Who's had the most extreme first bike?
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A 1981 Yamaha RD250LC!
It was brand new, on L plates, picked it up 5 days after my 17th birthday. I had a full licence 3 weeks later & was gutted I didn't have the 350. I've had CBX's ZXR's CBR's & blade's, a GSXR1000, & an R1 since then & the only thing that has bettered it for that 'knowing it's special' feeling was a 94 916S in 95!
All a bit different to the Speed Triple I potter about on now.
It was brand new, on L plates, picked it up 5 days after my 17th birthday. I had a full licence 3 weeks later & was gutted I didn't have the 350. I've had CBX's ZXR's CBR's & blade's, a GSXR1000, & an R1 since then & the only thing that has bettered it for that 'knowing it's special' feeling was a 94 916S in 95!
All a bit different to the Speed Triple I potter about on now.
A sunbeam Champ. Red and yellow, with one brake, solid tyres, ape hangers and a banana saddle.
Oh, you mean motorbike?
My first bike was a Vespa 125 Primavera ET3, and if we're talking extreme, then I win on the grounds of extreme unreliability. Ridden every day it went through 2 clutches a year, almost a complete set of cables every year, I managed to get to 60mph on it twice and on both occasions needed to strip and rebuild the engine afterwards as the oil seals failed. Every few weeks I would have to rebuild the carb as the vibration would shake it to bits. I loved that bike and still have it. I spent thousands on trying to get the 5.6 bhp up to, ooh probably about 10-12bhp now maybe. And then 4 years ago I had to push it home just once too often, bought a brand new Honda CBR125R and have never ridden the Vespa since.
Oh, you mean motorbike?
My first bike was a Vespa 125 Primavera ET3, and if we're talking extreme, then I win on the grounds of extreme unreliability. Ridden every day it went through 2 clutches a year, almost a complete set of cables every year, I managed to get to 60mph on it twice and on both occasions needed to strip and rebuild the engine afterwards as the oil seals failed. Every few weeks I would have to rebuild the carb as the vibration would shake it to bits. I loved that bike and still have it. I spent thousands on trying to get the 5.6 bhp up to, ooh probably about 10-12bhp now maybe. And then 4 years ago I had to push it home just once too often, bought a brand new Honda CBR125R and have never ridden the Vespa since.
First bike was in 1972 and I was 14 it was an AJS Scrambler for field use only. First road bike was in 1977 it was a 1976 Kawasaki Z1000 A2 !
It was "lively" to say the least. Dunstall mega exhausts, Avon Roadrunners, cardboard brakes, spaghetti frame and 140 MPH potential, what a combo for a 19yr old.
Still riding now at 50 so not all bad.
CC
It was "lively" to say the least. Dunstall mega exhausts, Avon Roadrunners, cardboard brakes, spaghetti frame and 140 MPH potential, what a combo for a 19yr old.
Still riding now at 50 so not all bad.
CC
Beemer-5 said:
Was that the one which pre-dated the Hustler, then the GT250 Ram Air?
Super Six was just an alternative name to the Hustler, but the same bike. Styling was a little 'odd' with big chrome side panels on the tank.
The smell of Gunk always whips me back some 30+ years, to my nostalgic follies and f**kups with that very first motorcycle.
When I passed my test a few years ago I borrowed a mates bike for a several weeks until I managed to sort myself out.
It was a tuned GSXR1100 engine in a sponden race frame, Street Fightered to the max.
Many years on I wish I would have bought it when he decided to sell it.
It was very unique! and brilliant fun!
Kwacker
It was a tuned GSXR1100 engine in a sponden race frame, Street Fightered to the max.
Many years on I wish I would have bought it when he decided to sell it.
It was very unique! and brilliant fun!
Kwacker
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