Old bikes you wished you had kept!

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  1. johnd

    johnd Active Member

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    I was sorting thru some old pics on my pc and came across this one of my old TL1000S which I had for 9 years and replaced with my RR6. If I'd had the space I would have had both cos I loved that bike.
    Has anyone on here got any pics of old bikes they still miss a little bit?
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  2. martinowen

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    Really miss my RGV250 and I sold it for 1500 quid can't even find a project one for 3 times that now :(
     
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  3. Great Guy

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    No. I don't like old bikes.
     
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  4. sps170373

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    Would have kept my old 954 blade and used as a track bike! Just needed newer forks to make the brakes radial, it had good power and was light and nimble
     
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    Would have kept my old 954 blade and used as a track bike! Just needed newer forks to make the brakes radial, it had good power and was light and nimble
     
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    1972_CB750.jpg
    CB750 FOUR like this one....my first boyfriends bike & for me, many miles of crazy1970's pillion riding :) I'd love one in the garage for old times sake....one day maybe :)
     
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  7. dessp2

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    No pics but the list goes:-

    2000 Honda SP1 with Arrow exhausts

    2003 Honda SP2 with Akrapovics


    I used to get people male and female coming up to me at petrol stations etc saying how stunning they were.


    My 2007 Repsol Fireblade too.
     
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    DT175MX
    RD350LC
    Original CBR900RR Blade

    1994 Fireblade.jpg
     
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  9. pete954

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    I would have still had MY SP1 had some light fingered low life not had it away. Had some trick HRC bits on it, did some racing on it too. Really underrated bikes in my opinion [​IMG]
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  10. pete954

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    Race trim. Bemsee, early 2002 ish, Brands Hatch. uploadfromtaptalk1431200220738.jpg
     
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  11. shackbleep

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    I wish I'd kept my first blade. Was a 929, with one previous owner, and just a couple of bits on it. It was the first bike both my kids went pillion on. One still is keen to go pillion any chance we get :). I stuck a slightly naff rentec rack on it, it did a ton of commuting, a bit of touring, my first trackday. Happy days!

    [​IMG]

    (exhaust looks enormous though!)
     
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  12. Slim Ted

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    Just checking..... Is it the bike or the boyfriend you want to keep in the garage?
     
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    Lol.....the bike.....I've a big attic for the boyfriends ;)
     
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    I should keep both...

    Kawa_KJK_BTK_1986__0001.jpg
     
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    Absolute classics, and they are starting to make strong money now for properly documented bikes


    The attic sounds like a bloody scary place to me :eek:
     
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    Yep I've looked at a few, next year maybe when I join the ranks of the early retired :) It couldn't half shift too....I remember losing the stiletto heel of me boot on Thirteen bends near Bakewell...ahhhh the glorious days of dodgy biker chick gear :D

    Ps.....the attics fine...they're all warm n toasty in their rolled up carpets ;)
     
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    Or I should keep my first Honda...

    KJK_Honda_Four_.JPG
     
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    My 5VY R1...

    [​IMG]

    Traded it in for current Fireblade.
     
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  19. johnd

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    Gotta say I have soft spot for SP1 or 2's probably cos they are v twins.
     
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  20. racman

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    03 R1. wished i,d av kept this and tracked it permanently. it was ultra smooth, and imo the best looking R1 period.
     

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