Your homework assignment

Kbrick · Oct 17, 2005

Before you get your grade for this semister you must find a picture of your first motorcycle and tell a little bit about the expierence.
Mine was a Yamaha YDS-3 250cc 2stroke. It was a 1966 model and I got it in the spring of '73. Had it for the summer and traded it for a '72 Honda XL-250 in the fall because the high fender and 21 inch wheel looked cool!

THREEFLYS · Oct 17, 2005

Here is my first bike, I was about 9 or 10. It must have been around a 1980 or so, I'm guessing.

Chris

BUBBAZANETTI · Oct 17, 2005

well, my first bike, it never ran, but then again, my 63 vespa 90 (number 300 of over 500,000 off the line in 16 years) never did either, so i guess the only running bikes i've had were beemers, but here's the 1980 cb750f anyway:

(my friend and i bought the same year, same model bike off ebay within the same month, i paid 420 he paid 1000, his ran, mine didn't)

cjack · Oct 17, 2005

A new yellow Suzuki X6, 36 years ago. I rode it 'til it wore out (for about a year) and then bought an R50/5 (I noticed the Kawasaki mechanic rode a BMW).
That's my story.
I don't have a picture.

jmerlino · Oct 17, 2005

Heck, I've still got the bike.

PacWestGS · Oct 17, 2005

'73 Bultaco Alpina 250

I couldn't find a picture of my own, so I guess I will flunk the assignment, but for extra credit I found this postcard of sorts on the internet. I thoroughly trashed this bike, thinking it was a dirt bike. It was a lot of fun, and took me places I should never have been, like a court room several times for different reasons. It did get me back and forth from high-school a couple years.

I think Bultaco proved why you don't make a gas tank from 'fiberglass' once you crack the joining seal, no amount of repairs will ever fix the leak. That's what led to demise of mine.

cjack · Oct 17, 2005

SFDOC said:
I couldn't find a picture of my own, but for extra credit I found this on the internet.

What a great idea...didn't think of that...but here it is. Brings back memories...cough, cough, gasp, whew, two stroke oil...shift1, shift2, shift3, shift4, shift5, shift6...brake...click click click click click...light changes...shift, shift, shift, shift, shift, shift...brake...etc.

darrylri · Oct 17, 2005

Not my first bike, but...

I had one of these in a 350cc size. (The picture is of a 250.)

It's a Montgomery Wards Riverside, made by Benelli. It was not what you would call comfortable, with its crushed springs supporting the vinyl seat cover, and the 350 single would shake your molars out after a brief while. It shed parts where ever I went on it, and this is the reason I found and bought my first tube of Loctite.

Holly · Oct 17, 2005

Atlas

Norton Atlas. Bought 2 of them in 1968 and still have them.

dlearl476 · Oct 17, 2005

SFDOC, I just bought that add on ebay. VGC. I have two now, a '74 Alpina and a '79 Sherpa T.
I have no pic of my first bike here at work, but I'm proud to say I still own it. A '72 R60/5.

CARVERBOATBOY · Oct 17, 2005

1971 honda CL 175 new to me in 1976

ppaintguy · Oct 17, 2005

cjack said:
What a great idea...didn't think of that...but here it is. Brings back memories...cough, cough, gasp, whew, two stroke oil...shift1, shift2, shift3, shift4, shift5, shift6...brake...click click click click click...light changes...shift, shift, shift, shift, shift, shift...brake...etc.

Jack is that a TC90? With the low range and high range selector?

jgr451 · Oct 17, 2005

My first bike was a 1971 Triumph Bonneville,an example of which I have (hopefully) attached.
Of course,I changed the paint,handlebars,seat and mufflers to make it look "cool";someone stole it,or I might still have it.

The_Veg · Oct 17, 2005

1985 Bmw K100rt

Yes, my first motorcycle was also my first BMW. Leave it to my crazy ass to start riding with a big honkin' sport-tourer!
Of course it required *MUCH* work. I'm the only person I've ever heard of who's had a K100 apart down to the frame. I've got the pics online, but they got filed in alphabetical order somehow so they are not in project order. See them here.

cjack · Oct 18, 2005

pudgypaintguy said:
Jack is that a TC90? With the low range and high range selector?

It's a X6. A 250. It seemed to have a lot of gears and you had to use them all to get anywhere.

boofer · Oct 18, 2005

not this one

Yamaha YG1 80.

Rode it to my" behind the wheel "classes at 15 yrs. First rounder bike w/engine.

BobFV1 · Oct 18, 2005

Here it is - purchased about 1981 - Suzuki SP 400 "Enduro". I think the "SP" stood for "Sputter"

CustomSarge · Oct 18, 2005

5th I'd owned, 1st I'd built...

from a crashed Honda 305 scrambler, with a 15 yr old version of me...

J Brase · Oct 18, 2005

No pictures of my first bike, a Moto Morini 125, still exist. It looked a lot like this one, though.

J Brase · Oct 18, 2005

And, here's one of my second bike, a Triumph Daytona 500. I bought it in London in '69 while stationed in Germany. I rode it illegally, on the temporary British registration, all over Europe for the next two years and then rode it back to London to have it shipped home. kept it for a few more years after that.

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