How many bikes have you owned ?

[tonydaddy1]

I have owned over 100+ bikes in the last 25 years...I buy/sell/trade/work on them in my own time. I hope that the SOS or IRS is not monitoring this because this would make a "good" reality show of how to experience them . My first real bike was a 1977 Suzuki RM125 in 1979 that I raced at age of 12. I have alot of *onda singles. My first new bike was a 1982 Suzuki GN125 at age of 16...and yes I bought it with my own money. Funny story on this, my dad committed to riding it home from the dealership (30 miles) if I paid for this. He had a 1982 Suzuki GS1100E also new from the dealership that year. My dad only stands 5'7" tall and weighs about 300 lbs, so imagine him riding this 125 for 30 miles...looked like a apple on a razor blade 8O
I can not hardly list even the ones that I have registered or ones that I had in the dirt...or even the 3 wheelers...or even the 4 wheelers.
My favorite bike right now is the 1980 Suzuki GS1100E 8) . I also have a 1981 Suzuki GS750E . My other bike that I really liked was a 1986 Suzuki GSR 750 in 1987...why I have no reason due to being the most uncomfortalbe riding bike, but a good controling wheelie bike.
I own right now:
1980 Suzuki GS1100E
1981 Suzuki GS1100E
Some *onda 70 three wheelers
2000 Yamaha PW50-my 2 year olds bike
1999 Husqvarna 50-my 7 year olds bike
Mini bike-for who ever can ride it longer than 5 minutes

AAHHH, the memories

[Nerobro]

well, I started riding this june.

I own a slightly dented 1980 gs550e

a 1977 gs550e that's.. a basketcase
a 1979 gs550e that's the same story.

Togother there's a bike and a half. Count that as you will for bikes.

And a 1978 dt125 with a 175 cylinder and piston. two owners ago it was stripped to make it a mx175. I am going to get it back on the road. Hopefully before winter is over.

:-) I hope to be back to two bikes by spring.

[mdole]

1. Mobylette Mobymatic
2.Yamaha Riverside 55
3. Yamaha Campus 60
4. Yamaha 80
5. Ossa Stiletto
6. Ariel Red Hunter
7. BSA GoldStar Clubman
8. 1966 Triumph T120
9. Harley WLD
10. Suzuki T20 Hustler
11. Yamaha Bonanza 180
12. Yamaha Big Bear 250
13. Mustang Pony
14. R5 Yamaha 350
15. 1972 Triumph Trident
16. H2 750 Kawasaki
17. 1971 Yamaha 650 twin
18. 1978 Yamaha 650 Special twin
19. RL250 Exacta
20. KT250 Kawasaki Trials
21. Honda Reflex RTL200
22. 1978 T130D Triumph 750 special
23. CX500 Honda
24. RD400 Yamaha
25. Fantic 249 (trials)
26. 1970 Yamaha YCS3C 200
27. T350 Suzuki Rebel
28. 1981 Yamaha Virago 750
29. 1984 V-65 Sabre Honda
30. 1981 GS750L

I think that's most of them but I'm sure I missed a few.

[mdole]

Here's a few that I forgot BSA 441 Victor, Yamaha Twin Jet 100, and Honda 305 Scrambler.

[Hoomgar]

Starting with the small stuff but all in order of ownership.

3.5 HP mini bike

5.0 HP Mini bike with torque converter

76 Suzuki TS 125

74 Suzuki TS 250

70's Honda CB 350 - never got on the road

70's Yamaha 250 - never got on the road

70's Honda CB 350 - never got on the road legally

82 Yamaha 650 Seca Turbo - Bought new as first legal street bike

78 Suzuki GS1000C still owned and being rebuilt

76 Kawasaki KH 100 - having top end rebuilt for my son

82 Kawasaki 550 LTD my spare bike still on road

82 Yamaha 650 Seca Turbo - currently being purchased for restoration

The later is the one that was my favorite that I would want to own again
and so I am buying it to restore for this very reason. Unless something
makes it otherwise, I do not plan on selling any more bikes at this time.
I would like to start keeping what I have.

Some information about a few of these can be found here: http://home.ptd.net/~megabyte

There are a few more in planning but too soon to mention.

[Anonymous]

In chronological order I have owned the following:

1. 1966 Honda CL160 scrambler
2. 1972 Yamaha XS 650
3. 1946 Indian Chief
4. 1979 Harley Sportster XL1000
5. 1981 Harley Sportster
6. 1981 Harley FLH "Heritage Edition"- only a few hundred were made, I believe this was the bike that started the whole Harley heritage/retro bit. Wish I still had this one.
7. 1989 Harley FLHS
8. Harley servi-car (trike) with a Panhead front section grafted on. This was a basket when I got it, minus motor and trans, but I actually rode the thing when a friend of mine had it together with a nice Pan motor and a 'glide front end extended about 12" over.
9. 1983 Suzuki GS1100E, my current ride.

My favorite? Loved them all. The Indian was the coolest with it's tank shift and rocker clutch. The FLHS was almost like a two wheeled car, dependable and almost maintenance free. The Sportsters were fun but tempermental. The GS1100E is the fastest I have owned, and I am liking it more all the time, it is a lot of bike for the money.

