how could I do that after all the fun we've had at the Cotswolds meet and slagging each other of on the forum :grin: so if you don't mind, will drop in now and gain to have a nose :smiley: been busy with one thing or another :yes: loving the versys 1000 now have done the 600 miles will be booking it in for the first service :clap: get that over and done with :yes: all I need to do now is decide what to tour the French and Swiz alps and Italy on, should I zzr it or versys it :undecided: :sweatdrop: :hammer:
That was post 2013. A good year. :laugh:
Quote from: Bryn on June 22, 2013, 07:48:37 PM
That was post 2013. A good year. :laugh:
:yes: it was :smiley: will be going on a long weekend around august some time with me mate on his hayabusa, we may be stopping a the lower lode inn either on the way down or on the way back from Cornwall. anyone fancy a meet up at the lower lode or elsewhere I'm up for it :clap:
Quote from: 2kwacks on June 22, 2013, 07:35:27 PM
should I zzr it or versys it :undecided: :sweatdrop: :hammer:
Up until 2 weeks ago that would have been a no brainer question Dave....I told you the Big V was good :yes:
And now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the GTR would comfortably fulfill both rolls :whistling: :popcorn: :mfr_lol:
Quote from: olde coney on June 23, 2013, 08:36:07 AM
And now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the GTR would comfortably fulfill both rolls :whistling: :popcorn: :mfr_lol:
The GTR would comfortably fulfill both rolls :cool:
There... glad to help :laugh:
Then again, with a history of being a serial bike buyer.. over 80 bikes since I was 17... I'm in the 'change is as good as a rest' camp :cheesy:
Quote from: Bryn on June 23, 2013, 08:59:07 AM
The GTR would comfortably fulfill both rolls :cool:
There... glad to help :laugh:
Then again, with a history of being a serial bike buyer.. over 80 bikes since I was 17... I'm in the 'change is as good as a rest' camp :cheesy:
[/quote].. over 80 bikes since I was 17... is that all :laugh: but it would depend on how old you are now :whistling: for example if you were say under 30 that would be a fair amount :yes: if you were under 20 then you would need help :sweatdrop: if you were over 50 like me then you would just need a understanding wife :sweatdrop: at a rough guess counting the bikes in my head I can count 22 bikes since 1976 including the 2 I have now :smiley: but in my defence, I do get tend to get attached to them once I've found the bike for me :yes:
P.s you could start a post on how many bikes you've had with in the years you've been riding and if you could I've 2 of them back which would you have and why?.. well it's pissing down at the moment! and I'm bored :shit: less :mfr_lol: dam good idea thou :yes:
Quote from: olde coney on June 23, 2013, 08:36:07 AM
Up until 2 weeks ago that would have been a no brainer question Dave....I told you the Big V was good :yes:
And now I'm waiting for someone to tell me that the GTR would comfortably fulfill both rolls :whistling: :popcorn: :mfr_lol:
getting a bit worried there rog :yes: not replied to my recent p/m and you haven't posted for a while, Geoff reckons that it's a scouse thing :shocked: :sad: but I don't believe the "old boy" :grin: I reckon your to busy enjoying and attaching bits to the big v :smiley:
Nah I'm here Dave, and am staying close to the 'small' room this morning, so I daren't go out on the bike for fear of getting caught short. :sad:
So I suppose I could count the bikes I've had from about 1992 I cant be too accurate before then, but there was alot of 'off roaders and trials bikes, probably abot 10 -15 going back to the early 70s
Since 1992
ZZR 1100
ZX9R Red/Silver/Black
ZX9R GREEN/ VIOLET
ZX9R AS ABOVE
ZX9R GREEN
APRILIA MILLIE RSVR
KLV 1000
TRIUMPH TIGER 1050
ZZR1400
GTR BLACK
GTR METALLIC BLUE
BMW K1300 GT EE
BMW R 1200 GS
GTR GREEN
VERSYS 1000 MOONDUST
Classics over the same period
SUZUKI KETTLE - CANDY LAVENDER
BRIDGESTONE 350 GTO - GOLD
KAWASAKI H1B - ORANGE
KAWASAKI MONOSHOCK 400/500 SPECIAL - GREEN
KAWASAKI 750 H2C - PURPLE
KAWASAKI S3a - BURGUNDY
