The age you started biking and why...

[Conquiztador]

Oh yes the new Hinckley Triumphs as they are called don't leak oil like the old Trumpets. But hey that's what give them part of there character!!

Triumphs do not leak! They mark their territory!!

[Subike]

road a belt drive harley when he was 17, I have a very old pic of him and his 5 brothers, all on harleys, outside the Marshlands Hall in christchurch, dated Sept 1938! They looked awsome then, and still do today.
My Uncle Vic, had a mean as facial scar, from a crash on a Matchless 500.
My Grandaddy use to ride a B S A Batam, I got on the back of it at 5.
My eldest brother had several Vespa's, he was the founding member of the CHCH Vespa club, met his wife there, still married,
My elder brother had several Suzukis, very easy to hot wire after school.
Even one of my sisters had a vespa, cant remember which one
In 1986, I rode my 1100 sportster home to my parents place, Dad came out, sat on it, started it, and much to mums and my amazement rode off, with no helmet........the grin was worth the worry, he was 66 years old.
I guess I had no option, but to become a steel cowboy. It was in my Genes

[WelshWizard]

First ride was when I was about 12 was on my Mums James Autocycle,(only half a bike I suppose) after that every bike I saw I was looking at, then when I was 17 came across this Royal Enfield 700cc Constellation for £3 had it for about 9 months great fun no license never stopped , then the old man found out about, and sold it , and used the money to put down on an Austin A30, wondered what it was doing on the drive at home, he never said a word, till after I had been round to my mates house to get the RE out and found it was gone., Old man made me get a license to learn to drive the A30, never did, but borrowed my mates D7 Bantam and took my test, passed, been riding ever since, still have the first BSA I ever purchased, still a great bike, and if she ever starts marking territory its because she needs a darn good service as she is normally No Nappy required!!

[H00dz]

Early Teens ......Uncle had a little bike....a suzuki something....He used it for work but when he left...... we sort of inherited it...the rest they say is HIStory LOL

[oscarnz]

35 - got bike only 7 days ago

always liked bikes, decided I needed to do something for myself instead of everyone else. Got my learners a couple of months ago. Now have bike and am addicted.

Kids think I have gone mad

[Storm]

5 1/2 - Dad brought home a Z50, and that was it, I was hooked for life

[HenryDorsetCase]

I was 14 I think, and one of my mates got an RV90 to go to school on, and he let me ride it in the local shingle pit. Of course I fell off it, (luckily* bike not damaged) and I have been a fan ever since.

I then had to get an after school job so I could save up and buy my very own TS125, a couple of weeks before my 15th birthday.

about a week after my birthday, I got my motorbike licence, and here we go nearly 30 years later........

the cop who took me for my motorbike licence told me I was "an accident looking for a place to happen", before he wrote out the bit of paper. It still amazes me: "HOW DID HE KNOW????" Strangely I still have the scar on my knee!






*for me!

[Supermoto Junkie]

I was 3 when Dad got me a Yamaha PW50 with Trainer wheels, he was really into bikes,

Now 26 years later we still ride together alot and i'm looking at getting my 3 year old a bike.

[HRT]

Workmate made me buy a 110cc pitbike, me having never been on a motorbike before. Mucked around with that for a bit then another mate gave me a GPX250 to have a squirt on. a week after that first ride I had licence in hand and a CBR250 in the garage And just over a year after that a full licence in hand and a CBR600 in the garage

[sparky10]

At 15 legally (b4 14 other) with a 1975 50cc Suzuki on a learners then passed test (at the time only practical required) got a 1977 Suzuki GT185 (faster than hondas cb 250 superbike, then). Got car and passed test at 17.5 years old, sold bikes, stayed on 4 wheels, had kids, mortgage, etc. roads safer in a car, etc. Then came to NZ, kids grown up, roads less congested so as of this Feb.07 i got the biking bug (along with daughter) now on a gn250 until i pass full test.

[The Pastor]

I started on a 50cc honda dirt bike, must of been 6 or 7 i guess.

[PrincessBandit]

oh, and on a more serious note, I like to think of it as my late dad's legacy to me. He was never a rider himself but it was posthumously through him that we were able to buy Rosie. I always think of him when I'm out on two wheels now. Hope he'd be proud of me.

[Edbear]

I learnt to ride on a farm on a 1934 Harley (Never ridden a Harley since) I was 14, this was in 1946. First bike was a 1950 AJS 500cc single, single seat. (The dual seat came with the 1952 model)

I needed the transport at weekends to go from Auckland,
where I had an apprenticship, to my home in Paihia. Cars then were primitive, dear and uncomfortable. This was just before the VW beetle and Morris Minor came on the market. Bikes were more reliable and cheaper and heaps more fun.

You're just a few months younger than my Mum! She got me into bikes as she had a BSA Bantam 125 and I lusted after it ever since I remember first seeing it! Started riding it around the section at 12 years old. I used to go with her on it, had to put a cushion on the rear rack.

... Survived a 750 (H2 Kawa) at 15-16, but maybe that was just luck.

I believe that was the only way anyone survived the H2...

My Grandaddy use to ride a B S A Batam, I got on the back of it at 5.

Much the same, but it was my Mum had the Bantam.

Started riding it at 12, bought a '51 BSA B31 350 at 15, then the T500 Suzuki at 17. Got my licence as soon after turning 15 as I could, borrowed a friend's, (girl I worked with and she went for her licence same time.), Honda 50 step-through to get it. The local Cop gave us our full licences straight away, nice guy he was, too! That was back in '73.

[sinned]

I got my bike licence at 15 and a second hand Francis Barnett 200. Friends I rode with had a Vespa and Honda 50 step thru.

I couldn't afford anything better while at school and back then the Triumph Speed Twin was the ultimate bike. A boy at Karamu High had one - we were well outclassed on our little bikes and scooters.

My transport needs changed and I returned to motorcycles twice in the intervening years. Motorcycling is now a passion rather than a means of transport. 40+ years after my first bike I now own a Triumph and she is a beauty.

[EZAS]

First bike at 7 years old single cylinder 50cc