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What size bike did you start on and when?

Honda cub/passport 70 when I was a young teen
Several years later I buy my first bike a brand new ninja 250
6 months later- 2002 yamaha r6
almost a year later- 2006 ninja zx10r
2002 honda xr650r supermoto
about a year after riding the xr650r, I trade it for a 2002 honda cbr 954
 
my first bike was a 1973 honda cl350. i insisted on owning a classic rather than a newer bike. my second (current) bike is an 05 sv650. if i could do it over, i would have started on the sv and kept it.
 
I don't count a tote-goat I rode when I was in 6th grade (1964)...or even the 64 Thunderbolt I was supposed to ride home from a party, then kept it for two days...(1966)
I do count the '59 BMW R50/2 I bought without my parent's permission when I was 15 (1967), then kept for another 3 years and 75,000 miles. I thought it was a sporty bike because it looked bigger and weirder than all those Honda 250's everyone else was riding around.
There were many, many more to come, that's a fact.
 
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It all started at the age of 19. First a '99 Buell X1 Lightening, Honda F4i, Superhawk, 06 GSXR 750 now the RC51.

The closest I came to meeting an old friend at the "shiny gates" was with the Buell. While in the twisties, the crank case gasket failed and spewed oil all over my rear tire. I don't really care much for the Buell brand after that.

Forgot to add that I also used to ride a Honda Shadow - not a bad bike either.
 
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Climber said:
I bought my first bike at 14 years old in 1976, it was a 1972 honda CB350 that I bought for $350 used. I've been riding ever since.
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Whoa, you've got to have a lotta miles on that old Honda by now!
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I picked up a 1986 Honda Nighthawk 450SC for a grand off of Craig's List after I took my MSF course and got my M1 about 2 years ago. I rode it for a year then sold the Honda on CL for the same price that I bought it for. Then upgraded to a 2002 Katana 750 again off of CL for 3 grand. I'm currently riding the Kat and having a blast with it. It feels more like a sport touring bike than a sport (handlebar risers and one piece seat). Love taking the girlfriend out for rides and it has more than enough get up and go for me.
 
8 years old in Switzerland: unknown cc scooter with a 3 speed transmission, shifted by twisting the left grip.

9 years old: 80cc Yamaha 2 stroke owned by the kid that lived across the street from my grandmother in Palm Springs. We tore the desert up all summer long.

Then it was minibikes, from then until I rode a 125cc 2 stroke at the Yamaha Dirt Days, back in the early-mid 70s at the SJ fairgrounds. Once I got a taste of that power, I was hooked, and it's been everything I could buy since then. :burnout
 
2003: Started on a Suzuki Bandit 600
2006: Bought a ZX6R and did lots of twisties and track days.
2008: Sold the ZX6R in August because I was tired of riding a supersport on the street. In September, I realized that no matter what bike I bought, I would still lust after the Speed Triple. So, I found a great deal on a demo model and bought it. Plan to try to sell the Bandit this year.
 
I started out on the bike I currently have, 2007 SV650...and I was 30yrs. Bought it last July. Still can't figure out how I convinced my wife to let me buy it. LOL

I came close to buying either a 2006 CBR600F4i or a Suzuki Blvd. C40. Glad I went with the SV.
 
1982 Suzuki GN250. The current GZ250 and TU250X are heavily based on the GN. 1988.

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It was the perfect bike for a beginner, in the 55MPH speed limit days. It would easily do 65, and 82 if you'd kiss the fuel tank.



Had the world's touchiest front brake though, if it were wet and cold. It was a double leading edge drum brake, and that first touch on a cold day would fully compress the forks. If it were wet, well, you were going down.



I learned on that bike, that its the rider, not the bike, and embarrassed more than a few sport bike riders in the twisties, smoothly going from spark throwing lean to opposite spark throwing lean, while carving the quickest line. Course, hitting a good pavement heave or pothole in that condition would leave you on the pavement, and I had that happen more than a few times... I also learned that no tires is better than cheap tires, and kept it fitted out with K591 elites, which the motorcycle shop guys used to chuckle at, this little econo bike on the latest in tire technology.



It was stolen after a too brief few years, probably by somebody wanting to put the 4-valve engine in their dirt-bike or ATV.



I loved it and miss it. I was tempted to buy a GN400 a while back for a song, as it's the same bike, but with a bit more kick(literally, kick only), but I didn't have room for the bikes I had.
 
Last year, 1982 Honda MB5 :)... Great little starter bike, learned to shift, helped big time with cornering as I spent thousands of miles on tight twisty roads and some goat trails which paid off when I upgraded to an R6...

Now riding the buell and in love :). Especially after today, my first time riding with my drummer exhaust! Best way to explain it is the comment from my mother after I rolled into the garage and blipped it twice. "Thats way to loud"
 
Ninja 500 almost 3 years ago (33 yrs old), one year later traded it to Motojava and got my Kawi z750s.
 
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