What was your first motorcycle??

[FkNAmerican]

Im interested to know what everyones first bike was. Im comparing it to an American forum posting to see the differences between you kiwis and me and my peeps over here on this giant land mass we stole from the natives by giving them our diseases and stabbing them in the backs and such. Post pics if you got 'em.

Mine was/is a Kwak 250R (in black, of course)........dont have pics yet but hoping to by next week when I replace my lost camera. Then I will show you all kinds of stuff from my small speck on planet earth!!!

So anyway, post 'em up!!

[Grahameeboy]

Kawasaki K100E

[placidfemme]

My first bike was a 2002 Suzuki FXR150R

Pretty crap bike really (in my opinion anyway). This is the only pic I've got... so yeah

Edit: Its the one on the left

[90s]

Back in '87 it was a Yamaha Salient, if scooters count, and in '89 a Suzuki TSX dirtbike if they don't.

[Kittyhawk]

1985 Honda XR250

:dodge:

[bungbung]

Suzuki Impulse

[steved]

1989 Honda CBR250R

[MSTRS]

24in Raleigh (I really wanted a Raleigh 20, but my folks didn't want me hanging around with the cool kids)

[quickbuck]

I don't believe we are allowed to swear, or curse this site.
So i won't mention my first bike was an MVX250.

ooops ;)

Says it all (http://www.250ccbikes.com/honda-mvx250.html)

[Griff]

TZR 125 Black & Silver, fast enough to piss car drivers off, but not fast enough to get away. So I opened the Power Valve. Then it was abysmally slow to start, but fun to be kept in the power band. The Bike sounded like a sewing machine on acid

[Hitcher]

A Yamaha FZX250 Zeal. In red.

[MSTRS]

Oh - now I get it :o - you mean motorbikes...
A Triumph Tigress (if that counts) then a Suzuki TS125

[DMNTD]

1976 GT750 (waterbus)

[tri boy]

M15 Suzuki 50cc.
Loved changing from top gear to first, dump the clutch, and hear it scream in agony. Bwwaahhaahaa.:nono: :devil2: :shit:

[Dooly]

Back in 1979, a '74 Honda XL175, road legal traily.

[ManDownUnder]

CB100... 4 stroke, single banger, bright yellow.

Poured a ton of money into it trying to get it going... and we kinda did. But failed really. Then onto my ER185... WOO HOO WHAT A MACHINE!

[Pwalo]

First bike. Suzuki T125 which I bought in 1975 for $200. Green fuel tank with knee pads. I've been a Suzuki man ever since.

[avgas]

82' Suzuki TS185
First 4 wheels was a 750 Trident Beach Buggy

[Sanx]

'03 XR250ES. Road legal trailie. Speed bumps were fun...

[Paul in NZ]

1954 AJS 500cc Single...

[phantom]

My first bike was actually Dad's BSA Bantam in 1969 but the first bike I owned was a brand new '74 CB125 in red

[JimO]

ts 185 traily around 1975

[Mully]

'85 Suzuki GT200 (the X5).

Not many left now, they all got trampled by dinosours because they weren't fast enough to get out of the way

[Kinje]

I have a CBR250RR

[maneac]

honda nsr 250 and the first bike i lost my licence on

[kiwifruit]

honda xl75 is the first one i remember riding

[jonbuoy]

Suzuki TS50ER.

[Disco Dan]

Yamaha FZX250 Zeal.

It had a fricking glove box on top of the tank!!

[Smokin]

Honda XL100, Caused me nothing but trouble and pain and swallowed every last cent I had, Bit like my last girlfriend really.

[Wasp27]

1966 BSA Bantam 175

[Riff Raff]

1967 Suzuki B120 (and just to clarify this was in 1992 and the bike was a bit older than me!)

[Joni]

CBR400RR

In SA there is no 250 law

:sunny:

[Freebird]

1988 Honda CBR1000

I hired a bike (125cc) to do my test back in Ireland then waited a year and had a ticket to ride

[NighthawkNZ]

...cb250n...

