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    Yamaha FS1E... complete with clipons... sad but true
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    Re: First Bike

    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 !!!


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    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.
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    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.....
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    Quote Originally Posted by MSTRS View Post
    Oh - now I get it - 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?

    Was the Tigress as girly as it sounds?
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    1967: Honda C100 Step-through.
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    Quote Originally Posted by 90s View Post
    What gave you the clue first, the other examples or the fact this is a motorbike site?


    Quote Originally Posted by 90s View Post
    Was the Tigress as girly as it sounds?
    Actually....it was quite grunty, 250 twin....but, yes, a bit girlie
    See....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Templar View Post
    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.
    Cheers

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    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.....
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    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.

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    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.
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    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.

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

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    Quote Originally Posted by jonbuoy View Post
    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
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