Do you remember all the bikes you have owned?

[Sleepy Weasel]

2004 Suzuki DL1000 V-Strom (current bike)

I don't care what Squeaky says, this is still the coolest Strom paintjob I've seen.

 

[DrBlackbird]

69' Honda 50 mini trail.......(paper route $)
73' Suzuki 90...................( Had a clutch, I'm bad)
74' Suzuki 125
74' Yamaha PE175
71' Ossa 250 Pioneer.........(Heavy tractor like power)
72' Husky 250 WR.............(First expensive bike, I thought)
75' Honda GL1000.............( 3rd one in town, attention getter)
76' Ossa 250 Phantom.......(Very fast MotoX bike, fun)
81' Yamaha XS1100..........(First bike bought in Houston)
83' Yamaha Venture..........( First touring bike)
84' Yamaha Venture..........( 83' stolen, to this day a bad feeling)
80' Yamaha IT425.............( YeeeHa back in the dirt)
81' Yamaha IT465.............( Good deal in paper, had to have)
84' Yamaha IT490.............( Had to have the bad boy 490)
89' Honda CR500...............(10cc's makes a big difference)
92' Honda CR500...............(Suspension upgrades)
94' Kawasaki KX500...........(Had to try Green, not bad)
93' Yamaha GTS1000.........(Bike ahead of it's time)
89' Yamaha FJ1200............(Complete restoration of this fine ride)
Presently
99' Honda CBR1100XX........(Just a little grocery getter)
03' Honda GL1800.............(Always wanted a canyon carver)
05-06' KLR650..................(Next purchase)

As you can see I too started out in the dirt, learning to slide, jump, climb hills, cross rivers, and falling........If you have a little one coming of age, what ever you do, start him/her out in the dirt........This means "You" whoever has adopted "Ms. Squeaky" this month
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Honda 50 mini trail

1975 Goldwing

1993 Yamaha GTS

Restored FJ1200

Yamaha Venture

OSSA 250 Phantom

Ossa 250 Pioneer

Husky 250WR

Yamaha 490

2nd CR500

KX 500 Kinda FAST

 

[cpreecs]

1974 Yamaha DT250 (bought off my brother and drove during high school. Can't believe I used to jump Lake Clark hill in Ennis on that thing! Had alot of fun rebuilding the engine on it.)
2004 Yamaha Road Star Silverado (took a while to get another bike but I got there!)

 

[dennis]

1960 Triumph TR6 (later converted to Bonneville).
1960 BMW R50.
196? Greeves Challenger
195? Zundapp
1984 Yamaha 125CC Riva
1981 Honda 1100 Interstate
1982 Yamaha Virago 750
2001 BMW R1150GS

 

[Squeaky]

I don't care what Squeaky says, this is still the coolest Strom paintjob I've seen.

I never said I didnt like it! Stop before Rex gets mad at me...
Oh, and it's not paint. It's just a BIG sticker


My list is rather short if you only count bikes I've owned. Bikes I've ridden is a completely different story

2003 Copper SV650S "Ally"
2003 Silver DL1000 VStrom "Wilbur"

 

[Sleepy Weasel]

Oh, I thought you meant something else... Like the time on my SV that I let Wabbit try to keep up in Arkansas. We got new license plates after that.

Sleepy's new plate "|337"

Wabbit's new plate "pwnd"


Sorry if I screwed those up. I really don't do "dudespeak."

 

[Mick]

Like one poster has already mention, this will definitely date me but here goes:

1955 Triumph 500
1958 Cushman Highlander
1958 Triumph Tiger cub
1962 250 Allstate (Puch)
1962 Triumph Tigercub
1964 Honda 305 Superhawk
1993 Honda VFR
1995 Honda Nighthawk
1997 Honda ST1100
1999 Honda ST1100
1999 Honda VFR
2001 Honda St1100

Pictures and gory details of all my previous bikes at the following link:
http://www.hal-pc.org/~mmcham/prevbike.html

 

[rbickle]

Hmmm,

Yamaha 175 Enduro
Suzuki 2 Cycle 250 dirtbike
Yamaha YZ80 (Still have the engine)
Yamaha 650 Special
Yamaha XV920RJ
Kawasaki Concours

I've been planning for years to make a little go cart out of the water cooled YZ80 engine...

