Of the, as I like to call them, Big Four Japanese motorcycle makers have you owned? Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki......
I have had 2 Suzukis, my GS and a RM-80. I also owned a Yamaha YZ-125 (I miss it every day). No Hondas or Kawasakis yet for me.
Quote from: Twism86 on July 07, 2011, 09:00:27 AM
Of the, as I like to call them, Big Four Japanese motorcycle makers have you owned? Suzuki, Honda, Yamaha and Kawasaki......
I have had 2 Suzukis, my GS and a RM-80. I also owned a Yamaha YZ-125 (I miss it every day). No Hondas or Kawasakis yet for me.
Owned all 4, zook's outnumber the rest handily though. But Kawi (4 eli's 3 vulcans, a KZ440 and a ninja600) comes next then yamaha (2 virago 535's 1 1100 and a seca 600 and 3 xs650) then honda (4 nitehawk's and a shadow 600) Then I have an MZ - yamaha motor german bike of seymour powell design.
Cool.
Buddha.
21 fairly evenly spread between the 4. Slight edge to Honda because I had a bunch of pitbikes that were honda based.
Yup, owned all four. No brand loyalty from me.
Funny. Back in my YZ80 and YZ125 days I figured, if you wanted a dirt bike you went Yamaha and if you wanted road you went Honda. So surprise surprise my first road bike was a Kawasaki - so much to sticking to my own thoughts on the matter.
Michael
Honda, Suzuki, Yamaha...in that order...I've only owned three bikes, Honda Trail 70 (when I was 9 until 13), Suzuki GS500 (first street bike), now on a Yamaha MT-01...put some time in on a borrowed Kawasaki Super Sherpa, but never owned one...I don't think you can go too far wrong with any of them... :thumb:
Later.
2009 GS500F (May 2011) and 2005 Ninja 250 (June 2011)
Yamaha ('82 650 Maxim, '82 550 Vision, '87 SRX250, '88 FZR400, '96 750 Virago), Suzuki ('82 GS250L, '90 GS500, '94 GS500) and an '86 Kawasaki 454Ltd.
Honda owns whaling ships.
Quote from: scratch on July 07, 2011, 04:47:23 PM
Honda owns whaling ships.
And Kawasaki makes them.
Suzuki has shares in them.
Yamaha is a silent partner.
:o
:D
Michael
1983 Yamaha xt550
2003 Kawasaki ex250
1992 Suzuki GS500
Currently in the market for a Yamaha wr450f to make a supermoto. I'm also gonna replace my Buell with a japanese bike, but I"m not sure what yet.
I don't know if I'll ever own a Kaw or a Yammy. No hatred, I just really like Honda and Suzuki.
Honda: 68 CL175, 77 CB400F, 83 CR60
Suzuki: 83 GR650, 83 GR650, 83 GR650 (seriously)
Oh ya, my wife has a Chinese scooter and I had a Spanish Derbi for a couple weeks. That was fun.
All four for me, although the majority of them were purely investment bikes that I only kept for a matter of weeks/months then sold for profit.
At some point I have owned honda XR 80, 100, 200, and XL 650 CBR600rr and 1000RR
Suzuki gs500 bandit 600 sv650 sv1000s gsxr600 and 750
kawasaki zx6r and zx10r
Yamaha fz6r yzfr6 and yzfr1
had all 4 in 1 bike. does that count? my 97 gs e honda headlight, tail light bulbs and clutch lever off of a kaw, and brake lever off of a yam. and its how i got my username. it was a bonafide yamahonkawazuki. anyhoo ive had a cb750k ( 2 of them ) a gr650, some xs650's , some odd kawi i cant recall. and a viagra when i was inbetween my second and 4th gs' ( got 2 more gs' at same time ) also had a sportster 883c, and somethign chinese lol
Suzuki: '89, '95, '96 & '01 GS500's
'93 Katana 600
'06 SV650
Yamaha (Note- Disappointed in every one of them): '96 YZ250
'01 TTR-250
'94 XT 225 Serow
'06 XT225
Honda: '89 XR200
'91 XR250
'93 CB250 Nighthawk
'96 CBR600F3
'00 VTR1000R (RC51)
And hoping to add a clean '01 CBR929RR to this list soon
Never had a Kawi
-Jessie
Quote from: mister on July 07, 2011, 01:17:04 PM
Yup, owned all four. No brand loyalty from me.
