Bike (s) you miss?
 

Realising I kind of miss the GSXR750 that I had to sell recently. Wish I hadn't needed to get rid of it. Wondering if anyone has a particular bike they got rid of and wish they still had?


[ + Short amateur badly made video, but it has the sound I miss in it... ]

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DRZ400, theyre now worth 3x what I paid

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My Beta Rev 3 250. Totally impractical but just fun to explore with, go to the beach, try to wheelie. Just mess about on. I MOT'd it so used to get some strange looks riding down the street standing up on it :p

https://i.imgur.com/7xyDShP.jpg

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I still miss my lightly modded GT380 (cleaned-up ports, 20 thou off the heads, J&R power pipes).

The way the double-edged cackle from the pipes hardened into a banshee wail as the revcounter hit 5,000, and the bike surged forward, made the hair on your neck (and some other things ;) ) stand up. It was pure magic.

https://gt380.ktforever.co.uk/Suzuki.../Craig%203.jpg

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Buell Firebolt, what a broom.

https://i.ibb.co/hKKFWw3/xbthumbnail-IMG-3545.jpg
https://i.ibb.co/j81T7xN/xbthumbnail-IMG-3546.jpg

Re: Bike (s) you miss?
 

difficult. either this one:
https://i.ibb.co/VwNZZ8n/CB400-four.jpg


or this one:
https://i.ibb.co/yySmRdn/YR5b.png

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Oddly enough, my SV650. The GSX I replaced it with was stable but boring and the T100 I have now is nice to ride but I dare not leave it unattended anywhere. Plus it takes ages to clean.

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Ducati Desmo 250
I was only young once----

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I was going to say---
Laverda 750S
A really superb handling bike but a bit of a nightmare on the reliability front.

Re: Bike (s) you miss?
 

Really miss two previously in my stable....
Brand new 1994 blade, and a close second my RG500.
The RG was always plotting to kill me everytime I rode it, soooooo much peaky power but strangely addictive.
The blade was nothing short of a revelation for me having ridden /owned a few early to mid 80's jap steeds such as GS1000G, GSX1100 katana, GPZ 900R and a Honda CB750KZ.
Probably a strange statement but I much preferred 70's /80's bikes to modern bikes tbh.