KAWASAKI KH 500 - BURGUNDY (NOT MINE BUT LIVES WITH ME)
KAWASAKI W650 BURGUNDY/SILVER
YAMAHA TZ 250 - WHITE/GREEN/RED
KAWASAKI F6a ORANGE
KAWASAKI F6a ORANGE (PROJECT BIKE)
KAWASAKI F7a RED
KAWASAKI KZ 400 (N.O.S)
KAWASAKI KDX 200 -GREEN
YAMAHA 250 MX - BLUE
OSSA M.A.R 250 - GREEN
BSA GOLD FLASH 650 - GOLD
VELOCETTE VENOM 500 - BLACK (OF COURSE)
well Rog.. that's quite impressive :yes: how about some pics of the beauties after all it is raining! wouldn't mind the KH 500 living with me :grin: doubt if the mileage would stay the same thou :laugh: don't have all my bikes pictures :no: some I never bothered to take pics and some pics I've lost over the years :sad: the pics I do have is of the bikes I got attached to and kept for many years before I decided that I could hardly move in my garage then decided 2 at one time would be more practical :smiley:
this is what I can remember from 1976 there as also been a few basket cases that I've bought and done up to sell on over the years! hope you enjoy looking at the bikes I consider to be worth taking photos of :grin: I wish I could have all of them back :yes: but if I was to choose just 2 of them.. then it would be the Kawasaki 2002 zx7r and the Kawasaki 2003 zrx1200s :smiley:
1976 Yamaha FSIE 1976 model also had a 1975 Yamaha yb100 that I was doing up! :smiley:
1997 Yamaha RD250B 1975 model
1997 Yamaha RD250 1998 model
1978 Yamaha RD400 1976 model also had a Suzuki 1976 gt185 which I had as well as the rd400
1978 Kawasaki KH 250 1977 model
1979 Kawasaki KH400 1978 model
1980 Kawasaki Z650 1977 model
1981 Honda CB 750 four 1978 model also had a 1978 Honda 400 four which I was doing up :smiley:
1982 Honda CB 550 four 1977 model
1983 Yamaha DT250 also had a basket case Yamaha DT175 which I was doing up :smiley:
kept most of theses bikes for years before selling them "one by one"
got married other priorities, so never really bought any more for years :no: just kept what I had for as long as I could :smiley:
starting buying again in the late 90's here are the pics of my bikes since 1997 ish! :smiley:
1997 Suzuki GSXR 600 SRAD excellent bike. but 4 pot calipers wasn't up to much, so replaced them with the GSXR 750 SRAD 6 pot calipers and braided hoses.. so it could stop as good as it went :grin:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/1999gsxr600srad.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/1999gsxr600srad.jpg.html)
1998 Honda cbr 600 fw this was a project bike and fitted a race fairing and used for road and track days, covered up behind it was my much loved zrx1200s :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/PICT0049_zps64e10162.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/PICT0049_zps64e10162.jpg.html)
1998 Kawasaki zx6r ninja g2 this was also fast as f--k and was in the best colours :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/1999zx6rg2.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/1999zx6rg2.jpg.html)
2002 Kawasaki zx7r p6 excellent handling machine.. one of the best handling front ends of it's time :yes:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/zrx1200andzx7r2001.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/zrx1200andzx7r2001.jpg.html)
Kawasaki zrx1200s 2003 bullet proof engine and went like stink :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/2003zrx1200s-1.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/2003zrx1200s-1.jpg.html)
Kawasaki zx636 cf6 2006 fast as f--k :yes: and handled like it was on rails :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/zx636002.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/zx636002.jpg.html)
Kawasaki vn1600 classic 2008 very relaxing and pulled like a train :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/vn1600008.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/vn1600008.jpg.html)
Kawasaki zzr1400 df8 2008 "this needs no introduction" just one amazing machine that done everything great striate from the crate :yes:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF1067-1.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF1067-1.jpg.html)
