Your past/present bike

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Some people just got started on about the bike they have owned in the past.
So i opened this topic to list them, and talk all about them

So let me start...so in my many years of riding ....
PAST:
CBR125. good little bike...very slow
Suzuki GS500. Awsome bike. i miss it a little. great fuel consumption...500km from 20L

Present:
Bandit: sex on wheels
Suzuki SV650 track bike.

Started on a GUZZI DINGO CROSS (50 cc) (1968- 1972) - colour green
KAWASAKI 900 (1974 - 1977) - colour green and black
SUZUKI 750 (1978 - 1979) - colour white and red
KAWASAKI 1200 (1980 - 1983) - colour yellow and black
SUZUKI L 750 (custom) (1983 - 1988) - colour black
YAMAHA SKYLINER 125 (scooter) (2003 - 2004) - colour grey
APRILIA ATLANTIC 500 (scooter) (2004 - 2006) - colour blue night
SUZUKI V STROM 650 (2007 - 2010) - colour black
SUZUKI GSXFA 1250 TRAVELLER (at present) - colour black

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gsxfa wrote:Started on a GUZZI DINGO CROSS (50 cc) (1968- 1972) - colour green
KAWASAKI 900 (1974 - 1977) - colour green and black
SUZUKI 750 (1978 - 1979) - colour white and red
KAWASAKI 1200 (1980 - 1983) - colour yellow and black
SUZUKI L 750 (custom) (1983 - 1988) - colour black
YAMAHA SKYLINER 125 (scooter) (2003 - 2004) - colour grey
APRILIA ATLANTIC 500 (scooter) (2004 - 2006) - colour blue night
SUZUKI V STROM 650 (2007 - 2010) - colour black
SUZUKI GSXFA 1250 TRAVELLER (at present) - colour black

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Thats quite a step up from 50cc for 4-5 years to a 900 cc kwaka

'84 GSX750F
'89 CBR1000F

then took a long break ....

'92 XJ600

Now:

'08 GSF1250SA
- Yoshi pipe
- Beowulf radiator gaurd
- Pirelli Angel tyres
- otherwise as she came, with just over 10,000km showing now.

Learned to ride on the husbands Honda XL250 ag bike out by the river, only 3 yrs ago.
Then it was a Honda CBF250 for five months
Bought 2008 Honda cb400 Superfour, 25,500 kms later, trying to sell it to fund
the now
2008 Suzuki Bandit 1250... and all the stuff ive put on it already lol

Honda CB250N bought 85 sold 86 when I joined ronnie RAAF
Honda CBX750F - bought 90 sold 92 to pay for honeymoon

Long break

Yamaha FZ1 - bought 06 trashed 12 somewhere between thredboe and jindabyne when ambition outweighed ability.

GSX650F - current ride where HP output might match ability.

Ok starting in 1998, no race bikes cause they don't count.

1972 Kawasaki S2 350 Triple (blown up)
1974 Kawasaki H1 Triple
198? Gsx1100 EFE
1994 Yzf750 wthe Fzr1000 motor
2003 R1
2006 Gsxr1000 (write off)
1985 Gsxr750
198? Dx100
1998 Xr400
1994 Zzr1100
2007 Z750 (write off)
1972 Kawasaki H2 750 Triple
1989 Nsr250
2008 Gsf1250s

My wife Tegan

1994 Zxr250c
1988 Fzr400SP

The Fzr and the Bandit are all that's left now

And there's race bikes ,thats some list . Do any good racing?

First bike was a 1980 XL185s then didnt ride for decades.

Then,

Honda 83 CBX250rs. Epic bike. Loved it. 4 valve twin cam, twin carb single. Owned most modern 250s with 33hp.

Kawaka GPZ400r, alloy framed 400 with 60 hp. Fast for a 400 and owned most 600s.

And me Bandit K1. Will not be sold ever.

Hi,

I have not been riding long either, but the bikes I've had in my shed (I have to share them with my wife):

GS500 - My learner bike, I loved that thing.
DN-01 - My wires first bike, we still have it. She rides it mostly but I like the convenience of twist and go on occasion.
GSF1250SA - My bike enough said.
GSF1250S - Track bike, almost rebuilt from a write off.

Rob

gus wrote:And there's race bikes ,thats some list . Do any good racing?

Do any good? Got a limp and some permanent back injuries.....

Drag racing was a lot of fun but a heap of money for 9sec or so of fun, and it is more again to be major competitive. (Suzuki GSX1100 EFE, modified)

I loved flat track/dirt track but I hurt myself wrecking in a road bike stack and had to let it go. Still its a great time and teaches you great bike skills. Plus you can do it on a worn out old MXer and still do well (Mostly YZ250 2 bangers)

MX, I fly like a brick and I hate jumps. Not my idea of fun but still proud I gave it a go.

Road Racing is perfection in my opinion. A lot of fun and affordable if done right. The most fun I had was small stuff on short track. No HP to cover up bad skills and money spent means nothing on a wet short circuit. I did ok, few 3rds, top 5's etc, but honestly it was for the mates and the laughs. My RS125 was my favorite, but a lot of fun was had on 400's and some bigger stuff.

Not a lot of trophies but a stack of laughs, great weekends away and very few regrets. Everyone should have a turn at least once, even if it is just a street drag meet.

31 now but will prob have another go when I get financial again, either 400's or back to dirt track. Wife (also an ex racer) wants to go sidecar but I have my doubts.

