Motorcycles that I've Owned

YEAR	BRAND	MODEL	COMMENTS
1969	Honda	90S	Black and chrome; Single 4 stroke
1969	Suzuki	250 Hustler	Orange. Brought new. 2 stroke twin road bike.
1970	Kawasaki	500 Mach 3	3 cylinder 2 stroke - "The fastest accelerating stock production bike in the world"; 1969 model - white then resprayed blue; front drum brake - use two or three times then faded completely!; the wheel-stand King in any gear!; traded it in on my first car in 1972 (an Austin 1800 Mk 2) - wow
1973	Honda	XL250 Motosport	Silver. The first model XL250; Brought new for $765 and kept until 1987. Unbreakable!
1974	Honda	750 Four	Blue. Brought new for $1495. Sold it in 1975. So much torque after the Mach 3; Great for climbing mountains eg Mt Dromedary (Tilba, NSW)!
1977	Yamaha	500 Parallel Twin	Metalic brown. Brought new. Only kept for 6 months. Looked good (at the time) but ...
1980	Kawasaki	500 Mach 3	Blue; 1976 model; A disappointment compared to the earlier model - no where near the poke although it did have a disc on the front!
1987	Kawasaki	550 Four	Red; Brought second hand for commuting from Wollongong to Sydney and back. Sold at the end of 1988 before moving.
1991	Honda	XL185	Orange; Brought new; something I could ride as well as my two teenage boys; Kept until 1998 (got sick of it being stolen by joy-riders!)
1997	Kawasaki	GPZ 900R	Black. 1984 model; Looked good and went well but suspension too harsh and the forward lean too much for me; written-off when a 4 wheel drive decided it needed more parking space.
1997	Honda	ST1100	Blue. Second hand; 1994 model; A fantastic touring bike. Sold in August, 2002.
1998	Honda	NX650	Black/Purple. Second hand 1993 model; while the ST1100 is great on the open road I wanted something to travel off-road with - a bigger version of my old XL250. Sold in 2001.
2001	Honda	XL600V Transalp	Teal. Second hand 1995 model that had been brought to Australia from Ireland. Sold in January, 2006.
2002	Honda	ST1100	Blue. Second hand 2001 model; Missed the first ST too much so I had to buy another! Sold in November, 2004.
2006	Yamaha	TDM900	Blue. 2002 model. I needed a bike again!

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