How many bikes have you owned ?

[Anonymous]

Since you started riding , how many bikes have you owned over the years ?

If over 10-30 bikes what was your favorite or the one's you would like to have back again ?

This topic just came to mind , I'll go to Word document and type up what I have owned and post .

[scotty]

if motorbikes and scooters count it will be fun to try and remember. an italian motorbike called a poparino((little duck)) a vespa with a bad tranney--a cushman paratrooper. a harley mail trike--((ONLY OWNED IT FOR ABOUT 10 MINUTES. MOM STEPPED INTO THAT DEAL )) a 700cc enfield indian.--a Jawa 250cc dirt something--a sportster with some mods-- A velocette 500cc thruxton--bmw r60((earles forks in those days)) Then i switched to a cessna A moped of some sort--a 250 yammy single--kawasaki zl600 eliminator.--GS1100ed--yammy xs650 street tracker--kawabunga kz1300 full dressed-- honda cm200t--1200cc buel m2

Thanks for giving me a reason to think about the bikes.
I think that makes 17 various whatevers.

Gee iI forgot the suzuki Gsxxrrss750ED

[Anonymous]

Re: How many bikes have you owned ?

Since you started riding , how many bikes have you owned over the years ?

If over 10-30 bikes what was your favorite or the one's you would like to have back again ?

This topic just came to mind , I'll go to Word document and type up what I have owned and post .

11 Bikes over the last 21 years: (in order of ownership) XS650, GL500, VT500, PC800, FLHT, ZX600R, GL1500, CM400T, VFR800fi, GS1100GK & GS850G. Presently own only the last two bikes on the list, my GS1100GK and GS850G. My favorite would be really hard to pick, they are kind of like children! The best would be the GL1500, or PC800. My favorite would be a tie between the VFR800fi and the FHLT. Two different types of bikes. Different types of riding. What would I want if I could have it now? I seen a nice looking BMW boxer touring cruiser. A R1200 something?? It looks like a Harley Davidson Electra Glide. BatWing fairing, side and top hard bags and a real comfortable seating. I need to research it. I just thought it looked sharp. Tomorrow I will want something else! I would not like one of my old bikes back, I always look for something new and different, at lest to me. I discovered the GS's two years ago. The great UJM that I have overlooked in 20 years of riding. Next thing would be something I have not had yet. BMW, or Motor Guzzie maybe? A old FJ1200? A GS1100E?

[Anonymous]

Honda step-thru 90 cc single, 1969, three speed, auto clutch -- spring 1970.

Yamaha CT-1, 1970, 175 cc two-stroke single enduro -- fall 1970 to fall 1971.

Suzuki TS250 Savage, 1971, 250 cc two-stroke single -- fall 1971 to fall 1977.

Yamaha RD350, 1974, 350 cc two-stroke twin -- fall 1977 to spring 1979.

Moto Guzzi 850 T-3, 1976, 850 four-stroke V-twin, linked brakes, my first shaftie -- spring 1979, owned just 5 weeks. Long story...

Moto Guzzi Eldorado Police, 1974, 850 four-stroke V-twin -- summer 1979 to spring 1986. Great bike.

Suzuki GS850G, 1982 -- spring 1986 to spring 1992.

Suzuki GS850G, 1982 -- spring 1992 to summer 1996.

Suzuki GS850G, 1979 -- summer 1996 to spring 1998.

Suzuki GS850G, 1980 -- spring 1998 to fall 1999.

Suzuki GS1100GK, 1984 -- fall 1999 to present. Best bike I've ever owned. At this rate, it could be my last; only 85,000 miles on odometer.

Total of 350,000+ miles on motorcycles, 210,000 of which on my five GS Suzuki shafties.

Nick

[jimcor]

1. Homemade minibike
2. '69 Yamaha YCS1C street scrambler, twin cylinder, 180cc, two stroke
3. '72 Yamaha XS2 650cc, 4stroke, twin
4. '68 BSA B-25 Starfire 250cc, 4 stroke, single
5. '73 Honda CB-450 K-6, 450cc, 4stroke, twin
6. '80 GS 550L, 549cc in line 4
7. '86 Kawasaki Concours 999cc in line 4

Still have all except 2 and 5.

couple of bikes used as 'trade goods' 400cc Honda something or other traded for a CB-450 engine. And a CB500 twin Honda that I ended selling for about a hundred bucks or so (that was a mistake!).

[Anonymous]

3. '72 Yamaha XS2 650cc, 4stroke, twin

The one with the compression release and electric start on the same lever, eh? I remember it well.

Nick

[jimcor]

3. '72 Yamaha XS2 650cc, 4stroke, twin

The one with the compression release and electric start on the same lever, eh? I remember it well.

Nick

That's the one. XS2 was the first year for the electric starter and the disc brake. The XS1 and XS1-B used kickstart only and had drums up front.

[KGB]

Homemade Mini bikes in 9/th grade, and homemade go kart frames.


1972 Honda SL350
1973 Suzuki GT750, with 74 internals and serious suspension(for it's day)
1976 RE-5 weird sound, fun to ride, VERY different
1978? GS550 great bike, toured all over the Appalachians on it.

Big gap in time.......until the 1980 GS1000S showed up
I've had it over 15 years now. Great motor, great frame, serious suspension and updates done.I'll NEVER sell this bike.

This past May found a 1982 GS1100E with low miles.
Great motor,suspension needed work, it's been done.
Fun bike, at least the motor is fun.
It'll be for sale in the spring to finance the restore of the S

Of my favorites..The S is my favorite.
Different than most others. Not a lot of them around, so it's different in that respect. Plus it's the one I've owned the longest and it just fits.
It's a Zen thing, we think and we do it.

The GT750 isn't far behind. After doing the suspension upgrades, front end and rear end. Getting good Dunlops, this was back in 74-76, tires have come a long way, it handled great.
Took my first "long" trip of 425 miles one way to New Brunswick Canada
on that bike. Loved every minute. Did about 1500 miles in a week.

The RE-5 never ridden anything like it since. Weird that the motor just kept spinning, power felt linear, decent brakes and the frame was good for the time. This was one of the first GS frames Suzuki built.
Just to expensive to run and....the tranny smoked one day while......
ok ok I was drag racing it. Missed 2/nd gear, shered about 6 teeth off the gear, hit 3/rd lit the tire and kept going

But the S will never leave me, or me leave it.

[Anonymous]

I have had a few over the years.

1. 1972 TS 90
2. 1973 TS 185
3. 1974 GT 380
4. 1976 GT 750
5. 1974 Honda CB 360T
6. 1978 GS 400
7. 1981 CB 400 hawk
8. 1981 CB 650
9. 1977 TS 125
10. 1982 GS 550L
11. 1974 GT750
12. 1984 V 30 Nagna (500cc)
13. 1998 Yamaha Vstar650 custom
14. 1980 GS1000L

I liked them all except the CB 360T. My favorites have been the 76 GT750, the 81 hawk , Vstar 650 and my current GS 1000L

[crag antler]

1975 Can-Am 125, bored out to 175
1977 Yamaha DT 250
1975 Yamaha XS 650 "standard"
1978 Yamaha XS 750 "triple"
1982 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1981 Yamaha DT 175
1976 Suzuki GT 250
1983 Suzuki GS 1100E

To own once again, my Yamaha 650. Any Yamaha DT 250. always loved the versatility of an on/off road bike. And my first "big" bike. KZ1000J.

[crag antler]

A close match to my 650

My 250

[Anonymous]

1975 Can-Am 125, bored out to 175
1977 Yamaha DT 250
1975 Yamaha XS 650 "standard"
1978 Yamaha XS 750 "triple"
1982 Kawasaki KZ1000J
1981 Yamaha DT 175
1976 Suzuki GT 250
1983 Suzuki GS 1100E

To own once again, my Yamaha 650. Any Yamaha DT 250. always loved the versatility of an on/off road bike. And my first "big" bike. KZ1000J.

My first bike was a Yamaha XS650, brown like the one in the picture you had. I think mine was a 73. I paid $400 for it in 82 and sold it in 85. It seemed pretty big for a first bike, but I grew riding other people's dirt bikes on gravel roads and farm fields. My next bike was a early 80's imported GL500. I liked that bike better. Shaft drive, water cooled and seemed smoother and more powerfull.

[Anonymous]

Wow guys, i've only had a few!

A Suzuki 250 dirt bike ( I was 14 when I bought it,I don't even remember what it was, besides old,loud and fun)
1982 Honda VF750C Magna
1982 Suzuki GS1100GL

[mcycle-nut]

Oh, boy. Here goes.

1. 1975 Zundapp moped{First "bike"! 1976}
2. 1968 Hercules moped
3. 1957 Hercules moped
4. 1978 Suzuki SP370
5. 1976 Honda CR125 Elsinore
6. 1977 Honda XL350
7. 1982 Yamaha IT250J (bought new, still own!)
8. 1977 Yamaha XS650D
9. 1968 Triumph TR6R
10. 1976 Yamaha XS750 triple
11. 1948 Harley Davidson Pan/Shovel
12. 198? Suzuki 750 Intruder
13. 1978 Suzuki GS750(bought in 1990, and still own!)
14. 1980 Yamaha XS650
15. 198? Honda V65 Magna
16. 198? Honda V65 Magna (dirt drag bike, runs on methanol :twisted: )(still own)
17. 1973 Suzuki GT250 with a T350 motor(still own)
18. 197? Suzuki GT250 with a T350 motor(dirt bike :twisted: )
19. 1973 Honda CT70(STOLEN!!! )
20. 19?? Honda CT70 with a 1982 C70 motor(still own)
21. 1983 Suzuki GS110ED(still own)
22. 1982 Suzuki GS1100EZ(still own)

Unlike Nick, I can't remember the exact times, dates, mileages etc. :roll: As you can see, I can't even remember the years of some of the bikes!

[arveejay]

1. 441 Victor BSA
2. 1967 Honda 160
3. 1972 TS90
4. 1976 TC185
5. 1977 TS250
6. 3- 1975 RL250's
7. 2-Rl250's
8. 1980 550E
9. 1978 550
10. 1980 550E
11. 1980 1000G
12. 5-1980 GS850g's
13. 3-1980550's
14. 1983 GS1100E
15. 1982 GS650GL
16. 1981 GS650E
17. 1978 TS250
18. 2 1976 TS400's
19. 1976 TS400
20. 1981 GS1100L

Current bikes are.

1980 GS850G
1981 GS1100E
1980 GS550l
1980 DS250
1918 HD

Others, not Suzuki

1980 Kawa 440LTD
several 250 yamaha dirtbikes
1979 Goldwing


Being old and senile, I'm sure I've forgotten some, but you get the Idea that I like Suzuki's, don't you.