So what other bikes have you got or had?

In the eighties as a teenager... 85 Suzuki TS50X 86 Yamaha RD125LC Passed my DAS in '98..... 98 Suzuki Bandit 600S 99 Yamaha R6 00 Suzuki Bandit 1200 99 kawasaki ZX9R 02 Suzuki GSXR-1000 02 Honda VFR800-A current bike... 03 Aprilia Tuono Mostly good bikes (the Honda wasnt my type of bike)and not one has missed a beat although the RD125's chain did snap on me 10 miles from home, so I pushed it back! I've only owned the Tuono a few months and so far I'm absolutely converted, though if I could afford two bikes I have to admit I would probably have a GSX-R as well.

dt 125 tzr 250 gsxr 400 fzr 600 yzf 750 gsxr 750 srad WINTER BIKES(ALL REGISTERED) R1 THE ORIGINAL WIDOWMAKER 8,000 MILES KTM520 RSVR 2004 1,700 MILES ITALIAN BEAUTY YZF 250 CRF 450 KTM 300 EXC 2000 KTM 300 EXC 2006 I HAVE HAD A FEW BIKES AND ENJOYED EVERY MINUTE OF THEM BUT THE WINTER BIKES NEED MORE MONEY,TIME AND MAINTENENCE

God it takes me back thinking of my old bikes In order they are.... 1974 FS1E, coffin tank and front disc brake with Nitto no grip on the front and yokohana slippy over on the back, man i came of that bike so many times sometimes even in a straight line[:D] I sold that for a A reg RD125LC that blew up so many times i couldnt afford to repair it and flogged it to some bloke that kept a YammaGamma 500 in his living room and then i bought a Honda CG125, man that bike was wicked, like brand new and did a million miles to the gallon, eventully this was parked into the wing of a mazda 323 that tryed to do a U turn in front of me. I had a bit of a lay off after that but eventully passed my test and bought a Suzuki GSX600F I kept that for 8 months and then bought a brand new GSXR600 that i kept for 7 years(and still have, but now it has a 750 engine in it) and now i have decided to get summat differant and bought the Tuono 4 weeks ago which feckin rocks

DASed my test in '98 since then I've had a number of bikes '98 CBR600 Shiny new crashed three times...[:o)] '89 GPZ500 Cash crisis - learned not to crash [:D] '00 SV650 Offed by a very old man in a very old BMW with no indicators - apparently [}:)] '97 Firestorm Trouble free Honda reliability for three years but no looker [|)] '06 TUONO Laughing in my helmet even when I'm on the driveway [:D][^][:X][8D]

I think I should show my wife this list. She thinks having 2 in the last 10 years is a lot. Haven't told her I've ordered a new RSVR yet. Age 10 Yamaha TY80- those were the days Age 28 Yamaha YZF600 Thundercat Age 32 Aprilia Falco current Age 37 Aprilia RSVR hopefully..... Just love Aprilias

ooooh, let me think can't remember what make my first bike was, it was a yellow pedal and go plastic erm....shed honda mtx50 puch maxi yamaha dt175 fantic 200 husky 360 (two stroke, mentalist) suzuki tsr125 gilera nordwest husky 400 (two stroke, more mentalist. fractured my mates foot trying to start it) buell white lightening ccm 604e ktm 520 ducati multistrada 1000 yamaha ttr250 ktm exc 250 2t aprilia tuono rsv-r 2002 carbon filled beast[8D]

mine were, yamaha rd 250 yamaha rd 125 yamaha rd 350 lc (hooligans bike) suzuki 550 katana suzuki gsx 750 suzuki gsx 100 katana kawasaki kx 250 honda vf 750 honda cbr 900 blade rsvr (bike now) well its my first twin and first non jap bike so lets see how it goes, off to isle of man in 2 weeks on rsvr and thats the first run ill have had on it.[:D] see you at the bitter end

mine are as follows had GP100 X5 GPZ500S Monster 600 still got GSX1100 Guzzi Lemans II Sportster 1200s Guzzi 1100i CBR600FM oldish one 1340 Shovelhead 1200 sportster (yes another one, different set up) and of course last but not least my beloved RSVR (01) the CBR has gotta go coz i've decided that i dislike jap 4's not surprising really considering most of the bikes i've got or had have been Vtwins and the GSX is a bike i'd wanted for years and now that i have it haven't got the heart to get rid but will prob turn into a street fighter when i stop 'hugging' the aprilia [:D]

