What bikes have you owned?

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:20 am

Hey all,
this isn't a who has the most toys post; I've owned all my bikes serially, one at a time. It's interesting to see a progression (or not!) reviewing someone's favorite rides.
List 'em in order of purchase if you care too.....
Editorialize about which was best if you dare....
My list:
--74 Yamaha RD350
--75 Yamaha 650
--78 Yamaha 850 triple
--81 Yamaha XV920 european style v twin
--75 Yamah RD350
--80 Honda CB650 Custom
--84 Honda V65 Sabre
--81 Kawasaki 550
--83 Suzuki GS1100L
Current ride: 81 Honda CB750F
Must admit there's a warm spot in my heart for the Sabre. Owned it for 10 years and 63 thousand miles.
But, my 750F is mighty sweet.......... Very Happy

stamper

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:36 am

Not many but here you go

1964 yamaha YG1 80, Dad bought it brand new in 64, still own. really good camp bike
1980 YZ80, Dad bought new for me then sold to get
1984 CR250R, ran it into a car, jumping doubles at beer falls in Kennewick WA
1982 CB900F, purchased it this past July
Looking to put in my stable (when we gett a bigger house/garage
1981 CB750F
1983 CB1100F
and others..but won't put them down.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:42 am

I'm sure I have left a few out along the way, but here goes....

1949 Whizzer.. 5th Grade
1950 Homemade B&S powered scooter
1952 Honda 50 Step Thru Scooter
1960 Honda 90 Street Bike
1963 Honda 90 Trail
1964 Honda XL 250
1965 Yamaha 80 2 stroke
196? Honda XL75
1965 Honda 250 Scrambler
1966 Honda 305 Scrambler
1966 Triumph 500 Tiger
1964 Triumph 500 Tiger #2
1969 Honda Trail 70
1969 Montessa La Crosse
1970 Honda SL 100
1975? Honda CB550K
1977? Honda CB750K (Anniverary model - Windjammer Fairing)
1976 Mini-Indian
1979 Honda XL250
1979 Honda XL500
1983 Honda CB1100F
1983 Honda GL1100 Aspencade
1994 Honda ST1100
1996 Harley Road King
1998 Harley Sportster XL Sport
1999 Harley Electraglide
1999 Harley Low Rider
1982 Honda CB900C
1970 Triumph Bonneville (restored to new)
1967 Triumph 650 Chopper Project
2003 Yamaha Dual Purpose (model?)
**1983 Honda CB1100F (Now "da Sleeper")
**1963 Honda 90 Trail (Project)
1982 Honda CB900fSS (Now owned by CowTownBiomed)
1983 Honda CB1100F (Now owned by EatPasta)
**2005 Yamaha FJR1300 (65th Birthday present from me to me)

** Still have Laughing

What can I say... I love motorcycles Cool

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:22 am

Geez...

1968 Honda CB-350 (bought as a basket case, me & my dad put it back together, sold)
1969 Suzuki X-6 250 Hustler (sold)
1972 Yamaha R5-C 350 (totaled)
1972 Honda XL-250 (still have, can push around)
1973 Honda XL-250 (blew up, sold)
1973 Honda XR-75 (still have, runs!)
1974 Honda XL-175 (sold)
1974 Honda CR-125 (traded for a roll-around toolbox)
1975 Honda XL-250 (sold)
1975 Honda CB-400F (bought new, sold)
1975 Honda CB-400F (sold)
1975 Kawasaki G5-C 100 (bought new, still have, can push around)
1975 Kawasaki S3-A 400 triple (bought new, sold)
1975 Kawasaki KX-400 (bought new, sold)
1975 Kawasaki Z1-B 900 (bought new, still have, roadrace bike #1)
1976 Honda XL-250 (still have, can push around)
1976 Kawaskaki KZ-900 (still have, roadrace bike #2)
1977 Kawasaki KZ-1000 (still have, runs!)
1977 Kawasaki KZ-1000 (still have, pile 'o parts)
1978 Honda CB-750F (sold)
1979 Honda XL-250S (youngest boy's, sold)
1979 Honda CR-250R (sold)
1979 Honda CR-250R (sold)
1979 Honda CBX (bought new, still have, runs!)
1979 Honda CBX (still have, runs!)
1979 Honda CB-750F (still have, runs!)
1980 Honda CB-750F w/ 985 motor (still have, roadrace bike #3)
1981 Honda CB900F (still have, runs!)
1982 Yamaha YZ-250 (oldest boy's, crushed in roll-over, boy OK)
1982 Honda CB900F (still have, can push around, will be roadrace bike #4)
1982 Honda XR-100 (oldest boy's, sold)
1982 Honda XR-100 (youngest boy's, sold)
1983 Honda VF-750F (still have, runs!)
1984 Honda VF-700F (still have, can push around)
1983 Honda GL-1100 Interstate (sold)
1983 Honda XR-500R (sold)
1985 Honda Xl-350R (still have, runs!)
1985 Kawasaki GPz-550 (still have, runs!)
1985 Kawasaki GPz-550 (still have, can push around)
1990 Kawasaki KX-500 (bought new, still have, runs!)
2001 Kawasaki ZRX-1200R (bought new, still have, runs!)
2003 Honda XR-100R (still have, runs!)
2003 Honda VLX-600 Shadow (for my wife!)

