After today’s purchase my wife (who’s been pillion for all of it) was asking how many bikes is this?! So I did a tally, and here’s 26 years of bikes for me!
Honda NS125F (500 quid as a student, first crash on this)
Kawasaki GPZ500s (dad lent me the money as he thought a 125 was dangerous
)
Kawasaki ZZR600 (lost the lower fairing hitting s badger on Salisbury Plain)
Kawasaki ZX6R G1 (did first Europe tour to the Nurburgring 2 up with my now wife)
Kawasaki ZX9R C1 (many tours across Europe loved this one)
Kawasaki ZX9R E2 (loads of track days, before some expensive damage at Pembrey)
Honda CBR1100xx super blackbird (no soul, but commuted 110 miles a day for 9 months on it)
Yamaha FJR 1300 (short term, 4500 miles in 4 weeks of touring the US)
Aprilia RSV1000R factory (still miss it, incredible road bike)
Kawasaki ZX7R (child hood dream, carb icing was not fun though)
BMW R1200GS oil cooled (completely converted me to this style of bike)
BMW R1200GS liquid cooled...
Her question made me nostalgic, so thought I’d bore you all with my thoughts. I will always love bikes and the adventures that can be had, and the experiences and friends you make!