past motorcycles

Want to test every ones memories. Can you remember all the street bikes you have owned. I know younger people will not have a problem with this. It will tell a little about what type bikes you like, and your type of riding.
There is no possible way for me to list all the dirt bikes i have had there has been way to many since i have been riding over 40 years now. I think i can even put them in order. I have had more but they were for my business and were never registered

75 yamaha rs 100
75 yamaha rd 125
76 yamaha rd 200
74 yamaha rd 250
72 yamaha r5 350
73 honda cl 350
78 yamaha rd 400
76 honda cb 750f
82 yamaha maxim 750
83 yamaha seca 900
75 yamaha rd 350
83 yamaha seca 750
82 Kawasaki kz 1000j
74 yamaha rd350
87 yamaha fzr1000
81 honda goldwing
84 honda v65 sabre
91 Kawasaki zx11
73 kawasaki z1 900
99 yamaha vmax
83 kawasaki kz750
72 honda cl350
83 suzuki gs 850l
01 kawasaki zrx1100
85 maxim x

Like i said i have has 8-10 more fixer uppers that were not registered fix and sell

 

ROTFLMAO----this is going to take a while.....gonna think about it for a while and post later.

You have a great memory if you hadn't worked from a list that you'd previously assembled. You also have had a nice selection of bikes...course I'm a bit biased towards the two strokes.

EVERY bike?

jeff

 

Jeff your memory is like mine takes a few to think about it . But it does bring back memories doesn't it.
Thats why i only posted the registered ones they all have memories behind them. Heck i can even remember the poker runs i used to go on. When i had the v65 one day in the summer in fl got up went to the poker run with relatives with their Harleys drove 40 miles to get there 40 miles home 100+ miles on the run thru central fl. Then drove 70 miles to my cousins house for dinner and back home. I think it was about 350 miles which isn't that much but summer in fl i was sun burnt wind burnt and just exhausted . But the honda was ready to go. Got to love that 3300 rpm at 60 mph.
I remember all the quirks with each bike and friends bikes that made the memories what they were. Heck when i was 15 to 18 that was my only transportation me and my school buddies. Didn't get my first car till a week before graduation. I can remember all my hot rods and can put them in order also really slowed down with them also I have had my cutlass close to 20 years now it only goes to shows and short trips around town now. Sold my bike hauler 04 svt lightning in October really miss it.

 

'82 XJ750 Maxim

Done.

 

Aw man, you suc*!!

LOL

 

DITTO... With dreams of a 750 Seca and/or Royal Venture some day

 

Let's see?

1952 Alstate scooter 1st motorized ride
1968 Yamaha YL 1 E (new)
1969 Kawasaki A1S (new)
1970 Kawasaki H1 (new)
1971 BSA B50T
1973 Kawasaki F9
1973 Yamaha TX 500 (new)
1974 Yamaha TX 750 (new)
1973-1974 Yamaha TX 650 (73 blown engine 74 wrecked = 73 rider)
1973 Kawasaki H1
1978 Yamaha SR 500
1983 Kawasaki 750
1983 Yamaha XJ 900 RK (ony currently owned street bike had her since 1998 just over 10,000 miles)
Did not include bikes I got just to sell or any of the many dirt bikes, not sure I got all of them.

 

Let's see....

1993 Yamaha RT180
1986 Honda CH150 Elite Scooter
1982 Yamaha Seca 650
1983 Honda CB650SC Nighthawk
2006 Yamaha FZ6 600cc
1982 Yamaha Seca 650

 

In the Past: In order of apperance
1982 XJ750 Yamaha
1982 IT465 Yamaha
1975 Honda 125 Elsinore
1975 Honda CB550
1972 Kawasaki H2
1979 XS1100 Yamaha
1985 Kawasaki Vulcan 750
1986 Honda Rebel 250
1979 XS750 Yamaha
Still have:
1980 XS1100
1982 XJ1100
1983 XVZ1200 Venture
1972 Bultaco M85 Alpina 250
1989 Yamaha 350 Warrior

 

Ok, I just spent 20 minutes trying to remember them all and I think that I got this list pretty close. It doesn't count the bikes that never saw the street including dirt only and race only bikes.

73 Honda CB350- rode that bike EVERYWHERE!
72 Suzuki 500 Titan- Opened my eyes to two strokes
72 Kawasaki 500 H1
74 Kawasaki 500 H1 Fully ported, Denco’s and just one badasse* machine!
73-74-75 Suzuki GT750 conglomerate. This was our road race machine
73 Kawasaki 750 H2
74 Kawasaki 750 H2 mildly ported w/exp chambers
73 Yamaha RD350 Buzz bomb
72 Kawasaki 500 H1 Yeah, I know but I “liked” sync’in 3 sets of points!
07 Suzuki 1000 Vstrom My long range ride
75 Kawasaki Z1 900
83 Honda V65 Sabre
80 Honda 400 Hondamatic-Restored
75 Suzuki GT550- Restored and built-up
82 Suzuki GS650G shaftie- Hated that bike!
79 Suzuki GS750L My first “special” style of bike, hated it but it was in perfect condition
86 Suzuki GSX-R 1150 oil/air cooled race bike-afraid to bring it back to life
74 Yamaha RD350 all stock, all original
73 Honda CB350-Same as my very first bike
75 Suzuki GT550 all original stock machine
75 Kawasaki 750 H2 all original, all stock
74 Kawasaki 750 H2 Fully ported, 34mm carbs, exp chambers. Doesn’t stop to well…
79 Harley Davidson 1000 Ironhead
70 Kawasaki 500 H1 all original peacock grey-sold over the summer to a guy in Italy
70 Kawasaki 500 H1 the red one
72 Kawasaki 500 H1
82 Yamaha 650 Turbo


