Hello to you all i'm Rik 41 from the Wirral in Merseyside i first got into bikes when i was about 10 or so my first bike was a

86 DT50MX that was the start of my addiction with bikes,over the next 4 years i changed my bikes alot i had 2 DT50MX's in

re/white and black, 1 RD125LC in candy blue, 1 RD125LC 16" front wheel version in red /white, 1 DT125LC the first

powervalve one in red/white, 1 RD250LC in blue/white (bloodrunners paint job), 1 RD350LC in blue/white(akai paint job),

1 RGV250L in blue/white, 1 GSXR750L in blue/white and finally 2 RGV250N's as the first one got stolen out of my

garage ha i wasn't laughing at the time, i stopped riding for a while because Norwich union were one of the first bike

insurers to put up bike insurance and the rest followed they quoted me £3500 for my GSXR750L at the time that was alot

of money so thats why my last bike was a RGV alot cheaper, so i hung my leather jacket up as i couldn't ride a 250

anymore to slow.

I got back into bikes again in 2000 i got another RGV250N in corona colours (Dream machine Paint) cost me an arm an a

leg but worth it then i got a TL1000R in blue/white(a handfull that one) and now i run a GSXR750K7 in blue/white

which has been heavily modified and last my DT175MX in black.

so hope i didn't bore you to much i will be putting my bike pic's on soon, so hope to have some interesting chat/posts

with you YAMAHA lovers................Thanks Rik

Hey Rik and welcome to the forum!

How many bikes?! I'm impressed with your memory...!

Greetings Rik, aha a man of taste and a nose for oil burners

to the forum Rik...........fellow StinkWheels fan!

Welcome, and nice intro.

I'm anxiously awaiting pics. and also impressed with your memory!

Hi and welcome to the forum. I remember the Norwich union price hike. Riders were offloading their big cc bikes as quickly as they could and the dealers were full of them. I seem to remember trying to negotiate for a zx10 at the time but the dealer was being too greedy. Ended up with a gsxr in Pepsi colours.

Thanks for all your replies i'll get pic's on soon got to scan them to my PC as there good old pictures on film ha ha its all I've got left of them at least I can still see what they looked like and that is golden if I'm feeling fed up I get my trusty bike pic's out and I'm soon smiling