What’s The Most Boring/crap Bike You Have Owned?

You should have done it man - it's liberating! ;-)

Glad to see I'm not the only one to have got frustrated with kicking bikes over - top man Dawsy!

DS

 

triumph TSS

So bad I part exchanged it for a BMW R100 CS

 

You got a good one Dave. That’s lovely full of 70’s/80’s gorgeousness. The one I had was the model before that. With a rounded tank and it was sparkly orange in colour. I believe it was the RD250B (B for Bastard). It looked lovely though.

 

Yes the round tanked models looked far nicer than my coffin tanked 1977 model ‘D’ although it wasn’t registered until 1978.

So it now qualifies for free RFL and doesn’t require a MOT either because it’s over 40 years old

 

So Nikki this dropping bikes on their side or wanting too is nothing new then

I thought it had been a fad for just a couple of years

 

It was like this one (photo from the internet)

 

I have another similar tale which I shall divulge at some point. Also resulted me on the floor with a bike on top of me. Yikes I do have a habit of this

 

You’ll have to divulge when we next meet up Nikki.

I promise to say nowt lass

 

If it was like the photo the colour is Burnt Orange and it looks great in the flesh

 

Yes it was exactly like that. P reg it was. Kept it for only about 6 months or so. They’re probably worth a fortune now in that condition

 

Dave I know you are the soul of discretion and to save my embarrassment would never tell anyone.
In my defense the bike had a mechanical problem resulting in the above incident.

 

Wish mine had ran and sounded like this

 

Yup had one of those
Blew it up
Feckin two strokes

 

You can have some fun on those old 2strokes cos you have to ride them, not like modern bikes were the bike does everything for you.
They’re more engaging to ride

 

It took me a very long time before I bought another 2 stroke and to be fair that one was ok. That was a Vespa Rally 180 scooter. Kept that as a toy for quite a long while but sold it as you couldn’t really ride it anywhere. It was too slow for the motorways, so all you could was pootle around the streets locally. Oh and it vibrated like the worst vibratery thing that ever vibrated. Used to make my fingers go numb.

 

Dave my VStrom has never made me a cup of tea, nor righted itself when it was laid on my foot, so not quite sure I accept your statement that a modern bike does everything for you

 

Why would you want Waspy to right itself when it’s laid on your foot when there’s knights in shining armour to right it for you

 

1976 triumph tiger 750. swapped CB900 Honda for it only kept it for about 4weeks it was a disaster from the moment I was supposed to pick it up from
the dealer kicked it up blow the base gasket out. dealer fixed it picked it up a week later. The silencer fell off on the way home got home put a spanner on every nut and bolt. Every time out something fell off. I clean and check my bikes every week and with the tiger tightened every nut and bolt up. The last straw was the carb bowl falling off 10 miles from home. Took it back to the dealers got my old 900 back. All ways regret not parking the ba88ard in the local canal. It was a low mileage, excellant condition bike but guess the mileage and condition was because it never stopped in one piece for long enough to do any mileage.

 

That would have to be my old Honda CD125 Benly. Bullet proof bike but it looked boring, boring to ride and boring to look at. Sorry, no pics as it would have been boring!

 

I don't mind an old 2 stroke, I had a couple of MZ 250's as work bikes one a Trophy with the leading link forks, the other a standard one and I must say they where very reliable and great for winter use with gaiters and fully enclosed chains,
The Trophy had indicators at the end of the handlebars and where soon damaged after the first spill.
Worst bike was an old BSA C15 it either started first kick or you where down to your underpants with sweat trying to kick it over.

a few MZ pic's [not mine]