What was your first bike?

[miles]

Originally Posted by Zig Zag

1972 Norton 750 Commando.

By some coincidence, a Norton Commando was my first real bike, too.  Sure, I'd had a bunch of minibikes and such, but the Norton was the first full-on motorcycle.

Damn, I hated that freaking bike.  It's wonder I stuck with the sport.

[SwooshieX]

The first bike for me was a 1982 Honda CB750k fitted with Goldwing fairings and cases. The junker was not too fast and heavy. I rode that thing into the ground at 40 000 per year for three years straight. I can't say I miss that bike but I do miss the memories.

[mel b]

1978 Honda CB250N Superdream 

All my mates were riding Yam LC's, RD's and Suzuki X7's ....... good old days 

[podders]

Originally Posted by mel b

1978 Honda CB250N Superdream 

All my mates were riding Yam LC's, RD's and Suzuki X7's ....... good old days 

My mate had the prescence of mind to have kept his X7 from near new...He painted it in Marlboro colours himself in 1982 and its stayed nice n day glo over the last 36 years..   From '78 to now, its had one engine rebuild, aside from that, its never had so much as a fuse blown..and its well used.

Kevin Schwantz was quite smitten with it when we met with him last year.








PS  A few of my mates rode dreams, smart looking bikes at the time but heavy old beasts...I spotted a new one, in the crate, for sale a few weeks ago...8k!!

[Brian the Sn@il]

Puch Magnum X when i was 13
1st Road BikeYamaha FS1E  When i was 16
Puch Maxi
Suzuki ZR50S  - Big board to 68cc then the gearbox self destructed
Honda NS125S
Yamaha RD125LC
Yamaha RD250LC
Suzuki RGV250M Black
Suzuki RGV250M White
Kawasaki KX250 (road legal) gearbox siezed doing 80mph on a dual carrigeway
Call it a day and had a 10 year break
Ducati Srambler
BMW S1000R S

I with i had kept those 2 Strokes, the RGVs cost more now than when new !

[StandrewsX]

A 1979 CB125 Twin, didn't see the point of wasting money on a moped, so saved an extra year and bought it new £585! For that you got a mornings basic training and a free Star rider bronze course. Anyone remember those?

[CrazyBiker]

LOL. Stupid to buy a liter supersport but glad that you are still with us!

Originally Posted by zombie

My first bike:



Really wish I'd kept it and bought a cheaper bike instead of trading it in on the S1000R, oh well :)

[zombie]

Originally Posted by CrazyBiker

LOL. Stupid to buy a liter supersport but glad that you are still with us!

In your opinion.  I rode that bike for over 8 years with no scares, because I'm not an idiot.  I understood that the bike was far more capable than I was (and it still is) and that if I acted like a fool, it would bite or kill me.

I see people crashing on much lesser bikes because they rode above their abilities, how is the bike the problem?

[mel b]

Originally Posted by podders

My mate had the presence of mind to have kept his X7 from near new...



PS  A few of my mates rode dreams, smart looking bikes at the time but heavy old beasts...I spotted a new one, in the crate, for sale a few weeks ago...8k!!

Good move by your pal podders 

It's amazing what the "classics" are fetching these days £££££

[podders]

Originally Posted by Brian the Sn@il

Puch Magnum X when i was 13
1st Road BikeYamaha FS1E  When i was 16
Puch Maxi
Suzuki ZR50S  - Big board to 68cc then the gearbox self destructed
Honda NS125S
Yamaha RD125LC
Yamaha RD250LC
Suzuki RGV250M Black
Suzuki RGV250M White
Kawasaki KX250 (road legal) gearbox siezed doing 80mph on a dual carrigeway
Call it a day and had a 10 year break
Ducati Srambler
BMW S1000R S

I with i had kept those 2 Strokes, the RGVs cost more now than when new !

Thats a great biking history there and echos mine in a lot of ways...Im lucky enough to have a few 2 strokes  , my friend has a rather nice Pepsi RGV which looks the biz even now.