umm, FZ6 Fazer and... well, that's it :)
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I have a good understanding wife who also likes bikes, whenever I mention I want to change she shrugs her shoulders and says "Well you don't drink or smoke and you work hard enough" as long as she is comfy on the back she doesn't mind :)
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I want your wife Baggy!! :b
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Ok here we go.. over 9 years riding.. its not a huge list
Honda CB125
Honda CB450
Suzuki GSF 600
Suzuki Bandit 600 (1997 model)
Honda CBR1100XX Blackbird (2000 model)
Yamaha FZS600 Fazer (2003 model)
Honda VFR800Fi (2000 model)
Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer (2005 model)
Budgie
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If this works, it should produce my CBX550....Here goes
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Now that's a nice CBX :)
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This was the Triumph Sprint ST 955i from wreck to finished. I am proud to say all my own work! :rolleyes
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Mine was even better she said "I'm not going on the back" (Result) but then youngest wanted to go with so I bought him all the gear, wife tried some of it on (Wo err ) now she says I can buy her some gear as well?
Ok bikes.
1981 Suzuki X1
1982 Honda CB100
1982 Honda CB250NA (Kick s tart model FRH 539T , the top box is still in the garage roof)
1983 ish Honda CB400F (LFU 450R)
1983 ish Suzuki GT380 (basket case)
Honda CB250T (With 250N engine that I put in)
late 80's Honda C70 (6 volt)
late 80's Honda C70 (12 volt, indicators that flash)
1990 ish Honda CX500B (Bought of brother in law as it was in bits under the rabbit hutch)
2012 Yamaha FZS600 (03 model)
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Now that's a nice CBX :)
Thanks for that mate!..Hours of work into that as was an absolute wreck when i got it. I didn't run, the paintwork was awful and there was rust in the brakes. I ended up rebuilding the inboard discs completely without even knowing anything about them. The bike ended up with another engine as the first one had 63000 on it. The one i fitted had 21000 on it but was sound as a pound. All the paintwork i did myself.....well actually i did everything to it!!...Lol Fantastic job to do though. I even found a fairing on ebay for her as she was a naked bike originally....Here's another piccie....
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I'll try a different picture of the ST to go on...............
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One more picture of the st........
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1980
Suzuki ZR50 X1
Yamaha DT175MX
Kawasaki Z250 Scorpion
Yamaha RD250 DX
Suzuki GSX400F
Suzuki GS850G
Suzuki GSX1100G
Yamaha FZR1000
Yamaha FZS1000
GOOD LADY
2008
Yamaha TW125
Kawasaki ER 500
Yamaha FZS 600 SP
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not that many, my first bike I bought when I was 15 so I'd be on the road soon as I was 16, it was a --------------
1959 FRANCIS BARNETT CRUISER 80, 250CC AMC SINGLE 2 STROKE,
1957 JAMES 250CC
250CC MATCHLESS
250CC BSA STARFIRE BOUGHT NEW IN 1969. THE BIKE I PASSED MY TEST ON.
650CC AJS UNSURE OF THE YEAR AS NEITHER THE FRAME NOR ENGINE NUMBERS MATCHED THE LOG BOOK, EVEN THOUGH THE BIKE WAS BOUGHT FROM ABBEY MOTORS IN SELBY?
SOME OF THE OTHER BIKES I OWNED AT THE SAME TIME AS THE AJS WERE---350CC & 500CC AJS SINGLES, 500CC & 650CC BSA TWINS
TRIUMPH 21 350CC, ROYAL ENFIELD 500CC BULLET c1953.
THEN THERE WAS A GAP WHILE I MARRIED HAD CHILDREN GOT DIVORCED BUILT MY FINANCES BACK UP.
IN 1996 I BOUGHT A'92 VIRAGO 535, A GOOD CHOICE TO GET BACK INTO BIKING, I ALSO BUILT A TRIKE TO GO TO RALLIES ON.
IN '05 I BOUGHT A NEW BT11OO BULLDOG, IN '06 THIS WAS WRITTEN OFF AND REPLACED WITH A NEW FZ6 WHICH I HAVE NOW.
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Right can't remember all the years so will just put them in order that I had them, won't be all of them as I been riding since I was seven years old and probably forget some.
Bikes used off road - Starting when I was at school and teens, apart from the Honda CR500R that came later.
1979 Yamaha DT50
1974 Ossa 250 Trials
1979 Bultaco Sherpa Trials
1981 Maico 490 Motocross
1997 Honda CR500R Motocross
Road Bikes - Few times I had more than one bike at a time, in order of owning them.