[ridetwins]

first road bike - 2002 klx250, black motard version.

first off-road bike was a Yamaha GT50 when i was 9, i think it was about an '83 model haha

[Jantar]

A 1963 Jawa 175, followed by a 1962 Jawa 175 (when I siezed the engine on my first one): But My first real motorcycle was a Suzuki T125 Stinger. Much faster than the Jawas.

[Bass]

In 1968, was an NSU Quickly 50cc Moped. Rescued it off a trailer on its way to the dump and restored it

[peanuteater]

Kawasaki K100E

same as above, going back a while for me....

[gixermike]

hack around on a farm....Honda C90 stepthrough
road bike...erm....Suzuki TS50EX

[yod]

87 NS250R 2 smoker (see profile pic)

awesome handling, awesome brakes, and got off its arse nicely too.....

first off roader was an MB100 (my cuzzys)...yes i know its a roadbike, but i rode it on the tussock :laugh:

[robertydog]

Brand spanking 1981 RD50

[MacD]

Honda MT125 trailie in 1977

(not my pic)

[Bonez]

Honda CJ250T. Used it to travel from Auckland to Havelock North to visit a wee lass.

[sidecar bob]

First bike was a '73 Honda ST90, First road bike was a '72 Honda CB100.

[Estrella]

Yamaha DT175, about 1980 I think.
I loved that bike:yes:

[Mom]

To my shame I dont remember the model of my first bike but it was a Yamaha 125 trail bike of early 70's vintage. Unfortunately it was only a few years old when I bought it :shit:

[MyGSXF]

Had a Yamaha Pasola (49cc :shutup: ) when I was 15.

First REAL bike was a 82 Suzuki GSX250 ("The Bitch") :Punk:


I really need to get a scanner for my puter!!!! would come in most handy about now! :mellow:

[SPman]

67 Yamaha YL1 - 100cc twin - almost as fast as a Suzuki S32-2 (150cc twin) and faster around corners.

[pzkpfw]

Yamaha RD350LC

(A converted 250 that still had the single disk front, and had no oil pump so was a pre-mix).

[Blondini]

I had an XR 250 when I was 22....just a few years ago...23 forever thats me:yes:

[KoroJ]

There's a Honda XL250 under there somewhere.

[sels1]

Yamaha DT100 trail bike. Rode it to High School every day, and over the hills on the weekends

[MSTRS]

There's a Honda XL250 under there somewhere.

!!!!! Best I did was 7 on a Suzuki T500

[T.W.R]

1st bike of my own was a YZ80H :Punk:

[KoroJ]

!!!!! Best I did was 7 on a Suzuki T500

Hmmm....we did 7 in a Fiat Bambina....but doesn't count if you haven't got the evidence.

[Motu]

BSA Bantam Major

[MSTRS]

Hmmm....we did 7 in a Fiat Bambina....but doesn't count if you haven't got the evidence.

Oh yea - should have mentioned that this occurred back before cameras were invented:dodge:

[KoroJ]

Oh yea - should have mentioned that this occurred back before cameras were invented:dodge:

Were you living in Rissington then? (they do play Banjos there don't they?)

[Shadows]

GB400, license conditions didn't mean as much then as they do now. Besides, it was slower than most of the 250s around at the time.

[speeding_ant]

Had an RGV250. Wicked bike ;)

[Goblin]

'85-'86 I dont remember what year the ER was but it was my first bike I owned outright. Before the ER I was riding the Kat whenever he would let me. Bought the GSXR400 about 89-90.

[Edbear]

1951 B31 350 BSA. much like this one only in much worse condition! I sold it in '75 for $250!

Oh, and mine had the plunger rear suspension.

[riffer]

The mighty GP125. Still desired now by bucket racers.

[Toaster]

2003 Suzuki GSX 250 - in blue. Nice wee bike.

[MSTRS]

Were you living in Rissington then? (they do play Banjos there don't they?)

Hayuck, hayuck, hayuck! Dey shure duz! D'ya play too?

[Colapop]

My first was a Kawasaki 90 - don't know what year it was or where it came from. All I know is that the old man turned up with it one day and my world changed!

[cowboy]

My first bike was a Triumph Tiger Cub

[GOGAL]

My first bike was a Honda CX 400 which I crashed into a fence on about my fourth ride. After recovering (which took some months!) I went back to a GN250 - which of course I should have started on!!

[deeknow]

A mighty Kawasaki GPX/250 '89 ... so cool they've started making them again :Punk:

[Buddy L]

Honda XL75cc
old twin shocker
First bike i wheelied
First bike i got burn't on
First bike i got stiches on
Then it go handed down to one of my cousins to learn on
Then came the XL185cc
Secound bike i wheelied
Secound bike i got burn't on
Secound bike i got stiches on
you get the story.

[Squeak the Rat]

'95 cbr600

[paveho]

Kawasaki Z650 - Think that was in 1977.

[lewis_walker]

Mine was a Bandit 1200. Did a direct access course in the UK - 5 days fulltime to take you from no previous riding to unrestricted license.

[Meanie]

A near brand new Suzuki GT 125 when i was 15, dam that seems a long time ago She was awesome with shit loads of chrome

[Horney1]

Not counting the borrowed 200cc Villiers (cheers dad!) for my first 12 or so years or riding the first dinkum all mine road legal was a low k's RD50, yeeehaa! Clocked up lot's of midnight ride k's intially - couldn't keep me off it. Progressed to a DT175 after a few months and started gettin dirty.

[SpinFx]

Dirtbike.......1980 Suzuki PE175
Roadbike.....1984 Suzuki GSXE 400

[bl4de]

Not sure i can class this a motorbike. B4 my 16th birthday the law (UK) was up to 250cc, which meant i was going to get my brothers Tiger cub. Bastards changed the law which demoted me to a 50cc moped! it was some euro thing called a Puch. After that my first real bike was a 75 Yamaha DT 175.

[Steam]

My first bike was a "Kymco Curio, Super 50"
Breeeeee! it didn't go brmmm, it went BREEEEEEEE like the little 50cc it was. It was super-fun, I rode it for a year and didn't know any road rules and explored Taiwan.
I went riding in a hurricane and got blown off. That was the highlight really.
I put stickers of Pikachu on it and it had a little shopping basket on the front that people tended to use as a rubbish-bin.

[nighthawk]

first legal bike was a Triumph 5TA (chopper )in 1972 but tried a Kawasaki 750 and was hooked on japanese bikes

[Oakie]

Kawasaki G5 (100cc road legal dirt bike) back in 1978.

[uksteve]

1974 Honda XL 100 when I was 15. I'd been waiting for what seemed a life time. So cool when i first jumped onto it.

[paturoa]

Early 70s farm version of the mighty Honda CT90.

[sels1]

!!!!! Best I did was 7 on a Suzuki T500

Ha, you sparked a good memory - I got 7 on my DT100....round and round the local shopping centre carpark one Thurs night.

[STDavid]

In south London, at 16 yrs and 5 days in 1957 my dad helped me get a 1953 197cc James (Villiers 2-stroke) - first year they had swinging arm rear suspension. Good learner bike. 50 years later have now graduated to my 3rd Honda ST - 1300 this time and loving it. david

[Brett]

1994 ZXR250c Baby.

[merv]

1970 Suzuki A100.

[nudemetalz]

First bike was a 1980 CR80R Elsinore. Threw me off so many times.

First road bike was a Honda CB250N.

[dogsnbikes]

First bike was Honda CT 90 back in 78ish OH the shame:innocent: so many since and so many more to come :Punk:

[What?]

Suzuki T500J with Bassani chambers and Ace bars.
Couldn't afford a camera...

