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The three ages of biker... what was your progression?
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OK here goes.....
Honda CR125 94 (offroad pre 16th birthday)
Sold
Honda MT5 (first road legal bike)
Sold.
Honda CR250 97 (off road MX)
Still got.
Kawasaki ZXR750 L2 (first road legal sports bike)
Sold.
Kawasaki KR1S (bought as a project still in boxes).
Still got.
Yamaha R1 2000 (first litre class sports bike)
Sold
Ducati 996R 2002 (first bike i ever bought brand new)
Still got.
CR500 1991 Steel Frame (Used in Evo class MX and Hare Scrambles).
Still got.
Kawasaki ZZR1100 D3 (Daily rider)
Still got.
Looking at maybe getting rid of the big Z for a BMW K1200S.
The 996R Is my poster bike but ride it for longer than an hour and it cripples me.
S also has her own bike a Yamaha YZF750 1994 in the cocktail colour scheme.
And my youngest has a CRF50.
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"Yam dt 50
Cagiva mito 125
99 Kawasaki zx6r
2001zx6r
kawasaki zx7r
Kawasaki zx10r gen 4
Always loved the look of those Mito's!"
Always loved the Mito as it looked like a baby 916. I'm sure they had a seven speed box did they not?
Again those are crazy prices now for a decent one. |
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"Here's mine.
Honda ss50.
Honda h100s2
Yam tzr125
Suzuki rgv250
Kawa Z550
Kawa gpz750
Gsxf 750
Zzr1100
Cbr600
Triumph tiger 900
Triumph tt600
Royal Enfield himalayan
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Fuck forgot my Ducati 860gts hailwood rep at the same time as the tiger. |
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By *az40Man
over a year ago
norfoik |
"Yam dt 50
Cagiva mito 125
99 Kawasaki zx6r
2001zx6r
kawasaki zx7r
Kawasaki zx10r gen 4
Always loved the look of those Mito's!
Always loved the Mito as it looked like a baby 916. I'm sure they had a seven speed box did they not?
Again those are crazy prices now for a decent one."
They were designed by same guy and literally were just that a baby 916 |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Here we go:
Jawa 50
FS1E
GT250
Dunstall 810 Norton
GT550
Z1B
VF750SC
VF750F
VFR750G
VFR750J
VFR750L
RC30
R100RS
R100RS 16V
Sprint 900
ZX9B
R1150GS
R1200GS
R1200GS 30A
Silver wing 400
Should have hung to a few in that list |
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"Yam dt 50
Cagiva mito 125
99 Kawasaki zx6r
2001zx6r
kawasaki zx7r
Kawasaki zx10r gen 4
Always loved the look of those Mito's!
Always loved the Mito as it looked like a baby 916. I'm sure they had a seven speed box did they not?
Again those are crazy prices now for a decent one.
They were designed by same guy and literally were just that a baby 916 "
Massimo Tamburini. Guy was a legend sadly he has passed away.
Him and Valero BIanchi and Gisepi MOrri (probably got the spelling wrong) and TAmburini who also set up BIMOTA.
I've got a book all about the development and building of the 916. Its a good read.
Foggy's input into the book are quite comical.
Another book that a good read is the Honda Motorcycle story.
Keep you occupied on lockdown lol |
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He we go
Before I was 16
Puch maxi
Garelli tiger
Dt175
Xl 500
Turned 16 got my first road legal bike, then continued from there, didn't help that I was doing an apprenticeship in motorcycle mechanics..
Suzuki ap50
Yamaha rs125
Yamaha rd350lc
Kawi z550
Then had a few decades out, due to starting a family and not having time, when I wanted to get back into bikes, found out that dvla had wiped my motorcycle licence, so had to start again.....
Then.....
Cagiva mito 125, full power model, was bloody quick for what it was...
Suzuki bandit 1200
Yamaha xv1100, both of which I still have, would still like to add a v max to the collection though...
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"I feel kinda sorry for guys these days who don't cut their teeth on small capacity machines. Never learning the art of momentumism!"
I love the small capacity 2 smokers. Its the simplicity of them.
When my son eventually gets a bit bigger I will start introducing him into the mechanics of the bike.
At the moment all he cares about is it ready to go lol.