1983 Yamaha FS1E DX (New style Fizzy, presume it was a 1983 as it was brand new)
1982 Suzuki GS125ES
1981 Suzuki GT200 X5
1981 Suzuki GT250 X7
1982 Honda CX500 Turbo
1981 Honda CB250RS
1982 Suzuki GS550 Katana
1987 Kawasaki GPZ 750 Turbo
1978 Yamaha XS400
1977 Suzuki GT380 B
1982 Kawasaki Z200
1987 Suzuki GSX-R400 - American Import
2004 Suzuki GSX-R1000
2003 Yamaha XJ600S Diversion
2007 Aprilia 650 Pegaso Strada (New style with Yamaha XT660 engine)
2005 Suzuki AN400 Burgman
2007 Hyosung GV250 Aquila
Current Bike 1999 Yamaha FZS600 Fazer
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Age - 39
Bikes owned - FZS 600 '03
Length of ownership - 4 months
Sad or what?!?! Better late than never I suppose! :lol
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Now that's a nice CBX :)
Thanks for that mate!..Hours of work into that as was an absolute wreck when i got it. I didn't run, the paintwork was awful and there was rust in the brakes. I ended up rebuilding the inboard discs completely without even knowing anything about them. The bike ended up with another engine as the first one had 63000 on it. The one i fitted had 21000 on it but was sound as a pound. All the paintwork i did myself.....well actually i did everything to it!!...Lol Fantastic job to do though. I even found a fairing on ebay for her as she was a naked bike originally....Here's another piccie....
I like it a lot. I have been watching Cafe Racer on Sky, with a different seat and clipons it would make an Amazing Cafe racer :)
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Short list
May 2009 - Fox Eye Fazer (Blue 2003 FZS600)
Oct 2009 - Fox Eye Fazer (Blue 2003 FZS600)
thats it!
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I have only owned 3... want more!
Yamaha FZS600 Fazer 2000 plate
Kawasaki GT550 1993 plate
Yamaha FZ1 Fazer 2008 plate
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not had that many of my own but had quite a few ive bought to sell on.....
bikes ive owned
1979 honda xl 100 s ......first bike
1981 suzuki gt250 x7......passed my test on this one :D and yes i know iam old !!
1982 kawasaki z 400 j....not sure why :rolleyes
???? suzuki gt 250 x7.....more two stroke fun
1981 yamaha dt 175 mx....off road fun
1980 honda cb250 rs.....underated bike,very good :D
1981 honda cb 250 rs....bought as box of bits and rebuilt
1992 kawasaki gpz 500 s.....just to get me to work
1975 honda cb 400/4......completly restored by my own fair hands,show condition....still have it and never riden it :rolleyes
yamaha fzs 600 fazer......the famous stuttering one :o
1982 suzuki gt 250 x7.....my next restoration :D
2004 yamaha fzs 1000 fazer.....bought this year....getting better by the day :D
now looking for a british bike to add to my collection ;)
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not had that many of my own but had quite a few ive bought to sell on.....
bikes ive owned
1979 honda xl 100 s ......first bike
1981 suzuki gt250 x7......passed my test on this one :D and yes i know iam old !!
1982 kawasaki z 400 j....not sure why :rolleyes
???? suzuki gt 250 x7.....more two stroke fun
1981 yamaha dt 175 mx....off road fun
1980 honda cb250 rs.....underated bike,very good :D
1981 honda cb 250 rs....bought as box of bits and rebuilt
1992 kawasaki gpz 500 s.....just to get me to work
1975 honda cb 400/4......completly restored by my own fair hands,show condition....still have it and never riden it :rolleyes
yamaha fzs 600 fazer......the famous stuttering one :o
1982 suzuki gt 250 x7.....my next restoration :D
2004 yamaha fzs 1000 fazer.....bought this year....getting better by the day :D
now looking for a british bike to add to my collection ;)
Let me at the little 400/4 i'll ride her for you!!....I would absolutely love one!..The closest i can get is a cb250rs and a cd175 both for restoration needing more money spent on them that i can afford...lol. I would love to see a picture of the 400/4??? any chance?
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not had that many of my own but had quite a few ive bought to sell on.....
bikes ive owned
1979 honda xl 100 s ......first bike
1981 suzuki gt250 x7......passed my test on this one :D and yes i know iam old !!
1982 kawasaki z 400 j....not sure why :rolleyes
???? suzuki gt 250 x7.....more two stroke fun
1981 yamaha dt 175 mx....off road fun
1980 honda cb250 rs.....underated bike,very good :D
1981 honda cb 250 rs....bought as box of bits and rebuilt
1992 kawasaki gpz 500 s.....just to get me to work
1975 honda cb 400/4......completly restored by my own fair hands,show condition....still have it and never riden it :rolleyes
yamaha fzs 600 fazer......the famous stuttering one :o
1982 suzuki gt 250 x7.....my next restoration :D
2004 yamaha fzs 1000 fazer.....bought this year....getting better by the day :D
now looking for a british bike to add to my collection ;)
Let me at the little 400/4 i'll ride her for you!!....I would absolutely love one!..The closest i can get is a cb250rs and a cd175 both for restoration needing more money spent on them that i can afford...lol. I would love to see a picture of the 400/4??? any chance?
i`ll try and put one on tonight :D seam to have trouble putting pictures on here latley,but will try
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My little Fazer!...