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Either y;all start new threads or im just going to take selfies at the beach and post the pics. The Doctor said gain weight, guess what i said. #Not my doctor.

First big bike (for those days) was a new GT380J in April 1973. Love to pick up a classic one......mine was identical to this! First big bike (by today's standards) was a GT750 in March 1976. Here's me on the right in Babbacombe, Torquay in the long, hot Summer of 76. . Could have been a nice week touring the south of England if I hadn't had my miserable first wife with me!

This must surely make burglary easier if you fancied dabbling, every cloud and all that.

My Mum had that in the 80s. First time I realised was when I was mucking about and picked her up off the floor and she came up so so easily as she had lost lots of weight. The NHS opted to cut her throat (in a nice way) and take a bit of thyroid away. As she was a theatre nurse in the same hospital at the time she applied a bit of blackmail and made them schedule the operation so she would not miss going to see James Last in concert. I recall visiting her in hospital and taking her a gift of a Frankenstein parody type book to cheer her up about her new scar. She was on tablets after the operation to balance everything out. I can't recall even seeing a scar in the following years.

i passed my test on a heavily customised Honda CM125 ( the gutless wonder), sold it cos of moving to France and after saving up for a while over here bought a yamaha Xj 650 just like this one 'cept mine had 4 into one pipes I loved it so much that after winding it up to 130,000km I sold it on ( and saw it a year later with a paint job and 60,000 km less on the odo...) and bought an xj900 same as this but without the luggage or the lower engine bars. same colour and same screen but mine was never that clean of course... would I recommend either of them. They're so outdated now that they can't compare to modern bikes. They were both utterly bomb proof mechanically I bought the 650 with 60,000 km on the clock and wound it up to 130,000km in 3 years basic maintenance was all it got except for replacing the carb inlet pipes which had become porous. the 900 had 40, 000km on it when I bought it and i sold it with 98,000km 3 years later having done 2 uk return trips, Alsace, the jura, the alps and mont blanc on top of being my only everyday transport. I could ride it all day and the longer I stayed on it, the better it fitted me. If someone found a clean one I would absolutely recommand it as a tourer.

The first big bike I had was a XT500, it could be a pig to start if it was hot and was a heavy beast for trail riding. Nowadays you'd be paying upwards of £5,000 for a good one, but bikes are sooooooooooooooo much better now.

After a Suzuki GT550 (not that big a bike) my next bike bike was a Honda VFR750... Great bike!, fast enough, handled well, so comfy too. A bit of a pig to do some basic maintenance, I still have scars from changing the spark plugs Recommend one but it will be around 20+ years old now.

A few photos of my bike are on my FB page. @Xtreme can see them, but you others can't!

I ordered that weather as I am camping on Exmoor this weekend

Thanks @Buckster have you been saying i'm gay again

I had 2 GT550,s........a 1974 red one. And a 1978 blue one. Sad I know, but can remember both bikes reg number.

So could I if I levitated ☺

mid 1970's i had a Suzuki 500 Titan, great bike. More comfortable then anything i have today.

Thanks Bob! Hope they fix your nerve stuff.

I had the 1986 first year of the gear driven cams what an over engineered bike i put over 500000 miles on it, It got me into a lot of trouble over the four years i owned it mainly because i was a fucking idiot Mine was the same as this and i would definitely recommend one EDIT just noticed the wheels are wrong colour they would have been white from the factory and no silver on the tank Like this one

Slim ? yes a bit slim but still looking rather hunky Tym

On the bright side Yen i can walk around in old wood houses and not make the creaking sounds.

Headed out tomorrow on a 5 state, 3,000 mile ride and will begin a ride report tomorrow. So quit yer bitchin'.

Are you next to the ugly bird or are you the ugly bird?

No you blocked us when you flounced.

More Chinese shite for Pete.

google the definition of "scrawny" and Tym's photo pops up

No, but now you mention it, you're

Far too hot for you Fred. Your nether regions would be suffering for weeks! I struggled today just walking about. I had intended to go for a ride but my mate called me, so walk it was. Get well soon.

My Honda CBR1000f is on there too. What a barge!.....comfy though! It is the only bike I could not get on the centre stand, tooooo heavy! Maybe that's why I have a dodgy back now with trying to use the stand!.

nice

Thanks Bob have a good weekend

my first one was an RD250E followed by a GS550E

Very good bike......somewhat overlooked in the UK because of the triples!

I was the same they are all photos i googled

I never took photos of mine, I did not have a camera https://images.app.goo.gl/MaXMMxPNNVuFzFw29 It it was this model.

The VFR was a 1997 bike, red of course!

At the age of 16 i foolishly swapped my DT175 for a Honda CB400N thinking i'd get a better deal trading it in for a 125 to do my test on that was my first big bike it used to do 80mph in second but could only pull 90 in top i was like an idiot on it would i recommend it fuck no it was damn ugly and no dream, same as this one

That's not the worst, look at the fucking weather i cant do do fuck all in, typical

That’s Buckster

I went to the beach and took selfies, getting nibbles already at facebutt.

Top Man Eric! Me and you are having to carry these Casuals!

Just a proper man flu the kind women don't understand so yes

I can remember a lot of the 70's registrations.....but nothing after!