Kawasaki gtr1400 2010 well.. you already know how good this is :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF5201.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF5201.jpg.html)
Kawasaki 2013 versys 650. bought this to replace my 2012 zx6r but should have gone for the big versys so traded it for the ltr model :smiley:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF5960_zpsc7541c34.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF5960_zpsc7541c34.jpg.html)
Kawasaki zx6r 2012 brilliant machine :yes: with the new "showa big piston forks" but done my back and wrists in after only a hour or so :sad: time to realize I was getting to old for theses middle weight super sports :hammer:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF5276_zpsaf376d0c.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF5276_zpsaf376d0c.jpg.html)
Kawasaki 2013 zzr1400 special edition still have this one :smiley: and it's going no where..! :nono:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF5948_zps83599c62.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF5948_zps83599c62.jpg.html)
Kawasaki 2013 versy 1000 still have this one :smiley: and plan to keep for a long time to come :yes:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF6016_zpsa693bddf.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF6016_zpsa693bddf.jpg.html)
just found this pic of me on my Yamaha 1976 rd250b in 1977 :smiley: with a full head of hair :grin:
(http://i335.photobucket.com/albums/m474/02zx7r/DSCF5795.jpg) (http://s335.photobucket.com/user/02zx7r/media/DSCF5795.jpg.html)
What the hell kind of mid-life crisis makes you buy a VN?! :help: :whistling:
Quote from: Ros on June 23, 2013, 01:49:25 PM
What the hell kind of mid-life crisis makes you buy a VN?! :help: :whistling:
well I do have a "dark side" and just after I returned from Oregon in the states after visiting my brother-in-law. and all his mates had cruisers, so borrowed one a for a few days and thought this is for me :smiley: I'm so use to flying here and there :whistling: and the cruiser was just a relaxed chill out ride :smiley: so thought I don't like Harleys :no: but I do like Kawasaki's so bought the vn1600 :smiley: only sold it because my mates use to moan when I turned up on it :sad: hence in the 12 months I had owned it, it only covered 900 miles :sad: but it was a bloody dam nice bike to ride with plenty of low down grunt :clap:
come on boys and girl... :sweatdrop: tell us about your previous bikes and post the pics if you still have them :smiley:
Versys 1000..still have
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/Versysfittedwithaccessories001_zps87f1805a.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/Versysfittedwithaccessories001_zps87f1805a.jpg.html)
Velocette Venom...still have
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/VelocetteVenom002_zps74e77043.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/VelocetteVenom002_zps74e77043.jpg.html)
BSA Gold Flash still have
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/A10001_zps686d2682.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/A10001_zps686d2682.jpg.html)
A collection non of which I still have Left to Right..Kawa F6a, Kawa F7a, Bridgestone 350 GTO, KZ400, TZ250, Kawa H1b
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1014.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED1014.jpg.html)
GTR 2011 now gone, with my lovely Gillian :smiley: on a wet holiday in Cornwall
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/Cornwall2012065.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/Cornwall2012065.jpg.html)
GTR 2008 at Carnlough in Northern Ireland, with the lovely Gillian
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED6151.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED6151.jpg.html)
Another of my first GTR circa 2008
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED5399.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED5399.jpg.html)
Bridgestone 350 GTO..I should NEVER NEVER have sold that bike :no: :no: :no:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0483.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/IMG_0483.jpg.html)
