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Found some old pics in a box today....oh to have these again.

851...kitted out to resemble a SP



748Bp....why oh why did I trade the above in for this



A better decision. 1st run 916SPS No 007. The proper one..before they started counting beans...basically built from the racing spares box....





It had some issues, I made a fuss, and Ducati made the dealer give me a new 996SPS....doh ! bad move again..rubbish by comparison.





Slight break..think I had a few Jap things..then back to the Italian..in this instance the wonderful but fatally flawed Benelli Tre







This too had issues, and was rejected. Three Cross played hardball with me and lost...so this came next.

Had the potential to be one of the best bikes made ...but let down by poor build, backup and a shit importer.

The truly great ( IMO ) Tre RS





World record attempt for the most running Benelli Tres in one place.






And the last bike I owned, and sorely missed...Laverda 650 Kevlar EDT

Missed as much so, that I very nearly pulled the trigger on a Formula 650 on Ebay about a month ago....more mid-life crisis stuff...

Nice toys! I don't have much experience with bikes sofar, do have a license though. But being used to BMW's affordable maintenance and reliability I'm always worried about Italian bikes even though I'd love to buy a Duc myself. What are your experiences?

Having spent last few years on bikes, I have come to realise that I'd rather see the next bmw that I would like to own

So, I have calmed down a little, after coming off a GSX-R1000 2 years back...not got a Kawasaki z1100 1983...same year as the 316 shark nose

Would love to get on this summer, bit will be a difficult one

As for superbikes, I like watching the racing and more importantly the new TT 3D documentary being released, but wouldn't go all out (even though I would like a 1990 ZXR :-p

Quite like the look of sports tourers (like ZRX's), big fan of kawasaki, on travels had a few z200's which were just fantastic. In fact, my love for motorcycles has grown over the past few years.

I'll leave the rest for the motorcycle forums

Nice duke Keith!

Good times