Favourite bikes owned previously

[Bhud]

[MarJay]

[UncleFester]

Best bike I had but never rode - 1999 VFR800Fi with a Staintune hi level exhaust.

I bought it to work on and clean up and sell - picked the can up on Fleabay for peanuts .... the sound of those geared cams / that exhaust was epic as were the flames.

As the new owner roared away on it I was insanely jealous. Nothing i've had or will ever have will ever sound as good as that did.
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Module 1 and 2 passed - October 2014. Happy owner of a 2017 Z1000SX, ex owner of a YBR125 / CB500 / VFR800.

[ThatDippyTwat]

[Blah blah]

there are 2.

First, my slab sided GSXR750 - a mate bought it damaged, fixed it, painted it pink and green with a white seat then sold it to me. After an X5, Z400J then a KH250 it was an absolute revelation but it was stolen and my mate still hasn't forgiven me some 30 years later.

Secondly, a ZXR750J1, many happy days around the roads in Wales before it turned into a police state (and flat out on a dual carriageway on the way back from the Bulldog bash!) Awesome bike

[A100man]

[hellkat]

Yeahhhh you guys have talked me into not scrapping it. Thanks for that. I didnt really want to.

[hellkat]

[redeem ouzzer]

My GSXR750L. Was it bollocks standard but I never really got to the bottom of why it was quick. Yoshi system, dynojet / K&N and some strange shit plugged into the loom. Made 116bhp and did 163mph on GPS and I’m not convinced my 1100 would beat it. Difference is it revved like a 400 where as the 1100 is lazy as fuck by comparison.

If I owned it now I’d convert it into an RK / Endurance rep and rag the bollocks off it on track.
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[Bhud]

[A100man]

[Enduro Numpty]

FJR1300.

Fast, comfortable and supremely reliable. It took me and my wife all over Europe in the nearly 8 years I owned it. I've owned faster bikes, better handling bikes but the all round ability of the big Yamaha takes a lot of beating.

[martin734]

DT125, I was living in Israel when I had this bike and I had many great days riding through the Negev.

VFR 800, my favourite bike. Fast, comfortable, great handling and totally reliable, did everything I wanted a bike to do.

ST1100, my current bike. Feels just like a bigger and heavier version of my VFR. Better for touring, not quite as much fun to ride though.
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Current bike: ST1100 "Big Red"

[Brava210]

Honda Forza 300........(Scooter)
Deal with it.

Or my first bike back in 1979 when I was 10 years old

CZ125
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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

CHARLEY SAYS " ALWAYS TELL YOUR MUMMY BEFORE YOU GO OFF SOMEWHERE"

[jeffyjeff]

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51296913973_3b144023d2.jpg
1998 Honda Pacific Coast. This bike was overweight, underpowered, and wallowed through the curves when pushed hard. But it was reliable, durable, and trouble free for the 7 years/107,000 miles that I had it. After acquiring my first VFR, I became enamored with speed and performance, and sold the PC to pursue a stupid sport bike dream. What a mistake. I regret parting with my PC800. It was a good bike.

https://live.staticflickr.com/65535/51297440829_efb66e9e59.jpg
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[chickenstrip]

[jeffyjeff]

[Robby]

Jen's super tenere probably fits into the barn find segment by now, it's been in that shed for a decade or more. One of those odd things where you would be better off financially by assembling it into a bike-shape and putting it on ebay as a project than spending the time and money to fix it yourself. It will also go up in value the longer it sits in the shed.

To put it back on the road is likely to be an expensive job. You will have to deal with the original damage, replacing every single consumable that will be be rusted/rotted/dried out after a decade in a shed, and maybe some major parts are ruined (like a rusted fuel tank). The kind of thing that starts out as fixing it up to go on the road, and turns into a restoration. Budget £1-5k, depending how deep down the rabbit hole you go.

[chickenstrip]

[jeffyjeff]

[DJP]

Back in the day it was this:

https://i.ibb.co/k1srWcP/YPVSweb.jpg

But these days it's this:

https://i.ibb.co/CHLKKgp/1250small.jpg

And this is my second.
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Suzuki Bandit 1250
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[Sako]

Without doubt, and the bike I really wished I had kept, was my 1999 Yamaha R1. It really was the first bike to frighten me and at the same time get my adrenaline absolutely rocketing, genuinely a flighty, twitchy, evil bastard of a thing that begged to be angry raped at every opportunity.

[Shaft]

I've found this question really difficult.

Going over the (not exhaustive) list in my profile, it's obvious I have an affinity to the muscle bikes of the 70s and 80s, because that's what was around when I was interested in changing bikes often - there was no such thing as a 'classic' then, old stuff was just old stuff and so they were cheap and accessible.

There are two bikes I remember really liking the look of - my XS1.1S was really striking, everything black, except for the gold wheels and badges, proper moody, but a bit of a lorry, although a lot better than people give them credit for.

The other was my GSX1100E, which had been tweaked - candy blue paint with grey and white stripes (similar scheme to late 350LCs) white wheels and white seat with a grey panel at the back. It also had a polished box section swing arm, fork brace, cut down mudguards, plus a Harris pipe, so it sounded the dog's danglies.

I probably wouldn't mind if somebody gave me either of those.

Having said that, I really loved my 1500 Gold Wing, no bloody good at filtering in heavy traffic, but what a great machine everywhere else, so I wouldn't say no if somebody gave me one of those either.

As to what would I spend my own money on now, well that's a different story..........
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20 RE Interceptor, 83 Z1100A3, 83 GS650 Katana
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[chickenstrip]

[Shaft]