Thread: First Motorcycle

94 F2

1980 XL80.

1964 Honda 305 Superhawk roadracer (first "owned" bike, not first racing bike).

1982 Yamaha XS650 SJ Heritage Special

Honda Minitrail Z50 but that was a family bike. Think it was a 1969. Suicide throttle and no clutch.

First one I actually bought was a '76 Yamaha MX125C

1981 Suzuki GS550 - precursor to the Gixxer (along with the Katanas from that era)...

1973 Yamaha DT100...purple. I wanted that bike soooooo bad.

First true motorcycle I bought was a '75 Honda 400/Four Supersport. Owned several mini-bikes, couple 100cc enduros and dirtbikes, and a few go-karts prior to this one:

Motorcycle Hall of Fame Museum - 1975 Honda CB400F

Still miss that bike...

1998 GSXR600, on the way home from the dealer. I was one month out of Highschool and had just learned how to ride at the MSF course

1967 Honda CB160

Originally Posted by TornadoB8

1973 Yamaha DT100...purple. I wanted that bike soooooo bad.

We had two one was Mom's the other Dad's They got a THOROUGH thrashing from me and my brothers

First streetbike was a 1990 Suzuki Katana (can-of-tuna) 600, in black. I was trying to be responsible, getting a 750 sized motorcycle I could go distance on, but with less HP. It worked well for the 25,000 and 4 years I had it ... then the 1994 VFR750, and I discovered what a real motorcycle really was

Earlier off road bikes were a 4hp mini-bike, a Kawasaki KE90, and a 1973 Husqvarna 360RT (stripped for dirt duty ... still have this one ... frame and tank are actually on display in the living room )

Originally Posted by Paranoid

1998 GSXR600, on the way home from the dealer. I was one month out of Highschool and had just learned how to ride at the MSF course

What? No flip-flops?

Nice first bike, and good call on the MSF course to start

Originally Posted by gt702

What? No flip-flops?

I was a major squid!! I think about how dumb I was at that age, it's a miracle I didn't die, or at least lose a lot of skin.

Originally Posted by Paranoid

I was a major squid!! I think about how dumb I was at that age, it's a miracle I didn't die, or at least lose a lot of skin.

I'd like to think I was better, and I did wear a jacket, long pants and my cowboy boots, but in reality, with the quality of what I was wearing ... not so much better. I'm glad I survived to learn from my mistakes.

My first bike was a 1965 Honda 50. I think it was a CB-77? Don't remember. It had a broken kickstarter. I pushed that bike almost as much as I rode it! I beat that thing so bad I can't imagine why it held together!

My first bike with any power was a 1965 CB160. It would do 82 mph on the only paved road within my unlicensed reach. I learned a lot about power sliding riding that thing in the dirt.

I've been slowly regressing. First was a Y2K. After that a Busa then a GSXR1000. Then I moved down to the CBR900RR. At the end of my riding career I should be able to make it to a Honda Metropolitain.






In reality I started on a Suzuki RF600R. Then a Ducati 900SS. Since then I have had a series of CBR900RR's.

Mobilette Campera, late sixties or early seventies model. I'm not sure. 50cc. CVT. With working pedals for propulsion and to start it. It belonged to my grand father.

Originally Posted by for1only

1992 FZR 600 R-the one with the pointy nose not the dual headlights-

That was my second bike!