Your First Bike

[Richard]

Post up your first bike, a pic or just what it was.

This is my first, 1981 Honda CB900C. 900cc's, air ride, 9500 RPM's, and 15 gears of maddness. :cool:

http://i226.photobucket.com/albums/dd1/rickG1K/HondaCB900C1-1.jpg

[Bashed]

Here you go.

[dirkterrell]

Here's mine. 1984 Honda VF500F Interceptor that I bought new in May of 1984. Still have it. :)

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/bikes/vf500f.jpg

Dirk

[Brat]

heres mine :D
1992 suzuki katana gsx600f. alot of "blood" sweat and tears into it. new engine with the help of board member. great bike treated me well. :)
http://i161.photobucket.com/albums/t219/Bratmantlz/ride41407katana005.jpg

[Mel]

I still miss my first bike....had it for 8 years...


(this is it 2 days before I sold it.../sigh)
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/meltrowbridge/Vehicles/smDSCN1384.jpg

But the bike was fun....
http://i26.photobucket.com/albums/c141/meltrowbridge/Vehicles/Track%20Days/mel10.jpg

[Tipys]

2007 Ninja 650r
http://a679.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/35/l_c908ee8e8008ce3f1af8ae1be24ebd36.jpg (http://viewmorepics.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=viewImage&friendID=39036181&albumID=516692&imageID=17379034)

[phoenixr2]

http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l295/phoenixr2/tlrride2004.jpg

squid and proud of it :king:. Should I have bought it for a first bike? probably not, but I am glad I did! It is my love and joy. One day I may be able to ride it good, but till then I will just enjoy it at the level I can. when it is a possibility I want to pick up a 600 for track so I can actually improve my skill level too, that would be nice.

[Brat]

nice gsxr beotch! love the ol srads. oh oh, i spy with my eye a tlr :D

pheonix im not going there.... okay i will squid. :P wish i coulda had a tl for my first bike. nice list so far everyone. :)

[Mel]

nice gsxr beotch! love the ol srads. oh oh, i spy with my eye a tlr :D

Haha, yeah, the TLR was the replacement for the SRAD....and I passed the TLR on about 9 months later and got an R1. :)

[Brat]

ahhh you went to the dark side. lol :D

[#1Townie]

03 cbr 600rr

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

2004 Yamaha Road Star Midnight. It was lowered, had beach bars, engine guard, saddlebags, Rhinehart Exhaust, and a Thunder Tornado intake kit on it. It was a fun 1700cc V-Twin bike...but just not my thing I guess. Here are some pics of when I was trying to sell her.

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/RoadStar_3.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/RoadStar_5.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/RoadStar_2.jpg

http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r193/GSXRSNAIL/RoadStar_4.jpg

[chad23]

Mine was not as nice as this one
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i247/roughrider504/SUNP0004-3.jpg

[Brat]

sweet its one of those lil lawnmowerbikethings.. :D

[zetaetatheta]

6731
Note the sleek italian styling
Loads of corning clearance
Brembo Drums
High tech air filter w/del Orto works carb
Latest Ohlin suspension
Marchesini chrome plated wheels version 1.0
Termi Chrome plated high flow exhaust
Schwinn Scorpion tires
Paint by Leonardo
Marketed by the motorcycle super importer "Montgomery Ward"

This was my first bike, a real dual sporter--dirt, road, mud, water, jumps, dirt track racing with Suzuki rotorvalve. Road the piss out of it. Had a thing for Italians every since, as you can see why.

[The Black Knight]

Oh yeah, straight up Top Gun right here. 1984 Kawasaki GPz1100 - my first bike and I still have it.

[The Black Knight]

Here's the bike I wished I never got rid of :(

[mtnairlover]

'79 KZ750...with the wrong frame...I came to find out after the fact. But, I digress. She gave up the ghost in June '06 and I couldn't stand the idea of not riding, so I bought the Z750S, which is the updated version of the KZ.

