What bikes have you owned?

Indeed!

Especially when you consider that it was a non-runner at the time and needed
a top end rebuild too! It's still buried in her garage now, 12 years after I
left

Henry

 

Cool. Why didnt you continue racing? Dont tell me - money.

Well done

LOL

 

A combination of money and not being competitive enough. I enjoyed
it, for sure, but was about half way down the field.

Well, you feel you *have* to, really.

It was only a scrote.
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Yeah - whatever...

Fucking hell.

How on earth did you find time to eat? You must hold some sort of
record at DVLA for appearing on the most V5's at some point or other.

Respect.

 

(Steve Bullimore) wrote in message
Cheers those that replied - very interesting and amusing, so enough of
that, here's mine:

Raleigh Tomahawk - the junior version of the Chopper, dunno what
happened to that
Raleigh Grifter, w/o when I rode it into a wall and the forks dropped
out
Raleigh Racer of some sort, grew out of it
Canondale R500, still owned

1989 CBR600FK, owned 3 years, crashed 4 times, gearbox eventually
seized so sold it as a box of spares with bent forks for 800 quid.
1992 GSXR750WN, owned 5 years, crashed twice, blew up engine on M25
racing a Porsche, replaced with 2nd hand motor, eventually sold to
Alfs M/Cycles in worthing for 2 grand.
1999 ZX6-R G1, owned for 2 years, bought it for the missus, didnt
crash it, part-exed for a c*r.
1998 CBR600FW ex Phil Borley Race bike, owned 1 year for my rookie
racing season, amazingly never crashed it, sold it.
1998 CBR600FW Sanyo Honda Britain Race bike, owned for 4 months when
race bike #1 went wrong, crashed once, sold it.
2001 Aprilia RSV-R race bike. Owned for 2 years for racing, 11 race
wins, crashed 3 times, sold it.
1998 YZF-R1, owned from new for nearly 6 years, 97k miles, crashed 3
times, stolen.
1998 YZF-R1, owned for 16 days, minter, stolen.
1997 GSXR600 SRAD Current bike bought off a mate, cheap n cheerful.

 

Crikey - is that a reason to give up

 

In this case, yes. I was at the end of my schoolboy 'career'. It's a
*huge* jump up to senior level[1]. Combine that with lack of parental
sposorship, and Bob's your uncle.

[1] That said, Dave Thorpe was in our club and he was a world apart
from us already. He did OK at senior level ;-).
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In uk.rec.motorcycles, Steve Bullimore said:

1986...

FS1E - Owned for one week, not really mine but borrowed from a mate
TS50x
DT125LC
C90
CB1
CB400SF
2x Bandits
CBR1000

2004...

 

In uk.rec.motorcycles, Steve Bullimore said:

1986...

FS1E - Owned for one week, not really mine but borrowed from a mate
TS50x
DT125LC
C90
CB1
CB400SF
R850R
2x Bandits
CBR1000

 

Steve Bullimore said...

I am still down on DVLA's computer as being the owner of 11 vehicles
including 2 cars[1]

[1] Mini Cooper S and a Mercedes

 

I came across an envelope containing an awful lot of logbooks, mainly
cars of a certain vintage, mostly in my name. I really must get round to
dealing with it.

On the subject of logbooks, how long does it normally take for DVLA to
process a "previous keeper did not give me the V5" request?

 

From 1979-ish:
Yamaha DT125: Might be a CT125. Or maybe originally a 175. First ever
bike, now rotting in the garden. One day I'll rebuild it. Or sell it.

CZ 250 Twin. Yeah, yeah, I know! First bike I actually used on the
road. First RTA: taken out by a Range Rover, which left me on crutches
for 8 weeks.

Yamaha XS750: Big and, er, big. Sounded nice and taught me a lot, an
awful lot, about bike mechanics. Sold it when the clutch cable broke
once too often.

Yamaha RD250LC. Bought as a racer. Two seasons as a backmarker then
put it back on the road. Fell off it twice: both times were in the
first lap of practice at Brands.

Yamaha RS100: Bought off a mate, fixed it up and sold it within a few
months.

Honda CB250RSA: Great (if slow) commuter, even went on a camping
holiday to Loch Lomond on it.

BMWK100RS: Lovely bike if a bit buzzy. Only dropped it once but that
was heartbreaking! Sold it due to severe lack of cash at the time.

Honda CX500EC: paid about twice what it was worth because it was a
heap. I regret selling it, though.

Yamaha XT600Z: Different and fun but fucking *awful* for DIY servicing
and general maintenance access considering that it was a single and
especially after the CX.

Honda CBR600 Jellymould. One of the early ones. Very competent,
reliable, smooth, good power for its age but just lacked something.

Moto Guzzi Quota: Big, black and beautiful. Turns heads. Not fast or
especially good handling but who cares. Dropped it at less than
fifteen MPH and broke my collarbone in the process.

Yamaha YZ250 (1985) Relatively gentle power delivery (suspicious but
never bothered to look into it). Had a couple of low-speed offs. Great
fun!

FZR600 Genesis. Huge fun! Confidence inspiring handling. First KD,
first fairing down (and stayed on it!), first real highside. Hobbled
for weeks afterwards.

Yamaha YZ250 (1998): Immense power hike from previous 'crosser.
Intimidating at first, but Huuuge fun. The last off unfortunately put
paid to my hopes of running the Marathon this year. Ah well.

Suzuki TL1000R: The Booming Banana when the ART cans are fitted.
Sounds a bit flat with the stock cans but I'll happily live with that.
Huge power compared to anything else I've ridden, stable but a tad
heavy at low speed. Difficult to stay anywhere near legal speeds.
Looking forward to Summer!

 

Henry, old chap, we tend to post at the bottom here, not the top....

 

In

KMX 125, kept falling off, about 2 months
Vespa 90, rode it about 3 times, owned for about 3 days, never fell off, but
broke the gear cable thing and swapped it for a tape deck
CX 500, 2 weeks, about 400 miles. Didn't have a heater or cd player. *Hated*
it

Now you know why I don't play with bikes.

--
Pete M

Golf GTi (For Sale)
Alfa 164 TS (For Sale)
Mercedes 500 SEL (Needs work)
Jaguar XJ-S 3.6

Scouse Git extraordinaire.
Liverpool, Great Britain

 

Owen said...

I used to get bored quickly, I'm more tolerant of things now.

Step forward TOG

 

snip

Get bored easily? Wouldn't be surprised if this is a ukrm record...
I think this qualifies you as a "well hard biker".
I nominate Lozzo fgor WHB#1 (over 100 bikes to qualify)...
I'll happily volunteer for Kotl.....
I suspect that this will be a very short list.....
--
O
1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

You think he likes them?
--
O
1 Black, shortly to undergo extensive surgery.
1 Red, undergoing lightweight surgery. -----
1 Blue, for Power-Ranger baiting. | o |
Numbers ... | o |
Stuff ... | ooo |
Life ... -----

 

Up to 6 weeks according to the blurb on the V62 thingy.

 

*Ahem*

All right then -

Puch Maxi S
Yamaha YB100
Honda CB175 x5
Honda CJ250
MZ250 x2
MZ TS150
Suzuki GT500
Suzuki GS400
Yamaha XS650 x3
Honda CB750F1
Moto Guzzi Spada x2
Moto Guzzi V50 x3
Honda ST70
Honda C90
Honda CB100N
Honda CB125S
Honda CD175 x20 (conservative estimate)
Honda CB200 x4
Honda CD200 x5
Honda CB360
Honda VF400
Honda CB125J
Honda CB400N
Honda CG125 (Makes Sign of Holy Pushrods)
Honda CB250N
Honda CB400F x4
Honda CB550 x3
Honda CB650
Honda GL1000
Honda GL1100 Aspencade
Honda CX500
Honda CB500T x3
Yamaha SR500
Yamaha XS750
Yamaha XS400 x2
Yamaha XS250 x2
Yamaha XS500
Yamaha RS100
Yamaha RXS100 x2
Yamaha RS125
Yamaha RD350F2
Yamaha SR250 x2
Yamaha XT600E
Yamaha 900 Diversion
Suzuki GT185
Suzuki GP100
Suzuki GP125
Suzuki TS250
Suzuki TS185
Suzuki GT750
Suzuki GS550
Suzuki GT250
Suzuki GT380 x2
Suzuki X7 x2
Suzuki GSX250 x2
Kawasaki KE175
Kawasaki KH250 x3
Kawasai KH400 x3
Kawasaki H1
Kawasaki Z400F
Kawasaki Z400 twin
Kawasaki GT550
Kawasaki GT750 x2
Kawasaki GPz550
Kawasaki Z250
Triumph 1200 Trophy
Ducati 750SS
NVT Easy Rider
BMW R65
BMW R80
BMW R100RS
Jawa 350 Combo
Triumph TR6R

And more.... many more

Right, I want WHB#2.

 

etc..

You've not owned many good modern bikes, have you?