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The Non - Ducatis You Have Owned

Discussion in 'Lounge' started by Robarano, May 4, 2020.

  1. After posting about the Ducati's that have been part of our lives (Ducatis You Have Owned), I was wondering what non Ducati bikes we've had. :bucktooth:

    I'll leave the Scooters out of it.

    Shut up @Exige :no_mouth:

    I'll kick it off.

    1st - GSXR1100M - H reg. Mint with about 900 miles on it when I bought it. Owned by the lead singer of the Toy Dolls originally. "Ooooooooooooooooo...Nellie the Elephant!" :) I had this before I passed my test. :innocent:

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    2nd - RD350LC - Stan Stephens tuned. Bought from my Brother-in-law to pay towards his wedding. I owned this for a couple of years, which was slightly longer than his marriage to my sister. :confused:

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    3rd - Fireblade RRW - Bought a Fireblade because of the legend. Didn't like it, seemed bland. Quality wasn't brilliant either which surprised me for a Honda.

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    4th - MV Agusta F4 750 - Loved this bike and owned it for about 8 years. Sold when I just found it too uncomfortable to ride for a day out. It used to wreck my knees. :worried:

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    5th - Honda RVF400 - Bought to commute to work on and that's all I pretty much did on it for 18 months. Great little bike with a stonker engine.

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    6th - RD350LC - Converted from a RD250LC. A dog, shouldn't have bought it and sold it shortly after.

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    7th - Aprilia Tuono Factory V2 - Brilliant bike and introduced me to superb Aprilia build quality. Sold because I wanted my 1098s and the dealers were rubbish at the time. A month wait for an accessory wasn't uncommon. :(

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    8th - GSXR1100M - Bought because I had fond memories of my 1st. Sold on a whim and regretted it ever since.

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    The next 3 I still have :upyeah:

    9th - RD350LC - Matching numbers UK bike. A good one but not a pampered show bike as I wanted to use the thing.

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    10th - Aprilia Tuono V4 Factory - Bought in January - Ridden it once and an unbelievebale bike. My local dealer is a star and can get anything for me next day. :upyeah:

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    11th - Triumph Sprint ST ABS. Bought as a cheap tourer for Italy (fingers crossed). Looks good so far for an inexpensive bike. :upyeah:

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    #1 Robarano, May 4, 2020
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  2. Some nice stuff there matey., You’ve had some nice kit over your time.
     
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  3. What gives with you and all these questions?
     
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  4. In the order i have owned from 2008:

    1st Yamaha R6
    2nd Kawasaki ZX6R
    3rd Suzuki GSXR K8 1000
    4th Kawasaki Z800

    Then i moved to Ducati:

    1st Ducati Panigale 899
    2nd & Current bike Ducati Hypermotard 939

    Pics Below: not in order :confused:

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  5. Why do you ask? :thinkingface:
     
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  6. It was completely stock when i got it, & that picture is how i sold it.

    was a 1999 model & the attention it got was unreal!!! People used to see "T" reg & be like "Never".......

    It had done around 26,000 miles

    Paid £2250 for it & sold it 2 years later for £2750
     
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  7. No pics, but I have owned a few. Started owning bikes at about 12, got a car at 18 and forgot bikes for a few years. Then back just after my lad was born as we needed two modes of transport and two cars weren’t affordable. IIRC something like this...

    Suzuki TS50
    Suzuki TS100
    Suzuki TS50 Mx bike
    RD125LC
    Suzuki GT550 triple
    GPX250
    ZXR 400
    A couple of old ropey hondas like CBs
    1000 firebalde, underseat exhaust version
    R1200GS
    GSXR 1000 K6
    GSXR 750 K4
    R1250GS

    Still got the last two
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  8. I don't have any pics o_O

