Least favourite bikes owned previously?

[chickenstrip]

Yeah, the CB1300 is another I like the look of, especially in red and white with fairing, but I doubt I'd ever actually buy one. Probably a great tourer, but with my current bike, when you get to your destination you can remove the luggage and have a blast. The CB doesn't strike me as a bike that would be true for.
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[chickenstrip]

[Robby]

SV650. It's the bike I forget owning the most.

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[chickenstrip]

[redeem ouzzer]

CD185T. Slow, ugly, rotted to bits and is still the only four stroke I’ve had grenade itself. Stuck a CD200 lump in from a breaker as it had a long MOT. Got £30 for the corpse when the MOT ran out.
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[thx1138]

CZ 350

ALL THE WIRING WAS RED. ALL OF IT.

[Islander]

CZ250. When it was running it was ok but it was unreliable and I ended up making a whole new loom for it - the old one was full of intermittent nightmarish problems.

[yen_powell]

[WD Forte]

I had a CZ125 for short while but quickly swapped it for
magic beans or summat of equal value

I recall the gear shift had to be pulled out and back back to act as a kick start
A truly horrible POS it was

Shortly after one of my lads had an MZ ETZ125 and I rather liked that
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[Blah blah]

CBR600F, last of the steel framed ones.

It was just another meh Honda that almost ended my biking exploits due to being so unbelievably dull in every single way.

[Zen Dog]

MZ ETZ301. Don't do it kids.

Positives -
Brakes, chassis, and suspension surprisingly ok. Seat was very thick and comfy. It did start every time even after being stuck at the back of the garage for months.

Negatives -
Utterly stupid standard riding position (the pillion pegs are pretty much exactly where the rider's pegs should be). Wiring apparently done by an East German child worker. Gearchange required serious violence. Crowning turd is the engine, vibey and unhappy at any revs, just gets more and more unpleasant as speed increases.

I honestly cannot believe the money some people are asking for them these days. I can only assume it's fallout from the general rise in 2 stroke prices, because it's not based on merit.
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Current - '94 VFR750FR, '00 VFR800FI Previous - '10 Street Triple R, '92 MZ ETZ301, '05 TTR250, NSR125R, KMX125, "Honda" Win (chinese copy of an old Honda design with a C90 engine)
My bike trip around S.E. Asia 2010/2011

[FretGrinder]

2010 CBF1000

Constantly deciding to eat it's stator every so often, to the point where it ate 4 stators and 2 regulator/regulators in 40k miles, one of them failing in the right hand lane of the M4 in heavy summer traffic.

When the 4th one went, my Honda dealer replaced it for the apparently upgraded parts, comprising of a larger circumference flywheel and smaller circumference stator that was supposed to help dissapate the heat better, allowing for better cooling.

After all the parts were replaced I was already at the point of, whenever I got on it, I was wondering if it would start or not. When it got to that point it was time to give up and find something new as I needed a bike for work every day.

Sad really, as the engine was sweet as a nut, brakes were adequate and it was generally a great commuter in all weathers.
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Yamaha MT-09

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[pepperami]

[pepperami]

[G]

Honda (pretty much any of them; to be fair the NSR was okay) and yes the SV650, though I enjoyed minitwins when you got used to the engine.

[Old Git Racing]

Street triple R I found disappointing. Never felt at one with it, adjustable suspension? yes either rock hard or soft as.
The engine wasnt bad but would have been better with the Daytona lump, not something retuned for torque i.e. slower.
The seat was like sitting on a lump of wood and the rear indicators kept snapping off of their own accord.
I know loads of people love the STR, not me.

The other would be a bike I've just got rid of, Yam Tracer 700gt. Initially I liked it then gradually over 6k miles I grew to hate it.
I never felt in touch with the road, it felt numb. It was slightly better on road pilot 5's but not much.
Engine vibes got on my wick on long runs.
Build quality was a joke, wafer thin paint everywhere, exhaust collector box rapidly became a rust box. A pannier lock ejected itself somewhere, and the panniers were a funny shape that held next to nowt. The screen was crap and buffeted in any position.
The sealer was the riding position, it killed my arse and back, glad to see the back of it.

I cant think of an old bike I had that was as bad including things like MZ supafive.

OGR
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[Brava210]

BMW GS310

Massive pile of shit
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Honda Novio, Puch Grand Prix, Suzuki AP50, CZ 125, Wassell 125, Montesa 348,Honda 125TDC, Suzuki 100ER, Suzuki GSF650 Bandit, Aprillia Pegaso, Honda PCX125, Honda Forza300, BMW G310 GS, Suzuki SFV650, Honda CB500X

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[Moxey]

GS 500E

Slow, unreliable, uneconomical and overall a shit show (didn't help that I sold my CBR400 NC23 for it on the whims of an ex either).

Another

Hornet 900

Not a patch on a Fazer 1000, snatchy fueling, average brakes, poor build quality (mine was immaculate, PO kept in his house, 1 month in my garage not so much...) and the handling was neither here nor there.
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[Enduro Numpty]

2016 Triumph t120 - the modern Bonneville. By a long way, the bike I have least enjoyed owning. I bought it new after it became obvious that death or jail were the only real options if I continued riding my 2012 Fireblade. Having fond memories of a mates T120V in the 1970's I thought the modern take on a classic bike would work. How wrong I was!
In the near 40 years that had passed I'd become used to ever increasing performance and for the most part, build quality. For a 1200cc engine supposedly tuned for torque, it was simply gutless. The suspension was like variations of pogo sticks and the ground clearance was pathetic. The brakes were just about passable but the suspension couldn't cope and the front wheel was constantly activating the ABS making hard braking all but impossible.
I could possibly have lived with these but the wheels started corroding within weeks, the clocks steamed up at the slightest hint of rain. The clocks rattled around in their mountings, the seat didn't fit and the overall build quality was just appalling. On top of all that SHIRLAWS in ABERDEEN made no effort to pursue genuine warranty claims. My first ever Triumph and most certainly my last

I replaced it with a V-Strom 1000, the bike I should have bought in the first place. 4 years down the line and there's nothing I've ever ridden that beats the Suzuki for long days on Scottish Highland roads.

[myvision]

ZZR1200 really uncomfortable couldn't go more than 50 miles in one go.
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VFR800FI, YZF600R Thundercat and FZS 1000

[DJP]

Another vote for the 250 Superdream, I owned several of them as stop gap bikes.

The change in learner laws removed their whole raison d'etre meaning that they could be picked up for peanuts by the late 80s/early 90s.

The last one I had was pretty much mint and came with tax, MOT and about 6,000 miles on the clock. I think I gave about £300 for it, which was dirt cheap even then.

I never had an issue with any of mine save for their extreme slowness. Let's face it: A bike designed as a 400 and then sleeved down to 250 was never going to set the world alight.

Dull but worthy. But mostly dull.
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Suzuki Bandit 1250
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[chickenstrip]

[martin734]

XS250 custom. Slow, unreliable and evil handling pile of shit. A real motorised turd. Not the worst bike I have ridden though, that dubious accolade belongs to the H-D 883 iron.
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Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red"