Here's the KZ in Briggsdale where she finally broke down. That town's roads are all dirt roads. I had to walk the bike up a dirt road from off the county road it died on for about 4 blocks before someone told me to stop and set a spell. Good peeps out there, though. That ATV trailer is some guy's who just happened to know the ladies who told me to stop walking the bike. A complete stranger drove me and my dead bike all the way back home to Loveland, which was about 50 miles.
http://i92.photobucket.com/albums/l12/mtnairlover/dead_old_girl-1.jpg

[$pOiLeD_rOoKiE]

Here's my '03 $uPeR_hAwK....I have to get an updated pic since I have done some mods to 'er...
http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a359/LilWyteAdashi/After1.jpg

[McVaaahhh]

1991 FZR 600.

That was a ton of fun! :up:

[vmax2003]

Mine was a 85 yamaha virago 750. it was a fun bike to learn on.

[Devaclis]

1989 NT650 Hawk GT - In Red she is stock. Black and yellow was how she ended up, before she died.

Still have most of her.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/devaclis/Hawk/f7e13b0d.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/devaclis/Hawk/f7cbd5a6.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/devaclis/Hawk/P2260005.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/devaclis/Hawk/IMG_0599.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v470/devaclis/Hawk/IMG_0598.jpg

[puckstr]

First bike a 78 KZ650
much like this after all the mods I did to it.
http://www.metric-mafia.com/image/finished.jpg

[konichd]

I was so poor after college I bought a wrecked Honda F2 for $1200 and fixed it up. Enion exhaust and some other misc parts and she was good to go!

[I`m Batman]

http://lib.store.yahoo.net/lib/radioflyer/36.jpg

[Sortarican]

LOL,
I'm there with chad23 on the mini. My budy and I re-built one (see: stole a used lawnmower engine) when we were 8 or so.
Gaduated to a Honda CT70 (with centrifical clutch) later that year.
(Family toy the parents got us after the horse trashed the neighboors cornfield for the last time and got sent off to the glue factory.)
http://www.paradisecycles.com/Images/Image92.jpg

Couple dirtbikes later my first street bike was a '70 Yamaha R5 when I turned 16.
Still have it, but unfortunetly I wasn't nearly as kind to it as Dirk is to his stable.
6748

But pieces of it made there way into a '74 RD350 project, so she lives on in spirit.
6749

[Raptor]

Here's my '03 $uPeR_hAwK....I have to get an updated pic since I have done some mods to 'er...


Nice ride, SR!
Exact same first bike as me and exact same bike I still have. Couple different mods but practically twins. Only had her a year and still in love with her too. :hump:

Have you done any performance mods, SP?

Peace.

[dirkterrell]

LOL,
But pieces of it made there way into a '74 RD350 project, so she lives on in spirit.
6749

Love those old RD350/400s. My first street riding was done on a buddy's RD400. They sure made the racers on CB750's stand up and notice back then. :)

Dirk

[dirkterrell]

LOL,
I'm there with chad23 on the mini. My budy and I re-built one (see: stole a used lawnmower engine) when we were 8 or so.


8 or so... that would make it this one, no?

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5a/Daimler-1-motorcycle-1.jpg/618px-Daimler-1-motorcycle-1.jpg

Dirk

[Raptor]

1989 NT650 Hawk GT - In Red she is stock. Black and yellow was how she ended up, before she died.

Still have most of her.





I don't know what it is about the Hawk that's so tough but I think I'll have to put one in the garage at some point.
Hey Dana, did you ever scope for a new engine for yours? Probably not the easiest surplus to find huh?

G.

[Dr. Joe Siphek]

http://pages.cs.wisc.edu/~john/vfr/specs/pics/84-vf700.jpg
But mine was an 85.

[dragos13]

First street bike was a 1996 Kawasaki ZX-6E
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii206/dragosracer/BIKE_1.jpg

First track bike was a 1998 Honda F3
http://i265.photobucket.com/albums/ii206/dragosracer/CIMG0240.jpg

[dirkterrell]

But mine was an 85.

My first race bike was an '83 VF750F in blue. Amazing machines in their time.

Dirk

[tarded400]

Mine was a 99 YZF600R. Great bike. Car blew a stop sign one night and ended its painful life.
http://www.ae92gts.com/images/yzf/001_th.jpg

[Devaclis]

I don't know what it is about the Hawk that's so tough but I think I'll have to put one in the garage at some point.
Hey Dana, did you ever scope for a new engine for yours? Probably not the easiest surplus to find huh?

G.

Very hard to find a good working, unmolested NT650 motor. They have been raced to hell or left outside to rot. I gave up on her and I am now parting her out to help pay for my 600RR.

[Raptor]

Very hard to find a good working, unmolested NT650 motor. They have been raced to hell or left outside to rot. I gave up on her and I am now parting her out to help pay for my 600RR.

That's kind of what I thought. So sad. I know that's not the first time I've said that but it's sad enough to say again. I really liked that bike.
Least it's donating organs for a good cause.

[gsxrscott]

72 Suzuki TS 185 My Dad bought it for my Mom new in '72 and she gave it to me for my 14th birthday. It was toast by the time I was done with it!

[Sortarican]

..... They sure made the racers on CB750's stand up and notice back then. :)Dirk

Beat just about anything on the road. (Till you topped it out at 85mph.)


8 or so... that would make it this one, no?Dirk

Get off my lawn ya young punk!!!!:scream1:

[dirkterrell]

Get off my lawn ya young punk!!!!:scream1:

http://www.boulder.swri.edu/%7Eterrell/images/smile.gif

[Yamacati Bob]

I had a bunch of bikes I wish I still had. This '67 Suzuki 50 (my first), a '70 Hodaka Ace 100, a '72 Harley Davidson (Areomachi) Leggero 65, and a '74 Kawasaki H2 500 to name a few. And, notice the cool, but worthless, Bell Helmet.:) Amazingly enough, when I sold that bike it had never been on its side and I to was injury free...must have been all the protective gear I am wearing:bs:

[Yamacati Bob]

Z,
I remember looking at the Wards catalog as a kid wishing I could get one...boy, those were the days.........

[MORSE]

Traded a VW van for it. Ran that thing along the east coast for a couple of years before I bought a brand new Katana. YUP that right mo-fos a brand new red Kan-a-tuna.

http://www.cafe-customs.com-a.googlepages.com/1980_GS550E.jpg/1980_GS550E-full;init:.jpg

[Nick_Ninja]

http://www.bluemountain-guitars.de/hondab.jpg

1980 Honda XL 500S --- not the first bike but one that I had loads of fun on. Too heavy --- never again.

[*GSXR~SNAIL*]

Cool Nick...I can see it has a red tank, but I have to scroll to the left, the right, and then up and down to see the rest of the bike.

Sweet.

:D

[Nick_Ninja]

Cool Nick...I can see it has a red tank, but I have to scroll to the left, the right, and then up and down to see the rest of the bike.

Sweet.

:D

That's because it's a Hon-duh. :alien:

[Snowman]

1982 Honda CB900F

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1433/859565203_10c7ad4fd5.jpg

[Devaclis]

^^^ LOL what a dork!!

Just kiddin' man. That bike has always made me feel tingly inside. One day I hope to ride one :)

[Snowman]

2008 dork was 1983 cool...:cool:
1983 Chics loved this bike. :up: Damn I need to travel back in time...

[Devaclis]

I bet that thing is faster than hell too. I have head them run before but I have never had the chance to ride one :(

[Ghost]

I'll skip my early dirt-bikes (z50, CR85, etc) and go with my first Street bike:

1992 Honda CBR600F2 Super Sport Red/White

Bought it from my friend (a Honda Master Tech) who suddenly *had* to have the then-new CBR900RR. The F2 had 148miles on it. I put 16k miles on it in the first year I owned it. Sadly, it ended up as a casualty of my early racing attempts in 1994. I've got old photos of it, but none scanned in.

Lol, I've also still got the upper center fairing/headlight surround as a picture frame. It's the only surviving piece of the bike.

Here's a Googled pic of the color scheme (though IIRC stock seats were red):
(Most F2s were the reverse, with white as the dominant color.)


http://i202.photobucket.com/albums/aa1/MF-Studententopic/TonyM.jpg


Color-matched wheels FTW!


...damn, I miss that bike. I had *so* much fun on that thing.

[Richard]

no one had dirt bikes for there first? It seemed like everyone in Oklahoma started off on dirt.

[tarded400]

Nope. My parents said dirt bikes were too dangerous, even though dad had always had a dit bike. So, I didn't give up and they allowed me to get a 600cc street bike. I now have 6 screws and 2 pretty good scars. I'm going to get my kid a dirt bike as soon as they can ride a bicycle and if they want one.

[Richard]

NICE. I'll definatly be doing the same, and making sure they stay on the back wheel haha J/K.