What Bikes did you hanker after, but never bought?

Possibly one more for the oldies........

I am thinking of Bikes that you lusted after for any reason, whether or not they were the "D#gs B#ll#cks" but couldn't get one when they were current models (No dosh / no licence / too young / too married! etc etc)......and you maybe still, now and again, think to yourself "if they made 'em again I would be sorely tempted to buy a new one".......

In my case it is a Kawasaki GPZ1000RX from circa 1986 - I was old enough to own one, but not the licence or the cash (for the insurance!).



By modern standards will handle like a tea trolley and slow as a slug, but for me as something "just outta reach" it still has a lust appeal to me.

[Ruffy]

Originally Posted by Wayluya

Possibly one more for the oldies........

Yep, 'fraid so in this case!

Originally Posted by Wayluya

I am thinking of Bikes that you lusted after for any reason, whether or not they were the "D#gs B#ll#cks" but couldn't get one when they were current models (No dosh / no licence / too young / too married! etc etc)......and you maybe still, now and again, think to yourself "if they made 'em again I would be sorely tempted to buy a new one".......

For me and the wife it's any one of the big 4 cylinder 2-strokes: Suzi RG500, Yam RD500.

My wife's an ex 2-stroke hooligan and she converted me with her previous bike, a Yam TZR250. It was great fun to ride and would have been awesome with more power. Anyone who's not ridden a 2-stroke is still missing a chapter in their biking experience book: Vicious powerbands and no engine breaking - Wayhay/Aargh!!!.

Originally Posted by Wayluya

In my case it is a Kawasaki GPZ1000RX from circa 1986 - I was old enough to own one, but not the licence or the cash (for the insurance!).



By modern standards will handle like a tea trolley and slow as a slug, but for me as something "just outta reach" it still has a lust appeal to me.

Do yourself a favour, don't ever ride one, they were the worst big bike Kawasaki ever made. The 900R before and the ZX10 after were both far far better bikes.

RG500, I will own one soon. I actually hark from an era just before the RG, but I still want one. My teenage lust was for a Z1000 Mk2, but I ended up with a GPZ1100 B2 at age 22, so that more than outdid my big-Zed lust

Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk I (but ended up with the V50 )

Originally Posted by ArtyLady

Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk I (but ended up with the V50 )

I had a girlfriend who owned a V50 Monza. What an awful pile of crap that was, but she refused to sell it. I believed for months that her bike wouldn't go more than 55mph, until I rode it. It was actually a lot faster than that, but at 55mph the vibes were so sweet she always had a huge grin on her face. Now I know why we always took motorways and trundled up the inside lane for hour after hour to rallies.

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I had a girlfriend who owned a V50 Monza. What an awful pile of crap that was, but she refused to sell it. I believed for months that her bike wouldn't go more than 55mph, until I rode it. It was actually a lot faster than that, but at 55mph the vibes were so sweet she always had a huge grin on her face. Now I know why we always took motorways and trundled up the inside lane for hour after hour to rallies.

I think you either love em or hate em! I loved mine but it wasnt all that comfortable tbh being an older bike (1979)

Mine was my first bike in 2002, hubby has had several Guzzi's, over the years - Le Mans mk I, mk II, mk4 and 5, Spada, G5, and he had the 1100 Sport injection when I got my V50 - mind you it was a bit worse for wear, I used to have to lean down and put my side stand down by hand because the lug had rusted off! but the sound from those twin exhausts was georgous (and they were standard!) I always had a permanant grin on my face too - at any speed! - I only got rid because I wanted something more modern and with more oomph

[mattSV]

Either:-




or

BSA A65 Lightning - I just love the look of classic bikes, but wouldn't want to have to maintain one.
Triumph Daytona Centennial - In a green that was so dark that it looked almost black.
Triumph Speed Four - though having ridden one since, I'm glad that I didn't. I bought an SV instead.
Falco - Though I changed my mind once I saw the 1050 Speed Triple, which I absolutely had to buy.
The original 1994 Speed Triple - I was penniless and only had a provisional license in 1994, so that was out of the question.

Funny how there's not a single Japanese bike in that list. I did rather like the Honda Blackbird, but never seriously considered buying one. I have owned three Japanese bikes, one of which was an SV, but British and Italian bikes interest me more.

Remember as if it was yesterday ...

1973 in the showroom of Kens Motorcycles on 'The Hill'

my first new bike purchase....

in the left corner was a Yamaha RD250 (£427 OTR)
in the right was a Norton 850 interstate (£480)


I could only get finance for £400


The RD won...

did I get the bike of my dreams?