[Dark Jedi]

in order

69,70,71,72,73.... yamaha 175, built out of a scrapyard from parts.
85 Honda 125r
84 TRX-350x
74 KZ400
86 VMX-1200
82 CM400
82 GS1100E
79 GS550E

and current:
82 GS650G
04 GY200

[lberkhei]

1. ~'70 Honda CT70 (Bought new; co-owned with Dad; he and I both took our MC driving tests on it!)

2. '70 Honda CL350 Scrambler (Used, a year or so old when I bought it; got me back and forth to college several times; my first 'real' motorcycle.)

3. '72 Honda CB500-4 (A 'leftover' I bought new, early 1973; traded the CL350; added a Windjammer, rack, backrest, and trunk; travelled a fair bit; my sentimental favorite because I owned it longest and put the most miles on it. 'Died' in '80; sat around for several more years waiting for me to fix it, while we raised a family, etc. Finally gave up and sold it ~'90)

4. ~'71 Yamaha 125 "enduro" (the one with an electric starter! Bought slightly used, ~'73; sold it after a year or so to move up to a 175.)

5. ~'70 Kawasaki 175 "enduro" (Bought used ~74; owned until '80 or '81)

6. ?78 Suzuki GS750E (Currently own. Bought in '02 for my return to biking; second to the CB500 only because I still haven't owned it as long or put as many miles on it - but I love this bike!)

7. ?81 Suzuki GS250 (Currently own - Bought in '03 because my 2 teenagers want to learn to ride - and I don't think the 750 is what they should learn on!)

[Katamaniac]

These are the bikes I've enjoyed owning over the years.

1. 2.5 HP Minibike
2. '74 Suzuki DS 80
3. '84 Suzuki 185 Quadrunner
4. '73 Husqvarna 450 single Two-sroke
5. '73 Suzuki GT 550 (hand-me-down from my dad)
6. '86 Kawasaki 600 Ninja
7. '91 Honda CBR 600 F2
8. '82 GS750??
9. '86 Honda fourtrax 250R
10. '83 Suzuki GS1100S Katana (the only one I still own)

I don't have a favorite, but my most memerable bike was the DS 80. I got it when I was 10 years old and rode it as much as I could. I grew up around some great trails in Upstate New York.

[Anonymous]

Some bikes I can remember:
1. 5 horse home made mini bike
2. 1966? Vespa Motor Scooter 3 speed
3. 1957 650cc BSA Goldstar chopper
4. 1967 Yamaha 250cc Big Bear Street Scrambler
5. 1972 Yamaha 250cc DT-1 Enduro
6. 2 Honda Hobbit Mopeds
7. 1969 Honda CB750K
8. 1971 Honda CB450
9. 1971 Honda CB750K
10. 1978 Honda GL1000 Gold Wing
11. 1983 Yamaha XV750 Virago
12. 2 1975 Honda CB125s
13. 1983 Suzuki GS1100GL
14. 1981 Honda XL500R Enduro

I had fun on all these bikes, but the two I have now that I will never get rid of are the 1978 Honda GL1000, and the 1983 Suzuki GS1100GL. My wife is learning on the 1975 Honda CB125s. I hope she gets her license this coming year as planned. I wish I still had the 1969 Honda CB750K. That bike was fast and reliable, but not as fast and reliable as the GS1100GL. Every bike is a different kind of ride, and to each his own as to bike choices. Anything on two wheels is fun, and that's the name of the game. Bill

[bwringer]

Good grief! Don't you guys DO anything else?

My teeny tiny little itty bitty list:

1. 1974 Yamaha TX500 (not an XT dirtbike, a TX dangit!)
A really cool purple parallel twin my uncle gave me. I rode it a few times when he had it -- amazing power from a relatively small 4 stroke engine. After he gave it to me, it had been sitting for a couple of years and I never did get it running well enough to take it on the street. If I had known then what I know now...

2. 1978 Suzuki GS400
Paid way too much ($500 in 1989 or '90). Sweet little bike that taught me how to ride, took me to class, and put up with my general cluelessness quite well. It had weak rotor magnets, so I had to plug in a charger every night, and its range was limited.

3. 1979 Kawasaki KZ650B
Awesome bike! I went absolutely everywhere on it. The previous owner had installed shocks and fork springs, so I started to learn about handling. After the exhaust mostly fell off one fine summer day, I put on a set of Mac pipes and filter pods and learned about the black arts of rejetting. I got it sorted after only a couple of tries and rode it even more. I finally sold it a year after I got my GS850G and realized I never rode the KZ anymore.

4. 1983 Suzuki GS850GD
My current ride! Back in 1991 or '92, I had read and saved an article in Cycle World about tarting up an old GS850G into a "poor man's BMW". It had some ridiculous stuff, like $2,000 worth of Givi luggage, butsomething about that article stuck with me. When I stumbled across a well-kept GS850G a few years later, I dug out the article, read it again, and bought the bike. I still have the article, too.

