What was your first bike?
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SuperSport
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From: Orlando, FL
What was your first bike?
Just like the post says, lets see what everyones first bikes have been.
I started off on a 1992 Katana 600 at the ripe age of 19, Old, beaten and bruised. Only things that were still in decent shape were the frame, motor and handle bars...
I started off on a 1992 Katana 600 at the ripe age of 19, Old, beaten and bruised. Only things that were still in decent shape were the frame, motor and handle bars...
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SuperBike
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From: Menifee, CA
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Superstock
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From: Seattle
I snub my nose at your Hodaka 90. Me and voodooridr started with the Hodaka Ace 100, in 1971. Well, at least I got mine in 1971.
I saw one awhile back and I was amazed at how tiny those fork tubes are.
I saw one awhile back and I was amazed at how tiny those fork tubes are.
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Squid
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I'm not old enough (almost but not quite) to have been the original owner but it was the first motorcycle I actually owned, had to work on it all week to ride it for an hour so I could push it home with fried points and a fouled plug to start the process all over again
Last edited by voodooridr; Aug 1, 2013 at 08:55 AM.
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SuperSport
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From: Orlando, FL
Damn. KCCO is the only one who's first bike wasn't way before my time. And as stated I had to google Hodaka to get an idea of what y'all were talking about haha. I also guess I was the only one who's first bike was a street bike.
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MotoGP
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From: NYC
Yamaha 650 special like 2 days after I turned 16. Worked in Mcdonalds and Woolworths to afford it. Mom was against it but hey, I had to get to work.
It replaced the moped I was using. Huge jump in cool factor.
It replaced the moped I was using. Huge jump in cool factor.
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SuperBike
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From: Menifee, CA
I'd actually like to pick one up but they've gotten mighty pricey!
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Squid
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From: Portland, OR
Not sure what year it was but it was old when I got it in 1980. It was a suzuki 50. I raced that thing for about 1 year but it had so many problems. Then my parents bought me a brand new yamaha PW 50. I started racing when I was 4 and I still have the PW 50. It's the little yellow and black bumble bee one. It still runs.
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Superstock
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From: Los Angeles & Winston Salem
First motorcycle was a 1971 Garelli 50 Cross. First real street bike was a 1978 Kawasaki KH250... at the tender young age of 16....back in 1980.....and yes I crashed it on the way home from buying it!!!! Young & dumb.....
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SuperSport
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From: Edwards AFB, CA
1997 GS500E. Did a full restoration on it and went from purple to red with a duc stripe front to back in black and a Vance & Hines exhaust on it, sounded amazing. That is un till a bit of silicone got lodged in a oil jet for the balance shaft and made the casting look like an egg would fit in there better.
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Superstock
Joined: May 2012
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From: UK
Yamaha RD 125 Twin
A bit like this one but mine was Red I put some Hi tec reeds and an Allspeed exhaust on it and some cone air filters. Can't remember what year it was and sadly I don't have any pic of it either.
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A bit like this one but mine was Red I put some Hi tec reeds and an Allspeed exhaust on it and some cone air filters. Can't remember what year it was and sadly I don't have any pic of it either.
(:-})
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Back Marker
Joined: Apr 2013
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From: Florida
1979 Suzuki GS 425E, crashed it twice in one day on day 7 of owning it, lucky for me I was in motorcycle mechanics in school cause I could fix it each time I crashed it. I think I crashed it 7 times before I killed it and moved on to a cool little GT 250 2 stroke.
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Squid
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It was four years ago, with a brand new, off the showroom floor Genuine Scooter Co. Roughhouse 50cc. I had a disparaging view of motorcycles beforehand and only bought it because of high gas prices. I lived off that scooter in a small city in upstate New York and then for a summer in Washington, DC.
It launched me into an unique obsession and a long, winding journey that led me through ten different actual motorcycles. My Superhawk is my 12th.
It launched me into an unique obsession and a long, winding journey that led me through ten different actual motorcycles. My Superhawk is my 12th.
You guys don't know the meaning of the word high gas prices. To fill a 16l tank here is aprox if I do the conversions $24 - $28 depending on how empty the tank is.
