Moved: Your First Bike

Yamaha DS7 ....... and I thought it WAS a proper bike!



1972 (sigh!)

 

I bought the GSX at three years old in 1986. Late in that year I went to their workshop (very basic it was in those days) and they made up two sets of brackets for the bike as it was one they'd not got a kit for. They used one set as a master copy and I went back two weeks later and they swapped things out for a newly powder coated set. Great bunch of guys.

 

Honda MT5 early 1982, very similar to this muscle bike, even managed to seize it, I wondered what the 2-stroke oil was for, an expensive repair job taught me!!

 

First bike was a 50cc Suzuki M15 Sportsman.
Next came a Honda (my only Honda!) 154cc C95 which I passed my test on.
First big bike then followed - a Triumph 5TA Speed Twin.
The rest were mainly twins (one was of Bavarian manufacture, but I think I'm over that now!) and triples (2 stroke and 4 stroke) with a couple of exceptions, my only 4 cylinder bike being a Suzuki GS850G, and just to say I had one, a 6 cylinder beastie aka a Benelli 900 Sei, a smooth bugger with typical Italian suspension - sounded nice though!!

 

First bike I had was a Suzuki A100 in 1979.
Looked like it had been retrieved from a skip, but I suspect the skip was more reliable !

 

A good old 70cc Zundapp

 

Bloody hell TC, did you own a dealership ?

 

Could probably have bought a dealership if I hadn't spent the money on bikes.....

 

Weren't we all.....

 

First bike was a FS1E then Suzuki X5 50cc. Up to a 100cc Suzuki road / trail...
Honda cb250 n
Honda 400 dream
Suzuki TL1000s
Suzuki TL1000r
Yamaha XJR1200
Yamaha XJR 1300 x many
Suzuki GSX1400 too many
Hayabusa 6 of the kind
Triumph Explorer xc
Various Bandits
Kawasaki z1400
Various Rockets
Currently on Rocket 3 classic and Explorer Xc 2016

 

Yamaha DT50M. Most unreliable bag of wank I ever owned. After 1 1/2 years of breaking down it's final day had me pushing it home 7 miles, kicking it over in the drive and calling the scrap man to come get it out of my sight.

 

Suzuki GP100, then a Kawasaki Z250
1st proper bike was a Z750
Then a long and somtimes illustrious list of Jap bikes ending with a ZZR1100. After that my 1st Triumph a new 1997 T595. My first new bike since my Z250 when I was 17
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Moved into Lounge.

 

First was a 1/2 share in a KX250 with a DT175 engine transplant.

First proper bike was a Honda VT125, great wee cruiser, build quality was excellent.

First big bike was a brand new 2010 SV650 Sport, fully faired in Black. 24k miles in 3 years, look like 4k miles when traded in. Fantastic bike, would have another.

 

First bike was a 9 yr old Honda 500/4 in 1980, second was 1980 Suzuki GSX750,then a 1983 Laverda RGS1000, 5 yr break shitty 250# then 1994 900 Trident,1999 sprint x's 2 now on 2008 Bonneville America, 904cc big bore kit last yr.

Cheers Capt.

 

Honda 90 sports
Triumph tiger 100ss
Triumph t21 3ta 1960 ( still got it )
Enfield 350
Enfield 500
2014 bonneville

 

First was CZ 250 Custom, was about 6 months old and cost me about ten shillings, and that was about nine bob more than it was worth - 6v electrics, pathetic lights, oval brake drums, Barum (Teflon) tyres - the list goes on.

First real bike 850 Commando Mk3.

 

Honda SS50
Yamaha RD200
Suzuki 250 Hustler
Yamaha RD 250
Yamaha RD350
Yamaha DT175MX
Yamaha XS850
Honda VF1000 Bol D'or - Did just over 120,000 miles on this one.
Husqvarna 650 - Only kept it 3 weeks as the bastard tried to kill me every time I rode it!
Ducati 748SPS - Most uncomfortable bike.
BMW R1100RS - Did 185,000 miles on this one
Triumph Bonneville T100

 

One of these - stolen

then one of these, also stolen

then this. Did my test on it which raised a few laughs.

another Honda - with Yoshi - loved the sound

finally my absolute favourite

plus a CB for hacking around (absolutely brilliant bike)

None of thes photos are mine. Can't get photobucket to work any more.

 

First bike: BSA 250 C15.
Then Norton Dominator 500 SS.
Many, many bikes since - now Bonneville T120.