What got you into bikes?

[Indiana_Jones]

What got you into bikes?
I guess for me it was watching "The Great Escape"
McQueen is legend

-Indy

[6Chris6]

What got you into bikes?
I guess for me it was watching "The Great Escape"
McQueen is legend

-Indy

My father used to run a pub in rural south east England which had quite a large biker contingent one of my most vivid memories (think i was about 6) was being picked up and sat on some big cruiser while he revved it up

[Marknz]

I used to marshal at the hill-climbs back in Guernsey when I was a kid and the bikes were always of greater interest to me than the cars. And then when I was in Akld with the mob and getting some decent dosh in my hands in the mid 80's along came a little Aussie they called the Wiz who won the world 500cc title. That was what led me down on Barry's Point road with cash in hand.

[Wonko]

Allways like the cruizers that used to blast through Waihi and Paeroa when I was much younger, but Mum said no. A couple of years ago, a friend let me shoot up the drive way on her FXR 150. Impressed by the digital dash, my thoughts were ' now you can easily tell how fast your going' and the rest is history.

[madandy]

Several cousins in Palmy on my Fathers' side have ridden or still ride Motocycles in a M/C club ( thats GANG to Zed & Bondagebunny ).Moto Guzzi, Ducati,Triumph, BSA, Norton & HD mostly but I prefer sports bikes that can be thrashed without too much maintenance so I choose Japanese despite the laughter!

My old man used to drive Road Trains in Queensland and sometimes he would pick me up from primary school on his SR250...that was my first ride
I really like the sensation of speed and manouverability of bikes and jumping dirtbikes was soo much fun as a younger idiot

[Motoracer]

My brother got me into them. I am so very greatful for that cause through bikes, I have come to meet some pretty awesome people!

[Posh Tourer :P]

I've been riding as a pillion since about age 7...... Got a bike almost as soon as possible.... never dirt biked though....

[Ms Piggy]

When I was a younger lass lots of my male friends had bikes off and on road and I went pillion lots. I have always wanted to ride and those boys always used to say they'd teach me to ride but never did and I guess I never pushed it either. Then finally last year I got the opportunity to buy a bike and had someone that was actually willing to teach me.

The timing was prefect really and now I'm in love

[slob]

My brother got me into them. I am so very greatful for that cause through bikes, I have come to meet some pretty awesome people!

Heh heh, no worries bro! I started riding mainly for transportation (it's only affordable option in Kathmandu, Nepal). It was only after I came to NZ that I started riding for the pleasure of riding itself and got into sportsbiking. To-date I have never owned any form of transport with 4 wheels!

[Grumpy]

I got sick of all the brown nosing I had to do to get the mothers car so it was time for my own vehicle.
Cars were too damn expensive back then so a bike it was. My dad saw a chance to relive his younger years so he was dead keen, so off we went checking out the shops. Never looked back.
That got my brother and sister into bikes and then my old man went and bought one as well.
Would have been a real family affair except that my mum hated the the things.

[boris]

i just hated driving cars, being stuck inside some thing .I liked the freedom a bike gave i would ride all year round.Now days I drive a car, when its wet or cold, have to pick up something or someone.Having bike frendly perents helped too.

[Firefight]

What got you into bikes?


-Indy

Money



F/F

[matthewt]

After being a car freak for a few years and taking the piss out of mates on bikes I decided that I should actually try one "just for a laugh". It was a suzy TS100 (or 185 I forget) and I loved it. I bugged them for the next 3 months to ride their bikes until I could save up to get one myself. Been into bikes ever since.

[Jackrat]

Me dad and his brothers all rode so bikes were just always there.

[claire]

ending up with a man who proclaims he couldn't live without a bike. Being a petrolhead by nature I think it was only a matter of time before I wanted to give this motorcycling thing a go for myself and give the pillion seat away. Being 6 foot tall I'm probably the tallest woman to do 15,000 kms on the back of an R1 - what was I thinking. Chris always reckons its a good thing I hadn't been on the back of other bikes cause I didn't know how damn uncomfortable the R1 was as a pillion. Now I even buy bike magazines which is a little scary but makes a change from the rodding magazines I suppose!!