Bikes I owned before kawasaki triples took over my life!

[SAM]

All started@ age 16
BSA BANTAM
BSA C15
Push maxi
Gilera touring 50
Suzuki ap50
Honda ss50
Suzuki gt250
Kawasaki S3A
Suzuki gs750
Honda750 twin cam
Honda cb125
Yamaha Xt600
Yamaha Rd250
Honda cb650
Suzuki gs750
Dt125lc
Rd350lc
Rd350 yr5
Fz600
Fzr600
And then it happens!!!!

[Mitsui Spy]

Ooo this looks like fun. Let's see, a right old test for the memory banks.

Here we go with marks out of 5. Probably forgotten a few.

Starting aged 10.
'61 Phillips Gadabout Moped [5]
'68 Honda SS50 4 speed [4]
Gilera 50 Trial [1]
BSA Bantam D7 [2]
'69 CD175 Sloper [4]
'72 CD175 [2]
'74 FS1E (first road bike) [4]
Suzuki A100 [3]
GP100 [1]
X7 [3]
RD125 [4]
RD200 [2]
RD350LC [5]
KH100 [5]
XL125 [2]
RM125 [3]
Beamish Suzuki [5]
Harley SS250 [1]
PE250 [3]
RD350LC [5]
RD350LC [5]
RD350LC [5]
RD500LC [4]
Then first triple aged 44ish. And a whole load of others since! Except for the Harley and the Gadabout which I still have, I can't remember a single reg plate.

[Nigel S]

Good one Sam. Makes you think a bit.

Aerial 250
Lambretta 150
16 years old
Suzuki AP50
Suzuki T 250 hustler
Suzuki GT 250
Kawasaki KH 500 First triple aged 18 years
Yamaha DT 400
Yamaha RD 350 A
Kawasaki H2C Second triple aged 19 years
Kawasaki Z1 900
Suzuki RV 125
Kawasaki KL 250
Honda Fireblade - still got it.
2004 bought two H2s from Rick Brett. The rest is history.

[Triple Parts]

Honda C50 when I was 14, bought as non-runner for £10. In those days I lived in central Blackpool and used to push it through the back alleys to the back of Bloomfield Road football ground where I could get on the old central railway line. The lines had been removed about 10 years previously so it was a good dirt track that you could ride all the way to the M55. It's now a road and big car park.
First road bike when I turned 16 was a Motobecane Mobylette that I swapped a fishing rod for! It was pretty quick, mainly because it weighed nothing, but very uncool.
Then an NVT Easy Rider bought for £40. The threaded part of the gearbox output shaft had sheared off, so I just blagged a used Fizzy gearbox sprocket off a mate and welded it to the stub. Worked a treat. This was basically a step thro' moped which NVT fitted a fibreglass dummy tank, sport seat and fly screen to try and compete with the Fizzies and AP's. It wasn't much quicker than the Mobylette but it had a clutch and 4 speed gearbox so moving in the right direction.
Next a Baja Brown FS1E.
Then I turned 17 and first proper bike, an RD200DX and the world of HP. Wow it felt fast, for a few weeks. Good wheelie machine in the days when I had some bottle, got me two endorsements for driving without due care and attention. The second time I wheelied past a dawdling car and looked right, straight at a police car parked in a side road. He didn't believe me when I said the clutch lever slipped out my hand.
Finally when I was 18 I got my first KH250, cheap but it was a knacker. The gear change return spring had broken, so on every down change you had to lift it up first. It regularly jumped out of second gear so it was safer to go first to third. The first time I opened it up to about 60mph there was a large bang and I thought what the hell was that? The centre plug thread had been stripped by the previous owner and it had blown the plug out! Despite all this I bought another one and used the knacker for spares. I bought other bikes but I loved the KH, it was my regular ride to work for about 15 years. I sold it in a moment of madness to fund a GPz600R.

[Malcolm]

Honda 50 Step Thru
BSA C15
S1C
Yamaha RD350B
Suzuki T500
H2C
Nothing but Triples ever since until recent Z1's and Oh God that F*****g Suzuki GT750

[Chris Todd]

Fizzy
Yamaha AS3 would love another one!!
Kh400
Z900 still have her 39 years later
RD400
Z550
LC 350
Honda 70 for work in the winter
XS 400 God knows why?
Honda 750 twin cam
SUZY 380
Hustler 250
RM 125 that was a lot of fun
RG 500 Should have been a keeper
XJR 1300 2004-Present
then Tripleitus set in
H2A
H1A
HIF
KH400

[kas750]

and Oh God that F*****g Suzuki GT750

[Mitsui Spy]

OMG. I've just realised I've never had a decent bike. The most I paid for any bike on my list was £400, most were under £100. Even the 500LC was a write off.

