pics of your FIRST motorbike...

[Squidly McSmearstain]

My first bike...... I bought it in 1988 while I was in college from a friend for $537.19 (I have no idea how he arrived at that price). It had been vandalized. Someone pushed it over and beat on it with a hammer.

I didn't really have the money to buy it. I used my food money for the semester to purchase it, and then sold my plasma twice weekly for 4 months to get money so I could eat. I can't believe I was really that stupid.

There was a dent in the tank I couldn't fix, but I slowly fixed the other parts with items off of junked bikes. The tires had serious dry rot, but I rode it anyway.

Then it started to blow oil out of the head. I bought a new head gasket and tried to replace it myself. It still blew oil out of the head. After $250 and a trip to the dealership it was fixed. Then the voltage regulator went out and it wouldn't hold a charge. A new voltage regulator was $120. I charged the battery, took it to a small cycle dealership and sold it. One of the saddest days of my life. I wish I had kept it.

 

[SVsick50]

The most rule'ing bike EVAR - 1982 Honda Passport 70cc

I learned how to jump motorcycles on this bike

 

[Eisernkreuz]

Glad I was born in the 80s, allowing me to have a relatively kickass 1st bike compared to what some of you guys had to put up with. The look of those drum brakes makes me uneasy

 

[Marz]

I picked up my first bike beginning of July - '97 Suzuki TL1000S.
Probably not the ideal bike for a newbie but you respect the machine and it'll stay on the road where it belongs

The road rash and dented tank (not pictured and not done by me) got on my nerves after a month so I cleaned it up and this is how it looks now.

 

[greggargubby]

550cc v-twin, crappy tubular frame, 18 inch wheels and shaft drive. she ate stators for breakfast, but i still managed to put 28k on her. comfy seat, though, that i must say.

 

[boney]

550cc v-twin, crappy tubular frame, 18 inch wheels and shaft drive. she ate stators for breakfast, but i still managed to put 28k on her. comfy seat, though, that i must say.

I had a Vision 550 for a while. It red lined at 14k and didn't even come alive until 7. I bought it for $250 in 1991 with 3k on the odo, changed the oil and rode the piss out of it.

My first bike (which I still own) was bought new in the gas crunch days by my father. I took this about a year ago.

 

[TrplGrl]

1979 Vespa P200e

Bought used in 1983. Mine was painted pink and had crash bars front and back. I still miss it whenever i ride in the city...

 

[kross]

First bike, got it for $50 and it came with a HJC helmet that lasted longer than the bike. Used to be the guy on the freeway with the tennies, no gloves, shirt riding up my back. I actually passed up a '88 interceptor for this bike, because the VFR needed some work and I didn't know how to do it (probably just rebuilding the carbs, now that I look back on it.). Still kicking myself for that one!

Not mine, mine wasn't this clean. I stole this pic from bikepics.com

 

[Linty]

'83 GS550E

 

[CruisingRam]

This old guy I have owned since around 1982- it would be my first street bike. I "owned" 3 harleys prior to this, on the advice of my 1%er uncle that 'sold" them to me for a dollar while seeing his cousin lay-low here in the AK- he had me transfer them up here from Florida shortly after I completed basic training. But the Z1 was my bike, and I still own it! Gawd I am a packrat!

I also "had" a can-am 550 that I split the purchase with a friend, hid it behind his garage, so my ma wouldn't find out- but I don't count that one!

 

[ratpick]

Back in '79 when I was 15 I had one of these.

 

[the50ho]

Not actually mine, but it's DEAD ON the same. I was 5 years old....


Good times on that little thing!

 

[davidabl]

Saw my first ride again today! Took pics!

This one's a 1967-1968 with electric start, mine was
a 1965 with kicker only. It was black, the faster color,
and 55cc bigger..

Actually a very sporty bike in 1965~1966.

 

[davidabl]

another pic

This and the Honda 'Black Bomber' were the quick
japanese bikes. Suzuki SS's,Yam RD's, Kawi H-1, Honda CB750 all came later.

 

[planegray]

my first was a 1967 Kawasaki 120 TR

Hey, I had one of those for a while...I gave it to a friend and he STILL rides it ! (remember the shift pattern ? down for 1st, down for 2nd, down for 3rd, down for 4th, down for neutral !)

 

[planegray]

This was MY first bike...notice the "upswept" exhaust...yep, that (with full knobbies and a bigger rear sprocket) made this a full-on moto-crosser ! (HA !)

1966 Honda CL-160

 

[davidabl]

Originally posted by BohnJerntsen
my first was a 1967 Kawasaki 120 TR



Still have a Kawi with that badge (had to get a repro
from NZ.) First large Japanes bike i ever saw had it too, the Kawisaki W-1, a BSA 650 clone.

 

[davidabl]

first bike Cl-160

CL-160, dealer tried to sell me one new in 1969
for $600 out the door "good first bike" he said.

It seemed like an immense sum of money to me,
so i passed on it.

They had Triumph Tridents (3 cyl.), BSA Victors on the showfloor
too, can't recall what they wanted for the Victor.

Milne Bros. Pasadena Ca.

Have wanted a Tri.Trdent ever since.

There's a gorgeous '69 running around ContraCostaCo.
but i've never had a camera when I've seen it.

http://www.realclassic.co.uk/trident06110100.html

 

[mid1965]

your first machine, with two wheels and a motor. what was it? pics required, if not your pics, well, google images will help...

in college i bought an orange motobecane mobylette moped. 50cc's of slow-moving goodness. i had it for about 2 years before it got stolen, but i loved it. motobecane had made it in 1979? the guy i purchased it from lived in LA and had owned a bike repair shop in a previous life. he kept a few of his pristine mopeds around, and eventually decided to sell this one. i drove up with my isuzu rodeo and put it in the back. the whole truck smelled like gasoline for about a month.

i used to wear a skate helmet when i rode it, but that didn't last long. i got pulled over by a cop who was nice enough to just give me a warning. after that, i bought a helmet at a thrift store for about 10 bucks. it was a 3/4 old goldwing helmet, XXL. it was black, with two big gold honda wings painted on either side.

pics stolen from the interwebz :

The Motobecane Mobylette!! Lol, that brings back memories! Secretly loved my Mobylette, but was a little embarrassed by it. I grew up in England, where you were limited to a 50cc motor, and a vehicle with pedals between the ages of 16 & 17. Love the smell of a two stroke engine to this day because of that little tike! Switched to a Honda CB100 the day I turned 17 though!

No photos of it, but this could have been it!

 

[gixxerjeff]

Whoa!!
Sweet necro zombie thread find!!