Been talking about this at work today, as kid i always wanted one of 3 bikes, GPZ900R, ZZR1100 or a GPZ100RX. Dont know why but i still love theses bikes, spouse it's from a time where super bikes where being born, and they all have there own charms. Also they seem to last for ever!! GPZ 900 115bhp good for 150mph still dam fast by todays standards.
Took a ZZR1100 for a test ride and found it not like i would of thought it to be, One of thos 'should not meet you hero' things. Anyone else got a bike they always loved/wanted? or have you brought one you always wanted and regretted it?
what bike did you always want?
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 05:14 pm
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 05:50 pm
An MV.
Honda SS50
Honda CG125
Honda 250 Super Drean
Honda 751F1
Honda CX500
Kawasaki Z750E
TDM 900
PRP exhaust, Scottoiler touring, Yamaha Heated grips, Givi top box & panniers, Garmin, MRA Vario screen, fenda extenda, BMW hand guards. Nippy Normans bar risers. 'Nitram Special' parking light. Starcom. Hagon progressive fork springs. Hagon Monoshock with Remote Adjuster. SW-Motech mirror extenders.GIVI Engine Protectors.
BMW K1200LT (2000)
Nothing to add, has it all. 
Kawasaki Z750E (1981)
In bits. 
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 06:16 pm
2 "fun" bikes :
Ducati Monstro 900 before they tamed it or a supermotard
and perhaps an oldtimer... i mean ancient ... like Matchless, Sarolia, BSA ...
Ducati Monstro 900 before they tamed it or a supermotard
and perhaps an oldtimer... i mean ancient ... like Matchless, Sarolia, BSA ...
I'm an insomniac agnostic dyslexic. I lay awake at night and wonder if there really is a dog.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 06:35 pm
Ok I'm gonna be really strange here but I really fancied......and still do........A HESKETH. 
They are still available but cost huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amounts of money, but I would love to be in the position to afford one.
Back down to earth probably a CBX or a Z1300 cos they were the biggest bikes available when I was screaming the tits off my SS50 moped.
They are still available but cost huuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuge amounts of money, but I would love to be in the position to afford one.
Back down to earth probably a CBX or a Z1300 cos they were the biggest bikes available when I was screaming the tits off my SS50 moped.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:24 pm
Laverda Jota. Still want one now. Awesome looking bike. I never got to ride one though.
Still want one now. Awesome looking bike. I never got to ride one though.
2002 TDM900 in glorious yellow, NOW SOLD 
2012 Honda Crosstourer VFR1200X. Hyperspeed tourer.
1990 XTZ750 in black, standard apart from Micron silencer. Mechanical restoration complete, cosmetic restoration next on the agenda.. NOW SOLD
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:31 pm
Susie GT 750... aka The Kettle
One day soon.
Nuff said
One day soon.
Nuff said
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:35 pm
HD FatBoy - used to dream 'bout one when I was a kid - liked the simplicity of its design
Vintage - an old WWII Zundapp complete with a sidecar and an MG mount - found one 'bout 10 years ago in the barn of some old man in the montains of Transylvania - the fecker had a bullet hole in the gas tank!! totally restorable, the old fecker sold it to some german bloke fer peanuts
Now - some big naked fecker of a beast like the K1200R or the Z1000 or the Augusta Brutale (there's one of the latter ones 3 minutes walk from where i live, in the window of the dealership - what a monster!)
Noroc!
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Vintage - an old WWII Zundapp complete with a sidecar and an MG mount - found one 'bout 10 years ago in the barn of some old man in the montains of Transylvania - the fecker had a bullet hole in the gas tank!! totally restorable, the old fecker sold it to some german bloke fer peanuts
Now - some big naked fecker of a beast like the K1200R or the Z1000 or the Augusta Brutale (there's one of the latter ones 3 minutes walk from where i live, in the window of the dealership - what a monster!)
Noroc!
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:35 pm
A Raleigh Burner with yellow mag wheels 
I had a book when I was younger; It was called "Superbikes Of The 70s". They had a test on a Honda CB750 and I was always saying to my dad "One day I will have one of these..."
Would still like one
If he could see my TDM now he would be shocked how bikes have changed over the years.
I had a book when I was younger; It was called "Superbikes Of The 70s". They had a test on a Honda CB750 and I was always saying to my dad "One day I will have one of these..."
Would still like one
If he could see my TDM now he would be shocked how bikes have changed over the years.
Who on earth made me get a ZX9R???? I'll get 'em....
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 07:38 pm
Kettle.......now had 2 and purged me sel o' the yurnin' an' sold em to buy me FJR which is another "gonna get one o' them one day" bikes 
Gone but not forgotten: 2007 TDM900ABS Competition White, datatagged, fenda extenda, tomtom rider 1, Yamaha main stand, Yamaha heated grips, HID headlights, Yamaha top box & city side cases, MRA Vario screen, CLS200 automatic chain oiler, Yamaha belly pan, DL650 handguards, Gi-Pro X gear indicator, SW-Motech Mirror Extensions, LED side light, Stebel Nautilus AIR HORN!!!!!
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I'm a bit younger than you lot and FZR1000genesis, or an 0W01 would be my bike I'd like to have coz that's what was coolest when I was on a cg125, a mate of mine still runs a tidy enough genesis thou, and it's still lovely to ride.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 08:06 pm
QUOTE(Matlock @ Fri 5th Oct 2007, 08:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Laverda Jota. Still want one now. Awesome looking bike. I never got to ride one though.
Still want one now. Awesome looking bike. I never got to ride one though.Me too , an early one.
