Your first bike.

**Yokomama** · 14th January 2019, 20:48

Having been a car guy for about as long as I’ve been allowed to drive, I’ve only recently come over to the correct number of wheels. I’m more aiming at the older crowd here - I respect such experience.

Everyone remembers their first bike. Right?

My grandad had a triumph tiger cub - the one that seized for no real reason.
I have a Honda Spada. I learned on a gb500.

What was yours?

Reminisce, tell us all the good and bad.

**Berries** · 14th January 2019, 20:50

I had a blue one.

**WALRUS** · 14th January 2019, 22:01

Committing to the bit, Berries! Respect!

You can see mine in here

Good ol' 2007 Kawasaki GPX250R (EX250F).. Possibly the perfect learners bike.. Easy, not enough power to kill you, and quick enough on a twisty rd to keep up with (then) modern 600's once you master the art of mid-corner speed.. I honestly miss it a little but still see it running around the city every now and then. Still nice and shiny!

**Jeff Sichoe** · 15th January 2019, 09:43

1990 RGV250 (~60hp, all black, killer powerband) when I was 19, picked it up from a dude in Palmy, hadn't ridden a road bike before, stalled it 4 times just getting down the street. The guy ran after me and asked if I 'knew how to ride a bike'

Ran out of gas two times on the trip back to Welly

crashed it the next day riding out to Makara, broke the front brake lever so just used the rear until...

a week after I got it it was stolen off the street in Roseneath

probably good, really, I would have killed myself on that thing, fucking good intro to throttle control tho.

**Blackbird** · 15th January 2019, 11:45

Suzuki 50 in 1964. My grandparents bought it for me passing the UK equivalent of School C. Bless their hearts, it had leg shields and a windscreen with the frontal area of a house. With about 5bhp on tap, it could hardly be described as nippy. Can't be too ungrateful though as I had mobile independence and it opened decades of 2-wheeled enjoyment

**F5 Dave** · 15th January 2019, 12:25

Originally Posted by Jeff Sichoe

1990 RGV250 (~60hp, all black, killer powerband) when I was 19, picked it up from a dude in Palmy, hadn't ridden a road bike before, stalled it 4 times just getting down the street. The guy ran after me and asked if I 'knew how to ride a bike'

Ran out of gas two times on the trip back to Welly

crashed it the next day riding out to Makara, broke the front brake lever so just used the rear until...

a week after I got it it was stolen off the street in Roseneath

probably good, really, I would have killed myself on that thing, fucking good intro to throttle control tho.

Maybe this LAMS thingy was aimed at you?

My first bike was a 1/2 share in a PE175 that got stolen from wainuitomata other owners shed having ridden it once.

The XR250A with worn knobblies and no wof or hope of getting one was replaced by a RD350B with the obligatory 250 stickers.

**rastuscat** · 15th January 2019, 13:38

CB250N.

Gutless thing, in hindsight, but it taught me lots.

My mates CB250RS was more awesomer.

**robajs** · 15th January 2019, 14:19

Suzuki t 125 high pipe in gold with inbuilt fork flex! soon to be replaced with a rd 350b a true 100mph bike.

**fridayflash** · 15th January 2019, 15:51

First bike i had was a suzuki AC50 which was stripped down to a trail weapon (

) kids in our neighborhood rode at the local river, that bike opened the door to the feeling of freedom and ive never really lost it... most keenly felt when i havent ridden in a while.
first road going bike was a honda cg125 at the age of 15, being on the road and able to go further afeild really cemented the motorcycle affliction

**F5 Dave** · 15th January 2019, 17:08

Originally Posted by robajs

Suzuki t 125 high pipe in gold with inbuilt fork flex! soon to be replaced with a rd 350b a true 100mph bike.

Awesome. Have a T125 I am restoring but got distracted near the finish line.

**russd7** · 15th January 2019, 18:30

learnt to ride on a Kawasaki KM100 then TM125 then YZ250, YZ465, CR250 elsinore (that fucker pet me in hospital) all of which were mates bikes. after coming out of hospital and a 5mnth recovery period my dear old dad told me he would assist me in to my first vehicle, I found a DT250, he said no, not helping you to become a temporary citizen (he was a voluntary ambo driver/officer at the time) so I found a 3.3 cresta and he said no it was to big and powerful. last time I ever asked for financial help from him again and went and found me a XR250z, was quite handy really as I used it when I went working on a farm.

**Murray** · 15th January 2019, 19:41

TC100 and we had bigarse firebreaks across the road. Kick it into low ratio and at about 5-10 km per hour it went up anything the bigger bikes couldnt get u. Brilliant bike!!!