I'm I doing the right thing!

[100milesaway]

Ah yes the days of my youth, a mate of mine had a Bridgestone and I always thought it was a fantastic bit of kit, those things must be worth a fortune in that kind of condition, and you are a very lucky boy indeed to still have a couple more of them about your person. ENJOY. :)

[O.C.]

Actually its a bit of a strange one... because as the Bridgestone is very rare no one really knows what they are really worth, especially the GTO (high pipe variety) .

I sold it because I didn't ride it and it had been seen at nearly all the classic shows...I still miss it as it's a lovely looking, very advanced bike for its 1969 vintage   [/b]

[2kwacks]

out of all the bikes i've sold over the years, suppose the zx7r 2002 p6 and my zrx1200s 2003 are the one's I wished had kept. I sold my zrx1200s which was in excellent condition with 12,000 miles on the clock for £3,250 in 2008, i've seen theses selling now for between £3,000 with average mileage and £4,000 with low mileage, my zx7r only had 10,000 miles on when I traded it for the zzr1400 in 2008 and got £3,000 for it :) i've seen nice low mileage zx7r p6 models selling for £3,000 now :o and that's if you can find one :) Ain't it a wonderful thing? Ironsight ;)

[O.C.]

Very nice bikes.... but you can't keep 'em all... that's me trying to convince myself that I did the right thing selling some of mine  :(

BTW a close mate of mine NEVER sells any of the bikes he has bought over the years.....at the last count he has 35.....yes 35...all lovely bikes and some very rare ones amongst them ...

I hate him    ;D ;D

[100milesaway]

Very nice bikes.... but you can't keep 'em all... that's me trying to convince myself that I did the right thing selling some of mine  :(

BTW a close mate of mine NEVER sells any of the bikes he has bought over the years.....at the last count he has 35.....yes 35...all lovely bikes and some very rare ones amongst them ...

I hate him    ;D ;D

I have a mate like yours he has some fantastic kit mostly Italian, but some jap stuff as well. Some that I remember off the top of my head, Benelli Tornado, MV f4, Guzzi le mans, 1100 sport, California, Laverda jota (a real special one) Honda cx turbo, Yamaha xj turbo, Kawasaki 750 turbo,  BMW k1, and lots more, at the last count I think he counted 22 and he uses them all in rotation.

[2kwacks]

Very nice bikes.... but you can't keep 'em all... that's me trying to convince myself that I did the right thing selling some of mine  :(

BTW a close mate of mine NEVER sells any of the bikes he has bought over the years.....at the last count he has 35.....yes 35...all lovely bikes and some very rare ones amongst them ...

I hate him    ;D ;D

"thirty bloody five" :o must have a big sod off garage ;D most i've ever had at the one time, is a measerly five :'( that's the most I can get in my small garage ;)

[mecki]

  I have a mate like yours he has some fantastic kit mostly Italian, but some jap stuff as well. Some that I remember off the top of my head, Bennelli Tornado, MV f4, Guzzi le mans, 1100 sport, California, Laverda jota (a real special one) Honda cx turbo, Yamaha xj turbo, Kawasaki 750 turbo,  BMW k1, and lots more, at the last count I think he counted 22 and he uses them all in rotation.

What's the insurance on that?   ;) ;D ;D

[100milesaway]

What's the insurance on that?   ;) ;D ;D

Dont know, but I dont think it matters too much, as this bloke isn't short of a few quid. :)

[2kwacks]

I found the biggest problem keeping 5 bikes at once, never mind 35 of the buggers :) was deciding which to use :-\ the older bikes tended not to be used very much, I would most likely think to myself. why go out on a older bike, when I have a zzr1400 or gtr1400 just sitting in the garage, been there, done that! it use to do my head in ;D

[O.C.]

My mate has been collecting for over 25+ years, and has just accumulated the bikes..I would guess that about 5 of them are available for use, they do represent an investment for the future but he really does love 'em all.

I sold some of mine because of the cost of insurance and tax on the non exempt ones.. I do ride my H2c and my S3a plus the KH500, which also belongs to my mate but lives with me,  plusI have an F6a under assembly/restoration ...BTW they are all Kawasaki, what else ?   ;D

Its like having an incurable disease....bikes, bikes, bikes.........

[coman37]

I have more than one bike also, took the KTM SMC for the M.O.T. last week, 78 miles in a whole year, paid the tax insurance and the MOT for a measly 78 miles. Everyone of those miles was a blast though and at £2 a mile worth every penny

Coman

[zedmeister]

3 bikes i always dreamed of owning as a kid, and if it ever happened and i had to sell any one of them i would be truly gutted

Suzuki 380
Benelli 750  sei
Moto Guzzi 850 Le Mans

i would dearly love to find one and do a resto job.

[Ziderman]

Got to say having loads fun on the Mt 03. What a corker.
Cold though as used to a fairing. Least I can filter through traffic without smacking wing mirrors with my panniers.

[Boomer]

Least I can filter through traffic without smacking wing mirrors with my panniers.

So can I,... I leave the panniers at home!  ;D :P 8)

Zedmeister, the Suzi GT380's are pretty rare but you can get the 550s for reasonable money.
Benelli Sei, either 750 or 900 are rare as rocking horse poop. Beautiful bikes but shite build quality and reliability.
A Guzzi? Oh well, I guess someone has to love tractors.  ;)

My dream bikes are
Van Veen OCR


Another Z1300


and even though it may have been the least reliable bike I have ever owned, I'd love another XS500.
Why I don't know,... but it did grow on me.


Looking at the above, I seem to have a fixation on late 70s nekkid bikes.
Come to think of it ya can add an XS1100 and GS1000 to that list,... and a Z1000ST. <LOL>

[zedmeister]

Van Veen -- rotary never seen one in the flesh but heard of them, was it a wankel engine ??? the suzuki R5 ( i think it was called ) i remember seeing a couple of them with the ugly round clock housing.
Never liked the GT550 much, the kettle was better but they are commanding stupid prices, the Z650 was nice though. i like the italian marques though, my monster is awesome soooooooooooo much fun. Doing some  monster parade laps at silverstone - mallory - donnington this summer with the ducati owners club