So - those are the ones I remember... and in case you couldn't tell, my formative years were '72 - '85, aged 17-30 then. It just ain't the same anymore (for good reason!)

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:37 am

PapaLuker, before the Whizzer, did you have one of those Flintstones bikes with the stone wheels? Very Happy

Just kidding. You & Dennis each have an impressive list, & I'm sure we'll see more.
As for me, in addition to the 2 listed below, I had an '82 CM450C, & an old Honda 350 twin. So far it's all Honda.TB

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:40 am

Sheesh, Dennis, you could open a museum to rival Barber Motorsports in Birmingham, AL!
And, as for formative years, well,.....ahem,(old fart clearing throat) I wouldn't trade my birth year for anything ('53). It was a *great* time to be young, if you didn't get waxed in 'Nam.
And, yup, I love my 80's bikes!
stamper

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:52 am

I know it has nothing to do with the bikes, but I was born in '55 and it was a great time to be growing up, kinda like "Leave it to Beaver, twisted!" - they hadn't heard of Ralph Nader, truth in advertising, or other stuff like that yet. I remember playing football with some bread my mom made that, um, didn't turn out quite right, shooting my mom in the eye (she didn't lose it) with a bow & rubber 'suction' arrow, having 'toy' cigarettes that you could blow in and they'd give out a little puff of baby powder smoke, and going to my grandparents to watch color TV. So - kinda back on-topic - my dad had a '71 Yamaha 650 he'd let me borrow occasionally, and before that he had a '6? Harley (Aermacchi) 250 sprint, and before that a '64 (?) Honda 150 Dream. He used to borrow a friends CL-72 (250 Scrambler) and take us 'trail riding' when we were in the single digits for age. I ran that dang Honda 150 Dream harder than any sane person (read - over 16 years old) ever should and it just ran & ran & ran. The last I heard, the person my dad sold it to still had it, but it hadn't run in a couple of decades... 600 pounds of stamped steel motorcycle! My mom's favorite bike was my S3-A 400 Kaw triple - she'd borrow it from me and go riding around wth my dad. Oh yeah - the good 'ol days!

CB1100F Joined: Jul 02, 2003 Posts: 3189 Location: Phoenix

82 CB750C First bike owned in 96 (sold)
76 CB550K Was cheap and in really good shape (sold)
82 CB900F Sold previous bike to buy the 900 and still have it(sort of)
81 CB750K Great bike and was turning into a streetfighter(sold and still regretting it)
80 CB750K Was going to restore it, but lost interest and it was too far gone. (gone)
71 CB750K Sandcast, but motor was swapped out and some idiot changed the VIN # so it made the frame worthless (sold off parts)
03 Suzuki Bandit 1200 awesome bike, lots of torque (still have it)

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:16 am

Papa...you had a 1965 Yamaha 80 2 stroke??I have a 64, you have any pics of it??? was yours red or blue?? mines red and still runs

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:58 am

Wow...

Okay where do I start?

Okay way back in 2005 just before Christmas (a month or so) I started paying off my first bike. My 1980 Honda CB750F.
Yep. That is all so far. But Dennis the menace, and Papa, are men after my own heart. I will some day own numerous bikes, a few planes, and a crap load of cars if I can help it. Very Happy

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:17 am

hmmm......
in order i think
73 cb400f
78400hawk...new
79cb750f...new
81cb900f...new

20 yr break

74cb400f
7? yammy heritage 650 thing
74cb750
81cb900c
85 1100shadow
81cb900c
81cb750c
83goldwing
00 vulcan 1500
99 concours
01zx600r
01vulcan1500
02meanstreak 1500
gs850G
81cb900f
cb1100f
02flht
81cb750f
81cb900f
82cb900f

the 900's being my fav's...of the 4's... Smile

course I quit bikes cold turkey from 82-2000...went on a 52 snowmobile buying binge I still havnt recovered from!

Nitro

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 6:10 am

Squatch71 wrote:

Papa...you had a 1965 Yamaha 80 2 stroke??I have a 64, you have any pics of it??? was yours red or blue?? mines red and still runs

The bike is long gone... It was red. Fun little &^%##$$%... nearly killed myself trying to make it go faster...

