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Hi Sandi, my son and I did have the Mexican wrap, it was really good, there are very few places offering Mexican food here in the UK and that is a real shame, whilst I don't have any Tattoos, nor intending getting one (at my age anyway), I do love looking at them and the history behind them especially the Japanese ones, both my sons have a rather large amount of them and they are real works of art, they do go to one of the best in the area though. They get there love of bikes from me (they said they were fascinated with the Triton I built many years ago) unbeknown to me at the time, although they did accompany me driving all over buying quality parts for the build, although Mountaineering and White Water Kayaking was my main passion, but sadly no longer to climb the likes of Mont Blanc etc , although I have a trip booked for Switzerland this June with my wife, however we won't be climbing the higher peaks. Ride safe all from an ageing Rocker.

 

Ask and you shall receive.

 

From 12yo to ancient. not including hire/borrow bikes
There were times in my life without a bike but never more than two years at a stretch.

Garelli 50cc Tiger Cross
Yamaha RD250DX
Yamaha RD125LCMk1
Yamaha SR 125
Suzuki GS550E
SuzukiGS550 Chop
Yamaha FZS600
Harley Davidson Street Bob
Harley Davidson Road King
Harley Davidson Sportster 48
Yamaha XJR 1300
Triumph SpeedMaster 1200

 

An old Greeves trials that I rode around on a farm
BSA C15
Jump to 1980's
Honda C70
Honda RSA250
Ducati 900 GTS
BMW R100
BSA B40
Kawasaki Z650
Laverda Jota 180 crank
Guzzi LeMans MK 3
Guzzi Eldorado
BSA A65 OIF
Triumph 900 Daytona
Triumph T595 Daytona

 

Excellent, @Jage! Enjoy that beautiful bike. I had a 2016 Thruxton R and it's one of the bikes I've had over the years that I'd love to get back.

 

C90 step thru field bike
KH100 at 17yrs old 1981
79 Suzuki GS 550E
X7 25O
80 RD400 DX
79 RD250 DX
79 GS1000S
89 GSXR750K
74 GT750 WATER BUFFALO (LIVED IN PHILADELPHIA)
78 GS1000E (STILL HAVE,PROJECT BANDIT HYBRID)
94 GSXR1100WP
80 GSX1100
TRIUMPH TRIDENT CRK (RECENTLY WRITTEN OFF) WILL RETURN!
73 GT750 KETTLE (STILL HAVE)
2002 XJR1300 SP REPLACED CRK FOR NOW.

 

Hi funelli.
Funny how little things like that bring back memories.
I also lost a good friend in a car accident at 20. Think of him everytime I see an Imp car. He had a rally spec 1 and let someone else drive it,crashed it, my mate died. Sad days indeed. 59 still think of him time to time.
Cheers Nick

 

To absent Friends!..

 

Edit note: Just noticed I had put this down as 1200. Getting old..

 

First bike - Honda CB100 in 1974. Killed it within a couple of years by riding too hard from cold. Should have listened to Dad, but I did learn the lesson and still warm up any vehicle I drive (much to Mrs B's annoyance )
Suzi GT250
Yam DT400 (while living in Cyprus in early 80s - ideal bike for riding the around outskirts of Nicosia!) Hired a CB500/4 for longer rides.
Too many years bikeless until I took my UK test in 2010 and bought a Daytona 955i.
Triumph Sprint 1050 - fantastic sounding bike with the TOR exhaust fitted.
2nd Daytona 955i - swore I would buy something like a Speed Triple but the Daytonas are so much bike for so little money!
Yamaha XT600 (bored out to 660)
Current bikes -
Morini 3 1/2 (a real hoot to ride around back roads but will probably sell this year)
Triumph Scrambler 865 - still growing on me, new sussies have made a world of difference through the potholes

 

I love reading about peoples pasts and the unusual bikes more so. I started around 1977 aged 13 on a z200 in a nearby massive car park as I wasn’t old enough to ride, then joined the ‘in crowd’ of lads that were rugged field bike riders just after. They sussed out I was useful to them as I was handy with spray cans and good at making things….. the rest was history!
So in that time scale I had one gap of 12 months in 46 yrs!!
Here was my fleet of
Motorcycles I’ve owned

current to old

BMW R9T FV19XFO

Benelli 125 2c GTA256N

BMW F800gt YG13DXF

CX500 black red JGK354T

MZ TS150 blue SMT226S

MZ ETZ250 silver JGH953Y

MZ ETZ250 orange SPG874X

MZ TS250 blue RYN870R

BMW Rockster KT03AWW

Suzuki TL1000 silver red R370RNK

Honda varadero 125 02

MZ TS250 black UNK602W

Triumph tr6 trophy 650 BYF573H

WK650CF2 AV63OKS

Honda cbx550 (4 of)

