How Far Does Your Bike Interest Go?

[Tahitian_Red]

What time span encompasses your "Old Bike" desires? 

For me it was basically from 1973 to 1983, until Firko's posts hooked me on those darn DT-1/RT-1 MX's.  I do remember watching Bailey and the Honda boys in 1986, on ESPN and reading about how the Factories had to then sell near replicas of what they were racing, so the single year of 1986 peaks my interest, but that is it.  I would rather ride a modern bike than build anything after 1983 and nothing before 1970 lights my fire.

[Davey Crocket]

The 70's floats my boat and certain 60's and 80's bikes.....99% 70's though. I'm 54 years young so that maybe something to do with it....I also think the music in the 70's was the best as well....the coolest cars where the 50's and 60's...wings...big blocks....convertibles that you could party in.

[John Orchard]

70's
then 80's
then 90's

[Richo52]

Mid 70s through to current.....don't kid yourself as fun?lol as the older bikes are......they cannot do anything like what the new weaponery can do.:-)

[worms]

its the 70s for me, first bike I bought at Billy Bunters Bikes in Woombye, a 1976 K6 750/4, I was 15/ years old, saved all my money from selling bait and weekend paper runs and lawn-mowing jobs, I think it was $1400 bucks? cant quite remember.

cheers Worms

[shelpi]

60's
70's
80's
riding them again now 

[firko]

I started racing in 1969 and was pretty well washed up by 1975 so that pre 75 era is my original period of interest. However ever since seeing a neighbours BSA Golstar scrambler at  Maroubra back in the early sixties, I've always had a love and respect for the big British stuff from the early to mid sixties era which I've expanded to include the late sixties pre 70 era which has become my main area of racing interest.
I like most vintage racing eras but have only a passing interest in post 1990 bikes......as good as modern bikes are, I'm only interested in them as a means of transport, a bit like my daily driver car.   

[jimson]

60s to PRE75 for me Jimson

[Tim754]

I am sort of with Davey Crocket (The Alamo ?? no not that far ) and it seems the rest of us crocks in our mid fifties and sixties....  Top of the pops being from say 67 and the first half of the 70;s. Then the rest of the 70's with a smattering of  the 60's and early 80's. Cheers Tim754

Was Crocket at the Alamo?? Yep Died with Jim Bowie of the big knife fame . Shit I am answering my own ravings again. 

[Tony T]

Year Dot to early 2000's for me...... with a bit of a gap in the 1990's. 
I did most of my racing in the late 70's and 80's in MX and enduros, didn't do much in the 90's, then had a bit of a go at rallyes in the late 90's/early 2000's.
But for mechanical interest, I like 1950's to 1970's the best. 

I still have trouble thinking of the '83 XL250 in my shed as 'vintage'. But that a whole other argument...... 

[luigi37]

I think its the era when you were first HOOKED , for me around '75 , the rising sun of RM,s you could still see BSA and CCM.s on the line ... but 2 strokes were noisy , they smelled of Castrol R ( no fancy TTS ) , a cross up meant you were above novice ( no,no backflips ) and who hasn't been hit with a steel ring on the end of a bungy while jumping the start? instead of wasting time rebuilding the shim stack on your shock or training , you had another beer after the race. no hard pack tyre or sand tyre to confuse you after practice , just a K88 for everyone.then by 1990 I was limping and creaking, time to be serious about other less important Sh#t for the next 15 years.................

[oldfart]

1969 thru to 1981 ...... moderns just don't do it for me sorry.

[farmer58za]

'70s... I lost interest when the first watercooled bikes arrived.

Love early Jap street 2 strokes.

Regards
David

[matcho mick]

crap!,bikes are water cooled  ,when did that happen,as a kid i had an LP record with the saga of davy crocket on it  ,(davy davy crocket, King of the wild frontier),can still remember that part of the jingle,

[TM BILL]

Not supprisingly im like Joan , 60s to 80s across all disaplines  but the first LTR MX bikes really do it for me