What bikes have you owned?

Part-ex for an SV650 mister?

 

An SV may be on the cards if it goes. I reckon out of the proceeds on
the sale I could spend 2.5k on another bike and live off the other 3k
until I sort out work.

But, then, there's a lot of bikes I could get for 2.5k.

 

We're back to a 'fightered B12, aren't we?

 

It's a possibility. To be honest, if I lose the Thou then I'll be
happy with anything just so I've got a bike.

First plan is not to lose the Thou.

 

I do believe we have done this before.
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<1976 to 1984>
Yamaha FSIE (70's 'sports' moped for those too young to know!)
Triumph Trophy 250 (shares engine and chassis with BSA Starfire - max engine
size for a 17yr old back in 1977!)
BSA 650 Star (single carb unit 650 - passed test so went for a bigger bike)
BSA 650 Lightening (twin carb model of above - 650 Star had a rumble from
the crank so traded up to Lightening)
Triumph 750 Bonneville (T140V) - Hi Tech for 1979, with front disk brake!
Triumph 750 Trident (T150) - Bad move, Triumph's triple was not very
reliable and ended up sold as a "project"
BSA 350 (B40) - ex military workhorse, ex g/f ended up with it
Panther 600 ('Sloper' single) - with sidecar - the dog loved it!
BSA 250 (C15) - built from a few boxes of bits - ex-wife ended up with that
one!

<18 yr gap>

<2002 to present>
Ducati 900 ST2 - (2valve V-Twin, lots of torque and good fun) - seemed
amazing after the bikes of yesteryear!
Ducati 996 ST4S - (996 4 valve Engined Sports Tourer, with the emphasis on
'sports') - amazing engine and chassis, but a bit 'frantic' at times,
depending on the gearing (they changed it for later models, which helps to
keep the front wheel on the floor!)
Ducati 749S - current steed, only 800 miles from new and waiting for the
salt to wash away. It's Italian so it'll fall to bits if it smells salt!

well .. you did ask

Henry
(Lincolnshire)

 

Why would it do that? My old Guzzi doesn't seem to mind.
http://www.sweller.co.uk/sob/images/fot-guzzi.jpg

The chrome on the British silencers (Dunstall Decibels) don't bloody last
mind.

 

Let me see . . .

Bantam D7 *
SS50 x 2 *
CB100N
XS250 *
400/4 *
CX500
CB750/4
CB250N
CB900F2
GSX1100F
FZR1000ExUp *
XS750SF *
XJR1200SP *

The ones with the * are my favourites

 

Hi Simon, it was a flippant comment really. I rode the ST4S occassionally
through the previous winter and to be honest it didn't look anywhere near as
good after as it did before. The alloy tends to fur up and bolt heads go
manky. The ST2 had been ridden through a winter by the provious owner, and
that was in a bad state when you started to really look. Exposed wheel
bearings, for example, don't help in bad weather and they were falling to
bits.

So, having spent more than is wise on a bike with 749S now it's not getting
a wiff of salty roads!

In my youth ( and when I had no other transport!) I rode the old brits
through some pretty bad winters. Lots of snow back in the 70's, even on the
south coast where I lived then. I used to do a 15 mile trek through town to
work on the Bonnie and I remember sliding it down the road in the snow with
a silencer disappearing into the slush on the opposite side of the road!
Thank god for cars ... and global warming! ;-)
<another flippant comment ... no flames required!>

Cheers
Henry

 

1981...
Yam FSIE-DX
Kwak Z200 (died)
Kwak GT550 (w/o by a sheep)
MZ TS250 (died)
R90/6
SRX600 (w/o by a twat in a Crapi)
Kwak GT550 #2
Kwak 550 Zephyr (w/o by a blind granny in a Fiesta)
Kwak 550 Zephyr #2 (nearly w/o by a blind slapper in a Sierra)
Triumph Trident Sprint
Triumph Trident Sprint #2
BMW K75
Triumph T-bird Sport
Ducati M750*
Moto Guzzi V11 Rosso Mandello**
BMW R45
Kwak GPZ500 S-D1**
....2004

* Now owned by SWMBO
** Still owned by me

 

Raleigh Grifter
Triang Trike (will bell)

HTH


--
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"Nemo repente fuit turpissimus"

 

In the same vein - http://homepage.ntlworld.com/andrew.peters3/bike.html


--
Lucretia________(...=^¬¬^=________---<, ,,'>
Yamaha XJR1300, Treasurer - RoadBouncers RC Midlands.
POPANYINNING (ptcpl. vb.) The well-known ritual of switching on the
kettle to make a nice cuppa, walking away and coming back five minutes
later to find that the water is still cold and that the kettle has in
fact been unplugged all the while.

 

[Snip of biblical proportions]

Gobsmacked!
Presumably you have too much free time, too much money, and an RD400 fetish

 

<Nods in approval>

 

Cue top posting flames.....

 

You have to be a really embittered spouse to ensure that the SO gets a
CeeFee in the divorce settlement.

 

In

<snip>
and an RD400 fetish

you say that like its a bad thing?



--
Steve Parry

http://www.gwynfryn.co.uk

K100RS SE
F650

 

Forgot the TDM 850 - owned for > 2 years, dropped twice, once hitting
the fuckwit van who'd cut into my lane, resulting in fornt fork
rebuild.

 

Some people, some perhaps not very generous of spirit people, not people
like you or me, oh no, but some cynical people might suggest that 29 of the
buggers is taking things just a smidgen too far?

;-)

 

1994: Ancient Puch Maxi - never ran more than a mile as it was fucked.
Dumped in a skip in 1995.
1997: L-reg SR125 - learner bike bought from Duncan Lovett formerly of
this parish, passed test on it[1]. Dropped many times, little crash
once when fuckwit didn't give way at a junction. Sold to another
learner in 1998.
1998: J-reg SR250 - first post test bike, never dropped or crashed.
Bit slow for my (then) commute. Still got it, in bits at present,
should be resurrected this year. It will be a bit faster and handle a
bit better after rebuild.[2]
1998 S-reg GPZ500S - lovely bike, almost new, never really confident
on it. Often dropped, little crash due to corner mismanagement. Now
going to stepson for his 18th birthday.
2001 J-reg XV535 Virago - fine bike but too heavy for increasingly
weak shoulder. Sold to Kevin Olley of this parish in 2003.

[1]Passed driving test in 1973; bit of a gap there then.
[2]Think small values of 'a bit'.

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XV535 (sold), GPZ500S (promised), SR250 (in bits). BOTAFOT12, BOD#2, BOTAFOS#2.
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