Other bikes owned

[Pat Kelly]

I'm sure this has been bantered about before but...

What other bikes do you own or have owned in the past?

I started with a Honda CL(?) 175, scrambler
then a Honda CB200T that I chopped <snickering>
I don't remember the year of these two
next was the '78 CB400TII (Hawk) that I roadraced and was my only transportation for 10 years, except for
'72 Suzuki TS185 that was as dirt as possible and still be street legal.
Then came my '79 Honda XR250, lived in the country at that time so canal banks were my freeway.
I had no bike after 1994 until I picked up my 78 XS1100E in 2001
We now have that and SWMBOs XS750F, XS750SF parts bike, and our '84 XL250R which I ride often.
As soon as the trailer is empty we're supposed to go get an XS750SF that needs a bit of work (partser to the rescue).
This is it for now. I mentioned to SWMBO that I should get another XS1100 so I don't have to take fairing and hardbags off and on each season, she said OK . I'm actually looking another bike.....V-Max

[Pat Kelly]

oops...forgot about the 78 Honda CM185T we just sold

[Jerry]

More or less in order of ownership:

1945 Harley 45
'69 Honda 90
'71 Honda 450
(?) Honda 350
'77 Honda 550
'81 (?) Yamaha XS 400 Maxim
'79 XS11
Currently '82 XJ1100

Not as extensive a list as many, but I enjoyed all of them except the '79 XS 11 which was a partzer.

Most miles were out on the Honda 450 and the XS 400; both served as communting bikes (up to 150 miles a day) and I put over 50K on each before selling them.

[mitch]

Too Many

Ive had a few lol,only 1 new,
1967,honda 90 cb
1968,honda 305 dream
1971,yamaha 250 twin (new )
1
1967 bsa lighting 650
1967 bsa thunderbolt 650
1966 bsa royal star 500
1967 triumph bonnie 650
1969 honda 450
1976 honda 550
1972 honda350
1978 kawa 1000 z1r
1982 honda magna 750
1975 honda 750.... 1981 and 1982 850 suzuki
1976 yamaha 850 xs
19?? 750 seca yamaha
1982 xj 1100 yamaha
1984 yamaha venture royal
not in tyhat order but close my memory isnt as good as it used to be. I would buy them not running then get them goin to sell.............MITCH

[Pat Kelly]

My Honda Hawk was the only bike I've bought new. Put 45,000 miles on it. I miss it alot. Had a lot of good times on it and it got me home safely when I really shouldn't have been riding. I'm glad I've outgrown that lifestyle.
I have 13,000 on my 1100E so far still have many more miles to go before I'm done.

[dwales]

I strted out with a 72 DT100,
traded for a 77 DT400,
traded for my current ride, 78XS1100.
I also currently own:
71 CB500
71 CZ?100
77? XS750 partzer
81 XS1100 Special, just wrecked
78 XS1100 partzer
80? XJ? 650 partzer.

I'm currently looking for a special to replaced the wrecked one.

[dntemp_ca]

-1964 Honda 50 step-thru (I know, I know...wussy bike. But that was in the days of 'you meet the nicest people....' and I have some pretty fond mam... er...memories of those days)
-1965 Honda 150 Benley
-1973 Ducati 750 GT
-1976 Honda 750F
-1983 Yamaha Venture
-bikeless from about 1988 thru 2000 (teenage kids...career...you know the story)
-1978 Yamaha XS1100 current ride (fairing, trunk, bags, lowers...the whole rice cake)
-1978 Yamaha XS1100 partser (a hopeful runner....someday)

I get a lot of positive comments on my 78E. As we know, these bikes don't look 25 years old and they sure don't perform like they're that old either. I went on a charity ride for alzheimer's disease this summer with about 50 other bikers in the area. About 600 kms (360 mi) for the one-day ride. I had the oldest bike on the ride and proud of it! Thanks to fellow XSives and wealth of info on this site, the more I learn about my bike and the more I ride it; the more I love it.

[Big Pat]

Bike history

I started with a:

1. Taco minibike-1968.
2. 1970 Honda CT 70.
3. 1971 Honda SL 100.
4. 1973 Honda XL 250.
5. 1962 Triumph Tiger Cub.
6. 1969 Hodaka Ace 100.
7. 1978 Honda CB 750F.
8. 1971 Honda CB 450.
9. 1981 Yamaha XS11S.
10. 1983 Yamaha XJ 750.

The bike I always wanted and was looking for at the time I found my 11S was a XS 650. Someting about a big inline twin. Don't know what other bike I would really like to have now-though I do have a ATC 110 motor that I would like to put in Mini Trail or Trail 70 frame.

