Bikes you have had or still have.

[Tim754]

Still have? bugger all.
Have had? (most was rough crap ...) oh arr             brain meltdown imminent

[Nobby25]

Pretty much in order of purchase
Past
TC90
TM125M
RM125A
RM250B
RM250C2
IT425G
IT465J
GSX750
XR600R
XR650R
RM125S
At the moment,
TM125L
RM250N
RL250M
TC125L
PE175T
Cheers Nob.

[allan hughes]

need yz360a then will  have every yz 1974-1980

[shelpi]

I dont know if I should because the Minster of war and finance (wife) might see and then there would be a lot of explaining to do

[80-85 husky]

Gemini Boss 80...great learners bike with real bike handling not like the donuts on a "mini bike"
Bultaco Sherpa 325- great wheelie bike
XL 175- loved the note! (no else did apparently!)
ts 125 - put into an rm 125 s frame and road registered  fun trailbike, great handling and suspension...power was disappointing...
XL 250 - konis, Pascoe peace pipe (who were they kidding!) mikuni , great trailbike, learnt a lot of hill recovery tricks on that one
xl 350 with a 420 kit - pooh
break from bikes - cars girls etc
PE 250x New! - raced it in desert, enduro and pony x, shocking forks
KDX 250 New - raced it in desert, enduro and pony x, shocking Brakes
Husky 240 l/c twin shock New...got me a gold medal on that one!
TS 250X - with all the "make it an RM" bling..it wasnt
DR350 - great all rounder, did pony x trails, road, crashing ....enjoyed it immensely
ktm 250 exc 2000 model, fab little bike did pony x trails crashing etc
ktm 300 exc 2010 New amazing bike still got it.
husky 400 WR 1985 lc twin shock fun ol storm trooper.

bit of a mixed bag....

wish I had kept the husky 240.... the rest I could take or leave

[Tim754]

Gemini Boss 80...great learners bike with real bike handling not like the donuts on a "mini bike"

Agree 100% with that Husky! and the orange tanked Boss was a good looker too. Went from the Boss to a G5  100cc Kawasaki traily that I had a you beaut EDC custom made chamber for. Well I did grow up in Eltham  (EDC -  Eltham Dirt Cycles  aka Ian and Rob? Gear. look them up in the original Trail and Track magazines.

[80-85 husky]

remember droolin over an EDC DT Yamaha they had tricked up..looked the goods, konis, bassani pipe, bash plate, Doherty grips (remember them!) safety wire and knobbies...sigh, was on the wall next to fonda and verushka (look her up)

[KIWImxer]

RM80B used
RM80T new.
YZ125H new (POS)
CR125 '82 new (marginally better)
CR125 '83 new (awesome)
CR125 '84 new (still good)
CR125 '85 new (good)
CR125 '86 new (awesome)
KX125 '87 new (WTF was I thinking going away from Hondas?)
RM125 '88 new (slow, awful. Snapped rod at NZ Nationals destroying barrel, cases)
CR250 '90 new. (ok)
CR125 '95 used (ok)
CR125 '96 new (ok)
CR125 '97 new (ok)
CR250 '97 new (fast, ugly, bad handling)
CR125 '98 new. (POS. Up there with the '81 yz. Sold and got RM)
RM125 '98 new (awesome)
RM125 '01 new (great)
KX250 '02 new (fat land crab)
RM250 '03 new (way better)
RM250 '04 new (still great)
RMZ450 '05 new (suited me, maybe not others)
CRF250 '06 new (fun bike)
CRF450 '10 new (slow for a 450, but fun to ride)
KTM350SXF '14 (my new baby and great for a vet class guy)
Plus my '86 YZ125 'project'

[Ted]

What didn't you like about the 125 H?

[luigi37]

all those below on my header still own....and these plus less memorable ones over time
but yam V50, JT1,XL175,MT175 ,RM125N (got friday raced it sunday, found out the T model was coming shortly so shop took it back on Monday ) PE175Z RM125D,GT250 X7 X 2, GSX250,GSX400,RG250W,IT200N YZ125L,YZ125N TZ125 X 2,YZ125W XT400,YZ250W dougie lampkin HRC MONTESA

[mick25]

Yamaha GT80 (with welded on kick starter and gear stick  every time I came off I broke the weld on the gear stick and always happened in a high gear so had to ride the clutch all the way home had panty hose on the rear of the carb for a filter ( cost me $60 bucks back in 1982 for the little rocket )

3 Yamahas AG 100 farm bikes 70s models ( yellow and red models ) ok for chasing sheep in NZ

PE 250 twin shock (great bike)

Honda 200 ATC trike with pull start and balloon tires  blew the front tire on it so put a AG 100 front end on it REAL HEAD TURNER but barstard to steer on gravel roads  , the frame broke doing donuts on the beach, the bloke dad got it from for me , was a beach fishing dude so lots of (RUST) in the frame , then I put the ATC trike engine in a AG 100 frame Wow pull start two wheeler.

ER 125 Suzuki great little bike.

XL 250 1983 cool bike had speedo and lights, could of done rego on it but no need up NORTH IN NZ ZERO COPS:o

XR250 1983 Great bike had zero probs over 12mths I had it. Got it for learners licence.

XT550 1982 good bike at the time

Postie bike, geared it up, open the air box up and took the baffle out got 110kms out of it,  great little bike.

2 DR500s 1983 , 1982


CR480 1982

Now just TT500s they are billet proof

[GMC]

What didn't you like about the 125 H?

I was wondering the same thing about the 87 KX 125?

[GMC]

Started life with a Honda CB72, it came in several boxes which now seems to be my current theme
Yamaha MX 125A great little bike that I really liked at the time, wonder if I would now
DT400 D new - fat slow pig
KX 250 75/76
KX 250 A4 - liked both KX's but only really trail rode them
KLX 250 81 new - loved this bike but grew tired of rebuilding it.
KX 420 80 - loved it as a trail bike
CR 250 82 - felt it was average
CR 125 83 - fun little bike
YZ 250 85 -  nice enough bike but I never felt at home on it
KDX 200 86 new -  great bike, I know own 2 of them (in boxes)
KX 125 87 new - Great bike, the KX and I became 'one' (now have an 88 in a box)
TT350 88 new - Nice enough as an ordinary trail bike but a lousy enduro bike
Montesa Cota 304 -  bike of the devil, I couldn't keep it running!
DR600 - Great bike for open dirt roads
GPX 600 roady - My first and only road bike (the CB72 doesn't count) very smooth compared to the DR
Fantic trials new - (242 or 243?) Always enjoyed it.
KX 250 89 - My serious days were over and this was my toy for club MX, dirt track and pony express events
Kept the Fantic and KX for several years until the marriage, mortgage kids disease struck

[KIWImxer]

What didn't you like about the 125 H?

All my mates went RM125X, but my brother had a deal on YZ80s, so went 125H. Didn't handle, wasn't fast, generally bad experience. Even worse tried a mate's RM and made my YZ seem even worse. The next year little bro was on Hondas, which wasn't a lot better for me.

[KIWImxer]

What didn't you like about the 125 H?

I was wondering the same thing about the 87 KX 125?

I just got off an '86 CR125! The KX was ok without being great. Should've stuck with the Hondas. The 87 CR125 was great and I did a couple of races on my brother's which had a bigger carb from DG and PC pipe and muffler - made my KX feel very slow.