First bike, wot was urs?

[chris yeatman]

I was just thinking about my first bike which made me think about asking u lot wot ur first bike was?

Mine was a yamaha xt 350 d reg, wished i still had it.

Sorry for the poor pic
http://i989.photobucket.com/albums/af14/chrisyeatman/001-1.jpg

[vtaggart]

My first bike, loved it was a little cracker and sounded fab at the top of the rev band:)



http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b312/vtaggart/CBR400RRVT.jpg

[gregski]

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/5030/romet015.jpg (http://img714.imageshack.us/i/romet015.jpg/)
polish "romet" dream of every young boy

[David Matthews]

My first bike was a CB200, P reg from the first time around.

[Gordon H]

First one was a CB125 twin then CB200, CB400 four (3 of those), CB500 four, XJ550 then the gap.........

[LVC]

http://i284.photobucket.com/albums/ll38/LVC1/XR200Medium.jpg

Honda XR200 - learnt in the sand dunes in Saudi - explains a lot really :freak:

[BluprintZ]

My mum bought me a Honda C100 off the local postman for my 16th Birthday in 1970.

14644

G ; )

[Panther]

monkey bike

http://sphotos.ak.fbcdn.net/photos-ak-sf2p/v113/249/94/199706750/n199706750_35879016_6678.jpg

I would love a little green laner

[steeevvvooo]

Sachs XTC 125...

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv265/steeevvvooo/Auto11.jpg

[BluprintZ]

Sachs XTC 125...

I'm sure i saw that bike outside the bogs in the pits at the Isle of man this year!
(deffinately it's double if not).

G ; )

[buzzbomb]

Ah my first bike..:(

I don't want any of you young ******* taking the pi$$ but my first bike was a BSA m20 ex WD sidevalve dispatch riders bike.
It came from pride and clarke in london, was as heavy as hell and the devil its self to start but it started my 53year addiction with all things 2 wheeled...:biggrin:

[Pomp1]

one of this aged 6..
http://www.itsmymarket.com/images/copy/76482.jpg

[pegboy]

I had one of these that was shared with four of us kids on the farm in Australia. Not this actual bike but a YZ80 just like it.

[steeevvvooo]

I'm sure i saw that bike outside the bogs in the pits at the Isle of man this year!
(deffinately it's double if not).

G ; )

I sold it to some guy in London. Was a great 1st bike, but no one really runs a 125 for long so I guess it's either in a ditch or on it's 5th or 6th owner by now!

That was technically my 2nd bike, as the 1st (identical in everyway) was nicked after 600 miles!

Had a few other bikers ask why I had L plates on it... they couldn't believe it was a 125! :biggrin:

[utopia]

1968 yamaha R3 350cc two stroke twin, with ace bars. THA 482 G, in case anyone knows its whereabouts.
Hey George, we're the same age.

[Trent]

1967 Suzuki K15P

Mine was black though... Hmmm... Dirt bikes have changed a bit since then!


<img src="http://lh4.ggpht.com/_OszR1UxW_cc/TN49ZSWQyJI/AAAAAAAAC2s/KOwO7HmzTgQ/s800/1967_K15P.jpg">

[Paranoid Dave]

My first, and she will never be forgotten...

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=14646&stc=1&d=1289637594

[SazzaG]

Ducati Monster M620 ie Metallic Black :)

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=14648&d=1289641944

[Panther]

My first, and she will never be forgotten...

http://www.ukmonster.co.uk/monster/attachment.php?attachmentid=14646&stc=1&d=1289637594


Thats lush Dave, I really like those exhausts, was that a custom seat cowl ?

[gremlin]

I had a CM125 custom thingy then the Monster. The 125 was quite fast really up to 75mph with a tailwind almost as fast as some Harleys:biggrin: Those Sachs 125s are awesome, there was a lad who used to ride out with us on a Tuesday night run out and he wasn't far behind the guys on their big bikes. He'd nip up the inside on roundabouts and go through the twisties as fast as if not faster which upset a few, unfortunately he'd get mugged on the straight bits.

