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How many motorbikes have you owned?

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    #62
    Wossack
    Registered Users Posts: 7,009 ✭✭✭Wossack


    Ive the opposite problem to some of ye - only ever bought 3 bikes, and still have 2 of em

    04 cbr125r
    08 street triple (bought new)
    05 zx6r (bought 2012)

    still own the 675 & 636 :rolleyes:


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    #63
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,317 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I loved it, the torque was insane. It sounded incredible and put a smile on my face every time I fired it up. I was asked about what it was everywhere I parked up! Very comfortable bike, useable power. The only downside was the terrible fuel economy combined with a tiny fuel tank and lack of a fuel gauge. This caused a good bit of anxiety on longer spins down in west Cork!

    Would I have seen it at The Two mile Inn Bar a good few years ago for the toy runs?


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    #64
    [Deleted User]
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    blade1 wrote: »
    Would I have seen it at The Two mile Inn Bar a good few years ago for the toy runs?

    I only went on one of those, I'm not a fan of biking in those big crowds and usually avoided them. If you shopped in bishopstown you would have seen it.


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    #65
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,317 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    Deleted User wrote: »
    I only went on one of those, I'm not a fan of biking in those big crowds and usually avoided them. If you shopped in bishopstown you would have seen it.

    Yeah I'm the same, I go now and again just for a look at some bikes but hate the actual run.


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    #66
    mamax
    Registered Users Posts: 880 ✭✭✭mamax


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Dang you beat me to it:



    Too many and yet, and yet.............not enough :)


    Seriously, I too had a thing for changing them like mad for years & years, but I've calmed down now.


    Bikes in my owership at this stage are: 3 yrs, 14 yrs, 16yrs, 30yrs.

    I only ever "loved" a few bikes and sorry I sold them

    fzr1000 exup
    rgv250
    cbr400rr

    I sold a 929 blade a while back and that was almost as much fun as any of the above, those 3 are all proper classics now, no traction control, anti wheelie or needing a laptop they were old school but most importantly they were fun bikes in fun times, god I miss the 1990's :p


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    #67
    CJhaughey
    Registered Users Posts: 14,907 ✭✭✭✭CJhaughey


    blade1 wrote: »
    Yeah I'm the same, I go now and again just for a look at some bikes but hate the actual run.

    Yep, same here, I was in Mannings having a coffee with the wife the other day and a heap of bikes went past heading to Bantry, must have been 20+ She asked me would I like that and I said I never liked large groups.


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    #68
    blade1
    Registered Users Posts: 12,317 ✭✭✭✭blade1


    CJhaughey wrote: »
    Yep, same here, I was in Mannings having a coffee with the wife the other day and a heap of bikes went past heading to Bantry, must have been 20+ She asked me would I like that and I said I never liked large groups.

    Not only idea of fun at all.
    Usually head for spins on my own as early as possible on b roads while there is no one on them.
    Go for odd spins with sometimes with a mate or a couple of other lads.


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    #69
    goblin59
    Registered Users Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭goblin59


    I'm not much of a group rider myself either.
    I enjoy going down the back roads and enjoying it at my own pace.
    But I also get frustrated easily when out riding and someone wants to stop every 5 minutes for a bloody selfie.

    Theres a few bikers I do pop out with, but theyre more into the motorcycle camping and go at a good pace. No crotch rocketry or selfie stops


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    #70
    spiggotpaddy
    Registered Users Posts: 873 ✭✭✭spiggotpaddy


    goblin59 wrote: »
    I'm not much of a group rider myself either.
    I enjoy going down the back roads and enjoying it at my own pace.
    But I also get frustrated easily when out riding and someone wants to stop every 5 minutes for a bloody selfie.

    Theres a few bikers I do pop out with, but theyre more into the motorcycle camping and go at a good pace. No crotch rocketry or selfie stops

    There was a group here in port a few years ago and they use to stop every few km's for a smoke or pose or a chat not really sure. A school boy on a bicycle would go further without stopping. I don't know what they got out of it, my back tyre could be hanging off and I'd be 'ah keep going ' I don't even like stopping for petrol.


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    #71
    goblin59
    Registered Users Posts: 2,245 ✭✭✭goblin59


    spiggotpaddy wrote: »
    There was a group here in port a few years ago and they use to stop every few km's for a smoke or pose or a chat not really sure. A school boy on a bicycle would go further without stopping. I don't know what they got out of it, my back tyre could be hanging off and I'd be 'ah keep going ' I don't even like stopping for petrol.

    Yeah I wouldn't enjoy that at all!
    if the weather is good and there's decent scenery, I'll drive slowly to enjoy it though.


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    #72
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    mamax wrote: »
    I only ever "loved" a few bikes and sorry I sold them

    fzr1000 exup
    rgv250
    cbr400rr

    I sold a 929 blade a while back and that was almost as much fun as any of the above, those 3 are all proper classics now, no traction control, anti wheelie or needing a laptop they were old school but most importantly they were fun bikes in fun times, god I miss the 1990's :p

    I hear ya. Kinda.

    But there again I kept my RGV :) Have it 30+ years now 😀

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #73
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,776 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    goblin59 wrote: »
    Yeah I wouldn't enjoy that at all!
    if the weather is good and there's decent scenery, I'll drive slowly to enjoy it though.

    Proper group riding is a skill in itself. I ride with about 4 different groups, 2 of them are shocking.

    The other 2 are like art. Skill, discipline, trust, but 'progress', and safe to boot, even though its sometimes close-quarter riding.

    You just need to find a group like that.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #74
    An Ri rua
    Registered Users Posts: 4,499 ✭✭✭An Ri rua


    -Honda H100S2
    -Yamaha Radian YX600
    -eMax 110S


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    #75
    TheQ_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 315 ✭✭TheQ_Man


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I only went on one of those, I'm not a fan of biking in those big crowds and usually avoided them. If you shopped in bishopstown you would have seen it.

    Yeah seen one or two of your bikes there. Did you leave? Whenever I’m there I don’t see many, if any bikes anymore


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    #76
    Lorddrakul
    Registered Users Posts: 1,727 ✭✭✭Lorddrakul


    12, I think.
    From an XL125s in 1991, to a Z1000sx today.

    One Ducati, one Yamaha, along the way, but mostly Hondas and Kawasakis. Never had a Suzuki.

    Not sure where next, very happy with the SX.


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    #77
    [Deleted User]
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    TheQ_Man wrote: »
    Yeah seen one or two of your bikes there. Did you leave? Whenever I’m there I don’t see many, if any bikes anymore

    I'm still there, a few of the lads have bikes but not as many anymore. I'm turning into a fair weather biker though so if it's raining I'm taking the car.


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    #78
    TheQ_Man
    Registered Users Posts: 315 ✭✭TheQ_Man


    [Deleted User] wrote: »
    I'm still there, a few of the lads have bikes but not as many anymore. I'm turning into a fair weather biker though so if it's raining I'm taking the car.

    You’re like myself. Won’t dare venture out on the bike in the rain. I usually tend to avoid your work place in a car as that car park is manic


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    #79
    Tech_Head
    Registered Users Posts: 336 ✭✭Tech_Head


    Here’s mine:

    2003 Yamaha Dragstar 125
    2007 Honda Shadow 750
    2010 Triumph Street Triple R
    2016 Ducati Scrambler Full Throttle
    2016 Triumph Speed Triple R (current)


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    #80
    zubair
    Registered Users Posts: 2,459 ✭✭✭zubair


    Group rides are better imo, once you're riding with the right group.


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    #81
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,517 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    2000 Honda CBR250RR (1989) - my learner bike. My one and only crash and write off. Loved it.

    2001 Suzuki RF400 (1996) - Beautiful looking bike but was just a bit of a whale.

    2002 Suzuki SV650s - It's an sv650s. What more do you need to say? Cracking bike.

    2004 Suzuki SV1000s - Crazy bike. Nearly got myself in trouble sooo many times.

    2008 BMW R1200GS - Mile muncher. Kept it for nearly 10 years and put 100k miles on the clock. By the end, it felt like an extension of me.

