What Was Your First Motorcycle?

[SteveMac]

First bike was a burnt orange Honda XL 100 then I graduated to a silver and blue XL 350 single cylinder THUMPER. Saw this thread and it prompted me to search for some images of bikes just like my old ones. The internet is an amazing thing and these pics really brought back some vivid memories. That 350 would flat out run. Just about ripped my right leg off! nojoke

I really enjoyed looking up the pics below...

 

[tobor9]

Our 2011 RT-s is my wife & I first and only cycle, We bought it off the delevery trailer at our Can-Am dealer without ever riding one first!, We both love it and I wish i could afford to get me one also.

 

[spydrluvr]

honda 50cc step through.....i loved that thing :2thumbs:

 

[napper39]

MY FRIST BIKE 1951 3HP CHUSHMAN AND THEN A CHUSH.EAGLE,THEN A MUSTANG ,IVE HAD 50 TOO MANY TO UP LOAD BUT THERE ARE MY FRIST 3.

 

[Gordy]

[98]james dont remember the year but i had it about 1954

 

[lascar]

my first bike was a Honda 125 XLS ,I enjoy it

 

[Mexican]

Puch 50cc moped:sour:

 

[freebob]

First was 66 Honda Scrambler, Later I got into dirt bikes MT and MR Honda 250 Elsinors, Katana 600, CBR600, Yamaha 750, a couple of Honda Shadows 750/1000...


Freebob...:doorag:

 

[coz]

first bike

bought first bike at 20 , 74 sportster, bought second bike at 30 ish 1980 f l t,bought third bike brand new dyna low rider 2000,at 42 ,bought forth bike last year2000 h d police model,at 53, sold it 6 weeks ago to buy a SPYDER, hopefully very soon i'll find one for a good price.

 

[PLZDVM]

SM5 2010 Spyder

 

[Bob Denman]

I started off in the dirt... I had a Bridgestone that we wore out.. It had the darndest ransmisson I ever saw! You could shift into 4th (top gear), click it again and you were right back to first! I'd descruibe it as a rotary setup??
First street bike... Kawasaki 250 triple Once you got it up on the pipes it could make things interesitng!
Then an Aermacchi Harley 250 (enough said about that!:gaah
I finally got serious with an '82 Suzuki GS 450 TX
Then my 1983 'Wing (What a bike!)
an '89 Honda GB 500 (think British racing single...) :thumbup:
an '89 Honda TransAlp 600
a '79 Honda CM 400 (I guess I kind of backslid a bit!)
2000 V-Rtar
2002 V-Star Both of these were the "classics" nice easy rides too!
A six-year hiatus while I threw mud in the air with a 660 Grizzly
Then my 2010 RT A&C :2thumbs:

 

[MouthPiece]

Yamahammer 250 in 1970. I think Dick Mann edged out Gene Romero and Gary Nixon at the Daytona 200 that year.

 

[oneway]

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.:gaah:

 

[Y Rider]

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.

 

[Pandy]

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

 

[SpyderWolf]

Our 2011 RT-s is my wife & I first and only cycle, We bought it off the delevery trailer at our Can-Am dealer without ever riding one first!, We both love it and I wish i could afford to get me one also.

:welcome: to another new SC member. :thumbup:

 

[Raptor]

First bike ever ridden on dirt was a 125 Elsinore, which was just dirt colored! :roflblack: First bike ever ridden on the street was a 1976 Honda 550 Super Sport, Orange of all colors!

 

[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?

 

[AnthonyG]

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.

 

[M109Dreamer]

Had a dirt bike growing up, Honda Elisinore MR50R. Loved it, broke 3 front fenders on it. First street bike is a 2007 M109R. Wouldn't trade that thing away for nothing. Now we have the 9 and the wifes 2011 RTS. I do like the RTS, its just a little cramped for me being 6'2". My hip starts hurting after 50 miles. Wife loves it though. I guess thats a good way for me to stay off of her :spyder2:. :roflblack: