Yamaha TRX850 Enthusiasts Forum

Here's an idea to while away the hours when it's too wet to ride: make a list of bikes you've had!

My list starts with a scooter in 1969, which I bought on the Isle of Man to take me to college in Sheffield. I've had 42 bikes. My biggest comedown: I bought a new BMW R75/5 in 1974 when I got my first proper job, soon realised I couldn't afford it, sold it, and "downgraded" to an Ariel-3! There's couple of scramblers and lots of enduro bikes. I found the Honda XR200, if a little gutless, was fine for a clubman like me: light enough to haul out of a Welsh bog, and economical enough not to need a backup team for refuelling. The biggest crowd-puller was the Hesketh. I'm very happy with my TRX (had it over a year now) - but I'm toying with the idea of getting an MZ1000S. (Anyone ridden one of them?)

Lambretta Cento
BSA CI5 SS80
BSA A10
Triton 650
BSA A65T
BMW R75/5
BSA Ariel 3
Triumph Trident T150V
Honda 550 F1
AJS Stormer
Sunbeam S7 & Steib chair
Honda 550 F2
Honda 550 F2
CZ 250 enduro
CCM 550
Suzuki 350
Honda XL 185
Honda XR 200
Honda XR 200
Honda XR 200R
Montesa VG 414
Hesketh V1000
SWM 370
Honda XR 200R
Honda XR 250
Honda XR 280
Puch mini-mx
Puch moped
Cagiva 125
Honda VF 750 (stock)
Honda VF 750 (chopped)
Italjet 50
Honda VFR 750
Honda ST1100
Honda XBR500
MZ Skorpion Traveller
Triumph Daytona Sprint 900
Ducati 600SS
Moto Guzzi Strada
Ducati ST4 916
MZ Skorpion Traveller
Yamaha TRX 850

arrivisto wrote:
I'm toying with the idea of getting an MZ1000S. (Anyone ridden one of them?)

Yup, excellent bit of machinery, very torquy out of the bends, got a lovely sound to the motor/exhaust (mind you, this was running Akros).

mike

You must be real clever to remember wot you had, I must be getting old as I cannot remember all of mine
My first was a 1955 James 150 I still have the rec from when I purchased it
since moving to Australia 38 years ago I have had heaps many the same as you a 650 TRITON I built a BMW R75/5 plus arount 30 since being here
When I lived in England I used to be a road race sidecar passenger & passengered for the now chief of Hesketh small world eh!!
I have not long had my TRX I have fitted new big ends etc it was registered/ taxed a couple of weeks ago I did a 500klm ride tody drained the oil cut the filter up and there were no metal bits or anything so all must be good
if we ever get a cold few days I will try & write down the bikes I have owned