Saw this on FB and thought it might be a fun thing to do on here. post Google images of all the bikes you’ve owned in chronological order here’s mine: italiajet 50cc - got when I was 9 and it literally blew up 3 weeks later - missfire and fuel pipe fell off at same time. Ended up jumping off and the bike was a fireball Yamaha TY80 - has 364 days from age 10 when it got nicked out of my shed Honda CR80 Big wheel - my first step into moto-x honed my skills on this bad boy from age 11-14 Kawasaki KX125 - second moto-x bike. Scared my dad with this one Aprilia RS50 - bought new in 2004 at age 16 used to get to work and pick up local girls Suzuki TL1000R - first proper bike at 21 - rode like a bag of shit but rode it hard. First knee down Suzuki Bandit 650 - got to calm me down and take misses on back more. She never came on it and it was boring - sold it 7 months later. Fireblade RR7 - we all know what happened to this Fireblade RR-B - current bike haven’t stuck the street triple I had in as it was my dads even though I had it 3 years. Also haven’t stuck the current project (Zephyr 750) as it’s co owned by me and my old man let’s see yours
First bike: 1999 Honda CBR 600 F4. Had it since February 2008 to February 2010, put roughly 20.000kms on her. Second and current bike: 2008 Honda CBR 1000RR. Have it since February 2010, put it roughly 90.000kms on her: Bonus bike: AM Fundador Casal 50cm³. My father's first and only bike, bougth new in 1968. Kms on it? Who knows. Now legally mine.
Here we go My first bike CBR600F first wheelie, knee down stoppie etc ( I came to the party a little later in life) Joined by a sweet handling naked Suzuki SV650 Replaced both with a bigger naked Kawasaki Z1000 (a nice trip to Nurburgring on her) too softly sprung I used to grind the exhaust collector box continuously Then my first big bike Kawasaki ZX10R Stuffed the above into the back of a lotus which wasnt going fast enough ! So replaced with another Both the zx10r were supported by this little ebay gem BMW F650 (bought for £1000 kept 11 years and sold for £900) Replaced by a more modern version BMW F700gs And now replaced the silver zx10r with my blade Yeah I must get a nice sunny outdoor shot of her
I like the Casal - I can imagine your father riding home with a Garrafao de vinho tinto strapped to the rack on the back I had a Casal 125 Cross and it was hard to shake off these guys on Sachs V5 that were only 50cc - they would be right on your tail or even creep past ! Nice bike, of a time when people went to work on those - not sure what it is like now.
Not got pictures of all but google is a wonderful thing 1st bike CG125 1984 needed it for work 1994 ZZR600 had 3 months blew it up ZX9R C2 early 1999 had for 15 months 18000 miles ZX9R E1 late 2000 had for 8000 miles basically it fell apart such poor quality dealer did nothing Hayabusa sorry but biggest pic I have 2001 had for 13 years only 5000 miles of which 4000 was done in the first few months, a mate had a bad off, put me off big time visiting him for 18 months in hospital, now has a spice girl shoe ZX10R Tom Sykes rep 2014 8000 miles, just visited local Kwak dealer said how bland the zx10r looked, he said they have bought out a limited edition one , showed me a picture with the 66 on the front said get me one...year of birth .. had for 2 years hated it S1000rr Tyco 2016 had for 6 weeks due ato wanker dealer washing it with neat road traffic film left stains streaks all over the metal parts got a full refund and banned from bmw dealer they do not like swearing in showroom after they refused to give me the other tyco they had in stock said I was too fussy !!!!! 1299s 2016 3 years of trouble reliability wise best bike in everyway I've owned still miss it ...poor filth of a bike Kawasaki ZZR1400 Performance Sport 2016 still got it 5000miles of which just under 4k was done touring Europe with the Mrs SP2 had since Sept 2019 42 miles done .. cant really comment on it
I'm sure happened a LOT! It smaller villages they're still pretty common. In the last years in more urban areas lot of people starting to taking them out of retirement, completely refurbish them or just do the minimum to get them running, and parades of 50+ year old bikes occur regularly.
It all started with a Yamaha Bi Wizz 50cc I bought off a cousin who only had it for a month. Got a 2 year driving ban, so sold it. Then I bought a brand new Piaggio Typhoon 50cc. Put a big bore 70cc kit, clutch, rollers, springs, exhaust (even dyno'd it FFS; 69mph, WOW WEE) etc, but it was the Malossi stickers what made it really fast! I got jumped whilst on it by 6 London hood rats, and I thought fuck this for a laugh, I need a big bike (even though there were 6 of the little fucking scrotes, they never got the bike off of Bruce!). Bought a Honda CG125cc to learn gears and do my Direct Access. I bought this brand new too, but only had it for 2 weeks, as I passed by bike test in that time. Chopped it in the next day for a Suzuki SV650 naked below: Had this for about a year, then it got written off by an idiot reversing into it whilst parked. I loved this so much, so I bought a Suzuki SV650S below: I had this SV for a very loyal 12 years. The engine blew in the end, due to an oil leak whilst ryding it and I sold it as a spares or repair. I didn't want to repair it because of ULEZ bom (Ultra Low Emissions Zone, bend over mate). Guy I sold it to had it running again within two days and shipped it to Poland. If it weren't for ULEZ, I would have definitely repaired and kept it. I then bought an Aprilia RSV Mille 1000cc. Had this for about two years. LOUD as FUCK with those cans! When going to mediation as part of my divorce, this was put down as one of my assets to divide, so I thought fuck that and sold it. It was also an old bike that would incur charges from ULEZ bom, so needed a newer bike. Here is my current bike a Honda CBR1000RRA Fireblade. I say mine, but it's in my mum's name not mine (I have no assets now and nearing the Decree Absolute of my divorce!) I will have ridden this for a year in July 2020 (my near 70 year old mum owns a Blade LOL) Power Rangers are GO! Chin
Good call on it not being in your name Chin, nice history too! Hope the divorce hasn’t been too taxing or troublesome.
Still going through it Liam. Soon to be Ex-Wife is meant to be buying me out of the house at the end of this month, but lost her fucking job and can't get a mortgage to buy me out now! I will have to wait until the end of the month to see what the Courts will do, as she was Ordered to buy me out. The better thing I did, was transfer all my savings to someone else, and when showing my Bank statements for the past year, the money transfer didn't show up, so I looked like a broke arse! Chin
All cosmetic. But I let it get written off because I hit someone. Would have kept it but I wanted the original fairings and we all know they are hard to get hold of so cut my loses and got the RR-B
Actually made money on that one. Paid £4450 and got £4800 back - only cost me £30 for an mot in a year too