[Olde Coney]

250 Sprite Trials bike (Villiers)
Honda TL125/150 Sammy Miller trails bike
Bultaco 325 Trials Bike
Ossa 250 Reed Valve (M.A.R) Trials Bike
Kawasaki KLV 1000
Kawasaki ZZR 1100
Four Kawasaki ZX9Rs
Aprillia Mille R
Kawasaki GTR 1400
Suzuki GT 750
Bridgestone 350 GTO

Plus some others

[Wolfie]

2 boxes of 2 Suzuki somethingorothers..
Puch VZ50
S1c...

[Green Meanie]

Makes you think just how many bikes you've owned
BSA Bantam field bike then on road at 17
Triumph Tiger Cub, never ran right
Ossa 250 M.A.R.
KH250, brand new just as they came out
KH500, still got it
GT500
then i got into pff roading as well
BSA Bantam, field bike
DT175
TS185
PE400
YZ465, road registered
CR500, road registered
KX500 , road registered
Back into triples for a while
S2 350
kH250 x 2
KH400
H2B
then i sold them except my KH500
RG500 x 2, should have hung onto these, bought for £500 and £750
KLX650 supermoto
GASGAS 250 supermoto
YZF1000 Thunderace, streetfighter
GSXR 7 / 11 Streetfighter
Zephyr 1100 streetfighter
CBX1000 streetfighter
Z1000 2003
then back to triples
KH250
S2350
S3A 400
KH500 with H2 engine (owned 40 years this year)
KX500 in KXF250 frame

[666rog]

So, I see the 3rd one on Sams list, was a non runner

[SAM]

So, I see the 3rd one on Sams list, was a non runner

Yes almost. It was my mum's and I ended up using it when my bike broke down.

[666rog]

A push maxi

[SERPICO]

Suzuki AP100
Suzuki GT250
Kawasaki S3A
Suzuki GT380
Honda CB125
Yamaha DT250
Honda 250 Superdream
Honda CX500 Eurosport
Honda C90
Kawasaki VN750
Suzuki 600 Bandit
Honda SH125
Yamaha 900 Diversion
Suzuki T500
Kawasaki S3
Honda CB400/$

[husson73]

1970 Motobecane AV39 moped former mother moped before she ´ ve got car driving licence on 1969 and bought for 50 pounds (exactly 500 F.) a VW bettle 1949 slip window
1971 Flandria mistral 49 cc 4 speed on the bar
1971 Motodecane 125cc D 45 S 3 speed on the tank 1956 model year the Flandria was from far much more faster drove it illegally as was too young to have got bike driving licence
1972 have got bike driving licence at 16 year old Yamaha 125 AS3 europa
1973 Honda CB 350 twin
1973 Yamaha RD 350
1974 Kawasaki H1 69 beginning of some thing which changed my life really

[Pops]

Got me thinking - the years of manufacture are more or less right:

1963 Honda 50 - field bike
1973 Yamaha FS1E - written off
1972 Garelli Tiger Cross - blew it up twice
1977 Honda CJ250T - what can you say!
1977 Suzuki GT500A - wrote it off
1973 Yamaha RD350A - great bike once I put the carb slides in the right way round
1972 Triumph T120 650 Bonneville - cracked it's piston in half
1975 Honda CB500T - ex insurance right off rebuild
1978 Honda CB750F1 cafe racer - good bike
1979 Honda CB900FZ - quick bike in its day but used to get into tank slappers at about 125 mph...
1974 Yamaha RD350B cafe racer - tuned to beyond an inch of its life, Stan Stephens heads etc. Properly fast
1982 Suzuki GS1100G - ex Suzuki road test bike so quicker than it was supposed to be. Great high speed tourer. Had for years
1975 Kawasaki H1E - took a lot or sorting but once I got it right it was a good machine - kept it for 12 years
1976 Rickman Honda CR750 - absolutely standard. Should have kept it. Horrible to ride though. Too slow.
1982 Rickman Kawasaki Z900. Wiseco 1075, yoshi cams, gas flowed etc etc Sprinted in 1990s. 10.8 quarters. Still got it.
1971 Bultaco 250 trials bike - got into twin shock trials for a while
1933 Royal Enfield 250 Model B side valve - brilliant little thing - 4 BHP!
1930 Triumph 500 NSD side valve
1925 Triumph 500 model P side valve
1925 BSA 1000 V twin - real challenge to ride - block brakes!!!!
1985 Honda XLR 250 - brilliant
2003 Harley Davisdon 830 Sportster - auction prize...
2005 Harley Davidson 1200 Sportster - coz the 830 was too slow
2007 Harley Davidson Street Bob 1600 - coz the 1200 was too slow...short shot vance and Hines pipes, fuel pack - loudest bike I have ever owned!
2007 Buell Lightning Long - coz the 1600 was too slow!!! brilliant and underrated bikes - wish I'd kept it ...
2008 BMW R1200S - another great bike - quite rare factory cafe racers. Only 123 BHP but go like hell. Sold it - damn..where it was legal to do it would do rock steady indicated 155mph with full panniers and tank bag..
2012 Triumph GT Sprint 1050. Hated it - don't think the sports tourer concept works
1960 Triumph T100A 500. The one with the "bathtub" enclosures. Two tone black / cream and very original. Love it.
1973 Kawasaki H1A - that's why I'm here!
2014 Triumph Explorer 1200 - 15 countries in 1 1/2 years!
2016 Triumph Explorer 1200 - the one with the active suspension - easily best bike I've ever ridden. You can ride it 10 hours a day for a week and still be able to walk at the end..
1965 Kawasaki J1T. 85cc disc valve. Rebuild about 50% done

I've definitely missed some - as you can see if it's got two wheels it's fine by me

Can't believe I've owned so many triumphs......

Pops

[SAM]

Wow! Thought my list was long!

[Nick64]

Previous:
Honda CG125
Yamaha RD200
Suzuki GT250
Honda CB400N
Kawasaki KH400A3
Kawasaki GT750P2
Kawasaki KH400A4
Suzuki GSX1100ET
Kawasaki Gpz900R
Current:
Kawasaki Gpz900R - awaiting restoration
Kawasaki Gpz750R with 900 barrels - awaiting restoration
Kawasaki KH250 - mostly rusty in boxes
Kawasaki KH400A4
Kawasaki GT750P3

[h2al]

Right then.... starting June 73....
Honda SS50
Suzuki GT250K
Suzuki GT750M
Kawasaki Z1 900
Suzuki GT750A
Suzuki GT380A
Kawasaki H2B 750
Yamaha RD400
Kawasaki H2 750
Kawasaki H2C 750
Laverda Jota
Suzuki GSX1100
Laverda Jota..(2)
Suzuki GSX1100 (2)
Kawasaki H2C 750
Moto Martin CBX
Moto Martin CBX (2)
Kawasaki H2
Yamaha FZR 1000
Yamaha FZR 1000 Exup
Ducati 900 SS
Kawasaki H2A 750
Ducati 888 SPS
Ducati 900 Superlite
Yamaha XJR1200
Kawasaki H2B 750
Bimota SB6
Kawasaki H2C 750
Bimota SB6R
Yamaha XJR1300SP
Ducati 996 Foggy Rep
Laverda Jota (3)
Ducati Monster 900
Magni 1200SS
Yamaha R1
Triumph T100 Bonneville
Triumph Speed Triple
Ducati Sport Classic 1000
Kawasaki H2 750
Mv Brutale 1078RR
Kawasaki H2C 750
Norton 961 Cafe Racer
Ducati Monster 1100 Evo
Suzuki GT750J
MV Brutale 1078RR (2)
Triumph Speed Triple (2)
So..at present its a Kawa H2, Suzuki GT750J, Triumph T100,Norton 961,Triumph Speed Triple and an MV Brutale 1078RR...but its ALL been great fun along the way !

[RacerRB159]

1/FS1e - Yellow, 74
2/BSA Barracuda 250
3/Honda 250 Dream
4/Honda 400/4
5/Kawasaki Z650
6/Kawasaki GPZ550
7/Kawasaki Z1000 A2
8/Suzuki TS185
9/Yamaha RD350 LC 2(YPVS)
10/BMW R65
11/Another Yamaha RD350 LC 2
12/Kawasaki GPz 600r
13/Yamaha It 175
14/Another Yamaha It 175
15/Kawasaki KLX 250 - air cooled
16/Kawasaki KMX 200
17/Kawasaki Z1000A1
18/KTM Exc 200
19/KTM Exc 450
20/BMW R1150GS
21/KTM Exc 250
22/ onwards - Financial ruin

[Doctorpayday]

Honda SS50
Suzuki GT250m
Yamaha FS1e
Honda 90
Dalesman 125
Yamaha FS1e (again)
Honda C70
Yamaha RD250a
Yamaha RD400e
Yamaha RD250LC
Yamaha RD350LC
Yamaha RD500LC
Yamaha V50
Suzuki TS250X
Honda CB350s
And then I looked at Rick Bretts website------------

(room for some more)

Doc