Bikes we owned....way back when....

Mike Rocket · Feb 11, 2018

Mike Rocket said:
The smell. Unforgettable it was. Casrol R was what we used in the UK. (Probably was available for you at the time)
Fantastic memories.

I meant Castrol R. Bloody auto omplete (autocomplete) fails again.

1olbull · Feb 11, 2018

Back in the early seventies I ran Castrol R in all my 4 stroke race bikes, my road bike, my lawn mower and my edger! Benzall in the 2 strokes.
I still have several unopened quarts on the Shelf that have been sitting there ever since.
Drain the oil let it set until the sedement settles at the bottom and then reuse the clean bean oil that's left.
As I remember, it cost $8.00 a quart way back when non detergent oil was about $1.25.

Mike Rocket · Feb 11, 2018

1olbull said:
Back in the early seventies I ran Castrol R in all my 4 stroke race bikes, my road bike, my lawn mower and my edger! Benzall in the 2 strokes.
I still have several unopened quarts on the Shelf that have been sitting there ever since.
Drain the oil let it set until the sedement settles at the bottom and then reuse the clean bean oil that's left.
As I remember, it cost $8.00 a quart way back when non detergent oil was about $1.25.

I think it's still available in UK in some stores

Tal · Feb 11, 2018

Well if I shut my eyes and concentrate....I can still smell it!!

Mike Rocket · Feb 11, 2018

Tal said:
Well if I shut my eyes and concentrate....I can still smell it!!

me too

Seanii Plunkett · Feb 11, 2018

My first bike was a 1971 T25SS Blazer. My first BIG bike was a 58 Thunderbird. I think the Rocket is my 14th Triumph. Had a nice 860 Ducati as well as a very Nice MkIII Interstate. A couple of BMWs... Hiondas... Z900 Kawasaki etc.

Starmanut · Feb 11, 2018

Landstar said:
A Sears 90 which was a punch
A 1968 Honda 300 dream
A 1972 Kawasaki triple 350
A 1973 Kawasaki 500 Triple
A 1973 Yamaha 360 Enduro
A 1975 Pioneer 250 Ossa
A 1975 Suzuki 250 TS Motocross
A 1978 Yamaha 650 X S special
A 1980 Yamaha 850 triple X S
A 1982 Honda 900 Custom dual-range
A 1986 Honda V65
A 2006 VTX 1800 R2
A 2015 rocket Roadster

I'm in the front on the 900 Honda Custom

TheWhingnut said:
Had to find a generic pic
76 Honda cb125s

82 Honda vf750c magna (I miss it)

My buddy and I though we had some pretty hot bikes with our Honda 750's. Out cruising the slab a V65 came up and just smoked us.
Later I was seriously looking into one, test ride and all but the kids needed to eat, so I passed.

My brother has a VTX 1800 I've yet to try out.
Even with a Rocket in the garage, I still love to oogle the other bikes I see around.

420ponies · Feb 11, 2018

What year was that ducati 860? very nice!!

Seanii Plunkett · Feb 11, 2018

The 860 was a 75 GTE. ( Needless the E never actually worked ) One of my favourite bikes and one of about 4 bikes I wished I'd kept.

Wrecka · Feb 11, 2018

I had me one of these in 91 , i had just joined the Army for 4 years and was earning good coin

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