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