Old bike revised, what was your first bike?

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OK, seems like Justin's post about old bikes is getting quite a following, and most posters are just remembering back about the good ole days. So I will go one further. What was everyones first bike? That is if some of you old timers can remember back that far!! :twisted:

Mine was a 1975 or '76 Honda XR75. I got it when I was 7 I think, back in 1978 I guess. Probably put a million plus miles on that bike. By the time I retired that little bike it looked like it had been in a crash up derby. Dents all in the tank, fenders broken off and no side plates. The bars had been straightened so many times that I don't know how they held together.

Jay
 
My very first bike was a 1965 Sears Mini Bike just like the one pictured here except it was green. My dad worked at a VW dealership as a Bodyman and tricked it out for me. He made a springer front end, like an early Sachs, for it out of the hood springs for a VW bug. The muffler was borrowed from a bug also and sounded awesome. I was 5 years old and could not believe my good fortune.
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When I was 11 I got a 1971 Yamaha 90 HT1 MX. I was offered the choice between the Yamaha and a 1971 Honda SL 100 which would require "stripping down" to be trail worthy. I chose the Yamaha and loved that bike till I blew it up. At 14 I got a serious bike. A 1974 Honda 125 Elsinore. When they first came out in 1973 my parents made a deal with me. If I could come up with 1/2 the money for the bike they would pay the other half. Well I got a job at night washing dishes (probably breaking every child labor law) and promptly saved up. They didn't think I would do it and reneged on the deal. I showed them. I saved up the full amount and plopped down $1000 cash for a new 125 Elsinore with a "skid plate installed". That taught me a very good life lesson to rely on yourself and to work for what you want.
 
10 years old-2.5 HP.Rupp
12 " " -1966 Bridgstone 60
15 " " -1968 Kawaski 175 enduro
18 " " -1972 Kawaski 350 enduro
20 " " -1974 Honda cr250
21 " " -1975 Honda cr125
22 " " -1976 Bultaco 250 Alpina
23 " " -1977 Harley Sporster (worst bike ever)
23 " " -1977 Kawasaki kz1000(still have)
and a few others.
 
My very first, 100% all mine motorcycle was a brand new 1970 Yamaha 100. :D

Before that I had to share. :(

Dale
 
A 1960's vintage Bridgestone 90, it had a rotary gear box that went N-0-1-2-3-4-0-1...., trying to hit fifth but getting nuetral was one thing, but downshifting from 1st to nuetral to 4th on a downhill on a drum brake bike in the rain was unreal dangerous. I wish I had it as a momento.
 
In 71 by the age of 9 I got a 1967 Zundapp 50 cc 3 speed that already had bent rear shocks. I used to run down a hill to get it started then jump up on it
? 2 more Zundapps
1974 125 Honda
1977 Yamaha RD 400
1977 TZ 350
1980 TZ 250
1983 RD 350 YPVS
1985 RD 500 YPVS
1985 RZ 350 YPVS KR replica
Long absent
1999 Husaberg FE 501
 
[HISTORY]
around 79 got a yard cart like the one pictured above that I had to share with my brother.

A year later, I inherited his Trail 70. Rode that until I ran it into an orange tree and killed it :(

Then inherited his metal tank Honda 75.

Finally upgraded to my own cr 60 WooHOO(age 10 1984)
Sold it when we moved in 86

No bikes until 97-98

98? my brother bought me a 92 Honda CR 125 that was great fun riding. Sold it in 2000 to pay for the handy-dandy server we are typing on now :)

[/HISTORY]

thanks,
json
 
hmm let me think
1#honda z 50 i think age 6

2#73 suzuki rv125 that thing was a beast big fat sand tyres called it the fat boy age 12

3#73 suzuki tc125 got the frame for $10 put the rv motor in it sold it a year later for $300 :D age 14

4#83 xl250s got it for free off my brother rebuilt it after brother in law rode it into the ground with no oil sat out back of mums for a year when i got it had to kill the cockroaches running round the clutch plates :lol: . was going to register it got it road worthy all of a sudden dad got real keen to buy me a car :? still got it back at my dads place can sit for a year put gas in it tap the carby a few times starts in about 3 kicks age 16

5#husaberg fe600e just happened to be walking past a yamaha dealer was going to buy a 426 this guy rocked up with this yellow thing on the back said husaberg on the seat wanting a trade on a wr450f i said to my mate wtf is that its a husaberg he said i said wtf is that the guy started it up and i said i would buy it :D
 
My first motorcycle was a 1972 (I think) Honda CB500 street bike, orange and black.

Sold it and bought a 1979 Yamaha YZ400 (no kids, it wasn't a four stroke). Most ill handling dirt bike I've ever ridden but I didn't know it at the time. Gobs of power WITH a flexible chassis.
 
First bike I ever had was a hand-me-down mid 70's Kawasaki 65 or 80 from one of my cousins. Moved from Michigan to Arizona a year later and the bike stayed up north. After several years without a bike I picked up an '87 CR125 and rode it for about 3 years before selling it because the rear hub break was wearing through the housing and I couldn't aford to fix it. Next bike was a '86 XR350 with the 2 ton desert tank. What a beast that bike was for my scrawny little ***!!! Sold the bike and picked up my first quad, '01 TRX400EX which I owned until last year. Never could excape the feeling of owning a bike. The quad purchase was due to a nagging wife that," Thought it was safer", and I had to do the right thing..... :cry: :cry: :cry: After the divorce two years ago :D :D :D I got rid of the 4 wheeler and bought the bike I had been drooling over since my friend bought his '01 KTM520EXC, The Husaberg!!! Although I had wanted the 501 years earlier, I went with the 550. Cheers!!!

Regards,
Sandskipper
 
Frist bike

Let see, I think it was a mid-60's step-through Honda Trail 70. Darn if the gas tank under the seat didn't break loose from the landings! Not sure how I survived that bike, but one years worth of paper-route earnings were enough in 1972 to buy a brand-spanking new Honda SL100. ($450). Thanks for the memories. :D bd
 
1991 Husaberg FE350!!!!!!

Though, I had a go-kart at the age of 6. (I was always a small dude, so it surprised people to see me holding the *** end out around turns at the age of 6!)
 
My dad helped me buy a well used 1974 DT 100. Watching the movie Dumb and Dumber reminds me of riding it. I got it in the fall and rode it until the snot would freeze under my nose!! The throttle cable broke, sent me into stand of trees WO, fortunately a hole in the ground induced a crash, avoiding the trees. I left that bike there for days, until my father told me that I should get back on the horse. If he only knew that I would make him grey!!!!!!

fryguy
 
first and then what I have now.

The first bike for me was a 73 Suzuki TS 100.The bikes I have now are a Yamaha XS11 1978 and my Husaberg 96 FE501.Both are strong runners.
 
My first bike was a 1984 honda xr 200 with dual rear shocks and drumb brakes front and rear. That bike broke every ride but was great fun. Then I jumped up to my current 2000 yamaha yz426. Which I might be selling heer soon. Hmmmm. Maybe i'm going to go and test ride a new berg!
 
1969 Suzuki TC90 at age 14- followed by:

72 Maico 125
Puch 125
73 Honda 250 Elsinore
74 Montesa 250 VR
Kawasaki 500 tripple two stroke street bike
XR 250
78 YZ 125
79 IT 400
84 XR 200 (wifes bike)
86 KDX 200
85 RM 250
83 XR 500
85 XR 350
94 Husaberg Fe 350
2001 Husaberg FX470e

That makes me feel darn old!
 

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