A good representation of bikes across different types, uses......... keep em coming.
I had a bike licence as soon as I could get one, had a car lic too, but only rode bikes. Didn't own a car till kids come along in my early twenties, still had bikes then too for my commuting.....
Pre lic had an old DT250 yammie ( for trail riding and sneaking about town as a 15/16 yr old) flogged that thing mercilessly, couldn't kill it. Mate however killed it, stacked it creek side in Cairns on a high bank, bike did a few cart wheel to wards the bank drop off and continued to somersault until landing about 15mtrs out in deep swamp water....... we tried at low tide to retrieve, not a chance, she was silted over and vacuum stuck to the river bed....... prob still there now in part.
First bike with lic - XL250 (back in the 250cc restriction days.
Bought a 69 Triumph Trophy TR6 (partly mongrelised, but I thought it was the coolest beast)
GPZ750 Kwaka.
Honda CB750 with a 1000cc motor in it that had been given a wiseco big bore kit and worked accordingly (Brett Katana in Cairns gave it some 'special' treatment)...... in essence, motor was fit for drag racing, frame steering general handling was not, but I had plenty of fun and some scares on that thing.
Then over the years a few other trailie / commuter things TT350, XT250 DR350, all bought at different times to suit current situations.
I still like them now and frequently still buy mags and spend time on bike sales keeping up with research on whats new etc....
If I was to buy a bike now I'd be inclined to go for a cruiser type or adventure type...... No interest anymore in sports/speed bikes....... too fat, too old.
Oh and the Mrs has seen the Ural side car set ups...... she reckons they look like a fun way to spend a Sunday, I agree with her........ but for ~$20k I would have other more usable preferences first. A lotto win would definitely see one in the stable though, just for novelty value.
