Hello from Wales
Posted: Wed Nov 22, 2023 8:09 am
Hi All.
Just thought my first post should be to say hello.
My name is Mart and i'm from Newport South Wales.
I've started riding over the fields on a RM400 back around 1980.
I got in trouble a couple of time riding on the road, but as soon as i was 16 i got my first road bike.
My olds bought me a 1977/S Honda C50 and told me that will do as your bound to drop it a couple of times.
Over the next few years i built up to bigger bikes. But in 1988 i had a bad crash and stopped riding.
In 2007 i had a go on a friend ZZR600 and enjoyed being back on 2 wheels.
So i went out and bought a cheap 1989 GPz600r. Then as i got the feel of riding back, i started get better bikes.
I bought a 1991 zx10-b2 then a 1998 750 SRAD. By now i was happy with riding again and thought i will get a nice bike.
So in late 2008, I ended up buying my first Hayabusa 2003/03. I kept it for 4 year and did over 50,000 miles on it.
I then sold it for a brand new 2012 VFR1200F-C. But 18 months later i got taken out but a strong side wind. no more VFR.
My next bike was a 2011 ZZR1400. It was a very nice bike but had to sell it 30 months later due to health problems.
2 years went by and i was well enough to get another bike. I started off on a 1998 zx9r. What a great bike they are.
I ended up owning 4 of them in total.
Now we are upto date with the bike i still own, which are:
1999/T Hayabusa Gen1 (one of the first in the UK)
2004/04 ZX9r-F2
2009/59 Hayabusa Gen2
2013/13 Varadero 1000 (winter hack)
Now I have just bought my first BMW, a 2016/66 R1200RT in Black.
But i did not go out to buy a newer bike for myself.
The wife love the old SV650s and we had seen a nice one for sale.
It was rich money, But a very very clean bike with under 5,500 miles on it.
It's a 2002/02 and has only had 2 owners from new.
So she now has a 2012/12 Yamaha XJ6F, a 1999/V Suzuki SV650S and a 2002/02 SV650S.
Her 1999/V SV650S has less than 800 miles on it. for this reason its not used.
She did have another SV650S 99/V with 7,100 miles on it.
But a twat in a 4x4 went wide on a roundabout and knocked her off it in 2021.
BTW the wife has said i now need to sell one bike. She is dreaming.
So i hope to be apart of your forum and hope to not ask to many silly questions. i will try and use the search box.
Cheers Mart
Just thought my first post should be to say hello.
My name is Mart and i'm from Newport South Wales.
I've started riding over the fields on a RM400 back around 1980.
I got in trouble a couple of time riding on the road, but as soon as i was 16 i got my first road bike.
My olds bought me a 1977/S Honda C50 and told me that will do as your bound to drop it a couple of times.
Over the next few years i built up to bigger bikes. But in 1988 i had a bad crash and stopped riding.
In 2007 i had a go on a friend ZZR600 and enjoyed being back on 2 wheels.
So i went out and bought a cheap 1989 GPz600r. Then as i got the feel of riding back, i started get better bikes.
I bought a 1991 zx10-b2 then a 1998 750 SRAD. By now i was happy with riding again and thought i will get a nice bike.
So in late 2008, I ended up buying my first Hayabusa 2003/03. I kept it for 4 year and did over 50,000 miles on it.
I then sold it for a brand new 2012 VFR1200F-C. But 18 months later i got taken out but a strong side wind. no more VFR.
My next bike was a 2011 ZZR1400. It was a very nice bike but had to sell it 30 months later due to health problems.
2 years went by and i was well enough to get another bike. I started off on a 1998 zx9r. What a great bike they are.
I ended up owning 4 of them in total.
Now we are upto date with the bike i still own, which are:
1999/T Hayabusa Gen1 (one of the first in the UK)
2004/04 ZX9r-F2
2009/59 Hayabusa Gen2
2013/13 Varadero 1000 (winter hack)
Now I have just bought my first BMW, a 2016/66 R1200RT in Black.
But i did not go out to buy a newer bike for myself.
The wife love the old SV650s and we had seen a nice one for sale.
It was rich money, But a very very clean bike with under 5,500 miles on it.
It's a 2002/02 and has only had 2 owners from new.
So she now has a 2012/12 Yamaha XJ6F, a 1999/V Suzuki SV650S and a 2002/02 SV650S.
Her 1999/V SV650S has less than 800 miles on it. for this reason its not used.
She did have another SV650S 99/V with 7,100 miles on it.
But a twat in a 4x4 went wide on a roundabout and knocked her off it in 2021.
BTW the wife has said i now need to sell one bike. She is dreaming.
So i hope to be apart of your forum and hope to not ask to many silly questions. i will try and use the search box.
Cheers Mart
