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My motorbikes [upd. May 2018]

Originally posted at Sun 17-05-2009 08:32:35, last modified at Wed 23-05-2018 06:25:59, in the my... category.
Note, I have another overview here.

Current motorcycles

None atm :'(

Past motorcycles

12. KTM 690 Duke
Model from: 2016
Owned it: from May 2017 till now
Engine specs: 73 hP, 75 Nm, 690cc 1-cylinder
KMs ridden: +/- 1000 km
Maximum speed reached: 180 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: Small bike to keep the misses happy
Accidents: -

11. Honda CBR900RR Fireblade
Model from: 1998
Owned it: from March 2012 till July 2014
Engine specs: 130 hP, 92Nm, 919cc 4-in-line
KMs ridden: +/- 300 km
Maximum speed reached: 275 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: awesome bike for long distances!
Accidents: -

10. Honda CBR600F2
Model from: 1992
Owned it: from October 2011 till 2012
Engine specs: 100 hP, 64Nm, 600cc 4-in-line
KMs ridden: 2 (only through my neighbourhood :P)
Maximum speed reached: 50 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: bought this bike for racing on tracks! LMD on Assen on April 15th 2012 will be first time!
Accidents: Small low speed crash on Assen, LMD 2012

9. KTM 1190 RC8
Model from: 2008
Owned it: from February 2013 until June 2014
Engine specs: 151 hP, 120Nm, 1190cc V-twin
KMs ridden: -
Maximum speed reached: -
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: wanted one of these for a long time, finally they're affordable!
Accidents: -

8. Yamaha MT-01
Model from: 2006
Owned it: from September 2011 till February 2013
Engine specs: 90 hP, 150Nm, 1700cc V-Twin
KMs ridden: 9.920 km
Maximum speed reached: 165 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: wanted this bike for years!
Accidents: crashed on a German roundabout due to a female driver running me over, won the insurance case and the bike was repaired at her insurance's expense

7. Ducati 999
Model from: 2004
Owned it: from May 2009 till September 2011
Engine specs: 125 hP, 102Nm, 1000cc L-Twin
KMs ridden: 22.500 km
Maximum speed reached: 300 km/h (German highway, gotta love 'em ;-))
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: dreamed about owning a Ducati ever since I started riding motorbikes :-)
Accidents: none

6. Kawasaki ZX-6R Ninja
Model from: 1997
Owned it: from August 2010 till May 2011, bought it back september 2013, sold in december 2015
Engine specs: 105 hP, 600cc In-line four
KMs ridden: 1,5 days on two different tracks, did about 250 km(one day on Zolder, and one on Assen)
Maximum speed reached: +/- 220 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: this bike is my racing track bike, it's not legal for street use
Accidents: had a minor acident on the TT Assen racing track, nothing serious

5. Honda CBR1100XX Super Blackbird
Model from: 2001
Owned it: from May 2007 till May 2009
Engine specs: 165 hP, 124Nm, 1100cc In-line four
KMs ridden: +/- 5.500 km in 2 years (march 2009)
Maximum speed reached: 296 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: The 165 hP in this machine made it an extreme monster when it came to acceleration. I really loved this machine for its ability to accelerate dramatically fast even when you're already at 200 km/h ;-)
Accidents: none!

4. Suzuki SV1000S
Model from: 2003
Owned it: from summer 2004 till May 2007
Engine specs: 125 hP, 102Nm, 1000cc V-Twin
KMs ridden: +/- 28.000 km in 3 years
Maximum speed reached: 270 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: my all-time favorite bike at this time. The sound coming from the pipes was so loud, people could hear me coming from miles away :D
Accidents: two weeks after I had bought it, I crashed it on a dirty roundabout at 30 km/h: there was so much sand on it you couldn't even see the asphalt anymore. Result: 1500 euro's of damage. Tried to sue the contractor who had obviously spilled the sand on-route to a nearby construction site and failed: I couldn't prove it was his sand...

3. Honda VFR 800
Model from: 1998
Owned it: from summer 2003 till summer 2004
Engine specs: 110 hP, 79Nm, 800cc V-Four
KMs ridden: +/- 20.000 km in 1 year
Maximum speed reached: 250 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: excellent all-round machine, very, very comfortable to ride on longer stints.
Accidents: none

2. Kawasaki ZZR 600
Model from: 1993
Owned it: from fall 2002 till summer 2003
Engine specs: 98 hP, 63Nm, 600cc In-line four
KMs ridden: +/- 22.000 km in 10 months
Maximum speed reached: 245 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: this is uwog's favorite of all bikes I ever had. He deems the rest unworthy. Oh, and I drove it to southern part of France with a broken second gear. Except for the fact it was drinking oil at a staggering rate, it performed just fine in the Alpes!
Accidents: ended up in a 15cm layer of snow once. Stubbornly trying to reach home, I crashed it only 2km away from home at the staggering speed of 15 km/h :-P

1. Honda NTV 650 Revere
Model from: 1992
Owned it: from fall 2001 till fall 2002
Engine specs: 60 hP, 56Nm, 650cc V-Twin
KMs ridden: +/- 20.000 km in 1 year
Maximum speed reached: 175 km/h
Full specs: on bikez.com
Remarks: first bike, first love ^_^ not really fast, but I learned so much on this machine. Highly reliable!
Accidents: when I had my license for 3 months, I crashed it at 20 km/h on a wet, slippery roundabout. No considerable damage.

-- Foddex



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