How many motorbikes have you owned?

bladespin

Kaybaykwah wrote: »

Never had one.

Wrong thread so.

RD125LC Fastest thing in the world - at the time, blew up a lot though.
RD350 - what can I say???
VFR400 - brilliant engine, lovely to ride.
GSXR750 (lots of engine work done - abs animal until it became a triple)
GSXR7/11 (very Special)
GS - very boring but cheap to insure, etcetcetc.
Fireblade (95) - not boring, not at all.
ZXR750 - bought as a project that I never quite finished, put me right of Kwackers
Fireblade 954 - just awesome, has a few mods but it's soooo good, will be holding onto this for a long time.

Jimmy Bottlehead

I feel like everyone here has owned a Fireblade

spiggotpaddy

Looking through my list I can easily pick a best one, but I find it hard to pick a worst. Obviously some are not as good as others but a different buzz at different times , couldn't really say any of them were the worse.

spiggotpaddy

If I write motorcycle into the search box on my gallery I get pages of this.

tico1300

Honda shadow 125
Dragstar 650
Bandit 600
Intruder 800
Vulcan 800
Gsxr750
Zx9r
Still have a
Bandit 1200
Hayabusa

D3V!L

spiggotpaddy wrote: »

Okay then,

Yb 100
Cb125
Gs125
Gn125
Gn250
Tux250
Dr125
Tsr125
Cbr250 x2
Cdu250
Klr250
Yzf250
Cbr 400 x2
Bros400
Cbr 600
Deauville 650 x2
Deauville 700
Cbr 900 x2
Cbr1000f
Vtr1000f (current)
St1100
Gsx 400
Gsxf750
Gsf 600 x2
Gsf1200 x3
Vtsrom1000
Rf 600
Gsxr 750
Gsxr1100 (best of the lot)
Sv650
Rxs135
Elsie350
Fzs600 x2
Fz750
Fzx 750 x2
Xj600
Gt550 x2
Gt750
Gpz750
Zx9r

Probably forgotten some.

Jaysus !! :eek:

blade1

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

I feel like everyone here has owned a Fireblade

It's easy to tell if some had one.

bladespin

blade1 wrote: »

It's easy to tell if some had one.

How could you guess???

spiggotpaddy

blade1 wrote: »

It's easy to tell if some had one.

What, like vegans they tell you. I thought that was elsie 350's.

BronsonTB

RG80
TZR125
KR-1
ZXR250
CB400SF
LTD454
Z750 ('81)

gpz900R
VFR800 (current)

Dayo93

Honda Deauville
Honda VFR800 VTEC
Kawasaki GTR1400
Honda VFR1200
Kawasaki ZZR1400 ..Current

fatbast

Over 200 including
Dt125 ×2 dt175x5 ts185 ke175
Pe175 pe400 ktm 300x2 ktm450 husqvarna 250 400
Rd350 ypvs x 4
Rg500 x 2 gpz750 turbo
Exup 1000 x2
92 blade bought new
Gsxr750 x3 gsxr1000x3
Gsx1100e current
Tuono x3 1 current
Zzr1400 x 3 zx9
Gs1200x4 1 current rt1200 lt1200
Benelli 1130 mt01 gl1800x2
W800 enfield x3 fazer 1000x4 1 current
Ktm 1190adv ktm 1290 s ktm 950smx3
Ktm rc8 ktm 1290 Duke ktm 990smt
Vfr750 x3 vfr800x2 blackbirdx3
Multistrada V4S (current )

spiggotpaddy

Dayo93 wrote: »

Honda Deauville
Honda VFR800 VTEC
Kawasaki GTR1400
Honda VFR1200
Kawasaki ZZR1400 ..Current

Doesn't seem fair to have had all top quality kit. You should be made to restore a honda vf500 and have the chocolate cam shafts crumble beneath you as you reach a no mobile signal zone. Or a year on an rg250 gamma, keeping spark plugs in every pocket of all your clothes until you wreck the washing machine with a BR9ES. Maybe you could buy an Italian bike next to restore equilibrium.

khaldrogo

99 Honda NSR 80
93 Yamaha RXS 100
2001 Yamaha Virago 125
1990 Honda CB 400
2004 Honda CBR 600
2002 Honda Fireblade
1999 Yamaha Fazer 600
1998 Honda Fireblade
2004 Yamaha Fazer 1000
1998 Yamaha Virago 1100
1997 Honda CB 1000
2001 Honda Deauville 600
2004 Yamha FJR1300

May have missed one

mondeoman72

yamaha Mint 50cc
88 Kawasaki KH100
90 CBR 250R
91 Diversion xj600
Diversion xj900
Diversion xj400
81 Yamaha XS11 fully dressed (goldwing style)
99 BMW K1200RS (stolen and burnt)
Currently no bike.

