The bike you wish you had never bought....

austin

austin

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A Suzuki GSX550 ES. I sold a BMW K100RS took some money for children stuff (aaah) and bought this heap of junk. 16" front wheel was horrible, gutless at low revs, everything corroded and rotted, it was vile to look at and ride . The only good thing was it was cheap and after 6 months of loathing it I got back nearly what I paid. Stupid horrible bike.
 
None.

Good 'uns, bad 'uns - all part of lifes rich tapestry :)

Having said that, I really didn't like my first bike - an XT350.
Some years later, I went from J plate Transalp (in lovely 2 tone met green) to a G reg vfr750fl, early pro arm in pearl white (same as I have now funnily enough!), after the honeymoon period of flying everywhere at 100mph, I soon realised that it would never be a Transalp replacement & sold it for.....
Oh well :)
 
2005 F650gs

Bought as a winter bike while I stripped Big Bird

It served a purpose but was fecking horrible and went to help fund the Scrambler [emoji12]
 
BMW R100 RT, bought it in the late eighties as I thought I was mature enough for one of those BMW things......wrong!
It was heavy, ponderous and just generally not what I thought I wanted, liked it so much I kept it for 10 days, enough said.


Andy.
 
Triumph T140D Friday afternoon special

Would not run in the rain, rusted within weeks, exhausts rotted within 6 months, spent more time off the road and some in the shop

When it finaly blew up I traded it in
 
Maico 400 -- the biggest, most cumbersome crosser, ever hated it.

Replaced it with a Maico 490 --- absolute stonker of a beast :D
 
F800GSA. Pexed my red ADV for it, big, big mistake. It just didn't float my boat and all but killed my motor cycling mojo.
 
Harley sportster, horrible think to ride but I did buy it from Mr Rod Stewart.
No, not that one, a plumber from smelly oak , Birmingham. Looked good on the log book though.
 
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Kawasaki GT550... I'm ashamed even to admit to owning one.

When the GT worked it was quite spritely - at least in comparison with what I had owned previously. I added an after-market fairing that I bought cheap and bodged to fit. However, I think the thing had once been in a bad condition and been restored. So what? Well, it kept breaking down. And every fix revealed or caused another problem. The worst aspect was that the carbs had to be dismantled and cleaned regularly, made worse by inlet manifolds that had become inflexible over the years.

Then there was the BMW R1150RS. Something small would break or fall off every 3 months, and something big would break every 8 months. It took me to Morocco and back, though, so it wasn't all bad.
 
Cagiva W12.

Nice enough bike, but fairly rare and impossible to get spares, importers (Three Cross) were useless and knew nothing about them, and the Italian factory shut down for nearly six weeks in the summer.

It memorably spent nearly a year off the road actually in a dealers waiting for parts while Cagiva went bust and got bought again. Thankfully I had another bike by then.
 
Richie B said:
I must confess it never let me down during the month or so I held on to it. :)
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Careful - you'll be starting the "shortest time you've owned a bike" thread with confessions like that. ;)
 
Lutin said:
Careful - you'll be starting the "shortest time you've owned a bike" thread with confessions like that. ;)
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Nah I jest really, despite being the ugliest thing ever (excluding Vader emerging from his tent the morning following 16 Stellas :whistle: ), it was light, cheap, reliable and easy to tow behind my Camper :D
 

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(Almost) any bike has its pros and cons. Light and reliable were valuable 'pros'. The name Suzuki gave to it was definitely a 'con' though!
 
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