Which Bike did you take your Test on?

**Peachyffm** · 13 Sep 07, 10:38 AM

mine was a kawasaki LTD 440 in 1986...

rotten piece of sh**

**swannymere** · 13 Sep 07, 10:39 AM

Borrowed MTX 125

**MarkST** · 13 Sep 07, 10:43 AM

Z1300 with sidewinder and L plates.
Only joking !!
Honda cg125 in 1984. Fab little bike - would run for years on a tank of gas.
Got back from test, and promptly insured and went for a ride on my Yamaha XS1100 i'd bought from a friend and stored - mega performance with tea trolley handling.

**stray cat** · 13 Sep 07, 10:43 AM

Suzuki GS500; battle-scarred old training school workshorse, made of pig iron.

ps: after I passed, I gave it a cuddle.

**stevel** · 13 Sep 07, 10:59 AM

Triumph TR25W, 250 single descended from the BSA C15......heap of junk! It was back when they just observed you from afar then jumped out and you emergency stopped. No chance of a stoppie in those days (1974) and you couldn't square-off the tyre as it was already square!!!

I was just a boy at the time

**NedLudd** · 13 Sep 07, 11:00 AM

Kawasaki KH125.

**Duke of Wales** · 13 Sep 07, 11:15 AM

YAMAHA RD 250 E . YELLOW & BLACK

Test in May 1982 , by July broke my leg on it ,leg in plaster, missed all summer (as i remember we used to have summer's back then !!! ) ...

**RodH** · 13 Sep 07, 11:35 AM

Lambretta SX200

........well it's Italian !

**sweetpea** · 13 Sep 07, 11:39 AM

A Yamaha SR125

**andyrh** · 13 Sep 07, 11:44 AM

If my memory serves me correctly as it was back in 1979, a mates Honda CB200.

**MarkST** · 13 Sep 07, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by RodH

Lambretta SX200

........well it's Italian !

Had a Lambretta 175 in around 1970. think it was an LT but cant remember - isnt the SX the 'GT' (for want of a better description) version ?
Did yours have loads of mirrors and spots and a tank aeriel with a tiger tail (free with Esso petrol) at the top - mine was plain, no side panels even. I owned it jointly with a friend and used it to go to school in sixth form.

**andyrh** · 13 Sep 07, 11:46 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MarkST

Had a Lambretta 175 in around 1970. think it was an LT but cant remember - isnt the SX the 'GT' (for want of a better description) version ?
Did yours have loads of mirrors and spots and a tank aeriel with a tiger tail (free with Esso petrol) at the top - mine was plain, no side panels even. I owned it jointly with a friend and used it to go to school in sixth form.

What about the compulsory Parker and crepe's

**MarkST** · 13 Sep 07, 11:50 AM

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Originally Posted by andyrh

What about the compulsory Parker and crepe's

Not me Andy, I was always a bit of a rocker. Mine was just painted matt black and flourescent orange - it came like that and was far better than walking !!

**Hyper Boy** · 13 Sep 07, 11:50 AM

A Rd80lc

**rockerted** · 13 Sep 07, 11:52 AM

1959 triumph speedtwin the bathtub model..yes i am getting on a bit, but just come back from a ride, still as exhilerated as back in the days as a rocker down the ace..