Past and Present - Pride and Joy

Just thought id post up a few photos of all my babies over the years.

My very first car:



Then there were my two tanks:



My little Mazda



Now my current Suby (for sale, see for sale section)



Then there are my bikes:







THAT is my motoring history.

Started in 1979 with a

Yamaha RX125



Suzuki GSX250



Yamaha XJ650



FT500



SR500



Honda CB250T - I have no photo of the one I owned. So took this one from the net.



Honda CB125



Honda CM250 - This was such a horrible bike I have no photo of it. So took this one from the net.



Yamaha XV1000 + sidecar



Yamaha XV1100 + sidecar



1953 Matchless 350 G3LS



MuZ Skorpoin 660 Traveller



BMW R100LT (Still own)



Suzuki GSF1200S Bandit (Still own)

My Current Bike ( shot with my drift HD 170 )
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My first real bike a 1984 XR200RE noooice
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My first road bike a VT250F Geeze it was quick for a 250 4 stroke pull the ton 2 up along a straight ok maybe slightly down hill but only slightly
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My 1st bike Honda Cr250 Elsinore. Fast little mother.


My 1st Roadbike Yamaha RD 350b early 6 speeder. What a heap of shit!!!!


2nd Road bike Ducati 450 Desmo. Tyres in those days just weren't good enough for her.


3rd bike. Yeh old faithful Honda CB750. I loved that bike. Did nothing great except keep going and looked good.


4th one. 1st leadwing. Did heaps of miles back then and it did the job. Before and after, and yes it hurt.


5th one and 2nd leadwing. These were the days before I learnt 'handling' was more important then a soft ride.


6th bike. Ducati Durma 900 SD. I loved that bike and tyres were just starting to catch up, Pirellis anyway, but....


Go too hard too often and those gremilins will get ya...that one really hurt, big time.


And my latest love affair...who's that fat old bastard on that nice bike???

Couple of close encounters with Mother Earth, good to see you were in good enough shape to get back in the saddle.

[/quote]by barry_mcki on Wed 06 Jun 2012, 12:00 am

Couple of close encounters with Mother Earth, good to see you were in good enough shape to get back in the saddle.[quote]

Thanks for that Barry. It only took 20years before I did get back in that saddle.
Bikes are addictive.

It's in ya blood Aus'. Some great old pics, and a couple of not so nice one . Ouch! Love the fashion.

started with a postie bike(grabbed from net)


Then on to a DT125


Then rebelling against my mother saying i couldnt own a roadbike i bought a scooter


and then another


Then i bought a chinese bike


Then Drz400e


VFR800


and now my Bandit

Well I bought a GSX250s from another young lad posted off my ship to WA. and got hooked. Then I had a GSX400e (twin) for sydney commute then my only Yamaha a RZ500.



Then my only new machine ever purchased a GPz750A6




naked again had this CB750F for a couple of years



Then i punted around on a Suzy GS850 shafty that was always too fat for fotos.

next came a hot red GPz550 followed by a poor little belt drive GPz250.


A Moto Guzzi Lario 650 4 valver was the next beast and stayed around for
a good while. First with fairings then naked.




ZX6 Tracky



for the road and track ZX7R (the GOR)

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another of my two wheelers



and my current steed.


never had a car and looking back mainly Suzuki and Kwakas in the shed.