Your bike list

[What?]

In no particular order..

75 Suzuki RM125
76 Suzuki RM125
76 Suzuki TS125
76 Suzuki RM400
76 Honda CR250*
83 Honda XR200*
83 Honda CB1100F*
82 Honda CB750F
80 Honda CB650
77 Yamaha XS500
73 Suzuki T500
73 Triumph Daytona
81 Suzuki DR500
83 Yamaha XT550
86 Yamaha XT600
94 BMW F650
04 BMW F650*
54 Royal Enfield Bullet (for about a week...)

Still own*

[dangerous]

What are the VFR's like?,

I guess I got put off Honda V's back in the days when you could get VF400, VF500, VF750, and VF1000F's and 1000R's. The 750's and some of the 1000F's developed oil woes at high rev's,
and a couple of my riding aquaintances at the time had them, and had to shell out some serious bux to get them back on the road after partial seizures, and excessive wear caused by this.

I guess they got a lot of their V issues sorted then?.

IMHO.... best bikes to ever come out of Japan, the 85- VFR was a over enginered bike and remained that way ever since.

ONLY the VF750 had issues and major they were but there were never any woes with the other VF's apart from the 400 being rather bad on fuel usage.
I'd like to know more about your 'riding aquaintances partial seizures' I find that hard to believe.

After the VF750 which cost Honda, they over enginered the VFR.... I recentley had a 86 VFR 750 with 140,000+km on it, I removed the cam covers expecting to see some wear.... but the cams etc still looked like new.

ps: there was a thread recently on the VF range, have a serch for it.

[Fryin Finn]

73 Yamaha RT3
75 Honda CR125
73 Yamaha RD350
74 Suzuki TS 125
76 Honda XL350
77 Yamaha IT175
77 Suzuki GS750
77 Honda CG110
73 Yamaha RD350 - bought the old one back
79 Honda XR250
80 Suzuki PE175
80 Yamaha XJ650
87 Yamaha SRX600*
96 Yamaha TRX850
00 Honda XR650R
03 Yamaha WR450F
01 Yamaha XJR1300*
05 Gas Gas EC250*

* = currently owned - new bike coming details available when purchased
List shows model year but not purchase year - list in order of purchases.

I note a lot of riders have had road bikes only and some quite a few. It's my egotistical opinion that you never learn to ride a bike properly unless you get a dirt bike and spend quality time off road.

[swanman]

First bike bought in 1984

Yamaha YB100
Suzuki Gp100
Yamaha YB100
Suzuki GP 125
Honda NR 125
Honda CBR 600 FM
Yamaha RD 350YPVS
Kawasaki GPZ 500
Yamaha DR 125
Kawasaki GPZ 1100 83
Kawasaki ZX 9 1997
Yamaha R1 2004
Yamaha YZF 750
Yamaha FRZ1 EXUP
You can see that I am from the UK as I had all those little bikes at the begining. Funnily enuf I really enjoyed riding those tiddlers, maybe because it was a new experience. Bike I liked least was the GPZ 500, uncomfortable and a twin. I have owned and ridden in UK, Carribean, Germany, and NZ. Best bike, hmm proly the R1.
I wonder how many more I will have?

[Kickaha]

1982 XJ550
1972 Suzuki GT550J
1982 YZ125 with a DT1 motor in it
1982 IT250
1984 XR250
1977 BMW R75/7
1982 Ducati SD900
1982 IT200
1979 RD400 (in a pile of bits in the garage)
GN125 Bucket (stroked to 140cc and currently being bored to 150cc)
1982 XJ550 (another one,and my current bike)

[TLDV8]

One..(Suzuki/Honda),Two..(Ducati/Triumph/HD),Three..(Kawasaki),Four..(Kawasaki) and Six Cylinder (Honda) bikes..over 29 years

[T.W.R]

its an easy job to clock up a few toys,

80' yamaha yz 80
76' suzuki gt 125
85' honda cb250rs
63' BSA d3 bantam
84' suzuki gsx400e
80' honda xr250
82' honda xl250 (x2)
84' yamaha xt250
82' honda xl500
81' honda cb900f2
79' laverda mirage 1200
79' suzuki gs1000e
63' norton m50 350
80' ducati 500 pantah
80' ducati sd900
80' yamaha xs750
81' yamaha xs850
80' honda xr500
80' suzuki gsx1100
53' BSA d1 bantam
86' honda cbx750f2f
89' kawasaki zxr750h1

25 yrs of it and hopefully theres plenty to come

[Dadpole]

A real trip down memory lane seeing some of those models.
Here is my lot in rough cronological order, though I may have missed out a couple.

Suzuki T350 - Binned this more than the rest put together.
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki GT750
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki TS250
Yamaha RD350
Suzuki GS750
Suzuki GT550
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Suzuki GS450S
Suzuki GSX750ET
Suzuki GSX250
Suzuki GSX400
Suzuki GSX1100EX Black Pipe
Honda CB250RS
Yamaha IT465 - What was I thinking? These thing are insane.
Honda CB400/4
Honda CB750FA
Honda CJ250 - Fitted CB360 barrels.
Suzuki GSX1100EZ
Suzuki GSX1100Ese
Suzuki GSX1100EFF
Suzuki RG400
Suzuki GSXF1100
Honda CB500/4 - Most of it anyway.
Suzuki T90 - Most of It anyway.

