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??
Oh, I've posted pics & searches on most of the other sites too....
Quote from: "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??
what was it ?
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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
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Nah... gotta be that one. Lots of memories etc,etc
Quote from: "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
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Wow what was it like learning to ride on a 30 year old bike?
:ImaPoser
Quote from: "EvilBetty"Wow what was it like learning to ride on a 30 year old bike?
:ImaPoser
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 .
I still have its pre-decessor in the garage:
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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???
1973..... that was the year I bought my first Triumph, a -67 Bonneville. :D
Quote from: "Bixxer Bob"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...
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.
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:
Quote from: "Mustang"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 :)
Quote from: "EvilBetty"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:
Joined the Royal Air Force in 1974... leave in May this year, whipper snappers..... :roll:
I've aged through other process that you "old timers" may or may not have befitted from... mainly marriage, divorce, and most of all and ongoing custody battle. I feel that alone has added 30 years to my age.
Then the back troubles I have had since an auto accident in July of 2008 have easily added another 7 or 8 :)
As for added wisdom. I have found the less wise I allow myself to be the happier I usually am. :lol:
Thankfully I have found riding the tiger adds subtracts 2 minutes from my age for every minute I ride. So I plan I riding more... a lot more.
The shared bike memory thread.... I understand that.
Seeing the RD's. I had 2. Well actually it was the same bike but I bought it as a 250 and a year later was riding it as a 350. And more than once in the last year I've looked at adding one to the stable......
You can pay the DVLA for a list of owners. You have to have proper cause I think but I'm sure you can think of something.
I reckon if you say it's a safety concern then you'd get the list. You'd still have to pay for it though.
or if it was a historic piece or something like that.
DVLA didn't want to know when I rang 'em, will give it another go.
Another pic of my XR in the middle of nowhere...
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Quote from: "Geoff D"DVLA didn't want to know when I rang 'em, will give it another go.[/img]
What part of public servant do they not understand? :x
Our Road Tax / Your Salary - Hello :violent1
Hey Sin, bet you dreamed of this !
Spotted at festival of 1000 bikes a couple of years ago.
Nicely done.
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I don't suppose it's worth putting in a post on the XR owners forum Geoff?
I won my class at the Hedland to Whim Creek Desert race way back when on one of those, unbreakable.
And Mustang, my first roadbike was a RD400E, with 250 sidecovers to keep the pohleece of my back. They were amazing back then.
Yeah, posted on there.... no luck, thanks anyway
Quote from: "Sin_Tiger"What part of public servant do they not understand? :x
Our Road Tax / Your Salary - Hello :violent1
:ImaPoser :ImaPoser
Quote from: "The Midnight Rambler"Hey Sin, bet you dreamed of this !
Spotted at festival of 1000 bikes a couple of years ago.
Nicely done.
I heard about a few race versions but that's the first pic I've ever seen of a 4 pot.
Geoff, sorry about the hijack, hope you have better luck soon :D