Yeah I'd have an MZ too - and I always end up chatting to some MAG loony with one. They always seem to be annoyingly well informed (on most subjects), lonely, and slightly strange.
Anyway - other stuff in the ahem 'fleet':
VanVan - based on the above EN125 engine irrc. Or GN125 at any rate. This metrosexual bumbler is like riding a tame baby woolly mammoth, and as long as you're content to do 45mph it will go anywhere, do anything, and sing a merry little tune as it goes. Quite why it has a 6 speed box remains a mystery however. Mine's a carb'd one. All are made in Japan - making them unique amongst 125s. They're very comfy and quite a lot of fun. I'm currently in Umbria near Perugia and would give my left nad for a vanvan here - narrow little streets with steep, hairpin roads leading to tiny hamlets built on rocky promontories overlooking deep valleys. Man - the vanvan would LOVE this place.
CB125TDE - On a D plate iirc, this old twin carb 125 has an easy life in my garage. I ride it about once a week or more, nursing it further into old age. It runs very well indeed, and will rev to 13k. I've hit 70 on it before now, chin on the odd looking, rectangular instrument panel, down hill with a decent following wind. It was surprisingly stable and seemed proud as sin to show me what it could do when given a taste of the lash. Had the pegs down on it at the top of the street recently as well, made me feel like a spotty 'ooligan it did.
But it has its quirks - for instance, the self excited ignition spark is always very weak, and if left for a couple of days without running the starter will crank and crank for ages until catching. However, I have a work around that never fails and ensures it starts on the button first prod. I point a small convection heater at the carbs for a minute or two and bam - it fires up with ease. Secondly, the float needle is stuck so when the tap is turned on petrol pisses out over the floor. What you must therefore do is treat the tap as a primer - giving the bowls just enough to fill, then turn it off again until the engine has started and is actually idling. Then for some bizarre reason it never floods. Thirdly the master cylinder weeps, and the head on the screw has been rounded - by me. So don't use the front break please. The rear drum is pretty damn decent actually.
Kawasaki W650 - Proper posh bike with lots of shiny bits. My kwakker is in ace nick and has all its power really low down. However despite having 150cc on the CB, it's still nearly 10 horses down! Still, it's great to ride even if I do admit to using the CB far more often. The Dub's engine is very soft tuned, unstressed and beautifully constructed what with its bevel drive, air cooled sculpting and two-into-two pipes. It's far too quiet for my tastes though, and will prove far more costly than the CB to make loud. Great to have that kick start - I always use it. Plus it carries its weight low, which means the pegs will scrape quite easily. I like it a lot, but it's a bugger to keep clean.
MkII CRM250 - Grey import '80s enduro stroker, with two rads and ace 'pro link' suspension. The latest addition to the garage, bought to take advantage of my rural location. There's a quite considerable network of green lanes and legal byways on my doorstep, and a new found friend took me on a 60 mile route the other week. He rides a little 250 GasGas and tends to treat the lanes more in the spirit of a trials challenge - thus much slower than the enduro mentality. Which of course is great for me, seeing as I'm even worse off road than I am on. I didn't manage to get the CRM out of second much of the time - but that was okay because it's actually pretty tractable and forgiving. I only came of twice.
Portal
but that's alright - I'm just into all bikes
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I love 90s sports bikes. Just sold my shared (gave it to my brother to have as his first bike) fzr400 
