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| ผู้เชี่ยวชาญเปล่า Last Online: Today 12:54 PM Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Simian Islands
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| What was your first motorbike? I started riding less than a year ago and I'm quite pleased with my first bike, despite the stick I get. So, I thought I'd start this thread so I can find out why all the jealousy. My first bike. ![]() 1982 Honda VF750S 'Sabre' V4 water cooled DOHC 16v Power 82 BHP Torque 52lb/ft Top Speed 125 Mph 1/4 mile 12.3 secs Cost A bottle of gin (that Rigger drank)
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| Bang Tao Beach Last Online: 19-11-2009 12:31 PM Join Date: Aug 2009
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| 1978 on "L" license My 1st bike was a Kawasaki Z1000 1977 a2 model red one this was the last of the tear drop tank models I had it for 17 years in and out of redgo for that time(I would by a new bike and store the old Z) over 100,000 k's never missed a beat A guy pestered me for months to buy it, $4500 it was his. I do wish i had kept it along with the ELR Kawasaki 1000R |
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| Thailand Expat Last Online: 30-10-2009 06:39 AM Join Date: May 2008
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| 1.Suzuki AP50 (new) 2.Suzuki GT185 3.Honda 400 Four 4.Kawasaki KH500 5.Yamaha XS 500 (new) 8.Suzuki TS 125 9.Mocheck Harrier Honda 400F 10.Kawasaki Z900 nitrous 11.Honda 400N Supershite 12.Suzuki GT 380 13. Kawasaki H1F 14.Yamaha250/350 LC 15.Yamaha XS 250C 16.Kawasaki Z900 standard spec 17.Yamaha YPVS 350 N2 (new) 18.Harris Magnum 2 Z900 drag bike 19.Kawasaki Z250 Scorpion 20.Suzuki GSXR 1100 WT 21.Kawasaki VN1500 Vulcan (new) 22.Kawasaki ER5 (new) 23.Kawasaki ER5 (new) 24.Triumph 500 WS 1943. (very old) If the the GSXR 1000 had been about when I was kid I would be dead. |
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| Thailand Expat Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Phuket
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| My first bike, circa '82 was one of these, but in red. 50 cc's of pure power, I bought it brand new: ![]() My second bike about a year later was the same thing but a 125cc version, also red. I came off that on black ice a day after my 17th birthday My third bike was probably the dumbest thing I have ever bought, I wasn't licensed for the 125 but I got a job (so I had money) and wandered into a bike shop and saw one of these at the back gathering dust: ![]() Mine had a 'king and queen' saddle and was a great bike, except for the torque pulling me sideways when I revved it at traffic lights or tried to corner to the right. I bought it because my mate had a 650 Honda (CB I think?) at the time and I wanted more cc's than him! Finest motorcycle I have ever ridden, at one time it was something like 3 months before I realised there was no oil in it but the bike was going fine. We rode all over Yorkshire together until I got busted, the bike was eventually sold to the cop that caught me. I'd love to own another MotoGuzzi.
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| Bang Tao Beach Last Online: 13-10-2009 04:57 PM Join Date: Jun 2008
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then a matchie 250 , then a royal enfield continental , then , a ariel arrow , 250 cc villiers engine ... then, creme creme de la creme , 500 cc bsa gold star ,, those were the days , when british was best .. and you youngsters , were just a twinkle ,,, 27 years inn uniform , dame vera forever,, ![]() | |
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| Thailand Expat Last Online: Today 03:36 PM Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: In a dreamworld
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| [IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/VFDE/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/bsa004.jpg[/IMG] BSA Bantam 125cc D! 1966 Jointly ow[IMG]file:///C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/VFDE/My%20Documents/My%20Pictures/bsa004.jpg[/IMG]ned with three others.. |
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| Hat Yai Last Online: Yesterday 08:22 PM Join Date: Jan 2009
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| I'm old, my first was a 1975 Honda CB-125. Not a whole lot different than the cbr-150 I ride here in Thailand. Bought it brand new in 1976 in America for $461 out the door back when the dollar was worth something. I was 18 at the time and my mother did not talk to me for 6 months. |
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| or TizYou? Last Online: Yesterday 10:27 PM Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Singapore
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| 1975 DT250. ![]() Bought second hand just before 17th birthday. Only had it a couple of months and then bought a second hand Honda CB750. ![]() Then in 1979 I bought my pride & joy. Suzuki GS1000S. Brand spankin' new AUD3,300 on the road. God I loved that bike. ![]() |
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