[Dukedesmo]

My first bike;

http://www.ducati.ms/gallery/files/9/3/7/0/duc01d.jpg

[Albie]

I have always loved my bikes. Sadly some have gone regretfully and I wish I hadnt got rid.

1974 Yamaha fs1e

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Albie%20through%20the%20years/img028.jpg

1979 Suzuki GT200 x5

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Albie%20through%20the%20years/img008.jpg

1992 Kawasaki ZXR 250r ninja

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Bike%20Pics/Pics006.jpg

1997 Ducati Monster 900s

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Bike%20Pics/Pics128.jpg

2003 Ducati Monster 916s4

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Albies%20Monster%20pics/Scotland2005038.jpg

1997 Ducati 748 biposto

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Albies%20748%20pics/EngineBlacked004.jpg

2009 Ducati Monster 1100s

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Monster%201100S/IMG_1704_0047.jpg

1995 Ducati Super Sport 600

http://i97.photobucket.com/albums/l209/albies4/Ducati%20600ss/600ssatGrain002.jpg

[PaulV]

My first bike, used to ride to school on it.... thought I /it was the coolest thing ever.... not so sure now.....:eek:

http://i346.photobucket.com/albums/p426/PaulV090970/General%20bike%20stuff/1981_ZR50L_red_750.jpg

[gary tompkins]

This is the first bike I learnt to ride around a local cash and carry car park in the summer of 1979.

It was my dads CD175 work hack - a slighty older 1969 model than in the photo in grey.

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/1978_honda_cd175.jpg

Then I went out and got my moped - restricted CB50M as I'd only just turned sixteen

Just like this one but finished in light blue

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/cb50.JPG

Then at the ripe old age of seventeen I got one of these - a Honda CB250T Dream, which felt like a rocketship compared the restricted fifty

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Following on I have had..

a Honda CB250N Superdream, Suzuki 650G Katana, Honda CB400 four F1, Morini 3 1/2 sport, 600 Monster, 900ie monster and the trike

There will be a new addition to the list very soon :woot:

[Kato]

It was April 30th 1976 my 13th birthday, and I was ready to take on Barry Sheene, Ago and John Newbold on me 1963 Greeves, damn I miss this bike.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/kato--/DSCN0918.jpg

[Paranoid Dave]

Thats lush Dave, I really like those exhausts, was that a custom seat cowl ?

Custom pipes, subframe, tail, seat, undertray, lights etc etc. :D

[steeevvvooo]

if we're talking 1st "real" bike, my first one after passing my full test was this... wish I never sold it as it was almost mint! 3000 miles on it when I bought it...

http://i690.photobucket.com/albums/vv265/steeevvvooo/Monster/CIMG0838.jpg

[big pete]

It was April 30th 1976 my 13th birthday, and I was ready to take on Barry Sheene, Ago and John Newbold on me 1963 Greeves, damn I miss this bike.

http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r94/kato--/DSCN0918.jpg

My god Kato , damn near identical to mine but mine was a square barrel . i was 10 year old and my dad bought it for a tenner for me , god I wish I still had it and believe me I would swap my monster in a heart beat for one the same.:)

[scrapps]

Mine was a PUCH maxi. 50cc of raw power pedals to start and 2gears (twist grip change)
That ment the back brake was a pedal backward job.
took me about 4 week before I crashed it into the back of a mini.(crap brakes and only 16 at the time) this bike was followed by a rd 50.

sorry no pictures

[Char]

For my 16th birthday http://i1218.photobucket.com/albums/dd401/Char66/imagesCA9D6FRT.jpg

It was love :heart:

[Grumpy]

Honda SS50, followed by a DT175 (twin shock). Memories! :)

[Gamsa]

One of these (Suzuki GT200). Probably should've kept it!

http://motorbike-search-engine.co.uk/classic_bikes/suzuki_gt200.jpg

[MrsC_772]

Yamaha SR125 - bought because (a) it wasn't a Honda CG125 like most learner bikes; (b) it had an electric start (which the Honda CG 125 didn't have at the time from my recollection); (c) it had a very low seat.

