What was your first motorbike?

**Bower** · 09-10-2009, 02:57 AM

BSA Tiger Cub, AJS, then got over ambitious with a Vincent Shadow, it was much too heavy for me, i was a s**t rider, swaped it for a MGA1600.

**helge** · 09-10-2009, 03:25 AM

Originally Posted by Bower

then got over ambitious with a Vincent Shadow,

A pricey bike today. You could get a nice house in Thailand, for what your Shadow would be worth today.

**withnallstoke** · 09-10-2009, 07:31 AM

First bike was a Honda CB200. Rode it for 2 years before "selling" it to a Scouse mate who never actually paid for it.
Got my first ban riding the Honda (thats why i flogged it) and banned from the town of Jedburgh by the sherriff back in 1978.

(Internet piccie, same colour.)

**Chairman Mao** · 09-10-2009, 09:50 AM

1994 Honda NSR 125rr... Under 25s weren't allowed anything bigger than 125cc at the time.

Chix loved it.

Was nice moving to Aussie though to learn that you weren't allowed to have a bike under 150cc. Quite a change.

**Thai Pom** · 09-10-2009, 10:22 AM

Originally Posted by klong toey

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

See post #59, you are not alone....

**Mousepad** · 09-10-2009, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by 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?

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!

Good grief! I wouldn't want to even contemplate riding a VTR1000 on Samui!

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

**klong toey** · 09-10-2009, 03:28 PM

Originally Posted by Thai Pom

Originally Posted by klong toey

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

See post #59, you are not alone....

Missed that post,glad im not alone,went on to RD250 then a 400.After a blew the engines on them had a 350LC crashed that big time,on to a 500 LC the a RGV250 followed by an RS250 Aprilia finished of on a very fast NSR250.
Shit i am lucky to still be alive.

**nedwalk** · 10-10-2009, 04:28 AM

the trouble with those RD LC, was they went like fuck and weighed nothing, the one i took for a spin felt like it was gonna blow away when i cracked it past the ton, did,nt like the feeling at all

**ItsRobsLife** · 10-10-2009, 06:02 AM

Yeh that was the tube frames for ya, went a bit like putty when you put them into a sweeper at full throttle, Suzi had the advantage for a while with the RGV's, but then Yamaha came back with the Deltabox frame. I'd still be happy with a RD350LC YPVS though... how much would you pay for a mint one of those now?

**Bangyai** · 10-10-2009, 11:04 AM

Originally Posted by 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.

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.

**klong toey** · 10-10-2009, 02:44 PM

Originally Posted by nedwalk

the trouble with those RD LC, was they went like fuck and weighed nothing, the one i took for a spin felt like it was gonna blow away when i cracked it past the ton, did,nt like the feeling at all

True not much fun to ride in a strong side wind at speed,but a great wheelie machine.
Hit the power band at around 6000rpm and hold on,vertical wheelies on acceleration.

**FailSafe** · 10-10-2009, 02:49 PM

My first bike was a mid-eighties Suzuki GSX-250L (not too dissimilar from a Honda 250 Nighthawk)- it was a great bike to learn on.

**tsicar** · 10-10-2009, 03:51 PM

my first bike at age 16 was a 50cc yamaha.
worked bloody hard on weekends on a miniature railway to earn enough to buy the non-runner. got my license, and crashed it three times on the first day i was legally on the road!!!
progressed to a 125cc moto-guzzi i got for free from a friend who could not get it running, then on to a 1200cc wartime harley that i got for free for the same reason.
progressed to a moto guzzi 750 s, which i wrote off into the side of a car, and gained a few ounces in weight in the form of steel plates and screws in my right leg.
then i went on to matchless and beeza, which were already considered to be antiques by then.
had a brief flirtation with riceburner "superbikes" of the day, then settled down to triumph bonnevilles which were out of fashion and ridiculously cheap at the time.
scored a ducati 900ss (bevel) for next to nothing after it was destroyed in a fire, then concentrated on buying up and restoring ducati's, flathead and panhead harleys, dozens of bonnevilles, a good number of nortons, one vincent shadow etc.
busy building a '41 wl at the moment that some poor fella took to the local harley shop more than 5 years ago for restoration, they stripped it and lost half of it and now they are paying me (big-time) to finish the job and get the guy off their back!
my favourites?
good old bonneville, although the best bikes i ever owned were probably the old 900ss bevel dukes.

