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Posted: 5/6/2022 5:54:24 PM EST
It was 1975, I was 12 years old. Dad didn't like the Japanese, so I got an Indian.
Thanks Dad! What was your first motorcycle? 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 5:57:04 PM EST
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Honda mb50
Added a 65cc big bore kit and a micron pipe…was 16 so 37 years ago |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 5:57:56 PM EST
[#2]
1975 was the year I was born, still waiting for my first motorcycle.
Cool pic. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 5:58:24 PM EST
[#3]
Hope 2022 will be the year I get my first bike.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 5:58:55 PM EST
[#4]
 1970. Honda Scrambler CL175 just like this one. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:02:18 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:02:44 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:04:36 PM EST
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I quickly outgrew the Indian and convinced Dad the Japanese were no longer a threat...traded for a red 1978 Yamaha DT175.
In hindsight, I never should have sold the Indian. The Yamaha ended up getting stolen from our driveway...but that's another crazy story.  |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:07:03 PM EST
[#8]
72 cb450, got it in 75, totaled in 76
 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:07:56 PM EST
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My first motorcycle was a Honda 350
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:07:58 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Honda mb50 Added a 65cc big bore kit and a micron pipe…was 16 so 37 years ago I saw one of those in a tourist shop on route 66 in Seligman AZ a couple of years ago, I had a pre-ban 1976 suzuki ap50 that'd do about 53mph with my chin on the tank, this was in 1978  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:10:59 PM EST
[#11]
Motorcycle?
'03 GSXR600 |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:12:38 PM EST
[#12]
A sears Golden Pinto, then a 71 Honda Minitrail. Had a fun little CRF50 in my teens.
Bought a DRZ later in life, but have since sold it. Still have my 2 first minibikes though |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:13:00 PM EST
[#13]
MX100 Yamaha. Really wanted an Elsinore, but couldn’t swing it for the first bike. After dirt bikes came a ‘74 Honda CB550-4 and many since then.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:13:01 PM EST
[#14]
' 69 Benelli Buzzer.
My brother and I bought it with the $90 we earned working all summer. We were 10-11 YO. Like this one:  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:14:47 PM EST
[#15]
1984 Suzuki RM125
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:15:58 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:19:42 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:20:01 PM EST
[#18]
A '8X GS400A, in 98.
Yeah, A meant automatic. Riding it home that first time consisted of my gear being a field jacket. Bent handlebars. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:20:33 PM EST
[#19]
Yamaha Y-Zinger, I was about 5.
I've been through a lot of motorcycles since then. Currently have a CRF450r, CRF250r and a CRF250x in the garage, I love riding with my boys. 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:22:07 PM EST
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My first bike was a 1973 Honda CB 350 four...pretty rare...Honda only made them for 2 years. I worked all summer saving up my money for that bike...got it in the Spring of my Senior Year in High School. Took me a while to find a bike I could afford...it was a very smooth bike...it had both side stand and a center stand and a kick starter in case the battery was too low for the electric starter to work.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:23:47 PM EST
[#21]
Cool thread. I love old Hondas.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:25:52 PM EST
[#22]
1976 Honda XR75 - I think i got it in like 79.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:26:08 PM EST
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Bought a new Yamaha Big Bear Scrambler like this in July 1965 from working at the Chinese Restaurant next door to the Yamaha dealership.
  Before the day I bought it, I had never ridden a motorcycle. I can still remember how I felt then riding home on it, and today, 57 years later, I still feel the same way.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:26:24 PM EST
[#24]
I have also had a DT175 stolen.
I have also owned a CL360 1974 vintage. I also currently own an XL100 basket case I'd like to restore someday. Still have a CT90 too. No longer have a Y80-Scamp. No longer have a HawkGT650. No longer have a Z50. 70s bikes were fun and heavy. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:27:25 PM EST
[#25]
When the Yamaha DT175 was stolen, Dad put the insurance money on a 1980 Yamaha SR250.
My brother ended up taking the 250 off to college with him. I had my drivers license by then, and my riding days came to an abrupt end. Life was now all about girls, cars, rock and roll. The 80's had arrived.   |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:29:34 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:31:39 PM EST
[#27]
Quote HistoryQuoted: SL 100 Honda Exactly as pictured but sadly it’s not my bike. Mine was lost in a fire https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/200543/EB02F46E-CEBF-405F-AED2-F1399B6B66A4_jpe-2374419.JPG I had that same year and model but mine was green. I was 15 and put thousands of miles on it. Moved up to a Honda 350 after that. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:33:10 PM EST
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Quote HistorySweet...I love the old goose neck Honda's. 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:33:29 PM EST
[#29]
1985 Suzuki GS450L
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:35:54 PM EST
[#30]
Honda Ascot 500
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:37:49 PM EST
[#31]
Got a 1975 TM 125 when I was 11 in sixth grade. Motor seized two years later and the summer between 7th and 8th grade my dad bought me a 1979 YZ400.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:40:13 PM EST
[#32]
Honda trail 70, then Rickman 125, then Suzuki PE250.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:43:41 PM EST
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I always wanted a Harley. Mainly because my brother rode Harleys. In 1986 he bought a brand new one and as he was leaving the dealership with it just as a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway and hit my brother head on. He was killed instantly. The drunk left the scene and was never caught.
