Anyone got any ideas...

[Geoff D]

Been trying for a while now to find a bike I used to own, basically for sentimental reasons, so far I've pretty much drawn a blank.
The DVLA are no help at all  :roll: what I have found out is the bike has had 7 owners in total now, the last change was in January 09 so I know its still around.
Any suggestions??

[Geoff D]

Oh, I've posted pics & searches on most of the other sites too....

[Mustang]

Been trying for a while now to find a bike I used to own, basically for sentimental reasons, so far I've pretty much drawn a blank.
The DVLA are no help at all  :roll: what I have found out is the bike has had 7 owners in total now, the last change was in January 09 so I know its still around.
Any suggestions??

what was it ?

[Geoff D]

[Mustang]

could you not just get a different 600r or is it more of a sentimental thing for that particular bike ?  I know how you feel if it is for the exact bike though ..........I wish I never got rid of my very first bike

[Geoff D]

Nah... gotta be that one. Lots of memories etc,etc

[EvilBetty]

could you not just get a different 600r or is it more of a sentimental thing for that particular bike ?  I know how you feel if it is for the exact bike though ..........I wish I never got rid of my very first bike

Wow what was it like learning to ride on a 30 year old bike?


 

[Mustang]

Wow what was it like learning to ride on a 30 year old bike?


 

1973 RD350 Yamaha
37 year old bike and it was 36 1/2 years ago , bought it brand new after my senior year in high school for the grand total of $879 .
It was quite the crotch rocket in it's day , would wheelie in the first four gears just on power(ok it wasn't exactly stock anymore when it could do that ) but it could out handle and whoop bikes twice as big . not bad for a 350 .

[Bixxer Bob]

I still have its pre-decessor in the garage:



1972 YR5 350cc.  

It's the bike I wanted as a kid and couldn't afford.  I've had it three years, it still goes like stink (literally - I have to get round to changing a crankshaft oil seal sometime soon) although the handlings not what I remembered - maybe it's because I weigh half as much again as I did then.

And sorry Geof,  this isn't helping you find your first love.  Maybe soemone should start a "Friends United" for bikes, cars etc???

[ArcticTiger]

1973..... that was the year I bought my first Triumph, a -67 Bonneville. :D

[Geoff D]

And sorry Geof,  this isn't helping you find your first love.  Maybe soemone should start a "Friends United" for bikes, cars etc???

I wasn't my first love Bob, that was a Tiger Cub that my dad bought me when I was 15 (oh and Raquel Welch of course  :lol: ) in 1972

I bought this bike in 1996 to do the Optic 2000 Tunisian rally, 2 weeks before I was due to leave it was stolen (along with my gorgeous Ducati 750SS) 2 days after it was stolen I was out in my car & saw 2 blokes on it  :roll:  after the subsequent crash (broke the riders leg  :roll: ) and several interviews with nice policemen I was re-united with bike.
I could go on but don't want to bore you all...

[Nick Calne]

You could try a tracing website like this one.

Never done it myself so can't recommend necessarily...

http://www.drivearchive.co.uk/index.htm

P.S.  In 1973 I was less than 1 year old.

[Geoff D]

Hi Nick, tried that one..... doesn't recognise the number.

I do know its still around though, last change of ownership was Jan 09, its out there somewhere, I'll find the bu**er eventually.

What I want is a friendly policeman  :roll:

Thanks anyway


p.s. you old enough to be on 'ere  :lol:

[EvilBetty]

1973 RD350 Yamaha
37 year old bike and it was 36 1/2 years ago , bought it brand new after my senior year in high school for the grand total of $879 .
It was quite the crotch rocket in it's day , would wheelie in the first four gears just on power(ok it wasn't exactly stock anymore when it could do that ) but it could out handle and whoop bikes twice as big . not bad for a 350 .

Sorry cheap shot at your age :)

In 1973 I was... well I was born in 75 :)

[Mustang]

Sorry cheap shot at your age :)

In 1973 I was... well I was born in 75 :)

I know .............just remember someday you will be old and wise also grasshopper :lol:  :lol: