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A blast from the past to the present day!

I like this thread

For me

Suzuki GS125ES ... single 4 stroke. Rode it from Edinburgh to Thurso once and by the time I got there my arse felt like it had been violated

Kawasaki Z550 ... a cheap dog bought from a pikey. This bike nearly killed me when the chain snapped at 50mph and locked the back wheel solid

Kawasaki GPZ750 ... traded in the Z550 against this ... no test ride. Never even asked to start it up. Saw it in a shop and bought it. Sold it after a combination of a ban and going through the back window of a Montego estate.

Suzuki GS550EF ... what a sack of *****. Utterly boring and failed to engage any grin muscles at all. ****.

Yamaha TRX850 ... first twin (all be it a parallel) OK I suppose ... but not that good

Suzuki TLR1000R ... bought this off e-bay one night ... pissed. Absolutely mint. Incredibly and dangerously fast. Rock solid handling. Loud, yellow and such fun. Sold it due to severe risk of death and / or no licence

Tuono 1000R ... by far my most fave bike; although I am not as quick as I'd like to be and don't really do it justice. The sound alone makes my blood fizz and I have never enjoyed riding more than I do now.

Next?

A newer T ... like a 2010 twin ... or if I had the money a V4 ... and an SP2
 
Well here goes, AP50, CG125, DT125MX, GSX250, KE175, KLX250, KDX175, 350LC, X7, 350LC, GSX400F(TOTAL *****) 250LC, CBR600fl, CBR600fn, 650Dominator, 1200 BANDIT, TRX850, FIREBLADE and the best so far the Tuoldo
 
FS1E, AP50, SS50, TS100, GP100, CB125T, XL250, XL500, XT350, XTZ750, GS1100E,CBR600
ZX7r, Bandit 600, CB500 Track Bike, and finally my Factory Gen 2....... they were all the greatest bike ever when i bought them but only the T keeps that crown every day:thumbup
 
SS50 (written off), SS70 (C70 head/barrels), TS125, CB250N, CB550-4, Z1100 (written off), Z1100 (stolen), DT400, GSX1100E ... gap of a few years, GTR1000, which was such an unstable sack of ***** I had another gap of a few more years, Bandit 600, ZX9R, Fireblade, 1200GS, Tuono GenII Factory, Tuono V4

Most were the best bike yet at the time, certainly the last 5 have been awesome, each for different reasons
 
Here's my latest

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Would'nt it be nice if the manufacturers fitted rad guards or offered them as optional extras.

Anyways, not many pics of my former bikes, but will dig out what I have.

Starts off with a Suzy 80cc.... best mate wrote it off,

Suzy 200 invader, got written off by a mod on a scooter t boning me at a junction in Swindon

BSA ss80, all chrome and no go. Bought by my dad off his mate.

BSA 441 shooting star, bought new, crap handling, fell off a few times, managed to pretty it up and do a trade in.

Ducati Mach 1, fab bike, used to spit the baffles out of the megaphone exhaust.

Traded it in at Vic Camps for a Ducati 450 non desmo. Owned it for 15 yrs till 1980

Ducati 748 born again biker in 2001

MV Agusta f4 750, nice bike thou a bit gutless

Ducati 998,

Suzy GSX1400. too damn heavy

MV Agusta f4 1000

Triumph Tiger 1050, nice ride but boring

Tuono Factory.
 
rico said:
crackin post min, ahm awa up tae the loft tae dig oot a heap o similar auld Kodak Instamatic pics n hae "good auld days "sesh.
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I love to see guys history of bikes. The eighties don't seem that long ago until you see the bikes and groovy clothes we wore.

Your posts put me in mind of an old Oor Wullie book I have here Rico. Makes me want to dig it out again.
 
65 yamaha yg1, 80cc, what I learned to ride on
67 yamaha d50, my 1st bike, had to share with my little bro
67 honda s65
69 hodaka ace 100
72 yamaha dt175
77 honda cl450
71 honda cb750
77 kawasaki kz1000
81 honda cb750
95 honda cbr f3
81 yamaha 650 maxim
77 yamaha xs650
96 honda vfr750r
08 APRILIA TUONO R
In my intro post, I said that I have had 15 bikes in my lifetime. I seem to be missing one in this list. HMMMMM! The 70's & 80's are rather foggy. It may or may not come to me. lol
 
As I get older taking photo,s is a thing I wish I,d done more.
Me
TS50ER
XL185
RD400E
big gap
TIGER900
FAZER1000 X2 (wrote the first one off)
ZX12R/CCM R30 (had these 7 years) plus wife had a Firestorm and we shared a Honda cbf600 for instructing on
CCM swapped for a 750 Dorsoduro
went to just one bike 07 Tuono factory which due to the crap weather I,vr rode twice in 3 months :-(
 
Aye Bmin. I tell the kids the same thing. Saying that I thought these days with camera phones etc, people are taking more pix etc.
 
I scanned these a while back
Me and my cr125 rz circa 1979

Circa 1980. Man... I was rich
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1981. PE 175
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Had one of these. Ossa Phantom 250. What a beast.
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My second bike ever 1974 MR 50. It had a clutch and 3 gears.
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I kid you not. This was my track day DR.
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Still have the red one

This is a blast from the present
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Jeez! You know wer're getting old when you look at old pictures knowing that nylon duds haden't been invented yet. Good times though and
not a care in the world.
 
gillberg said:
Jeez! You know wer're getting old when you look at old pictures knowing that nylon duds haden't been invented yet. Good times though and
not a care in the world.
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How true g, still puts a big grin on ma coupon.
 

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