Any motorbikers on here?

Latest purchase...

I’ve gone through various periods of “I don’t need a bike” over the past 38 years or so, but it has always pulled me back.  I started at 16 when I was working shifts and there was no bus service, so.... Yamaha RD 50, Yamaha RD250LC, Kawasaki GPZ 500, Kawasaki GPZ900, ZZR1100c2, ZZR1100d1, ZZR600, ZZR1100d2, Suzuki Bandit 1200, Triumph Tiger 955, Triumph Rocket 2300, Kawasaki Z1000, BMW GS1200, BMW K1300S, BMW GS 1200 Adventure, BMW K1600GTLE, Triumph Rocket 2300 Roadster and just two weeks ago a Kawasaki Versys 1000 GT....... I think I may be a biker.  I was also lucky enough to ride bikes for a living for a while so there’s another 5 or 6 different models etc in there somewhere.....

I have a ZX12R. 2000 model. I rarely ride. When without a car I rode it to work during winters 3 years ago. Hated it. Drop bars, aggressive stance, steer with bum shift. Best ridden with a warm body. Anyway.. After about 2 weeks I couldn't stand up, back was very sore from lack of posture. Bought a $200 second hand Avanti Blade. Sat on 30kmph instead of 60kmph. 15 km trek.
I hope to sell someday.
Gorgeous condition, runs quiet on Penrite. Runs slightly lean up top due to Yoshi pipe but doesn't go there because a blap on throttle in first gives her 60 in about a second and first will hold more than twice that.
I love her yet push bikes are more fun.

Edit..I lied.. Bought the Avanti but I also bought the cheapest car with a good body I that I could obtain that winter being in much pain from a sports bike cold morning upright commuting. Soon back repaired and on dry days I rode.
So tempted to Bafang the hub gear bike now.. Mate at work rides a SRam derailer and the single chain wheel nicely fits an electric machine bottom bracket.
Although my distance doesn't need it, if I was needing to ride further again I probably would. I think they're gorgeous little motor cycles; MoPed.

I used to ride a Gsx400f in my youth but a trip through a hedge ending up about 3 inches short of wrapping myself around a telegraph pole was the point at which I decided that it had to go. Big hole in my helmet but not a mark on my hands which didn’t have gloves on them at the time even though the sleeve of by leathers were worn away to the cuff. A very lucky escape. 

Started off on a Honda CB100n, followed by a Kawasaki Z400j. Flirted with a Suzuki X7 Barry Sheene replica before seeing sense and getting a Yamaha FZ600 then graduating to an FZ750 - lovely motor! The arrival of children heralded the departure of the Yam and arrival of a Citroen GSA Pallas spaceship followed by a succession of Saabs. Don’t get one of the GM ones, you might as well get a Vauxhall! NEED another bike now!

Had lots of bikes:

Suzuki TS125ERN, Vespa PX125, Lambretta TV175 (225), Suzuki RGV250, Kawasaki KMX200, Yamaha DT175MX, Yamaha TDR250, Yamaha RD500LC, Aprilia RS250, Suzuki GSXR750, Honda NC30, and a Honda CBR600RR. 

I think thats the lot. Best workhorse was the TDR250, worst bike was the KMX200 (kept snapping the powervalves), biggest disappointment was the RD500LC, best sound was the Lambretta, best bike that give me the most fun was the Aprilia RS250.

Sold the last motorbike to buy a bike. If the weather was nice I would cycle rather than get the motorbike out, and if the weather was bad, I'd use the car, so there was no point having a motorcycle. Sold it to a local dealer and then walked to the local bike shop and bought a Propel

Had loads over the years, got a 929 Blade which I've turned into a Scrambler, doing similar with a BMW R1150R now. Don't ride either much though, just enjoy playing about with them more mow.

I used to green lane on an old Honda MTX 125 and then the MTX200 which were brilliant trail bikes. Small light and fun.

I then upgraded to a Honda XR400 which was a fantastic bike off road. I still miss that bike to this day.

Unfortunately virtually all of the green lanes have been shut down now in the county I live in.

Another ZZR600 owner here in days gone by, it was a challenge to get as far up Paseo de la Castellana before any of the lights turned red (there's quite a few sets).  Also had a DT175 which was as cheap as a DT125 to insure back in the good old days. First bike was a Suzuki TS50, then a CB100. Carving another dirt bike to stick on the back of the 4x4.

Started out with a Kawasaki KMX200 before moving on to a ZZR600.
Had a brief flirtation with a Honda CBR600 before seeing sense and purchasing a Kawasaki ZX-7R which I kept for ten years.
Tried to be sensible by moving on to a ZRX1200R and then a Z1000 before buying another ZX-7R.
By 2016, I was cycling way more than riding the ZX-7R so sold it on and used some of the proceeds to buy an Orro Terra Gravel.
I've been hit by vehicles three times riding the Orro so I'm thinking of naming it 'Lady Luck'.

Had motorcycles for most of my adult life. First was a Honda CB100N. First day I had it I decided to ride to see some friends in North Wales. I lived in Essex at the time. They weren't in so I came home again. Moved on to a Z400j, CB900 with dream machine custom paint job, 3 FJ1200s and a Ducati 748 that I have owned for the last 20 years. Not looked at another bike in all that time and then I saw this, and made it mine.

Never got into the 400 sports bikes, pity really as most everyone who had one has fond memories. Did borrow an RGV250 for an afternoon once and spent a frustrating afternoon in the Yorkshire Dales trying to be in the right gear for the right corner. Sublime when it did come together though.

I used to ride but sold the 'blade when the kids came along. The best motorbike I ever had was the VFR400R (NC30). Even though more than 20 years have passed now I still wish I hadn't sold it, seeing one go past makes my heart skip.

@Yorkshire wallet a mate of mine had a CB400 like yours. It was a sweet bike, so easy to ride.

Yep, I've a Suzuki SV650S that I use very regularly, plus an old Suzuki GT200 from the early 80s.

88 Kawasaki Z550. Old, heavy, crappy brakes, slow but rev happy. Ticks most of the boxes needed to put a smile on my helmeted head. 

Suzuki SV650S.

Only used occasionally, but I like to have it as an option in the garage.

I wish. Mrs Srchar has closed off that particular avenue of pleasure since the arrival of Miss Srchar.  She's not best pleased at my insistence on cycle commuting, but I told her that no riding to work means no working

What bike did you go for?

I may start negotiations for a Ducati 916 in a glass case in the garden. Art.

Yes I have a FJR1300 and Vmax, should really sell them, I don't use them much these days

Yup although I don't do sports bikes and ride an XT660 Tenere. Not the fastest but it has a commanding view and I can go off road if necessary.