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05-28-2011, 06:58 PM
#151
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05-28-2011, 07:51 PM
#152
Banged Up Member
Yamahammer 250 in 1970. I think Dick Mann edged out Gene Romero and Gary Nixon at the Daytona 200 that year.
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05-29-2011, 06:44 AM
#153
CL350 honda. I was 16 thought I was big stuff. My mother rode bikes, an Indian when she was young. She rode my bike around the block and I can still see her shaking her head as she came around the corner. As she pulled up to me she said all you got here is a toy boy.
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05-29-2011, 07:29 AM
#154
Very Active Member
My first 2 wheel ride was a 1968 Honda Scrambler CL-350 purchased in 1972. Only kept it for a few months. It was top heavy and didn't do well on wet pavement with its knobby tires.
MODS: Elka Shocks, ESI RT HMT Brake Light, ESI RT Brightsides, ESI Fender TIPS, ESI RIPS, ESI RT Day Runners, Grip Puppies
AmerSeal Sealant, KewlMetal Kewlock, Scorpio I900 Security System, Stebel Nautilus air horn, KewlMetal Highway Brackets & ISO Wings
Corbin seat, trunkrest & driver backrest, Capt.Jim's Belt Tensioner, SpyderPops LaBlock, Cat Shields, Bumpskid & Belt Guard
Seal PUP Floorboards, BRP chrome, Ron's Anti-Sway Bar, Lamonster LED Head/Fog Lights & BRP Air Scoops
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05-29-2011, 08:00 AM
#155
Very Active Member
Ymahaaaa
A 1967ish Yamaha 80. great first bike for a student. This was in the days of the graduated M/C licensing system in Texas. In that time, you started out on a bike of 100cc or less and or 8 hp at 14. Car learner permit follow the next year and you could move up to something bigger, sooo onward to a Honda Trail 90 (still see them on Ebay) then a Hodaka 100 then ....
Patrick
2011 RTS 2006 Yamaha Morphous
2017 F150 2015 MINI Cooper S IBA 56167
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05-29-2011, 08:57 AM
#156
Registered Users
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05-31-2011, 11:33 AM
#157
Very Active Member
First bike ever ridden on dirt was a 125 Elsinore, which was just dirt colored! First bike ever ridden on the street was a 1976 Honda 550 Super Sport, Orange of all colors!
"Life must be understood backward. But it must be lived forward."
'09 Phantom GS (#14) (Gone but not forgotten) and 2010 RS-S
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05-31-2011, 12:38 PM
#158
Active Member
Scotty,
Who could have guessed. My first motorcycle was a 1946 or 47 step thru Cushman box style scooter. I got it for my 9th birthday in 1955. What a fun ride. It was passed down to my two younger brothers. After they stopped riding it, my parents sold it to a neighbor for $50.00. I wish I still had it or at least be able to buy it back for the $50.00. Yea, like that would happen. Hey Scotty, is there one of these lurking around in your collection?
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05-31-2011, 02:05 PM
#159
Server Admin
Wizzer on a Schwinn frame, Harley 45 (suicide clutch, side car box, a 2- wheeler with a reverse!), AJS-500, the usual Hondas, Bultacos, Hodaka, and I wish now I had kept all of them. The memories. A.
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05-31-2011, 02:10 PM
#160
Very Active Member
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05-31-2011, 03:58 PM
#161
Active Member
First Motorcycle
Previously loved 2010 Can Am Spyder RS-S SE5 purchased in 11/2010.
Reese
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05-31-2011, 04:21 PM
#162
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05-31-2011, 07:43 PM
#163
Motorbike Professor
Originally Posted by RLS
Scotty,
Who could have guessed. My first motorcycle was a 1946 or 47 step thru Cushman box style scooter. I got it for my 9th birthday in 1955. What a fun ride. It was passed down to my two younger brothers. After they stopped riding it, my parents sold it to a neighbor for $50.00. I wish I still had it or at least be able to buy it back for the $50.00. Yea, like that would happen. Hey Scotty, is there one of these lurking around in your collection?
I never got hooked on those small-wheeled machines. Not skilled enough, I guess. Sorry, no Cushman...although I have considered it once or twice, for old times sake.
Are you sure we aren't long lost brothers? Both started on Cushmans and both have hotrod Effies. That can't be just coincidence.