Here we Go, bought 1991 - Kawasaki 1989 GPX600 1991 - Honda 1989 CBR600 1992 - Suzuki 1992 GSXR 750 WP 1996 - Honda 1994 Fireblade Urban Tiger (Still have) 1999 - Suzuki 1998 TL1000R 2000 - Honda 1993 CBR600 (Race bike) 2001 - Honda 2000 VTR SP1 2002 - Aprilia new RSVR1000 2003 - Suzuki new SV1000S 2003 - Suzuki ? RM250 crosser 2004 - Suzuki 2000 TL1000R 2004 - Suzuki new LTZ400 quad race prep. 2004 - Aprilia 2002 RSVR1000 2005 - Aprilia new Factory R (Still have) 2007 - Honda 2002 CBR6 F1 Sport. Best bike - Factory R (now there's a surprize)Most involved/Fun bike - TLR (what a monster, my mates rode it and asked how the hell did i ride it with anger) Worst Bike - Defo SV (enough said) Least owned - GPX (collected from bike shop at 11am lasted til 2pm same day when written off due to a right silly b1tch pulling out in front of me. bike chopped in half me broken hip and pelvis - that hurt). Longest owned - Urban Tiger (had it for 11 years its only done 16,000 miles i've done 12,000 of 'em, can't seem to get shut. nevermind it'll officially be a classic in 18 months) Most temperamental bike - ALL APRILIAS....... Easiest to ride - Any Honda but the CBR6's stand out Next bike - New Mille V4.......

Mine are as follows: 99 GSXR 600 SRAD 03 GSXR 600 K3 04 GSXR 1000 K4 05 GSXR 1000 K5 Trackbike (Superstocker...still have) 54 RSVR Factory Cheers Stevie

My dabble in bikes is: 1: 1993 Honda NS125R (never again!!) 2: 2000 Aprilia RS125R (best handling bike ever!) 3: 2003 Suzuki SV650S (crackin little twin) 4: 1996 Ducati 900ss carb (in garage in bits [:(!]) 5: 2004 Aprilia RSV1000R Factory (the dogs twitchers) Can't really think of wot to have next. Although an Aprilia RS250 would be nice to have to play on [xx(] Simon

The last few (of about 60) Are, Thunderace Thundercat R6 Fazer 1000 Fazer 600 04 Mille r 03 Mille r 02 Mille r 03 04 R1 BMW K1200 BMW R1100 S Mille Edwards ------------------------ On a Mille mission. '03 RSV Mille R Edwards BMW R1100S old but gold

Here goes mine 1975-2008: God that looks old!!. 1964 James 350 field bike. That heavy you couldnt call it a trail bike. 1970 Honda 400/4. An even heavyer trail bike. 1964 Lambretta LI 150. Progressed onto railway lines, disused ones of course, when the small wheels kept sticking in the mud. Hard work trailing one of these two,s up! 1965 Lambretta TV 175. Tuned this baby up and it kept seizing. Had it rebored and rebored until i ran out of barrel thickness, 227 at the end 1974 Puch 50 Sport. My first legal venture on the road. Spent two years chasing Fizzys. 1980 Yamaha RD 200. Passed my full test on this baby. Spent a year chasing LC,s 1981 Yamaha 350 LC. Spent three years getting chased by everyone. Ahh the microns castol r and the rebuilds. 1989 Honda CB1 400. Needed a reliable bike and thats what i got. Ran it for 10 full years winters and all. Broke down once rectifier.Great bike! 1991 Honda VFR 400 nc30. A very capable bike, if only we didnt have straight roads. Wish i,d still kept this bike. 1999 Aprilia RS 250. My first brand new bike. As good as the VFR when it was going but unreliable and expensive to run. 2001 Aprilia Falco. A do it all bike and it did.Commuting, touring,scratching and track days. Kept up with eveything and my mates on R1,s couldnt understand it. 2004 Aprilia RSVR Factory. Own the corners. 40 odd bhp down and my R1 buddies still cant work it out. Another good thing about this bike is when you get stopped in wales and the police ask what it is, they seem to write Aprilia Harris VR. Wrong details squashed ticket, result! Poor r1 owners. Let the love affair continue. Lets here more, its tickled me, and thats a good thing to a grumpy old fart in this day and age!!!!!!!!

Hmmm, well hi firstly (1st post got to be done,lol). Noticed a lack of pics in this thread & i'll need to post a pic as most people say "a what?"

AR50

Edited by popes996 - 20 Sep 2008 at 21:51