What bike have you most regretted?

[zeano182]

just a thread i find could be interesting to read.

Mine would be between two. Yamaha r6 and the ybr 125

R6 :

It was just too eager, every time i went out i had the feeling that i couldnt leave any porn on my browser history incase i didnt come back and then everyone found out i had a fetish for pigs in stockings!

Ybr :

My first ever bike, i loved it for the first 3 months i had it. But it had no charcter , it was 100% reliable and all that. But i felt so small on it and the engine was so kinda smooth it felt like i was riding an electric bike.

Please feel free to add your own

[c_dug]

I'm not sure I've ever really regretted buying a bike, if I had to choose it would come down to:

Possibly my ZZR600, the biggest lemon of all the bikes I've owned. Can't say I hated it, it had the potential to be a good bike, but I was duped by the previous owner which became more and more clear the longer I owned the bike.

Possibly my TS50x, I used it to commute through national speed limit country lanes and it was restricted to 30mph. A derestricted scooter probably would have suited me more at the time, the TS was a real laugh at times though.
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[P.addy]

Bandit 400.

Would rather remove barbed wire from my arse by attaching it to a Lambo and having someone boot it away whilst I sat there spraying salt and vinegar on the torn remains of my anus than have another.

[Matt B]

This:

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Enfield 350 Bullet.

Nothing wrong with it but it just wasn't for me.

Sounded lovely with the Goldstar silencer but I never got used to the gear change being on the wrong side, or the thumpy plodiness of it.
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[i.p.phrealy]

my first bike, a Yamaha YBR125 Custom. bought on finance.
had it a month, then I went too wide on a corner, got target fixated, hit the kerb, went over the bars and did this:

https://i1276.photobucket.com/albums/y475/i_p_phrealy/DSC_0029_zpsb7154e22.jpg

2 days later, some bastard nicked it.
I didn't have gap insurance and ended up paying out another £200 after it had got nicked just to settle the finance.

4 months later bought a Chinese 125, had it 19 months and sold it after I passed my test!
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[zeano182]

my ybr was a custom too but in black. It also seemed to be like restricted to 60.....on a flat it would do 60 fine and down a hill it would make naff all differnce. it was like it litterally would not o past 8000 rpm in 5th ;/

[MC]

[Clutchy]

Suzuki AY50, what a pile of sh!t
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[woo]

worst bike i ever owned was a Suzuki TL1000R, only thing that was about it was me, i could not get used to the hydralic clutch

Thinking again it really should have been the Aprillia RS125 that i had, nothing but fun and headaches
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[DRZ4Hunned]

Aprilia Pegaso 125

I was sat in the store room at work procrastinating on eBay on my phone, do the normal routine looking for local bikes, I spot a Pegaso project and start bidding on, fucking win it, no idea how I'm going to pick it up. Turn up to the guys house with a horse trailer in some scummy estate thinking I'm going to get mugged. The guy turned out to be a sound charva and tells me how he makes money selling tracksuits on eBay . Turns out the bike was owned and 'restored' by an italian actor. but still shite non the less.

[Rogerborg]

Lifan LF250-B. A straight copy of the Virago / Dragstar 250.

Looked the business hello sailor, but it was lardy and grounded out far too easily. The engine was reasonably torquey and refined but with no top end. I never saw a real 70 out of it - the speedo was bang on accurate, surprisingly.

It blew a big hole through its downpipe at under 3 years old on an obvious weak point, and by then I'd lost interest. It sat around for another year or so until I finally got around to replacing the downpipe, at which point I discovered that the big collector box was also totally rotted through.

The cost of a replacement system exceeded the value of the bike, so it went for spares or repair at under 5 years old to an old chap who just wanted something to polish. Awww.
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[Moo.]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

Probably the GT550. I wanted something shiny and new, the engine made a sound that I wasn't happy with but was told "they all sound like that". It annoyed me. Should have spent the money on doing up the XJ900F I traded in for it, and spent the rest on drugs petrol.
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[stinkwheel]

I would have regretted buying my second Jawa if I'd paid for it.
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[chickenstrip]

400 Superdream. Was meant to be just for transport, but I just couldn't.
It had nothing to recommend it. I just can't ride bikes that don't engage me. Never been very practical in that regard.

My 2nd H2, a US B model. Gearbox and crankcase problems meant I never got it on the road, and got rid of it quick. I wouldn't have another one.

[Nobby the Bastard]

GT200 X5. Fucking thing tried to kill me twice. God knows when I even got back on it after the first time...
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[Sable]

The CG.

Only had it a few months. I took the advice of £500 for a first bike, unfortunatly as an absolute noob to bikes, I got a shagged out bike. It just sorta fell apart like a clown car as I rode it.

It cost a further £500 over a month or two in repairs (pricey when you dont know what you are doing and need garages help). Then the fork seals went on a wet day and my front wheel went all blarg. Fucking thing. Hateful thing. Slowy thing. Uncomfy thing. Vibratey thing. No personality. I hate CGs

[Nexus Icon]

Yamaha RS125. It was about 8 years old and mint but the only time I rode it was to get it home. Now I can't remember why I never used it, I guess my circumstances must've changed but I ended up giving it to my dad, rekindling his love of biking. He soon chopped it in on a pair of CB250Ns (horrible) and promptly fell off one, broke his elbow, and rekindled his hatred of biking.
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[thx1138]

My BMW G650GS Sertao. It is spectacularly poorly made, really very rubbish indeed.

I like riding it, it's fine to ride. But, hindsight being a wonderful thing, I wish I'd spent my money on something else.


other than that, I made some poor choices with second hand bikes when I was a lot younger

[Whosthedaddy]

1989 FZR 600

Cut out a few yards from buying it, cut out in Dartford Tunnel then crashed it on way home and ran like shit when put back together.
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[Shaft]

When I first gave up despatching in the mid 80s, I decided that since I could now go out on a bike just when I wanted to and not have to consider things like weather protection and all day ease of riding, I could buy something just for fun; enter a Ducati 900 S2 Desmo.

I can't really think of anything good to say about it, except perhaps the noise, which was OK, if a bit tiring after a time.

The seat was like a particularly hard plank, the Marzocchi suspension was as comfortable as falling down a flight of stairs and after half an hour, the riding position made me feel like I'd been locked in a suitcase.

Riding in town was a nightmare, as it wouldn't tick over properly and it had no bottom end, coupled to a too tall first gear, so pulling away from lights was either a not so delicate balance of clutch slip and almost stalling, or launching off like the start of the TT.

Added to that, the brakes felt like they were made of wood and it vibrated like a b'stard, so bulbs blew for a hobby and I spent more time tightening various badly made nuts, bolts and screws, than I did riding the bloody thing.

No wonder they are rare now, I expect most of them rattled themselves into a pile of poor quality metal and fibreglass.
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[stevo as b4]

Peugeot Speedfight 100!

I could have and nearly did buy a then new KMX125 or one of the very last new TDR125's instead, but I wanted to be a Ped Boi twat!

I've never met anyone who has cracked 12bhp r/w with a slowfight 100 excluding using Nitrous, and it was the most expensive +3.5bhp tuning project I've ever had at £650 including dyno time and set up.

[Old Git Racing]

Triumph Street Triple R, so disappointed after the hype.

OGR
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[i.p.phrealy]

[stevo as b4]

OGR can you please explain how you found the Street triple R experience? It's always billed as the darling of modern naked bikes, and is always talked about as being as fast A-B as any sportsbike etc?