[Kflasher]

Mine was the Ninja 250 (Black). Could not pull a skin off a rice pudding back then, How's it now???

[Fat Tony]

Yamaha FS1E... complete with clipons... sad but true :innocent:

[Wheeliemonsta]

1974 XL 100 - which I might add blew the doors off my cousins CB 100 of similar vintage in that frantic race to 60 kph, which if memory serves was there somewhat uncomfortable cruising speeds

Heady dayz !!!

:rockon:

[Templar]

Suzuki A100. Can't remember the year, but it would have been 197x. She was a doggone old thing, I used to thrash it on gravel roads and take it all through sand dunes at Lake Wainama out at Bethell's Beach in Auckland. The handling on these said surfaces left something to be desired.

[Hailwood]

First bike was a Gemini 50 (Taiwan copy of Yamaha) with the fold down handle bars...woohoo...first bike after getting bike license was a Honda CB125 blue.....

[90s]

Oh - now I get it :o - you mean motorbikes...
A Triumph Tigress (if that counts) then a Suzuki TS125

What gave you the clue first, the other examples or the fact this is a motorbike site? :innocent:

Was the Tigress as girly as it sounds?

[ceebie13]

1967: Honda C100 Step-through.

[MSTRS]

What gave you the clue first, the other examples or the fact this is a motorbike site? :innocent:
:killingme :killingme :blip:


Was the Tigress as girly as it sounds?
Actually....it was quite grunty, 250 twin....but, yes, a bit girlie
See....

[merv]

Suzuki A100. Can't remember the year, but it would have been 197x. She was a doggone old thing, I used to thrash it on gravel roads and take it all through sand dunes at Lake Wainama out at Bethell's Beach in Auckland. The handling on these said surfaces left something to be desired.

Yep that's the type I had. Upgraded to a real trail bike when I found the A100 wasn't strong enough - you'd go over a jump and the footrests would bend downward when you landed because they were those fixed steel rod type with a rubber footpeg bit shoved over the rod. I had to weld mine up a few times at the gusset points. The wheel rims weren't strong enough either, but then I guess I was meant to putter around nicely on the road on it - but we just did everything on the one bike back then.

[bert_is_evil]

1972 Honda SL100 just like the wee beastie below. It's now in my mums shed lovingly covered with a candlewick beadspread which is rather appropriate I think. I could never have imagined it would ever be a classic, only another 15 years and I have an antique on my hands.....

[jonbuoy]

Two things I wish I had never sold, first car and first bike even if they are heaps o shite still be nice to have them when your'e old and grey.

[MWVT]

Honda Spada VT250

[Masterchop]

First bike when still at college-TL125 trials bike.
I loved it,it would climb anything you put in front of it.

First road bike the mighty RD250.

[Youngjim]

Was given an ex army 2nd world war 350 Royal Enfield single with a sprung seat, girder forks on the front and a solid back end when I was 15 on the understanding that I completely stripped and overhauled it which I did.
Learnt a lot from that bike, great fun.

[gunnyrob]

1982 Suzuki GSX250. Biggest drama was the alternator crapping out.

[SPman]

Two things I wish I had never sold, first car and first bike even if they are heaps o shite still be nice to have them when your'e old and grey.Aint that the truth - only my second bike is the one I want - suzuki TC250-II. First car was a 1936 Austin big 7

[Crisis management]

It was supposed to be a BSA Shooting Star.....but dad wouldn't lend me the money. :angry:

So, the mighty Suzuki T500, clip ons, chambers and TT100's. The bike looked awesome, the pimply idiot in the open face helmet with the remains of a leather jacket somewhat destroyed the image.....

1974, if I recall.

[SHELRACING]

My first bike was at 14yrs old, in 1973.
A Yamaha 50cc.
It was the first of the 50cc road bike shapes, rather than a scooter.
I even got a helmet with the bike and they cost me $300.

Dad saw me coming up the drive with it and
told me.... "get it in the garage before your mother see's it"

Granma

[Motig]

RD 350 back in 73.

