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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:33:43 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 1965 Honda Super 90 Not mine but looks just like it. https://external-content.duckduckgo.com/iu/?u=http%3A%2F%2Fonlymotorbikes.com%2Fpublic%2F69%2Fhonda-s-90-1966-moto.jpeg&f=1&nofb=1 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:34:38 PM EST
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Big Bear Choppers Venom Prostreet. Built it in my garage. It was awesome.
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:36:27 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:52:22 PM EST
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First was a '76 CJ360T I bought in 2012: (Not my pic but exactly the same)
 Fun bike, but it would put your ass and arms to sleep after about 30 minutes. Second, 2000 SV650. Huge improvement, but by the time I hit 30, I couldn't spend more than an hour on it before the cramped posture killed my knees and back.  So this year I picked this up:  '99 Wide Glide. Already put a couple thousand miles on it over the last few months of mostly crappy weather. Love this thing 
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:53:04 PM EST
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My dad bought our 1st and second 2 wheelers (after swearing that there would never be a motorcycle in the family) a 1970's era Sears Allstate 125cc scooter and a late 60's vintage Vespa 150cc scooter (wish I still had these). I bought my 1st real bike a 1970 Yamaha RD350, it was new and I ended up riding it from Merced CA. to Corpus Christi, TX. (via L.A, Phoenix, Tucson, Del Rio), to join the USAF, I later rode it from Keesler AFB, Biloxi, MS. to Corpus Christi and on to Williams AFB, Chandler, AZ. Decided that if I was going to keep riding cross country that I needed a bigger bike! Sold the RD and bought a 1970 Triumph Bonneville, followed by a 1972 Honda CB750, Yamaha TD 360, 1978 Yamaha XS 1100, 1983 Honda VF750F, 1986 Suzuki GSXR1100, 1990 Harley Springer Softail, 2003 Harley Electra Glide (100th Anniversary model). Gave up riding when I had both my knees replaced.
Not mine, but looks just like mine did! Wish I still had it!  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:56:04 PM EST
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Posted: 5/6/2022 10:57:37 PM EST
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Quote HistoryExcept mine was orange |
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Posted: 5/6/2022 11:36:06 PM EST
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1977 RM80B
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Posted: 5/7/2022 2:25:15 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. Quote HistoryQuoted: Quoted: 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. I still have mine but mine is red. Got in in '75. 
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Posted: 5/7/2022 2:41:30 AM EST
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CT90 at 13
CB200T at 15 CB750K at 17 V65 Magna 18  …and then countless others of all makes and nationalities for forty more years. ETA: I bought all my bikes. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 3:06:24 AM EST
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My parents never bought me a motorcycle.
First motorcycle I bought and paid for was a Suzuki 1971 TM 400 in 1977. Rode it at Saddleback, Escape Country, Indian Dunes, Hungry Valley, El Mirage and a few other places. My first street bike I bought and paid for was a 1975 Honda CB750F in 1980. Current rides are a 2019 Kawasaki Z900RS Cafe, a 2019 KTM XCW 300 TPI and a 2022 KTM EXC 500 Six Days. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 5:58:19 AM EST
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In the early 80's as a working adult got a 1976 Yamaha XS500. Slapped some cafe bars on it, and proceeded to fail the riding exam... twice, before I passed.
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:11:10 AM EST
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'73 Yamaha mini-enduro. I can still remember giving Tammy S. a ride and those boobies planted firmly onto my back.
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:44:52 AM EST
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2004 CBR600RR. Brand new. Not a lot of low end torque but that sucker would do 71mph at 16000 redline
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:49:07 AM EST
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Got this one in 73. Not mine but it looks the same
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:51:22 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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. https://i.postimg.cc/SR03wySv/DT-175.jpg  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:52:22 AM EST
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Posted: 5/7/2022 6:57:38 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: My parents never bought me a motorcycle. First motorcycle I bought and paid for was a Suzuki 1971 TM 400 in 1977. Rode it at Saddleback, Escape Country, Indian Dunes, Hungry Valley, El Mirage and a few other places. My first street bike I bought and paid for was a 1975 Honda CB750F in 1980. Current rides are a 2019 Kawasaki Z900RS Cafe, a 2019 KTM XCW 300 TPI and a 2022 KTM EXC 500 Six Days. That was fun  Bucked a little  I had one before I went with YZ. Not mine but like this:  Attached File |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:08:52 AM EST
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1979 Sporster. It was a hoot. Lots of miles on that thing, wish I still had it. Might include a photo later on. I had stripped it and sent off to Calif. for paint job. I think it rand about $500 or so and looked great.
