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Post by looey on Dec 16, 2009 17:51:04 GMT 1
Well, I was sitting here thinking about the above subject and thought maybe it would be a good thread to discuss favourite bikes (past and present) and which of the bikes you currently own would be the last to go ?. Like most of you guys I should think I've had dozens of bikes over the years, CB500's, FZR600R, CBR600, various Blades, CBR1000F, Blackbirds, R1's, Fazer 1000 (with Ivan's Full Monty Tune), LC's, RD400's, GSXR this and that. Currently in the household we have a 2002 GSXR1000, 3x GT250 X7's (one std and two very much not), a 10W MK1 RD125LC and 2x 1974 FS1-E's. The GSXR1000 I've had for several years but only use it on track now. It's such a tool (just like me some of me mates say ;D) that bang for buck it's virtually unbeatable. Even in Jan 2010 Performance bike they have a completely std one (142hp at the rear wheel) and it has pretty much identical straight line performance as the K9 1000, i.e. 1mph down on top speed, quicker from 0-100 etc. etc. My RD125LC is such a laugh (I still can't believe how quick they are) and pretty much worthless on the open market so that isn't going anywhere in the near future. For the last year or so I've had a 4L0 350LC (std tune but well sorted) and a Taymar Stage II tuned F2. Both great bikes, the 4L0 bags more character, the F2 (with N2 front conversion) way faster but neither really did it big for me, so they've both recently been sold. The Fizzes are good fun (Stupidly expensive I think) and have a real strong scene (even about 60+ turned up to the Ace recently in Monsoon conditions), so they should be a good laugh next year ?. Which brings me to my last and favourite by far, both now and when I had one when I was 17, my GT250 X7. So light and quick almost feels like an LC 350 on steroids to ride, though I realise part of that is due to the fact that they are so light and significantly shorter geared. And the noise they make with K&N's and small can Microns fitted is so so cool. If every bike had to go and I could only keep one it would be the X7 by a country mile ;D I know it's not an RD and some may be offended, if my userid is revoked from this moment on I totally understand  |
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Post by spondonchris on Dec 16, 2009 18:34:20 GMT 1
My Spondon for sure, makes my fuel injected R1 feel gutless in every area. Wheelies in 3rd off the clutch at 125mph, shes putting out around 160 at the wheel and is a bag of laughs to ride, no good for mad speeds with no fairing but for sheer buzz nothing beats this bike...............funnily enough for enjoyment of the machine my LC is top, not for going fast but for relaxing on and just enjoying the ride and the time warp feeling. So thats a close second for a diffrent reason.
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Post by twostroker on Dec 16, 2009 20:25:16 GMT 1
ive only currently got one bike (standard f2) ive all ways had 2,3 or 4 bikes at a time but had to scale down due to moving.i brought my f2 on my 27th birthday and it cheered me up no end whilst going through a grim time and makes me smile every ride so she will be kept forever.  |
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Post by doy on Dec 16, 2009 20:54:45 GMT 1
Tdr 250 for sheer laugh out load fun factor,only managed to get a few miles on the hybrid and was running it in so i'm hoping i'll get the same fun out of that,i think i will as even pottering around it felt right |
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Post by looey on Dec 16, 2009 22:19:34 GMT 1
looey i regret ever selling my one true awesome bike....yep ...my X7...it was beckett tuned miccys as yours has k&n's and rg 250 carbs...i am not joking this bike did 130 mph and ate lcs i really am gonna find another and do what i did to mine in the 80's i kid you not... however i love my 125's and at the bbq of norbos i had the smallest bike in the pack and jazzy and the rest may confirm it was quite quick....  still i fooking enjoyed it and thats all that matters!!!!! must of overtaken jazzy at near 90+ or so...but he will confirm lol.... Yeah I don't think anyone who hasn't ridden a tuned and well setup X7 could believe how well they go. In 1983 when I had TPL 220X it was in a pretty high state of tune by ESP Performance (Eric Block) and I remember guys having brand new RD350LCs thinking we'll show him on that X7 !!!. Well upto 100mph not a chance in hell..... by by miss American Pie ;D Looking forward to you getting an X7, should be wicked . |
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Post by guiri on Dec 17, 2009 5:29:59 GMT 1
at the mo ive got 11 bikes and im gettihg a gas gas ec250 enduro at the weekend 45 bhp and 125kilos should be fun ;D,ive ridden and owned 100,s of bikes and pound for pound lunacy you carnt beat a rd350,i will never sell mine...i miss my lc125 that was wicked in its day,and my tdr250 and also ns400r were top bikes,ive also got a rvf400 which i love but hasnt got much soul=its just a bit too good if you know what im mean,too easy to ride very fast,the rd is scary and wild when i get of after a good blast i feel like a big kid again with a big wide smile ;D ;D
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Post by Norbo on Dec 17, 2009 12:44:25 GMT 1
I did have a lot of fun on my first MK2 125 but i think it was the fun i had on it and not the bike remember most.
