Yamaha XS 400 ( 400 engine in 250 chassis ) one mate blew his 250 up and another crashed his 400. I made a bike from the remains. Thanks chaps for the free bike.

Honda CX 500 ( with Polaris fairing, looked like someone had strapped a boat to it, t-boned a cab at 40mph in Clapham)

Kawasaki GPZ 500 ( sounded like a dog farting, but went ok )

Honda VFR 750 ( fast and fantastic, had to sell as was finding myself doing 130 on way to and from work )

Yamaha TDM 850 ( complete lemon, cut out every time it rained )

Honda VFR400 NC30 ( fab bike, handled like a dream, but killed me long distance )

Honda CB 600 F Hornet ( great bike, hooligan tool )

Yamaha XT660X ( current wheels, also a hooligan tool )

In order:

Aprilia SR50-Loved this when I had first got it at 16-arrow pipe, heavy rollers and kevlar belt-60 mph+
Cagiva Planet- cemented my love of 2t
ZXR400-otherwise nicknamed the shedxr-bike was a wreck.
Aprilia RS125- my all time favourite bike i've owned-best handling and taught me a lot.
Kawasaki Xanthus 400
Honda RVF400- second best handling, a gem of a bike.
Suzuki GSXR750- the bike that put me off big IL4's-far too much power for my sensibilities on the road, if i'd have kept it convinced i'd be dead.
Yamaha RD350YPYS-....and I decided this was the safe option....how wrong-satan's own bike, tried to kill me numerous times.
Suzuki SV650-awesome all rounder and convinced me torque is good.
Yamaha DT125-meh
Honda CBR600F2-just too dull
Honda CB400SF V-TEC-fun but strangely hurt my back.
Honda VFR750 F-R- unbeleivably great bike, reliable engine and other than making 120mph your default speed everywhere except the m-way-superb.
Suzuki DR350-380cc big bore and crd pipe P.O.S. so many problems.
Ducati Monster 796-great bike, awesome engine and handling, but needs smooth roads.


And currently own my XT660X and an RS125 Extrema (my lil project-long live two strokes!) not bad-17 bikes in 13 years :) :icon_albino:

Age 16 Honda P50
age 17 Honda Cd175
age 18 Honda CB250G5
Age 20 BMW R45
Age 20 Yamaha DT175
Age 20 Ossa 250
Age 24 Guzzi V50 Monza
Age 25 BMW R80ST
age 28 BMW k100RS
Age 31 SUZUKI GS550es
Age 31 Yamaha RD350 YPVS F2
Age 35....10 year break...

Age 45 Honda Transalp 650 (still got after 100,000 miles)
Honda Varadero 1000
XT660R.


Sent from my iPhone with a smile :)

1955 Tiger Cub
1965 Norton Jubilee
1969 CB250 (new)
1970 Yamaha YR3
1971 500 Suzuki Cobra
1972 Kawasaki 500 H1a
1973 Kawasaki 750 H2
1974 Honda CB750 (new)
1976 Honda Goldwing(with mag wheels and and 4/1 exhaust)
1979 BMW R100s
1980 Honda CBX6 cylinder
1981 BMW R100RS
1982 Yamaha XS1100
1983 BMW R100RS

Stopped riding road bikes and went racing offroad,lost track of how many offroad bikes.

1985 FJ1200 1TX just keeped it in the garage for old times sake.
1989 FJ1200 3CV (stolen)
1993 FJ1200 3CV
1994 Honda Africa Twin (Stolen)
1997 Honda Africa twin (new)
1999 Triumph Tiger 885i(went bang)
1999 Triumph Tiger 885i
2000 BMW 1100s
2001 Triumph Tiger 955i(new)Now with 35,000 on,33,000 has been done travelling Europe.
2009 K1200 R Sport
2009 XT660X
2012 The last 4 bikes which I still own with another on the horizon.

That list takes me age 15 in 1968 to 59 in 2012.

dt 250
cb 360
wr 450f
xt660z tenere

My Favourite Dt175 And Xt660r
 

Honda MB5 X 2
DT50 X 2
DT125
DT400
DT175
XT660R X 2
XT350
CB400
KDX200
YAMAHA PASSOLA
VSTROM650
BMWR800
BMWF650GS
BMWG650X CHALLENGE

Current bikes first:

XT660X 2011 (my commuter)
XJR1300 2011 (cruiser)
R1 2008 (track only)
Giggle 50 2010 (fun hehe)

Previous bikes in order ish:
Honda C50 (74) (snapped the chassis in a field)
BSA Bantam 175 (70s) (2 stroke and fun)
Suzuki GT185 (79) (first road bike)
Yamaha RD400 (81) (wowowowow best ever)
Honda CB750 (83) (great bike, rode all over Europe)
Honda CBR1000 (87) (stunning at the time to have 120 odd bhp)
Yamaha R6 (2005) (discovered track riding)
Yamaha R1 05 (2007) (the best)
Yamaha R1 08 (2009)
Yamaha FJR1300 A/S (2010) (too heavy but wonderful cruiser)

Suzuki EN125 (08 plate, bought when I couldn't afford the car anymore, then fell in love with bikes, 2010 to 2012...)

Honda CB250RS ('80 model, completely knackered, rode it for 6 months before crashing it and then selling it on. Loved the bike to bits but it was hanging and due an imminent engine implosion...)

Yamaha XTZ660 Tenere ('92 model, bought on a whim in November but probably the best whimsical purchase I have ever made :D)

Yamaha FS1E
Suzuki TS50X
Piaggio 50cc (can't remember model - had pedals...)
Honda CB250
Yamaha WR250X
Yamaha XT660X

Well here we go:
Honda 50 C100 field bike 15 quids (frame snapped)
BSA Bantam 175 scrambler 25 quid
Suzuki GT185 (150 quids)
Yamaha RD400 yellow (new) 689 pounds wow
Honda CB750 K6 1000 quid
Honda CBR1000 4000 quid
Break with Honda 90 when I bought first house.
Yamaha R6
Yamaha R1
Now Yamaha Giggle 50, XT660X, XJR1300, R1 track bike, Beta Alp 200.
Plus family scooters Honda Vision 100 and Arpilia Scarabeo 50 2T.