What was your first bike?

[JackB]

In 1970 I talked my mother into letting me buy a 1967 Suzuki 200cc, I was 15 at the time. That was a fun bike to learn how to ride.

[hiflyer]

My dad brought one of these home in a box for me, rebuilt it, overhauled the engine, painted it krylon red with silver wheels. I was 6, rode it until I was 11. This is not the actual scoot, but it looked just like it minus the upholstered seat. It had two iron seats that looked like they came off a tractor.

[bigbird]

One of these:

I won it in a contest. It was a giveaway from a department store for buying a pair of Keds sneakers. That was 1967. I was on top of the world with a Honda 50. I kept it all of 8 months before moving up to a lightly used 1967 Yamaha 180 street twin. Now I'm on top of the world with my F6B. What a difference a few years, an additional 1782 cc, and 5 more cylinders make.

[Old Ryder]

In February 1977 I bought my first new bike for around $700. In today's world that will barely get you an aftermarket exhaust. It was a single cylinder XL 125 Honda.

[DaWadd]

Back in 1976 I purchased a 1975 Suzuki GT750 also known as the "water buffalo". Water cooled and fast for a bike of the day. A big bike for a newbie but a blast to ride. Kept it for 6 years.

[Ixol Phaane]

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Bought it new in June of that year. :icon_biggrin:
Rode it for three years until a VW killed it. :icon_frown:

[Texas TC]

1960 Zundap. Had to mix the oil in with the gas so it was definitely only used for local rides. Ironically, it was red and black, just like my F6B. 😊

[Navvet]

In 74, a Yamaha 180 ........ (a tight fit for my 6'8" frame):icon_cool:

[opas ride]

A Whizzer motorbike, 1953 bought for $50 from a school friend..Rode it a couple of years and sold it in a basket of parts...A couple of short stints with a 1962 BSA and an old Matchless....Did not ride much again until 1973 when I purchased my first "new" motorcycle a Honda 350 twin...The rest is a history of many, many bikes......

[Cheesyryder]

A Pull Start mini bike with hard rubber tires! (probably 6-7 yrs old)
few years later moved on to a Chibi (which actually had a gears box)

[six2go]

A 1959 Cushman Eagle that I bought brand new at the age of 14 with money earned from my paper route. Think it cost $410 with spedometer, ignition lock, & windshield.

[Steve 0080]

I think a 1972 H.D. AMF dirt bike, with the shifter on the right foot...then 1973 Honda CB 350,550 then Kaw 900.... and so on...

[Hornblower]

Triumph Cub 200, around 1968

[gray rider]

WWII Harley WLA 45 complete with Thompson machine gun scabbard. I promptly removed the scabbard and threw it away, hack sawed the fenders off, spray can "chromed" the springer and painted the sheet metal yellow. I cruised town and sold the bike immediately for about 16 times what I paid for it. That money kept rolling over into countless wrecked/junk Sportsters that I rebuilt and sold. These days my nails are clean and my bikes are what I want to own and ride not just what I could resell on a flip. p.s. I still own a Harley and always will.

2005 HD FLSTNI
2005 Rune
2008 Suzuki B-King
2009 Honda DN-01
2012 Triumph Thunderbird Storm
2012 Star Vmax 1700
2013 F6B
2014 KTM 1290 Super Duke R

[Cool Hand Luke]

My first motorcycle was 1986 Honda Rebel 450:

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I really enjoyed it, it rode great and was reliable. However I outgrew it fast. About 8 months later ended up selling it and getting KZ1000P.

My truly first two wheeler was a 50cc scooter.

[glryder98]

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I bought this brand new in 1969 and I still have it. It is now in the process of being restored.

[Phantom]

My first bike was a 1984 Yamaha FJ100,
Purchased it with 2,000 miles in 1985 and rode it everywhere. I sold it in 1995 so that I could take the cash and add it to a stash that I used to purchase some land in Florida. Purchased my 2nd bike in 2006, 3rd bike in 2008 4th bike in 2009 and so on .....

[thunder217]

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This was a 5 HP single double chain mini bike. LOL:lolup:

[sshake1905]

Bought my first bike in 1965....a used Yamaha YG-1 80cc 2stroke w/ oil injection....blue and silver paint...:icon_biggrin:
1966 traded the YG-1 on a new Hodaka 90 cc ACE...with a chrome gas tank....hit a dog with this one, it never ran right after that.....:icon_frown:
traded it on a Yamaha YL-1 100cc Twin...wow. I wish I still had that one....my first flat tracker with twin tuned expansion chambers, ported and polished, twin mikuni carbs...would turn about 12,000 rpms:yikes:
Bought my first Honda in 1968....first year, blue and white CL 350 twin "street scrambler"...put a few thousand miles on that one while in college.....great bike...just about bullet proof:yes:

anyway....I digress

[edgeman55]

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This was a 5 HP single double chain mini bike. LOL:lolup:

That is pretty close to the same first ride I had,But mine was Hot Red!Gas was 28 cents a Gallon and with a few Pop bottle deposits I was able to ride all day.Lot of fun and adventure on that Minibike.

[JBnAZ]

1981 Kawasaki KZ 550 - new - March of my senior year in high school after years of "discussions" with my mom about riding motorcycles. It only took me 30 years and 15 bikes later to get mom on e back for a ride - in her late 70s! I made it around the block and into second gear when she tapped out and the ride ended. Number 2 was a 76 Kawi 900, the only bike I regret selling...........

[Tbone56]

Brand new 1970 Honda 70 with fold down handlebars and fat donut looking tires. Cost $400

[carpdm]

1975 KZ400. I purchased in 1977.

[Phaedrus]

1981 Honda CB900.

[Dirtstiff's F6B]

1960' s Rupp mini bike at age 4or 5, I think. Dad was a motorcycle nut too.
Smashed my fingers in a crash and lost the finger nails on my right hand.
Little did I know...

[Madmax]

Honda CT 50 was the coolest bike ever for a 8 yr old kid .

[shortleg0521]

I got Triumph 66 TT special that had no lights from the factory.
This bike was built to run flat track. It was 650cc, it was 1967 and on long Island
it was great to ride islande before all the traffic appeared out on the island.
What a pain that bike was, but I didnot know o care.
Then I started to find the honda 750s later on and the great Yamaha 650s that were
everything that the british wished they would have done.

[Amipro]

1967 Honda CB160 bought in '78.

[75tsiegel]

1975 Kawi triple 500 2-stroke. Very fast. Wish I still had it.

[typhoon186]

1972 Honda CL-175 Scrambler.

BTW, that 1970 CT-70 restored today would be worth more than it was new a few times over. Those little mini-bikes are still out there running strong.

[naga viper]

Honda xl 100

[oldguy2]

New Yamaha XS 650b that taught me what 5000 rpm vibration did to light bulbs and fasteners; love the difference in F6B.

[bobbyf6b]

Got this in high school in the mid 80's. It was used and not as pretty as this one. It got me around and even the girls loved to ride on it with me. (I was afraid the opposite would happen) :icon_lol:

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[red dog]

a 1964 taco mini bike with a briggs and Stratton 3.5 motor on it,and a big gear on the back tire for hill climbing........used to ride that thing all around actor james cagneys abandoned ranch in the hills.......pulled the motor off of it ,sandblasted it,painted it metal flake green.....hit the ground running .....off chasing girls....best bike I ever had

[leroysch]

A 1972 Suzuki Titan 2-stroke...

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[Big Jay]

A 1974 75cc Indian dirt bike, Orange in color.

[Pap]

1972 Yamaha 250 Enduro, bought used, all stripped down to ride in the strip mines and on the road when no body was watching.

[hiflyer]

Anyone have a Bridgestone? All though I never "owned" one, my friend's dad who was in the oil well tubing testing business, opened a BSA-Bridgestone dealership just because he loved bikes, and my buddy and I rode every bike he had. The Bridgestone bikes were some of the best quality motorcycles ever built. They had chrome-plated cylinders and rotary-valve induction systems. Paint was the best, but high manufacturing cost to build the engines and bikes to such a high standard, and the lack of a large dealer network put them out of the motorcycle business and back to making tires as the main business.


