Just keeping it real I always thought a 400/450 off road bike would be relatively cheap to insure... oh so wrong!!!!!!!! Yamaha FS1E that was £125 second hand. I bought an R reg one (that's 1977 to the young guys on here) that was in 1984. Did about

Rich, thanks Don't have any pics, when I was 16 in 1977 I rode to mallory park on my FS1E with about 30 others( they were they days ) to see Sheene and Roberts race in the Transatlantic series.Fantastic day, spent that long in the pits looking

many years back when i rode an FS1E with my mates we always had someone breakdown or fall off. We used to carry a lenght of rope and tie it around the headstock the other end tied around subframe and just tow each other home.Now when i suggested

the same tho isn't it? only these days they wear tracksuits and ride scooters and smoke crack and steal cars FS1E's eh?Christ you're old we was arder mate we'd smoke buts and rollies (loo roll and Tea)we rode four strokes, we would scam the knickers

DT175 and never remembered one since not even the one I have now. yes ....or more recently - D897 UGF - gsxr750D982 UMB - gsxr1100F197 OVU - ZXR750L932 NVT - gsxr750bored yet? Yep UMJ 493R - baja brown FS1E W364 AGJ - Gilera DNA 50 in red god i

like more speeding tickets in Washington state next year You seen the Fazer1000 yet? Full R1 engine www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/products/modelhome/499/0/home.aspx Looks like an old FS1E El Toro wroteLooks like an old FS1EHahaha! Just what I thought

50; 'Boff' (so named coz he produces more gas than the North Sea), riding a Yamaha FS1-E; 'Bald Bob' riding another AP50; Shoey on yet another AP; me on my Fizzer; Mike, a local publican on a '72 TS50 Suzuki; and Marcus, aboard a modern but old

CBR600fyCBR6RRCBR900RRN(or Africa Twin XRV750 if it rains)CBR900RRW BladeDaytractor 955iDucati 748R - Get it right woman !!!! lol!!!DUCATI 916Ducati 998Ducati 998S Bostrom RepFS1E GSXR750WTGSXR750WXHornet 250 (baby one)Kawasaki ZX636RR1ST1100TL1000

-Steve wroteIt's a shame all the late 70's early 80's peds have all died or been restored by misty eyed old buggers (I mean - £2500 for a FS1E or an AP50!!). Although there are still some cheap "real" bikes to be had. Ugly, but better than most of todays

My son Matty is 16 next month, and I've just bought him this :-)Christ, if only they had these back in the 70's when I was 16 LOLKev Cause we had these If i'd had one of those in the 70s it's have been in bits in a month, my FS1e hit the deck about