Rick

 

[Dirtrideroader]

1976 Honda 500T - Junk
1975 Honda 750F - Great
1987 BMW K75S - Great with the exception of the transmissions.
2001 BMW R1150GS - Best so far
2000 Honda VFR 800 - 2nd best so far
2004 Aprilia RST 1000 - Best stock seat

 

[Sinjen]

Ok I'v had three. in this order,

Handa 70cc on a cb fram (used as a dirt bike)

73 Handa CB350Four (Mine was Goldish brown)
http://www.twtex.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=61&stc=1

82 CB450T Hawk (Just like this)
http://www.twtex.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=62&stc=1

93 Suzuki GSX1100G (Just like this & I love this bike)
http://www.twtex.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=63&stc=1

 

[M2]

Sinjen

That CB450T was the US equivilent to the Super Dream I had in the UK. Great bike...

Suzuki had some great bikes out in the early 90's, the GSX1100G, the RF900, the RGV...

Cheers! M2

 

[Captain Kyle]

I cant remember them all butt I will list what I can think of off the top of my head. 1. YZ 125 (I had 2 of these) 2. Rm 125 3. 82 XL 100 4. Honda mini trail 50 5. Honda Sl 70 (we had 3 of these) 6. Honda Cb 125 7. KZ 650 8. 81 Kz 1000 9. Honda night hawk 650 10. 76 Goldwing 11. 77 Goldwing 12. 93 Goldwing 13. 94 Goldwing 14. 68 Suzuki TC 200 (under restoration right now) 15. 82 XL 100 ( my first back breaking experiance)

 

[Bill J. from Austin]

Gorsky! I hope you guys are more faithful to your spouses than your bikes!

After an adolescence spent riding OP's (since my parents weren't about to let any of us have motorcycles) I bought my first bike in early '79. Except for the 6" OS fork tubes it was a bone-stock 1974 FX.

Later, it looked like this:

I still have it, and today it looks like this:

I also owned a '76 Liberty Edition FXE (no picture available, but it wasn't much different from the '74), and this '96 FLH.

I loved the FLH but, sadly, it wasn't any more comfortable for my wife to passenger on than the rigid-frame shovel. The seating position just didn't work for her. We let the FLH go in favor of this 2000 BMW R1100R, which puts her in a better position, and gives her more room to shift her weight around on longer rides. Sweet ride, too!

Last, and least, is the 1948 James Comet I bought in '82, as a restoration project.

It doesn't look a bit different today than it did when I brought it home, but I do!

 

[wildwestrider]

-60s English Bicycle with a 3 HP Briggs and Statton sitting in the V of the frame--- No brakes and a Sturmey Archer 3 speed ,for a short while until it blew apart
-1920 Indian single with suicide shift (given to me in boxes in 1965 and I in turn gave it to the trash men.
-197? Honda 550-4 supersport-orange
-Yamaha Seca II 600
-BMW R65 with snowflake alloys
-Yamaha Seca II (another one)
-1994 BMW R1100RS Red
-1998 BMW R1100RT Glacier Green
-1999 BMW R1100S Black
-2002 BMW R1150RT Graphite
-1998 BMW K 1200RS Blue
-2001 BMW R1100S Light carbon Fiber/black
-1998 Ducati 916 Red
-197? Ducati 750 SS Red with white Frame
-2001 BMW K 1200 RS Red
-2002 BMW K 1200 RS Mandarin/Graphite/Silver
-1996 BMW R 1100 RT Glacier Green Metallic
-1996 R 1100 GS
-1998 R 1100 GS
-2001 R 1150 GS
-2002 R 115o GS Adventure
-1997 R 850 Olympic Edition
-2004 Ducati Multistrada 100DS

Current:

2002 Honda VFR Interceptor............I like it.................A Lot!
1999 BMW R 1100RT..............doesn't seem like much fun anymore now that I have the Honda!

There have been others along the way,......these are just those that I specifically remember for one reason or another.

Brian Collins
Austin, TX

 

[MaxiScoot]

Well, my list is rather short since I haven't been riding all that long either.

'95 Honda VLX (I bought it before I took the MSF course. I rode it once and thought it was too big so it stayed in the garage for 2 years. I told Scott to trade it in on his Sabre.)
'01 Honda Reflex (rode it for 1100 miles then traded it in)
'03 Honda SilverWing (rode it for 9300 miles then traded it in)
'05 Yamaha V* 1100 Classic (current - and I thought the VLX 600 was too big )

 

[1TallTXn]

I have only had a few bikes so this will be short.