I still want a bike and every now and again I look but don't think I'd ever buy one. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:48:31 PM EST
[#34]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I always wanted a Harley. Mainly because my brother rode Harleys. In 1986 he bought a brand new one and as he was leaving the dealership with it just as a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway and hit my brother head on. He was killed instantly. The drunk left the scene and was never caught. I still want a bike and every now and again I look but don't think I'd ever buy one. What a terrible story. Sorry for your loss. Rest in peace.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:50:35 PM EST
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First cycle I ever owned was an 80cc (or 100, I can't recall)
Honda dirt bike I bought from a neighbor down the street when I got out of high school. First motorcycle I learned to ride was a Chaparral Bullet ST80 I borrowed from my cousin while I spent the summer on an Ohio farm. It was in a little better shape than this image:  |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:51:02 PM EST
[#36]
Triumph TR6.
Didn’t need a MC endorsement back then. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:52:14 PM EST
[#37]
Ossa 250
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:53:39 PM EST
[#38]
My first bike, believe it or not, was a ‘74 CR250 Elsinore I bought in 76. I really didn’t know what I was buying I just knew I wanted a “pure dirt” bike. I think I spent my first day trying to get it moving without stalling it. Every time I got off that bike after a ride, my hands would be shaking.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:54:13 PM EST
[#39]
Quote HistoryQuoted: I always wanted a Harley. Mainly because my brother rode Harleys. In 1986 he bought a brand new one and as he was leaving the dealership with it just as a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway and hit my brother head on. He was killed instantly. The drunk left the scene and was never caught. I still want a bike and every now and again I look but don't think I'd ever buy one. So sad |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 6:55:08 PM EST
[#40]
Quote HistoryQuoted: My first bike, believe it or not, was a ‘74 CR250 Elsinore I bought in 76. I really didn’t know what I was buying I just knew I wanted a “pure dirt” bike. I think I spent my first day trying to get it moving without stalling it. Every time I got off that bike after a ride, my hands would be shaking. How long did the rear fender last? |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:12:16 PM EST
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I was 12 and my idiot parents gave me a yamaha dt250. I had to start it next to the steps so I could start it. Been riding since 1985
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:13:31 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:18:03 PM EST
[#43]
1973 CB 450k3
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:18:23 PM EST
[#44]
Bunch a rich kids…
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:20:26 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: What a terrible story. Sorry for your loss. Rest in peace. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: I always wanted a Harley. Mainly because my brother rode Harleys. In 1986 he bought a brand new one and as he was leaving the dealership with it just as a drunk was going the wrong way on the highway and hit my brother head on. He was killed instantly. The drunk left the scene and was never caught. I still want a bike and every now and again I look but don't think I'd ever buy one. What a terrible story. Sorry for your loss. Rest in peace. I was 9 and for a year I thought it was my fault he was killed. Sorry for derailing your thread. I don't know why your pictures brought up memories of my brother. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:22:25 PM EST
[#46]
Trail 70 at 6 and moved right up to an XR 80 at 7.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:22:57 PM EST
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Quote HistoryI owned a Z1R that looked just like this. Except crash bars and 4:1 Kerker. Second worst decision ever to have let it go. Paladin |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:30:49 PM EST
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My first bike was a Suzuki 80. This was around 1968-69 or so. I didn't have my DL yet and it wasn't registered so I just rode it around the property. Looked like this only it was black.
 Attached FileMy first real bike was a Honda 305 Superhawk. It had matchstick megaphones and man that thing sounded sweet.  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:33:17 PM EST
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I was 7, 1978…….Rupp mini bike.
Then the RM80, RM125, Bultaco 250, CR250, CR500. Raced motocross as a kid on weekends. Rode my dad’s Harley, and Vulcan all over too. First street bike of my own in college, CBR900RR Fireblade. Then Thunderaces and R6’s and a bunch of R1’s (I have three R1’s in the garage). Did some sport bike racing. Tons of track days. Canyon carving every weekend. Also have a Husky 510 SMR. And a DRZ400. A Honda Metropolitan. A ridiculous 12hp mini bike. Coming up on 51, I have a garage full of bikes, I canyon carve every weekend, hit the track when I can, ride year round (even in snow). Looking to pick up a Streetfighter V4S. I love to ride. It’s not a hobby. It’s a way of life. |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 7:41:57 PM EST
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First bike was a 2006 zx-6r 636cc. Got it in 2008 and put a crap ton of miles on it, especially when I was living out in California.
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