First Bikes

My first bike was a Honda CB250 K4, like this. Followed, after a few months, by a Honda CB250G5, which I passed mi test on in 1975.

 

One of these bad boys - the classic CG125 in, errr... orange.

 

In 1969 got one these tire smoking wheelie machines

 

Sorry no photos of my Honda Monkey . . .

 

Very similar to you @ChasChas My 1st legal bike was a Honda CD175 which I passed my test on. I then got a 350K4 before buying my 1st Triumph a 500cc Tiger 100. I’ve been on Triumph’s ever since.

 

Don't have any photos, since I wasn't meant to have a bike....

BSA Starfire. 250cc of bashed around hate, that must have thought its name was "Start Ya Bastard!"

 

An old BSA C15, learned to ride, spanner and swear, not always in that order.

 

I am sure we've covered this before?

Here we have the machine that was the antidote to the ultra cool (for a 16 year old!) Yamaha FS1E's & Suzuki AP50's that my mates that had money to burn all rode .

Yes in all it's glory, here is the Puch 'Flying Banana' a truly awful moped , with a scooter style handle bar 3 gear change , a pressed steel frame , non existent brakes , but I loved it! as it represented the freedom to go where I wanted when I wanted, ah they was the days!

 

Sounds like fun! I know they do similar stuff over here, I remember reading about a Cub (Honda c90's) challenge endurance race at Anglesey a while back, looks hilarious.

 

Exactly like the one my mate had that got nicked.
Where did you get yours from eh ?

 

Bought it cheap from a guy in a pub

 

@ChasChas, your thread is titled "First Bikes" but then you said "teenage bikes" in your post. The two are VERY different for me! My brothers had mini-bikes when I was a teen but back then I was more interested in riding my horse. That said, this is the bike I had as a teen. (Please don't do the math on the difference in years.)

Teenage Bike
1975 Schwinn Continental


And this was my first motorbike.

First Bike
2010 H-D Street Bob

 

The first step stone to freedom was a 103 Peugeot my older cousin gave me for my 14th.

picture taken from the web, but was exactly the same, color, etc.

 

1. First 'bike' was a red Raleigh runabout which was difficult to say after a couple of cans of DD as a spotty 15 year old in 1975​

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Sorry I got no photo's I had a Bantam my Dad gave me. I was to sort it and it was mine. I worked at it for days and got so angry I took a hammer to it. Dad I don't know if he ever forgave me but he did tell me all it needed was a condenser. Mind you I was pretty young at the time. But I still regret what I did. Those old cb's and cd Honda's were great bikes just ran forever.
Joe.

 

My first street rides were a puch MkII and a Honda twinstar 200.
not my pictures but a good rep of what i had to start , my dirt bikes we Kx 80's and a few mutts that were self built and destroyed

 

2019 Kawasaki Ninja 650. Just sold it to get my Street Triple about 3 weeks ago.