Bender Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 19 minutes ago, Pie man said: Kick Start the TV programme hosted by Peter Purves. Started out riding Trials bikes before I could ride a road bike (TY250) then at 16 (1984) got my first Vespa Special, then after passing my test bought an SS 180 and then a Rally 200. I wish I still had them now. Went on a few scooter rallies, but soon realised I needed something a little quicker if I wanted to travel further and quick, so bought my first BMW R80 and the rest is history. I forgot about that, was good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 and they used to put moto x on grandstand every saturday too 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skyrider Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 3 minutes ago, skyrider said: and they used to put moto x on grandstand every saturday too or scrambling as it was known then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KiwiBob Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 5 minutes ago, skyrider said: or scrambling as it was known then Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rennie Posted January 13, 2022 Share Posted January 13, 2022 No bikers in my family that I recall! From the age of 11/12 me and my mates had off road mopeds/scooters/anything we could get, we used to meet up on a big patch of waste ground and socialise/thrash them around. We spent more time trying to get them to go than actually riding them and we used to have to push them to get them there I saved up for years from paper rounds and Christmas and birthday money and bought an AP50 as soon as I was 16. Had a few years while I was in The Army with no bike but have had some sort of bike pretty much ever since 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackholesun Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 39..wish I'd done it 20 years earlier as spent 15 years cycling! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 Late 30s when I started. Got a love for motorcycles when I was a kid. School project on bmw when I was about 11. I had to write about the bikes. The K1 was new and I thought it looked amazing. After that I found custom bike magazine. Dirty mad max style bikes with women in leather skirts. Didn't get one though. 20 years later I had some overtime money come in and thought sod it I'm going to get on and do it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mississippi Bullfrog Posted January 14, 2022 Share Posted January 14, 2022 (edited) 11 minutes ago, goat said: Late 30s when I started. Got a love for motorcycles when I was a kid. School project on bmw when I was about 11. I had to write about the bikes. The K1 was new and I thought it looked amazing. After that I found custom bike magazine. Dirty mad max style bikes with women in leather skirts. Didn't get one though. 20 years later I had some overtime money come in and thought sod it I'm going to get on and do it. Didn't get what? A bike, or a lady in a leather skirt? Hmm....maybe being around young ladies in tight fitting rubber suits is why I spent my teenage years sailing boats instead of discovering motorbikes. Either that or my current enjoyment of beekeeping, sailing and riding motorbikes says I have a thing for dressing up in strange clothes. Come to that, the day job's quite good fun as well. Edited January 14, 2022 by Mississippi Bullfrog Typo 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spongefinger Posted January 15, 2022 Share Posted January 15, 2022 1987 at 17 off road bought a knackered old 70's kx125 off my mate ran it into the ground then got a xl125 sold that when I was 19 never went back on a bike until I was 49 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Liveware Problem Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 2016, aged 29. A couple of my Uncles always had bikes, Ducatis, (think they were always trying to one up each other) but I remember my mum was never keen so I never got to ride pillion or anything. But it wasn't until my Uncle was showing me his 1198, Multistrada and 748, and his sons Yamaha diversion it dawned on me that maybe this would be fun, so I signed up for my CBT soon after, had a ropey ybr 125 for a few months then got my full license in Feb 2017. Somehow I'm on my 6th bike already 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bungleaio Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 I did my CBT on my 37th Birthday. I wanted to learn something new so I thought I'd mark the 20th anniversary of my first driving lesson but learning to ride a bike, never expecting it to go on to getting my full license but I loved it. Christ it'll be 5 years this year! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Capt Sisko Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 (edited) About age 8 or 9, I was too small to drive either the tractor or Land Rover and the horses were for the girls. If you wanted to get around the more remote bits of the farm easily you either cadged a lift, walked or you rode the hand me down Francis Barnett. It was ancient when my father bought it for the eldest and I was son No.4. I passed my bike test two week after my seventeenth birthday in Oct 78 and my car test another two weeks later! Tests were a lot easier back then! Edited January 16, 2022 by Capt Sisko typo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iangaryprice Posted January 16, 2022 Share Posted January 16, 2022 Started at 16 (as did most of my mates) on a Yamha FS1E. Got a RD125 at 17, CB250RS at 20, CBX550 at 23 (kept untill 35, not always onthe road), Had a Yamaha FZ750 for a few months when 26. Had a break for a few years, (got distracted by Speedboats - still got one) then got a GSX600F 8 years ago at age 50. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trooper74 Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 Started working at the Crawfordsburn Inn at 15, washing the pots. Old chap there gave me a James trial bike that was mouldering away in his shed ..... Rode across the fields to work on it, rode across the fields to school on it ... Metal work teacher at school helped / taught me how to keep it running .... Mr Dixon gave me a working but incomplete 250 Norton for my 16th birthday ...... rode it across the fields everywhere .... At 17 ... joined the RAF, left home, passed my test, new Yamaha 250 from Damerells on the Goss Moor between Newquay and St. Austell ..... had motorbikes ever since .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve_M Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 I bought a tatty Honda CG125 when I was 32 but I wouldn’t describe it as “getting into biking” as it was for the sole purpose of commuting and house hunting in an area I was unfamiliar with. I used to cycle 14 miles each way to work and back each day and wanted to move closer. I sold it the moment we moved. Subsequently, having relocated to a village in Norfolk, and working in Norwich, I bought a Yamaha RSX100 to commute on - I was sick of cycling 14 miles each way to and from work (will I never learn?). I always felt vulnerable riding the bike (both pedal and the Yam) so upgraded to a CX500… and then I got into biking. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rob m Posted January 17, 2022 Share Posted January 17, 2022 At the age of 13. Had a motocross bike my dad bought from a scrapyard. Road wise, 16 years old. I had a FS1E closely followed by Vespas and Lambrettas as I was into the scooter scene for years. Rode all around the country to scooter rallies. Great times. Didn't get my first big bike until 1996, a GSXR 750. Many years of misbehaving followed after that, another GSXR, 2 Fireblades, and a ZX9R were the weapons of choice. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
geofferz Posted January 18, 2022 Share Posted January 18, 2022 30, 7 years ago Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonio Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 (edited) On 18/01/2022 at 11:15, geofferz said: 30, 7 years ago So - you've mastered the art of the short story Edited January 19, 2022 by bonio 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Frog Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 As mentioned in a previous post I got my junior RAC/ACU pass which would have been about 1975 as I was told in no uncertain terms if I wanted a bike on the road I would need to prove I ha some training. Got a AP50 on my 16th birthday and not off 2 wheels ever since. Did car test about 5 or 6 years after bike test and still prefer 2 wheels. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
S-Westerly Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 Two wheels are so much more fun. Yes it's often cold and wet and and you can't carry much kit etc but it is waaaay more enjoyable than sitting in a car for hours. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stikflote Posted January 19, 2022 Share Posted January 19, 2022 age 14 dad got me a a 350 BSA1946 rigid back end ,i had make go it needed a new Magneto spark plug leads ,i took it all to bits with dads help got it working and at 16 had it on road swapped it to a mate for a 500 Norton and passed test at 16 and a bit lol had bikes ever since first big bike was a yam XJ900 best bike i ever owned was a 750 VFR Honda ive had a lot of bikes, i now have a Triumph Street Triple 765, a 125 KRT kwac ninja, and a Harley 1200 sportster which im going to sell 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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