NWA Bikes

NWA	Bike	Comments	Bought	Sold
			2006
NS	BMW R45	Piece of shit pissed petrol out the carbs, rocked from side to side when you opened her throttle bought about £250 ebay sold £245ebay having spent about £80 shit crap fuck	2005	2005
G-Boy	Enfield Bullet 350	I named her my beautiful Carmen (cos she was the 'Electra' model). Got slated like f**k from Bullet officionado's for getting electronic ignition, but loved riding past the cheap skate bastards as they fiddled with their old fashioned points by the side of the road. Also I got double the mileage out of her, so she paid for herself after 5,000 km in India. Sold her to one Mr. Greg New who recently took her over the highest motorable road in the world - to Laddak in northen India.	2005	2006
Nick	Triumph Black Speed Triple	Looked great, somewhat lost confidence in her after a slowside up in Aldworth, Made me realise that if your going to go fast then you need a fairing!	2004	2005
GH	Piece of shit Chinese Mini Bike	Bought for a laugh, Buggering around back streets of LA and campsites when camping. Stopped riding it after being stopped by police and being threatened with confiscation and jail time. Any one want to buy it!	2004	Still goin'
MM	Honda Fireblade 929	Black and Grey yummy! Bought on Ebay, weeks after previous one written off. Still going strong, though possibly soon to be replaced by GSXR…	2004	Still goin'
Nick	Aprillia RSV 1000R	Bugger me, great bike. pinnacle of my sports bikes, did everything it was supposed to very well.	2003	2004
MM	Honda Fireblade 929	Blue and yellow, bought on Ebay with 795 miles on the clock. Destroyed in mysterious wheelie incident. Thank God for covered NCB.	2003
Nick	Honda XR 400	great little trailee, small front cog, would wheelie with no clutch in 2nd, did a bit of ridgeway work, didn't get out on it as much as I would have liked, managed to slowside it once on the road, many times off...	2002	2003
JFD	Kawasaki ZX7R Ninja	Green/White/Black. Love it (from new). Full Akrapovic, braided hoses, a couple of scuffs on the fairing and I am all "mean and green". Well for one or two days a week anyway!	2002
JFD	Honda XLR 250cc -	The same goes as Alex's comments below. Good fun on the road too. Supertrap exhaust gets up car drivers noses and gives an extra boost! Still got it stored in garage (as winter hack), must get it back on the road.	2002
Alex	Honda XLR 250cc -	Fricking loved this bike - So easy and small that you attempted every trick on it without fear. Sold 2004	2002	2004
Nick	Triumph Daytona (yellow)	My favourite sports bike, loads of miles/ trackdays, surprisingly good scratcher – no crashes!	2001	2004
Alex	Triumph SpeedTriple 900cc	Stunning bike - Rode 25000 miles on it - My best bike ever	2001	2005
JFD	Kawasaki ZX9R Ninja	Green. Seriously quick! Took it up to 178 mph on the way to Lydden Hill. Back wheel sliding and wheelies no problem. NWA took fun out tourer comfort and fridge, so traded in for ZX7R. Not looked back.	2001
JT	KTM Adventure-R 640	Bought for Trip with all the extras, been my home, rock solid suspension, engine, chassis, bit of a tractor really, current bike, would like a more towny (smooth) bike but can’t bear to sell it or the panniers, and don’t have the $$$ anyway, riding less due to family commitments.	2001	Still goin'
JT	KTM Duke 640	V. Enjoyable Bike – smile material at lower speeds, only had it 3 months, tank a bit small & seat uncomfortable, wheelie monster, would like another with mods or the 950 version	2001	2001
GH	Kawasaki ZX9-R	Traded in KLR for this. Has done really well and is extremely fun and fast. Thinking of moving on to something newer now.	2001	Still goin'
G-Boy	KTM Adventure 620	Ultimate freedom. Saving it for the big trans Africa trip (one day…)	2001	Still goin'
Nick	GSXRse 750	Scary	2000	2001
JFD	Yamaha YZ600 Thundercat	Silver/Black/Orange. First proper road bike, great motor, brakes and full Micron. Knee down on first track day.	2000
GH	Kawasaki KLR-650	Tried to get into a bit of Dual sport action but in the ended missed the acceleration and speed of a sports bike.	2000	2001
GH	Triumph 955i	Bought new with cross over pipe, new airbox and load of custom mods. Most beautiful bike I have owned. Had it for 7 months and then was stolen.	1999	2000
Alex	Honda - Fireblade – 900cc	Hated it - Sold it in 2001 after Dynojetting and carbon canning it – Plus a shitty Rust colour	1999	2001
Nick	Honda - Fireblade – 900cc	also known as the dynorod blade, slowsided her in the snow at castle combe - the dangers of reading the 'soft science of roadracing motorcycles' by Kieth Code the day before a trackday! Fond memories of this bike.		1999
Nick	Honda - CBR -600cc	most memorable moment - not noticing a corner and flying along and over a grass verge sure that I was a gonner, then landing back on the road	1998	1999
GH	Triumph 595i	Black and very fast. Great fun. Written off by being rear ended by some dopey cow. Sued her good and proper.	1998	1999
