SpeedTriple44444 Posted September 1, 2011 Report Share Posted September 1, 2011 I SOOOOOO want one of those ^. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bellboy1 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Thirty years ago when I was a kid I learned to ride a motorcycle on a neighbor's CR80. My Mom still does not know how much I rode that bike. Last year I bought an 82 750 Virago to learn to ride street which promply broke something in the engine and locked up on me about 2 weeks after my msf class. No harm, no foul for what I have in it and it did get me hooked on riding. I still intend to rebuild the motor. That prompted me to buy my 2008 Ninja 500 which has been ultra reliable and very easy to learn how to ride on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
garvinzoom Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 My first bike was a 92 GSXR600 that I traded a Yamaha Warrior four wheeler for, it was fun but got uncomfortable quick as they do not seem to have been designed for fat american people....lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
redkow97 Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 I may already have chimed in on this thread, but I don't remember...The bike that made me want a motorcycle was the first gen SV650n. I saw one parked on the street in San Fransisco, and started looking into bikes.The first bike I ever got a ride on was a '70's Norton commando 750. The owner had promised that I could ride his old Hodaka 125, but it was broken.I bought my 1997 EX500 having only been a passenger on a motorcycle. This was after 2 failed attempts to buy 650cc cruiser (maxims, i think). I didn't want a "crotch rocket." ha.I had the owner ride the EX from his house to my uncle's house (roughly 10 blocks), and then my cousin rode the bike to my parents' house for me a couple days later.I learned to ride in my parents' back yard (sans helmet. idiot.) without plates or insurance, and then rode to my friend's house the day I got both (I had a helmet by then).that was May or June of 2005. I sold the EX this past march.Bike #2 was a 1993 Honda CBR 600 F2, purchased in June(?) of 2008. I rode it for the first time at my 6th trackday. Owned it about a year, and sold it for a small profit.Bike #3 is my current 2003 Honda CBR 600RR, which was purchased about a month after I sold the Honda, so July of 2009 or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helmutt Posted September 3, 2011 Report Share Posted September 3, 2011 (edited) Age 11, got started on a '77 XR75 and spent 3 years beatin' the brakes off of that poor little bikeThen an '87 CR125R and had a blast with it until it got totalled against the back of Dad's truck;)My 1st street bike wasn't until I was 18, got an '82 KZ550LTD and fitted a Kerker 4-1, K&N kits, then geared it up a bunch - fun little bike and it would crush 600's & 750's ( the first few blocks ) but the poor thing was redlined at 105mph. Wrecked it, fixed it, sold it.Had a bunch of dirtbikes after selling my 1st street bike - '84/'96 CR250's, '77 RM250, '81 IT465, '77 Trail 70.Next was my pride and joy at the time, '97 YZF1000R - Yosh'd it up, polished the wheels and other tidbits, debadged it, nobody knew what it was......a timeless look for its age......really loved the way it did everything, it was bike of the year for a reason!After selling the YZF, figured I'd look into C14's and FJR's......couldnt find any within financial grasp then happened across my ZX14......fell in love, been there since early '09 Edited September 8, 2011 by Hellmutt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MadKaw636 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 My first bike was 03 gsxr 750 and I have had to many to list no crashes just like something different to ride too often Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheBrown57 Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 1981 Honda CM200 Twinstar paid $350 for it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
demitrix Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 Think I took this the day I brought her home.2008 Ninja 250. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rollnhot Posted September 6, 2011 Report Share Posted September 6, 2011 First bike a Yamaha 80 mx, first street bike 1975 CB500T stock in 78 by the next year I modded the beast slip ons,jet kit, 750 forks and brakes, shocks, Dunlop 291s who remembers them, super bike bars. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hydrant Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 1994 Yamaha XJ600 "Seca II"Great learning bike. Rode it for 2 years. Myself, my two brothers, and 3-4 other friends all learned on the Seca. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NightRider Posted September 7, 2011 Report Share Posted September 7, 2011 Can't remember if i posted in this or not either. 1976 Kawasaki Kz400. Top speed of 70 mph...on a good day. Paid 500$, got 550$ out of it probably not even a month later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Wind Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 Well I just started riding this year (I'm 23) and currently have the '05 Suzuki GS500 in that is by my screen name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh1234 Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 2005 Buell Blast. I've owned it exactly 1 year and 1 week Listed for sale, and for my next bike, I'm thinking of either a Ninja 500, Ninja 650r, or something along those lines. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
216cityboy Posted September 8, 2011 Report Share Posted September 8, 2011 '91 Ninja 500. Spent my whole bike fund ($1300) to get it a little earlier so I could ride at least a month before the cold weather set in. BARELY had enough to squeak out gear money since I couldn't wait. Lol. Well worth the impatience. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDad Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 My 1st bike was a 1972 Yamaha RD350 cafe racer. 2 stroker with oil injection. It would take a 500cc bike off the line. Handle great light and very nimble. I would love to get my hands on another one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vee21 Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 First bike was a 1975 Kawasaki G5 100cc on/off road that I trail road. I got it when I was 12 years old.http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Kawasaki_G5 When I turned 16 I put turn signals on it and a mirror and then road it on the road for a number of years. Then I took 23 years off from riding.In 2008 I bought a 150cc scooter.2009 Purchased a 09 Buell Blast2010 Purchased a 09 Buell 1125CRAnd a week ago I bought the 2012 Aprilia Tuono V4R. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shadyone Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 First Ride was on a '79 HD Lowrider. Then I rode my fathers 2001 Speed Triple. and even did a couple track days on it then I bought my 04 Daytona that I obviously still have. and just aquired a 1996 Honda CR250R... Thanks Hellmut!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snot Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 98 intruder 800 bought it from my step dad, traded it for the 09 ninja 250. Inked4life is now the owner of that intruder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CoolWhip Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 1983 Honda Nighthawk CB650sc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DirtDee675 Posted May 4, 2012 Report Share Posted May 4, 2012 2004 yz125 was my first 2 wheeled experience. My Daytona being my first street bike. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LJWalter Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 Well, to be honest it was a 1981 Tomos silver bullet. i was pretty hardcore when i was 12 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sporttour Posted May 5, 2012 Report Share Posted May 5, 2012 First bike: 1967 Bridgestone 90Next bikes: 1971 Yamaha 175 Enduro, 1976 Kawasaki KZ400, 1978 Yamaha XS750 Special, 1981 Suzuki TZ750T, 1986 BMW R100RT, 1978? BMW R100 /7 w/ sidecar, 1946 Indian Chief, 1971 Honda CB100, 1991 Honda ST1100 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NinjaDad Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 Holy Thread Revival Batman!!First bike was in 81. A 75 Yamaha RD 250 two-stroke smoker.It would go 118mph downhill with the wind behind it. You could lean it over in a turn till you dragged elbows and almost shoulders before it started to slide out on you. Put about about a hundred turn signals and 30,000 miles on it over two years riding in the snow and the rain while being a poor student without a car. Couldn't afford the insurance for a car but a bike was so much cheaper. I had an RD 350 and loved it great handling nimble and at the take off would eat a 600cc bike. The 350 had oil injection did the 250? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
speedytriple Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 A brand new 1995 katana 600 at 19 years old LOL! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jst2fst Posted June 3, 2012 Report Share Posted June 3, 2012 94 can-o-tuna Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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