How many motorcycles? Done before?

Suzuki AP50
There were also various bikes kicking around at home (CB250, XT500, some extremely dodgy 250 trail bike, a yam I think) which I used to tool around the farm roads (well mostly… 😳 ) on
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Gap of 26 years after bouncing my brothers Suzuki GS750 (bored out to 840 with a Yoshi racing kit) off a wall doing 60 mph “very fast” then me swearing I’d never throw my leg over a bike in my life. Then took a DAS…
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Suzuki DL650 V-strom
Suzuki DL1000 V-strom

But I’m totally in lust with the BMW S1000XR. 160bhp wakes you up in the morning! Might order one soon!

And when do you intend handing in your licence? My thou’ is only 99bhp and it gets to legal speeds fast enough (mostly). On the open road I limit myself to a max of NSL +30 so if I’m nicked I get points, not lose my licence. This is what applied on the 650 too! I found some of the fun went out with the increase in grunt as you could just ‘do’ stuff, rather than have to plan, wait & execute….

Passed my test Sept 14, got an NC30 and a 600 Transalp but i’ve not ridden the transalp yet

Wow I feel like I haven’t lived! In ten years I have had:-

RVF 400 (written off)
Gsxr 600
NC30

Then had kids and my wife lost her job, so instead of buying new bikes I have spent a fortune on the NC30. So when money got tight I can always claim it was a cheap bike so not worth selling!

Hello to Kayla1 from a fellow 400gb member, I got a bolt and nut selection from you guys, very impressed!

Honda scv100 – Still have (mostly used by my wife)
Bandit 600
Kawasaki ER6-F – Put over 45k on it commuting
Aprilia RSV1000 – By the time I sold it I had receipts for 10 tyres over just 3 years!
Yamaha FZ1-S – Current bike

Previous; Suzuki GP100, Suzuki GS400, Beamish Suzuki RL250, Suzuki GS550, Suzuki TS100, Fantic 240, Honda XL250, Kawasaki GPZ550

Current; BMW 1200GS, BMW 1150GS, Honda CBR600, Montesa 315R, Yamaha TY175

Honda H100
Kawasaki AR125
yamaha RD350LC
yamaha RD350LC
yamaha RD350LC
yamaha FZR600
Honda CBX750
Harris F1 GPZ1000

Honda XR
CCM R30
Fazer 600s
Gsxr600
TL1000R

Bandit 400

God I miss that TL

Suzuki DR750 Dr Big
Honda VFR750
Kawasaki KX500 Supermoto
Suzuki RG250
Aprilia Touareg 125
Suzuki TL1000S
Kawasaki KLX250
BMW R1100S
Royal Enfield Bullet 350
KTM Duke 200
KTM Duke 390
Husqvarna SM450R
KTM 950SM

Cheers, Rich

Hiya RT60 😀

Suzuki ts 50
Kawasaki ar 50
Kawasaki ke 125
Honda 400 super dream bultaco 250 Sherpa
Yamaha xj550
Suzuki gs 550
Kawasaki gt 550. Triumph 650 bonneville kawasaki ke 175
Kawasaki gt 750
Suzuki gs125
Honda CB 450

With the amount of RGV’s YPVS RD’s listed its a wonder any of you made it this far 😆

Hammyuk 😉

BMW F650
Honda GL1000

MZ etz125
Kawasaki gpz305
Honda cb400 four, the one with the pretty exhausts
KTM duke 390

Gosh.

Mum’s Mobylette Moped!
FS1E
Honda SS50
X7
Triton 650 w/ sidecar
Laverda 650
Ducati 900SS x2
Triumph T595
Husaberg FE400 (which was miles too tall for me and ate its main bearing every 50 hours…
TZR250 race bike (loved that one)
Honda CBR600F racebike
Currently a sensible ER6N

GP 100
RD 400
RD 350 LC YPVS
GPZ 600
ZXR 750
GSXR 750
A LONG GAP
ER 6F
TRACER MT 09 CURRENTLY

’90 Honda NSR125
’91 Honda CBR600
’97 Yamaha Thunderace (wanted a Fireblade, but Yamaha were doing free fully comp insurance)
’95 Honda CBR900RR Fireblade

Blade was stolen and I made the mistake of not immediately replacing it with the insurance money. Never got another bike after that and I really regret it.

