your bikes of yesteryear

[rovert57]

just saw a suzuki gt250A and was amazed how small it was I this was my first bike and I used to go everywhere on it mostly two up ,at the time I thought it was a fair size bike . anyone else seen a model of the bikes they used to ride and thought the same .

 

[Rick448]

Yeah,

RD250LC seemed like the nuts in my day but looks like a little boys toy now, and probably feels like it too.

 

[Barrie]

Iv'e not seen one, doubt if any still on the road but my first bike in 1962 was a Francis Barnett 150cc Plover. Rode it through the bad winter of '62/63.

 

[Dave G]

Saw a suzuki GT185 in blue was following it for abit thinging it looked more like a moped. Used to want one back in 1978 seem really fast then loved the fact it had electric start.

 

[Phil R]

1981 250 Superdream. Still got it! :-0) Though it's no longer a runner. :xm
Still see them from time on the road and I get all wistful..

 

[g1948]

Recently saw a Moto Guzzi Mk 5 that I sold to a mate 3 years' ago. When I had it, it seemed huge. Tiny now, compared to the Bird I used to own

 

[ceoils]

my old bike were a honda benly with pressed steel forks and ignition switch under headlamp. throttle stuck open one day was a bugger trying to get at key to shut it off.. no kill switch back then.
next came a bantam and tiger cub, Suzuki TS185, honda 250 forget the model but before the dream. next a yammy XS250
then went big with a suzuki GT750 thats the triple 2 stroke with water cooling and huge rad. Is what I was done riding on the pier in dover. still see a few of these about.

 

[stormer]

My lot early years 1) triumph Tiger Cub, 2) Triumph T110, 3) BSA A10....@tu*

 

[Centaur]

How far back?

James 250 (tank change)
Matchless 350 (ex wd)
BSA Bantam
Douglas Dragonfly (worst shit I ever bought)
Norton Dommie 88
Norton Dommie 99 (best bike I ever had)
Aerial Arrow
Triumph Speed Twin
Then the Japanese era arrived..:bow:

 

[mudplugossa]

1978 MZ Enduro Loved that bike, very very quick.

 

[163phil]

1974 MZ150 - could take it anywhere & fix it with a hammer.:-0)

Not cool, but had alot of fun on it@tu*

 

[firebladetrev]

Honda XL 250s Barnd New SCG 960T Part ex after 6 months for a
Yamaha RD250 DX WMY65S
Yamaha XS 850
Kawasaki GPX 600
Suzuki SB200
Honda Fireblade RRV N900 RRV
Honda Blackbird xx6

 

[Chunky Monkey]

I'd love another kitted out 400F2 in parakeet yellow. Mine was 416, bill roberts fairing, ace bars, gs750 shocks, fork brace, air forks, trick tube, rearsets, cj mudguard, 4.25 rear, 3.60 front, drilled disc, aaaaaah loved that bike.

and you still couldn't touch the floor with your feet :-0)

 

[Tribal-Wolf]

I had a Raleigh Grifter, does that count?

 

[Pugwash]

My first bike was a 1988 CBR600F-J. I bought that in 1997. It felt massive after passing my test on a CB125. This is a crappy hand-scanned copy of a photo of me on it.

In 2000 I bought a 1996 CBR600F-T, and here's a photo of it after I stuck it sideways down a road, but still with original Honda exhaust.

I think I had a Micron can fitted to this afterwards that sounded sweet.

 

[jontheone]

learned on a dt125
first bike after test was a gsx400, unfaired. never seen one since.
both look tiny now for a 6ft 2in fella.
mind you i wasnt 16 stone 20 odd years ago!!!!!!!!!!!!1

 

[zx9ral]

Had a DT250MX in 1977 (Brand new) I saw one on Ebay for nearly £2K !
I paid £715 for mine...................

 

[Murt]

My first bike was a Suzuki GT125 in 1975. (In slow red as I was a learner.)
Closely followed (due to being knocked off the 125) by a Suzuki GT185. It had dropped bars and went like stink.

Oh the sweet smell of two stroke fl4g71

Murt

 

[Vinterceptor]

Green CB200t with leatherette padded tank strip

I got a brand new one of these when I was 17, thought it was the bees knees

Saw that one at the ride to the wall last year and thought that even a dwarf wouldnt have any probs with it as it was so small. Had a CB500t, CJ250t, CB250N, CB400N GT750 kettle, TS125

 

[Quiney]

I started on the classics - C50/C70/C90, had the lot.

In 1982 I swapped a 3 wheel car (1955 Bond Minicar Mk C family, concourse winner) for a 1976 Suzuki GT380.

I still have the Suzi in the garage, and have been slowly buying new chrome bits ready to restore it