Moved: Your First Bike

Yamaha RD 50 M followed by a few 250 and 350 lcs

 

BSA Starfire 250. Piece of shit.

Had it for 1000 miles and pushed it 900.

 

Honda H100SII. Could only just about do 50 without shaking itself to bits and coked up every three months. Followed by a GSX250EZ, which with a Powerbronze GPz-style 3/4 fairing added took me all over the country on camping and holiday trips. Got 70k miles out of it before the inevitable electrical gremlins almost killed it followed by a blind man in a Mk1 Escort who shortened it by several inches one night on my way home from work. Sad end for what turned out to be a great first real bike.

 

Gilera Enduro 50 ped then a brand new KH250 Kawasaki in 1976 picked it up on my 17th Birthday swapped that in for H1E500 Kawasaki in 1978 no bike from 1980 for 30yrs

 

Had some hairy moments tank slappers even with a steering damper was much more fearless in my younger days.

 

Had some hairy moments tank slappers even with a steering damper was much more fearless in my younger days.

 

Yamaha RS100.... then Suzuki x7 till it went Boooom!
Then RD250.... Boooom!
Then a 1983 gpz750, a proper bike indeed, loved it

 

NSU Quickly. (at 10 yrs old).
Fantic 6 speed moped. (16 yrs).
Lambretta LI 150.
Honda CB250 K2.
Triumph Daytona.
Norton Dominator 99SS
Norton Dominator 88.
BSA M32.
Yamaha XS500.
BMW R800T.
Triumph Bonneville 865 efi

 

Dt 125 one of us was trying to kill the other.
GS750 needed lots of work and we didnt have much of a clue dogs bollox

 

Yamaha TDR 125
Bandit 600
Bandit 1200
VFR 750
VTR1000
VFR 800
BMW 1100 GS
BMW 1150 GS
BMW 1100S
BMW 1100 RT
BMW 1150 R
Ducati ST2
Bandit 1200
Valkyrie 1500
Bonneville 865 Efi
KTM 1190 Adventure
Tiger 955i

 

Capri 80 scooter
Lambretta 175
Triumph 3TA
650 Road Rocket
Ariel Arrow
CB125 twin
CX500
Yamaha 400 US Custom
Ariel KH500 twin
Yamaha XJ900
Ural650
Honda 400/4
HD 1200 Sportster Custom
HD Heritage Softail Classic(still got it)
HD 883r Sportster
HD XR 1200x
Yamaha R3
Triumph T100 Bonnie (keeper)

 

XR1200x Handled well,stopped well and had 127mph top speed and it didn't half get there quick.My mate had one and raced a GXR600 across Milton Keynes,the Gixer couldn't catch him between roundabouts and when they finally stopped he couldn't believe he'd been racing a Harley,mind you my mates not called Nutty for nothing DD.You might remember him he was with me that day i met you at Gardiner and Whites.

 

DT125R then RD350R

 

My first bike was my 16th birthday present in 1959 so it was not that old then. Got me started on motorcycles and I'm still going strong at 73 some 58 bikes later.
Picture is not actual bike but it was just like this.