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Whats the crappest bike you've ever owned and why?

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bobv7:
Funny isn't it; two of the bikes so far mentioned I have rather fond memories of!  :D

sye:

--- Quote from: bobv7 on April 09, 2020, 02:42:40 PM ---Funny isn't it; two of the bikes so far mentioned I have rather fond memories of!  :D

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Me too, I had a CBX 750 from 89 - 96 as my only form of transport. Used every day and covered over 70k miles on it. Cost nothing except a battery, tyres and two chains. Utterly reliable, went like stink (to me at the time) and all day comfy. PX'd it against a VFR750, that was a good move too.

My worst bike ever was an A10. Utter pile of poo, leaked oil, almost never got me to where I wanted to go and tried to kill me every time I used the kick start. Let go of all its oil in Wales, was left in the hedge and I thumbed a lift home.

Johnwebley:
an old Norton 99 dominator,

 it must have been in a shunt,as it had Royal Enfield forks,

 magneto ignition,terrible to start when hot,rubbish brakes,


 heavy as hell,

  swopped it for a 500 Triumph unit twin,

   I enjoyed that,

taysidedragon:
BSA Bantam D7. Crappy 6V electrics, bakelite Exide battery and brush painted by the previous owner. Broke down on a regular basis. Joke switch on headlight nacelle called 'Emergency Ignition', used lighting coil to fail to power the ignition! 😂

royhall:

--- Quote from: Oddjob on April 09, 2020, 03:10:36 PM ---CJ250T, don't need to add anything else, just the model designation is enough. Sold it after a week and got an SS50 with the money, the SS went faster.

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Was it by any chance canary yellow, or was it parakete yellow? Mine was horrible, a ford escort ran into the back of it whilst I was stopped at a roundabout. Wrote it off fortunately. Bought an RD350 with the insurance money, worst to best in one move.

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