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Gipsy

The first three.... all Yamaha XT 500. The first, a scrappy piece of dirt taught me how to jump, fly and finally how to park it up a tree at 2,5 meters high, coming of a dike... The result was a s-shaped frame, a crushed front section, a ripped tank and a sore shoulder. Kept the leftovers and moved on.

The second, also an old one was used to beat the city traffic commuting to work and to collect mud over the week-ends. A friend of mine bought it from me, to call me only a few hours later to collect the mthrfckr asap, and for free... he was in the hospital; his shinbone broken in 3 places because of that dangerous kick-starter.

The third was a new one, the jubilee model, the last one ever made. Being my very first new bike, I adored it. Spent equal time on making it dirty and on cleaning. Bought a few extra bits 'n pieces to be able to travel. Took it into the Alps and all the way to Sicily. But the fun didn't last long, as it was stolen after 11 months, despite the 2 kryptonite locks. Guess they just lifted the whole thing into a van and said "Thank you!"...

I would love to have one over here in Thailand. I see the SR 400 and 600's, but no XT 500 yet.

the dogcatcher

No one mentioned the X7. They were thinking about naming a hospital ward after it in some places.

Travelmate

Suzuki ER185.

the dogcatcher

BSA Bantum eh. My father had one.... and you need the say the next bit in a Sheffield accent........"eee did undred thousand mile oop ill ant down valley..greeeeat"

Thai Pom

Yamaha FS-1E around 1974

the dogcatcher

AP 50 quicker!

ItsRobsLife

Wasn't it... just.

bsnub

Honda 80, I was 9 years old.

mao say dung

1968 Triumph Tiger 500. I was 18 and I just loved this bike (well, not this one exactly). Spent a lot of time in the shop though.

Mousepad

First bike - Yammy TY80 (I think I was around 9yrs old at the time)


Then - Honda CB250KL (bored out to 360cc and then I took my test :0 Circa 1980)


Then - Suzy SP370 (Crap)


Then - Honda CB750 (I know this pic is a 900 but they looked the same)


Followed by - Honda VFR750 (Used in my dispatching days)


Then I left 2 wheels for a while and moved to Thailand

First 'big' bike here - Honda CB750 (Great bike and only B60,000)


Another VFR - Honda VFR800 (Poppin' wheelies on this one and put a footpeg through my leg - Lesson learnt, Don't drink and drive :0)


Last biggy - Honda VTR1000 (Hit a 'buffalo' on Samui and ICU for a few weeks)


Got banned from big bikes after that .... by the Mrs

Now have 3 Honda Waves (Yeah, I know there are only 2 in the pic)


And for collecting the pizza, I use the Mrs's Yamaha Vino - all of 49cc.


and my pickup for when it rains. (Just thought I'd add it.)


Some pics nicked off the net but the same as the bikes I had.

genghis61

good pics of your 'history'; have a friend in NZ doing a longterm restoration on a blue CB750F with the colour scheme of the 900 you pictured; I don't recall seeing too many 750s, the 900s were quite common (but mainly in red or silver) - maybe with such a small market not many 750s were brought in I doubt the price diff would have been much at the time.
Never liked those Comstar wheels, weren't there problems with them as they got older?

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Mousepad

There were two models at the time, the FA and FZ. Came in 4 colours, black, red, silver & blue. Both were pretty much identical, the main difference being the spokes on the, I think FZ were reversed. Never had any problems at all. The other difference between the 750s and the 900s were the handlebars, 1 piece on the 750 and clip-ons for the 900. Great bikes at the time. My mate at the time had a 9oo .... spent a lot of time waiting for him!

Bikers wedding, had to go. I bloody hate the place.

Bangyai

My first bike too. It was ex police and a bit of a rat. Later had the 500cc Daytona which was a bit better.
Best bike I've had was a Honda VT250F. Like shit off a shovel for such a small 4 stroke.

peterpan

Nice bike MSD, although I wouldn't want to own one. My first was a kawa 500 H1. Fast as fck but bad every where else. Raced it and eventually ran into a bunch of logs at the end of the main straight, Ruapuna Christchurch. 9 weeks in hospital but better off than a guy driving a corvette powered race car in the next race, the same accident killed him.

bsnub

Bike number two...I rode my neighbors 125 before this one but was not much older than 13...

Norton

My second MC. Was a real good one. Note in the pic the oil stains on the wood. Sucker is a gusher when it came to oil leaks.

helge

My brother bought his Tiger 100 new in 1969, and didn't open it up until the 250000 KM mark.(The block,that is)

I have borrowed it several times, and actually prefers it to my 650 Bonnie, as it runs so smooth and soft. Not many drips there.
The Daytona is a different story. Oil leaker par exelence

klong toey

Well i am shocked am i the only one who's first bike was a FS1E.

Davis Knowlton

My first bike was a Triumph Tiger T-110, which I bought off the wall of the Super Star Bar in Pat Pong in 1988. I used it in Aranyaprathet until 1990, when I took it with me to the Philippines. After some more trips, it eventually ended up back in Bangkok with me in 1993. It stayed there when I left in 1996, and since I ended up living in the Philippines in 1998, and not Thailand, it was turned over to a friend in Pattaya, where it resides today.

tuktukdriver

1978 Suzuki GS550

Just like this one except mine had a Kerker exhaust and different handlebar. lots of fun back then.