Anyone with a Fireblade go to Blade Day at Silverstone in 2000? Fantastic day out. Rode round the track with Rocket Ron Haslam and shook Tadao Baba’s hand. I think my bike was on the second row for the official pictures when we lined them all up on the start/finish straight. We all got off our bikes and Baba-san stood at the front and had his picture taken. Great memories.

Yamaha RD125LC
Yamaha DT125LC
Yamaha SR500
Kawasaki Z1000
Kawasaki Z900
Ducati Monster 796

Rachel/Bazzer – I test ride an S1000XR last year. Wow! I want one so much…

Honda CB100n
Suzuki 125GS
Yamaha FZ750
Kawasaki GPz750r
Honda CBR1000F
Yamaha FZR1000 exup
Yamaha XTZ660 after the exup got nicked
Honda 650 Dominator
Honda VFR800
BMW 1150GS
BMW 1150GSA…sold in 2004 as packed in biking…for 3 months
BMW 1100RS
BMW 1150GS
Honda CBR954 Fireblade
Suzuzi 1200 Bandit (for 6 yrs, longest I’ve owned a bike)
BMW 1200GS
BMW 1200 GSA (still got)
BMW 1150 GSA (very low mileage minter…still got)

Italjet 50cc
Puch 50cc
Yamaha DT 50
Montesa Cota 247
Suzuki TS185
KTM 690 Duke
KTM 990 SM
HD CVO Springer
KTM 990 adv
Ducati 749R- still got
Triumph T140-still got

Hoda Nsr 125
Honda Cbr 125
Hyosung Gt250r
Suzuki Gsr 600
Honda Cbf 125
Hyosung Gt250r

Suzuki TS125
Yamaha YZ125
Montesa Cota 350
Ossa 350
Yamaha DT250
Yamaha YZ490
Honda MB50
Honda MBX80
Honda superdream 250
Suzuki PE175
Honda XR250
Suzuki DR350
Yamaha RD350F YPVS
Suzuki RGV250SP
Italjet Dragster
Aprilia Pegaso
Honda XR400
Honda Africa Twin
BMW R850R
Honda VFR800 x 2
BMW R1150R

IIRC 😀

Honda CB175
Kawasaki GPZ 500
Kawasaki GPZ750
ZXR750
ZX7R
ZX7R
ZXR750
ZX7R
Hornet 600
Honda Firestorm
Laverda 750S (owned for 15 years. You try selling one)
Laverda 750s
Triumph TT600
Yamaha R6
Aprilia RSV1000R
350 Matchless
Suzuki TT600
BSA 500 twin

Remembered a couple more from the how many cars thread.

The Laverda and R6 are track bikes, just the Aprilia for the road. Roll on spring……

Ariel HT5
Greeves Pathfinder
Bultaco Sherpa 250
Montesa Cota 247
Montesa UKR
Honda TL230
Beamish Suzuki 325
Yamaha Majesty 320
Yamaha Majesty 200
Fantic 303
Yamaha IT 250 G
Yamaha IT 465 H
Cheney BSA John Banks replica Mk 4
Husqvarna WR 240
Yamaha HL500
Suzuki DR400/RM hybrid
Gas Gas 280 TXT

CR 250
TM EN125 wish I’d kept it
TM 400 wish I’d not bothered!
KX 125
GSXR 600 SRAD
GSXR 750 K6 great but gave up on road riding after a few scary moments!
KTM EXC 250 must get out racing again

Triumph T20 Tiger Cub
Honda Cd175
Yamaha RD250
Honda CB500T
Honda Cx500
Kwack GT750
Moto Guzzi Mille GT
Moto Guzzi V50
Honda Cd200
Yamaha XS650
Bandit600
Triumph Trident 900
BMW K75C
Yamaha TDM900 (still got)
BMW R100RS
Honda FireStorm