First bike Yamaha FS1E drum brake L reg, completely reliable once it had an NGK waterproof plug cap rode to work (apprenticeship) and everywhere else, brilliant starter bike for me.
First real bike was a Kawasaki KH250 triple, disc brake R reg, plug caps changed to make it work in the wet and one of the best bikes I've owned.
Worst, didn't own it but it was a friends triumph 750 Bonoville. Shooooooooooooook like Bl***y hell, felt like white-finger and numb from waste down, brakes crap even compared to SOHC discs, handling didn't match the myth. Would never want to own one, and looking at it now it's no surprise that the 750 Honda is credited with finishing of the UK bike industry, they left the door wide open with product like that.
