Hello peeps, I have recently made a couple of references to the 900ssie I had to sell a few years ago now, and how much i regret doing so. I wondered whether anyone on here has ended up with it. Registration number is Y768 MJO And, if so......................................do you want to sell it??!! Yours kinda hopefully, RB
computer says no Vehicle enquiry - GOV.UK probably sorn somewhere ... it's a pity they don't actually state whether it is sorn or not, useless feckers ... ...actually, it seems to have an export marker on it ???
Excusing my ignorance, does the export marker bit means that has left the country then? Never should have sold it. I is a pillock and no mistake Thanks Greyman. RB
Aye, I guess so?? I had a 400/4 years ago and regret selling to this day, that got exported as well. Strange how you can hanker after one bike. Superlights look nice in yellow
400/4's were nice. I remember them well...super smooth though a bit small for lanky twats like me. Agree re Superlights. I have considered trying to source a replacement ss (or poss a S/L) but I'm just not sure it would feel the same. RB
My old Lambretta is in Nuremburg. I sold it to a couple of german guys in 1991(ish) to buy a bike so I could commute to university after they moved the campus in my final year. Used the cash to buy a GS750db. I miss that scoot. I still yearn for it today.
Thanks mate. Think I'm stuffed as the bike has gone abroad, I know not where. That's life I guess! RB
I sort of miss my old XJ900F. We rode each other to the point of destruction (mine nearly, and subsequently the bike's, totally) but I had such a hoot on that bus. To be honest though, it was the guys I rode with and the time of my life, that I really miss. The XJ just happened to be the ride at the time, I guess. Also, riding a bike to its limits has a certain fun that riding a bike to your own limits lacks. Well, at least I don't have to search for that old XJ ... that thing got killed stone dead.
I think you're right Loz. Its a lot to do with a certain time in your life. Things you associate with the period during which you rode that particular bike. Also the 900 was a good real-world bike. If it was a horse I think you would describe it as 'honest'. I love my 999 but sometimes think it would kill me if I pulled some of the stunts I did on the ss. RB
Mine was a very rare lambretta thats worth an absolute freaking mint nowadays. I sold it for 900 sobs. But the memories i will have forever. Like riding it through The Gordon Arms in Chiselhurst when we got kicked out for topping up our booze in the bogs.
That Lambretta was a little like the Suzuki GT750A I sold for peanuts, years ago. Needed money to buy the then-missus a learner bike. I'd already spent a fortune on getting the most expensive parts of the Kettle sorted, all it really needed was some love spent on the loom ... but I sold it for a song. Stupid me ... mind you, it wasn't one of the stupidest decisions I made to keep that particular relationship going. The Kettle would have appreciated in value ... the learner bike got sold on for peanuts when it was obvious the missus was never going to get on with it, after that drunken ride around Tangmere Airfield. Man, I was shaking out stones and mud from both our bikes for weeks afterwards.
Nice looking kettle on here! I wouldn't mind the Bonnie either! Northants Classic Bikes - Showroom RB
I ended up having 3 GS750's. Great bikes. 1st one got stolen and recovered but theyd shagged it so it got choppered. I sold that chop after I realised I wasnt really into choppers and preferred suspension. I then bought a GSX1100SD Katana. I'd really like a GS1000S...I really like Suzuki's and would also like a k5 GSXR750 in black.
I was at college in Liverpool with a bloke who had a GS750 and I remember being well impressed when comparing it with the Bonnie I had at the time. In saying that, another guy at the same college had a Kawasaki 750-4 (the first one they did c.1980) and a Z1000. He was loaded as wasn't into beer and fags like the rest of us. Anyhow, he looked after the Bonnie while I was in hospital having my leg sorted out. He lived in Wrexham and traveled UK-wide following Wrexham footie team. He subsequently flogged both Kawasakis and bought a Bonnie of his own. Mad or what?! RB
I'm still hoping my Guzzi Le Mans crops up (SHK 124W) but I reckon by now it has been broken or is rusting away in someone's shed....... .....the last time I looked at the Vehicle Enquiry website shows it as Not Taxed..........whether that means SORN'd or not, I don't know. Terrible photo, I know........but at least it would be recognisable.
