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We all have THAT bike i reckon.... What was it for you ?

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Back in the day i'm not even sure why i sold it.... then 2 years or so later i almost bought it back, i really should have done so... It was honestly a sublime thing.... I think mostly it was the 'trackday' thing that caused me to sell it.
If i were in a world where i was sitting flush... I'd be jumping in and buying one.

https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/265932850338 ... R8rN6fzLYw

My 03, yellow R1150GS. A veritable Swiss Army knife of a bike and lots of road memories wrapped up in it. I'm half tempted to hunt it down and make the owner an offer he can't refuse.

My first thought was a Ducati too.

My old Pantah TL600 which I crashed and rebuit in a rather tasty cafe-racer(ish).



(it was faster in a straight line than that RGV. )

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:02 am My 03, yellow R1150GS. A veritable Swiss Army knife of a bike and lots of road memories wrapped up in it. I'm half tempted to hunt it down and make the owner an offer he can't refuse.

Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:08 am

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:02 am My 03, yellow R1150GS. A veritable Swiss Army knife of a bike and lots of road memories wrapped up in it. I'm half tempted to hunt it down and make the owner an offer he can't refuse.

It's taxed and MoT'd (to Jan 25) and has done 45k miles so still rolling.

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:10 am

Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:08 am

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:02 am My 03, yellow R1150GS. A veritable Swiss Army knife of a bike and lots of road memories wrapped up in it. I'm half tempted to hunt it down and make the owner an offer he can't refuse.

It's taxed and MoT'd (to Jan 25) and has done 45k miles so still rolling.

You can have my spare Rockster if you like, (once I work out which one I'm going to keep).

My B25ss.
( sold it to elder brother who blew it up the next day)
My previous LE.
The R80 I replaced it with.
The 175 kwak traily.
The 441 Victor.

That looks like a list of almost every bike I've had on the road.

I missed out the YAS1 Yam.

Oh, and the Honda 550 and the Tigress scooter.

None.

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

I think I might be about to do it with the Griso, the roads are too rough and full of cash machines and grannies round here for it to be fun but I can't see me getting it to France in the near future.

It takes up a lot of room in the shed and the shed gets damp in winter so it's a constant battle to keep the corrosion down.

If someone offered 5k for it I'd probably let it go.

The one bike!?!?!?!

I've only sold one bike in my life, A CCM R30, it'd be nice to still have it in the garage but I'll not lose sleep over it

My Street Triple. Bloody loved that bike, sold it only because of the guilt of not riding it as much as I thought I should.
I will get another one at some point

No, they all went for good logical reasons. Some were not worth repairing, some I just didn't fit and others because something better came along.

The closest would be my CB900F in 1986 or'87. It was either it's running costs or the mortgage. The mortgage won, helped by my being walking distance form work.

My light blue bmw r1200 CL .what a bloody beast

Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:11 am

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:10 am

Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:08 am

It's taxed and MoT'd (to Jan 25) and has done 45k miles so still rolling.

You can have my spare Rockster if you like, (once I work out which one I'm going to keep).

Very kind (and tempting!) mon ami.

It's really the memories wrapped up in that GS I guess. I let it go because it seemed a terrible waste sat in the garage doing nothing when I couldn't ride. Sod's Law the knee got fixed shortly after...and I saw someone riding it down the local High Street.

Is that Orange Box's orange box behind it?

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

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

Yeah. That really. Out with the old, in with the new.

That said, I often see an old 'high pipe' 600 Hornet on my commute (sat next to it at the lights this morning, as it happens) and there's something about it that still floats my boat. I'm sure it's 'rose-tinted glasses syndrome', but I found my old one such a great, throw-it-around, no-frills, hoot-a-minute bike. Revved like an angry hornet, was cheap to run, reliable as an old family retainer and I'd put my stamp on it with some very, very tasteful mods.
Pretty sure if I got on one now I'd be very disappointed. There's a lot of truth in the old Chinese proverb, 'Wanting is better than having'.

My 998s
Which I sold to Couchy...

My Bultaco 250 , only because i felt i never really finished it properly.

Speed Triple was and is the only bike I should have kept. That said I won't get another for fear it breaks the memories I have.

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 9:10 am

Rockburner wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:11 am

Count Steer wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 7:10 am

It's taxed and MoT'd (to Jan 25) and has done 45k miles so still rolling.

You can have my spare Rockster if you like, (once I work out which one I'm going to keep).

Very kind (and tempting!) mon ami.

It's really the memories wrapped up in that GS I guess. I let it go because it seemed a terrible waste sat in the garage doing nothing when I couldn't ride. Sod's Law the knee got fixed shortly after...and I saw someone riding it down the local High Street.

Is that Orange Box's orange box behind it?

Looks like it yes.

kendo57 wrote: Thu Mar 21, 2024 10:07 am My Bultaco 250 , only because i felt i never really finished it properly.

Similar thoughts with my TL. I had an electrical issue with it and a "mate" offered to buy it off me for a good price for a non-runner; he took it home, fitted a new controller box from his stores, and sold it on for a profit within a week (or so I was told some time later). I was not happy about that.