If you want to go back in time and see some neat restorations of your first bike:

http://www.bikesrestored.com/motorcyclesmadeby/honda/

[bobbyf6b]

Anyone have a Bridgestone? All though I never "owned" one, my friend's dad who was in the oil well tubing testing business, opened a BSA-Bridgestone dealership just because he loved bikes, and my buddy and I rode every bike he had. The Bridgestone bikes were some of the best quality motorcycles ever built. They had chrome-plated cylinders and rotary-valve induction systems. Paint was the best, but high manufacturing cost to build the engines and bikes to such a high standard, and the lack of a large dealer network put them out of the motorcycle business and back to making tires as the main business.

Wow, I never heard of them. How interesting! I had a Yamaha two stroke street bike in high school too. Must have been similar to the Bridgestone.

This is a sexy looking bike!

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[bobbyf6b]

I had one like this. I wish it was this pretty. :icon_lol:

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[bigbird]

Anyone have a Bridgestone? the lack of a large dealer network put them out of the motorcycle business and back to making tires as the main business.


Up here Sears Canada was the first and only retailer of Bridgestone motorcycles. They sold them out of their automotive dep't. They didn't last long, a couple of years, and then Sears picked up Yamaha. This was the mid 60's. You're right, they were well made bikes.

[zman]

This is my first bike. '73 Honda XL250 that still resides in my garage.



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[Massimo]

My first bike. Fantic Motor Trial 50c.c. in 1980.

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[motozeke]

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Honda VT700C, believe I had a '83 or '84. Bought it used in 1989, taking up riding to impress a chick. :icon_rolleyes:

Rode it for a few years and sold it, didn't seriously take up riding until 2011. On my 3rd bike since returning to riding (2011 Ducati Multistrada, 2007 Honda VFR800 plus my F6B). I had a great time on that bike but I wouldn't buy a used one for old time's sake. It would sit in the garage and I would never ride it.

[powercruzer13]

First dirt bike was a 1970 Yamaha 80 Mini MX.
First street bike was a 1976 Honda CB550. :icon_wink:

[boocoodinkydow]

Got a 1947 Harley servi car (or servi vehicle I think some called them) at the age of 8. The second day, I flipped it trying to climb an embankment. Got a paddling I still remember, lost my Harley & wound up with an ancient Allstate scooter instead!

[Fla_rider]

I bought my first bike after joining the service in 1977. It was a XS 400. I mounted windshield and a AM/FM cassette and CB radio rode it from Biloxi to ft. Lauderdale many times but the longest was from ft. lauderdale to whicita falls Texas. Here is a pic.

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[MotoPumps]

This was my first bike. 1979 XL185s

http://motopumps.smugmug.com/Other/SmugShots/i-bgfswLw/0/X2/Jumping185-X2.jpg


Still have it!

[christian52]

68 mini trail 50......first street bike.....81 gs650e suzuki

[Flat6Fool]

1980 Honda Twinstar. My father purchased for me to learn to ride and I was forever changed.

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[Grasshopper]

First bike was a Suzuki Rambler 250cc. Bought it on return from Vietnam. Great to get away on. After many Suzuki's I discovered Honda. VT750, VTX1300, ST1300 and now the wonderful F6B.

[richw56]

I started in '76 or '77 with a cranberry red Kawi KZ400. Just $800 new at the time.
CB750C a couple of years later, then a V65 Magna in '83, then VTX1300C, and now the F6B.

[GNW]

Got to think about that. Long time ago.
I was about 10 years old and it would be a Sears Moped in 1957. Around that same time frame we had a HD Hummer and a HD 165.

[BLACK DIAMOND]

This was my first street leagal bike I bought almost new for $600 bucks! I was 16.
Before that, I had a 5hp lawn motor mini bike that I only rode in my big back yard when I was 12.

[motoman]

Who cares? :icon_rolleyes:

This is what happens when a Message Board is created for a Motorcycle that doesn't have any problems. :icon_mrgreen:

[er.medic]

Honda 50cc with a metal flake paint job :icon_lol: