What teenagers liked

[FJRider]

I wanted a Escort Van or if the pocket money worked out a Holden Sandman, not the clapped out Kombi van I ended up with.

Luxury ... I had a clapped out Humber 80 ...

[scumdog]

Luxury ... I had a clapped out Humber 80 ...

And me

I ended up with a near new Vauxhall Victor 3.3, flash-as.

Only I really wanted a '39 Ford coupe hot-rod.

Bloody parents......

[FJRider]

And me

I ended up with a near new Vauxhall Victor 3.3, flash-as.

Only I really wanted a '39 Ford coupe hot-rod.

Bloody parents......

I had a hankering for a 23 T Rod ... it was just too bad "hankering" wasn't hard currency ...

[Motu]

I have no idea what influenced kids in the '80's, '90's and 2000's - it all seemed so bland. I'm rather biased to the '60's and '70's. In 1973 the Carpenters put out an album called now and then, and one side was a whole track called Yesterday Once More, where they did their versions of '60's songs...and in 1973, 1963 was just so old! There is no contrast in music like that anymore. It was the same with bikes, a huge difference between what was offered in the '60's and what we got in the '70's. Exciting times in music and bikes. From then on it just got boring.

I've never been into the latest stuff, so have always had old bikes...I get around to new stuff when it's old and and got some character.

[swarfie]

No......er....I wonder if your allowed motorcycles in the retirement village and do they have a workshop? I hope they don't play Phil Collins music either.
I wanted a Escort Van or if the pocket money worked out a Holden Sandman, not the clapped out Kombi van I ended up with.

Not enuf room in a retirement village for this old fella and his ten old bikes As a teen in the 70's I had the MKI Escort...did about 200,000 miles innit (call us sick, but the missus and I find ourselves hankering for another one ) and Pink Floyd has always done it for me

[eelracing]

Wondering what Teenagers of the 80's and 90's liked and if that's formed what you buy these days?

I was an 80's teen and it was a great time for a learner in regards to bikes.I was into 250 two strokes big time and a love of lightweight
smokers has stayed with me ever since.
80's music was unfortunately dominated by men in lipstick and the tinny sounding drum machines and synthesiser's still cause a gag reaction to this day.

Cars are something i've never been interested in but they are handy towing my dirtbikes.

[eelracing]

At 18 ... I wasn't allowed in a pub without my parents there ... but could sign up to go overseas and kill people. Without my parents permission even ... Go figure ..

As an aside that is not strictly true...I was part of the ready reaction force that was given 24 hours to mobilise during the first Fijian coup.But,and this was hilarious to us at the time,those of us under 20 years had to to get a permission slip signed by our parents to go into a (potential)war zone.

And I was still getting kicked out of pubs.

[T.W.R]

Glad to have gone through my teens in the 80s
Learnt to ride bikes in the 70s and the influences around me during those years ingrained an appetite for bikes of the same era. 30+ bikes later only one has been beyond 1989 and two have come from the 1950s.
Learnt to drive in a MkIII Cortina but took over 10yrs before bothering to get a car, lusted for a Falcon XC Cobra but had to settle for a XC ute with the old 4.1 crossflow.

[Mental Trousers]

I was a teenager in the 80's and I'm listening to lots of Tool, Manson, Godsmack, Chevelle, Blacklistt etc and race a 2005 CBR600RR. Obviously I'm not normal (the name gave it away I'm sure).

[sugilite:Me]

80's teen, so for me it was all about the two strokes, TS185, RM125, KX125, Rg250 x 2, RG400, RZ500! Mmmmm 2 strokes seems like most things back then were more excitable and only needed 2 strokes

[ktm84mxc]

I was a teen in the 70's didn't get into bikes till my Apprenticeship then MX,Enduros,Hare Scrambles, Trail Rides etc every weekend had 2 road bikes, 2 off roaders then needed a car to tow them around you all know how it goes. Music- Pink Floyd, Thin Lizzy, The Cars, the Police basically any decent rock and roll etc.

[Mike.Gayner]

Born in '85, teenage years were turn of the 21st century, current bike is a 1971 and I'm about to buy a 2001. Music taste is shit.

I'm not seeing any real correlation to be honest.

[bigreddog]

being a teenager in the 80's had to mean....
tzr250,rd250lc,rd350lc,gsxr750,escort mark 1 and 2,ford cortina mk3 and 4,pints of snakebite with barley wine chasers
and crashing my rd400 into a lamp post.........

[mansell]

I too was a teen in the late 70s and early 80s - ran around town mainly on an old RD200, but always lusted over the Triumph Bonnie and the Norton Commando.
Didn't own a car until I was 22, never really got into them, some of my mates had old MK1 Cortinas and the like which were quite quick - learnt to drive in the old man's HQ but always felt caged in by cars.
As for music my taste tended towards the alternative sound, mostly not what was being played by the majority back then, but it was a rather eclectic collection.

[Motu]

Only I really wanted a '39 Ford coupe hot-rod.

MkI Zephyr was the dream car at high school. I sort of grew up in 2 areas at the same time, one location there was definitely an American Graffiti/Grease scene (late '50's, early '60's) Bodgies and widgies, winkle pickers, stovepipe jeans and DA's. The teenagers (I wasn't) hung out at the Tearooms where there was a genuine jukebox, they drove '30's and late '40's Coupes, the odd pickup....some rode motorcycles, and of course they were all British.

When I was 18 I had a '38 Chev Coupe, I guess it was just something I had to do...teenagers had Coupes. And British bikes...I had 2 Japanese trail bikes in the '70's, other than that it was only British bikes, I had no interest in Jap bikes at all....still don't.