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[danger7]

Hi all, I've been riding bikes longer than driving cars so here goes Yam RD's various all lethal and how I survived those formative years I'll never know (looks up to the heavens) Honda CB125 Honda CB500 Honda CBR600F (x3) Suzuki GSXR600 WV Suzuki GSXR750 WV & WW (Mentalists favourite but great fun) Yamaha YZF750SP (Brilliant bike I wish I kept it) Ducati 916 (only bike I have kept) Ducati 996 Ducati 996sps I keep looking at the 1198 it's just ridiculous how much power these new bikes push out, they are just not practical for everyday roads I used to think 130 bhp was more than enough but 180 bhp thats daft, I have ridden a Ducati 1198 and it just didnt feel right maybe I'm just getting old and sensible. Cheers all Ian

[Garry.L]

Riding fast on the road is one thing - riding fast on the track is quite another. Take a look at the master in action and bear in mind he's just fooking around on this!...... Both wheels sliding sideways while on opposite lock AND at the same time spinning the rear wheel around 30mph faster than the front!..

[danger7]

I think its called showboating, I just wish I had 1% of Rossi's talents I've been on a track at the same time as Chris Walker, Reynolds, Hislop and Jeffries (both RIP) and I quickly realised that these professional riders are just not wired up in the same way as the rest of us. Cheers Ian

[robin]

i wish!! i help build the bike and do all the work before and after the races. We have a few riders ride the bikes each year got 1st last year in the 400cc class with the first ever woman rider to win on the tt course and had wins on virtualy every race it entered. This year we had a new lad called joe phillips riding it setting his fatest lap he has ever done on the tt course so he was really pleased,Also had a second at the ulster gp with a lad called dan kneen, in second race he missed a gear and race was over,and first on the souther 100 course. It is a great buzz getting the bikes right for races but is not something i would do.

[14500rpm]

Yamaha TY175 trial bike Honda VFR400 NC30 (x2, first one assassinated by an old lady in a Pug 106, still have the second one) Suzuki DRZ 400E (not strictly road legal ) BMW R1100GS (total P.O.S.) Honda VFR800Fi The VFR800 was and is a wonderful bike, surely one of the greatest road bikes ever made. I did 60k or more on mine and the only thing that ever let me down was the aftermarket immobiliser the insurance company made me fit. I had a Micron carbon end can on it too and it sounded bloody lovely, after three years of ownership I still played tunes with it on the way to work I quite fancy a twin next, SP1/2 or an Aprilia RSV, the funny cranked R1 is nice too and the RSV4, but both a bit spendy for me at the moment.

[simsy]

It came to me the main one missing from my list; ktm 200exc.... good bike, bmx with an engine... I bought it new, in a box.... Imported into the uk with around 3 or 4 bhp, not kidding..... You take out the bungs on inlet and outlet and end up with 25 - 35 bhp approx....

[Trevski220]

My List from oldest to current bike Aprillia RS250 Suzuki Gsxr 600 SRAD (99) Suzuki Gsxr 750 K8 Suzuki Gsxr 1000 K9

[steved]

tzr 125 puch m50 sport tomos moped honda monkey rd125lc dt125lc ts185 aprillia mille r1 gsxr600 zx10r 05 5 z1000 03-07 speed triple 1050 triumph sprint st1050 husky sm610 x2 vespa 125 r1 tack bike several lambretta's desmo trimph thruxton 900 honda cd200 benlys x4 cg125 tritons several

[Hang-em]