[lhanscom]

85 GS700ES
77 GS750
80 GS550
85 GS1150ES

I started riding in 2002, so I think I'm on track for a very long list. 8)

[Sandy]

I find it quite interesting the number and types of bikes some of you have owned and hopefully enjoyed over the years so I'll shared mine with you too. Total mileage I?ve put my bikes is about 389,000 Kms (245,000 miles). It's less than I thought I put on, never really stopped to figure it out before. Some years I rode lots, some years not much, but I have riden every year for 34 years now. Guess it averages out over time.

?71 Honda CL450 (35,000 Kms)
Bought new with flat bars, TT100 tires, owned for two years (traded a buddy for his ?72 RD350 in ?73)

?68 Suzuki T500 (15,000 Kms)
Bought in ?72, clubman bars, TT100 tires, fiberglass tank ? fairing and tail section, 4 shoe GT750 brake, pipes, major engine work, retired it as a street bike and turned into a drag bike when I got the ?72 RD350. (gradually sold off as parts)

?72 Yamaha RD350 (25,000 Kms)
Got it in ?73, Clubman bars, ? fairing, TT100R tires, was fast and fun with unbelievable brakes for the time (crashed hard and sold for parts.).

?73 Suzuki DS185 (minimal Kms)
Bought used in ?75 from a friend who ran enduros with it, had quite modified suspension (sold in fall?77)

?77 Yamaha XS750 (90,000 Kms)
Bought new as non current model in spring ?78 w/flat bars, Michelin M45 tires added Koni shocks, did lots sport touring with it, sold it after I got the Interceptor (sold ?84)

?68 BSA A65 Lightning (minimal Kms)
Bought it in ?82 in boxes for $1000.00, owner said everything was there, turns out only part missing was one throttle cable collar, restored it over the winter, rode it a bit. (traded Summer ?84 for an almost new, 4,000 Kms 750 Interceptor)

?83 Honda 750F Interceptor (47,000 Kms)
Got it used summer ?84 rode for two years, nice motor, great handling, great brakes, really comfortable, bad cams, bad fork seals, bad rear suspension bushings, bad coils, gas leaked out filler cap under hard braking, hard to work on, bad motorcycle!!! (traded for my first GS1000 spring of ?86 and got some cash to boot)

?79 Suzuki GS1000E (first one) (88,000 Kms)
Got it spring of ?86. Added supersport bars, Dunlop K591R tires, made rear set pegs and controls, updated brakes, and suspension, did a lot sport touring and just plain sport riding with it, the old technology sure surprised a lot of people. (crashed hard and sold for parts fall of ?88 )

?85 Yamaha FZ750 (81,000 Kms)
Bought fall of ?88 with minor accident damage and rebuilt over the winter. Installed K591R tires, 4 to 2 Super Trapp, K&N filter, great motor, great brakes, absolutely neutral handing and stable at any speed, bike saw track time on occasion and still ran strong when I sold it with 100,000 Kms on it and after I bought my current GS1000, wife hated it. (sold fall ?92)

?84 Honda XL350 (minimal Kms)
Bought summer of ?88 for exploring back roads in our area, great all round on/off road bike (traded a friend for my current GS summer of ?92)

?79 Suzuki GS1000 (second one) (8,000 Kms by me 30,000 Kms total)
Got this one summer of ?92, came with ?S? fairing, bars and mirrors, K&N pods and 4 to 1 exhaust, licensed it fall ?92 when the FZ750 sold, had only 13,800 Kms on it and was virtually perfect, immediately put on about 2,000 Kms then parked it for the winter, bought rural property the next spring and ended up taking a break from riding and the bike didn't get riden much for several years, it did get some miles very year though. Sold to a friend in 1999 and bought it back fall 2003 and put it back to stock for collector plate status. This one?s a keeper.

[snowbeard]

just my one, and never even ridden any other yet...

[Anonymous]

bikes owned

In order of appearance:

1) 1993 Honda Nighthawk 750 - dependable, good 1st bike
2) 1984 Honda V65 Magna - fast, smooth, a sleeper
3) 1996 Yamaha Vmax - fast, handful in twisties, wish I didn't sell
4) 2001 Suzuki DR650 - fun, too big for real dirt riding
5) 2000 Triumph Thunderbird - good power, handled well, fun bike
6) 2001 Kawasaki Concours - good tourer, buzzy, top heavy
7) 2001 Kawasaki KLR650 - fun, no good in dirt, good adventure tourer
8) 1998 Honda Superhawk - unique sound, good power, hard on wrists
9) 1993 Kawasaki KZ1000P - old police bike, burned oil, scare speeders
10) 2001 Yamaha FZ1 - very fast, good handling & brakes
11) 2001 Kawasaki ZRX1200 - fast, good handling, ok overall
12) 2001 Triumph Legend - nice looks, bad electrical, sold fast
13) 2001 Kawasaki W650 - retro fun, decent power, conversation starter
14) 1997 Yamaha Virago 1100 - ok power, good handling
15) 1982 Suzuki GS1100e - just got it, in shop getting tuned up, i'll let you know how it is shortly!