What's the shortest and longest time you've owned a bike for?

human

01/03/2002 at 11:50

Why did you get rid of them?

mike wilde

01/03/2002 at 11:57

longest - gsxr750 slabside.1992 - 1996.why? cos i liked it.
shortest - excluding 'earners',rgv250, 3 months.great toy,best handling bike i've had.but i didn't fit on it,and if you weren't in the mood to play,walking was preferable.

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KR1Slapper

01/03/2002 at 12:16

only lasted 10 weeks before it got written off

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futter

01/03/2002 at 12:18

I bought a DT175 - it lasted about 3 days before I blew it up and scrapped it

C90 - had it for years, wish I had not sold it but hey ho

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01/03/2002 at 12:23

Longest GSXR1100WP - 5 years and 158,000 miles from new and CBR1000 4 years and 165,000 miles.

Shortest - Honda CB900 FA owned it for 4 days until I saw a 900F2B so I changed straight away. Lost £300 on the FA but when the F2B was written off 4 years later I got £1400 the same as I paid for it.

01/03/2002 at 12:23

350LC for three months after my test, got rid of it to buy an RGV250 coz Iwanted to be a GP god

Ah misspent youth.

Longest KX500 bought in 91 for racing still got it.

presser

01/03/2002 at 12:25

Sold a cbr1000 and bought a vfr750, back when they pretended it was a sportsbike

,hated it,sold it after 10 weeks and bought back the cbr1000,so had the cbr for about 6 years.

matboyslim

01/03/2002 at 12:26

Normally three years
Had R1 for 6 months then wrote it off

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beep

01/03/2002 at 12:50

Longest - MTX200, over two years then got stolen

Shortest - Hornet 600, only bike I've bought new, less than a year, poorly built - it must have been a Friday afternoon job or perhaps Honda's aren't all they're cracked up to be??

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Gromit

01/03/2002 at 12:58

Shortest: BMW R1150R - bought my R1100S back. The R was too uncomfortable - I'd done 3600 miles in 3 weeks on it though.

Longest? Probably my R1100R - 18 months (30,000 miles).

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Ballacraine

01/03/2002 at 18:28

Shortest:

About 3 weeks... BSA B33 chopper...Nice engine....Got offered a Weslake Triton, so it had to go

Longest:

Something over eleven years Moto Guzzi 750-S3. Still miss it from time to time. I had a LMII engine in it tuned to the nines & it was frustrating to ride over here. It still had the heavy flywheel which hampered its throttle response. Really a fast A road bike.

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Throbutronic

01/03/2002 at 18:32

Shortest - A BMW R100RS, keeped it over winter after both cylinder heads proved to be fecked, some twat had bodged the Exhaust port thread, only rode it for two weeks, though it was utter shite & felt a right prick for buying it

Longest - Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk1 had that 6 years, reason for sale got bored with it, proved to be to realiable

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Dirtybill

01/03/2002 at 18:35

TDM was definitely the longest, almost 6 years. Shortest was probably a couple of days as I used to buy and sell if I could make a dollar out of it.

satanspawn

01/03/2002 at 18:37

Shortest : CB125TDC superdream, bought this and sold it within 6 days at a tidy profit

Longest: I dont think ive owned a big bike for over a year, so it has to be my first bike, a Suzuki TX50X, had this for a whole year!!

other than that (CB350=10months, RF600=10months, ZX7=7months and still own it!! )

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Big Nige

01/03/2002 at 18:40

Shortest - Suzuki GT500. 3 weeks.
If you've ever had one you'd know why.

Longest - Yamaha XS750. 3years.

flange

01/03/2002 at 18:48

Longest Bandit 12.........10weeks
Shortest Aprilia Pegaso.....6 days

bikerbunny

01/03/2002 at 18:50

Longest time i've owned a bike for is 7 years.

Sortest would have to be about 6 months

Ballacraine

01/03/2002 at 19:07

Throbutronic wrote

Shortest - A BMW R100RS, keeped it over winter after both cylinder heads proved to be fecked, some twat had bodged the Exhaust port thread, only rode it for two weeks, though it was utter shite & felt a right prick for buying it

Longest - Moto Guzzi Le Mans Mk1 had that 6 years, reason for sale got bored with it, proved to be to realiable

Yes..I remember them.......Couldn't understand what possessed you to buy that BM

LM 1 was really nice.....Can't have been very comfortable for you though with your knees up by your ears!

Nige

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Ragman

01/03/2002 at 20:32

Shortest time - 10 months vfr400 - wanted something bigger
Longest time - 12 months gsxr600 - i like a new bike each year

FG.

02/03/2002 at 00:44

Had it for 3 week's ,went into dealer's 6 time's with ignition prob's,i finally lost me rag and told them what to do with it ,when it ran out of fuel .

Longest i think would be a Kwak Gpz 750 r , bought it on me 21st and kept it for about 3 yr's.

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