Yamaha FS1E ( first bike in my teen years) Suzuki AP50 (pile of crap,it wasnt a nice one) Honda CB100 (bought from local dealer,crap as it kept seizing up, and ended up as a beach bike) Honda CB200 (Lovely condition this one when I got it. Life for it ended in a slide on a wet corner and hitting a car coming the other way) Honda CB250 G5 (ended it's life New Years eve junction 10 on the M25 when it holed a piston) Honda CX500 ( first big engined bike I owned,and thought it was fast as f@%k) Honda CX500 (bought another one last year thinking it would still feel fast as f@%K but it felt slow as f@%k so sold it on) Honda XL185 (ended it's life after an old boy walked out in front of me, so I ran him down. Couple of days in hospital for me and a few months for him) Kawasaki GPZ1000RX (got it when they were new,and was the fatest bike on the road until the ZX10 came along) My first real superbike and I loved it.) Kawasaki GPZ1000RX (bought it to try and recapture my youth,but it just wasnt as I remembered it,so sold) Yamaha RD200 (it was rough,so it got sold after I tried to tart it up a little) Yamaha RD400 (sold it as it couldnt live with my mates RD350 ypvs) Suzuki X5 (great little bike,sounded great with expansions on) Suzuki X7 (Loved this bike and it had the loudest pipes ever fitted to it. Swapped it with a mate for the Yoshimura GS850) Suzuki SB200 (bought as a runner but stripped it for spares for the X5. Only had a 4 speed box and the X5 was a 5 speedbox, but it came in useful) Suzuki GSX250 X2 (Passed my bike test on one of these) Suzuki GS750 (fitted with Yoshimura 850 big bore kit) Honda CB900 (another impulse buy trying to recapture my youth) Suzuki DR600 (bought as a second bike for work,as I didnt want my 600 strad getting mucked up. Sold it on as it was a pig to kick start) Suzuki GSXR600 Strad ( awsome little bike that liked to shake it's head violently when nailing it out of corners, steering damper a big must on this one) Suzuki GSXR750WN (needed some money so I swapped my ZX9R B3 for this bike plus cash my way. Looked lovely in custom paint) Kawasaki ZX9R B3 in black and grey ( my first modern day superbike. Handlled like crap and my mates on blades left me behind,so it had to go) Kawasaki ZX9R C1 in Kawasaki green (bought off a work mate cheap. Did it up and sold it to my brother) Kawasaki ZX9R C2 in blue (bought to replace the one I sold to my brother. A great allrounder bike. Get to work in the week and scratching at the weekend. Brilliant Kawasaki ZRX1100 in Kawasaki green (bought of a mate,and again trying to recapture my youth with a modern day classic. Nice but I missed my plastic rockets,so sold it) Honda CBR600 ( bought off a mate as part of a deal for my car. It was a dog. My brother had it off me on easy payment terms as he needed a bike) Honda Fireblade Urban Tiger (bought this after the ZX9R B3 loved it and I was up there with my mates on their blades) Honda Firebalde RRW in Candy Orange ( wanted a more modern blade, it was nice but was boring with ultra Honda reliability) Yamaha R1 (W reg and the worst handling bike I ever owned. Sold it on 2 months later.) Ducati 916 Biposto (best handling and looking bike I ever had. Mates blade couldnt live with it through the twisties) Kawasaki ZX7R (second best handling bike I ever had) Aprillia RS250 ( awsome little bike, but sold it as I missed big engine grunt) Aprillia Leonardo 250 scooter (got it for work,did 90 on the flat !) CCM R30 (good fun for work but I took a battering from the wind) Aprillia Mille (bought off ebay from a local guy. Looked the dogs danglies,but had massive engine braking and wasnt as easy to ride as the 916, so sold it) Plus other bikes I have forgotten about Off all the bikes I owned the Ducati 916 was by far the best bike ever. Still have pics of many of these, and thats my biking history of 27 years from the age of 17

Edited by Hang-em, 03 January 2011 - 10:32 AM.

[leevx2.2]

gireli 50cc motox Yamaha ty 125 trial bike RD400 i think .I used to drive it to collage instead of rd50 RD50 cc first road bike kx 250 motox kx 500 motox fz400rrsp Yamaha thundercat 600 R6 Yamaha Looking at getting a KTM super moto

[Ben NA]

'robin', on 02 Jan 2011 - 3:16 PM, said:

It's now been sold but I'm looking at doing my test and getting on a SV650S or maybe one of the 400CC sports bikes

If you get a 400 go for a rvf400 as they are great bikes and go for ever and sound the nuts with the v4 motor, thats if your not to tall of course. The sv650 are ok ish maybe look at a kawasaki er650 the one i help build runs over 90bhp got third in manx gp

we put a 650 engine into a yamaha fzr400 chassie, goes really well a picture of bike

That 400 looks amazing! I'm not even sure I'd fit on one actually. They look rather small in real life but never sat on one. I'm around 6ft so I may look like a doughnut on it. I'll take a look into the er650. I was considering getting an sv for economic reasons really as I can buy one for less than 2k and insure it for just over a ton. It'll be a weekend toy along with the VX so I'm looking at it not costing me an awful lot. Cheers for the advice.