Kawasaki er5 TReg

Yam trx850 EBA94V

Triumph bonneville hf13fkl

Gsx250sn katana

BMW R1150R 03 RV03NFR

Ducati ST4 w reg

Xjr 1300 FJ05JZN

Skyteam trail 50 10reg

Mz Skorpion red R715YVF

Honda cb1300 AF05 WPX

R1 05 Reg salvage

Sv400 s reg

Mz250 w Reg silver

Mz125 b853xua Reg black

Speedfight 100 scooter 06reg

Harley nightster YJ08KWO

Ducati monster m900s r reg

Trx850 r reg

Tigcraft dominator Q345DPG

Aprillia falco x reg

Ducati 748 p reg

Ducati900ss k reg

Mz Skorpion yellow M144RAL

Yamaha sdr 200 d reg

Gsxr400 c hrh Reg

Xj 600 diversion j Reg

Xj 600n gold/terquiose L108LJN Reg

Fj 1200 c Reg

Superdream w Reg

Z 650 w Reg

Cb900f v Reg

cb750w Reg

H100 w Reg

Cb550 p Reg

z750 twin

Gsx250 es ACX321Y

Xt 125 y Reg

Xt250 LVH231W

Xt250v Reg

TL125

Xs250 UCX636T

XL125 k3 WBT521V

Gilera 50 roadster Oww54M

Dt 175

X7 250 JVH298S

Yamaha 80 (Dave Arnolds) GNW58K

Bultaco Sherpa LJM11K

What can I say but all but a handful had memories

 

Holy crap that’s got to be a record, I’d struggle to remember that list, I can’t remember what I did last week so what are your top 3 from the list and what else would you really want if any?

 

Wow, @Tigcraft, that is an amazing list! I'd truly love to hear some about some of the adventures you've had over the years with all of these bikes!

 

@Arf765 my top three of the list were 1, MZ Skorpion Sport, that’s a big single cafe racer off the shelf that no one recognised. It had sublime handling and was as pure a motorcycle you could get where the fun starts at 40mph on back lanes.
2, Ducati Monster M900S. It was the only bike that had such charisma, aura and heritage. It made my heart flutter every time I rode it and it was the correct choice moving on from my first TRX850. It was the only bike at the time that I would consider setting off for a ride in the rain!!
3, My current bike, RNineT, it’s a very calculated bike I bought which now modified ticks so many boxes and it’s also the one that I paid the most for ten times over. The boxer engine is a lush to explore and I can go on.

@Sandi most my fun came from the small engined bikes of very early days. The bigger ones mainly four cylinder ones I discovered didn’t do it for me as they were too tame in character and the rides were never remembered like the singles and twins I had. Probably because the latter took more rider input and gave great rewards.

 

Great cheers, is there any bikes you would like but haven’t had the chance yet??

 

It was meant to be. Frames designed by ‘Tigcraft’ Dave pearce but it ended being thicker tube, far heavier and welded.

 

No as I’m content with current fleet of 8!!

 

Need to update my list now I've got the GSXR track bike

1979
Suzuki A100

1980
Honda H100
Honda CB250G5
MZ 250
Honda CB250N SuperDream
Suzuki GS250T
Suzuki GS1000 with GSX1100 engine
Suzuki GSX1100EZ
Honda CB650Z

1988
Kawasaki GPZ900

1989
Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo
Kawasaki GPZ900

1990
Suzuki GSXR1100L

1992
Kawasaki ZXR750J2

1993
Suzuki GSXR1100L
Honda CB250N SuperDream
Suzuki GSXR1100H

1994
Suzuki GSXR1100WP
Honda CB125RS
Honda CB250N Superdream

1996
Bandit 1200

1999
Triumph Sprint ST
Bandit 1200

2000
TTR250

2001
CBR900RRX Fireblade
Bandit 600

2002
VTR1000 Firestorm
Bandit 750
Suzuki GSX1300R - K2 Hayabusa

2003
Bandit 400
Kawasaki ZX7-R track bike
Yamaha Fazer 1000

2004
Bandit 1200 (1st time owned)
GSXR1000 K4 track bike

2005
ZX12R-A1
GSX1300R - K5 Hayabusa

2006
DRZ400
Bandit 1200 (2nd time owned)

2007
Bandit 1250

2008
Suzuki GSX1300R 2000 (Hayabusa 600hp drag bike)
Bandit 1200 (3rd time owned)

2013
Street Triple

2015
Tiger Sport

2016
Tiger Sport

2017
Speed Triple S
Bonneville Newchurch

2018
Speed Triple RS

2019
CBR600RR 2007 model
Tiger 800 XRT (current)

2020
Street Triple RS road
Street Triple RS road/track (current)
ZX10-R

2023
GSXR750L3 track (current)

 

Blimey your as bad as me!!