Being nostalgic tonight

Found some old pics of bikes i owned and scanned them,my first Honda 750 F2



the white VFR when it came out caused a bit of a stir




this is one of my fave old bikes, a 1991 EXUP painted by Bike Paints in Tech21 colours, it was mint, till i wrote it off with a kak handed wheelie that went pear shaped





Replaced it with another EXUP in standard colours



chucked this one up the road and wrote it off as well irate



Bought this ZXR as i needed a bike quick to do a trip i had organised, did not keep it long




traded it in for one of these




bought a yellow Blade after this one, but never took any pics of it, owned various other bikes in between including a few Enduro and full moto crossers, probably explains why my knees are feckin painfull all the time yes.gif

After the yellow Blade came a diet of Aprilias which has lasted for 10 years now, i luv looking back on old pics.

Oh, and not to forget the first Mille



followed by this one



which was turned into my track bike, still looks great





then this factory



which was converted into my latest track tool



then sent it up the track at 110mph with this result



rebuilt into it's current form



and finally the current road bike



Well, that's my nostalgia for the night:thumbup

sprocker said:

Your factory trackbike looks awesome Badger :inlove i'd have the road bike with those colours :thumbup

I had a VFR750 FK in HRC colours :thumbup

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Why thank you kind sir:biggrin

I had a VF750 prior to the VFR, you know the one with chocolate cams:roll
i remember watching Ron Haslam put the VFR in pretty much standard trim on the podium at the Transatlantic races in 1986, run rings round the factory bikes, i had one on order then (before they were in the showrooms), imagine how excited i was when i saw Rocket doing that, could not wait to get my hands on it:doug

NB, get round and ride some of them bikes mate:devious

v-twin luke said:

gees badger awsome collection matey just to let u guys know some of those bikes are older than me hahahaha (with all due respect)

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Cheeky young fecker:dowhat

Welcome to the zone whippersnapper:thumbup

Cheers guys, there were some others along the way i never got pics of, RD350LC x 2 off, VF750, a 97 model yellow blade and many many more enduro and motox'ers.

Been 10 years on Aprilias now, i must like em eh:biggrin

In reply to yer PM FoxB regarding the place of this pic, it was over the hill road between Dunoon and Glendaurel:thumbup that's Mrs badger BTW and her ER5

Tash said:

Badger did you throw the bike down the road at Croft? think I was there that day. Taff was also there I recognised him because I bought his RSV of him, looks sweet now.:thumbup

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Aye, i did mate, yeah Taff was there and some lads from Hexham area, Croft has never been kind to me:roll

Were you with Taff? i know him well actually

Tash, recognise this

Sounds like yer goin to town on it Tash, keep us posted on progress and what she produces at the wheel etc.

Who is fitting the kit for you then?