[Oily Fingers]

i had this little beast when i passed my test.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/honda3engines/100_0213.jpg
only went out a couple of times on it the stripped the engine down as there was a major problem with it, due to a poor rebuild by the previous owner, so i swapped that for a supercharger kit for one of my many other projects.
and bought my current Monster :D

[popelli]

Honda SL125 fitted wuth a 150cc kit

had a lot of fun on it riding through forestry land that I wasn't allowed on

only got caught once

bike suffered like all hondas from having no camshaft bearings and running cam direct in head

30 odd years later I now want another trail bike, but a little bigger and a 2 stroke this time

[Liz]

A Yamaha FS1E of course!

[Stafford]

A Yamaha FS1E of course!

Me too, in purple!

[Grumpy]

A Yamaha FS1E of course!

Me too, in purple!

You " are definitely joined at the hip!!!lol:)

[Mohawk]

My first bike was a Suzuki GT185, still have it. It's in bits in the garage but the plan is to restore it one day, maybe!

[He11cat]

Picked up the last of my gear from my ex partner tonight... and tucked away I found this ironically it was the best thing I found in my boxes.

'Pig" .. My CB125T.. painted by me.. decorated with BSH and AWOL stickers :)
Happy times on this little bike... wish I hadn't of killed the gear box.. I used to go to Bedford on it and various rallys.. London.. everywhere.. til I passed my test :) My little pink passion wagon! :)
http://i428.photobucket.com/albums/qq3/helsinkvampire/bikes/pig.jpg

[utopia]

All this talk of old times has reminded me of a story.....
I used to have a mate called Nigel, which we shortened to Nig and then extended, quite innocently, to ****** (rhymes with bigger). He had a 350 suzuki rebel at the time, bought new from Redcar motorcycles in Leicester. Sometimes he would borrow his mother's honda 50 moped to hang around on in the evenings. I think this was to avoid having to say no to the many requests for a go on the suzuki which came from mates who didn't really know how to ride (these were still the days when you could ride a 250 on L plates). His mothers moped was not the usual honda 50 but was instead one of those that had the whole engine/clutch/transmission unit contained within the back wheel. P50 might have been their designation. They made them in red or grey, and you didn't see that many around. Nigel always wore an ex RAF greatcoat and a white, open-face helmet with a peak. One evening I was walking along the road when I was passed by a honda P50 whose rider sported the aforementioned combo, and just as I hailed my friend by his usual nickname I began to realise that this moped was one of the grey ones, not the expected red. I suddenly became aware of the possibility of a dreadful but innocent mistake, and sure enough the head turned to reveal the face of a particularly black-skinned gentleman of african heritage. Now I have never been a racist, even in those very different times, but I had already abandoned any thoughts of being believed when I gave my explaination and had instead dived promptly in to a roadside ditch and was already cowering behind the hawthorns, trying to suppress my guilty laughter.
The pangs of guilt still make me squirm, nearly 40yrs later. `

[Blah blah]

KH100EX... 75mph of 2 stroke boringness if you lay flat on the tank, I really wanted a Wrangler RD125LC but couldn't afford one (I almost swapped a Z400J for one some time later and I still would quite like one today)

[jimz750]

Suzuki GS125, was dead good cause it told you what gear you were in.

Good thread though some seem to be putting down there first bike from when they past there test!

If thats the game then a Suzuki GSX-600F ak.a A Goof

[Cutter]

Suzuki GT250. Faithful friend took me through my test (yes I am that old), let me thrash it everywhere and race the local RD boys, even stood in a Police warehouse for six months when it got nicked and started with one bump start. Months Later I got chased by a unmarked car for speeding and they arrested me and threw me in a cell because the bike came up as stolen. Turned out their records were incorrect and hadn't been updated from the time it was stolen from me! They dropped the speeding charge... I had done a terrible cafe racer conversion which involved a proper ally race tank and two/four seat, but a terrible rattlecan "Shogun Assassin" paint job. S&B filters and ace bars. Those were the days...

