Bikes we've owned

[xbally]

ooops-forgot to mention my Kawa ZX9 - perhaps my favourite-certainly the fastest-had to sell before i lost my licence or worse.......

I'm liking the 12 XBR500s-is that a record?

[blew]

   Panther 250  (Villiers 2T engine)
   BSA B40
   BSA Spitfire 650
   Honda CB 350
   Honda CB 550
   Suzuki TS 125
   Bsa Bantam D14
   Kawasaki GPz 750 R1
   Kawasaki GPZ 900
   Bultaco Sherpa 250
   Kawasaki GPZ 750
   Honda XBR
   Kawasaki ZZR 1100

   I currently have the last three.
   
   

[tommy]

ok here goes
yamaha yb 100, dt125 mx ,xs650 trx 850 (sorry i sold this great bike)xjr1300
kawasaki ar80 z200 z250 z550 z650 z1000a z1000h
honda c90 cg125 x3 cd175 cb250rs cr250 xbr500x5 cb550f nx650 x2 cbr900rr
buell xb1200r
bsa c15 mz250(great craic on this bike)
suzuki ts100 gs125 gs750 gsx750esx2 gs1000e gsx1100ez gsx1100sd gsx1100ex gsx1100et gsxr1100m gsxr1300 busa ,spondon monster framed  gsx1168 gsf1200 mk1 x2
at the moment i have nx650 xbr 500  gsx1168 et gsf1200 and a project nx650/xbr thing and a gsx 1100 cafe racer ,classic racer, project not sure which way to go on that one yet  tommy

[Moto63]

Oh I forgot my current stash...
Honda cb250rs....Complete but fully stripped down
Honda xbr500.....still in bits
Another xbr500..street tracker project bike, half in bits
Suzuki gs500e....half in bits
And how could I forget
Ikuzawa/Harris...built but not actually running, not wired up

I'll defo be getting the xbr "tracker" sorted over the winter period and most likely be building up the 250rs. The rest I'm not to sure yet. I'm really fancying a triumph 675street triple so the Harris might av to go
Cheers, Michael

[CrazyFrog]

Blimey, lets see how my memory is. Bound to miss out one or two though.

Yamaha RD80LC
Kawasaki GPZ305
Honda FT500
MZ ETZ250
MZ TS250/1
MZ TS150
MZ ETZ250
Morini 3 1/2
MZ TS150
MZ ES250/2
MZ TS250/1
Honda CJ250
Honda C70
Jawa 350(638)
Lifan GY200
Honda 250 Rebel
Honda CG125
MZ Saxon Tour 301
Yamaha RXS100
Huoniao HN125
Suzuki GS500
Jawa 350 (640)
Suzuki VanVan (4t)
Suzuki Dr350
Honda SLR650
MZ ETZ301
MZ SilverStar500

Mmmm, I think that's it. I have to say I 've enjoyed them all, even the Lifan GY200 which was by far the worst of them all, but was good fun for the brief time it lasted!

[Smithy]

I can recall the following;

CZ - 5x125s, 1x175 trail, 2x250 singles
Jawa - 2x350 solos, 1x350 outfit
BSA - 1xA10 outfit, 1xC15
Triumph - 1xT20 Tiger Cub
MZ - 1xTS250
Kawasaki - 2xER5s
Honda - 1xXBR500, 1xSLR650
Suzuki - 1xGS550, 1xGN400
Yamaha - 1xXVS950, 1xSR400
Royal Enfield - 1x350 Bullet {Indian}
BMW - 1xR80, 1xR1100, 3xK100, 2xF650 {1 of which is current}

I'm sure there were more but that seems a fair remembering of the main ones.

Biggest Lemon? Got to be the GS550. Best bike? Whichever one I'm on at the minute!

Ian

[Oldandwornout]

Got me thinking , so here go's
Nsu quickly
Ajs 350 (no idea of model rode it to school when everyone was on mopeds never got questioned?)
Puch m50 sport ( the legal ride at 16 )
Bsa bantam 175
Honda 185 benly
Honda 250n
Yamaha 250lc
Suzuki 250mk3 gamma
Yamaha 250tz
Kawasaki z550 ( bought new 1980 and still got )
Yamaha fazer 600
Suzuki pe 175
Suzuki dr350
Suzuki dr650rse
Suzuki 1250 bandit
Yamaha xt660 tenere

Sure I've forgotten something?