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:26 am

Got pics of the ones I've had here- Bikes I've owned
The '82 CR125 I built from a basket case and the Honda 50 are missing. Oh yeah, and the 5hp Techumse-sp? mini-bike.

Once my son stops kicking my financial ass with his stupidity I'm going to add a blue 1100f.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:12 pm

Ummm, First bike was a home made mini bike with a 125 bantum motor in it, had a ridgid frame and an exhaust that burnt the s#%! out of you, and fixed foot pegs that dug into the ground and sent you over the bars!!!

1975 Suzuki TM 75
1979 Suzuki RM 125 N ( very tricky with no-dive suspention and Gold rims, SOLD)
1981 Suzuki RM 125 X, Brought new, SOLD
1985 Kawasaki KDX 250 Brought new, SOLD after an accident

1981 Honda CB900F2 I'm currently restoring and cant wait to get it finished!!!!

Mark

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 12:39 pm

By my count Dennis still has 20 bikes! Must either have one huge garage or a bunch of them. I'm 43 and have only owned 3 bikes. I'll have to start buying one a month to catch up! ha ha

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 1:36 pm

I've owned the following

1983 Yamaha 50cc ( bought by parents as a Christmas gift)

1985 Honda XL 100 (bought by parents as a Christmas gift)

19?? Honda Hawk ( Dad traded a car for it)

Then there was a 15 year break

2001 Suz Katana

2003 Yamaha R6

2003 Honda 954RR

2004 Honda RC-51 **

1981 CB900F **

Still Have.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:05 pm

OK lets see how good my memory is
1969 Bennelli Buzzer
1970 Honda QA 50 OWN
1973 Honda XR 75
1974 Kaw G5 100
1974 Honda TL 125 OWN
1975 Honda TL 250 OWN
Well had to run and get the Honda history book, guess that answers the memory question [ I have them marked ]
1975 Honda XR 75
1976 Honda XL 175
1976 Honda CB 500T
1979 Honda XR 250
1979 Honda XR 500
1980 Honda CB 750C
1982 Honda VF 750S
1982 Honda FT 500
1982 Honda CX 500 Turbo
1983 Honda ATC 200X
1983 Honda CB 1100F Blue OWN
1983 Honda CB 1100F Red OWN
1984 Honda ATC 200X
1984 Honda CB 700SC
1985 Yamaha Seca 550
1985 Honda TRX 125
1985 Honda ATC 250SX
1985 Honda ATC 250ES
1985 Honda ATC 350X W/ 425 LA sleeve kit {Very Very much missed}
1986 Honda ATC 350X {Very much missed}
2002 Honda TRX300 EX Kids OWN
2003 Honda TRX 250 EX KidsOWN
2003 Honda TRX 400 EX Kids OWN
Had to put them by year my memory is not that good to list them other wise, and I'm sure I missed a few

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 3:43 pm

Fster,
I've always wanted to own a turbocharged bike (I've had turbocharged cars, but not bikes). What was the 500 like? Was it much "larger" than it's displacement? Was the power band broad, or did it make all of it's power at the top end? Any engineering shortfalls? Was it fast, handle well? Why did you sell it?
Inquiring minds want to know....... Laughing

stamper

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 4:18 pm

Unfortanetly I only owned the bike for a short 1400 miles. I was working for a Honda dealer at the time and when the Turbos were realeased I just had to have one. I told the owner I wanted the "ONE" we were going to get and he obliged. Rode it through the cold of early March and just as the season broke we had a valued customer come in that wanted it and was willing to pay the price, so being I didn't pay for it yet we sold it. But my short experience on it was great, a very ridable bike. I thought I might get another if the oppertunity arose but the the VF750 Sabres were released and I fell in love with them and bought one. Another great bike that I put 10,000 miles on the first year and 8,500 the second. Ah what I woudn,t do to be 22 again. Happy Holidays

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 5:13 pm

Here is my short list;

'86 honda ZB50
'87 yamaha YSR50
'77 yamaha IT175
'7? yamaha IT125
'88 yamaha YSR50 (with IT175 motor)
'89 yamaha YSR50 (with IT125 motor)
'88 honda CR80
'82 honda CB750F

The 750 is the only one I still own. All the 50cc bikes I owned from the ages 14 to 16. The ZB50 I should have kept just cause it was so rare. I really miss the two hybrid YSR50's. Those things were scary fast for there size. Triple digits in something that came up to my waist. Shocked

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:06 pm

1972 Yamaha YDS-7 250cc, Two-stroke twin - Grandpa, to Dad, to Me
1976 Honda CB750F SOHC Bought used - sitting in my yard
2003 Kawasaki Concours ZG-1000A Bought new, wrecked @ 58 miles, sold
1986 Kawasaki Concours ZG-1000A Bought used, never rode, sold
1980 Honda CB750F With Vetter fairing, bags, and trunk - Current ride.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:12 pm

biggest problem for me is the years but here we go anyway

1980 yamaha xt250 my first bike - bought in - 1981
1982 honda vt250 bought new - bad mistake
1979 suzuki rm400 - widow maker - only rode it about 6 times Shocked

