100cc of raw power. At least it felt like that as my first bike. Smoked like mad!
My first 4 stroke and the bike I really started to learn about engines. This was my first carb rebuild
My first real bike and the one that really started the addiction of riding. Put many miles on this and then, one day, it was stolen!
Owned this bike for 3 days. It was powerful and fun but had an exhaust so loud I thought the neighbors would kill me. Traded it for the XJ600
The first bike I took intercontinental. Several trips to the south of France, LeMan 24 hr etc.
A work horse of a machine. Plenty of trouble free miles if you don’t count electrical issues 🙂
Owned this for one day. It was bought as a backup to the GS650. The first day I used it the bike had a complete electrical failure leaving me stranded on the M1 in the dark
Fun little bike until my girlfriend was t-boned by a van on it. My first valve job and first full brake overhaul. Horrible jobs both!
Amazing little bike. Kick start and electric start. Not much power but amazingly good handling. I wish I could find another one,
For a 200 this thing pulled like a train…as long as the train didn’t want to go more than 30mph
First bike I used for an enduro. It was terrible, unreliable, but it took a beating and could be fixed with wire and chewing gum
This bike was incredible. So capable it made me look half way decent off road…but only half way.
My first intro to BMWs and certainly not my last. I put 50k miles on this bike in just over a year and then sold it for what I paid for it.
My first bike in the USA. Reliable, cheap and easy to ride off road.
Capable, reliable, smooth, great value…and boring. Couldn’t wait to get rid of it.
My first GS. A butt ugly work of art!
I couldn’t resist – I paid $5 for this bike. Fixed it up. Had a friend use it on a trip to California and back and then sold it for $600!
My current ride. Bought new in 2001 and it has served me well ever since. It does everything so well I really can’t justify upgraded with the amount of miles I ride these days,
Houldsworth's Random Ramblings 
I remember you saying that you was toying with the idea of joining the London Ambulance Service as a Motorcycle rapid responder before deciding to go to America.
It would have looked good up there in your collection mate.
It certainly would have!
I really wanted to do that but I was making good money at the time and just couldn’t make it work financially. A real shame – I could have made a difference instead of just making money!