Your motorcycle history (no scooters)

‘77 Honda CB200
‘79 Triumph Tiger 750
‘58 Triton 750
‘78 Yamaha XS750
‘83 Suzuki GSX250
‘82 Benelli 654
‘86 Yamaha DT125
‘90 Honda HX135
‘92 Honda NSR150
‘97 Yamaha XV750 Virago
‘86 Yamaha IT125
‘04 Triumph Sprint RS 955i
‘18 Yamaha Serow 250

 

Wow...good topic!
1. Honda CL100
2. Suzuki TC100
3. Suzuki TS125
4. Suzuki GS550ESE
5. Yamaha SZ16

1-3 During my High School years
4 was in Texas and shipped to Madrid to enjoy
5 is currently used and so dependable (but very small...suitable for this location)

Maybe I'll see how to give pics soon!

Thanks for the topic...good memories!

 

In Canada
OSSA Pioneer 250 cc
Bultaco Sherpa T. 250cc
BSA 650 Lightning
Moto Guzzi 650 Ambassador
Moto Guzzi 1,000 Convert
Harley 1200 FLH
Harley 1200 Tour Glide.
In Philippines
Honda 125
Yamaha 250
BMW 1200 GS
BMW 1200 GSA
BMW F-650.

 

85-89 : Kawasaki 400 KH (3 cyl - 2T - 1977)….try two stroke engines and you'll never go back !!
89 : Kawasaki 750 H2 A (1972) …only for a few months, too much work ($) to make it "clean"
89-93 - Yamaha RDLC 350 - 1WU / T (1989 new)…the beginning of a true romance !
90-2001 : Suzuki GSXR 1100 H (1987)….sold when I became father and also because you may ended up in jail if you use this bike…correctly in most european countries !
95-now : many (!) RDLC 350 …only one 31K now…for the time being…
2013-now : Yamaha 600 XTE (1998)….enjoy off road (big tracks coz heavy bike) and learn to be more "quiet" on roads
2020 thinking to buy the new Yamaha Tenere 700

 

Started thinking about my history and lost track at 70, still didn't account for all the bikes I've owned. Over the last 15 years I've owned several at a time for different pursuits. A quickie rundown. Started with a 1970 Yamaha AT-1 during the enduro craze. Rode that all over the Seattle and Olympic Peninsula area back then. Graduated to a series of Yamaha R-5, RD350, RZ350, RD350LC and ultimately an RD500LC I imported from Calgary to Hawaii with the odd RT360 thrown in. A 1974 CB750/4 that I rode cross country, from San Francisco to Seattle/NY/Alabama and back to SF by myself when I was 22. Didn't know anything and a shoestring trip so did it all without a windshield and living out of a backpack bungee strapped to the passenger seat. Had a series of enduros, mostly XL/XR250s for the street while also owning oddities like Penton/Sachs 125s, CR and YZ 125s and a smattering of YZ 250s. A 1988 Hurricane 600, 1989 BMW R100RS in California and a Yamaha RD200 I found at a yard sale. Had a 2012 Goldwing that I bought through a friend by remote control, flew to Florida and we rode from Orlando, up Route 66 to California then to Alaska and back taking the back road by Hyder, hundreds of miles of packed dirt roads on the Goldwing. Continued with a series of street legalized XR400s and ended up with a DRZ400 with the full big bore/cam/pumper carb package, that bike rocked! Drove a Yamaha Majesty about then too. Then moved to Bangkok and got a Click, then a PCX, a CRF250L and a Tracer 900. Now in Dumaguete with another CRF250L and an Nmax. Just bought the girlfriend a Mio125. Getting read to move to Europe at the end of the year and plan to buy a big roadburner with bags like the Tracer. I've had to go back and add a couple of bikes that popped up as I was typing this, there are others but these are the memorable ones.

 

I have owned a few bikes over the years but my favorite always was and still is a 1973 360MX Yamaha. A real beast that me and a Yamaha factory racing mechanic did some work on to make it a little peppier. It is an old dinosaur made just before the new frame geometries began to come into vogue and is so "pipey" it's like riding a bull. I bought it new in June of 1973 and still have it. I unboxed it and assembled it brand new.