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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:17:40 AM EST
[#20]
Me, 1965.
 The other kids...  |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 7:32:17 AM EST
[#21]
 1981 YZ80. I had dreams of eventually getting YZ/RM/CR 125 when I bought it, but between the fact that I couldn't and still can't even tippy toe a 125, and the 80 scaring the crap out of me, it was my only motorcycle. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:11:06 AM EST
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My first bike was a 1973 Yamaha enduro 80 my parent bought from my cousin for $50 around 1982. Truth be known it was probably stolen. It was missing the muffler, stuck in 3rd gear, and kick starter was stripped out so i had to push it to try and start it. And I would take it apart, work on it, push it all day for it just to start briefly once in a wile..then die. Was pure junk. Here’s kinda what it looked like, this one is way better shape than mine was.
 When I started working in my early 20’s I went through a bunch of bikes. Currently I ride this.. 
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:16:32 AM EST
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This was my first back in 1972.....
 This was my LAST bike. Picked it up 2019 at a Rene Bates Auction. It was a drug seizure forfiture where agents took all of home boys toys including this pimped out 06' Hayabusa. Dont mess with drugs.... 
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:17:13 AM EST
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i was born in 75. First bike was a 1987 YZ80.
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:26:26 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 A 12 year old on a 250. Idiot parents indeed. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:42:35 AM EST
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Quote HistoryMan thats a good lookin bike. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:57:35 AM EST
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Jawa 50. Somewhere around '65. In 1974 I bought a 1973 Norton 850 Commando. Still have it. Runs great. ( rebuilt the engine a few years back)
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Posted: 5/7/2022 8:59:21 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 72 GT-550 2 stroke . stock photo. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/341059/GT_550_jpeg-2374659.JPG Bought one of those brand new in 1977. It was just over $1200. Watched 2 guys pull it out of its crate and put it together, took about 3 hours and I rode it home. Only reason I picked it up was that I was missing my H2 and this one was deeply discounted (bought it in Sept near the end of riding season). First bike I ever owned that had electric start and a digital gear indicator. Very reliable and was great on gas/oil. IIRC it went through one quart of oil for 1000 miles. Wasn't as quick as the H2 but it handled and braked much better. Rode that bike for years until the 1981 CBX came along. First bike was a Suzuki 80 trail, bad ass because it had a dual sprocket on the back wheel and came with the proper amount of chain links and tools to swap it over from street to trail riding. Transmission was a bit odd, 4 speed, with a 'four down' shift pattern. Nothing worse than downshifting going uphill to find out that you were already in first gear.... LOL |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:03:38 AM EST
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1971 , a mini-bike with a 3 1/2 hp Tecumseh motor I believe , no rear suspension and one small front triple tree spring in the front , me and that bike beat the piss out of each other
gas was around 25 a gallon
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:07:39 AM EST
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1st. Motomarina Sebring moped. Got it for free, Dad and I got it working, and putzed around side streets for a little while. No title = not legal. Sold it
2nd. Tractor Supply minibike. Had some fun with it. 3rd. Harley XL1200V Sportster. Was riding it a few days ago. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:07:50 AM EST
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Quote HistoryI wanted one of those so bad I could scream, same with the Yamaha YZ. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:08:44 AM EST
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Quote HistoryI had one of these when I was in the Navy, freaky fast for the day. Wish I still had it. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:17:00 AM EST
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First bike was a 1981 kz440. I have only one known picture, and i dont know where it is.
Second bike is the 2005 Harley Davidson sportster 1200 custom Third bike is also pictured, a 2002 suzuki gsxr600 that i purchased from my friend as it was sitting and not running. Bike previously was owned by his friend. It was a piece of junk but boy was it fast. 
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Posted: 5/7/2022 9:34:23 AM EST
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First bike?
Bird Lark mini bike just like this one.  First real motorcycle? Honda CB125 
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Posted: 5/7/2022 10:10:32 AM EST
[#35]
1970 Suzuki TS90. Then a 1974 Honda CB200 then the first bike I bought myself a Kawi 1979 250 KX it was a supercross bike it was Jim Weinherts bike. Last bike I had was a 1984 Kawi Gpz 750 turbo.
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Posted: 5/7/2022 10:15:57 AM EST
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I bought a Honda shadow new in 2007 as my first bike.
