Author Topic: Your first Bike - Post make model & year and a pic if possible (Read 8371 times)

Sabie · « **on:** September 09, 2012, 08:41:47 PM »

Post the make and model of the first bike you owned.

Brock · « **Reply #1 on:** September 09, 2012, 08:50:06 PM »

Kwaka Z250, two of em. first one I crashed into an Escort station wagon towing a van. Damn that hurt Next was a Suzi GSX650G (650 Katana)

Sabie · « **Reply #2 on:** September 09, 2012, 08:51:06 PM »

1974 Honda Elsinore MT 250.

Not the actual bike pictured but an exact look a like.

sargent · « **Reply #3 on:** September 09, 2012, 08:57:41 PM »

Suzuki GN250 1985 (looked just like this)
This was nearly 20 years ago.

terrydj · « **Reply #4 on:** September 09, 2012, 09:22:49 PM »

me first bike was an Excelsior AutoByk. Me thinks it was a 1950 model?? A great bit of gear, had pedals and everything. The Bike in the picture is pretty well the same Nick that mine was in. You get that when you spend your time chasing Triumphs and Vespas around the Pines.
Then I upgraded to a BSA Bantam

Brock · « **Reply #5 on:** September 09, 2012, 09:24:34 PM »

That seat looks a tad rustic for my tastes Terry

Aj1300 · « **Reply #6 on:** September 09, 2012, 09:30:59 PM »

Bultaco 250, left hand kick starter, pig to start

Sabie · « **Reply #7 on:** September 09, 2012, 09:39:22 PM »

Hey Aj

My older brother had a Bulltaco........ I think his left leg was twice the size of his right from kicking that thing

alans1100 · « **Reply #8 on:** September 09, 2012, 10:41:45 PM »

My first bike belonged to a nurse who was a friend of my girl-friend way back then. The bike a Honda CB 175 Twin (1969-73) was up for sale for about $500 so I bought it to use to and from work and it was also the bike I went for bike licence on.

Back in those days electric starts were a new thing but a lot of bikes still had a kick start as back up like this one has. Not sure what year mine was but the picture shows the model and colour.

Sabie · « **Reply #9 on:** September 09, 2012, 11:16:55 PM »

Very Nice alan.... Do you wish you had it now?

saaz · « **Reply #10 on:** September 10, 2012, 12:36:16 AM »

A Honda CD175. Pre dates the CB as it had a pressed metal frame and single carb. One of my sisters bought it new (it would have been a late 60s model), and it stayed in the family until I bought it off my older brother. I rode it to Canberra from Victoria when I went to uni here in 1977. It may still be around here somewhere when I traded it in on the next bike.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Honda_CD175

It had a fully enclosed chain case, and 4 speeds which you needed if the head wind was too strong. Interestingly it had a centrifical oil filter, which always seemed to have junk in it to clean out.

alans1100 · « **Reply #11 on:** September 10, 2012, 01:25:21 AM »

Quote from: Sabie on September 09, 2012, 11:16:55 PM

Very Nice alan.... Do you wish you had it now?

I haven't really given it that much thought.

Anyway I got hooked when I first saw an ST1100 and it took until 2006 before I could get one so I doubt if I'd want my first bike again.

keith3po · « **Reply #12 on:** September 10, 2012, 03:37:16 AM »

Oh now that takes me back CB250G5 spent more time in bits than actually riding, cam chain tensioner used to fall to bits and the chain would come through the casing. :( Happy days. ::)

Streak · « **Reply #13 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:04:52 AM »

My first bike was a 1985 Honda Z50, dad bought it for me so I could push sheep down the lane ways they had mustered in for shearing and clutching

My first road bike was a 1999 Kawasaki Ninja, bought off a very nice policewoman who after I bought I off her booked me for having an incorrect license....

Cheers

Graham (Streak)

Aj1300 · « **Reply #14 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:25:23 AM »

I remember the z50 , Streak, I always wanted one when I was a kid, but my mum said I was to never get a bike, she would be rolling in her grave if she knew how many I have had and crashes, I bought my kids a z50 when they started.
I hoped you paid out on the copper? What a bitch.

StinkyPete · « **Reply #15 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:32:13 AM »

My first bike was a 1969 Yamaha AS1. It was a 125cc two stroke road bike, which I purchased second hand in 1973 for $300. Here's a photo of one.

Streak · « **Reply #16 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:35:52 AM »

Quote from: Aj1300 on September 10, 2012, 07:25:23 AM

I remember the z50 , Streak, I always wanted one when I was a kid, but my mum said I was to never get a bike, she would be rolling in her grave if she knew how many I have had and crashes, I bought my kids a z50 when they started.
I hoped you paid out on the copper? What a bitch.

I got out of I luckily, as I had been overseas, and my license had expired, when I had it renewed for some reason my bike license didn't, so I contested it and came out the other side.

STeveo · « **Reply #17 on:** September 10, 2012, 07:56:46 AM »

Suzukli TS250L 1974 (new). Too big and fast to learn on so I promptly fell off and broke my nose and collar bone. Bought a Suzuki 125 (3rd hand) and went out in paddock and learnt to ride. Traded 250 on a Honda CB500/4, then a 750/4. Traded it in 77 on a new Yamaha XS750D.

StinkyPete · « **Reply #18 on:** September 10, 2012, 08:13:48 AM »

Yamaha AS1 - Sold when I found that it was no good for dating girls, and bought a car

BSA M21 - 1948 600cc single. Restored and then sold when I was married, with mortgage and kids

Long Bikeless break - Spent over 30 years dreaming of owning another bike

Yamaha XS650 - Restored and then sold 'cause I was never quite sure if I'd get home, as it had significant electrical issues >:(
Yamaha XJR1300 - Great all rounder, really fast, broke the frame while in Cairns

Honda ST1300 - Bought while in Cairns after breaking the frame on the XJR1300. Great tourer.

Shiney · « **Reply #19 on:** September 10, 2012, 11:18:46 AM »

I got my first bike at the age of 13, it was a 1980 RM50 it had a 2 stroke motor, clutch, 5 gears and powerband. I taught myself to ride on this bike around the back yard and into the bushland around the property.
(I don't have pictures of the actual bikes but the following are the same models and colours)

I got my first road bike a year or two later, it was a 1982 z200

After that had a few other bikes…
1980 cb250

1984 gsx250

1990 cd250

2003 vt750

1990 ST1100

And now the 2004 ST1300

There were some other bikes that I can't remember at the moment, but they were all part of the fun of owning and riding motorbikes

Sabie · « **Reply #20 on:** September 10, 2012, 12:09:32 PM »

Nice ST Shiney, Blue is best......

Shiney · « **Reply #21 on:** September 10, 2012, 01:01:39 PM »

Quote from: Sabie on September 10, 2012, 12:09:32 PM

Nice ST Shiney, Blue is best......

Thanks mate

Blue is cool

royst1100 · « **Reply #22 on:** September 10, 2012, 03:57:30 PM »

dont know the exact year but i think it is a 1969 honda cb 250 gold
this was sent to me not long ago by mum of my actual bike with my sister sitting on it

look! front number plates

Aj1300 · « **Reply #23 on:** September 10, 2012, 08:40:52 PM »

Long time since I have seen a number plate on the front, takes me back.

Tackleberry · « **Reply #24 on:** September 11, 2012, 12:11:06 AM »

Mine:

... long break

Theirs:

Did my training on one and rode the Queensland version of this: Biggest piece of crap I have ever ridden: (Electrical issues and drive train problems)

My current work steed:

News:

Author Topic: Your first Bike - Post make model & year and a pic if possible (Read 8371 times)

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