How long........?

[Dougie]

Having seen on the bike names thread that Wearthefoxhat has had his Hesketh for 20 years,how long have you folks had your bikes?
I'll have owned my GS for 20 years on the 22nd of October.
Jeez I didn't think it was that long....... :eek:

[noizy git]

I've had my Guzzi for nearly 15 years now but it has spent about half that time off the road.

[hagrid]

i have had my suzuki gt750 about 14 years my dad had it 8 years before that

[Keef]

Only 2 years for me, never owned any bike for longer, either breaks or gets nicked! :mad:

[JOE]

I've had the z for a few months an' the chop that's getting built (slowly) for just over a year. I've only been ridin' for a couple of years :)

[Grav]

Longest I ever owned a bike was 7 years and that was my old GP 100. I have had my current bike, Z 750 for 2 1/2 years and refuse to part with it.

[Mojow1958]

I had my C750F2N for 9 years until I sold it in Jan05...Divorce is a bitch and a SP400 for 12 years...many more in between....but there the longest..

[Creature]

brought me chop (standard then) new in aug 1980 for £950.00 :) some 300,000 miles later and honda would disown it and shes still my baby

[Dougie]

300K?!? :eek:
Is it the same engine? :eek:

[Creature]

sure is - rebuilt her for 1st time 38000 odd miles ago :)

[Sir Ewok]

Had the trike about 4 years and the 'Beast for 3 months.... Never have a bike for more than 3-4 years

[Dougie]

Jeezus!
An' I thought I was doing well with my GS,somewhere between 105 & 120K with one rebore and a head refurb...... :eek:

[Bosun]

6 months though did have the 400 superdream for 6 years

[Friar Tuck]

brought me chop (standard then) new in aug 1980 for £950.00 :) some 300,000 miles later and honda would disown it and shes still my baby
Don't knock it! I bet Honda would be VERY interested! Knew a bloke over in Northampton, had an XJ900, that he went despatching on, kept clean and dealer serviced. It clocked up 250k miles and Yamaha paid for a full strip and rebuild, just so they could guage the wear and tear. and you know wot? there was hardly any, because the bike was looked after without being thrashed to bits!

[STEViE]

I've had 'MiNE', my T140V Triumph Bonneville for 23 years. I've had a couple of other bikes durin' that time but they were only bought when 'MiNE' was off the road for some time.

[Crofty]

The CX500 I've had for about 3 weeks and 1000 miles. I've still got my first "big" bike, and intend to keep it for life (mine, and it's) although, that's only been about 3 years so far! :p Yamaha XJ700 X maxim X import, one of not many in the country and I believe the only watercooled XJ model Yamaha made. didn't know that when i bought it, then it was unusual,fast,and cool-clooking!

[slob]

sportster for 1 year, kz650 for 6 months, divvy 600 rat from new 5 years and a radian 600 for a year before that.

....after riding for 8 years you'd think I'd know more about the bloody mechanics!