And I forgot to add a Honda Monkey (regoed) to my bike list....... thats kinda sad

Good one .
The only thing i ever won was a trophy for runner-up in open mens tennis .Only one other person entered and i lost .(true)

Not many bikes here either.
Kawasaki G2
Suzuki GT 380
Suzuki GT380
Kawasaki KE? 175
20 odd year gap in riding
Suzuki SV650s
And now the GSF1200s Bandit

Kawasaki GPZ750
10 year gap in riding
2009 Suzuki Vstrom 650 (sold, had to due to move)
2010 Kawasaki Ninja 650r (sold)
2011 Suzuki Vstrom 650 (sold)
2012 GSX1250FA (current)
2012 DRZ400E (current)

1990 - Honda CB750/4 K2 - I didn't even have a licence and the bike came in a milk crate and some plastic bags - cost $200. Took 12 months and more than $200 to rebuild. but was worth it, taught me a lot about bikes

1992 - Kawasaki Z1R MKII - This bike was built by a guy called Phil at ProFlow in Woolloongabba as a show piece for his shop. Great bike and in hindsight it was a mistake to sell it

1998 - Kawasaki GPz1000RX - hated that bike, and in the end it got a stone chip in the front form a Mitsubishi Colt. The Colt got a stone chip in the rear quarter panel. So we were square

2000 - Kawasaki ZZR1100-D4 - Great bike, very forgiving. Sold for family reasons (what else?!)

2012 - Current bike '12 GSX1250SA

2003 - GPx250 (died pretty quickly, bloody POS)
2003 - Honda NT650 Revere (motorcycle equivalent to valium, so boring I sold it fairly rapidly)
2004 - Yamaha SZR660 (most fun bike ever, but needed cash in a hurry at one point and it got sold too)
2004 - Suzuki GS500
2005 - 1983 GPz750 (still have this one )
2007 - 1997 XJR1200 ("Betty", absolutely fantastic bike, should never have sold it)
2008 - 2002 ZZR1200 - Scared the sh*t out of my wife - sold
2009 - 2006 Suzuki M109r (Wonderful bike, will sorely miss this one)
2012 - 2006 Suzuki GSF1200S (...and here we are today)

Also in that time;
Last year had a fantastic, blinged up 2004 Z750 (got sold to buy house*)
This year I've restored a 1980 Honda C90 SuperCub (with a mild CT110 engine).

1981 Yamaha XJ550, now Bandit, blue 2002

1976 Suzuki GT125 (Bumble Bee)

1982 Suzuki GSX 750 (Got stolen)

1975 Suzuki GT380 (Cheap replacement for above)

1986 Yamaha XZ400 (only new bike I have had for commuting and a piece of s##t shafty)

1986 BMW K100 RT (Great bike to return to riding on, real good for pillion on long trips, just got a bit dated)

1995 Kawasaki VN1500A Custom (had to slow down)

2000 Suzuki GSX750F (First bike in Aus)

2005 Suzuki GSF1200S X 2 (750 not enough torque for two up riding)

2008 Suzuki GSF1250SA

Also my wife has been a suzuki follower;

GN 250 (Great learner bike)

GS500 (Magic bike with Givi bikini fairing)

C50 (She hated it, cause it didn't corner like the 500) Happy now to be a pillion.

Any idea what the top speed of the GN250 was ? We had one at best could get 95 kph .It was stuffed but a fun ride unless you had a MACK TRUCK behind you .

Yamaha GT50 - Dad bought this for my brother and me in 1973. I rode it heaps doing something like 3800miles on a block of a couple of acres.
Suzuki PE175
Yamaha XS650
Honda XL 500 - first one with Prolink rear suspension
Suzuki Katana 650

Then had a pretty long break away from motorbikes.

Honda VF 1000 - very interesting on dirt roads with that 16" front wheel.

Another break from bikes until I got into them at work.

Work bikes:
Honda XR400 - training
BMW 1150
BMW K1200

Gave bikes away at work so I got back into private ownership

Suzuki Vstrom 650
Suzuki DR 650
Suzuki M50
Honda CRF 230 - a ripper bike!
Suzuki GSX1250FA - ordered and paid for, just waiting for delivery SOON I hope!!!

oh yeh and an early 80's Yamaha 80cc. Beast.

GN 250

Gus the GN would sit comfortably all day at 100kph. I did clock her at 120 at times (wife with heavy wrist), only thing was at those speeds struggled to get oil to top end. Result was two top end overhauls.

keenaviator wrote:Yamaha GT50 - Dad bought this for my brother and me in 1973. I rode it heaps doing something like 3800miles on a block of a couple of acres.
Suzuki PE175
Yamaha XS650
Honda XL 500 - first one with Prolink rear suspension
Suzuki Katana 650

Then had a pretty long break away from motorbikes.

Honda VF 1000 - very interesting on dirt roads with that 16" front wheel.

Another break from bikes until I got into them at work.

Work bikes:
Honda XR400 - training
BMW 1150
BMW K1200

Gave bikes away at work so I got back into private ownership

Suzuki Vstrom 650
Suzuki DR 650
Suzuki M50
Honda CRF 230 - a ripper bike!
Suzuki GSX1250FA - ordered and paid for, just waiting for delivery SOON I hope!!!

So Keen, given your work bikes am I correct in assuming you are/were a cop?

Could be Grover, or a paramedic..... does it matter?

Keen

Not in the slightest ,its just either way we might have met .

gus wrote:Not in the slightest ,its just either way we might have met .

Hope it didn't hurt too much, either way.