I'm probably missing a couple but this is most of them.
Presently owned are emboldened
I guess this is what happens to my time since I don't drink or take drugs. Nor do I have an expensive ex(tob) wife or girlfriend and my girlfriend loves to ride with me....she's a keeper!

jeff

 

78 Honda XL 175 - Back in 1981 sold after 9 months

27 years with out a bike 8O (what was I thinking)

83 Yamaha XT550 - Fun bike not comfortable for two sold after 6 months
82 Yanaha XJ750 Maxim - First street bike trsded for the 1100's ( got two for one)

Current bikes
83 Yamaha XJ750 Midnight - Still have
82 Honda CB450SC Nighthawk - Still have
78 Yamaha XS1100 - Still have
83 Yamaha XVZ1200 Venture - Still have

 

A quick one for me.

1982 Yamaha XJ550 Passed to a friend
1993 Kawasaki ZX6E Passed on the right...(shame)
1982 Yamaha XJ550 At my house needing work.

 

The problem with this question is: qualifications.

Do I list only the bikes that have had my name on the title? Or every one that's ever been a guest of my garage or fallen under my care?

Then there's that "memory" thing, 42 years is a long time...

 

82 xj650 maxim, Done!

 

i started off riding at 19. first bike was
2002 yamaha vstar 650 custom, this bike was bad! drag pipes and k&n filters got 62 mpg and looked like a harley.
then i sold it and was looking for another xvs but they were to expensive so i went the sportbike route and got an 89 yamaha fzr 600. sold it then bought an 88 fzr 1000, wrecked it and im in the process of fixing her up. then came into temporary ownership of my girlfriends brothers 83 midnight maxim and her other brothers 02 kawasaki ninja 600. im having fun!

 

looks like h1 are pretty popular. Maybe someday i will have 1 got plenty of of projects now. No more right now. Jeff looks like you have the most bikes so far Don't you still wish you still had all of them would be worth a good chunk of change. Fitz it doesn't matter the reason i didn't try because the list would be to long Here is just 2008-2009 83 Goldwing 2 honda cx500 yamaha virago 700 Yamaha virago 1100 suzuki gs 850l oh yea forgot 75 suzuki gt750. I started riding 43 years ago as a small kid.
I find all these bikes interesting I think motorcycles kind of tell a story about a person especially on here when you like them enough to belong to a forum and make friends. Got to mean something. For instance jeff you rode like a mad man when you were young didn't you lol. I know you did the racing scene but just looking at the bikes you had you can you little devil.
Fitz i am not sure what bikes you have had but just looking at what you have now i would guess your like me like to go have fun on them but not enough to go out and hurt yourself doing something stupid. I would be a bit more unsure but you have a norton a bike that old thats still alive tells something. I guess we think more as we get older how much it will hurt if you fall and how long the recovery time is.

 

oldtexasguy1 you sound like me nice bunch of bikes. I see you either got tired of messing with them or decided the 900 is perfect. Good to see you picked a nice bike to stick with hopefully you will get many more years out of it .
carbonoxe what jeff says is the exact right answer lol

Metal_Bob give yourself time. Hopefully you can find a nice seca.
carbonoxe
maverickbr77 All have good starting points. I bought an 82 750 maxim new really liked it. I also bought a 83 seca 750 new another great bike not that much difference between the maxim and seca the seca handled better I think they might have had a little bigger cams but don't quote me on it.

tcoop nice set of bikes also. Don't worry about the 27 years ad least you got back into it.

Timetonut Get to work spring is coming lol The biggest problem with the plastic bikes if the even fall over in the grass they are expensive to fix

apsolus xvs 650 looks like a harley somewhat but with yamaha reliability. I have a virago they don't look the same with 9k skulls everywhere. Its light and nimble but I like my maxim x better. Both are based off the same chassis. If the virago had the x power plant i would keep it in a heartbeat. Bought an 87 fzr 1000 first one on the floor was great but rough on trips. What ever you do with girlfriends brothers bikes keep the shinny side up. You don't want to ruin a good relationship by wrecking her family's bikes be careful.

fazerkid nice little lot you like those 650s don't you great bikes

mlew You like em big like bull. Always wanted a maxim 1100 but never got one a lot of mass there. I had some of the same bikes you had. Its nice to see you experimented before the1100s

 

Too bad the first Seca died with over 55.000 miles due to a lean condition on cylinder #3. Possible burnt piston. It had a cut airbox, 4-1 headers, rejetted carbs. I sold the Nighthawk after buying it for 1200 with 4300 miles on it. I put about 15000 miles on it and I still regret letting her go. The ones that I have currently are the 82 Seca 650 and the FZ6. I'm a Yamaha man for sure!

 

To bad about the Seca. sure looks like you drive the wheels off them. Hopefully the rest last as good or better then the seca

 

Hey Bigfitz, I think that you have to list all the bikes you've legally owned and ridden. If you bought and flipped, then in a way, you owned it but in a way, it was never YOUR bike so how about we leave it up to the owners? I've owned some that I haven't registered, and still do cause I'm too cheap to pay the fees until I decide whether or not I'm going to keep it, like that 1150 I have.

I've seen some nice machines listed so far, let's keep it going guys...this is kinda cool.

One observation....most guys like to start out with a "middleweight" bike....back in 75, my 350 WAS a middleweight bike. A big bike back then was 750 and up...the 900 Kaw was the only thing bigger that wasn't made in the USA. I know that I felt pretty good on my little 350 Honda and didn't feel at the time that it was a small bike. I'm guessing that Fitz, being a little older then me probably started out on a 160 Honda Dream or a BSA 500.

jeff