Your best ever bike

**young1** · 9th November 2007, 11:36

Here is something to keep me dreaming for the rest of the day!!

In all of the bikes you have had which one do you look back on as being the most fun, and why?

For me it was my first proper enduro bike. The very first model XR250 with the 23" front wheel. The first one I ever rode was my one as I rode it out of the shop. Heaps of fun, easy to ride, I could wheelie it for a long way through town and on the beach (I remember the first time I changed from
2nd to 3rd while on the back wheel!!

That was the first bike I raced. I changed the shocks and being a youngster put a noisy exhaust on it. Unfortunately it was stolen from outside work (no lock on it or ignition switch so fairly easy to steal). Insurance paid up, the Police found the engine in Porirua a year of so later!

**BarBender** · 9th November 2007, 11:59

83 Yamaha TT500.

**Korumba** · 9th November 2007, 12:11

1980 Kawasaki kl250 a3

**MVnut** · 9th November 2007, 12:11

Kawasaki H2 of course, still with me and keeping me sane in my old age.

**hospitalfood** · 9th November 2007, 12:22

honda 90 step-through. great bike, heaps of fun riding it up zig-zag wellington hillside walkways when i was to pissed to walk.
also good figure 8 donuts on gravel.
crashed like a charm and I could always get back on and ride after.

**Supermoto Junkie** · 9th November 2007, 12:27

My first XR650 motard.......why.........Have you ever riden a motard

**Blackbird** · 9th November 2007, 12:37

My supercharged nitro drag bike. Reason? Because its performance outstripped my abilities by a great margin but taught me heaps and I loved it dearly because it never exploded, taking me with it

**tri boy** · 9th November 2007, 12:56

M15 Suzuki. Couldn't kill it with an axe.

**Crisis management** · 9th November 2007, 13:00

1974 Ducati 750 GT......why did I sell that!

**Grahameeboy** · 9th November 2007, 13:06

1985 Yamaha RD350YPVS...........

**scracha** · 9th November 2007, 13:28

1998 Yamaha TDM facelift model

**XP@** · 9th November 2007, 13:50

1987 Yamaha RD350YPVS...........

**marks** · 9th November 2007, 14:06

1970 Suzuki T500

first bike I 'did the ton' on
first bike I ever did a massive powerslide on (unintentional but fun/addicitve)

and I suppose as a result of the above ...first bike I rebuilt the engine on

oh to be 18 and bulletproof again (my brains arrived in my mid 30's)

**NordieBoy** · 9th November 2007, 15:03

Originally Posted by young1

For me it was my first proper enduro bike. The very first model XR250 with the 23" front wheel. The first one I ever rode was my one as I rode it out of the shop. Heaps of fun, easy to ride, I could wheelie it for a long way through town and on the beach (I remember the first time I changed from
2nd to 3rd while on the back wheel!!

That was the first bike I raced. I changed the shocks and being a youngster put a noisy exhaust on it. Unfortunately it was stolen from outside work (no lock on it or ignition switch so fairly easy to steal). Insurance paid up, the Police found the engine in Porirua a year of so later!

I still race mine

21" front wheel, Works Performance shocks.