[Garry.L]

'Ben NA', on 03 Jan 2011 - 10:44 AM, said:

That 400 looks amazing! I'm not even sure I'd fit on one actually. They look rather small in real life but never sat on one. I'm around 6ft so I may look like a doughnut on it. I'll take a look into the er650. I was considering getting an sv for economic reasons really as I can buy one for less than 2k and insure it for just over a ton. It'll be a weekend toy along with the VX so I'm looking at it not costing me an awful lot. Cheers for the advice.

Agree with the above, you want one of these....



VFR400 NC30.... proper 'Pocket Rocket' with great handling and looks along with a pretty unburstable engine. you'll keep up with most things at legal speeds and a fantastic bike for getting your first 'knee down'....

[Valentino]

Lambretta LI 150 Norton Navigator 350 twin Honda 250 Super Dream Kawasaki Z650 Honda Fireblade RRM Suzuki Bandit 1200 Suzuki TL1000R KTM 650 Duke 7 Style kit car with Kawasaki ZX10 engine (2008) Showing my considerable age with the earlier bikes!! Valentino-----(wish i had his skills)

[LazyDonkey]

Passed my test 2.5 years ago (aged 33) and bought my bike in Jan 09.

I kept it sensible for my first purchase and bought this





1200cc Buell Lightning SuperTT (although ive taken the silly boards off the back)

9k later and i still LOVE it - best thing i've ever done

Edited by LazyDonkey, 04 January 2011 - 12:39 PM.

[nicollow]

'LazyDonkey', on 04 Jan 2011 - 12:38 PM, said:

Passed my test 2.5 years ago (aged 33) and bought my bike in Jan 09.

I kept it sensible for my first purchase and bought this





1200cc Buell Lightning SuperTT (although ive taken the silly boards off the back)

9k later and i still LOVE it - best thing i've ever done

Bloody hell lad! I knew you had a Buell but didnt know it looked that sweet! Freakin lush fella...

[techieboy]

'LazyDonkey', on 04 Jan 2011 - 12:38 PM, said:

1200cc Buell Lightning SuperTT (although ive taken the silly boards off the back)

I hate bikes but that does look great.

[manghan]

That buell is nice! If I was to get another bike it would be a buell or Kawasaki z1000, to sit up and enjoy the ride. Can't be arsed to be laid across tanks doing silly speeds these days lol

[2GOOD]

'manghan', on 04 Jan 2011 - 2:05 PM, said:

If I was to get another bike it would be a buell or Kawasaki z1000, to sit up and enjoy the ride.

Can't be arsed to be laid across tanks doing silly speeds these days lol

Those were my thoughts 3 years ago as I talked myself into part exchanging my lovely CBR1000RR4 blade complete with full Akrapovic system & power commander for a Speed Triple, which I then spent a fortune on Triumph accessories for it, 3-1 Arrow system etc. It looks & sounds the biz, the only problem is it's an absolute pain to go any distance on, so doesn't get used!
Try to convince myself that I *need* a BM S1000RR now :-)

[LazyDonkey]

Thanks for the Buell love I'm definately much much much more knackered at the end of a long (200 odd mile) ride than my mates on zx6, 749 dark, 749S and zx9rrrrrrrrrrr but it does mean i really know when im doing highly illegal mph. Whenever i jump on one of the ninjas or ducatis im amazed at how much faster im going without noticing. In saying that mine will a lot more than 60 in the blink of an eye so it's all relative really ! Major plus point for me is the old air cooled harley engined Buells appear to be going up in value right now

Edited by LazyDonkey, 04 January 2011 - 04:29 PM.

[siztenboots]