Bikes we used to own

Here's a few scans of some of our past rides. Starting with my (Mike's). My first bike was a Honda VFR400 NC21 import. It was a nice looking bike in its day but handled like a crock of shit, I think it had something to do with dodgy front forks. I never managed to solve the problem so decided the best cure was to sell it.



From there my riding took a sensible turn and I ended up buying a shaft driven Suzuki VX800. It lasted about 12 months before I sent it down the road. It sort of completely wrote it off and with only tpft insurance I flogged it to Loz (from now on refered to as Kebab & Chips but that's another story). After a new petrol tank, various other parts and a dodgy brush painted black paint job it was back on the road. If you look closely below you'll notice the cans were never replaced.



Then it was on to a Bandit 6 with a nice loud can. I loved the thing to bits but after a week touring round Scotland last August I came to realise it was time for something new, something a bit more capable for touring and something with a few more stomping stallions between the wheels and that came in the form of a nice new Blackbird pictured somewhere below on this page. I liked the bandit so much I regret flogging it now and wish I'd kept it for tatting around on. You can never own too many bikes you know, a good lottery win and a large garage would sort the problem.



Onto Joey's bikes now. He hasn't been riding long but has still managed to own 3 bike (2 of them brand new) in the last 2 years. His first, which I haven't got a picture of yet was an old wrecked GPZ500 purchased off Gaz who obviously saw him coming. To be fair though it probably managed about a hundred miles of gentle pottering about before it completely died. Next came a brand new Suzuki SV650S and after a couple of hundred miles and a trip to the Lake District he declared it "unsuitable for my needs" and promptly swapped it for a brand new TDM900 which is pictured somewhere down below.



Kebab & Chips has had more bikes than the amount of years he's been on this planet so I've selected a pic of his Trumpet Tiger 110,



his RD250 which holds great memories for both of us



and his home made trike constructed from the front end of his old GS650 and the subframe and engine from an old mini van he used to own. Bet ya'll jealous you ain't got one!!!



Gaz's photos are gonna have to wait coz he hasn't sorted any out yet.