Alex	Honda - CBR -600cc	Stolen in Holborn from Bike Bay (outside Holborn County Court ironically)	1998	Stolen 1999
MM	Kawasaki ZX7R	Only 1 previous pussy owner. Flipping ace bike; track days and wheelie accidents finally did for it. Sold at M4 service station for £2K after putting new engine in it…	1998	2003
Nick	Kawasaki Z650	very old, very heavy, very crap brakes, MMM leaving the disk lock on on Kiings road with ACH on Cheggers doing the same.. both trying to look cool unable to understand why we couldn't go anywhere!	1997	1998
GH	Kawasaki ZX7-R	Bought new and was the best bike up till then. Epic trip to South of France for Bol D'or. Sold to some mug.	1997	1998
Alex	Cheggers -450cc Kawasaki	Crashed and written off on Chelsea Bridge - Classic case of ignorance and youth – my fault – sued him and got GBP7K , deposit on house that made me GBP100K – God bless Cheggers.	1997	Written off 1998
JFD	Yamaha DT400	Yellow/White/Black. California plates, loud 2-stroke motor and often attracting the attention of California Highway Patrol. Perfect for mountain roads and going for burritos. Blew piston rings again!	1997
JT	Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja	Fooking Great Bike, Tricked and Tracked, loved it with the boys, stolen by some London Mofo in Nov 2000	1997	2000
G-Boy	Honda 650Dominator	The one and only Dominatrix. Good for wheelies. Great trip to France	1996	2001
MM	Kawasaki ZZR-600	Loved that bike, comfy and fast (maybe even faster than the ZX7R), it died in low speed incident with short-sighted car driver on street in Conway	?	1998?
JT	BMW F650	Bought in Germany cheap, rode back in one go in the worst storm in 10 years, scared, stopped in the Dam, bought Ganga, posted it, got intercepted, nearly missed ferry	1995	1997
MM	Kawasaki GPX750 (2nd one)	Another black beauty, racked up starship mileage, can't remember what happened to it in the end!	1995	?
GH	Kawasaki ZZR-600	This bike was not pink despite rumours. Just a light shade of Red	1995	1997?
			1994
MM	Kawasaki GPX750 (1st one)	Black beauty, felt bloody fast, involved in a number of minor accidents.	1993	1995?
MM	Honda VF400F	On loan from bike garage that continually screwed up replacing engine on XJ550	1993	1993
GH	Kawasaki GPZ 600R	First real bike. Fast and fun and great to learn higher speeds on. Traded in for next bike	1993	1995?
GH	Yamaha DT 125	Bought to get my test on. Damn fun bike. Pulled biggest wheelie of my life when bump starting.	1992	1993?
MM	Yamaha XJ550	Black, no fairing, panniers. Did more miles on the back fo the AA recovery truck than on the road (saved on petrol though). Took it to a ton for the 1st time the day I sold it.	1992	1993?
JFD	Honda MTX125	Red. After learning to ride a bike in Thailand on one of these, on those dirt roads sir, I just had to get one. Took it from the Manor House (Somerset) to Henley on A roads several times…eventually blew its piston rings!!	1991
			1990
Nick	Enfield Bullet 350	bought in Delhi, brand new for £750, big end went within 100 miles, completely knocked over a cow on Highway 8 to Bombay managed to stay up!! sold UK £2K after 2000 crazy Indian miles	1989	1992
Nick	Suzuki PE175	2 stroke scrambler, very yellow		1991
G-Boy	Honda 250 Superdream	King James boy racer	1988	1990?
JT	Kawasaki Z100	Great 1st bike, loved it even though not quite a ‘125’ but took me everywhere (around the local area) , until I forgot to put oil in and it seized. Sold in 88	1987	1988
G-Boy	Honda 100 Sport	Freedom & speed (ish). Wrapped it round a lampost in Caversham	1986	1998
JT	Tomos 50cc Putt Putt	Not the best looker – Dad bought it from a builder as he didn’t want to ferry me around anymore, G-Boy & I were Butch & Sundance. Hated it to be honest, worst bike on the street by far.	1986	1987
G-Boy	Yahama 50 moped	Freedom & gravel rash	1986	1986
Nick	Honda C50	Took ownership of the hand me down family scooter on my 16th birthday, used for going to school. racing other 50cc riders... and occasional scrambling. semi automatic, if you revved her up in neutral then kicked her down into first she'd wheelie from standstill. Finally sold on to George Churchill about 15 years later. Goddam bulletproof...	1985	1985
Nick	Kawasaki KE175	first own bike. Parents wouldn't let me have one so I waited until they went out for the day and rang someone from Exchange and Mart to deliver it. Cost £100 of pocket money. Seat held on with baling twine, knobble rear tryre, large bolt for a footpeg, no lights, no keys, broken throttle cable that would stick on full throttle, so you'd have to reach down and pull off the spark plug cover as you rocketted out of control. . used to wear a skateboard helmet , gardening gloves and wellie boots. and head all over the Berkshire woods. MMM hooning across StokeRow wreck with 10 lit fags in my mouth, stamping on the rear brake and drawing a trench of mud down the whole length of the cricket pitch... Kept her for about 6 years, never spent a penny on maintenance, finally selling on after many adventures/miles/crashes for £100.	1984	1979/1980