What bikes have you owned/own now?

[Fatherbiker]

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

[MadDogMcQ]

Here's some.....

[rjd1]

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

[His Dudeness]

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?

[Rusty]

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.

[markbubble]

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 !

[BBROWN1664]

These are mine.

http://www.ollis-brown.co.uk/bob/everybike.htm

[snapper]

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 !

[Streetbudgie]

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.

[Ben600]

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

[baggy]

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)

[Lawrence]

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.

[Grahamm]

Umm, FZ6 Fazer and... well, that's it

[baggy]

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 

[MadDogMcQ]

I want your wife Baggy!!  :b

[budgiemurray]

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

[Fatherbiker]

If this works, it should produce my CBX550....Here goes

[baggy]

Now that's a nice CBX 

[Fatherbiker]

This was the Triumph Sprint ST 955i from wreck to finished. I am proud to say all my own work! :rolleyes

[Andy FZS]

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)