    2017 Honda VFR 1200 - Another beautiful whale. Lovely bike if you were always touring, just not great if you're commuting in heavy traffic 5 days a week.

    2018 Yamaha MT-09 Tracer - Love this one as much as the R1200GS. Bike that really suits me, but can still hit the rev limiter on occasion.

    Next up: maybe an MT-10 - potentially around 2018. I kind'a know I shouldn't, and may regret it, but sure, life is too short for regrets. 😄



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    #82
    rustynutz
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭rustynutz


    Honda 50

    Honda H100

    Yamaha RD125

    Yamaha RXS100

    Suzuki RG125 fun

    Yamaha RD350 YPVS

    Yamaha TZR125

    Honda VFR400

    Kawasaki ZXR 750 J1

    Kawasaki ZX9R B4

    Yamaha R1 98 x 2

    Honda CR250

    Aprilia RSV 1000R 01

    Aprilia RSVR 1000 06

    Yamaha R1 08

    Honda Fireblade 95 Urban tiger

    Honda CRF250

    Honda CRF450

    Aprilia RSVR 1000 04

    Kawasaki ZX12R

    Honda SP1 01

    KTM RC8 2011

    Yamaha R1 09

    KTM 990 superduke

    KTM 950 SMR

    Suzuki RMZ450 08

    Ducati 1098s (still have)

    Kawasaki ZZR1400

    Ducati 1100s hypermotard 09 (still have)

    Aprilia Rs250 1998 mk2 (still have)

    Aprilia Rs250 1995 mk1 Chesterfield (still have)

    Husqvarna te310r 2013 (still have)

    Honda fireblade urban tiger 1995 (still have)


    That's from 1995 to present day, some I wished I had kept judging by the money they are worth today!



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    #83
    Krusty_Clown
    Registered Users Posts: 19,517 ✭✭✭✭Krusty_Clown


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119148223#Comment_119148223

    Trying to collect them all? 🙂



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    #84
    Esel
    Registered Users Posts: 22,235 ✭✭✭✭Esel


    Nice 2-stroke to 4-stroke progression there.

    Not your ornery onager



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    #85
    flashinthepan
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭flashinthepan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119148223#Comment_119148223

    Thats some ammount of bikes there :-)



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    #86
    flashinthepan
    Registered Users Posts: 657 ✭✭✭flashinthepan


    Only 2 im afraid

    1987 to 90 Bought New from M&A north strand

    Suzuki GSX 250E

    image_2022-06-03_101035810.png

    And my present horse after a 35 year gap

    kawasaki Versys 650

    V650.JPG




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    #87
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,691 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152577#Comment_119152577

    Having two RS250s is just being greedy 😉

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #88
    Hotblack Desiato
    Registered Users Posts: 34,691 ✭✭✭✭Hotblack Desiato


    @flashinthepan , what was it like getting back on after such a long time? Much bigger and faster bike than you'd had, too... but the throttle works both ways, as they say 😊

    Fingal County Council are certainly not competent to be making decisions about the most important piece of infrastructure on the island. They need to stick to badly designed cycle lanes and deciding on whether Mrs Murphy can have her kitchen extension.



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    #89
    rustynutz
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭rustynutz


    😁 I used to change bikes regularly but after selling the SP1 I deeply regretted it afterwards, it had only 4k miles on the clock and was mint, so I've gone a bit too far the other direction now, if I think anything might be collectable in the future, I hold onto it!



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    #90
    rustynutz
    Registered Users Posts: 788 ✭✭✭rustynutz


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119152660#Comment_119152660

    I agree, but I couldn't resist, the mk 2 is really clean, but the mk1 is a basket case that I'm currently (very slowly) restoring, it was cheap (that's how I justify it to myself anyway) and I always idolised the Chesterfield 250 when I was riding around on 100cc bikes but it was always out of reach



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    #91
    Henry Ford III
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators Posts: 17,707 Mod ✭✭✭✭Henry Ford III


    KH250

    TDR250

    Pegaso 650

    SFV650



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