[iansoady]

So far I seem to be the only Norton (and Vincent(-ish)) owner.......

[CrazyFrog]

So far I seem to be the only Norton (and Vincent(-ish)) owner.......

As far as Vincents go Ian, I suspect you're going to remain on your own unless any of the rest of us win the lottery  .

I must admit though that I always fancied a Yamaha TR1 which I look on as a modern interpretation of the Vinnie V twin roadster idea. Predictably though, TR1's sold like petrol in a burning house. I can remember them being really heavily discounted in the dealers and regret that I didn't buy one at the time.

[iansoady]

It only cost me £30......

It was a Comet engine in a Featherbed frame that I discovered parked up (or perhaps abandoned) behind Hailwood & Gould's under Spaghetti Junction (remember them?)

At the time I was working as an AA patrol and I'd just dropped off a bike and its rider (can't remember what it was or what was wrong) and was just having a mooch around. I came across the Norvin manqué and made them an offer they couldn't refuse.

In retrospect it was not one of my wiser purchases as I didn't have the funds to sort it out properly, and IIRC it went in a swap for something else - possible the B31. It's likely the swap was with my Vincent owning mate in Erdington - he had 3 twins including a Black Knight. I remember him saying to me "one day these bikes will be worth £1,000 each and when they are I'll sell them" - to my sceptical response. Of course later they were and he did......

[xbally]

Hailwood & Gould-i seem to remember back in the 70's being offered an interview for a job there through someone my parents (i think) knew.I can't remember going for an interview though-i think it must have been in the spares/accessories/clothing dept......It would have been too far for me to travel anyway so that's probably why i didn't do anything more about it.Happy days.........

[timbo]

Forgot one, Honda CB1 naked 400 Jap grey import four cylinder. Nice little compact machine.

[Ian]

This thread certainly is testing the old grey matter amongst the members. Let me see how I fare!
Raleigh RM4 moped
NSU Prima 175 scooter
Vespa 125, can't remember model
Triumph Tiger Cubs (3off)
Francis Barnett 175 AMC engine
Honda SS125 (passed my test on this one)
Honda CB175 gold
Honda CD 175 blue
Honda CB125S
Honda CB350 twin
Honda CB650
Kawasaki Z250 twin built from scratch
Suzuki GS 400T
Another CD175 (paid 50p for this one)
Yamaha XJ 600 pre divvy quite fast as well!
Yamaha SR500 again built from scratch
Suzuki Bandit 600S (import)
Yamaha XJ600 Diversion (wrote this one off! )
Kawasaki ER5....virtually new
Suzuki Bandit 600N
2 more Bandits but 650 now
Yamaha SR400 grey import restored
Yamaha MT03 660 cc
Yamaha SRX 600 stripped for bits
Yamaha SRX 400 (6 off including 1 built from scratch, & 1 rebuilt and 1 I'm building now)
Triumph Bonneville (3 off including one I own and ride now)
Yamaha SR400 genuine import still owned & ridden now....
Well that's all I think, 37 in total if my maths are correct.... & unless I find a photo of any I have forgotten!

[booxbr]

Honda SS50 4 speed First bike at 16 yrs
Honda XL125
Suzuki X7 250
Yamaha XJ 550
Winter bikes inc C50,70 and 90 and a Yamaha YB 100
Then moved on to cars ...not for long got the bike bug back and along came
Yamaha DT 175 MX
Yamaha Tenere 600
Honda Dominator 650
Sold up got married
Then wife bought me a
Honda NC 21 VFR 400 which got traded in for a
Suzuki SV 650 K1
Honda XBR 500  CRMC parade bike
Aprilia Pegaso Strada 660
The last two are my currant bikes the XBR is a keeper my lad who is only 14 has got his eye on it all ready 

[iansoady]

Forgot one, Honda CB1 naked 400 Jap grey import four cylinder. Nice little compact machine.

Just bought one of these to replace my SLR650 - not ridden it yet but it's a very nice looking bike.