1 - 1996 '80 626 5 speed. Only mods were a 2" sports exhaust. Enjoyed that car, did everything I wanted it to at the time. 2nd year I had it some woman decided to try overtaking me while I was turning right
2 - 1998 '80 626 4 speed. Got another one from a wreckers for very little and transferred the donk and exhaust over from the damaged car. Don't know why we didn't do the 'box at the same time though.... It really missed the overdrive top gear. Engine started playing up after a while - nothing down low so had to be running above 3k. This caught me out one day and crashed it into a bunch of trees.
Was on the pushie for a while...
3 - 1999 '81 626 3 speed manual. Not sure why we got this - think it was cheeeeep. The 3 speed was horrid. The zorst made its way across again. Not sure what happened to it in the end.
4 - 2000 '89 VL 5 speed. After 12 months on the pushie again I finally managed to save up to buy my first car. Loved the engine in this, the 'box was a good match. 2.5" sports exhaust and headers combined with a "stage 1" cam. revved past 7k rpm without any let up thanks to those bits. Had a loud boom at around 120km/h which meant that it was usually driven at 130-140
. Fuel consumption wasn't hurt to my surprise. Suspension was pretty crappy and the open diff had me facing the wrong direction in the same roundabout on two different occasions. Fell into disuse after I got the bikes and the council pinched it from the roadside.
5- 2001 '01 VTR250. This was the start of a bit over 6 years on bikes. Was a fabulous jigger, managed 2:00 around Eastern Creek one day chasing a Buell. I was notorious in the club I rode with for rounding pretty much anyone up once corner speeds dropped below about 120. Rode it like a lunatic all over the eastern half of NSW and somehow never got booked. Sold it 2 years ago. Still regret never putting a zorts on it - they sound feckin horn
6 - 2003 '03 Triumph TT600. My first and only full sized bike so far. Had it for 5 years before some dodgy council work out west caught me out last year. There aren't too many good fun riding roads between Rockhampton and Phillip Island that I haven't done on it. Never got to do the full run of the Oxley though....
7 - 2008 MY06 3RB. My current ride. Has already been down to Phillip Island and is likely to be drafted into the GP pilgrimage later this year too. Having huge fun in it. Done somewhere between 10 and 15k in it in almost 7 months. Jeez, has it been that long? Time flies.
Here it is today
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