    TS50ER - p'exd for:
    RD250LC - p'exd to get:
    Z1000A2 - Still got (scrapped frame) - engine in my Avtar bike - now 1197 Turbo
    Rickman Z1b - Sold :sob::sob::sob::sob::sob:
    TS185 - sold
    RD250 - sold
    CB750K - sold
    Z1b - Still got - frame now on my Avtar bike - engine in mams garage
    GPZ1260 Nitrous - Still got, the headstock and engine less Nitrous is in my KR1000 project
    Katana 1000 - bought for girlfriend at the time, she sold to get a V Max :sob::sob::sob:
    ZX9R E1 - Sold
    Yamaha R1 5PW - Still got on the road
    Yamaka R1 4XV - Zero Mile - still got
    Yamaha R6 5EB - Zero Mile - still got
    Suzuki GSXR 1000 K1 - Zero Miles - still got
    Aprilia RSVR Factory - Sold
    MV Agusta 750 Evo 3 - Still got
    Kawasaki ZXR750K1 - Still Got
    Suzuki GSX-R 750 Limited Edition (1986) - Still got
    Suzuki Hayabusa Turbo - Jack Frosts UK and European Speed Record Bike - Still got
    Yamaha YR5 - Still got and on the road

    Think that's about it :thinkingface:
     
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  9. I like posts like this.

    1999

    dad told me I had to ride a bike before I could drive so I bought a brand new Honda xlr125 for college and kept it 2 years rode it on my cbt before doing my test in 01

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    2001

    after passing my test at 19 bought a 6 month old sv650 and had it restricted for a week. Only kept for 9 months as my dad called me from the local Honda dealer to convince me to buy a new bike.

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    2002

    traded the Sv for a new cbr600f. Restricted again for only a week so I had the certificate. Kept it 2 years and did around 12000 miles including trips to Ireland.

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    2004

    again my old man and his bad influence called me from triumph to tell me to go see the Daytona 600 that had just come out. Traded cbr then and there. Kept for 6 months as I managed to go through the rear tyre to the metal on a weekend on the north loop (nc500 now) chasing mates on thousands. Lost my arse on it but it had to go

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    2004

    Traded the triumph in for a new gixer 750k4. The dealer actually managed to write the first one off on the Pdi so I waited another month for them to find a replacement as it wasn’t the common blue bike. Loved this bike and wish I kept it.

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    2009

    I had year with no bike having sold the last gixer when I was working away too much. I bought another 750 this time a k8. Kept a year as I had an off. Put it back together and traded it for my first 1000.

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    2010

    Gixer 1000 k9 soon as I saw this bike I had to have it. Jumping on a thou was an eye opener. Kept this one for 3 years and did a trip to Austria on it and it was awesome in the alps.

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    2011

    after the trip to Austria I knew we would do it again. As much as the gixer was great in the alps riding down there was crippling so I bought a new tiger 1050 purely for going to Austria again. Hateful bike kept it around a year and traded for a speed triple R

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    2012

    traded the tiger in for a new speed triple R. Great bike took it to the Isle of Man was good fun over the mountain but as my first naked bike I wasn’t ready for the wind blast above 100 and so I was getting passed left and right. Sold it shortly after as again was working away a lot and 2 bikes was a bit much.

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    2013

    soon as I saw the millionth edition gixer I had to have one and my local dealer sent me first refusal on the only one they got. Traded the k9 for it. Should never of sold this one

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    2016

    I test rode the 2015 R1 when it came out and as soon as I saw the 60th anniversary one again had to have it. Was such a massive step up from all the thousands I’d had before. Kept the millionth also and got an R1.

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    2016

    I was really enjoying the R1 and so when the mt10 was released I jumped at a cancelled order from my local dealer. Kept it for 2 years then sold it for the duc. Was a great bike toured Austria on it in 18 also.

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    2017

    having said I would keep the millionth I stupidly traded it for a new gixer 1000R. I really regret that as I could of easily kept it. In the winter of 2017 I had it painted 18 colours as I didn’t like the black.

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    2019

    sold the mt10 as I had the corse coming and thought 3 bikes should be my limit. Then in November I saw a deal on the Thruxton R which was a bike I’d had a soft spot for since it came out so jumped at that. Delivered dec 19 and yet to turn a wheel.

    And that brings us to the current line up. No intentions of selling anything. My dads friend always told me be a buyer not a seller so I’m going to follow that as long as I can afford to.
     
