Whats your motorcycle history

[Sirreal]

Based on an idea by Hackneymanz from the old board, where did you start, and how did you get to the Rex?

For me:

T120
KH350 (Race Tuned nutter of a bike)
Greeves scrambler with Matchless 350 engine
GT380
RD250
RD400
H100
BSA A10 Chop
BSA C15
Honda CB175
CB400F
Z250
GS750
MZ125
CB125
Cj250
CB250
Z250
GTz750/1100 (monoshocked 750 with 1100 motor, wild acceleration, scary handling
Gpz305
Gpz750
REX

[RHM]

Honda SS50
Honda CB250N
Honda CX500V
Honda XL185S (second bike to the CX)
Triumph T140E Bonneville
Honda XL250S (second bike to the Bonny, bought at the time my then fiancée bought her XL185S)
Moto Guzzi Le Mans II
Triumph T160V Trident Slippery Sam Replica (No. 27 of 28 and the only red one)
Suzuki GS750
Kawasaki KH400
Honda CB250RSA
Yamaha SR500
Honda CB900FA
Kawasaki GPZ550
Kawasaki GPz900R
Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis
Kawasaki ZRX1200R

[oakspeed]

KE 125
RD250E (SEVERAL)
RD400E
T140V BONNY
RD400E
RD350LC (SEVERAL)
Z1300A3 (I HAD THIS LONGER THAN IVE HAD MY KIDS!)
TDR240
GUZZI V50 (DONT ASK)
GREEN 1200 R.
GIXER SLINGSHOT TO KEEP THE ZRX COMPANY.

[zrxtrucker]

Bloody hell a memory test.
The year in brackets is the year/s i owned it not the year of manufacture.

Yamaha YAS125 (1973) crashed
Yamaha YS250 (1973) blew up
Triumph 250 Trophy (1974)
Triumph 500 Speed Twin (1975) sold for a fiver
Kawasaki Z400(1975)
Kawasaki Z900 (1977)
Kawasaki Z1000 (1977) bought it could'nt touch the floor kept falling off owner for 6 weeks
Kawasaki Z900 (1977)
Suzuki TS125 (1980) Took it to Gibraltar with me (bought for 90 quid at Bracknell auctions sold for 450 in Gib) (Could have got more but needed a quick sale as some argies decided I was needed in the South Atlantic)
MZETZ250 (1983) seized solid at 65mph (and still the only bike I've ever got a speeding ticket on)
Suzuki GS550M (1984)
Honda CB250 Superdreams x 3 (1984-1989) the lean years
Yamaha XS250 (1990)
Kawasaki Z400 (1991) although it was an original 1975 model
HONDA VT500 (1996) bought this as a present to myself when I left the RN will rate as the worst decision I've ever made. Although I actually owned it for four years it spent 2 1/2 of them off the road.
Kawasaki W650 (2000) The one and only bike that was brand new when I got my hands on it.
Kawasaki ZRX1200S (2003 - present) Not many of the above made me smile like this one does every time I open the garage door, and I certainly didn't lavish the time and money on them like I do my REX.

[phoenix]

:hm:

Started about 14 with-
James 250
Lambretta 200
AJS 350
C90

Got on the road at 16 on a SS50 (pissed off with the fizzie/AP50 boys going faster so put a C90 top end on it)

Past test at 17 on a CB175 (later fitted with a 240 Jock kerr conversion) but it blew up.

New 125 learner laws meant that 250's could be had for peanuts,so for a couple of years it was a selection of RD's,KH's etc, most blew up.

First proper bike was a CB900 at 19 but had to sell it after wife got pregnant and buying first house.

Others to follow-
GT 380 (lovely bike)
GT750 kettle (3-1 piper sounded great but crap for power)
KH 400 (always jumped out of second gear)
S3 400 (faster than the KH)
CB650
XS850
Z650
ZR-7 (still got it, Deb rides it)
ZRX 1200S first ever new bike

[maverick zrx]

CZ 175 dont laugh weird gear/ kickstart thingy lots a smoke and ...nothing.
CB125j Lamp post jumped out and killed it..Its my story and I'm sticking to it.
CZ250 twin..dont laugh,but it did handle and noone got through the smoke!
GT380 x2
FT500..so comfortable...so crap running..looked better than it went.
VF400F sweet apart from inboard brakes.
GPZ500s x2 Cars killed em both shame they were damn good.
SV650 S race can etc load of fun
GSXR600k2 SORRY LADS BUT IT KILLED MY BACK.
2002 zrx1200R WHO COULD WANT MORE( Well maybe a black K5 but I want to live to reach 50 !!!)

[kcearl]

mines is a tad embarassing

since '83

vespa pk50
vespa px125 x2
vespa 150 sprint
servietta 125
lambretta ld150
vespa px200
kawasaki gpz500s
suzuki gs500 (4wks p.o.s.)
kawasaki zx6r x2
kawasaki zrx1100

at least the cc's going in the right direction

[Clunk]

Here's mine.........

Yamaha FS1E-DX
Kawasaki KH100EL
Yamaha RD250, borrowed for a few months from a mate.
Suzuki GS550E
Yamaha XJ550
Yamaha XJ600
Suzuki TS100
Suzuki GP100
8 year gap with out a bike
Suzuki SV650S
ZRX1200R, bought 2 days ago

[BenjZRX]

Yamaha FS1E-DX 78-79 waited years just to be 16 for this (it was great)
Honda CB250K4 79-80
Honda CB350K4 80-80
Suzuki GS550E 80-82
Yamaha XS650 82
Kawasaki Z750 LTD 82-84 wild
Suzuki GS1000E 84-85 forgiving
Kawasaki Z1000 LTD 85-87 the jelly mould jet
Kawasaki Z1000J 87-88 modded to ELR spec (my favorite)
Honda CB900F 91-92
Kawasaki ZXR1100 05- the only bike to come back to biking for, after my Z1000J. my son asked "what bike would you get if money was no object" answer "I've just got it"

[MuzzyRex]

AP50
KE175
RD250
Rd350LC
SR650
Z1000J
Harris Magnum 2
KE175 for winter
2 x ZXR750's
Rd400E
Gpz750 Turbo
Rd350 YPVS
Z650
ZZR600
RD250LC
RD350LC

The REX

A lot of the above were owned at the same time but lack of garage space and a nagging other half have thinned the collection down a bit.