[madmal64]

Here it is! (http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/showpost.php?p=847907&postcount=8)
Had a ball rebuilding it. What a learning curve that was.
Like others I wish I still had it.

[McJim]

Puch 50cc 2 stroke Moped - circa 1982.

[What?]

...the mighty Suzuki T500, clip ons, chambers and TT100's. The bike looked awesome, the pimply idiot in the open face helmet with the remains of a leather jacket somewhat destroyed the image...

Holy snappin' sea mongrels! You sound just like me, just a couple of years earlier. Hope you had army surplus commando boots, too!

[limbimtimwim]

1998 Honda VTR250. Great bike. I miss it.

[Crisis management]

Holy snappin' sea mongrels! You sound just like me, just a couple of years earlier. Hope you had army surplus commando boots, too!

Sorry, couldn't afford the boots.....steel toecaps from work as I recall!

[LilSel]

1995 Kawasaki ZZR250

[BarBender]

1982 yz125

[MSTRS]

So, the mighty Suzuki T500,


Hope you had army surplus commando boots, too!

My third 2 wheeled machine, but in standard trim
Nope, had the greatcoat tho....
Fuck there's some old codgers on here

[Crisis management]

Fuck there's some old codgers on here

Who you calling old...........:angry:

I'm only one year older than you (unless I lost count somewhere):gob:

[MSTRS]

Who you calling old...........:angry:

I'm only one year older than you (unless I lost count somewhere):gob:

I spoke of years....you're only truly old if your outlook is too:innocent:

[Drunken Monkey]

'86 gsxr750. black & red. repaired from previous owner's accident, it was sitting under a house for about 9 months. tidied it up, learnt to ride on that. got used to it and kept it.

[Deviant Esq]

1988 Suzuki NZ250S. 4 stroke DOHC 250cc single - but not the GN motor (more hp, higher redline). Still got it too. Check my profile picture.

[eliot-ness]

1938 Enfield 350. Bought it for 15 pounds in 1954. Had to push it 3 miles home. The old man took one look, handed me his tool box and said fix it before you ride it. Took me a couple of months, complete engine rebuild and repaint. Rode it around the farm until I was old enough to take it on the road six months later.


Fuck, there's some young buggers on here:scooter:

[pete376403]

Bitsa - 1950's Velocette frame, AJS350 engine, unknown origin forks (certainly were not Velo), Velo wheels and "brakes", BSA Lightning seat, Matchless mega exhaust. Went about as good as it sounds. Bought for about $25, never rego'd or warranted and learned to ride up and down Whitemans Valley (Upper Hutt). Things were different in those days.
Would be worth a bit as parts now
Swapped it for (I think) a Lucas magneto for the next bike which was an early '50s G9 Matchless 500 twin.

[Bass]

Does anyone remember a couple of 125 cc models that Suzuki brought out in 1971. I think the designation was T125 - one was called Wolf and the other I think was Invader.
They were a bit different - parallel twin 2 strokes but the cylinders were laid down flat and pointed forward. They had high pipes that were just below the seat for most of their length. A mate bought one as his first bike and I haven't even seen a picture of one in decades.
Thought they were rather Kool at the time

[MSTRS]

Yep - I thought the model was known as a Stinger
These http://www.ronh.org/images/suzt125.jpg
The Wolf (earlier one at least) was the T90

[The Pastor]

zxr250. was my first bike. It didnt go often.

[carver]

this was like my first..cant remember what it was!

[OZ FIRESTORM]

same one i've got now, 03 Honda VTR1000 firestorm

[FkNAmerican]

WOW!!! Im simply stunned at the interesting variety of starter bikes. Great fun just going through all your posts and googling your bikes and reading about them. Its like a motorcycle history lesson all in one thread!! No offense to you older folks of course......but some of your bikes took some real effort to get good info on they were so old.....which made it fun of course!