1980 yamaha tt600
1983 honda cb1100f bought it in 85 - SH
1977 honda cb750f2 sohc - SH
1979 honda gl1100
1975 honda gl1000 - SH -
1972 honda cb750K2
1972 honda cb200 - SH
1983 honda cb1100f - SH
1981 honda cb750F2 - SH
1981 honda cb750F2
1983 honda cb1100f
1979 honda cb750k police special
1991 honda nsr250 - SH
1976 honda cb750F1 - SH - needs to be put back together - bought last year.

plus about 15 other bikes for parts for the above, BTW SH stands for still have

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 8:20 pm

Oh boy what a list you guys got!
Mine.....

1964 Bridgestone 90
1966 Yamaha 80-single seat with bookrack-YELLOW
Montgomery Ward Riverside (Benelli) 125
1967? Honda CB160
1968 Yamaha YM-1 305 street pipes, rode it for awhile, wore out two engines in it
1966? Honda 305 street scrambler high pipes
late sixties Bultaco 250 Pursang
a coupla Yamaha YL-1 twin 100's '66 & '67
Yamaha YL-2 100 single
1972 Kawasaki S-2A 350
1974 Kawasaki S-3A 400
1975 Kawasaki S-1C 250
1974 Kawasaki H2B 750
1976 Yamaha YZ125X

went thru hiatus for a while.....

Now-1980 CB750F and 1977 CB550F, the big one is in pieces being rebuilt, I still ride the 550 though.

MB-5 Joined: Apr 23, 2005 Posts: 16 Location: Holland

Here's my list

dkw rt125 1951
suzuki gs450l 198?
Honda cb400n 1984
honda cb900f 1979
honda cb1100f 1984 Cool

And I still have them all exept the cb400n Sad

not bad for a 22 year old boy Razz

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:07 pm

Honda CT70
Honda SL100
Suzuki TC90
Husqvarna CR125
Suzuki TM125
Honda Elsinore CR125
Suzuki RM250
Yamaha RD350
Honda CB450
Husqvarna CR250GP
78 Honda CB750F
80 Honda CB750F (2)
81 Honda CB900F (4)
82 Honda CB900F (2)
83 Honda CB1100F (6)
83 Honda CB1100RD
Yamaha FJ1100
Kawasaki ZX9R

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 9:50 pm

wow. I'll take a shot..

Hondas:
c100 (stepthru 50 - first step down the road to degradation -- bought by my mother for me as cheap transport because it was 'cute'), c110(clutched motorcycle style 50), cb92 (wish I still had one, 125 twin - possibly the ugliest motorcycle ever made, I loved it), CR110 and CR93 racers, cb160, cb77, cl72, cb350, cb175, cb750, cb650sc, cb1100f. There's nothing in this list that I would not like to have again.

Others: Norton Nomad, Bultaco TSS125, BSA Bantam, Suzuki TS90, Velocette 500, Ducati Diana and probably others that I've forgotten... Some passed thru my hands very quickly.

Posted: Sun Dec 18, 2005 11:18 pm

Let me take a stab at this. In order of getting:

74 Yamaha GT 80
75 Yamaha DT125
78 Suzuki TS185
81 Honda CB400T
73 Suzuki GT550 *
72 Suzuki T500 *
68 Suzuki T500
73 Honda CT90 *
97 Suzuki DS650
82 Suzuki FZ50
77 Yamaha DT400 *
70 Yamaha DS6 250
83 Honda CB1100F *
72 Suzuki GT750 *
03 Kawasaki ZG1200 (Voyager)
72 Suzuki GT550 *
73 Yamaha RD350 *

* = still have.

This does not include bikes bought for parts or resale. I have to say although it wasn't the best, my favorite was my first. Still have dreams about riding it as a kid.

I wonder what Freud would say about that. Confused

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 12:24 am

This is really cool idea...some very impressive lists. Here's mine:

1934 Velocette KSS
1936 Crocker V-Twin
1938 Triumph Speed Twin

Just kidding...here's the real one (not as impressive)

1972 Kawasaki KE100
1980 Yamaha IT 175
1981 CB750F
1981 CB900F
1982 CB900F

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 1:18 am

1981 Honda CB900F (silver)
1981 Honda CB900F (black)

Posted: Mon Dec 19, 2005 2:17 am

1972 Honda CL 350
1976 Honda CB 750K
1982 Honda CB 900F
2000 Polaris 400 Scrambler

OK, So the scrammy is marginally a bike, but I had to pump up the list a bit after reading everyone elses. I still own the last 2. Now, if we startede a list of cages...