Still hope to get one sometime. Not an everyday bike though , need to be a second bike for sunny Sundays.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 08:16 pm
Suzuki Katana GS1000 for me. I know I'd be disappointed if I rode it but I just love the styling, the wierd clocks, the whole thing, brilliant. Sadly I'd also like a Norton rotary, the F1 would be nice.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:29 pm
QUOTE(CatsBum @ Fri 5th Oct 2007, 09:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Susie GT 750... aka The Kettle
So you want to bounce down a motorway on your ass at 110mph then? Cos that's what's gonna happen when the high speed tankslapper kicks in!
Bike I always wanted? Original Z1.....I was at the Earls Court show in 1972 when it was unveiled!
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:43 pm
A Britten V1000. There's only 10 in the world so not much chance ever seeing one never mind owning one. Or a RC30. Used to have a NC30 and always fancied it's big brother.
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 09:55 pm
Tank Slapper!! Never. I was around 14 and still remember the big guy coming up the road, The sound was skin tingling. I even bought a GT380 some 15 yrs ago as I could not afford the Kettle. God I want one. Not to go down the M3, just to go round the block to hear that burble.
Who mentioned Z1? Choice!!
Who mentioned Z1? Choice!!
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 10:13 pm
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So you want to bounce down a motorway on your ass at 110mph then? Cos that's what's gonna happen when the high speed tankslapper kicks in!
Bike I always wanted? Original Z1.....I was at the Earls Court show in 1972 when it was unveiled!
Bike I always wanted? Original Z1.....I was at the Earls Court show in 1972 when it was unveiled!
Ah yes, the Z1. I was £200 short of buying one in 1977. It was "The Daddy" of the day. Unfinished business.
Gone but not forgotten: 2007 TDM900ABS Competition White, datatagged, fenda extenda, tomtom rider 1, Yamaha main stand, Yamaha heated grips, HID headlights, Yamaha top box & city side cases, MRA Vario screen, CLS200 automatic chain oiler, Yamaha belly pan, DL650 handguards, Gi-Pro X gear indicator, SW-Motech Mirror Extensions, LED side light, Stebel Nautilus AIR HORN!!!!!
(1974....KTM Comet Cross, RD250B, XS750, Wife & kids, DT175, Suzuki GT500, XT500, XT500 (modified), ZX-10 (the 1st one!), Yamaha TT600R, Suzuki GT750B, GT750K, '04 TDM900, GSX1100F, '07 TDM900A, '06 FJR1300A
(1974....KTM Comet Cross, RD250B, XS750, Wife & kids, DT175, Suzuki GT500, XT500, XT500 (modified), ZX-10 (the 1st one!), Yamaha TT600R, Suzuki GT750B, GT750K, '04 TDM900, GSX1100F, '07 TDM900A, '06 FJR1300A
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Posted 05 October 2007 - 10:20 pm
QUOTE(XTreme @ Fri 5th Oct 2007, 10:14 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
So you want to bounce down a motorway on your ass at 110mph then? Cos that's what's gonna happen when the high speed tankslapper kicks in!
Tank slappers?!.....Nah. Not the best handling right enough but never dangerous.
Those were the bikes Joe publics capabilities extended beyond......finding the bikes limits was where the thrill was.....something most of us are not capable of doing with todays bikes
Edited by Baron, 05 October 2007 - 10:21 pm.
Gone but not forgotten: 2007 TDM900ABS Competition White, datatagged, fenda extenda, tomtom rider 1, Yamaha main stand, Yamaha heated grips, HID headlights, Yamaha top box & city side cases, MRA Vario screen, CLS200 automatic chain oiler, Yamaha belly pan, DL650 handguards, Gi-Pro X gear indicator, SW-Motech Mirror Extensions, LED side light, Stebel Nautilus AIR HORN!!!!!
(1974....KTM Comet Cross, RD250B, XS750, Wife & kids, DT175, Suzuki GT500, XT500, XT500 (modified), ZX-10 (the 1st one!), Yamaha TT600R, Suzuki GT750B, GT750K, '04 TDM900, GSX1100F, '07 TDM900A, '06 FJR1300A
(1974....KTM Comet Cross, RD250B, XS750, Wife & kids, DT175, Suzuki GT500, XT500, XT500 (modified), ZX-10 (the 1st one!), Yamaha TT600R, Suzuki GT750B, GT750K, '04 TDM900, GSX1100F, '07 TDM900A, '06 FJR1300A
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 02:19 am
CX 650 Eurosport, YPVS 500, CBX 250RS (circa 1989), CB250 (1993 model), Morini Kangarou 350, Suzuki GT 380, but i'd really still loike an 88 or 89 VFR750 in navy blue or black.
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 07:30 am
QUOTE(Baron @ Sat 6th Oct 2007, 12:05 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Tank slappers?!.....Nah. Not the best handling right enough but never dangerous.
Those were the bikes Joe publics capabilities extended beyond......finding the bikes limits was where the thrill was.....something most of us are not capable of doing with todays bikes
Those were the bikes Joe publics capabilities extended beyond......finding the bikes limits was where the thrill was.....something most of us are not capable of doing with todays bikes
Guys....the reason I said about 110mph tankslappers on a GT750 was that it happened to me.
February 1978 (the last occasion I hit the deck on the road)...coming home from work Saturday afternoon on a motorway, hit 110 and it went ballistic! Bars going from side to side out of control, threw me off and I bounced 200 yards.
Got up from it....for a few secs....then collapsed in pain. a coach stopped which had a nurse on board, ambulance and cops called, and off I went to hospital.
Got my clothes cut off me by a mincing poof male nurse (that was the worst bit), X-rayed, cleaned up, and sent home with nothing broken.
People say to me..."you're mad to ride in jeans".....well I always have, and I speak from experience when I say they're tougher than people give them credit for.
GT750? I owned two and this was the second one....first one was OK, second one was lethal.
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Posted 06 October 2007 - 07:32 am
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