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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 5:42:54 GMT
Time to show us what you have. right now in 2020......
I own four bikes these days - will upload within the next 48h.......what have you got?
And maybe a bit of a backstory behind each bike....
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Post by Deleted on May 3, 2020 6:05:23 GMT
Kicking off I have this 1972 BSA Lightning.....I will get a better pic of the 2004 Triumph I have tomorrow.....
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Post by BritPete on May 3, 2020 8:25:33 GMT
I have 3 1/2 at the moment (1/2 as SME is in bits) My first offering is my BSA C15, this would be the last bike to sell if I had t sell my bikes In about 2009 I was bored at work - put a stupid bid on a C15 (£800), it was all there (well nearly) and when I picked it up he thew in a spare engine It needed lots of work so I then bought this C15 as it was ready to ride, again a surprise was the original Buff log book when I picked it up. Had to hire a trailer for the day and on the way back, early 2011, I got it MOT'd on the way back and it passed couple of advisories but very minor. The pre 1960 MOT free had not yet come in. Taxed it insured it and then the nightmare began with the brake and gears on the wrong side. Had not ridden a bike for 25 years and only Jap ones. That really got me back into bikes - it is still my favourite bike to ride. Stupidly I promised it to my Daughter when she passes her test I love the shape of the tank of the early C15's not a fan of the later shape. I sold the first C15 a few years back, as usual regret it now but space was tight and I had just bought my firs SD and ...... well thats another story
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Post by mikef on May 3, 2020 8:49:36 GMT
Here's my two. The Bantam was my first restoration in 2010. Then came the SD in 2013. Both keepers.
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Post by buster on May 3, 2020 9:11:13 GMT
this was my first bike after a good few years away from bikes. I was originally looking for at bikes in a £1500 budget range and discovered theres quite a lot of choice, had my eye on a suzuki dr600 because I thought I'd be able to insure it (my no claims had long since lapsed) but these kept showing up in various searches so I ran a quote on one and discovered I could insure it no problem. threw a bid in on ebay and bought this funny, but when they were current I had no interest in a bike like this, its taken 20 years for the styling to grow on me
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Post by grahamb on May 3, 2020 9:11:48 GMT
Got my first Honda about 8 years ago , Didn't know what I was buying but just fancied a change from the usual bikes I went for. Just happened it was a superdream in the oh so familiar run down condition with 16 previous owners.
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Post by grahamb on May 3, 2020 9:15:30 GMT
Other end of the scale I went for something small . 50cc French moped just for fun . Messed about with it and it ended up like this. More Later
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Post by buster on May 3, 2020 10:09:15 GMT
this bike was meant to be a 400 superdream but odd things happen. I had a budget of around £1200 and was looking for an SD as a rolling restoration, saw a few but kept missing them (one of them turned up on here, so I'm glad it went to an enthusiast). its one of those bikes (I'v always quite fancied a big single) that I threw a silly bid in on ebay and ended up buying it. pictured in its natural habitat, twisty, bumpy back roads
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Post by duffer on May 3, 2020 13:23:21 GMT
My first bike was a "bitsa". Moped engine, scooter frame, upturned handlebars for foot rests, Honda tank etc.... Number plate sadly made up ! All long since gone........ but not everything !! ... The AJS became just as unloved, but it survived ! Go forward 32 years and I rescued it. Gave it some love and got it road legal again. About 8 years later another little lad came along and was interested in the noisy beast and enjoyed a gentle run on the back. Seemed to spark an interest in Dad's stuff.... Then he wanted his own (With his eye on another prize I think) The AJS ? Here it is this morning. After a little clutch fettling it ran again, sweet as a nut ! I think it is best to remember that we own nothing. We just take the job on to look after it, enjoy it and sometimes improve it for the next people to enjoy.
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Post by duffer on May 3, 2020 13:24:48 GMT
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Post by carlthebandit on May 3, 2020 17:34:22 GMT
Well erm, what can I say? I have always had A (1) motorbike from the age of 15. So for my reply, the bike I have owned the longest at the present moment in time is a 1982 650 Nighthawk. Always wanted one, from the day I first saw one and sat on it at the NEC motorbike show in Birmingham, in I guess 81/82. I could not afford one at the time and I was riding a KC100 Companion which my father got me, two months before my 16th birthday,telling me I could put a 50cc sticker on it and ride it as a moped. I was so excited the next week I went out on it to my mates house and took him for a spin on the back, unfortunately we met up with a police officer and well lets just say I didn’t ride it again until I was 17. So here she is it’s an American import that I got in 2008.
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Post by bojer on May 3, 2020 17:48:53 GMT
I'm doing really well by my standards , not a single SD so on here as bit of a fraud really .
Current stock is : CB350 SG , I really want to see the back of , Suzuki GSX750F equally unloved , tried giving it away this w/e , one Honda CL350 that is not too far away from being back on the road and one stripped to its bare bones , engine the lot , Royal Enfield Himalayan & a RE Continental GT 535 - I like the look and don't need to go anywhere !
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Post by bojer on May 3, 2020 17:54:16 GMT
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Post by grahamb on May 3, 2020 18:11:33 GMT
got this as a box of bit back in the 90,s for-runner to the c15 pre-unit c12 (Sorry for size of image can't edit)
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Post by kevjoyce on May 3, 2020 18:23:06 GMT
Don't worry Bojer, I'm coming for the sg as soon as lockdown is lifted! 😊😊😊😊 I'm also a fraud, no SD at the moment. Have had a couple in the past, the yellow one was beautiful, can't believe it's gone... Current owner of a cb350sg, just got it back on the road before lockdown... Will add a picture in a minute...
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