TheQ_Man

Jimmy Bottlehead wrote: »

I feel like everyone here has owned a Fireblade

But how many still own an old school one :pac:

Mine is 22 years old

TheQ_Man

Speaking of blades, has blade1 posted how many he has/had :eek: I’d say himself and D3V!L would run each other close :cool:

Tr_18

XJR400
Hornet 250
ZXR400
SV650
CBR600 F4i
KTM 640
Z750s
CBR600 F4 (track)
NX650

mamax

Too many, yet not enough.



about 25

dclifford

total of 8. In order of ownership:

Suzuki DR125
Kawa ZZR 250
Suzuki Sv650
Yam YZF250
Honda VFR400
Yam Er650
Yam R6
Yam ER650

Hitachi man

Bandit 600. Loved it when I had it,looking back it was boring.

04 GSXR 600. Good bike but was a bit in the tatty side.

96 Fireblade. What a great reliable bike,great all-rounder.I sold
it with 58,000 miles on the clock. Learned to
wheelie on it, toured and did a track day.

05 GSXR 1000. Excellent bike. Reliable and very vesatile,Useless
att carrying a pillion.

BMW S1000r. Excellent bike,brilliant at carrying a pillion

Aprilia RSV4 RF. Gorgeous looking,goes like stink,crap on long
journeys and horrible to ride slow or in urban
settings.

GSXR 1000 probably my favorite out of the bunch with BMW a close second,the Fireblade is too unpowered in comparison to both of those to be my fav.

galwaytt

Dang you beat me to it:

mamax wrote: »

Too many, yet not enough.



about 25

Too many and yet, and yet.............not enough


Seriously, I too had a thing for changing them like mad for years & years, but I've calmed down now.

Bikes in my owership at this stage are: 3 yrs, 14 yrs, 16yrs, 30yrs.

Hotblack Desiato

86 Suzuki GP100U
95 Suzuki GS500E
98 Honda CBR600FW (F3)
90 Kawasaki GPz900R (still have)
93 Triumph Trophy3 900
04 Triumph Sprint 955i
06 Suzuki SV1000S (current)

veetwin

1983 Yamaha Maxim 750
1985 Honda CBX750F
1998 Yamaha Fazer 600
10+year break
2014 Triumph Tiger 800XC
2020 Yamaha Tracer 900GT...current bike and probably the best I've owned (1st new bike)

blade1

batman_oh wrote: »

In order (started out swapping a lot but tend to keep things a good few years for the last while):

01 Aprilia RS125
96 Aprilia RS250
94 Honda RVF400
05 Suzuki GSXR600
06 GSXR1000
07 Yamaha R1
01 Suzuki GSXR600
08 Honda Fireblade
04 Kawasaki ZX6R
09 Yamaha R1
06 KTM 660SMC
07 KTM 950SM
10 KTM 990SMR
12 Ducati 1199 (still have)
15 KTM 1290 Superduke
19 KTM 1290 Superduke (still have)
09 KTM 990SMR (still have)

And the winner of the most consistent Street cred award goes to batman_oh!

Order of ownership with reg. year:
00 Suzuki Marauder 125 (cheap learner junk)
01 Yamaha Dragstar 125 (better learner junk)
03 Yamaha Dragstar 650 (boring but dependable)
04 Yamaha Roadststar 1600 (oil tanker on two wheels)
09 Yamaha MT-01 (best bike ever, should never have sold it)
12 BMW K1300S (fast and technically brilliant but soulless)
12 Ducati Multistrada 1200 (animal disguised as a touring bike)
17 Yamaha MT-10 (absolute hooligan)

blade1

Deleted User wrote: »

Order of ownership with reg. year:
00 Suzuki Marauder 125 (cheap learner junk)
01 Yamaha Dragstar 125 (better learner junk)
03 Yamaha Dragstar 650 (boring but dependable)
04 Yamaha Roadststar 1600 (oil tanker on two wheels)
09 Yamaha MT-01 (best bike ever, should never have sold it)
12 BMW K1300S (fast and technically brilliant but soulless)
12 Ducati Multistrada 1200 (animal disguised as a touring bike)
17 Yamaha MT-10 (absolute hooligan)

Would you swap the MT-10 for an MT-01?

blade1

blade1 wrote: »

Would you swap the MT-10 for an MT-01?

In a heartbeat. I could have bought it back last year before I bought the MT10 but I thought yer man was asking too much for it. It was cheaper to trade in the Ducati for the MT10. Prices on the few MT01's that pop up on done deal now are astronomical (for me anyway!).

blade1

Deleted User wrote: »

In a heartbeat. I could have bought it back last year before I bought the MT10 but I thought yer man was asking too much for it. It was cheaper to trade in the Ducati for the MT10. Prices on the few MT01's that pop up on done deal now are astronomical (for me anyway!).

That good so?
Yeah the 01 prices are on the rise alright.

blade1

blade1 wrote: »

That good so?
Yeah the 01 prices are on the rise alright.

I loved it, the torque was insane. It sounded incredible and put a smile on my face every time I fired it up. I was asked about what it was everywhere I parked up! Very comfortable bike, useable power. The only downside was the terrible fuel economy combined with a tiny fuel tank and lack of a fuel gauge. This caused a good bit of anxiety on longer spins down in west Cork!