Learned to ride on a '86(?) XR80R
Got my '82 XR200R when I was 13
Got the '02 VFR in 2004 and have since put 9,000 miles on it

I may be getting a ST (or similar) next spring

but I have loved everyone of these bikes

EDIT:
Got an '03 ST1300 the end of '06, rebuilt it (salvage) and put 10k miles on it before selling in October '07. Great bike, just prefer the Viffer

 

[bri638]

I have had only one bike. I have been riding for almost 2 years now.

<-------89 Honda CBR Hurricane 600--------

Great bike! but I will part with it next spring. I like the way the 2006 GSXR 600 looks that will probably be my next bike.

 

[NX2000]

1979 XL-75
1981 XL-185S
1980 (81?) CM-400T
1986 XL-250- Stolen
198Something ZL-600
1983 GL-1100
1984 GL-1200
1995 KZ1000P
1994 Concours

 

[Tom]

60 Sears Moped (give to me in a basket)
64 Triumph 200 Cub
65 Honda 305 Scrambler
69 Bultaco 175 Campera
71 Yahama DT175
70 Bultaco 360 El Montadero
70 Honda CL350
74 Honda CR125M Elsinore
72 Honda XL250

 

[rickmillertx]

I don't have a long list, but I'll add a twist. Is there one bike I wish I had back?.

67 Honda 305 Scrambler
70 Yamaha DT250 Enduro
73 Triumph Daytona 500 (First new bike)
94 Suzuki moped
82 Virago 750
2003 Kawasaki ZR7-S

Should never have sold the Triumph.

 

[Simmons1]

Roughly in the order I bought them:

196? Suzuki Step thru Scooter
1975 Hodaka Dirt Squirt
1974 Ossa Mick Andrews 6 days trials replica
1975 Ossa Desert Phantom
1975 Yamaha RD350
1973 Yamaha DT250
1975 KAwsaki H2 750
1983 HondaV45 Interceptor
1985 Yamaha FJ1100
1972 Kawasaki H2 (still own)
1983 Yamaha Venture Royale
1980 Honda CBX (still own)
1979 Suzuki GS1000S Wes Cooley Superbike Replica (still own)
1974 Yamaha RD350 ( my project years)
1975 Yamaha RD350 ( my project years)
1975 Yamasuki RD350 with Suzuki GT380 motor (my project years)
1974 Kawasaki H2 parts bike
1993 Yamaha GTS (cool bike, most unreliable *** I have ever owned)
1992 Suzuki DR350 (still own)
1999 Kawasaki ZX11 (still own)
1990 Yamaha FJ1200
2005 Honda ST1300 (still own)

 

[Tourmeister]

Interesting how many bikes some folks have had over the years. I would venture to say their list of cars/trucks might be shorter for the same time period I've had my car since June 97. The truck before that for 12 years. The longest I have held onto a bike is about two years. It's not that I haven't liked all of them, there are just so many to choose from! Unlike Jay Leno, I can't afford a fleet of vehicles and private mechanics to care for them

 

[Plane Dr]

Thought I might kick in my list. These are the ones I've owned, many more passed through the garage. Owned by my brother or our friends, I was the only with a heated garage and tools. I charged storage to pay the winter heating bill, and beer for the floor and tool rental. Not in any particular order:

1978 Suzuki RM80
1978 Kawasaki KZ1000
1972 Yamaha XS650
1972 - 1974 Kawasaki H2 750 triple, had about 3, by weight 5 or 6
1976 Honda 754 (CB750? chopped) It was a good deal traded for 1.75 of a triple
198~ Kawasaki 440 LTD (not sure what happened to this one)
1984 Kawasaki GPZ900 Ninja
1986 Suzuki RG500 Walter Wolf Gamma (may sell soon)
2001 Suzuki DRZ400S which is slowly being retarded oops motarded

 

[Sinjen]

Sinjen

That CB450T was the US equivilent to the Super Dream I had in the UK. Great bike...

M2

I use to go back and forth to Plano on that CB450T. It was a grate Bike!

Suzuki had some great bikes out in the early 90's, the GSX1100G, the RF900, the RGV...M2

The GSX1100G is a grate bike. It's even better with my new lower bars.

 

[fastmonstr]

It's been a few years. I just updated my list.

Cheers!