My stunning H2c...which I will NEVER NEVER sell...and before you ask Dave ...NO YOU CAN'T HAVE A GO :mfr_lol:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0464.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/IMG_0464.jpg.html)
The Kawa S3a...superb bike to ride :yes: U.K bike and original apart from the Dencos
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0377.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/IMG_0377.jpg.html)
The Monoshock Ohlins 400/500 special which was faaaaaast..very faaaaaaaaaast :mfr_lol:
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/IMG_0445.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/IMG_0445.jpg.html)
Yamaha M/X bike in the background in the Rev Shed
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/iPhonepictures046_zps186920f9.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/iPhonepictures046_zps186920f9.jpg.html)
Me and my H1b at Hartside Cafe
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED6022_zpsd4ae4bb3.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED6022_zpsd4ae4bb3.jpg.html)
The Blue 2010 GTR which looked pretty but frankly it was a bit of a "Friday night" bike
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED5878_zpscd3533b6.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED5878_zpscd3533b6.jpg.html)
My Aprillia RSVR Mille, which I got rid of before it got rid of me...sorry its a poor 'capture' picture
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED527_zpsf6b87ca4.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED527_zpsf6b87ca4.jpg.html)
My lovely ZZR1100 in Ebony and Firecracker, this was agreat bike.one day maybe I'll get another..again its a poor captured picture
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED520_zpsbf23e1b7.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED520_zpsbf23e1b7.jpg.html)
The stunning and blindingly quick...but small TZ250 (J)
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1925_zpsce424206.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED1925_zpsce424206.jpg.html)
My very pretty Kawasaki F6a
(http://i336.photobucket.com/albums/n326/oldeconey/PICTURESIMPORTED1193_zps45a6c0e0.jpg) (http://s336.photobucket.com/user/oldeconey/media/PICTURESIMPORTED1193_zps45a6c0e0.jpg.html)
I do have more pics but your probably bored :shit: less by now :sleep1: :sleep1: :mfr_lol:
:clap: ROG.. :yes: fine collection of bikes there :smiley: :sad: you won't let me have ago on the KH but don't blame you I won't refuse to let anyone ride my bikes :nono: p.s thought you got the touring version of the ltr versys and are you transferring your GTR plate over to the versys? also have you had your first service done yet on the big v?
:shocked: put the KH with mono shock, USD forks, swinging arm, pipes, e.t.c :smiley: brilliant classic back to standard :yes: the way Mr KAWASAKI meant it to be :smiley: some things aren't meant to be messed with :nono: and defo get that tail tidy off :shocked: :2guns: :censored: :hammer: :no: :nono:
P.S love the old pic on your zzr1100 with a bit more hair :whistling: :laugh: just found a pic of me in 1977 on my Yamaha 250 so added it my post :smiley:
My current GTR, ZZR and GT380
I've also had a Bandit, GS1000 and another ZZR
And a GT250, a Tiger955i and a GSX750..
Nearly forgot about the FZS600... these are all within the last three years as a returning biker after a 30 year gap due to a nasty accident when I was 19.
Quote from: winnsworld on June 23, 2013, 04:06:12 PM
My current GTR, ZZR and GT380
love the gt380 how long have you had it? is that the 380 A 1976 model?
Quote from: 2kwacks on June 23, 2013, 03:54:34 PM
:clap: ROG.. :yes: fine collection of bikes there :smiley: :sad: you won't let me have ago on the KH but don't blame you I won't refuse to let anyone ride my bikes :nono: p.s thought you got the touring version of the ltr versys and are you transferring your GTR plate over to the versys? also have you had your first service done yet on the big v?
