what was/is your first bike ?

[linuxrob]

1976 SS50 5 Speed.

this one

 

rob B

[learningtofly]

Mine was a CG125, circa 1978. In orange.

 

Edited October 11, 2018 by learningtofly

[Tiggie]

To give you all a laugh here is me on my first Scooter, just turned 18. An early chinese grey import called a hundong zippy or something similar

Exhaust fell of 1st week I had it, It had next to no power whatsoever, in fact I used to have to walk with it up a particularly steep hill on my commute as it couldn't cope

unfortunately I was never able to find an insurer wiling to insure me as they wanted a uk equivalent which I couldn't give them (though being 18 and stupid I didn't put 100% effort into finding one) and approx 6 months later I was pulled over by a police trap on the way home. 6 points and a £400 fine

[Edd80]

 

 

My first and current bike. Possible the only CBR 600 F3 with a standard exhaust!!

[Muttly]

Lexmoto Falcon 125. I love it and hope to keep it until it dies.

[fq-craigus]

No pictures but I had a fazer 600 1999 for my first but only had it a month before I traded for my first gsxr

[Joeman]

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

Yamaha DT50

 

I had the same bike as my first road bike!

Black DT50MX

Used to lean it right over and grind the sides of my trainers off! Haha

[S-Westerly]

In 1978 - a Honda CB250N Superdream. With hindsight it wasn't very good but at the time I thought it was great. Wrecked it as part of my learning curve.

[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

 

 

Taken about 1995, I haven't changed

[gogs01]

My first bike was a BSA 250 C11G (1954, plunger rear suspension, square tyres & a front brake which was less effective than Fred Flinstone's slippers).

Great fun !

[charlie_580]

First bike was a TS185 field bike. Then had a 1990 RM250.

First road leagal bike was an 1991 RXS100 which I bought for £80 in 2001. I still have it and have just started a restoration on it.

Second bike was a z250 Scorpion and I have one of these as well. Getting it back on the road soon as a commuter to save miles on the SX.

[fastbob]

1976 SS50 5 Speed.

this one

SS50 day it sold 1980.jpg

SS50 1977-2.jpg

SS50 1977.jpg

rob B

 

Your tax is overdue. 01/05/82 to be precise. So it looks like you did the right thing to sell it because it didn't last too long after that.

[fastbob]

First bike was a TS185 field bike. Then had a 1990 RM250.

First road leagal bike was an 1991 RXS100 which I bought for £80 in 2001. I still have it and have just started a restoration on it.

Second bike was a z250 Scorpion and I have one of these as well. Getting it back on the road soon as a commuter to save miles on the SX.

Beware the plastic oil pump drive cog .

[M620]

First bike was a 1959 BSA Bantam 175, paid £7 for it in Dec 1968. 16th birthday 2 weeks later and rode it to death from day 1 Needed a rebore after a month.

[skyrider]

the first one I had was a 1976 fs1e in baja brown with the speed blocks and I still have it

[Fripnchips]

2017 Honda CMX 500 'Rebel'

[Moonraker]

First bike, if I recall correctly, was a Lifan Hongda 125, which I had for 6 months, then passed my bike licence and moved on.

[workpeter]

First bike CB125F. Still got it. havent gotten round to selling it yet lol.

[Bald_Eagle1]

the first one I had was a 1976 fs1e in baja brown with the speed blocks and I still have it

 

What are the speed blocks?

My first bike when I was 16 in 1973 was a 1972 'L' reg FS1-E in the original Candy Gold colour (actually a SS, before they changed the name to FS1-E due to a legal name case with Honda regarding their SS 50 model).

It had the pedals that were usually set as footpegs.

I tried pedaling it to a petrol station once when it ran out of petrol, but ended up getting off it & pushing it as it was easier.

It would just about do 50 mph, with a tail wind.

I paid £110 for it, second hand & I wish I still had it as they are now worth between £5,000 & £6,000.

Mind you, my wages were only £14 per week back then.

[AdLad96]

Had*

Peugeot Vivacity 50cc (Ped though)

Peugeot Speedfight 50cc (Ped)

Yamaha WR125X (Stolen )

KTM 250SX (FUN AF)

Now I have a Suzuki DR125SM

[Glorian]

[skyrider]

Hi Bald Eagle the what they called the speed blocks were the black and white diagonal stripes on the tank, these were stickers and not painted on, a few of the rd yams had them in that era

[rob m]

Yamaha FS1E in 1985, no pedals so had to bump start it. Cost £50. I remember filing a mm off the exhaust port in metalwork at school. Micron exhaust. Did 62mph on the clock

First big bike was a GSXR750 in 1996 after passing my test. Jumped from a Vespa 125 to the GSXR, was quite a steep learning curve. Then a selection of very fast bikes over the years. 22 years later I haven't killed myself, which is a bonus.