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Post by stevegbr on Sept 23, 2015 13:11:09 GMT
what is the worse bike you have ever ridden, and why?
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Post by srx600 on Sept 23, 2015 13:19:03 GMT
no such thing lol  |
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Post by darthvader on Sept 23, 2015 14:00:56 GMT
Chinese copy 125. Bloody awful and fell to bits in 6 weeks.In defence though the bike was slow with awful brakes and an electrical nightmare but that engine just kept going and started 1st kick every time.
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Post by Harold on Sept 23, 2015 14:14:38 GMT
I rode a friends Vespa 50 years ago and it was terrible, when you were sitting on it you were looking right over the top and you couldn't really see much of the bike in front of you which felt odd and it was powerless and handled like a shopping trolley with a square wheel. Horrible f**king thing  |
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Post by srx600 on Sept 23, 2015 15:22:40 GMT
Bought a spares and repairs shinray 125 off ebay for a laugh...put it back together and took it for an MOT..on the way there it fell apart..lol
So when I got there and it failed on the bits that had fallen off. I borrowed the mot guys spanners and put it back together and it passed.My fault I rode it there at 70mph..
So you set out on a ride, which turns out to be an adventurer, not a journey...
Then I flogged it and got the sym xs125...
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Post by Deleted on Sept 23, 2015 18:10:46 GMT
This - a 1988 Honda ST50 Dax. Bought with only around 100 miles on it from Great Western Motors Honda in Reading in December 1990. It hated the snow and wet - constantly cutting out.....went back to the dealer at least three times coming back with no fault found. And when it did decide to run right it was slow......and I mean ser-looooowwwww.....Luckily I kept my old C50 and sold this thing to my cousin in the Spring of '91 - and he never rode it anyway before selling it on himself. A proper lemon.  |
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Post by davefirestorm on Sept 23, 2015 21:43:04 GMT
A mates "chopper",it was unrideable because forks were way too long.He had only ridden small 125/250 bikes as a kid but dreamt of having this "chopper" built for him by various people over several years using bits he sourced himself,he used a 1690cc S&S motor which was VERY fast,too fast for the frame it was unrideable he stuck it in a garage for few years and then swapped it for an old caravan.He paid around £12K to build his dream bike very sad.
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Post by greybeard on Sept 23, 2015 22:55:38 GMT
My ex-brother in law's Piaggio scooter that he bought when 15. Obviously too young to ride it home so I was press-ganged into doing so.
I took the long way round so as not to be seen by anyone I knew. Extremely embarrassing, handled like a shopping cart and if I could have dumped it in the river I would have.
I would rather pull my teeth out one by one than to have to ride another!!!
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Post by davefirestorm on Sept 24, 2015 6:36:24 GMT
Worst bike of my own would have to be a CZ 175 I bought new in 1978 it broke down nearly every time I went out on it,I punched the petrol tank one day it let me down,big mistake it was solid instead of wafer thin on normal bikes boy dit that hurt :DSold it to an east German guy who did thousands of miles touring Europe on so I was told by mechanic ar shop I bought it from Jack Butlers,maybe the bike didn't like me lol
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Post by marktrower on Sept 24, 2015 10:06:01 GMT
the worst bike i have ever rode was this ,it was a nightmare to ride and i was terrified of breaking it the controls were absolute alien to me riding and working out what did what, it was not the bikes fault i have never ro![]()  de a 100 year old bike before.
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Post by jb on Oct 3, 2015 19:04:07 GMT
Honda Superdream, it wouldn't pull your foreskin back.
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Post by kickstart on Oct 3, 2015 19:07:06 GMT
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