How/Where did you find yours ?

[Tony nitrous 0]

Just a bit of random chat we were doing on another forum.

Where / How did you find your bike ?

Bike shop? Friend? family? Ebay?
Local paper? Bike mag? forum member?
side of the road? other ?

[Tony nitrous 0]

Last few of mine:

1400..... ASF forum member.
GSXR..... ASF forum member.
Bandit... Ebay.
1100ET... ASF forum member.
B-King... Bike Shop (Springwood Suzuki)
02 Busa.. AU Busa forum member.
04 Busa.. Bike Shop (Springwood Suzuki)

[Davehutch-hutchs 0]

last two

Bandit friend

B-king streetbike (bikeshop Birmingham)

[BanditMike 0]

I've only had a few, so here goes:

Bandit 600 - Friend
Bandit 1200 - Shop
ZX12 - Friend (looking for a bike for a lad who ended up buying my Bandit and I bought this one! )

[Oldfart 0]

Power Pak - Uncle (bolted to a push bike!)Wish I still had this
NSU Quickly - Dad
Tiger Cub - ex work mate
BSA C15 - cousins
Gold Star - work mate
Road Rocket - shop


DT 100 - shop
CD200 - shop
CJ250T - shop
CB550 F1 - mates
CX500 - shop


GSX750 - shop
GPZ750 A3 - shop

CBR600F - mates
ST 1100 Pan - shop
Honda Blackbird - shop
GSX1400 - shop
Triumph ST1050 - Pidcocks Triumph

The gaps are bikes I cant remember

[Tony nitrous 0]

If I'm buying brand new then obviously I'll be
off to a shop but for 2nd hand I find there
mark up is way to high and their warrantee's
are very over rated.

[Tony nitrous 0]

One funny one I had,

I was putting a few bids in on Ebay,
Very low bids, but enough to get rid of the timewasting $10 bidders,
(a week before Xmas which I thought might put a few off?)
and I bid on a 1200 Bandit. Out in the sticks, Country town, hours from anywhere.
One pic taken from a distance and a discription that said "Dont Mess me about"
My bid was low enough that even in piss poor condition id be happy.

I only bloody won it. Seller was a bit unhappy but offered to deliver it for $50.

When he turned up I crapped myself.
Im 6-foot and he towered over me, All gold and tattoo's. HUGE F#CKIN BLOKE!
...and when he turned around he had a VERY well known Outlaw clubs back patches.
I know several serious patch club members but this guy was something else!!

I joked "if i dont like it how do I tell you to take it back"...

He was OK. Told me to do a government vehicle check,
let me have a good test ride and photo copied his licence.

Bike turned out OK, I still dont know how he came by it!

Wouldnt take cash, had to be bank transfer to some womans bank account.

When he'd gone we googled his name.
Illegal firearms.
Attempted wounding of a police officer.
Drug offences.
etc.
etc.
etc.

Fortunatly I was soon to move house.

[Chadatious 0]

125cc pit bike- brand new in a box from ebay
honda cr86- ebay
rm125- ebay
rm125 tds racing yorkshire

guoben 50cc scooter- friday ad
motorhispania rx50- gumtree
honda cbr125- ebay
zxr400- ebay
husky te410- ebay
bandit600- mate who sells writeoffs from auction
sv650- ebay
zx9r- ebay

[lee1 1]

one shop buy,couple off mates,the rest good old evilbay

[haveugot1 0]

A couple of 125's of friends,
gpz 250 given off farther in-law,
vfr 400 nc24 from paper,
bandit 1200mk1 of friend,

and once i talk our lass round hoping for a something new

[mdhillug03 0]

@Chadatious wrote:

125cc pit bike- brand new in a box from ebay
honda cr86- ebay
rm125- ebay
rm125 tds racing yorkshire

guoben 50cc scooter- friday ad
motorhispania rx50- gumtree
honda cbr125- ebay
zxr400- ebay
husky te410- ebay
bandit600- mate who sells writeoffs from auction
sv650- ebay
zx9r- ebay

lot of bikes for 19yr old that chad !

