What bikes DID you own ??

I'm still thinking ??

My list (not racers)..... In age order too ...
Ambassador 150
Bantam D3 150(own it now)
Bantam D1
Bantam D7
Bantam B175
BSA Gold Star 250ss
Yamaha FS1E
Yamaha RD125DX
BSA Starfire
Yamaha YG1 80cc
Yamaha RD200
Yamaha RD250F
Honda CG125
Honda Bros 650 .....

Not a bad list but small compared to Robbies last list of ones he still owns!!

Mid 70s onwards

Honda SS50 went to school on it and raced fizzies fell off a total of 12 times inc a spectacular wheelie the length of the shopping parade, think there was 8 of us doing a racing start
Bantam D7 stripped it and later used parts
Triumph T20 cub Trials* pulled out of someones edge for £20 not been run for Yrs we were riding it by tea time, wish we still had it
Cassel 80*Swap with Cub
Bantam racer 125 long stroke
Another Bantam racer in bits same as above but better
Bantam racer water cooled/Mono shock
Suzuki GT250*
1980s
Suzuki X7 Bought on my 21st rode it home then stripped it and proddy raced it for 2 seasons
Suzuki TS 185 Got it in swap for old bantam, never ran
Honda XL185 got for nothing restored it and sold it due to learner laws and bought below
Yamaha DT125 loved this bike rode it back from Scotland once

*Denotes shared owner ship

Had a long break from bikes, did some classic cars up an also went kart racing

2003
Bantam 175 racer Got the bug again and built Green 256 (now James cook)
Suzuki X7 Sprinted it
Yamaha LC 350 Racer Sprinted it
Yamaha LC 250 Road legal Sprinter
Yamaha TZR 250 racer never got to race it due to kids and funds though did 2 seasons sprinting and nearly flipped it due to sticking power valves (much to Micheal and Robbie's amusement)

Is anyone else like me and doesn't have a full M/cycle license? was quite common amongst racer at one time,wouldn't mind a full license but have no interest in riding around London and the cost of getting one now and in recent years as put me off.

Over here, i never bothered with my test either, bloody silly when your holding an FIM international licence.

Bike list not in order that would take a lot of thinking about

Road bikes

Vespa 125 scooter circa 1963
Royal enfield 180cc two stroke of some kind
Vellocette le200
Bsa bantam d10
Norman nippy
Suzuki 80
Norton Navigator
Arial leader
BSA Bantam
Yamaha yds3
Yamaha as1
Bsa a65 lightning
Suzuki b120P Student
Yamaha 350B
Rd350lc
Rd200 electric
Another bantam d14
Yamaha RZV500r
Rd350YPVS
NSR250 mc16
Yamaha TZR250 X3
Yamaha TZR125RR
Yamaha Thundercat
Honda NC30 X2
Honda vtr1000 SP2
Honda cb 250


Race Bikes
Formula bantams X7 i think including first monoshock 1978 and then first reed valve unless someone can prove otherwise also first bantam with mechanical anti dive forks but thats another story.
Yamaha RD250 ( borrowed and crashed heavily after 4 meetings)would not let me ride his new CBX after that
Vic Camp TS250b
Suzuki framed Honda red rocket
250 lc framed yz 250 single cylinder racer
AFM250 Special MK1
AFM250 Special MK2
AFM250 Special MK3
Yamaha 500 single
Formula bantam

Other bikes ridden

Honda 500 four
Kawaski 250 triple
Suzuki husler
Suzuki gsx250
Suzuki GT185
Suzuki GT250
Suzuki GT380
Suzuki GT500
Suzuki GT550
Honda cb500T
Suzuki ts185
Suzuki TS250
Yamaha FS1E
Rudge 250
Puch Maxi
Mobylette
Honda cb200
Bsa C11G
Bsa A10
Royal enfield Constellation
Honda p50 ?
Arial Arrow
Honda Cr500
Yamaha yz250T
Rd250 a
Rd250b
YDS7
Garrelli 50cc
Honda vfr750
Honda CBX eventually found someone who would let me have a go.
Yamaha R1
Yamaha R6
loads of different scooters and 250 singles not available in uk.

sidecar passenger but will have to think of what they were.

2 Duggies -- 1936 and 1932 models -- `36 one as a hack for carrying the Enfield scrambler to meetings...
2 Nortons -- 16H 1950 with chair and ES2 (forget its year!)
4 Bantams -- 150cc complete and 3 off 125cc (BITZA) racers -- one a grass tracker.
Enfield Flea - 125 with hand-change of 3 gears-
Triumph Model TT 500cc 1927 -- bought for a fiver & `Raced´at Brands and Cadwell in the early 70´s. Now in the IoM ...
Rudge Ulster 1939 ... around 1946-7 whilst still in the army.
1951 Enfield Bullet scrambler 350 -- later 500 JAP engined grasser.
A `Bass-terd´ BITZA 250 Grasser.
BSA 500cc -- all iron heavy monster. B... something or other --post war and horrible handler but I rode it to Bristol and back to Barking every weekend I was in University there.
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Must have had some more -- seems a very short list....
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-- Not so many as I thought -- Not so many as having borrowed or conned for racing or had the luck to test-&-ride --
-- like an Ariel Arrow (best handler EVER!) & Triumphs (big one and little Tiger Cubs) whilst working for Sam Flack at Epping and lots of BSAs and AMCs ...
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This Theme would be Much more dramatic if the "Incidents" with particular bikes were included...
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... las Example:- "My first Douglas, 600 H.O. twin with sidecar, steered itself -- at relatively high speed -- into a hedge from which I could see the River Rhoding glistening below. Was quite embarrassing to get a farm labourer -- a good field length away -- to help remove the Duggie & chair from its odd postion on top of the hedge overhanging the river mud. He couldn´t believe the explanation until I got him to come and look ..."

Never owned a Japanese machine -- always prepared for the oil drips from British made engines!

Cheers!
JayBee.

In chronological order:-

1963 Triumph Tiger Cub (199cc)
1961 Velocette Viper (347cc)
1960 Greeves Scottish Trials machine (250cc)
1969 BSA B44 Shooting Star (441cc)
1967 Velocette Venom Clubman II (499cc)
1960 Mobylette moped 49cc
1973 Norton Interstate (750cc)
1963 Greeves Anglian Trials m/c (250cc)
1960 LE Velocette (199cc)
1968 BSA Bantam D14
1970 Honda CB250
1955 NSU Quickly moped 49cc
1957 Velocette MSS 499cc
1966 Velocette Venom Thruxton (499cc)
1979 Honda CG125
1984 Kawasaki GPz550 (553cc)

Road Bikes owned :

1969 - 1971 67 BSA Bantam D10 Sports (4 speed and tons of chrome !).
1971 - 1973 61 BSA A10 Gold Flash ( with Spitfire cam until engine blew up) A7 Shooting Star engine thereafter.
1981 - present TriBSA Cafe Racer with 3TA engine in B25 frame.
1999 - present Honda CBR900RR-W Fireblade.

Not many for an old duffer...
Chris