Best looking bike when you were 22

[ChrisW]

What were you lusting after, or indeed riding, when you were 22?

For me, it was the RGV250M and I was lucky enough to have one for a while.

[KungFooBob]

I had one of these when I was 22, I bought it brand new when I was 21.

It was the bestest bike in the whole world ever.

[Skub]

No deliberating for me. I had one when I was 19,it was the daddy back then. Still beautiful to my eyes.

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

1989 was a bad biking year for me, what I had was a 1979 GSX750ET that was slow and heavy, it has two saving graces, it handled nicely for a 1970s big bike and it looked like the 1100, what I wanted was a slabbie GSXR750

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I bought a slabbie in 1991, it was fantastic, a really fun bike

[mangocrazy]

Dunno about the best looking bike, but this was the one I lusted after when I was 22. But with flat bars, not those silly ape-hangers...

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[Mr. Dazzle]

[Mr. Dazzle]

Actually....I don't like the curve at the top of the windscreen!

Back in the fugly bin.

[KungFooBob]

Everyone knows that the F4 312RR in White/Black is the best looking MV... which of course depends on the year you were born.

[Alan PBTD]

Wasn't 22 but close, either way to answer your question a Triumph X 75 Hurricane in Candy Red.

[Druid]

The best looking bike when I was 22 was this



Although I was actually riding one of these

[Mr. Dazzle]

When I was 22 I had a bike exactly like this

And I still have the bike exactly like this. It's in my garage, my other shonky old Triumph takes all my time and money.

[Bigjawa]

These.



Because when I was 22 in 1997, I owned one.

[Bustaspoke]

When I was 22 I was hooning around on one of these,but with standard pipes & disc.



What I was drooling over was one of these

[Yorick]

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I still love the look of this bike. It's engrained in my brain.

I crashed this fucker at least 30 times.
But got about 10 wins.

[Felix]

1989 was a bad biking year for me, what I had was a 1979 GSX750ET that was slow and heavy, it has two saving graces, it handled nicely for a 1970s big bike and it looked like the 1100.

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Why did you not get the 1100? I drooled over them in 85 till i seen the GPZ900R in Black N Gold. I was 23 when i passed my test in 86 and had to settle on a GS550E.

[Felix]

The best looking bike when I was 22 was this

SD was a nicer looking bike but had to be black n gold also

[Le_Fromage_Grande]

1989 was a bad biking year for me, what I had was a 1979 GSX750ET that was slow and heavy, it has two saving graces, it handled nicely for a 1970s big bike and it looked like the 1100.

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Why did you not get the 1100? I drooled over them in 85 till i seen the GPZ900R in Black N Gold. I was 23 when i passed my test in 86 and had to settle on a GS550E.

I couldn't afford to buy or insure the 1100, I also didn't realise how slow the 750 was, I replaced it with a 350 YPVS that was noticeably quicker accelerating, top speed was about the same. Buying the 750ET was a mistake, it put me off 4 strokes, it was 3 years before I bought another one, and that was the GSXR, which comfortably indicated 150mph and got there very quickly, it also handled and stopped better than the YPVS, and I don't think it was until I bought my YZF750 in 96 that I had a bike that was better than the early GSXR, I had an FZ750 and a Slingshot GSXR750 in between.

[Supermofo]

Well I owned one of these that I bought brand new in 1999


Best looking

Probably this

[Druid]

The best looking bike when I was 22 was this

SD was a nicer looking bike but had to be black n gold also

Not much between the but the SS was faster

[Demannu]

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Owned one a bit later on, sometimes not good to meet your heroes.