What bikes have you owned?

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Ladymx · #1 Unread post by **Ladymx** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 7:13 am

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CURRENT BIKES :
2001 YZF 600 R
1977 GS 400
1981 XJ 650

PAST BIKES :
1982 SECA 750
1984 SECA 750 (NZ)
1984 GS 550E
1981 XJ 750R
1982 XJ 650
1983 GS 550
1983 YZ 125

JJ · #2 Unread post by JJ » Wed Mar 16, 2005 12:14 pm

Gee that list of bikes is intimidating!

I've only owned a 83 Suzuki GS650 & an 03 Suzuki LC1500. I did spend a lot of seat time years ago on my buddies Kawi 500 (yes the 2 stroke triple)

jj

Chick · #3 Unread post by **Chick** » Wed Mar 16, 2005 6:16 pm

Let's See
6? Honda 50 Trail
68? Honda 305 Dream
69 Honda 450
Yamaha 360 (dirt)
Suzuki Savage 400 (dirt)
72 Norton Combat
75 Yamaha DR750
Honda Shadow
Kawasaki Vulcan 1500.
Current Bike - 02 Kawasaki ZZR 1200

I know there were a few more, just can't remember them.

XJRJohn · #4 Unread post by **XJRJohn** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 6:58 am

right,ive done this before,and keyoke pointed out some id missed.see if i can get closer this time
1/the thing(puch50)
2/honda c70
3/honda c90
4/honda cb100n
5/honda superdream
6/(4)kwak z250
7/kwak chop(z550/500)
8/gs850 suzuki
9/cb750 soh
10/kwak z400/440 chop
11/various superdreams
12/cbx 550
13/gl1100 goldwing
14/cx500
15/gsx 250 custom
16/cb 175 sports
17/gs 550
18/ XJR 1200 yamaha

3D02 · #5 Unread post by **3D02** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 8:56 am

'84 Honda 700s Nighthawk
'89 Yamaha FJ1200
'73 Honda z50

One of these days I may buy something made in the '90's

Karl

Itzamna · #6 Unread post by **Itzamna** » Thu Mar 17, 2005 7:41 pm

'82 Honda Nighthawk 750
'03 Suzuki SV1000

madmax · #7 Unread post by **madmax** » Fri Mar 18, 2005 2:17 pm

Don't remember all of them but a few of the real cool fun ones come to mind. Starting in the mid 60s I had a couple Honda trail 90s. Went from those to a white Honda 305 Dream (pretty bike, probably one of the best looking I've owned) Somewhere along the line I had an old Suzuki 380 ( 3 cyl. 2 stroke with a 6 speed transmission.) Man would that thing fly. Had a CB350, a CB360 and a couple of dirt bikes for good measure. Got an old 49 Harley pan head. Rode it as long as I could stand it. Seems like it cost me $100.00 every time i got on it for some kind of breakdown. Then got an old hardtail 650 BSA chopper. Oil pump went out so I mounted a 650 Triumph in it's place. Rode this for a long time with very little trouble except replacing ziener diodes. Then it was a Honda CB750 ad a couple more dirt bikes. Now I have my ol 78 Honda GL1000, a Suzuki 300 King Quad 4WD atv, a XT200 Yamaha dirt bike and a 125 Honda atv, the 2 last ones being my kids bikes. All in all I don't favor one brand of motorcycle over the other although I have had the best service from the Japanese bikes.

drumwrecker · Fri Apr 01, 2005 8:05 am

c1951 125 cc BSA Bantam
1960 250cc Ariel Arrow
1948 998cc Vincent/HRD
1955 500cc G( Matchless
1959 650cc Bonneville
1974 605cc Honda four
1986 750cc BMW K75s
1999 500cc Suzuki GSEX current bought May 2004
2002 650cc Suzuki SVK2 current bought January 2005 but about to be written off. March 15th Taxi turned right on me without indicating as I was passing. The SV is a great bike, I just love it. The BMW was great for touring and the Vincent was just great.

QuietMonkey · Thu Apr 07, 2005 1:36 pm

As long as no one wants to get into "bikes you've RIDDEN" we can keep this list short:

owned (roughly in order of ownership):

'83 RZ350K (first bike - street use and roadraced)
'84...'90 RZ350L-A (every year, multiples of many years... about 10 RZ350s in all, maybe more. they were fun, light, easy to work on, made for great roadracers, streetbikes and sporttourers too)
'84 DT200L
'86 IT200S
'88 FZR400U (roadraced)
'83 GPz750 (bought and sold)
'90 FZR600A (street trim)
'91 YZ125B (did first cross-country race (hare-scramble) on it -whew! lots of work)
'92 YZ125D
'86 SRX600S (owned this one the longest... a really GREAT street bike, and unique too)
'89 YZ250W (huge torque monster in the dirt - wicked midrange hit)
'99 YZF-R6 --- saaaaweeeeeet as the kids say. my last roadrace bike.

i think that's about it.. probably missed one or two.

oh, a '92 CBR600F2, and a scooter of some sort

because I took it on trade on something, then resold it, like the GPz750.

I guess someone could start a thread of "MOST MEMORABLE BIKES YOU'VE RIDDEN

" -- that's a FUN list I could pull up a few great memories of -- wwwwwaaahoooooooooooo...

//monkey

QuietMonkey · Fri Apr 08, 2005 7:33 am

Chick wrote:Let's See
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75 Yamaha DR750
...
I know there were a few more, just can't remember them.

If you'll pardon me asking, WHAT the heck is a Yam DR750?? I am familiar with the XS750, and I think they also made a TX750 (twin, for dirt track racing) back then, but never heard of the DR750 (as it is sort of a Suzuki designation for their dualsport bikes, and Suzuki did have the "DR.BIG" which was a DR750 i think)

s'ppose i could google for info, but it's more fun to ask someone who has owned one

//monkey