[walpole68]

Suzuki Ts50er faster than the better looking yamaha dt50's that all of my friends had ! Cost me £499 brand new A831STP if your still out there ! In the 9 months I had it before passing my test it had 7 different exhaust systems,loads of sets of reeds,3 different big bore kits and lots of home tuning in search of that extra mph! Passed my test on my 17th birthday and picked up my Gpz900 and rode home at 150 mph to see how fast it would go,while doing that my visor flew off so my eyes my were streaming so much i could hardly see,it's a wonder I'm still alive as as a kid I was metal on a bike.

[BluprintZ]

Good thread though some seem to be putting down there first bike from when they past there test!
If thats the game then a Suzuki GSX-600F ak.a A Goof

Yep, i'll play this one as well.
Passed my test in January`73, on a Suzuki B120P and jumped straight onto a Triumph 3TA 350, when i got home.

G ; )

[Albie]

Yep, i'll play this one as well.
Passed my test in January`73, on a Suzuki B120P and jumped straight onto a Triumph 3TA 350, when i got home.

G ; )
Blimey I was 10 and a half then :eyepopping:Mind you I looked 11 when I was 16 as you can see on my fs1e.

[JerryT]

My first bike was a Honda NSR125F - while I was on L plates. Then I jumped on a GPZ500s when I passed and thought it was a rocket ship by comparison! :biggrin:

[slipperyweeguy]

The first thing I rode was at 15 years old, a Gilera 50 - no helmet. The first I owned was a BMW R80ST at the age of 27ish. The one I wish I still had is a green 1989 Kawasaki zxr750 H1, or maybe the Triumph Thruxton. The most fun I've had on a bike this year was on the daughter's Aprilia RS50, and the most intense fun was a Honda NC30 at Cadwell Park 20 years ago.

[animaluk]

i had this little beast when i passed my test.
http://i117.photobucket.com/albums/o80/honda3engines/100_0213.jpg
only went out a couple of times on it the stripped the engine down as there was a major problem with it, due to a poor rebuild by the previous owner, so i swapped that for a supercharger kit for one of my many other projects.
and bought my current Monster :D

I had one of these too me old man would'nt let me have any of that jap rubbish

Though mine was red with white tank side panels and a with the bsa logo and a picture of a cockrel

[Mick E]

Yamaha DT 175 MX I bought it in 1980. It was an ace bike.
http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh318/dawnellis17/images6.jpg

[rac3r]

I had an RS125 but it never worked so technically it was a CBR125 :cool:

[TCar153]

http://lh6.ggpht.com/_qnv8EyuUgHU/TOJzewU8qBI/AAAAAAAABG4/FecRdZanYmM/100_0017.JPG

one of these.

OOps! sorry, don't know how to get photo up. Best i can do.

[jimz750]

Blimey I was 10 and a half then :eyepopping:Mind you I looked 11 when I was 16 as you can see on my fs1e.

You were 10, I was only 3 - Now you feel old (sorry)

[utopia]

..Good thread though some seem to be putting down there first bike from when they past there test.

Sorry...innocent mistake. I've obviously been successful in blanking out the memory.....
Passed my test in 1970, I think. It was an Italian machine, ..red, ..full fairing, ..advanced, leading link front suspension, ..lots of chrome, ..named after a wasp.
Bit like early experiences with girls around that time.....pointed the way, didn't really get there.
A mate of a mate nicked it and wrote it off. By then I was pleased about that. Bought the Yam with the insurance money.

[Liz]

Passed my test in '82. The test was to ride around a block (mine was in Twickenham), and the examiner could only see you on 2 sides, LOL! I think there may have been a few theory questions too!

Still have a Honda 400/4 in my ex's garage but in my name......I keep 'sorning' it, maybe I should reclaim it?

[chris yeatman]

some great bike's on this thread.
keep them coming!!

[DaffyDuc]

The first I owned was in 1975 and was a BSA Bantam 175, the first I rode was about 1974 which was a Francis Barnett 197. All a little different to today's 'starter' bikes!!