learner to madman - the bikes..... photos to follow

:thumbupyamaha fs1e (got 50mph out of her)
:thumbdownhonda XL 185 (got bored & sold it)
:thumbupyamaha RD250E (ye hah)
:thumbdownsuzuki GS550 (good bike at the time)
:thumbupsuzuki GS750E (vry good bike at the time)
:thumbupsuzuki GS1000E (had good fun on this baby)
:thumbupsuzuki GSX1100ET (scary on full chat)
:thumbupsuzuki GS650GT (skint at the time)
:crazysuzuki RM500 (converted to road use - wow :yes)
:thumbuphonda VFR750FJ (great bike but no soul)
:thumbdownhonda XL250s (bought as box of bits then restored it)
:thumbuphonda VFR750FJ (came cheap but thats another story)
:crazysuzuki GSXR750L (fantastic bike)
:thumbdownsuzuki GS1000E (another box of bits restored & featured in classic mag)
:crazysuzuki bandit 1200 (another fun bike)
:thumbdownhonda fireblade (decided to sell it imediatley)
:thumbdownducati 916 (kept braking down)
:thumbupsuzuki GSXR750 srad (good bike)
:crazyyamaha R1 1998 (wow !!!! - animal)
:crazyyamaha R1 2003 (more wow - spent fortune on it)
:thumbdownducati 1098S (had to do 100mph before it worked)
:crazysuzuki GSXR1000K6 (wow wow wow wow - mental)
:biggrinaprilia tuono (oh yes !!! - i have found biking nirverna)

as you can see - some good, some bad, some just plain stupid !! (RM500 :yes)...some of these have great memories some have bad & (still) painful memories (1st vfr, tell you the story one day)

Look forward to seeing the pics...:thumbup

I had a FS1EDX, best bike I have ever owned. Got 62 mph on the clock but how good were they. Micron pipe, big bore, filed out inlet reed valve, oh the memories.

Happy days back in 1984. Bought on a P plate so not part of the newly restricted crop.
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Come on tuboy, get those photo's up :thumbup

the speedo cable on my fs1e actually melted as it couldnt cope, must have been going over a ton, it would wheelie in 4th.. ****** sawsome machine..




but then again, i was sixteen.. and back then waggon wheels were bigger than me head,..
and hard drugs was a couple of No6 **** nicked off me mam and 2 cans of iron brew...

MDKsmiffy said:

I had a FS1EDX, best bike I have ever owned. Got 62 mph on the clock but how good were they. Micron pipe, big bore, filed out inlet reed valve, oh the memories.

Happy days back in 1984. Bought on a P plate so not part of the newly restricted crop.
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mkd - with you there matey - i was 16 & thought i was king of the jungle on my fizzy

Nah !!! A proper sorted MBX80F stuffed me mates fizzy right up his fizzer !!!!

all my mates had AP50s but they couldn't take the Fizzy. Only mate who could take me had an SS50 with a C90 top end on it, now that could shift.

MDKsmiffy said:

all my mates had AP50s but they couldn't take the Fizzy. Only mate who could take me had an SS50 with a C90 top end on it, now that could shift.

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mdk - snap mate !!...1 mate had the ss with c90 head - the other was a clever cheating *******, he shoehorned a yamaha yb100 in to his fizzy & it went like f**k but wore chains out every other week due to engine being out of line with rear wheel - looked really weird following it

Yamaha FS1EDX rode in to the ground and eventually sold
Suzuki TS100ER wrote off avoiding cat
Yamaha RXS100 traded in for
Suzuki RG250 wrote off in the side of Ford Fiesta.
Suzuki X7 to tide me over while waiting for pay out then sold
Kawasaki Z650 left to rot in a mates garage after blowing a few rings on it
Yamaha FZ600R Stolen
Kawasaki GPZ750 wrote off on the front of an Escort
Kawasaki KMX200R traded for the remains of GP and eventually sold
Kawasaki Z1000J sold as couldn't afford to run it
Honda MTX200R pXd for
Yamaha RD350LC YPVS PXd for
Yamaha FZ750R which eventually died of old age
enforced break from bikes due to going to Uni.
Kawasaki Z750 Zephyr PXd with clutch gone and starter gear knackered for
Kawasaki ZZR600 which eventually died and was sold
Kawasaki Z1000 stolen
And finally Aprilia Tuono Fighter.

and still i hanker for those days of the FS1E. RIP my little beauty.

MDKsmiffy said:

Yamaha FS1EDX rode in to the ground and eventually sold
Suzuki TS100ER wrote off avoiding cat
Yamaha RXS100 traded in for
Suzuki RG250 wrote off in the side of Ford Fiesta.
Suzuki X7 to tide me over while waiting for pay out then sold
Kawasaki Z650 left to rot in a mates garage after blowing a few rings on it
Yamaha FZ600R Stolen
Kawasaki GPZ750 wrote off on the front of an Escort
Kawasaki KMX200R traded for the remains of GP and eventually sold
Kawasaki Z1000J sold as couldn't afford to run it
Honda MTX200R pXd for
Yamaha RD350LC YPVS PXd for
Yamaha FZ750R which eventually died of old age
enforced break from bikes due to going to Uni.
Kawasaki Z750 Zephyr PXd with clutch gone and starter gear knackered for
Kawasaki ZZR600 which eventually died and was sold
Kawasaki Z1000 stolen
And finally Aprilia Tuono Fighter.

and still i hanker for those days of the FS1E. RIP my little beauty.

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fizzy days were good mate - had no responsibilities, all i cared about was listening to the Jam, shagging my girlfriend & drinking hofmiester & riding my fizzy........

Unrestricted AP50 here, bought in 1982 - first ever bike. Mate had a Fizzy, as I remember they were pretty much neck and neck performance wise.

Still ride with the same guy now (only mate from school I still see). He mainly rides off road (races enduros) but has an 03 R1 - not a patch on my T mind! :biggrin

aka_Gilo said:

Unrestricted AP50 here, bought in 1982 - first ever bike. Mate had a Fizzy, as I remember they were pretty much neck and neck performance wise.

Still ride with the same guy now (only mate from school I still see). He mainly rides off road (races enduros) but has an 03 R1 - not a patch on my T mind! :biggrin

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:thumbup know where your coming from aka - my T is the most fun i have had on bikes in years, cant see me goin back to rice burner, agree about ap50 aswell they were neck & neck on the drag races we used to have :yes

aka_Gilo said:

Unrestricted AP50 here, bought in 1982 - first ever bike. Mate had a Fizzy, as I remember they were pretty much neck and neck performance wise.

Still ride with the same guy now (only mate from school I still see). He mainly rides off road (races enduros) but has an 03 R1 - not a patch on my T mind! :biggrin

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Everyone knew the AP50 was faster than the FS1E:dunno but the later fizzies had a front disc brake :thumbup My AP was go faster red & was as fast as my mates FS1E but the speed king in our group was a Garrelli Tiger Cross:thumbup OKG741R where are you now. Is this now the thread where everyone lists their bike history ? if so I'll get back to you when im sober:cheers

Tricky 159 said:

Everyone knew the AP50 was faster than the FS1E:dunno but the later fizzies had a front disc brake :thumbup My AP was go faster red & was as fast as my mates FS1E but the speed king in our group was a Garrelli Tiger Cross:thumbup OKG741R where are you now. Is this now the thread where everyone lists their bike history ? if so I'll get back to you when im sober:cheers

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:lol tricky - does that mean the ap50 wont be faster than the fizzy when your sober !! :thumbup
yeh - come on list the history !! :yes

tuboy said:

:lol tricky - does that mean the ap50 wont be faster than the fizzy when your sober !! :thumbup
yeh - come on list the history !! :yes

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Stop confusing me, the AP was as fast as the FS1E but the fizzie could just stop faster ,, unless it was raining.ok i'll make the list when my memory returns:biggrin

garry said:

the speedo cable on my fs1e actually melted as it couldnt cope, must have been going over a ton, it would wheelie in 4th.. ****** sawsome machine..




but then again, i was sixteen.. and back then waggon wheels were bigger than me head,..
and hard drugs was a couple of No6 **** nicked off me mam and 2 cans of iron brew...

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Yer an old dude and yer humour is wasted on here.

But cheers fir that. :lol:lol:lol

Us Colonials across the pond didn't have "fizzies". I rode dirtbikes as a kid and my first road bike was a '78 Z1-R that I still have. Dunno why I'm still alive.

Never had a moped meself,but when I was 15 or 16,I lusted after a Casal ST50.It was a trail bike that was quite big in size,almost as big as a 125.I had to wait another year to get my first roadbike,.....my dads handmedown BSA C15 250.

shvlheadwolf said:

Us Colonials across the pond didn't have "fizzies". I rode dirtbikes as a kid and my first road bike was a '78 Z1-R that I still have. Dunno why I'm still alive.

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Shovel - stick a pic of your Z1 up on here - I'd love to see it.