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No, don't think so. Like others I think they've all gone for a reason.

I'd liked to have kept some just cos really but as I couldn't justify having more than one bike that's that. I'd loved to have kept my 96 Blade and my 690 Duke but they went to fund other bikes and that's how it is.

Library pic because I don’t actually have any of my own.

Gearbox went so I traded it in.

If I’d known how much I would regret it I would have fixed it myself.

Probably this



It would ground out the centrestand and had more go than stop so needed a new rear shock and blue spot callipers on the front and I was skint at the time but I should have hung in to it

My 250LC, nice little bike with a 350 front end that had twin discs

At the time I had 3 bikes. The LC, an R80 Beemer I had used for courier work and an XS400SE which was the other work bike and I really didn’t like it at all. I was joining the RAF and needed to sell to fund other things but intended to sell the BM and XS and keep the LC.

The Beemer went instantly to another courier but no body wanted the XS and I had a few offers on the LC so gave in and sold that to a mate who killed it racing a short time later.

Ended up riding round training bases on the XS till it finally shat itself for the third time in Nottingham and was sold to a bike breakers shop there for parts.

There's two bike's that I regret selling,but circumstances meant that they had to go.
My XJ550,until I bought the SV650 the other week this was the only new bike I'd ever owned.I swapped it after18 months for 1 1/2 RD250LC's,for a underfunded attempt at proddy racing..



The other bike that I regret selling was the RD250LC,but I think most people who rode a 250/350LC back in the day regret selling them.
There's also a few bikes that I regret buying,but that's another topic.

Hhhhmmm, difficult for me - either my Aprilia RSV1000R Factory as it was the nearest to exotica I've owned or my 5VY R1, because it was such a damp good and well sorted bike on track and road.

v8-powered wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:49 pm Hhhhmmm, difficult for me - either my Aprilia RSV1000R Factory as it was the nearest to exotica I've owned or my 5VY R1, because it was such a damp good and well sorted bike on track and road.

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You sure that was yours? Looks exactly like my R1

KungFooBob wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 8:11 am None.

They all went for a reason, usually for something better/newer/more interesting.

Exactly. Never wanted any of them back. It was a backwards step in my book.

weeksy wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:59 pm

v8-powered wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 1:49 pm Hhhhmmm, difficult for me - either my Aprilia RSV1000R Factory as it was the nearest to exotica I've owned or my 5VY R1, because it was such a damp good and well sorted bike on track and road.

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You sure that was yours? Looks exactly like my R1

Yup. More often it looked like this though....

Nope they’re lumps of metal

There were two I sold and shouldn't have, and I sold them both around the same time as I had been out of work for 15 months and was £5k in debt. One was the 350 YPVS powered Hejira that I initially built for my girlfriend, then used it as a trackday tool after we split up. It weighed 130kg fully fueled and it was a little stoater.


The other was a full fat TL1000S out of the first batch to arrive in the country in dark green. It was seriously rapid and I managed my first sub 2 minute lap of Oulton on it in road trim.

An RGV250M. I bought it a year old but eventually it had been in a corner the barn for years without having been ridden - in truth I forgot about it for a while. Sold it because it was in the way in the end & I do regret that.

Doubt I'd enjoy folding myself onto it now though!

My first 350 YPVS, some power valves were good, some not so good, that was a good one.

My very mint and original GS1000. Promised my recently separated ex that I'd throw some money her way as a 'sweetener' to foxtrot oscar out of my life. Had an Aprilia pegaso and gs up for sale, suprisingly the gs went first!
Oh, and she didn't fo either!

I had a very low mileage drz400 in superb condition with all the right stuff done to it, supermoto and off road wheel sets and I almost gave it away .
For what I got for it I should have just stuck it in the corner of the garage under a cover, but the desire for the new KTM 690 sm and not enough funds forced my hand at the time.
I still keep my eyes out for them now but they are all old, mostly knackered and getting pricey!

My V10 Centauro, longest I'd ever owned a bike & suited me down to the ground but needed a fair bit of tlc to keep it running well, replaced it with the Guzzi 1200 sport which hasn't been a great success.

My Harley was pretty timeless and I should have kept it. Wish I;d realised that at the time. The other bike is my MT-09. I had to sell it due to injury and I dont think i'd had my time with it. I think subliminally I want another, as i've kept the black widow system and top box and rack for it...

Taipan wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:02 am My Harley was pretty timeless and I should have kept it. Wish I;d realised that at the time. The other bike is my MT-09. I had to sell it due to injury and I dont think i'd had my time with it. I think subliminally I want another, as i've kept the black widow system and top box and rack for it...

Given the contents of the loft of plenty you subliminally want half the vehicles you've ever owned again.

This.



Paid £900 for it, did trackdays on it and would indicate 170 on the road on a regular basis.

Swapped it for a tuned Firestorm that was stupidly fast but nowhere near as nice

Count Steer wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 12:16 pm

Taipan wrote: Fri Mar 22, 2024 11:02 am My Harley was pretty timeless and I should have kept it. Wish I;d realised that at the time. The other bike is my MT-09. I had to sell it due to injury and I dont think i'd had my time with it. I think subliminally I want another, as i've kept the black widow system and top box and rack for it...

Given the contents of the loft of plenty you subliminally want half the vehicles you've ever owned again.

True dat!