what was/is your first bike ?

[NeilM]

AR125 Kawasaki

[Yeldur]

Sinnis Stealth 125

http://www.sinnismotorcycles.com/images/gallerypics/large/stealth%20125%207.jpg

For a Chinese bike, it's actually really good, I bought it second hand with about 8500 miles on the clock, only things that have gone wrong on it are:

The Chain, Front light, The throttle

The chain was down to age/me not being SUPER pedantic with my chain cleaning.

The front light was down to age as well. (bought a new bulb and voila it's fine)

And the throttle was down to me pulling back too hard on the throttle and snapping the cable like a twat because it wasn't going fast enough to keep up with the group I was riding with.

Other than that, no problems with the bike what so ever. For all the awful things I hear about Chinese bikes I think I've gotten the cream of the crop.

[Amayah]

My first three bikes were as follows

1. 1976 Malaguti Monte 50cc same as the one in the pic below

 

2. Suzuki Gsx 250 a year or two later I wanted an x7 but with everyone allegedly wiping themselves out I wasn’t allowed

 

3. Think it was in 1981 or 82 I got a Suzuki gsx400f which I regretted as my mate had an rd400 which was a much better bike. Unfortunately I had to keep paying for it on finance and couldn’t change it

[Amayah]

Oops sorry I’ve somehow got an extra Malaguti in the post.

[megawatt]

Honda SS50, 1975/76

[SlowBusa]

I used to ride to school on a Honda C90 at 15 year old illegally...like this one

http://images.mcn.bauercdn.com/PageFiles/547989/0-1.jpg

Then when I hit 16 I got my first and only ever new bike a Suzuki TS50ER like this one

http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/gallery/suzuki/1982-suzuki-ts50er-1-865x570.jpg

I Must Have Looked ridiculous on them @ 6 foot

[Hoggs]

Oops sorry I’ve somehow got an extra Malaguti in the post.

 

fixed it for you although I have no idea how you managed to do it

[Amayah]

thank you

[bud]

I had a couple of motocross bikes first. But this was my first road bike.

Yamaha DT50

[SToneZ]

Mine was a 1993 Yamaha Xv535

[Martyn850]

My first big bike. A M600 Monster.

[Fleck]

RD125 no photos of it so you'll have to look on Google images first fast bike was my ZXR400, got a picture of that somewhere but it's an old paper one

[iangaryprice]

Original Yamaha FS1E unrestricted circa 1974

FS1E was my first bike as well! By far hte most popular in thise days, there were some Honda SS50 & Suzuki AP50 and a few Italina sports mopeds.

FS1E was technically a moped, my first real bike was 1978 Yamaha RD125.

[mikestrivens]

My first bike was a Honda VFR800. I also got a Harley FatBoy few months later. Sold both when I moved from London when I retired 20 years ago.

[MikeHorton]

1st bike an af125 great machine wish I had it now for the odd little fun blast. I'm not too sure about the colour now though!

[Richard1985]

My first legal bike in 2009 was a Moto-Roma GP 125 in metallic blue but I didn't look after it at all and after riding it for11 months went for a ride got halfwayto my mothers which was 16 miles from me and all I heard was bang clatter as the end can sheared clean off the exhaust pipe oops

[Cornish]

Mine was a GP100 still wish I had it

[Mickly]

Honda C50 field bike brought for £5, 20 No6 and a snow sledge - reckon I got ripped off - only lasted 1 summer before I snapped it in half down the woods.

Mickly

[Guest]

 

Suzuki bandit 600. No baffle in the exhaust, loud, bit lairy for me. Never really loved it, strangely miss it though.

[SometimesSansEngine]

A very humble Honda CBF125. They may look a bit basic to some, but for me it's what I've cut my teeth on for four months whilst doing my full licence. Did a charity ride out on it for the local air ambulance, who once came to a medical emergency involving my daughter so it meant a lot to me. A small 125 amongst lots of vintage bikes and Harleys but I put some ribbons in the colours of the air ambulance on it to add a special touch and rode it with pride.

Now passed my full test and picked up my big bike today, I've done over a thousand happy miles on it since I picked it up in April, some with my wife on her Yamaha who did her CBT at the same time. The picture is our bikes together at a cafe stop on a day we managed to have someone else to have the kids.

In a weird way I'll be sorry to see her go.

[RantMachine]

[mention]Glorian[/mention] are you going to remind everyone or do I have start posting quotes?

[Snod Blatter]

A glorious year 2000 Suzuki GS125 ESX:

Shod with Heidenau K65s it was incredibly confidence inspiring and I learnt how to cane it everywhere. I'd still be using it now but I listened to other people who said once I'd tried a big bike I'd never look back.. It did 100MPG, was totally reliable and would cover my commute no problem. I was a fool!

I sold it to a scrote, who sold it to a scrote, and I actually saw it on ebay a few years ago chucked in a shed with no tax or MOT because it had been low sided on a junction. Ah man

[elizabethf]

http://i65.tinypic.com/2gx2zdi.jpg

Honda CBR125 with the repsol colours. I love this bike, it forgives many of my f**k ups and making me a much better rider.

[Rookie Rider Rob]

My actual first bike was a 1999 KTM 250sx Absolutely loved it!

[Glorian]

@Glorian are you going to remind everyone or do I have start posting quotes?

 

Go f**k yourself