I did realy like my Yamagamma that was fast handeled very well and i had it for quight some time .
Any my Stever baker now and the black red gold Kenny roberts 250 i would have to say are my best bikes right now.
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Post by zxr59 on Dec 17, 2009 13:37:31 GMT 1
Difficult this one but last one i'd part with is my 1990 ZXR 750 H2 owned it from new, its in bits in the garage,it was going to get a restoration job but a certain lc happened along very cheap.
Cost me £300 to buy and get through an mot, before i stripped it i never got it running right but what a laugh,brought back so many memories good and bad, with a bit of luck it'll see the road again next summer.
currently riding a gsxr 1000 k4 stupidly quick handles spot on and i love it.
best bike i ever owned hhmmm probably a 99 blade got totalled by a blind driver 2 years ago, it did absolutely everything well, toured the south cost on it 2up for 10 days and finished off with a track day at brands,then home for supper,couldn't do that on the gixer i'm too bloody old hahah.
most fun bike has to be my first legal one at 17, brand new 1976 DT 125 almost completely lived on it for a year then on my 18th it gave way to a 74' RD 250 B and then a succession of strokers of all kinds yam,kwack,suz, and a 250 moto guzzi weren't many of them where i lived, and all that took me up to the ZXR in november 1990
second best bike i ever owned
EVERY LAST ONE OF THEM
and pulling one from the garage and firing it up still brings a grin even after all the bumps and bruises, you guys know what i mean but try telling that to someone who's never ridden one
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Post by looey on Dec 17, 2009 13:48:29 GMT 1
You know one bike I've always hankered after but never owned (YET) is an H1 or H2 ZXR750  In August 1989 I bought a brand new CBR600FK (G37 KGO) and my mate bought an H1 ZXR750. I was jealous and wished I'd bought one of them instead The only positive was that I was about 6 stone lighter than him, so in a straight line they were pretty much identical ;D |
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Post by stevebozzy on Dec 23, 2009 13:35:13 GMT 1
i have only got a fireblade now no LC,s to be seen sold all 3 bikes to buy a 500lc 2 years ago then circumstances conspired against me so i sold it this year. my favorite all time bike was my brand new RD400 DX IN 1977 I was 17 and just passed my test , it was KR yellow. it didnt last 12 months before it siezed near Ilkeston on the M1 on the way to brands . everything was good for me in 1977 , started work, found sex pistols, pubs, met my Julie ,no worries, everything was fun. maybe rose tinted , but the 400 reminds me of them good old days. steve |
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Post by spondonchris on Dec 23, 2009 13:47:01 GMT 1
A Fireblade..................WTF . Im sure theres another 2 stroke coming. I never saw you as a Blade man. Hope you and yours are well Steve, merry Xmas mate.
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Post by stevebozzy on Dec 23, 2009 13:56:57 GMT 1
hiya Chris
merry xmas to you and your Julie
when my circumstances change, i WILL get another 2 stroke
my prefered choice is a Lc with a YPVS engine in it,
like norbo,s or wiggy,s , Doys or CB250G, s etc,
dont know when though, but i want one thats already done
i really dont have much spare time, and what time i do have
i spend it with my Julie ( i think u will understand)
steve
or of course i would have a RD400 again
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Post by Deleted on Dec 23, 2009 19:58:48 GMT 1
There are a plethora of bikes I'd like to own (sadly even a Honda nr750) but i have only ever owned Yamaha's.
Brand new RD50MX, px'ed for the second love of my life the RD80LC. Next was bought a rear end written off Saudi import DT125LC Mk3 ypvs, = the hybrid. I also have a TZR250R 3xv1, RD125LC Mk2 future project and finally a TZR50R import future project.
The 80 is by far the favorite bike, fettled before the ypvs when in, homemade porting, full ledar kit, micron, bigger front sprocket etc etc. used to race any and all local 125's some beat me but many were embarrassed. reason for the ypvs was my mates moved up to bigger bikes i wanted to prove that a smaller bike could surprise them and for the 8 months it was on the road (before it was stolen) it did.
Hence the rebuild last year, OK its 99% done but next year it will (?) be finished.
For me yes its speed but knowing you can surprise 'anyone' on such a small bike with speed, ability, and 'style' makes me smile every time......
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