Current:
Yamaha FS1
Suzuki RV90
Suzuki RV125
Yamaha TZR250

[old farts]

Many moons ago Yamaha RD 250
" Yamaha RD 400
" Honda 900FZ
97 Honda ST 1100
2000 Suzuki GZ 250 (part share eg. fill her up when empty)

[Biff]

I tried remembering all the bikes I’ve owned the other night, and couldn't. I've been a lucky bstard as I hung around with a bunch of rich kids, so we'd all swap bikes all the time. Sometimes for keeps if we liked one another machines. From what I can remember, from today backwards:

CBR1100XX Super Dooper BiffBird
CBR600RR
ZX6-R

And over the years (in no particular order)....
FJ750
KMX125
RS125
CB600FS
FZR750
Bandit600
Fazer600
RSVR
Puch80 (semi auto no less)

and loads more, some for weeks, some for months, none for more than 18 months.

I always go back to a Honda though, and have never had one fail on me in any way whatsoever yet. Just as well, because I'm useless mechanically.

[Sniper]

CG125
RG400
BMW R100
CBR250RR

[WRT]

85 YTM 225 (ATV)
83 XT250
87 GSXR400F
96 RF600R
98 TL1000R
01 CR250R*
04 RSV-R*

*Still own these. All private (the ATV was inherited) bar the Aprilia, which was from Mt Eden MC's. One ridden till it fell apart, one given to a mate, two sold to mates after they crashed them, and one written off in my sole road accident. Still miss all of the ones I no longer own, each one has left a legacy of memories (not all good, for example the XT had a penchant for breaking down when you most needed it not to). Its amazing how something made of metal and plastic can weasel its way into your affections . . .

[Lou Girardin]

'57 Triumph T'bird
Suzuki T20
Suzuki T500
Honda CB750
Honda CB650
Suzuki GSX750
Kwaka KL250 X 2
Yamaha XJ750
Kwaka GPz750
Kwaka KL650
RF900
Bandit 12

[Brian d marge]

Triumph Terrier ...Still under resoration ...
Suzuki A100 ...Parked up the back of a car .....ouch
Honda XL250 Parked in the left habd wing of a car ......Very ouchy
Honda CB 360 Parked into the side of a Mini ....ouch
Suzuki GN 250 ,,,Blew Motor
Triumph bonnie 750 ...exchanged for Very hot Witty Ducati Motor for the,,,,
Ducati 250 single ...which I sent carwheeling down road ....
Honda CX 500 ...Blew Motor then threw it over neighbours fence
CD250 u ..... Blew Motor ( in trafalgar square )
Suzuki T500 ...Blew Gearbox
Honda CB 550 ....Started smoking ...so I killed it ....
Can Am Bombadier 250 ..... Sold to buy bantam
Honda Revere NTV 650 ...Taken away by boss after visit from Plod
Honda H100..... Banished to h100 as a result of visit by plod
3 BSA Bantams ... D14 ... One of the 3 survived and is still going
Suzuki GSX400 ..... owned by me ....died in its sleep
Triumph 500 chopper ... built entirely by me ,,,,sold to finance trip
Suzuki bandit 400 ....Swapped for Enfield .....
Enfield 500 ...Still have
Yamaha XS650 race bike ....havent touched it yet
Suzuki gsx400 ...Stolen ,,,,sad buggus
Honda CR250 86 .... Blew motor
Honda CR250 91 ..... Blew motor ,,,but still have ...Racing soon
Honda CR125 ..... Dunno its just sitting there


Stephen

Think that all not sure .....

[kro]

IMHO.... best bikes to ever come out of Japan, the 85- VFR was a over enginered bike and remained that way ever since.

Was that the white interceptor?, I rode an interceptor from Auckland to Tauranga, and had a blast, it was hell grunty, and handled pretty well.

ONLY the VF750 had issues and major they were but there were never any woes with the other VF's apart from the 400 being rather bad on fuel usage.
I'd like to know more about your 'riding aquaintances partial seizures' I find that hard to believe.

This is going back quite a few years, The guys in question both got theirs with about 6k on the clock, from the old World Of Wheels Kwaka dealer that used to be in Eden Terrace in Auckland, and I was there when one of the mechanics said something about this oil feed issue, I may have my wires crossed, I requently do .

After the VF750 which cost Honda, they over enginered the VFR.... I recentley had a 86 VFR 750 with 140,000+km on it, I removed the cam covers expecting to see some wear.... but the cams etc still looked like new.

One thing you have to hand to Honda, is that they do indeed indeed learn from their less successful ventures.

I am honestly quite shocked at the total lack of XJ's in these lists. Frying Finn, and Lou had 650's and 750's, but no mention of 550's, or 900's, both of which were superb bikes in my humble opinion.

One bike in this whole thing that really caught my eye though, was the unreal KR1. This little 2 smoke screamer raised the bar in a very large way. I rode an RZ250FS (red rims), and an KR1, and I came back from the KR1 ride with a bigger grin by far. Unusual engine setup on these wasn't there?, they were a "tandem twin", is that right?, either way, superb looking machine.