[mdhillug03 0]

Yamaha ybr custom 125- Raceways Fleetwood (sold)
Honda CBR 600 FX Raceways Fleetwood (still got)
Suzuki Bandit 600- Blackpool Honda (written off)
Ducati MTS 1000DS - Motostada Shipley (Still got)

[fr499y 0]

SGNR pit bike built by me, parts from OORacing and ebay
Aprilia SR50 - Cousin
Hyosung GT125 Comet - Friday Ad
Skyjet SJ125 - Importers
Sinnis Stealth 125 - Dealer
suzuki GSF 600 S - Breaker
Suzuki SV650 Sport - Dealer
Triumph TT600 - Paper
Yamaha Thundercat - Old guy who bought it, done 100 miles and shit himself
Yamaha TDM 900 - Paper
Honda VFR 800 - Dealer
Suzuki GSF 600 N - Dealer
Kawasaki KLE 500 - Paper
Kawasaki Z1000 - Dealer
Kawasaki ER5 - Ebay
Yamaha XJ 600 - Paper
Honda NTV 650 - Ebay
KTM 950 Supermoto - Dealer
Honda CBR 600 F - Dealer
Suzuki GS500 - ??
Yamaha Thunderace - Paper
Triumph Thruxton - Dealer

umm im sure im missing 4 or 5 bikes

[Stue11 0]

@Tony nitrous wrote:

One funny one I had,

I was putting a few bids in on Ebay,
Very low bids, but enough to get rid of the timewasting $10 bidders,
(a week before Xmas which I thought might put a few off?)
and I bid on a 1200 Bandit. Out in the sticks, Country town, hours from anywhere.
One pic taken from a distance and a discription that said "Dont Mess me about"
My bid was low enough that even in piss poor condition id be happy.

I only bloody won it. Seller was a bit unhappy but offered to deliver it for $50.

When he turned up I crapped myself.
Im 6-foot and he towered over me, All gold and tattoo's. HUGE F#CKIN BLOKE!
...and when he turned around he had a VERY well known Outlaw clubs back patches.
I know several serious patch club members but this guy was something else!!

I joked "if i dont like it how do I tell you to take it back"...

He was OK. Told me to do a government vehicle check,
let me have a good test ride and photo copied his licence.

Bike turned out OK, I still dont know how he came by it!

Wouldnt take cash, had to be bank transfer to some womans bank account.

When he'd gone we googled his name.
Illegal firearms.
Attempted wounding of a police officer.
Drug offences.
etc.
etc.
etc.

Fortunatly I was soon to move house.

what was his name

[Macie_UK 0]

All the early ones came via the paper [1] two from forums [2] one from a mate [3] and everything else over the last dozen years off of ebay [4]. Never bought from a dealer-with-a-shop.


[1] Before t'internet was uploaded
[2] Not one-make ones, for obvious reasons of ridiculously silly prices
[3] Which turned out to be nicked!
[4] Oh and the TZR came via Yahoo auctions - remember them?

[ken s 0]

Most through adds in Motorcycle press, up to 2002 when I bought a bandit off of a mate that got banned. Then got a pay out for a hit and run so bought a new bandit on line from a dealer down south. In 2007 was looking for a Ltd addition Busa but every one I chased was already sold.Went into my local Suzuki dealer who I never use as it was one of his employees that hit me in the hit and run and there was this White Ltd addition Busa, asked if it was sold and was told someone was coming it to look at it but they had not put a deposit on it so I said phone him and tell him not to bother and after a bit on negotiating on part ex and prices I bought it.Had it for almost 3 years but because of a shoulder / arm injury (at work) I found Iwas riding the wife's trike (Ebay unfinished projecta Honda Magna 750 cruiser) more than the Busa because of the riding position so I bought a V Star 1100 from an importer in the North West.