Author Topic: Your Very First Street Bike? (Read 11920 times)

okbandit · « **Reply #15 on:** July 22, 2007, 02:57:49 PM »

My first bike on the street was a 1986 honda magna v-40 (700 cc). Very good first bike and very easy to take care of. There are days that I miss the old girl and her easy cruising ergo's. Magna's were never really appreciated, much like the bandit is now. Water cooled 80hp, no vibes to speak of with a 6 speed tranny, it was and is a great bike.

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H2RICK · « **Reply #16 on:** July 22, 2007, 03:57:04 PM »

Ya know, Zen, this is eerie....

You must be that little bit younger than me. My first bike was a Honda Benly 150, which was the "little brother" to the 250/305 Dream and looked exactly like the Dream. Mine was a 1965 model. Two years later I traded up to the 1967 305 Dream. What a mistake, IMO. The Dream was a slug compared to the Benly, etc etc etc. I won't bore you with the comparison.
It's amazing that we both had such bad taste back in the day.....

....although, admittedly, both bikes were chick magnets, what with the glossy black paint and the whitewall tires.
We had been used to everyone riding Honda 50 Cubs with the odd Honda S65, so the Benly looked as big as an HD dresser alongside either of those tiddlers.

03banditrdr · « **Reply #17 on:** July 22, 2007, 06:11:31 PM »

1983 Yamaha 550 Vision

tannerismyhero · « **Reply #18 on:** July 22, 2007, 07:31:51 PM »

I donno how to post a pic but mine was a 02 250 ninja I bought new. I layed it down trying to wheelie it from a stop....the only way you could is to dump the clutch....but I wrecked it up a sorority's drive when iI was showing off...

I moved to cinci and sold it cause the roads were shit and drivers were dumb. The next bike was my 01 12s. I really dont feel like its a heavy bike or anything. And since I now have that thing known as self control, i keep the rubber side down.

aussiebandit · « **Reply #19 on:** July 22, 2007, 11:05:31 PM »

First street bike, in fact my first motorcycle, was a GN250.

Oh and for the record bike #2 was a GR650, bike#3 was a GSX600F and bike#4 was (and still is) the 02B12.

Yep that's right I've only ever owned Suzuki's....not for any other reason than they were the best bikes I could afford at the time....

LowRyter · « **Reply #20 on:** July 23, 2007, 02:09:56 AM »

1967 Honda CL-90 Scrambler, candy apple red, no turn signals. I got it for X-mas present + my life's savings for a total value of $300 new. I got my license in April when I turned 14. I put about 5k miles on the bike in 3 years, sold it to help buy a car.

Didn't own another bike until for another 10 years. Took a ride on mid 70s Suzuki GT-550 and got the bug. Got a 1981 Yamaha Seca 550.

ZenMan · « **Reply #21 on:** July 23, 2007, 02:36:42 AM »

Quote from: "H2RICK"

Ya know, Zen, this is eerie....

What else is eerie is our obsession with Kawi triples... I had my share of H1's and H2's back in the day. That's another one I'd like to add to my fantasy collection of all the bikes I once owned.

If you ever decide to sell your H2, let me know, ok?

chupacabra · « **Reply #22 on:** July 23, 2007, 06:54:13 AM »

My first street bike was a 1974 RD350, then I got a RD400. When the RZ's came out I started rideing thumpers, the old XT's, XT500 then I bought a XT350 my first mono shock! I had a few CB750's and a KZ900. None of the bikes lasted as long as the Bandit that I still have, (almost 12 years). And too think I was planning on selling after a year or two.

SteelD · « **Reply #23 on:** July 23, 2007, 07:25:44 AM »

I started out with a Yamaha YCS5E (predecessor to the RD200, a 200cc air-cooled 2-stroke twin).

I then moved to a Yamaha DT125, a Honda CB250 and then a Honda CB400F (400/4) before bowing out of bikes for several years and then returning with a Yamaha Fazer 600, an FJR1300 and now a Bandit 1250.

DaveG · « **Reply #24 on:** July 23, 2007, 09:21:13 AM »

SteelD · « **Reply #25 on:** July 23, 2007, 10:28:20 AM »

DaveG - are you going to let us guess what these bikes are?

First one looks like a CD175 while the second could be a CB250K2 or thereabouts.

Katamaniac · « **Reply #26 on:** July 23, 2007, 12:35:21 PM »

My dad handed down his 1973 GT550 to me when I turned 16. There have been several others since. I love the sound of those two stroke tripples.

dpturner · « **Reply #27 on:** July 23, 2007, 12:52:04 PM »

1975 (or was it 74?) Triumph Trident T150. Very cool bike, I didn't give it the love it deserved. Got pulled over by the police the day I bought it (used). Tail light was out. And of course, I did not yet have a MC license. Great start!
Not my bike, but lifted from the web:

SmokeyAndTheBandit · « **Reply #28 on:** July 23, 2007, 08:27:47 PM »

Ahhh my first street bike. 1975 Honda CB360T. My dad had stored it in a barn for something like 13 years. Only had like 4000 miles on it but was ruined from sitting in the barn. Needed a complete restoration. Needless to say, as a young man, I never completed the restoration and never got to ride it. I still have it and one day hope to find time to make it a cafe racer project.

elbandito · « **Reply #29 on:** July 23, 2007, 11:23:39 PM »

My first bike was a '76 KZ400. Great little bike. Wish I'd have kept it!!