Bikes you've owned / borrowed or felt like they were yous

Started with a Suzi T500 (2 stroke twin), CM250 (mates but I was on it a lot), very large gap of years, CB500s (loved it..), Triumph Tiger 855i horrid hated it, Yam Thundercat (still have it), honda CB350sg winter hack called it the slug very comfy, DT175mx still have it still fixing it lovely smell and noise and its a hoot in back roads.

I keep thinking of changing the cat but its perfect for touring; got all the way to Italy and back last year.

Well it started back in the dark ages with a:
bantom bsa 175 (basket case,the idea being by my dad was if i could rebuild it i could have it)
ajs 350
villiers 175
bultaco 175
bultaco 275
bultaco 375

then road bikes were
FS1E (painted it ford Daytona yellow after binning it)
honda 125
cb250n superdream(lasted 3 months till i was persueded to purchase a tin top)
kh 250 (borrowed)
lc 350 (became mine when i dropped it,repaired it and sold it to pay shop back))
xj650 (wrote off against a jag),some comeback eh!!
cbr 900r (mates)
cb1100 (mates)
then big gap till :
suki gsx600f (brilliant return to chaos tool)
yzf600r thundercat
zx600r ninja j1 (i still cry at night)
gsx750r (thanks to my very good friend clive)

pete

1 fanny barnett
2 tiger cub
3 CB200
4 cmt 250 bubble dream they was called
5 xj divi 600
6 Fazer 600 this 1 got me into the cats
7 thunder cat red white black us import best colour
8 gixxer 750 naked crap 6 month old & you could see the rust all ready
9 thunder cat no 2 this 1 in blue next best colour
10 ninja zx6 636 red 1
11 ninja zx9 ballistic missile
12 ninja zx6 636 green 6 sets of front disc in 18 months exchanged for
14 ninja zx6 636 present bike

1. NSU Quickly (2 speed and could just about keep up with the FS1E's).
2. BSA C15. Had that one from 17 till I was 21. My Dad then had it for another 30 years. Cost me £25. Dad sold it for about £1000 I think.
3. Had a break then till I was 40 ish. ER5 for 8 months.
4. Thundercat for 2 years.
5. CBR929RR Fireblade since 2002.
6. CB750F which I am in the process of restoring (very very slowly).

Yamaha XJ600 (50,000 miles, nothing worked on the dashboard but the engine was reliable and taught me a lot about bike maintenance!)
Yamaha Thundercat (what can i say?!)

Errrm... that's it!

knarfScot wrote:I keep thinking of changing the cat but its perfect for touring; got all the way to Italy and back last year.

I keep thinking about it too, but then I get on it and take it for a ride and wonder what else I would ever need?!

Suz AC50S
Yam RD50
Suz GT750
Suz GS400
Suz GS1000G
Yam XJ650J (turbo)
Yam Thundercat

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First ever thing with two wheels and an engine I owned was a Vespa 50cc Scooter. dear oh dear.

Previous bikes were both strokers.

1) Yamaha RD350 YPVS - Which I blew up three times - the third being its very last.

2) Honda NS400R - Which rammed into a wall after I had disembarked at a corner on the Settle to Ribblehead road.

Had the cat since 2003, never wanted, needed or afford anything else.