Funny. Back in my YZ80 and YZ125 days I figured, if you wanted a dirt bike you went Yamaha and if you wanted road you went Honda. So surprise surprise my first road bike was a Kawasaki - so much to sticking to my own thoughts on the matter.
Michael
My family owned dirt bikes of all four big brands. The Kawi was the worst (and oldest), my Suzuki RM80 was ok for its shape. My YZ125 was amazing and my Dad's YZ426F ran good but starting those early 4-strokers was a Buddha Loves You!! My brother had a smaller 4-stroke Honda, never a problem (its a honda).
Mostly Hondas. Started with my pop's Honda Passport 70, then my first bike- Honda Sabre 700, then my (current) F2, an F3, (two stroke chinese scooter in here somewhere and a Helix clone too) and then the GS.
A Honda, four Yamahas, and two Suzukis so far. Not against Kawis, it just hasn't happened for me.
Quote from: BaltimoreGS on July 08, 2011, 04:12:07 AM
And hoping to add a clean '01 CBR929RR to this list soon
-Jessie
Dude, the 929 ... the thing ... man ... it has no frame ... atleast not one that gets to the part of the bike that has the highest stress. The swingarm pivot.
I know of one guy who cracked the engine with a VTR 1000 (superhawk) that he got swiped by a car and ended up climbing a sidewalk, he stayed up right, damage was mainly to the wheels. They fixed it up and a few weeks later the thing was weeping oil from the SA pivot. Way back in 1999 or so.
929 and 954 are likely better than the VTR but still I dont like em.
I know of a few idiots who have a stretched and slammed 954. I am like, man these people have no sense.
One fool has a 95-96 900RR he stretched, the year range where they had just about the perfect bike, if I recall in 97 they got the 929, this had 918cc motor, 17 inch front wheel, it just about handled and ran perfect. And the fool stretched it 3ft and lowered it to 26" seat height. If you want that, buy a damn harley fool.
Cool.
Buddha.
Started with a '80 yamaha xs400 then '92 Suzi gs500 now a '01 Kawi ZR7s (newer GPZ750-I always have to explain what it is to everyone) and can't stop drooling over a '04 Triumph Sprint RS (995 triple I believe) at the local dealer.
now ive got a go-ped :icon_mrgreen: damn thing is fun. not fast yet but fun
Ive had a gs500....
Now, if the question was about cars, the list is pretty long.
Since becoming a "born-again biker" in 2001 a couple of Suzukis, including the current bandit, a Honda and a Yamaha, started out in 1964 with italian scooters. I stopped riding after a nasty crash :sad: and things like family and mortgages coming along to alter my priorities.
As a kid, in the late 1950s if I was lucky I got to ride my mother's BSA Bantam or her "James", really lucky and I got the occasional spell on Dad's AJS or BSA. :D
As I was not old enough until 1962 those treats only tended to happen in quiete country roads or events on private land, oh how the world has changed! :icon_eek: :dunno_black:
indeed. one tends to cherish ht eUnofficial rides lol. i sure did
Added a 2nd Yamaha to my list last night :icon_mrgreen: :icon_mrgreen:
It's weird that Yamaha isn't really my favorite out of the bigger brands, but I seem to keep ending up with them.
(http://www.buellxb.com/buell_images/5948_20110720142225_L.jpg)
seen one today out on the road. when i went past on my goped. i passed him at a stop light. he just got moving. i could hear " no way in HELL am i getting passed by a goped. " so i got promptly spanked/ schooled lol.