Your first bike.

**matthewt** · 12th April 2004, 16:45

My first bike was a suzy GT185 with a stuffed motor. Dad rebuilt the motor at home and got it running quite nicely. Lost the screws holding the baffles in one of the mufflers so every now and then when I kick started it a baffle would fly out the back about 5 meters. Eventually the bike got stolen from the supermarket I was working at after school.

**DEATH_INC.** · 12th April 2004, 21:48

Mine was a 1982 YZ125j....with the rad on the forks....bit dodgy handling but had the engine from hell......
First roadbike:Kawasaki ZX750turbo

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**speedpro** · 12th April 2004, 21:57

'74(?) RD350. 6V points ignition and you needed to take the air filter out if you were going over the Desert Rd or it got real painful. All I can say is thank god for modern electronics. Went like a cut cat(relatively) when everything was sweet.

**SPman** · 12th April 2004, 23:02

Mine was a brand new yamaha YL1 - 100 cc Twin cyl. 2 stroke. Got it from Whites in Newmarket and rode it for a month, commuting to town from Browns Bay, before I went and got my (full) license! Faster than me mates 150 Suzuki's - got it up to 70mph! Also my first (unintentional) wheelie. Cost £98/10/-

**Devil** · 13th April 2004, 08:46

First Bike: Kawasaki ZR250 Balius, as of 3 days ago

Loving it

**Motu** · 13th April 2004, 08:49

My first bike was a BSA Bantam D3,that was a 150cc swingarm model,top speed of 51mph with 3 gears.With this bike I learned that motorcycles are magical creatures,the rules of our mortal world don't apply to them - I learnt to repair bikes with spells and curses....I found that if the bike wouldn't start,doing something unrelated like adjusting the very loose chain would make it start.I found bikes were talking to me - ''check my oil dickhead,it's nearly empty and I'm not going to start till you top it up'' Taking notice of these things was important,I didn't know why walking around the bike 3 times anticlockwise would make it go,but if that's what it took,then that's what I did.

The Bantam did a trick that really showed me it was from another world - sometimes,for no reason it would run backwards,put it in gear and take off backward and slam into the wall! It would then run normaly again,leaving me wondering if we had passed through some portal into another world.

Bikes have never lost their magic for me - I sold my soul one dark night when my bike broke down,they hold a power over me,I must continue to ride until my debt is payed....hey,I don't mind.

**MacD** · 13th April 2004, 09:27

Originally Posted by DevilWTKC

First Bike: Kawasaki ZR250 Balius, as of 3 days ago

Loving it

Nice looking bike there DevilWTC

, but you look somewhat familiar...

**James Deuce** · 13th April 2004, 09:27

Originally Posted by Motu

The Bantam did a trick that really showed me it was from another world - sometimes,for no reason it would run backwards,put it in gear and take off backward and slam into the wall! It would then run normaly again,leaving me wondering if we had passed through some portal into another world.

Motu, I'm really sorry mate, but I laughed out loud when I read that.

**DeanOh** · 13th April 2004, 10:17

Mine was a Yamaha SRX250. it was a good reliable bike, cept for the back sprocket wearing out every 500km's...then it got run over on the Nth Western Motorway by a lane changing biatch in a cage.
This is the bike I rode up to the cop shop to get my license on, brings back fond memories.

**SPman** · 13th April 2004, 10:36

Originally Posted by MacD

Nice looking bike there DevilWTC

, but you look somewhat familiar...

Hmmmm. just who have the yanks got in custody again???:confused2

**Devil** · 13th April 2004, 10:47

Originally Posted by SPman

Hmmmm. just who have the yanks got in custody again???:confused2

heh, I dont know vat you're talking about

I know nussink!

**Rocket** · 13th April 2004, 11:14

how much did the bike csot you in the end Devil?

**vifferman** · 13th April 2004, 11:18

First bike was a CB175 (1974?? Can't remember...)
Rode that thing everywhere, even using it as a trail bike (rode it most of the way up Mt Tarawera once). Wrote it off after about 18 months of thrashing, by T-boning a car. Oops...
Dunno that I could honestly say it was a great bike, like Moko reckoned its successor, the CB200 (essentially the same bike) was. I rode it again after it had been ressurected, and thought it was a pile of poop.
I replaced the CB175 with an MT250, part of a succession of Hondas of various sorts...

This is a real Memory Lane thread - I've ridden almost all of the older bikes mentioned here (and none of the more recent small bikes...)