Oh and it made me think.......my first bike was,technically, a Suzuki GZ250. Great bike......a real mini cruiser type but I wanted a mini sport bike.....hence the Ninja 250R.

[zk-jlr]

1965 Jawa CZ125 new

[jase]

1984 GSX 750 which cost $350 2nd hand. :scooter:

[Big Dave]

A stunning new 1969 Deckson 125:
<img src="http://homepage.mac.com/david_cohen_design/.Pictures/misc2/minibike.jpg">

[DEATH_INC.]

First bike was a '82 YZ125j
First roadbike was a '84 ZX750e1 Turbo
(pics aren't mine, just examples)

[DEATH_INC.]

Does anyone remember a couple of 125 cc models that Suzuki brought out in 1971. I think the designation was T125 - one was called Wolf and the other I think was Invader.
They were a bit different - parallel twin 2 strokes but the cylinders were laid down flat and pointed forward. They had high pipes that were just below the seat for most of their length. A mate bought one as his first bike and I haven't even seen a picture of one in decades.
Thought they were rather Kool at the time
Me Dad had one for a while. Prolly the first bike I can really remember.

[Daffyd]

1956 Victoria Vicky 50cc moped Mk3. Last model with separate chains for motor and pedals. Mk4 was much sexier and could be kick started using the pedals. Back then mopeds had pedals...MOtor/PEDals.

[Deadman Walking]

first bike was a honda CL 125 "speed twin", which turned out to be a Malaysian import - but a good little bike nonetheless. Pic is same bike, but not mine...

[Howie]

first bike that goes back a few years, it was a road legalised suzuki TM250, for those that can't remember them they were Suzuki's motocross bike before the RM range came out. think it was about 1974 vintage. got given it about 1979 and rebuilt it. Had a lot of fun on it too.

[KoroJ]

!!!!! Best I did was 7 on a Suzuki T500

This you MSTRS?? I would have never guessed you were Asian from your Avatar.

[Storm]

First bike for me was a Honda Mini Q or Z50 (never was quite sure about the designation. Hours of fun, and the start of a lifetime passion:D:D

[JayRacer37]

Mine was a Honda QR50 - in fact, I still own it.

And it still (kinda) runs. Just not with me on it....

[Conquiztador]

I was 16. I had been riding some mopeds etc before that. But they do not count. I finished school, went out working on a cargo ship, saved almost every penny (well almost, there was this place in Poland where the older guys took me that was filled with girls. I paid 100 Danish Krona and I was taken care of...A week later it was time for an penicillin injection...) Eight months later I came ashore anbought the RE. Rode her home 200Km's in full storm. (My new boss at the bakery somehow managed to see me riding and did not believe that I had been too sick to come to work that day. That was the end of my baking). Had her for 3 years and rebuilt the engine, (this is where I learnt that draining the oil of a motor with a wet sump is not what you do on the carpet in your bedroom...for a year my socks would leave wet oil stains where ever I went). Sold her and bought my first 750 Bonny. Wish I had not, but...

Much like the one on here but mine was red and had chromed guards and sides of tank.

[shafty]

1976 Suzy GT125 Twin, complete with RAM air cooling and front disc brake, WOW!

[NZsarge]

Yamaha IT 175 J, 1st road bike '83 RZ350

[Baldyheed]

a 1976 Honda ss50. I was 16 years old, and this was such good fun.

http://www.cmsnl.com/classic-honda-gallery/show_media.php?id=552

[tommorth]

suzuki tc185 had high low so ten gears woohoo

[matdebat]

Tas Mini Buffalo 60cc

[slinky]

first owned an fxr 150.

that was after riding for 1 year and a bit on my bros old honda cd250u

[mdb]

1987 gsxr250

[MVnut]

Maico 250, back in '68

[mitchilin]

Yamaha RD200 ,electric start,tls front brake,knobbly on the back.Ate all my money replacing pistons.Taught me how to plead with the cops and that the road hurts.Sometimes it used to run backwards and the only clue was the tacho wouldn't show any revs.Bikes that go backwards look funny.