-Scotty
2011 Spyder RTS-SM5 (mine)
2000 BMW R1100RTP, motorized tricycle & 23 vintage bikes
2011 RT-622 trailer, Aspen Sentry popup camper, custom motorcycle trailer to pull behind the Spyder
Mutant Trikes Forever!
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06-05-2011, 07:16 AM
#164
Active Member
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06-05-2011, 09:12 AM
#165
My 1st was a 2008 V-Star custom, bought right after passing my BSC riders course..2nd was a 2009 Honda Rebel...Yup, learned the hard way big isn't always better,especially on gravel (ouch!)...Sold both and feel much more confident as a rider on my "Pearl" :O) Though love being a passenger on a MC....
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06-05-2011, 09:15 AM
#166
Motorbike Professor
Originally Posted by redfox
A 100cc Yamaha Twin Jet somewhere in the 60's, think I was 16 . Great little bike to run with the honda S90's buddies had. Didn't take long for us to move up to bridgestone 175's (another great bike) then honda 350 (another great bike) then of coarse the Harley. History now, the Spyder has put me back on the road and lovin it.
I built a drag bike once out of a Twin-Jet 100. Rail frame loosely based on an article in Cycle Guide where Bob Braverman built a twin-engined version. My goal was to run 100 mph with 100 cc, which I did, but I had to add some nitro to get there. Thanks for the memory.
-Scotty
2011 Spyder RTS-SM5 (mine)
2000 BMW R1100RTP, motorized tricycle & 23 vintage bikes
2011 RT-622 trailer, Aspen Sentry popup camper, custom motorcycle trailer to pull behind the Spyder
Mutant Trikes Forever!
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06-05-2011, 09:48 AM
#167
Active Member
Originally Posted by NancysToy
I built a drag bike once out of a Twin-Jet 100. Rail frame loosely based on an article in Cycle Guide where Bob Braverman built a twin-engined version. My goal was to run 100 mph with 100 cc, which I did, but I had to add some nitro to get there. Thanks for the memory.
The little twin Jet was some nice machine. Half the town took their road test on it because it was so easy to ride and you could stall it and use the electric start without the road test warden knowing ya screwed up.
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06-07-2011, 07:02 PM
#168
Active Member
First motorcycle
My first ahd only two wheel motorcycle was a Simplex. Looked like full size motor cycle. It had a one cylinder tow stroke engine with a centrifigal (sp) clutch that powered a "v" belt to the rear wheel. Top speed maybe thirty. Owned it in 1958, do not remember exactly how I came to own it.
Got nabbed by the State Police Memorial Day weekend impeding traffic on the main highway, no permit. Was never allowed to ride it again. Turned 16 a couple of months later, but was grounded forever.
That was a sweet ride, big leather saddle seat and loads of fun on country roads.
2009 GS SE5 Silver
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06-07-2011, 08:22 PM
#169
Motorbike Professor
Originally Posted by Yeochief
My first ahd only two wheel motorcycle was a Simplex. Looked like full size motor cycle. It had a one cylinder tow stroke engine with a centrifigal (sp) clutch that powered a "v" belt to the rear wheel. Top speed maybe thirty. Owned it in 1958, do not remember exactly how I came to own it.
Got nabbed by the State Police Memorial Day weekend impeding traffic on the main highway, no permit. Was never allowed to ride it again. Turned 16 a couple of months later, but was grounded forever.
That was a sweet ride, big leather saddle seat and loads of fun on country roads.
Here's my Simplex.
Last edited by NancysToy; 06-08-2011 at 05:37 PM.
-Scotty
2011 Spyder RTS-SM5 (mine)
2000 BMW R1100RTP, motorized tricycle & 23 vintage bikes
2011 RT-622 trailer, Aspen Sentry popup camper, custom motorcycle trailer to pull behind the Spyder
Mutant Trikes Forever!
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06-08-2011, 12:35 PM
#170
Registered Users
My first motorcycle was a Triumph Daytona 955i - Sarah
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06-08-2011, 05:28 PM
#171
Mod Monster
Honda 50cc. When you see me, you'll get the idea WHY that is so funny. I used it from 1972-1974 in college.
Then (....+ a bunch of years.....) Spyder RT
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2010 RT-Premiere Edition (Named DARTH) | Timeless Black | All My Mods--- ARE HERE | Phil. 4:4
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06-08-2011, 10:36 PM
#172
MOgang Member & Monster Member
Wowzer. Now THAT is a first bike...
Originally Posted by Vegaspearlbaby
My first motorcycle was a Triumph Daytona 955i - Sarah
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