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Offline ba-02-xr

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The Bike you lusted for
« on: July 23, 2009, 09:50:37 am »
Hi guys. Just wondering what was your most wanted bike. A couple of rules to keep it simple
1 You must of been under 16 at the time. I know some of you probly cant remember that far back
2 Cant be any biger than 125cc
3 A bike you never actualy got at the time. If you got it later thats fine.
Mine would have to of been the 1986 KTM 80 MX. I was 14. But ended up with a bloody YZ 80 S instead. Peace of........
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #1 on: July 23, 2009, 10:59:33 am »
Why the rules? I've never, ever lusted for a bike 125cc or smaller.  ;)
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #2 on: July 23, 2009, 11:20:42 am »
Shit when we were kids in the early seventies ALL we lusted after were under 125. KO XR75's immediately spring to mind but were only in the hands of the lucky spoiled kids. Still what's wrong with a C90 with knobbies (bike #1) or a kitted TS90 Honcho (bike #2) and both proudly bought with my own pocket money from weekend and holiday work - no parents involved and proud of it!

Funny while we looked longingly at the XR's I don't truly remember lusting after any bike, rather I remember the longing for the weekend to come around so we could find a patch of dirt and enjoy ourselves on whatever dunga we had.

I think this subject should be open to ALL caps because it depends on what you lusted after at any given time

Dave Mac  :D
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« Reply #3 on: July 23, 2009, 11:26:57 am »
Dave and BA...I was 16 43 years ago so trust me when I say that there weren't any sub 125 bikes worth lusting over back in 1966. At sixteen I lusted after Julie Sangren and the bloke in Alma lane Maroubra's BSA Goldstar 500 scrambler. I never got either. :'(
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #4 on: July 23, 2009, 12:00:49 pm »
yeah, i think the under 125 rule is a bit "nancy" ;D
but anyway, i had a YZ80d and i loved it, my older brother had a DT125e and we both enjoyed that too!
but for a reason i can explain, i always wanted a green tank DT100 fitted with a preston petty front guard and stripped of its road gear.{see, i kept to the rules}
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #5 on: July 23, 2009, 12:41:09 pm »
XL100. Dunno why anyone would lust after one of these... I guess being surrounded by Honda 4-strokes had an impact on my naive young mind - but unlike the trikes, Z50s and CTs that we had, the XL looked like a real bike. I've got an SL100 now, which is close enough for me.

87 CR125RH - I read all of the magazines - they were The Best 125 in 1987, they were a Honda, and they looked damn sexy. Oh yes, I wanted one for sure. Funnily enough, even when they were just an old bike (and I was over 16), and there were newer models to lust after, the CR still rated. Got one now.

80 YZ125G. Saw one at the Bike Farm in about 1990, and figured that it was the right mix of performance of price (working roughly one day a month for $4.40/hour didn't leave much disposable income...). Got one now.



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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #6 on: July 23, 2009, 12:58:53 pm »
Firko if size is the issue just put down whatever. I thought some guide lines to go by would make people think a bit more & be a bit more interesting. Instead of everyone saying a CCM that they say when they were 30 or what ever it might be. Going back to what is considered a junior is always interesting to see how the mind changes with age.
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« Reply #7 on: July 23, 2009, 01:03:18 pm »
I lusted after a four-fourteen and I was fourteen. Sorry! At seventeen I had one...... ;D
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #8 on: July 23, 2009, 02:42:53 pm »
Hi 414. At least you got it. I am still without my KTM 80. But at least I have an 86 250. Sort of.
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« Reply #9 on: July 23, 2009, 03:30:03 pm »
The first bike I ever really lusted for was a 1970 400 square barrel Maico. I was racing a Bultaco Sherpa S 125 in my first season of motocross and was ready to bail out of the sport because I hated that forking Bultaco so much. Then I saw Warren Willis hooting around Nepean on the most awesome looking bike I'd ever seen, a 400 Maico square barrel. I sold my Bultaco and RT1 Yamaha within a month and bought a 350 square barrel Maico (Blair Harley had sold out of 400's so I settled on a 350 after Blair told me they were better than the 400.) I still own that dear old bike today, the lust of 1970 has turned into a nice mid life fuzzy warmth 39 years later. I'll never sell her, despite being offered 9k for her a month or so ago. She's still uuber competitive and is still the prettiest girl in the class.
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« Reply #10 on: July 23, 2009, 04:44:32 pm »
TM 125 Suzuki. Probably still wouldn't mind one today.
Hey Firko I'm glad you qualified that you lusted after the Guy in Alma lanes bike and not him.
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #11 on: July 23, 2009, 06:59:42 pm »
Have to be KO XR75 loved those so much think it left a scar on my brain.
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #12 on: July 23, 2009, 07:08:29 pm »
i dont care about your rules
i wanted a vincent black shadow and still do
i had 1 opertunity to buy 1 but it was a lot of money half my years pay in the early 80s
never wanted a 125 spoilt at the age of 14 riding 500cc english singles and hagon japs all my older brothers.first bike was a tiger cub fettled by mr sid willis say no more
cheers
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #13 on: July 23, 2009, 07:57:40 pm »
Yep, mine was a yz80K that year i was about 13, my mate had one he and his mates were always burning around the streets of Balmain and Annandale getting chased by cops. He gave me a couple of rides down at a vacant block of land near the sydney fish markets right under the now Anzac bridge. I had a TS100 1974 model at the time which was kept at a friends farm near Dale Buggins farm close tpo Wyong.
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Re: The Bike you lusted for
« Reply #14 on: July 23, 2009, 08:31:42 pm »
At the age of 15 I was riding a Hodaka Super Rat and  lusting after Suzie Quatro and a Hodaka Combat Wombat ::) Darcy
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