Your Previous Ride?

[britelitebob]

Hmmm... I still have my most previous ride a 2014 Yamaha Super Tenere. However during the 50 or so years that I’ve been riding I’ve had a lot of different bikes. I guess I should make a list sometime.

I was thinking about making a list of my previous bikes while I can still remember them but I keep forgetting to remember to make the list. 

[phpaul]

I'd make a list but I've been riding for a tad over 50 years so it's a bit of a daunting task.
 
If we limit it to bikes that were licensed for the road it'd be in the neighborhood of 30.  If we include dirt beaters, it'd be close to twice that.

[trokarr]

How about most obscure or out-of-the-ordinary previous rides?
 
1965 DKW model 158 (German manufacturer), 49cc, paid $35.00 for it and a spare parts bike in 1971. I have never seen another one in Canada.
 
 

 

[trokarr]

Speaking of unusual bikes, I also had a 1974 Suzuki TC 125 with a dual-range transmission (4 low and 4 high gears). In the picture, the v-shaped lever on top of the crankcase was how you changed the range; kick it forward for low and back for high if I remember correctly. In low range, the bike could climb a tree but couldn't go very fast. Fortunately you could change the range on the fly so I was able to beat much faster bikes just because of the insane pickup in low range. Ah memories.
 
 

 

[norcal616]

First bike- 1987 ZL1000- brought in 2005-caught fire
- 2006 Ninja 636- totaled in 2007
- various borrowed bikes from pit bikes to drag bikes- never rode on street for 7-8yrs after the ninja 636
× - 2012 WR250F - this started my process back to the streets
× - 2015 HP-07 aka FZ-07 w/Hordpower Airbox
× - 2015 FJ-09 - favorite bike
 
×= still own...

[Trambo]

I learned to ride a bike before I ever drove a car.
 
1st bike was an old YZ-50, much like this:
 
 

 
That was in 1981, I think, I was 12 years old & my dad got it for me. (Mom was pissed)
I rode that for a few years, learned to drive a car (stick, of course), got my auto license and got my first street bike.
It was an '85 Honda Magna V30, 500cc's of pure awesomesauce. It looked like this:
 

 
Years later, I decided to get full-on into cruisers. (Don't judge me. You're judging me right now, aren't you?)
I bought a 1993 Suzuki Intruder 800. Like this:

 
It took me all of 2 years to determine I hated cruisers. Uncomfortable as hell. Meh. Anyway.
I sold it 2 years later, because I finally became a first time home owner, needed the cash and really disliked the damn bike anyway. So I fell out of riding for a spell. A few years later, I came back around in 2007 and decided I really missed riding. So I bought my very first brand-new motorcycle: A 2007 SV-650 naked, this one in fact, that's me on the tail of the dragon:

 
 
One of the best bikes I ever had. Modded the crap out of it, and I put over 27,000 miles on it in about 6 years.
 
Alas, the freaking Duel-Sport / ADV bug bit me. So I lost my mind, sold the SV, and bought a nice, low-miles used KLR-650.
I enjoyed that for less than 2 years, when I discovered that I hated the low HP and slow performance. Off-roading was fun, but I missed railing the corners on the pavement more. 
 
So, in 2015 I did a lot of homework and soul-searching, and sold the KLR and bought my FJ-09. Best bike yet. No regrets.

[jojosz]

KTM 990 SMT. I’d call it the wild version of the FJ-09. Don’t understand how I was able to ride 70k miles and made several cross country trips on her ;-)

[jojosz]

KTM 990 SMT. I’d call it the wild version of the FJ-09. Don’t understand how I was able to ride 70k miles and made several cross country trips on her ;-)

 

 

[rambuck]

Where it all started, a 1969 Sears mini bike I got a hold of back in 1978. 

 
 
1980 Honda CR 80 
1991 FZR 600  
1993 GSXR 750 (purple!) 
1994 RF600R  
1998 VTR1000  
2003 CBR 954RR  
2005 FJR1300  
2008 DUCATI 1098 (early release Sept 07)  
     2007 KLR650 7k
      1974 RD 125 (something to tinker with) 
2013 CBR 1000RR 
2016 FJ 09.............
Dream Bike?   I will take my Ducati 1098 back or perhaps a new R1200RT in white looks very nice
 
Ha Ha, I ran my friend's mini bike into the bushes the 1st time I rode it...........

 

[ray88]

I started out on an 06' SV650S.
 
 

 
Then I got an 07' FZ1
 
 

 
 
After I lost the FZ1 in an accident I got an 03' 919 which I ended up selling to help pay for my FJ.
 
 

 
 
 

[vijay]

1974:  1st Bike used Yamaha RD 200 (can't remember year).  Had about week when a woman knocked me over the Julia Tuttle Causeway in Miami, Florida.  Long Fall.  Ruined the Motorcycle and my day.
 
2006:  Decided I wanted to ride again after 32 years and bought a 2005 Ridley.  Perhaps the biggest piece of junk ever produced that had a motor.  However it made me want to keep riding.
 
2006:  Sold Ridley bought a 2006 Suzuki DL650 (WeeStrom).  Kept that bike for just on 100,000 miles.   Sold it in 2015.
 
2007:  Bought 2003 Honda ST1100.  Loved that bike.  Kept it about 7 months and my first long trip 3 weeks and approx 10,000 to the West Coast and back.  Sold it after about 15,000 total. 
 
2008:  Bought a 2005 Yamaha FJR1300 with 3500 miles on it for $3,000.  Best buy I ever made.    When all was said and done kept it about another 95,000 give or take.   Made 4 cross country round-trips and numerous long weekend stuff.   Outside of a trade to a friend for his 2005 Honda ST1300 which we unwound 3 months later when we he decided he hated my FJR and decided I hated his ST1300 ... I kept it until 2016 when I sold it. 
 
2015:  Sold WeeStrom and bought 2012 Yamaha Super Tenere 9300 miles on it.  90,000 odd miles later it is still here and I still ride.  By far the best long distance sport / adventure touring bike I have ever owned. 
 
2017:  (Late August/Early September) Purchase a leftover 2015 FJ-09.  14,500 miles later still here and currently fitting MC Cruise on.  What a fun bike.  Several short 3-4 day trips on.  Just flat out fun.
 
 
 

[rustyshackles]

1. GS500 (used)
2. SV650
3. Street Triple R
4. FJ-09
 
All were great choices for where I was in my riding, and a logical progression I think.

[ayrton]

Bought my first bike in 1981, a new Yamaha Seca 750.  Kept it for 35 years.  Replaced in 2016 with my new FJ-09.  Both gray. 
 
62 hp v. 115 hp
 
 

[keithu]

My last bike was a Triumph TT600:
 

 
I loved that bike. I bought it new in 2000, and sold it in 2008 when I decided to take a few years off riding.
 
The FJ was a re-entry bike for me in 2015. I thought I wanted an FJR, but I thought it would be better to start with something lighter like the FJ-09.
 
Three years in I have zero desire for a heavier bike.

[fr8dog]

1970 Suzuki 90
1972 BSA 650 Lightning (Dad restored and gave to me)
1976 Honda 750 SS
1978 Honda 750 SS (replaced 76 after crash)
1972 Kawasaki H1 500
1978 Suzuki GS750
1986 Yamaha FZ600
28 year gap in riding. Now a 2016 FJ09.