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  10. Shame you have no pics. I've heard about all these, but never seen them. :(
     
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  11. Yamaha dt50
    Rd400
    Cbr600
    Gsxr1100
    Gsxr750wt srad
    97 fireblade
    98 r1
    Gsxr1000k2
    2004 zx10r
    2006 fireblade
    2007 r1
    2009 zx10r
    2010 fireblade
    Gsxr1000k1 track bike
    2006 zx10r trackbike
    2010 bmw1000rr trackbike
    2018 gsxr1000r trackbike
     
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  12. Ok here goes....

    RS125, 2001 new, don’t have any pics
    Zxr400, had this a few years and blew it up and put another engine in it which was nearly blown up...

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    Zx6r 2007, after my first 748

    cbr600rr 2008, best paint scheme they ever did

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    Rs250...

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    Daytona 675

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    Then another Ducati, an 848

    then another Daytona...

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    Then had a side project, a RS125 that I restored. Red chain not my choice...

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    and I also bought a RGV250 VJ23 that a few will recognise the significance of...

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    Obviously as this is non Ducati I’ve left them out but there have been some Ducati’s in there for sure and currently have a Panigale V2 and this..

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    I’m due to sell the Daytona providing all goes well, but I have another RGV to do up, I just don’t know if I can be bothered as I don’t really like the older model RGV. I’ll do it if I can do it and fit a tyga kit to it.
     
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  13. Love the RS250 and RGV250. :)
     
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  14. No pictures, I think the Box Brownie had only just been invented when I bought some of these :joy:

    BSA C11G, 250cc single 4-stroke
    Villiers 2T, 250cc twin 2-sroke
    Royal Enfield Prince, 150cc single 2-stroke
    1932 Sunbeam 250 single, twin exhaust port 4-stroke
    BSA Bantam D4, 125cc single 2-stroke
    Norton 650ss twin
    Royal Enfield Meteor Minor 500cc twin
    Ariel NH Red Hunter 350cc single
    BSA DBD32 350cc single
    AJS 7R 350cc single
    Zundapp 200cc twin 2-stroke
    Itom 50cc single 2-stroke
    Honda C90 single
    Suzuki Invader 200cc twin 2-stroke
    Suzuki GSX750 IL4
    Suzuki TL1000R, V twin

    Andy
     
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  15. thought you might mate, I know you are keen on a VJ23. It’s with a guy up near Dinnington now, he paid £8k for it!!!

    I’ve got another ex race bike to do, to really rough and needs full engine rebuild but it’s £500 to get it bought, thing is it’s a stage 2 engine with sugaya kit ignition and pipes so has some good bits on and the frame is mint so can rebuild it as a mint tyga bike if I can be bothered.

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  16. Yeah. Both the RGV250 and RS250 have went nuts. :confused:

    Dinnington eh? I'll keep an eye out. :eyes:
     
  17. From when I passed my test at 17, not all in correct order:
    Z550
    Z750L4
    GPZ750R1
    CB900- still makes me shudder thinking about it!
    GPZ1100B2
    GSXR750 Slabbie, wrote it off.
    GSXR1100K Blue and White
    GSXR1100K Red and Black
    GSXR1100M Black and Purple
    ZX9R
    GSXR750WT
    R1
    TL1000S
    GSXR1000K5 lovely bike
    TL1000R
    ZX10R 2004 animal!
    Z1B wish I still had it.
    Honda SP2, I’ve had 2 and would love another.
    Ducati 1098
    GSXR1000K9 wrote it and myself off on the Island. Didn’t like it anyway!
    1098SF I will get another one day I hope.
    RSVR1000
    Tuono V4 1100 Factory times 2, probably the best bikes I’ve ever owned.
    MT10SP for a few months, couldn’t get on with it. I had this between the 2 Tuonos
    1299 Panigale.
    And now, wait for it......
    A GSA1250 HP!!
    All that in 34 years although some of them I owned at the same time.
    I’ve got pictures of some of them which I’ll fish out at some point.
    Sorry it was supposed to be without the Ducati’s.

    Sorry I also forgot my GSXR1000K2 which I bought new.
     
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  18. Yamaha DT 175 MX
    Honda CG 125
    Yamaha 350 LC
    Kawasaki KMX 125
    Honda CB 1100 F
    Suzuki DRZ 400 S
    Suzuki Bandit 600
    Honda NTV 650
    Kawasaki GPX 600 ( still got )
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  19. Oo Err mate, that GS is pretty...... :D
     
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