What bikes did you own before

[memphis2857]

It all started at the age of 8 for me (1988). This is my list in order as close as I can get it. I still remember how much I paid for
Most of them too.

71' Honda SL70 $300
82 Honda ATC 180. $50 found it in a fence row! Lol
86 Honda TRX 200x $1100
84 Honda ATC 350x. $800
80 something LTR500 quadzilla $500 needed tons of work
82 Honda ATC 250R traded the quadzilla even
78 Yamaha IT400 $400
91 Honda XR250 traded the IT plus $100
99 Honda 400ex (bought new). $5500 I paid half and parents paid the other half for high school graduation
01 Honda CR125 $2300
99 Yamaha YZ125 traded a snap-on toolbox
04 Suzuki Z400 traded and AR15 rifle
95 Honda CR250 traded the yz125
01 CR250 $1300
04 Honda CRF450 $1700
06 Yamaha Raptor 700 $1750
05 GasGas EC300 $2500
11 GasGas EC300r $4000

Street Bikes:
96 Honda CBR 600
99 Honda RC51
01 Suzuki TL1000r
01 Honda Superhawk


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[Neil E.]

1950 AJS 500 twin
1952 AJS 500 single
1957 Matchless 500 single
1966 Suzuki 80
1967 Honda 175
1968 Suzuki 120
1968 Bultaco Matador 250
1977 ISDT Jawa 350
1990 Goldwing 1500SE
2003 KTM 450EXC
2007 Husaberg 550
2011 GasGas EC250

also owned by family members
1956 Triumph (army bike, flathead engine)
1969 Yamaha 100 single
1971 Kawasaki 125
1972 Hodaka 100

[CACTUSREID]

I've not had that many bikes over the years, so i'll take the memory test just to see how i'll do at it?

suzuki (screws-lewski as we called them) TS100 8 speed/4 high & kick the side lever forward or back and then have 4 low gears probably an early 70's bike was my first real bike that i bought with my own money.
8 or 9 years lay off- teenager with other rides on my mind.

then a nice and easy transition back into dirtbikes- a 1980-ish YZ 400 2 stroke mx 'r-
gobs of power, useless brakes and real poor suspension. Damn lucky i did not die on that bike!
then 3 YZ 490's back to back
1982 4 speed model
1986 4 speed with a frt disc brake ( best one out of the bunch)
1988 5 speed model with one of the first cartridge forks made.
I cross country raced all 3 of these arm yanking monster's in the tough single track of central british columbia. Can you say- young and dumb, and slow learner all in one breath?
Then on to yamaha's cross country bikes
!992 YZ 250 WR model small flywheel, tamed by a FWW but a nice wide ratio tranny
1994 YZ 250 WR- bigger Flywheel and way easier to ride than the 92
then came the gassers in my life
2001 Ec300, big ignition and flywheel, took a bit to get on to it, but so far i have not looked back
2006 Ec300 it took quite a while to talk myself into a second 300, as i was not sure if any other bike could hold a candle and live up to my first spanish lady! But the 06 did step up and not dissapoint me.
And then i waited and waited as my buddies hit the magic button on their katoomies in the tough and snarly sections and simply rode away from me as i was struggling to get the kicker out and still balance etc to get my bike lit up and ride off.
then in jan of 2011 I bought my EC300 e start, and this bike has been the best gasser i have had to date!! Sweet motor,and I've got the suspension revalved and set up beautifully for x country, so in closing, I'm still hoping to have another Gasser in the stable after this one, but who knows?
Thks to the original poster as that was a fun trip down memory lane!

[Caravan Monster]

'85 Honda XR600
'89 Kawasaki KDX200
'92? Suzuki DR350
'95? KTM125
'89 Kawasaki KDX200
///no bikes for a few years///
'93 Honda XR600
'00 Montesa 315
'01 TM125
'06 Gas Gas EC300
'00 Montesa 315*
'06 Gas Gas EC200*
'93 Honda XR200 (modified suspension)*
* = still here

Looking back, more trail orientated bikes like the honda xr used to be popular, and I remember the trail bike classes at club enduros being popular. There was a shift around late '90s / early '00s, when more casual riders started to ride competition bikes on the trails and the occasional club enduro, about the same time as the water cooled japanese four strokes and the new improved KTMs became available. Remembering how good they were, Kawasaki must be crazy not to produce a modern KDX200 along the lines of modern european enduros, it was a brilliant do-it-all bike.

This footage from the '94 British Enduro Championship was recently posted on Enduro News Travel back to a time when TMs were pink, gassers had TM engines and KTMs were white, as the riders "duked it out in dayglo"

https://youtu.be/jYt4EwJMGmY

[barossi73]

ag100(not quite what i meant dad!)
tf125(still not getting it dad!do you think this is funny?)
1981 xr200 twin shock
1980 pe175 blue forks sentimental favourite for a lot of reasons,when it gave up the forks went on a tf125 that had taken an unfortunate nosedive into a rocky creekbed,for a 2nd bastardised bike!
1981 pe175 bought to make 1 of the 2
80?gt 250x7 aircooled 2t twin no baffles,learner licenses were <250,good for a genuine ton
83 xj550 with a glorious screaming 4 into 1,another favourite despite horribly soft forks
87gsxr400r destroyed in the hands of others
86?gsx600 destroyed by a student u turn directly in my path,fu.. up n over!
92 dr350s the bulletproof ugly duckling,minus the pink stickers and the road kit!
13 ec200r finally enough coin for a new toy!and what a honey!

suzuki kingquads 250,300,400
yamaha kodiak400
yamaha grizzly450 currently,power steer,hotgrips(getting older)

[bergerhag]

I got myself my first bike at age 33. Why did I wait so long?

1984 Montesa ota 242
1992 Gasgas 327
1994 Husqvarna WR250
2005 Gasgas EC 450
2010 Gasgas EC300
2012 Gasgas EC300
2011 Gasgas EC125
2000 txt 280
2014 Gasgas EC250F - Ohlins kitted.

[Dirt Dud]

About 50 or so dirt bikes they never seem to stay around long .
1970 Benelli 65
1968 Honda dream Dirt Style
1974-75 Honda XL 125 175 250 on off road bought as a package they were like new
1976 RM125 first new bike
1977PE 175
1978 Pe250
1983 Honda 350 XR
1983 Suzuki 200 Dr
1983 KTM250
1885 Husky510 First Wife bought Bike
1984 fantic 300
2 1987 KDX200
1987 Beta TR34 250 Number 2 Wife bought bike
1993 Beta Tr34 250
1994 Beta 200
Beta 50 kids bike
Gasgas 80 kids bike
1996 XR250 Still have it
2001 Montessa 250
2003 Yzf250
2004yzf250 Electric Start
2006 Gasgas 300txt
2006 Gasgas300txt
2004 Kdx200 really worked
2005 Gasgas200 De like new still have it parts bike
2011 Gasgas 200 six daysStill have
2012 Gasgas 300 Race Number 3 wife bought me
2014 Gasgas 250 FactoryTXT still have
2014 Gasgas 300 Race still have Number 4 wife bought me
2013 Sherco X ride still have
2015 Gasgas 300 Kick Ass enduro Number 5 wife bought me
I am sure there were others but the best are yet to come .

[95jersey]

72 Honda trail 70
2001 kdx200
2002 yz250
2013 husky 310r
2014 gas gas 300

[bukwheat]

68 Honda cb160
70 Yamaha DT1 250 enduro
71 Penton 125 six days
71 DKW 125
72 Penton 125 six days
72 Yamaha AT2 MX 125
72 Yamaha DT2MX 250
73 Yamaha DT3MX 250
73 Bultaco 125 Pursang
74 Yamaha Mx 250
75 Bultaco 250 Pursang
74 Husqvarna 250 CR mag
76 Yamaha TY 250
78 Yamaha XS750
73 Honda CB350
75 Honda TL250
76 Kawasaki KT250
82 Honda XL250
84 Kawasaki KDX 200
87 Husqvarna 250xc
89 Yamaha YZ250
92 Kawasaki KDX200
94 Aprilia 280 climber
96 Kawasaki KDX200
01 Kawasaki KLR650
03 KTM 200exc
05 Kawasaki 1000 Concours
06 Gasgas 250 ec
09 Kawasaki 1400 concours
11 Gasgas 300 six days
14 Gasgas 300 RE

in that order starting in 1969

[jan_b]

Started with road bikes moved to dirt moved back to road moved back to dirt...

In order of ownership:

1976 Honda CX 500 First bike cheap oldie.
1996 Suzuki Bandit 1200
1996 Ducati 916 Biposto
2003 KTM 525 EXC (First new bike)
2005 GasGas EC300

Moved to Seattle from the Netherlands

2003 KTM 640 Adventure
2003 Ducati Super Sport 1000DS
2009 KTM RC8

Moved to Canada

2008 GasGas EC300