How did you get your first bike?

**cs363** · 11th May 2009, 19:12

Anyway, back to the thread...first bike was a Yamaha FS1E (I think) forerunner to the RD50, got given it in a sad state by a mate who's family was moving to Aussie, fixed it up and swapped it for a TY trials bike which from memory was an 80cc.
First proper road bike was a Kawasaki S1B 250 triple

**ukusa** · 11th May 2009, 23:07

Around 1984 it was a 79 Honda XL125, paid about $500 I think, had to save save save

**Laxi** · 11th May 2009, 23:16

bought an '84 rm125 in '89, rode that thing into the ground, ahh the memories

**usa-vtwin** · 11th May 2009, 23:24

bought a QR50 when 10 ( paper run and other jobs plus parents got it up and running ) ~ 3 speed mini bike ..we lived semi rural so plenty of room to ride...then an RM80 at 12, XR200 at 15 and so on...

**TLDV8** · 12th May 2009, 00:05

Originally Posted by cs363

First proper road bike was a Kawasaki S1B 250 triple

Same here,bought off Laurie Summers in early 1977 for $995,the first H2 ((X-Chris Natrass/Paul Pav-H2B) followed three years later,still got that too.

**LBD** · 12th May 2009, 00:44

Yamaha JT1...58cc. Christmas Pressie from Mum and Dad....19.....gulp.....7.....oh shit....1 Was it that long ago? 38 years of biking...not counting 2 years on Dads Bike before that.

**sinfull** · 12th May 2009, 01:34

73 stole me mums scooter off her (she wasn't using it) 74 stole me dads lightning (got caught when i dropped it) 75 got my licence and the old man unchained the scooter from the garage rafters and give it back to me !

**MSTRS:Me** · 12th May 2009, 08:59

Originally Posted by cs363

From the accurate description we've received from the victim, I'm confident we have our man!

I suppose I should come clean...made a good story though, eh?
Early 1973 borrowed a forgotten amount off my old man to top up my savings, bought a Triumph Tigress. Got my licence. Few months later, Dad was paid back, scooter wasn't doing it for me anymore so traded it on a near-new TS125 ($600...new model was $950) from Frank Boyle when he was the Suzuki dealer cnr of Queens Dr/Kings Cr Lower Hutt. Start of many motorbikes, trail and road.

**Evo1132** · 12th May 2009, 10:09

GN250-$500, not going, fixed it, sold it for $750
Trail bike-$800, loose valve, put valve through piston, killed it
Ninja 250-$1200, rode it too hard, killed it, lol
Sold the car and got my beautiful R1, cant ride it hard enuff to kill it, lol, lol

**been_there** · 12th May 2009, 10:19

XL100 for a $100 thanks to the Govt for the $$, sold it not going for $60
TS185 ER for $350 sold it for $250
Another TS185 for $500 sold for $200 after use and abuse in rivers etc...
DR400 (dual shock) for $1000 sold it for $100 seized motor..

Then almost 20 years later...the Trumpy..love it ...
Did I mention I love it?

**xwhatsit** · 12th May 2009, 11:26

Originally Posted by SPman

the Burroughs decimal conversion plant in Khyber Pass Rd

Now I'm just a wee tacker, but what in the hell is a decimal conversion plant?!

Lordy, they really did used to do things the hard way before they had computers. Nowadays I just type `1.75 inches in centimetres' into Google, but you needed a factory?

**cave weta** · 12th May 2009, 11:49

Back in the early seventies, This was a huge industry.
Many everyday items had to have small modifications to make them compliant.
Recipe books, tape measures, maps. They all had to be gathered up and recaliberated.
Sex toys, teevision sets themometers. it nearly bancrupted some small businesses with the cost of complience. imagane the lodgistics of machining an entire years production of beehive matches to remove .8mm of wood from the end of each one so that they would fit the new metric 50mm box inststead of the old 2" box!

**cs363** · 12th May 2009, 11:54

Originally Posted by cave weta

Many everyday items had to have small modifications to make them compliant.
Recipe books, tape measures, maps. They all had to be gathered up and recaliberated.
Sex toys

Seriously....WTF?????