:shocked: put the KH with mono shock, USD forks, swinging arm, pipes, e.t.c :smiley: brilliant classic back to standard :yes: the way Mr KAWASAKI meant it to be :smiley: some things aren't meant to be messed with :nono: and defo get that tail tidy off :shocked: :2guns: :censored: :hammer: :no: :nono:
P.S love the old pic on your zzr1100 with a bit more hair :whistling: :laugh: just found a pic of me in 1977 on my Yamaha 250 so added it my post :smiley:
First service and luggage fitment on Tuesday next week Dave, and yes, I'm in the process of transferring my cherished number over
The mono shock was a total special with ported 500 engine 34mm Mikuni carbs, sweet handling KH 400 frame, GSX front & rear end Ohlins front & rear and much much more, its was a quick bike that was stopped by the coppers at the TT for doing over 120mph (not with me riding tho') :no:
Hey Graeme, some loverly bikes there :clap: :clap:
Its incredible that so many of us have, over the years, had bikes that can often be very different to each other, which probably reflects how we were at the time
Quote from: olde coney on June 23, 2013, 06:19:54 PM
First service and luggage fitment on Tuesday next week Dave, and yes, I'm in the process of transferring my cherished number over
The mono shock was a total special with ported 500 engine 34mm Mikuni carbs, sweet handling KH 400 frame, GSX front & rear end Ohlins front & rear and much much more, its was a quick bike that was stopped by the coppers at the TT for doing over 120mph (not with me riding tho') :no:
Quotefor doing over 120mph :shocked: was it not firing on all 3 cylinders then :biker3: :mfr_lol:
first service next week :shocked: because I remember you telling me you had done over 500 miles a few days after collecting the bike :smiley: I assume then.. your killing "two birds with one stone" and getting it serviced when your touring package comes in :yes: to save you 2 trips to the dealers :smiley: I'm I right or I'm I right :grin:
just found this pic of me on my Yamaha 1976 rd250b in 1977 with a full head of hair
2k which porno movie were you advertising at the time ???? :mfr_lol:
Quote from: 2kwacks on June 23, 2013, 04:30:33 PM
love the gt380 how long have you had it? is that the 380 A 1976 model?
I've had it for about two years now albeit it's been in the local workshop for the past year whilst they sort out the carbs and timing issues. I've had the original tank and side panels put on it now and will keep the one in the picture for spare. It's a 1975 M model by the way. Lots of noise and a lovely blue haze...
Quote from: olde coney on June 23, 2013, 06:23:42 PM
Hey Graeme, some loverly bikes there :clap: :clap:
Its incredible that so many of us have, over the years, had bikes that can often be very different to each other, which probably reflects how we were at the time
I started on a 1976 GT25A in blue followed by a 1978 RD400D in maroon before t-boning a lorry and landing on the opposite carriageway on the A127 May 2000 at 8.54am. After 9 weeks in hospital and another 8 in a full body cast, my mum was a bit upset so I promised her I wouldn't ride again. Then in 2010, about to turn 50, second divorce, second house gone, I thought wtf and bought a bike! Now I'm riding one almost every day and loving it and the camaraderie of the biking community... :smiley:
Quote from: winnsworld on June 24, 2013, 11:46:56 AM
I started on a 1976 GT25A in blue followed by a 1978 RD400D in maroon before t-boning a lorry and landing on the opposite carriageway on the A127 May 2000 at 8.54am. After 9 weeks in hospital and another 8 in a full body cast, my mum was a bit upset so I promised her I wouldn't ride again. Then in 2010, about to turn 50, second divorce, second house gone, I thought wtf and bought a bike! Now I'm riding one almost every day and loving it and the camaraderie of the biking community... :smiley:
Good for you :clap:
Quote from: zedmeister on June 23, 2013, 11:09:27 PM
just found this pic of me on my Yamaha 1976 rd250b in 1977 with a full head of hair
2k which porno movie were you advertising at the time ???? :mfr_lol:
[/quote] :which porno movie were you advertising at the time... I wish :yes: :grin: settle down now!! not on here to be :laugh: ed at :wink: I assume your referring to the moustache :smiley: well in 1977 they were all the go :wink: and I was never short of a good ride :whistling: :mfr_lol: