My bike history so far.

[mark1150]

OK here's the ones that I can remember in no particular order.
Motobicane moped
Honda 250 G5
Honda 360 G5
Honda 250 K2,
Honda 750 FA
Honda 900 X 3 12 X FA + 1 X FD
Honda Dominator X 2
Honda Fireblade X 2 RRX + RRY
Honda XL125
Honda CL 250
Honda XR 400
Kawasaki Z 400 twin
Kawasaki 1000 RX
Kawasaki KLR 600
Kawasaki ZRX 1100
Yamaha RD 400
Yamaha RD 500
Yamaha XS 650
Yamaha R1 Y2K
Ducati 750 SS
Ducati 600 SS
Suzuki GT380
Suzuki TS 185
Sachs 250
KTM 350
BMW R 1100 RS
BMW R 1100 S,
BMW K 1200 RS
BMW R 1150 GS
Buell 1200 Lightening
HD 1200 Sportster Custom
MV 750 F4

[boboneleg]

Here are mine in order;

Garelli Tiger 50
Lambretta Li 150
Honda XL185S
BSA Bantam 175
Suzuki TS250ER
Kawasaki KL 250
Yamaha RD250DX
Honda MTX200RWD
Yamaha RD350YPVS
Honda Dominator
Suzuki DR350SP
Harley Davidson Sportster
Gilera Runner SP180
Yamaha Serow
Honda Transalp 600
Suzuki DR350SEW
Honda Africa Twin RD04
Triumph Scrambler
Suzuki DR600
BMW 650 Dakar
KTM 950 Adventure - still got it
KTM 640 Adventure
Suzuki DR350SEV
Suzuki DR350SEX
Honda Africa Twin RD03
Suzuki DR350 SEW - still got it
Honda Transalp 650 - still got it

Jesus, it's not until you write them all down that you realize how many bikes you've had hmy:

[The Mad Jock]

The dogs wrote 'The Versys is the downsize I've been looking at how have you got on with yours. Must mighty impressed with the report in latest issue of ABR.'



In truth I'm not the best person to ask as I've had it 2.5 years (now 4 years old) but have only done around 1500 miles for reasons I won't bore you with.

I do like it though it's a bit tall and I find top-heavy once fuelled but then I've not given it a chance. It's much nippier than 64bhp suggests and can be hussled along too but it does seem to vibrate a lot (newer ones are better). It's comfy enough and the seat/pegs/bars relationship is good for me as average height.

I'll be off to Italy at the end of May all being well and suspect I might wish it were a bit higher geared but that aside I think it'll be a good all-rounder. Most people who ride one like it and most who own them are delighted so I think that's a good endorsement.

[flipflopdog]

Great thread this, here is my list/reason ive been skint for the last 35 yrs in some kind of order;

C90 field bike (14yrs old and hooked)
Zook B120 field bike
Zook AP50 (first road bike)
GT250a
GT250 ram air thingy
CB125 (passed test on this)
GT185 (swopped this for a Plastic Pig, 3hrs later swopped it back..!!)
Yammy RD400
GT750 Kettle
CB750FA
CB900FC
DT175
YZ250
Maico 490
Yammy XT500
CBX1000
Z400 twin
GS1000
VF1000R
Harris Magnum CB1100R
Harris F1 kwak1170 (I.O.M race prep bike)
Pecket & Macnab kwak 1000
Spondon GSX1135 Turbo (started build in 87, sold it in 2004)this bike out lasted the missus also..!!
Kwak KL 650
2006 GS1200adv bought new, still got.
XL600lmf still got
DR750 big still got
Husqvarna 360 smoker still got
BMW K75 ( long term project bike, still got)

As you can see, I flipped my biking world on its head in 2006 and discovered adv biking hence on this site...!!

Flipflop

[The dogs]

From your long list Mark what have you managed to keep.

[The dogs]

The dogs wrote 'The Versys is the downsize I've been looking at how have you got on with yours. Must mighty impressed with the report in latest issue of ABR.'



In truth I'm not the best person to ask as I've had it 2.5 years (now 4 years old) but have only done around 1500 miles for reasons I won't bore you with.

I do like it though it's a bit tall and I find top-heavy once fuelled but then I've not given it a chance. It's much nippier than 64bhp suggests and can be hussled along too but it does seem to vibrate a lot (newer ones are better). It's comfy enough and the seat/pegs/bars relationship is good for me as average height.

I'll be off to Italy at the end of May all being well and suspect I might wish it were a bit higher geared but that aside I think it'll be a good all-rounder. Most people who ride one like it and most who own them are delighted so I think that's a good endorsement.

. Apart from needing to get somewhere fast I reckon most bikes average speed will be sub 50 so 650's are all we need.

[The dogs]

OK here's the ones that I can remember in no particular order.
Motobicane moped
Honda 250 G5
Honda 360 G5
Honda 250 K2,
Honda 750 FA
Honda 900 X 3 12 X FA + 1 X FD
Honda Dominator X 2
Honda Fireblade X 2 RRX + RRY
Honda XL125
Honda CL 250
Honda XR 400
Kawasaki Z 400 twin
Kawasaki 1000 RX
Kawasaki KLR 600
Kawasaki ZRX 1100
Yamaha RD 400
Yamaha RD 500
Yamaha XS 650
Yamaha R1 Y2K
Ducati 750 SS
Ducati 600 SS
Suzuki GT380
Suzuki TS 185
Sachs 250
KTM 350
BMW R 1100 RS
BMW R 1100 S,
BMW K 1200 RS
BMW R 1150 GS
Buell 1200 Lightening
HD 1200 Sportster Custom
MV 750 F4

Have you still got anything from this little lot.

[bunker]

My list is very modest for my 16 years of biking:

Yamaha RD125LC
Yamaha RD350YPVS (prone to explosion :whistle: )
Yamaha FZR400 (chucked down the road)
Kawasaki ZX6R-F3 - only bike i every bought new
Kawasaki ZZR600D2 - kept the longest (about 5 years)
Triumph Tiger 885 (steamer) current steed

[ross dean]

Wow - I ws inspired by this thread to upload a picture of each of my bikes - see my pictures

[mark1150]

OK here's the ones that I can remember in no particular order.
Motobicane moped
Honda 250 G5
Honda 360 G5
Honda 250 K2,
Honda 750 FA
Honda 900 X 3 12 X FA + 1 X FD
Honda Dominator X 2
Honda Fireblade X 2 RRX + RRY
Honda XL125
Honda CL 250
Honda XR 400
Kawasaki Z 400 twin
Kawasaki 1000 RX
Kawasaki KLR 600
Kawasaki ZRX 1100
Yamaha RD 400
Yamaha RD 500
Yamaha XS 650
Yamaha R1 Y2K
Ducati 750 SS
Ducati 600 SS
Suzuki GT380
Suzuki TS 185
Sachs 250
KTM 350
BMW R 1100 RS
BMW R 1100 S,
BMW K 1200 RS
BMW R 1150 GS
Buell 1200 Lightening
HD 1200 Sportster Custom
MV 750 F4

Have you still got anything from this little lot.

Yes mate,the GS and XR, although one of the Dukes is still in the garage.
Sadly I wish I could've kept [strike]some[/strike] all of them, with some particular favourites, MV, K 1200, R 1100 S, RD 500, Buell, RRY, ZRX, 250 G5.