Show us your 'past' bikes.

I well remember drooling over these Lav's.......think there was 2/3 variations of it??
Would love one now but........."never meet your hero's" comes to mind!!!!


"Gas it w###a".........

[maviczap]

Right in order of ownership, all Google images

Great first bike



My first bike on HP, also great & much maligned



Pity about the camchain, still a great bike, handled well and was pretty fast. Brakes were fine, so long as you looked after them.



After that my first big V twin. The one I had was a bit neglected, and I got rid of it after it let me down on the morning of going to the IOM. Strictly speaking it was only a simple fault, but it was the final straw.



Back to more UJM, didn't like the 16in front wheel, but great on motorways. Non stop from Dundee to Felixstowe, with only fuel stops. Sold it when I brought my first flat



What I was thinking of when I bought one of these I don't know, another money pit. I obviosly didn't like it, as I don't even have any pictures of it in any of my albums.



My first & only 2 stroke bike, it was quite good fun



Now its the SV

[Nobbylad]

[Kenzie]

First bike, Suzuki TS125R



Second, RGV250L. Should have kept it. Will always be gutted over selling it:

[Niall_farley]

Only crossers and trial bikes for me with past bikes. All for couple of hundred quid as well apart from a few year old scorpa 250. Won't bother with pics they are boring

Now onto my sv

Quite surprised..........thought I'd get 'RIPPED' fa the CX....
Yet we have a CX500A, a CX500B, and 2 CX650E's......
Couple of CBX550s (inc 'someone using kids',trying V. hard to hide a NASTY Motad (??) exhaust on 1 of em!!!
Loads more Italian gear than I thought there would be
(and a 'nasty' old BMW &#128541


"Gas it w###a".........

[admin]

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NSU Quickly by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Puch VZ50 by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki GT185k by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki GT750a by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Yamaha RS100 by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki GS550e by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki GSX750ESD by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Honda CX650 by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Yamaha RD350 YPVS by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki GSX750ESG by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Suzuki SV650s by john.tapley, on Flickr
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SV650s Mk2 by john.tapley, on Flickr
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Honda VFR800 by john.tapley, on Flickr

[Jayneflakes]

Sadly I do not have photos of my first two bikes which I owned way back in the the very early 90s.

So imagine this covered in bright pink Hammerite, and I do mean the awful hammered finish in nasty baby pink. It still got stolen despite my best efforts.



Now imagine this rescued from a skip, painted in matt black blackboard paint and smoking like a pensioner on a 100 per day habit! It was truly terrible and it only ran once, sadly this was when it was also stolen!



Finally in 2008 I applied for my provisional license and started riding bikes properly. I bought my SV and promptly failed my DAS by crashing into my instructor.

Which resulted in owning this to learn on. Henry the CG125 BRJ



I loved this little bike and truly regret selling it.

Next came Agnes the battered and nasty Yamaha XJ400, which blew up and became an XJ550.



Also in our garage we have the Kwak GTR1000 and Carol's ZRX1100.





Borrowing the wife's bike and getting a puncture made me popular.

So that was my bike history, have an owl...

[punyXpress]

1st bike: Isle of Man International Scooter Rally, 1962



3rd Bike ( same as 2nd: SXN981 ) Exeter Trial:



Sorry to sell this one:



Still got it:




Latest:



In Between:
Maico Taifun 400cc
Enfield Constellation
Vincent Rapide
BMW R69S

[Bluepete]

That red 'un's gorgous!

I'm going to get a proper scooter and "do it up" one day.

My two and only bikes...





Pete