That was just the beginning, sadly the bike life chapter of my life is ending. Time to move on. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 10:33:30 AM EST
[#37]
1970 Bultaco Matador.
 Then I built this one in 1975.  |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 10:53:42 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Bunch a rich kids… Really! I wanted a Honda 50 so bad |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 11:01:47 AM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Me, 1965. https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/766/viewFile_html-899541.jpg The other kids... https://www.ar15.com/media/mediaFiles/766/2q3vy42-666278.jpg Your post makes me want to watch “Crybaby”. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 11:30:08 AM EST
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Honda QA50 1970? I believe I was 5
 shorty after dad upgraded me to an XR75 after that CR/YZ 125's 250's XR600 and my much loved and missed CR500's |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 11:40:26 AM EST
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Posted: 5/7/2022 12:19:50 PM EST
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Posted: 5/7/2022 2:31:30 PM EST
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Posted: 5/7/2022 2:38:08 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Got my first bike a month ago. Guy at work asked if I wanted to buy a bike. Sure. What you got and how much. “78 CB 550. $100. I had it running last summer but not good” Quote HistoryQuoted: Got my first bike a month ago. Guy at work asked if I wanted to buy a bike. Sure. What you got and how much. “78 CB 550. $100. I had it running last summer but not good” Quoted: Sweet deal o a classic. I would have been stoked to get it fo $500 Let's split the difference. Either one of you can have my 1979 CB650 for $300. Reversed black Comstar wheels. Ran great when parked. Exhaust rusted, turn signals broken, seat needs upholstering. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 3:16:01 PM EST
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1972 Suzuki TS125.
then... 1978.5 Suzuki RM250C2 1979 Suzuki RM250N 1980 Yamaha YZ250G Life/Wife/Kids 1989 Suzuki Rm250 1992 Kawasaki KX250 1994 Honda CR250 1997 Honda CR250 1999 Yamaha YZ400F 2004 Honda CRF450 2005 Honda CR250 2017 Husqvarna FC450 That's just the new bikes. My Vintage bikes and projects at various times 74 Honda CR250 71 AJS 250 72 CZ250 70 Maico square barrel 400 77 Suzuki RM250 79 Suzuki RM250 81 Yamaha YZ465 I never had to ask permission or hide any bikes from my wife either. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 3:21:08 PM EST
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Last year (I was 41) I bought my first bike, a Yamaha Virago 750. In January of this year I decided I wanted a bigger bike, so I bought a Harley Electra Glide.
ETA: I forgot that I had a 1983 RM 125 in the mid 90s. That bike had two speeds; idle and wide-open throttle with not much in between. I had a ball riding it but it scared the hell out of me sometimes. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 3:24:10 PM EST
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Quote HistoryQuoted: 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 Pretty sure I had that min-bike or one very similar. Springs on the rear of the seat. I think it had a 3 1/2 HP Tecumseh. It had only a rear brake and it was a cable operated disc that used the rear sprocket for the disc. What could possibly go wrong. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 4:07:14 PM EST
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1986 kawasaki KDX 80. Great bike. Rode it way too long. Wanted a 125 but parents said he'll no.
Lusted after bikes until I finally got one in 2010. 2010 Yamaha R6-S. Yoshi exhaust, BMC race air filter, Power Commander 5, and many hi-vis mods to be seen. Had to get rid of it after run in with the law and legal system. (103 in 55 country road)  Attached File Attached FileTraded for a dirtbike. 2016 Suzuki RMZ 250.  Attached FileStadium bikes suck ass in indiana. Traded for 2018 Husqvarna TE 250 Enduro.  Attached FileSold it in 2020 as there just isn't alot of places I like to ride near me. Really missed street riding. Just put money down to get a 2022 Yamaha MT10. June/July ETA. So exited. |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 4:11:49 PM EST
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I started racing at 14 years old 1970/71
My bike was a purple Yamaha 90cc, modified bored, bigger jets and expansion chamber. The kawasaki 100 was the bad ass at that time. Bultaco and Bridgestone were fast bikes too. Those were fun days |
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Posted: 5/7/2022 5:04:48 PM EST
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1960's vintage Bridgestone 100. Bought it with paper route money. Upgraded a couple years later to a Suzuki 185 and my last bike was a new 1978 Suzuki 550. Sold it a decade later after getting married and it having sat in the barn for a couple of years.
Still have a cycle endorsement on the drivers license. |
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