**new2thai** · 13-10-2009, 12:13 AM

Hi Everyone, Sorry No pictures. My first bike was a BERINI 49cc moped in 1965-it was Dutch I think ,Two speed.Took my riding test on a 98cc Excellsior villiers engined with "girder" front suspension once again only two gears. As soon as I passed my test I got a 500cc single cylinder Matchless, manual advance/ retard timing mechanism,with a decompession lever so you could kick start it. Had to put a chair (sidecar) on it as my mate had totalled his Bantam 175cc and was in a plaster cast toes to ribcage. We used to take the roof of the sidecar and feed him in! Las bike was a "pre unit construction " (seperate gearbox and clutch) Triumph 650cc Tiger 110. It had "slickshift" gears,,,,, As you pressed the gear pedal it automatically dissengaged the clutch,,,, good fun at traffic lights when you were expected to hold the clutch lever in then engage 1st. Won many a race with that feature. Ahh ! Happy Days and still alive to tell the tale !

**Timpatco** · 13-10-2009, 12:15 AM

A BSA Bantam - it came to an end when I found it didn't fit between two trees - I did.
Date of incident? circa 1956
Location? the government land alongside the main water pipeline from Prospect
Reservoir to Sydney.
Engine capacity - small
Power - negligable
Colour? green/cream for Bike;
Red my face
Back temporarily to the deadly treadly - also a BSA 26" frame

**sunsetter** · 13-10-2009, 12:20 AM

yamaha yz 80, race tuned and better nick than this one, blew it up twice and had it rebuilt twice, fast lil fukking thing

**Spin** · 13-10-2009, 12:22 AM

For all those that mentioned the FS1-E, just thought i'd put up a decent photo.

I think my brother had one of these for his first bike. classic...

**nigelandjan** · 13-10-2009, 12:22 AM

A cut down mini BSA Bantam ,, 3 gears controlled with the clutch lever gear shift combi lever on the left hand side ,, used to ride it over the fields when I was 13 after the farmers cut the corn ,and then on the road in the dark on the way home , before me dad caught me and give me a bloody good hiding and destroyed it

**ShilohJim** · 13-10-2009, 01:24 AM

First was a 1958 Cushman Eagle, then a 90cc Yamaha, then a 125 cc Yamaha, then a 1972 650 Yamaha (damned quick bike), then a 1959 Harley semi custom fat-bob. Out of motorcycles for near 30 years until I retired then I got a 600 Honda VLX upgraded to an 1100 cc Honda Sabre last June. Sweet bike!

ShilohJim

**Bung** · 13-10-2009, 01:49 AM

Originally Posted by Muadib

First 'real' motor cycle was a Yamaha DT 360... Had a bunch of mini-bikes before the 360...

That's funny, my first bike was one of these as well! Had a green tank though. I worked my arse off as a builders labourer when I was 16to save up for it. All my mates had 125's and I completely owned them on the fire breaks (fire trails) around my place.

Great thread, thanks for the memories!

**PanzerJohn** · 13-10-2009, 02:10 AM

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.

**oldgit** · 13-10-2009, 02:25 AM

My first bike given to me by my dad, a 1931 maston tuned 500 long stroke Sunbeam similar to this one but gate gear change on side of the petrol tank, used it to travel to RAF camp in 1950's

**oldgit** · 13-10-2009, 02:35 AM

Next was a Matchless G9 500, Always adjusting the tappet's

**mxpt** · 13-10-2009, 02:42 AM

I was about 12yrs old and finally saved enough to buy a used 100cc honda street bike with fenders removed and dirt bike tires.

**oldgit** · 13-10-2009, 02:44 AM

Traded the G9 in for BSA A7 500 twin as I thought they were a quieter running bike, didn't like it.

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