Here's a few oldies & newies I've had over the years
Pre licence:
Corgi 98cc Paratrooper
Royal Enfield 125
BSA 150 Super Bantam
Velocette 350 MAC
Sunbeam 350
Royal Enfield 500 Bullet
Ariel 500 Red Hunter
Adler 500
Panther 600 Sloper
Indian 1200 Chief
Norton 600 Dominator
Triumph 500 Speed Twin
Triumph 650 Thunderbird
Post licence:
Triumph 500 Speed Twin
Honda CB 72 250
Honda CB 450
Kawasaki H1 500 Triple
Honda CB 750
Yamaha DT 250
Kawasaki Z1 900
Yamaha TT 500
Honda CBX 1000
Kawasaki Gpz 750 turbo
Suzuki GSX 1100 RK
Yamaha 1200 vmax
Hayabusa
Can't top that old man. I was still in Dads bag when those bike were around.
Honda CB 360 (197
Yamaha XS 400
Kawa GPZ 1100 (Plus a Kawa Z200 to commute 6klms to work)
Honda CB 900 Bol o dor
Yamaha FJ1200
Kawa ZZR1100
Hayabusa 99
Kawa ZX9R (That's another story)
Hayabusa 02
Next ???
(The bike to blow a Busa away.) Or another Busa in 04 or 05 me thinks.
Cheers, Phil. Riding since I was 17 and 9 months not talking.
Yeah GDY, one of the best of the oldies was the Ariel Red Hunter, Cost me 8 pounds PLUS the Royal Enfield 125 as a trade Great machine though
I reckon that 1200 Chief would be worth many many thousands nowadays, if only
My Dad had an AJS 1000 side valve V twin (amongst many others) & I remember getting carted around the countryside in the sidecar when you didn't need a helmet for rider/passenger/pillion
Yeah theres some classic bikes in that lot,although the old pommie oil leakers where a bit before my time It makes me reminisce bout the old kwakers i used to own.In fact i saw one of the new naked thous the other day and i must admit,i'm very impressed,in fact i think this will be my next steed. I'm going to go back to my grass roots so to speak,but dont worry this will not happen in the immediate future,ive still got pleny of ks to rack up on the busa yet,shit i've only had it 8 months
I wonder whether the kids of tomorrow will be laughing at our misisles of today. They will do the 1/4 in 5 seconds top out over 400 klm/h and weigh 150 kilo's?
Some how I doubt it. What do you rekon Rev?
I never thought they'd make a bike quicker than my old GPZ1100 back then. (What a joke) It used to tank slap at about 240 klm/h and couldn't go round corners. (Poxy skinny rear tyre etc...)
MMmmm... Food for thought.
Cheers, Phil. Riding and thinking it won't get any better than this...
Holy shit Rev, that is an impressive list of bikes. I can't top that but this is my list for interest sake.
Pre licence:
125 BSA Bantam
250 BSA
Post licence:
350 Royal Enfield
650 Bonnie
650 Golden Flash
500 Honda/4
750 Honda/4
500 Kwaka triple (bloody dangerous, tried to kill me)
Z1000 Mk 2 Kwaka (beautiful bike, owned it for 14 years)
ZZR 1100 Kwaka
K1200 RS BMW
R1150GS BMW (hated it!)
Hayabusa (love it with a passion)
Regards
CB
Started at 1970
Rico 125
DKW 125
Honda cb 250
Kawa mach 3
Suzuki GS 750
Yamaha V1000F
kawa ZZR 1100
Busa 1999
No match against the REV
regards
Al
CHOP/CLMNTS/GDYUP: Interesting comments from you all The older bikes I never kept for long because someone always wanted to buy them from me & most were unreliable so I didn't argue & a sale always meant a new purchase & maybe something more interesting
One thing about the old timers was that they soon taught you how to fix things & by age 16 I could change piston rings, do valve grinds, fix magneto's etc etc as I didn't have the cash to pay to have it done
My first decent road bike was the Honda CB 72 250 that valve bounced at about 10,000 RPM Cost me $749 new at MAYFAIR MOTORS in Elizabeth St in 1967.
Heads up I believe there's going to be a "back to Elizabeth St" bike expo coming up soon so I'll expect to see you all there
..along with bike history, what of an explanation of user names? (or is this too personal - I have no experience or manners with discussion boards)
some people have some baffling user names..
SubRX
rev01
acbusa
Throwdown
Volvi
RaZ80
wearlej
Viking
OhzOne
hd064
Others I think I've got, ie, surnames (demeester), mis-spelled first names (jewell), licence plates GDYUP (anonymously discussed the busa with you at Yea prior to buying one), or expressions of sexual prowess (perhaps) Xhiler8r, rocketrod, Slong, hawkwing racing....
anyone I missed, apologies
Ressac: You go first, we're all a bit shy in here, aren't you GDYUP
CHOP: Right on regarding that evil Mach 3 triple
It was a prang wobbling & grinding around looking for somewhere to happen, managed to hang onto the horrible thing & here I am, no disc brake on mine either
Well you dont have to be a rocket scientist to work out my board name.My name is Rod and when i was younger i was a bit of a teararse on my bikes,so hence the nickname Rocket!
Well, AEROCAT4 breaks down as:
AERO - my job and interest is a Aircraft Mechanic (L.A.M.E.) and a Pilot,
CAT - luv the Caterpillar earthmoving machinery and sometimes wear while riding my Busa a black and yellow NASCAR racing jacket with their logo on the back of it that shines up at night (looks cool from a distance!!),
4 - my lucky number!
Peter
Still waiting to hear what a "resac" is...
SubRX is an abbreviation of his favourite cage - the Subaru Liberty RX.
And speaking of number plates, mine is OHP-00 - an euphamism for what I'm usually thinking when tearing through Sydney traffic at 200kph Jules - always smiling, it keeps everyone guessing!
Miss Real Jewel , what is a "Euphamism" in what you mentioned last??? Pete