Your bikes from beginner level on

[yen_powell]

[yen_powell]

[martin734]

[The Shaggy D.A.]

You mean this Honda?

https://s1.cdn.autoevolution.com/images/moto_gallery/YAMAHADT125X-1481_1.jpg
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Currently : Royal Enfield 350 Meteor
Previously : CB100N > CB250RS > XJ900F > GT550 > GPZ750R/1000RX > AJS M16 > R100RT > Bullet 500 > CB500 > LS650P > Bullet Electra X & YBR125 > Bullet 350 "Superstar" & YBR125 Custom > Royal Enfield Classic 500 Despatch Limited Edition (28 of 200) & CB Two-Fifty Nighthawk > ER5

[chickenstrip]

[martin734]

[redeem ouzzer]

Various field bikes then a TS50X on the road when I was 16 (crap), followed by putting my A100 field bike on the road for when I was 17. Crap but reliable and I would have another. Then passed test and got my first Suzuki X5, cheap and tired but a step up, electric start and rev counter. Then became skint between college and starting a job so swopped X5 for a tired but functional C90 bitsa. Once I started earning I got my mitts on an RD350N which I crashed into a ditch. Repaired it and sold it to find my first GSXR400RKSP, had no issues with that other than trying to die by riding like a twat in a group every Sunday. Had a couple of years on that then bought a GSXR 750L and chilled out a bit. This takes me through to about age 25, i also had various shitty work hacks upto this point as I hadn’t passed my car test.
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[chickenstrip]

Suzuki X1 50
Honda CB100N
Kawasaki GPz750 Turbo
Kawasaki 750H2C
Honda CB400N Superdream
Suzuki GSXR750
Suzuki GSXR1100
Yamaha FZ750
Suzuki RG500
Yamaha RD350YPVS (x2)
Kawasaki GPz1100
Yamaha FZR1000EXUP
Kawasaki Z650B
Kawasaki 750H2B
Kawasaki Z1
Kawasaki Z650F1
Suzuki SV650
Yamaha FZS1000 Fazer (x5, one after another)
Triumph Street Triple R.

Also, a Z650F2 before I passed my test, a repair job sold on, and a Kawasaki GPz305 I never got to ride.

I don't regret going big straight from my test, I've enjoyed all of them (except, yes, you've guessed it, the Superdream!).
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THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[arry]

[yen_powell]

[c_dug]

[chickenstrip]

[Nobby the Bastard]

[chickenstrip]

I have asked myself that question many times
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Chickenystripgeezer's Biking Life (Latest update 19/10/18) Belgium, France, Italy, Austria tour 2016 Picos de Europa, Pyrenees and French Alps tour 2017 Scotland Trip 1, now with BONUS FEATURE edit, 5/10/19, on page 2 Scotland Trip 2 Luxembourg, Black Forest, Switzerland, Vosges Trip 2017
THERE'S MILLIONS OF CHICKENSTRIPS OUT THERE!

[c_dug]

[yen_powell]

What, you were 'Little Ronnie Ring Ding, He's a Throttle Happy Chappy'?

That was a sticker on my toolbox, must have come out of some bike magazine.
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XT1200Z and a DR350 in bits

[CorriganJ]

[davebike]

RD200
TEST
RD350b
ss50
ts100
gp100
GS750
CB400four
CX500 Eurosport
Laverda Jota
GT550
BMW R80RT
BMWR80RT again
CB500
C90
ST1300 pan
CB500 again
Fazer FZ6
MSX125 Grom

I think that is all but having been in the trade fro years may have missed some
If what I looking at today is good Honda NC750XDCT will join te list
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NC750Xdct + others at work !
davebike1@gmail.com

[ThatDippyTwat]

I started off road and my 2nd bike was a KX500. That's pretty much diving headfirst in to the deep end after dipping your toes in to see if the waters warm. I don't recommend this route, I nearly offed myself a few times on that thing, way overpowered for someone with a fairly limited amount of experience.
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'98 VFR800 (touring) - '12 VFR800 Crosrunner (Commuting) - '01 KDX220 (Big Green Antisocial Machine)

[Polarbear]

[superstacker]

I did my car test when I was 19 as the RAF paid for it but I always wanted a bike...

I was almost 21 and had some money spare, so booked some leave and did my CBT/bike test in oner with no real riding experience other than a moped in Ibiza!

I did the 33bhp test, passed on a CG125 from the test centre and had already bought a VFR400 NC24 to ride afterwards. (The police couldn't check right?!)

It felt like a massive jump and it probably was! Eventually that gave up the ghost and I had a ZZR400 for a while until the gearbox went on it.

Then I went up to a ZX6R J1, I just about went through my 2 year restriction at that point so could ride it 'legally'. I had that bike for years and loved it!

As it got old and tired and the fuelling messed up on it, I bought a new Z750 thanks to Kawasaki's 0% finance deal. Rode around on that for 3 years and eventually sold it as I wasn't riding very much as I was cycling to work or getting the train.

After almost 2 years off, I got a new job which involved travelling Stansted Airport 4 days a week (90 mile round trip), so I bought a 'boring' commuter bike. ER6F in white. I rode it for 3 years in all weathers and put about 35k on it until it was stolen! I wasn't riding socially at that point..literally just to work and back.

Another 2 years off and I bought a Vulcan 650s new just before xmas 2019. Occasionally I ride to work on it, but its more of a toy/hobby/social ride thing now. I'm more of a chilled out rider now as I don't fancy losing my license doing twice the speed limit!

[recman]

6 months or so on an XT125 then onto a Street Triple.
Lifes to short to fvck about.

[struan80]

My motorcycling history. Have loved and lost and loved again.

https://www.bikechatforums.com/viewtopic.php?t=300931

[ThatDippyTwat]

[PotatoHead202...]

First six months on an RS50 until December 2007 (cbt taken in the summer).

Started lessons at 17 in November 2007. RS125 replaced the 50 around Christmas time. Used the RS125 for my lessons.

Passed my test (old 33hp A2) in April 2008. Triumph Speed Four 600cc restricted to 33hp from July 2008 until July 2010 when the restriction was removed/Licence automatically upgraded to full Category A.

Part ex'd the S4 for a Triumph Sprint ST1050 ABS in May 2015. Job moved to london for two years (took the train) so didn't get much chance to ride. Sprint's engine was fantastic but spongy brakes, a bit wallowy and the worst electrics known to man.

Part ex'd the Sprint for a late gen 1 Aprilia Tuono Fighter in June 2018. Only had it for about three months though. Horrific fuel consumption (circa 22mpg), no ABS (kind of felt superstitious getting rid of a bike with it) ajd a tank slapper that really made me loose trust in it.

Part ex'd that in September 2018 for a BMW K1200R Sport. Very nice bike. Enormously powerful and rock solid. Few issues with it made me nervous to keep it.

February 2019 Honda CBF500 ABS as a beater/project. Done a lot of work to it.

October 2019 part ex'd the 1200 for a K1300GT.
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Honda VFR1200F, Honda CBF500 ABS, CZ125 now CZ175