For Bikers Of A Certain Vintage

[developer]

I had one of these in Pepsi colours - they were the best executed of the race reps (IMO), but these are a lot of money.

UK bikes were 95bhp/340lbs in the late 80's .

Suzuki RG 500 X 2.... Both "Brand New" Never Started.. Both Blue / White | eBay

 

[BEJ]

I'm afraid I'm a bit more vintage than that John.

BSA Super Rocket, Norton Dominator era.

 

[sl55plymouth]

I nearly brought one of these, but bought the GSXR750 instead that was "D" reg first ever new bike.

 

[IanA2]

I'm afraid I'm a bit more vintage than that John.

BSA Super Rocket, Norton Dominator era.

Yup...C12, T120, Rocket Gold Star etc. C12 was my first...and soooo much better than the C10/C11G

 

[Giantvanman]

They were always amazing bikes. I was always a four stroke guy though.

 

[artyman]

I'm also from the Ariel Arrow era, many years later a Suziki GT125 which was as quick if not quicker than my old 250cc Ariel.

 

[IanA2]

I'm also from the Ariel Arrow era, many years later a Suziki GT125 which was as quick if not quicker than my old 250cc Ariel.

I had an Arrow Sports. SS I think it was called.

Cracking little bike, and one in which the Japanese took a lot of interest.

 

[tanuie]

I'm afraid I'm a bit more vintage than that John.

BSA Super Rocket, Norton Dominator era.

Yeah me as well, real motorbikes.

 

[Bellow]

I have an original of its little brother, a Mk1 RG250 Gamma which has the distinction of being the world's first aluminium framed production bike. Rarer than an LC but not a patch on an RGV250 - which I'd take over the RG500 any day.

 

[jotter22]

His and hers organ donor's

Tony.

 

[IanA2]

My most "modern" bikes were a Meridan T140V (awful bike) and a Guzzi T3 which I drove all over Italy. Loved that bike.

 

[Ted]

Like some of the others I loved my Brit bikes. BSA Bantam, Tiger cub, and for six years a Triumph Thunderbird (aka the pig)
Nothing would get me to change -Jap crap - pah!
Until I started to see my mates going off for the weekend while I was working on the bike.
So I got a CB550f in 1977. Changed my whole motorcycling world. I used to do more miles on that than in a month than I did on the pig.

Around the time you had your bike, John, I had a GPZ 750 turbo. Would have eaten you for breakfast

Now just content to pootle around on my Dragstar - had it around nine years and I love it. Two things guaranteed to put a smile on my face. Seeing my family, and riding my bike.

Edit: just to add, I was sixty a couple of weeks ago, and got up early and went for a good run through north Warwickshire up to Coleshill.
Exactly the same as I did on my sixteenth birthday on my Bantam.

 

[developer]

Around the time you had your bike, John, I had a GPZ 750 turbo. Would have eaten you for breakfast

I had one too Ted - I'll see if I can dig out a photo later .

 

[developer]

Here you go Ted - sorry about the photo of a photo.

Also shown is my Pepsi Gamma (only 3000 miles), which I wish I'd kept, and the Honda CB1100RD which I've still got...

 

[Ted]

The Gamma has aged much better than the GPZ.
And to think I thought it looked almost futuristic at the time!!

 

[def90cars]

The big disappointment was the NS400R..... how Honda messed that up I'll never understand. Guess that made up for it eventually with the Fireblade