Another small capacity bike I always favored was the Kawasaki AR. It came in a 50 or 80 and if you had the 50 you only needed to buy the barrel and piston to up the capacity.
I'm sure there were loads more bikes that were the same.
First thing I did with the MT was remove the restrictor.
Even my dad agreed that being limited to 30mph was dangerous.
Used to be great fun trying to overtake JCB's.  |
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over a year ago
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Oh nice thread, and such a good handle op lol.
OK so suzuki ts125er field bike
Yamaha Yb100. First road bike
Kawaski Ar80
Suzuki Rm125 scrambler
Suzuki Rgv250vg21
Suzuki Rgv250vg22
Honda Vfr nc24. Rothmans
Honda Vfr nc35
Suzuki Sv650
Honda Cbr600f
Honda Fireblade 954
Suzuki Gsxr 1000k5
Honda 08 fireblade
10 year break
Current Triumph sprint st 1050. |
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By *looboyMan
over a year ago
Edinburgh |
Suzuki TS 50ER.
Suzuki GP100 (T-boned by a car, written off).
Honda MBX80 (Passed my test on it).
Honda MTX 200.
Yamaha RD 250LC (Hit a car that suddenly decided to turn in front of me, written off).
Yamaha RD 350LC
25 Year break without a bike.
KTM 390 Duke. |
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By *looboyMan
over a year ago
Edinburgh |
"I feel kinda sorry for guys these days who don't cut their teeth on small capacity machines. Never learning the art of momentumism!
I love the small capacity 2 smokers. Its the simplicity of them.
When my son eventually gets a bit bigger I will start introducing him into the mechanics of the bike.
At the moment all he cares about is it ready to go lol.
Another small capacity bike I always favored was the Kawasaki AR. It came in a 50 or 80 and if you had the 50 you only needed to buy the barrel and piston to up the capacity.
I'm sure there were loads more bikes that were the same.
First thing I did with the MT was remove the restrictor.
Even my dad agreed that being limited to 30mph was dangerous.
Used to be great fun trying to overtake JCB's. "
My mate had the AR50 with the 80 barrel and piston, Micron pipe and K&N cone filter, used to surprise a few 125s lol.
My Suzuki GP100 had the 125 barrel, piston and carb on it.
2 strokes were great for learning mechanical stuff on, and cant beat the exhaust smell, Castrol R Mmmmmmmm. |
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Bantam
Frantic gt
Honda cb250
Honda can 400 four
Yamaha Rd 400
Yamaha Dt 250
Kawasaki Z 650 x 2
Moto Guzzi club
Moto Guzzi Navada
Moto Guzzi Centaro
Moto Guzzi v11
Honda Vfr 750
Kawasaki en 500 x3
Honda pan European st 1100
Suzuki vstrom 650 x2
Sex on wheels!!
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Honda C70
Suzuki GT125
Montessa Cota 348
Cagiva T4e ( ex French Army )
BMW 650 GS ( ex French Police )
30 year break.
Honda CG125 to learn properly then passed test last October.
Suzuki GSF 600 Bandit
Harley Davidson MT350 ( ex British Army )
Triumph Bonneville Scrambler 900.
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"OK here goes.....
Honda CR125 94 (offroad pre 16th birthday)
Sold
Honda MT5 (first road legal bike)
Sold.
Honda CR250 97 (off road MX)
Still got.
Kawasaki ZXR750 L2 (first road legal sports bike)
Sold.
Kawasaki KR1S (bought as a project still in boxes).
Still got.
Yamaha R1 2000 (first litre class sports bike)
Sold
Ducati 996R 2002 (first bike i ever bought brand new)
Still got.
CR500 1991 Steel Frame (Used in Evo class MX and Hare Scrambles).
Still got.
Kawasaki ZZR1100 D3 (Daily rider)
Still got.
Looking at maybe getting rid of the big Z for a BMW K1200S.
The 996R Is my poster bike but ride it for longer than an hour and it cripples me.
S also has her own bike a Yamaha YZF750 1994 in the cocktail colour scheme.
And my youngest has a CRF50.
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You didn't happen to take part at the beach race in Skegness back in November did you?