[Meanie]

1976 Suzy GT125 Twin, complete with RAM air cooling and front disc brake, WOW!

Dam they were cool aye I used to take the baffles out to make it louder
Soooo much chrome :yes: Ill scan a photo in and post it

[trumpy]

Bought my first bike in 1974; a Honda 350 Four:o . A lot of weight and not a lot of horsepower. Got a few ladies to like it though:innocent: mind you back then I had a lot less waist and a lot more hair (sigh............)

[aroberts]

1974 DKW125

I used to ride it around North Shore in the late 70's with a modified exhaust which was very loud. My friend's parents would ban me from starting it up in their driveways and asked me not to stay too late.

The pic isn't mine, but it looked very similar.

[K slider]

In 73 A cut down 150 Puch:scooter: then a modified triumph T21

[Antipigs]

haha that'd have to be a 89 Honda XLR80! it almost done 80kms flat out! and then itd be a 96 Suzuki RM80... power pack i tel ya what haha :scooter:

[xgnr]

A Honda CJ250 twin... didn't make cameras in those days...

Update... found a link to some poor sad bastard who owns one and is rebuilding...
http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/4302/1464537098074754794S425x425Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1464537098074754794XcIfJH)

[car]

So anyway, post 'em up!!

My favourite thing about the '80s was...

[Racey Rider]

First bike: 81 RM125X The first of the Water cooled MX bikes.
Man that thing could get the cows in quick. They would Run all the way back to the cow shed with that behind them!

First road bike: 84 RZ250R.

[YLWDUC]

I don't have the vintage of those sorts of classics. Mine was just a Suzuki FXR One Fitty

[JimO]

i am surprised that no one has said the good old suzuki 50

[EZAS]

1981 xr50 Honda :) Feels like flying when your 4 years old.

[Meanie]

Bought my first bike in 1974; a Honda 350 Four:o . A lot of weight and not a lot of horsepower. Got a few ladies to like it though:innocent: mind you back then I had a lot less waist and a lot more hair (sigh............)
Had one of those as my second, this is the bike i had my first bin on, not a pretty site

[RC1]

yamaha it 465, then rg500 miss that one :bye:

[Burger]

Yamaha RZ250 2 stroke.

Awesome bike.

http://www.fsinet.or.jp/~j_gamma/jpeg/rz/rz250.jpg

[BAD DAD]

1969 Kawasaki GA3 90sss. Looked a bit like a trail bike, 2 stroke and cost me about $175 back in 1976. Sold it about 18 months later and got a Suzuki T350 which got replaced by another Kawasaki, this time a KZ400. After that a couple of Yamaha TX650's.... and the years went by.

[Highlander]

Learned to ride on my mates farm bikes, XL125 I think.
Got my licence on my brothers TS185
First bike I owned was a CB400N
Not this one but same model and colour

[loftyk3]

Jawa 175 like this one - early 70s.

[sinned]

At school in the early 60s. I couldn't afford a japanese bike and bought a Francis Barnett 200. Cool guys had bikes and the really cool had a Triumph, BSA or Norton. The fashionable rode Honda 50 step thru. The FB was neither cool or fashionable but did offer freedom.
Those who weren't cool did theatre etc. BTW Paul Holmes was in that group at the school I went to and, where is he now?

[Bonez]

A Honda CJ250 twin... didn't make cameras in those days...

Update... found a link to some poor sad bastard who owns one and is rebuilding...
http://inlinethumb15.webshots.com/4302/1464537098074754794S425x425Q85.jpg (http://rides.webshots.com/photo/1464537098074754794XcIfJH)
I had one as my first bike. Managed the fortnightly trip from Hobsonville to Havelock North just fine in all weather conditions for just over a year.

[Harry the Barstard]

Honda CB125T (the T is for twin) What a machine outran the cops all day on that wee beasty.