Big Pat

[Huron52]

LOL Wassss there life before XS/XJ

[Do Lee]

Bike list

Started off with:
1969 or 70 Ducati Scrambler
after engine blew installed briggs & strat 5hp.
1974 yamaha RD200 (2) 1 American, 1 Canadian model
1975 yamaha DT250
1977 yamaha YZ125
1977 yamaha TT500
1979 yamaha XS1100SF (Black Beast of Danger)
1979 yamaha XS1100SF (Red Rubbie) parts bike
???? yamaha XS1100?? (always looking for another one)

*** Plus all the shop bikes I rode when I worked for Yamaha U.S.A. ***

[strom]

If my signiture is still the same, thats it.

Wanted a bike... had no cash... so a 250$ worth of 1986 MZ 250 ETZ lay in a friends garage... dissasembled. Put it together, filled the battery and after a few weeks I was on the road for as long as the battery lasted... gave it to a friend for a bike paintjob of my choice... any bike, any paint. Got the paint, but the bike thats supposed to be painted went.

Saw (what I thaught was) a nice 84 Moto Guzzi V35... rode it for a summer, got even lower on cash, had to sell it.



A week after the sale my investments payed off and a 1985 GPz 600R found its home in my garage. Did bout 10.000km that winter, but there was little snow, so I was in luck. Not so much in the spring, when a crank/conrod bearing went to bearing hell, took the conrod and crankshaft with it, not to mention the oil pump and one valve-pushie-thingie (no, not the cam).
Replaced all bearings, oil pump and stuff, was fed up with it, sold it.



The friend that sold the GPz to me (ZX600 in the US) always teased me bout an XS that was in boxes.... so as a joke, we went to check it out. The bike looked quite nice under a few cm of dust, and me being a sucker for junk, bought it for bout 250$.
More than a year and at least 1500$ later the XS puffs out gobs of smoke, when #2 and #3 cyls work... when they dont... well... the bike runs only on 2 pots...
I guess I need a 1200 kit and.... a new motor. And forks... and wiring... Till today I made a total of 330km with the XS.



So now Im thinking of getting me a nice cheap newish (1990 something) bike and maybe save for a 1200 kit and all the other rubbish the XS needs.

Any donations in parts or cash are appretiated.
PS: I alredy replaced the primary chain (the 10 row one), camchain, 2nd gear fork and cogs, all engine and shaft drive bearings and gaskets, the TCI box, spark plug wires, pick-up assy., plugs, filters, handlebar (off a Z900), grips, brake pads, 2 valves, valve oil seals, battery, clutch and brake levers, complete exhaust system 4in2 and a bunch of other stuff...
I need a 1200 kit, petcock repair kit, new engine case and cyl. head with all the stuff in it, new tires, front forks, brake pistons and brake piston seals,...

LP

[sixtysix]

Unknown Minibike with 3.5 HP Briggs and Stratton
Unknown 3 wheeler with 5 HP Rupp
1971 Suzuki TS90
1972 Kawasaki KE100
1981 Kawasaki 440LTD
1982 Kawasaki 650CSR
1980 Yamaha XS1100SG
1980 Yamaha XS1100G
1983 Yamaha XVZ1200TDK (Venture Royale)
(4) 1979-1981 Yamaha XS11 Project bikes
1997 Suzuki Bandit GSF1200S
2000 Triumph Trophy 1200
2003 Aprilia Tuono 1000

Behold my wall of shame!

[xswilly]

rupp roadster mini bike
71 or 72 honda XL 125
suzuki ??185 dirt bike
1975 yamaha DT 400 B
1978 XS1100E

[xssiveone]

Non-descript mini bike with 3.5 horse Clinton engine
" " " " " 4 horse B&S engine after the Clinton threw a rod.
196(3,4??) Suzuki 80 (1st tear down, repaint, and rebuild)
1975 Honda 175 twin
1971 Honda 450 twin(2nd tear down, repaint and rebuild)
20 year hiatus
1978E XS1100 (A work in progress)
1978E XS1100 parts supply
1984 Kawasaki 550Ltd (current ride)

[kkrazyt85]

Bike list

Here is the list I can remember:

1994 Harley-Davidson 1200 Sportster

1970 Honda CB 350
1976 Honda 250 Motocross

1975 Kawasaki KE 175
1978 Kawasaki KE 125
1978 Kawasaki KH 250
1981 Kawasaki Z 750 LTD
1974 Kawasaki 750 H 2 Mach IV
1972 Kawasaki 250 F 11 motocross

1971 Triumph 250 Trail Blazer

1976 Maico MD 250/6 motocross

1981 Suzuki GS 750 E
198? Suzuki RM 390 motocross

1981 Yamaha XS1100SH
1977 Yamaha YZ250 motocross