There were 4 CR500 if I remember right. |
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over a year ago
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"DT50
Yamaha Townmate
AR50
RD350
YZ250
CR500
ZXR 750
Gap of a few years.
Ducati 996
Ducati Monster
Ducati 916
KTM Supermoto
Ducati 999
Ducati 1199
Aprilia Tuono 1100 Factory
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Thoughts on the tuono 1100 I quite fancy one, is it sorted reliability wise compared to the 1000?. |
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Here is my short list as started late in life lol.
Honda XL 125 Varadero learner bike
Suzuki vstrom 650. Best bike ever!
Honda pan European st 1100
Honda Goldwing replaced as couldn’t get leg over  with Merc C300 Cabriolet due to arthritis |
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"OK here goes.....
Honda CR125 94 (offroad pre 16th birthday)
Sold
Honda MT5 (first road legal bike)
Sold.
Honda CR250 97 (off road MX)
Still got.
Kawasaki ZXR750 L2 (first road legal sports bike)
Sold.
Kawasaki KR1S (bought as a project still in boxes).
Still got.
Yamaha R1 2000 (first litre class sports bike)
Sold
Ducati 996R 2002 (first bike i ever bought brand new)
Still got.
CR500 1991 Steel Frame (Used in Evo class MX and Hare Scrambles).
Still got.
Kawasaki ZZR1100 D3 (Daily rider)
Still got.
Looking at maybe getting rid of the big Z for a BMW K1200S.
The 996R Is my poster bike but ride it for longer than an hour and it cripples me.
S also has her own bike a Yamaha YZF750 1994 in the cocktail colour scheme.
And my youngest has a CRF50.
You didn't happen to take part at the beach race in Skegness back in November did you?
There were 4 CR500 if I remember right."
Yes I was the only steel frame bike. Damaged my front rim that day when I went into the back of somebody at the first corner
Didn't make any difference on the sand. Apart from the straight I had to push the bike over the berms as it was just a cluster f##k and everyman for themselves.
I would have done better on a CR125 as the 5 just kept spinning up.
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"DT50
Yamaha Townmate
AR50
RD350
YZ250
CR500
ZXR 750
Gap of a few years.
Ducati 996
Ducati Monster
Ducati 916
KTM Supermoto
Ducati 999
Ducati 1199
Aprilia Tuono 1100 Factory
Thoughts on the tuono 1100 I quite fancy one, is it sorted reliability wise compared to the 1000?. "
2017 onwards is the one to go for.
They are epic bikes and the sound track is adictive. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"DT50
Yamaha Townmate
AR50
RD350
YZ250
CR500
ZXR 750
Gap of a few years.
Ducati 996
Ducati Monster
Ducati 916
KTM Supermoto
Ducati 999
Ducati 1199
Aprilia Tuono 1100 Factory
Thoughts on the tuono 1100 I quite fancy one, is it sorted reliability wise compared to the 1000?.
2017 onwards is the one to go for.
They are epic bikes and the sound track is adictive. "
Ahh ok cool my budget wouldn't go that far unfortunately, yeah they sound fantastic |
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I started to ride properly a bit late in life, but naughtily I first rode and Honda CB250N then 20 years later I decided to get a license
1st was a Yamaha YBR125
2nd Suzuki bandit 600
3rd Yamaha XJ6
And now a Yamaha FZ6
Loved all except the bandit, spent every night for 4 months trying to make it run right, horrid thing |
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"I forgot to mention the much loved ST1300 Pan European that I had"
My dad is ex police and he thoroughly embarrassed B when we first got together. He had an ST.
B asked my dad if he could keep up and turned out playing catch up to him for the few hours they were out.
Not all about power lol
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By (user no longer on site)
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From memory:
Kawasaki 90
Yamaha 200
Honda CD175
Suzuki 350 (Horrible)
Honda 360
Honda 500'4'
Yamaha XS750/Honda CB500/CB125
Kawasaki Z650
Norton Commando 750/CZ175/Honda C90
Honda Gold Wing GL1100/Yamaha XS500
BMW K100
BMW K1100RT
BMW R80RT/BMW R45
BMW R100RT
Yamaha 600 Fazer
Honda ST1100 Pan European
BMW R1150RT
Honda ST1300 Pan European (Horrible)
BMW R1200RT
BMW K1600RT
BMW R1200R LC
BMW R1200RT LC/BMW R80RT/BMW K75 RT
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Yam FS1E we all had these when i was young.
