xhdskip
Living Legend
First I rode and owned was a early 70's honda CL 100.
Blue with a white stripe as I recall.
Blue with a white stripe as I recall.
First bike you rode and First bike you owned.
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rocket3jjd
Nitrous
1974 Honda qa 50 I'll never forget that day my parents gave it to me.
snuffcityrider
Living Legend
My dad started me when I was 5 on a Honda 50 like pig9r's, except mine was one of the fast red ones.
Does it amaze you that you current bike is 40 times bigger in displacement?!
fastfreight
.060 Over
First bike I rode was a Honda 305 Dream.
First bike I owned was a blue and silver Benelli 125. Wore all the rubber off the bottom of the pegs and learned everything I needed to know about riding.
First bike I owned was a blue and silver Benelli 125. Wore all the rubber off the bottom of the pegs and learned everything I needed to know about riding.
Molinoman
Living Legend
In high school a fellow student gave me a ride on a Yamaha 200 (I think), I got the bug at that time, asked my parents if I could get a motorcycle....they said no.
In 1970 after graduating from high school a fellow co-worker at State Farm in Jacksonville, FL had a 1966 Honda 305 Super Hawk. We traded cars (I had a '66 Mustang convertible/auto and 289, he had a 1969 GTO) he wanted to take his girlfriend to the drive in movie and me, I got to find out that I didn't know how to drive a stick real fast, must have stalled it a dozen times till just parked it. Anyway he eventually sold me his Honda, two years later another 305 Super Hawk with hi-rise bars (not quite ape hangers) and shortie pipes and off I went into motorcycling.
Guess I showed my parents...11 motorcycles later...not to say no.
Dennis
In 1970 after graduating from high school a fellow co-worker at State Farm in Jacksonville, FL had a 1966 Honda 305 Super Hawk. We traded cars (I had a '66 Mustang convertible/auto and 289, he had a 1969 GTO) he wanted to take his girlfriend to the drive in movie and me, I got to find out that I didn't know how to drive a stick real fast, must have stalled it a dozen times till just parked it. Anyway he eventually sold me his Honda, two years later another 305 Super Hawk with hi-rise bars (not quite ape hangers) and shortie pipes and off I went into motorcycling.
Guess I showed my parents...11 motorcycles later...not to say no.
Dennis
wildrooster
Supercharged
the first bike I rode and owned was a 2005 Honda 750 ACE got it because I wanted to learn to ride dropped it less than a block into it, I guess I got a crash course on shifting
Jamie
Living Legend
My first bike was a 50cc Rico (a Swiss moped, powered - so to speak- by a French Lavalette engine). The first motorcycle I rode was a 500cc BMW 50 (I might have a pic of it). The first I owned was a 650cc BSA Spitfire MkIII.
That was between 1963 and 1967.
Jamie
That was between 1963 and 1967
. Jamie
crazyman
Supercharged
That would be the V Star then, first bike ever. I've only been riding a few years. Over 50k probably in the last couple of years.
TxRIIIRider
Living Legend
Wow.. I really can't remember! I worked at a motorcycle shop when I was a young teenager and had the opportunity to work on and ride most every bike known from Bultaco to DKW to Sears, most all of the Jap bikes, BSAs, Triumphs, etc. I believe the first bike I rode was a Honda CT70. I also remember falling in love with a Yamaha RD 100. Yes they made an RD 100 twin, with pistons about the size of a 50cent piece. It was blue and white and just a clean little bike.
The first bike I owned was a '72 Kawasaki 175. That was a great bike. I got my driver's license on a purple Triumph 500 bobber, but the first street bike I owned was a Honda CL350 Scrambler. We had two Triumphs come through the shop at different times. One was a Trident, which really turned me on to Triumph.. and later we had a Bonneville 750 that was just gorgeous, and that sealed my Triumph fascination..
Two other bikes that stood out. One was a BSA 500 single dirt bike which I could not start because I didn't weigh enough to kick it over, and the other was a beautiful orange Suzuki GT750 that one of the mechanics owned. THAT thing was awesome.. It was bored .060 over and the head was shaved to raise compression. It had chrome 3-3 expansion chambers. That thing would light up the rear tire at almost any speed..
He let me ride it a few times, but that thing scared the crap out of me!.. and it was fun!
The first bike I owned was a '72 Kawasaki 175. That was a great bike. I got my driver's license on a purple Triumph 500 bobber, but the first street bike I owned was a Honda CL350 Scrambler. We had two Triumphs come through the shop at different times. One was a Trident, which really turned me on to Triumph.. and later we had a Bonneville 750 that was just gorgeous, and that sealed my Triumph fascination..
Two other bikes that stood out. One was a BSA 500 single dirt bike which I could not start because I didn't weigh enough to kick it over, and the other was a beautiful orange Suzuki GT750 that one of the mechanics owned. THAT thing was awesome.. It was bored .060 over and the head was shaved to raise compression. It had chrome 3-3 expansion chambers. That thing would light up the rear tire at almost any speed..
He let me ride it a few times, but that thing scared the crap out of me!..
and it was fun!
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