Bike's Past & Present.

Here goes, I remember all of them, some more fondly than others:

1981 Honda MT5 (50cc) at 16
Borrowed a Yamaha YB100 to take my test in 1983 when you were only actually in sight of the examiner for about 3 minutes
1981 Kawasaki Z200
1983 Honda VT250
1984 Suzuki GSX400F
1987 Yamaha RD350LC YPVS
Shortly after this point I found cars and mortgages
1996 Kawasaki ZZR400 (Grey import)
1998 Triumph Thunderbird 900 (the one I wish I still had)
2000 Honda CBR600
2003 Honda Hornet 600
2003 Honda VFR800 (only bought this as a pal was selling prior to moving abroad, what a bike though)
2008 Suzuki Bandit 1250 (another underrated bike, owned for 5 years)
2012 BMW F800GS
2012 BMWR1200GS (wanted to see what all the fuss was about, never got on with it)
2013 Triumph Tiger Sport 1050 (Love this bike and still have it)
2018 Kawasaki Z900RS (taking me back all those years to where this obsession first started)

 

Suzuki ts100/125,gs750,gt185 ramair,Kawasaki gpz750 r1,gpx750 (fast bugger),ke100,Suzuki gs425,Yamaha dt125x2,yz250,honda superdream 250 ,cbr600/cbr1000f,yzf r1 (loved it),zrx100 c4,Yamaha rd250 air cooler and lc model,ypvs 350n1,honda cr250 (fab bike),Harley Davidson trailbike (heap o shit),Yamaha dt250 Mc (Saudi import),vfr800,and now speed triple 1050 think that's it.

 

Trying to remember all of them as there have been a few, but these are the ones I have actually owned, ridden many more;

1976 - Puch MT50 flying Banana
1977 - Honda CB125S
Honda CB 250N Super Dream (wrote off!)
1978 - Suzuki GT 250 (crashed it loads but it was indestructible!)
Honda CX500
1979 - Honda CB750K
1980 - Kawasaki Z1000ST (Stolen when 9 months old)
1980 - Kawasaki Z750 Twin

1981 - 1991 Motocross bikes only;
Honda CR450F
Maico 490 Alpha One
Kawasaki KX250C1
Honda CR500F (Mental, had to start extra training as it knackered me within 4 laps!)
Suzuki RM250F
Kawasaki KX250C2
Yamaha Wasp Sidecar outfit
Zabel Maico Sidecar Outfit (many injuries including cruciate ligament which lead to retiring).

1992 - Honda CB400N Super Dream
1995 - Honda CB750N
1996 - Triumph Trident 900 Sprint
1998 - Triumph 955i Sprint ST
1999 - Triumph 955iSprint RS
2000 - Triumph 955i Daytona
- Missed one! Yamaha TDM 900
2002 - Aprilia RSV-R Mille
2004 - Aprilia RSV-R Factory
Kawasaki ZR750RR Track bike
Suzuki DR400 Green laner
2005 - Suzuki GSX-R 1000K5 (big accident in 2006, much damage for me but not so much the bike!)
2007 - KTM 990 Super Duke
2011 - Triumph 955i Speed Triple (2000 model)
2013 - Suzuki SV1000S (2003 model, bought as a do-er up-er)
2013 - Aprilia Tuono (2004 model)
2015 - Triumph 675 Street Triple R
2017 - Triumph 765 Street Triple RS

 

Not as impressive as the previous posts but here goes:

NSU Quickly
Honda CB72
Honda CB250G
Present bike Bonnie T100

Off road
DOT/Villiers 197
AJS GP250
Husqvarna 460
Suzuki RM400C
Husqvarna 430CR (Cracking bike)

 

Fizzy (of course!)
DT125mx
XJ550
GPZ750
AP50
RS100
GSXR750L
GSXR1100
TS125ER
XR600
CD175
Gilera 50
GS400
XS250
Frieblade
DRZ400
CCMR30
KTM950SM
Sygnus X 125
SH125i (still have)
Bonneville SE (still have)
Amongst others.
Bonnie excepted, generally speaking, the older they were the fonder I look back on them.

 

Mates take the piss how many I've had,
currently 7
too many to list but;

Alphabetically ;

BMW 3
BSA 7
DUCATI 5
ENFIELD 1
GASGAS 2
GREEVES 1
HARLEY 2
HONDA 6
KAWASAKI 3
SUZUKI 9
TRIUMPH 13
TRIKES 2
YAMAHA 5
WASP 2

TOTAL 61 could have been a millionaire instead

 

OK, here goes.....

Had a Suzuki vanvan,
Have a '98 TBS.

 

Your fingers must be aching after typing all that

 

1- Suzuki TS50ER - Collage 2 years
2- Honda CB TwoFifty - Uni through to first kid 5 years
3- Honda CBF600n about 6 months...got bored then saw the Speed Triple
5- Speed Triple se 2010 - 3 years then got knocked off resulting in a financial write off
6- Speed Triple 2016 - 1 year...so far

 

Happy memories though HT

 

here you go Half Ton

 

1969 BSA Starfire - given to me by my uncle because my parents didn't want me on a bike - sold when I broke my legs up in a climbing mishap. Hateful machine that leaked oil like a sieve, but it took a lot of punishment and taught me to drive.

1957 BSA Bantam D3 - Still have. Temperamental, and there is a reason that the direct electrics aren't a thing on modern bikes!

F800ST - Still have. Not so frugal as stock since I fixed the overly lean factory fuelling by installing a power commander, but she's an easy ride mid range mid power more-sports-than-tourer and still does the job.

My daughter is currently on a Sinnis Max 2 125 and will probably take over the F800 when she does her full licence.

I'm still looking for the right bike to upgrade (or side-grade) to.

 

That was my stomping ground with the Starfire. Up from Llanigon through Gospel Pass to Llanthony Priory, then around back to Hay. I had to keep the bike at Ty Mawr farm because I wasn't meant to have it!