Honda CD 175
Yam RD 250
Honda 400/4
Moto Guzzi Le Mans MKII
Ducati Pantah 500
Ducati 900 MHR should never have sold it
Then a long break until 2008
Current bike is a Ducati 1098s and had it since 2008. |
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Honda mb5
Honda xl125
Suzuki gt250
Yamaha rd350lc
Honda cb900
Took a few years out then
Suzuki gsxr600
Honda blackbird
Triumph Daytona 955i
Suzuki gsxr 1000
Ktm rc8r
Honda fireblade
Honda Vfr 1200
Ktm superduke r 1290
Ktm superduke gt 1290.
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"Suzuki ts100er
Kawasaki kdx125
Kawasaki kx125
Suzuki dr350
Yamaha wr450f still got
Suzuki sv650s still got
Yamaha xjr 1300
Suzuki gsxr750
Suzuki sv1000s still got
Beta rev3 200 new toy
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oh forgot Kawasaki zx900 on that list |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Yamaha rd 50
Honda mbx 50
Suzuki ts 100 rebuilt it
Suzuki ts125 bought one after watching restless natives lol
Suzuki ts125r
Kawazaki ninja 750
Suzuki gsxr400rr
Suzuki gs500
Aprilia rs125 comuter bike
Ktm duke 690 crashed that one
Suzuki gsxr750y Road and track bike
Suzuki 1200 bandit 1997 best yr
Current bike
Suzuki gsxr 1000 k1 alstare ed |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Growing up anything we could get our hands on cheap BSA bantam C15, montesa, at 16 Ossa 250 trials bike on the road,
250 Honda
400 Kawasaki
750 Honda
900 Honda
850 Motor Guzzi Le Mons
900 Ducati
Always had a trials/ trail bike.
750 Yamaha
BMW R80 then a Rs100
Honda Fireblade
Honda VTR1000 still got
BMW 650GS still got.
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By *B1000Couple
over a year ago
North Lakes and Manchester |
Montessa 248
Montessa 348
Yamaha TY250 mono
Gas Gas jtx 320
Suzuki DR 350
VFR 750F
CBR900RR ‘92
Ducati Monster S4R
Yamaha FZ1000
Yamaha YZFR1 ‘04, 07, 09
Yamaha MT10
BMW R1200GS
Think that definitely covers 3 stages of life  |
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GSXR 250 '89
VFR 400 '91
R6 '99
GSXR 1000 K1
R1 '00
GSXR 1000 K3
SV 650 Stock Race Bike
ZX6R '01
CBR 600rr '06
GSXR 600 '06
ZXR 400 Race Bike
SV 650 Stock Race Bike
SV 650 Supertwin Race Bike
ZX10R '07 Still Own
ZX6R K1H Track Bike Still Own |
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"GSXR 250 '89
VFR 400 '91
R6 '99
GSXR 1000 K1
R1 '00
GSXR 1000 K3
SV 650 Stock Race Bike
ZX6R '01
CBR 600rr '06
GSXR 600 '06
ZXR 400 Race Bike
SV 650 Stock Race Bike
SV 650 Supertwin Race Bike
ZX10R '07 Still Own
ZX6R K1H Track Bike Still Own"
Forgot there was a K1 GSXR 750 too lol |
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Age 1: riding them. BSA Bantom
Various old British bikes
Age 2: working on them.
Triumph Bonneville, eventually with 850cc Weslake conversion
Age 3: ultimate petrolhead fun.
Robinson R22 and R44 helicopters. Same kick as biking but there aren't guys trying to kill you up there. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Puch maxis and Honda C's as field bikes.
Kawasaki AR50
Honda MBX 50
Honda 250N Superdream (i had two or three of these at once)
Honda CB750
Triumph Trident 900 (Current restoring)
Triumph Rocket 3 Currently riding
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Had a couple of 50s then derbi for 125
Kawasaki zxr400 2000 not the new shit version
Yamaha r3
Then a mt07 for a while currently dont have one at the minute thinking about a zxr6 next |
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