Author Topic: Your Very First Street Bike? (Read 12328 times)

ZenMan · « **on:** July 21, 2007, 02:09:25 PM »

What was your first street bike ever?

Mine was a '66 Honda 305 Dream... a lot like this one:

Someday I'd like to find another one. Along with a whole bunch of other old bikes I've ridden or owned in the past.

What was your first street bike? Post a pic of it, or a similar one if you can, or just tell us about it.

solman · « **Reply #1 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:19:38 PM »

Mine was a 82 Honda CB750C Custom. It was gutless for a 750, but it was an experience.

skyrider · « **Reply #2 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:28:39 PM »

When I was in my 10's (10-12 years old), my parents had an outdoor sporting good store. They brough home a 100cc bike. It had a Hodaka motor and on the tank, the word "Steen". If I remember correctly, the shifter was on the right and the rear brake was on the left. Of course, at that age I didn't ride on the street other than in our neighborhood...then only to go the short drive to the hills.

leedogg · « **Reply #3 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:36:28 PM »

a 2007 Bandit 1250S...the perfect beginner bike.

Red01 · « **Reply #4 on:** July 21, 2007, 02:56:47 PM »

Quote from: "skyrider"

When I was in my 10's (10-12 years old), my parents had an outdoor sporting good store. They brough home a 100cc bike. It had a Hodaka motor and on the tank, the word "Steen". If I remember correctly, the shifter was on the right and the rear brake was on the left. Of course, at that age I didn't ride on the street other than in our neighborhood...then only to go the short drive to the hills.

Well then, that Steen wouldn't have really been your first street bike then, would it?

In skyrider's sense, the first bike I rode on the street would have been my first bike, a '66 Suzuki K10P (80cc). What it looked like when I got it (not actually mine):

What it looked like since I wasn't old enough to ride legally on the street anyway (actually is my bike, picture from 1971):

But my real "first street bike" would have been my second one, a 1971 Yamaha XS-1B (actually is my bike, picture is from 1973):

ZenMan · « **Reply #5 on:** July 21, 2007, 03:43:39 PM »

I'm sure there were quite a few bikes we've all ridden around the neighborhood or off-road before puberty...

I was thinking the first bike ya'll ever actually owned and rode licensed on the street. You know, like your first real girlfriend.

flip · « **Reply #6 on:** July 21, 2007, 09:39:34 PM »

A 1981 Suzuki GS450T. I was in the N.C. mountains almost every weekend on that little bike. I put 10,000 miles on it in the 10 months that I had it before trading it in on a new, leftover 550 Katana.

drewpy_dawg · « **Reply #7 on:** July 21, 2007, 09:55:31 PM »

94 Suzuki Intruder 1400. Forward controls, almost ape hangers, almost straight pipes and harley fat-bob dual tanks. This is why I tell people to not to bother with a 250 to start with...

Other bikes I've owned (in order...):
Kaw KLR 650 (I thought I might go offroad...never did...sold to buy:)
V-Max (sold because I was done with school and my wife needed a new car BADLY)
2 years later, FZ-6 and wife's Hyosung...then sold the FZ-6 for the ol'

When the wife pops out baby #2, getting a v-max or valkyrie for 2-up riding...

Eleggua · « **Reply #8 on:** July 21, 2007, 10:08:28 PM »

A 2007 Bandit 1250S.

snofrog · « **Reply #9 on:** July 21, 2007, 11:26:25 PM »

first bike was a ft 500 ascot (purchased new for $999 and sold 2 yrs later for $900 with 6000 miles )what a dog lol then a brand new rz 350 . in 98 I purchased my 83,gs 750 es then finally my 2000 b 12 s

heath3n · « **Reply #10 on:** July 22, 2007, 12:14:02 AM »

1990 Suzuki GSX400F (aka Katana)

I was in Okinawa at time, hence the smaller displacement.

B6mick · « **Reply #11 on:** July 22, 2007, 01:58:42 AM »

1964 T20 super sports 250cc Suzuki.

A lot like this.

And pulled an incredible, 105MPH, not bad for stock standard 64, 250cc.
enough to scare the shyte outta me, on more than 1 occasion.

speedytriple · « **Reply #12 on:** July 22, 2007, 02:39:02 AM »

a 1995 suzuki katana 600 in black and purple. at the time i was 19 and though it was the coolest bike ever. kept it almost 2years then traded it for a 96 gsxr 750, had that for a while then got a magna for a summer and traded those in on the bandit 1200 a 2000 which ended up in a guard rail in southern ohio. then came my 2000 speedtriple. which is getting long in the tooth now with almost 35000 on it so i am looking in the next year or so to get a new ride matbe a 1250 with bags on it?

pmackie · « **Reply #13 on:** July 22, 2007, 02:57:48 AM »

OK, I'm not strickly following Zen's rules, but my first "steet" bike was Yamaha YG-1 (1963?), c/w GYT kit (modified rotary valve, bigger carb, high expansion chamber and ported cylinder?).

Lights were stripped, set up as a dirt bike, but I did ride it on the street on the way to the bush.

1st bike I rode on the street was a 1972 DT-1, orange tank, similar to this:

But my first REAL street bike was a 1970 H-1 Mach III Kawasaki

Mine was a blue tank.

orionburn · « **Reply #14 on:** July 22, 2007, 10:49:53 AM »

I didn't start riding until I was 27 or 28. Had wanted a bike forever but couldn't afford it. Friend of a friend was selling his 87 FZR1000. Didn't even want a sport bike, but the guy was only asking $1,000 for it and I had the money for that. Wasn't thrilled about starting out on a litre bike either, but managed to be smart and use some self control.

She doesn't look that bad in the photo, but trust me she was rough. Tails were cracked up along with the front fairing and a billion other things wrong with it. No front fender, actually lost the right fairing cause the mounting holes were toast (were junk aftermarkets anyway).

This is what it looked like when I got it (clicky thumbnails):

And after some elbow grease: