just wondering what bikes people have had over the years. what bikes you liked, and which ones you didn't. total curiousity thing.


well, here it goes. i always rode dirtbikes so my first street bike was a dual sport 1992 suzuki dr350. i had this from 1997-2004 (when i purchased my drz400s). my first sportbike was bought in the summer of 1998. it was a 1989 kawasaki zx7. it was a total piece of crap and i sold it a month later (for $500 more than i paid for it!). i then bought a 1997 suzuki gsxr600. i really liked this bike but i totally trashed it. sold it for close to salvage price in the spring of 2001. then i bought my first (and only) brand new bike. a 2001 yamaha yzf-r1 champion edition. i absolutely loved this bike. but so did someone else. it got stolen in september of 2001. i then bought my first honda. a 2000 cbr929rr. red, white, and black. this was the best bike that i have ever owned. i bought it with 800 miles on it. i rode it until i wrecked it in november of 2003. i had to eat the loss because of no collision insurance. i kept it and planned on fixing it up. so the spring of 2004 i bought a 2003 holdover suzuki drz400s and sold my dr350 to my friend (who still rides it almost everyday.) then i came across a 2001 cbr929rr erion edition with 4000 miles on it in may of 2004. i bought it and the 2000 just sat in the garage. until i wrecked it badly in august of 2004. i bought it back from the insurance company. frame was bent and cracked but the swingarm and rear wheel were saved. and that's what i needed for the 2000 929. i then parted out the rest of the erion on ebay. so frankenbike was put together but i was still in the market for a different bike because the 2000 had 39,000 hard miles on it. i found another 2000 cbr929rr (yellow and black. bike i have now) in february of 2005 with 7,000 miles on it for $4500. i couldn't pass it up. i then sold the wrecked/rebuilt 2000 to my friend for a stunt bike.

so there is my bike history. what's everyone else's story.

 

Mines really short but I'll play. When I was 10 or 11 (I'm 21 now) my dad got a hold of an old honda dirt bike (kind of like a moped with dirt tires LOL) and we rode the hell out of it until the motor finally let loose but I loved that thing. Then at the end of last summer I bought a 95 ZX7 form a guy that I work with and rode that until winter. I hate that bike, the tranny slips 2nd gear back to neutral and it just feels like a tank. So this winter I looked around for a while and found 3 bikes but 2 of them sold before I even got to look at them and then I found my 02 F4i here in the classifieds and we went to St Louis to pick it up. I have only put about 35 miles on it, but I love this bike! I will always be riding now even though I haven't been into the sport that long. Like I said its short, but I have got to start somewhere right?

-Jesse-

 

Mines even shorter... Back in august of 05 I begin to have an intrest in sport bikes my cusion had just got his 1st a suzuki sv650. Well it looked like so much fun so I wanted to get myself into the sport. Well in november of 05 I had the finances to do it. So i bought my 1st bike a 2001 f4i. I haven't gotten to ride it becuase I have no experince with bikes other than peddle bikes [:@] I am taking MSF in the end of march so I can finally take my bike out for a ride.

 

I bet that I have the shortest---- I'v only been riding my dad's KTM 300 EXC for a couple of month, and about 4 months ago he sold it and got a 400. Ive anly been on that a couple times. In Aug, I bought 98 F3 and have rode that for a couple of hours, but that bike is so comfortable and I will sign up for the MSF classes in Feb here in Ohio. I cant wait untill this summer to put some serious miles on this bike!!!

 

Well... heres mine... lol.. I rode my cousins suzuki JR 80 to pieces from about 11 to 13. I then rode a 125 honda untill I was 16. I have always looked at sportbikes with awe. I decide I HAD to have one. I went to the local honda/suzuki dealer in January of 05 thinking about gixxers. Thats when I saw her, my preeeccious. lol. 03 CBR 600 RR. a little over 5,000 miles on it, in pretty good shape with some custom bits here and there. Decided I had to have it and took it to bed with me that night. In a way it was sort of an early b-day present to myself (the 20th of jan.).

 

i started with a 92 yamaha sec 2 then went with a 03 suzuki gsxr600. bought a kawi z1000 on the side (%^$), then went with a 04 cbr1000rr. most current bike but sold recently is a 05 gsxr1000. looking to get back into the game with an italian (older mv maybe) but with all the crap i have lying around, the cbr1000rr looks likt the best option. [8D]

 

I hate when people say "gixxer"!!!!!! grrrrr

 

I started on a Honda 5o then xr75 then yz 125 then cr 250 finally got my first street bike cbr 600, RM 250, BMW R80, BMW R90, BMW K 75S, CBR 1000rr. Everyone don't get mad but, I am now thinking about getting the Agusta Brutale.

 

the brutale is badass! but i think i like the aprilia tuono better. just a looks thing. never really looked into either bike tho. are you selling the 1000rr or keeping it?

 

I started out riding a quad a 2003 Honda 300EX. Rode that until I was able to get a bike. Rode a 90 Honda dirt bike once. Never been on a street bike before my friend let me ride his around the block. Not even over 25mph. Then i feel in love with them. So I went and got mine. Some how I talked my mom in to letting me ride it home when i bought it. It had .1 of a mile on it. I was never so scared in my life. And my friend that i was ridding with took me straigh on the freeway! I wasn't that comfortable so even semis were passing. Only bike I have owned. And she is still in one piece (knock on wood).