What was your first bike, and a few others?

[dantama]

My first bike was one I bought when I was 14, I asked my parents if I could have one and they thought that said no. What they really said was if I had the money ;)

I bought a 1974 Honda XL 250. All my friends had two stroke dirt bikes and I pounded that XL trying to ride like them. I jumped so much that the pegs would break off. I'd go get them welded back on and resume jumping.

My first street bike was a 1979 Yamaha 650 special.

After that a 1984 Honda V-65 Magna

How did you get involved with bikes and what did you get?

[ds06nomad]

I scratched a 25-yr itch two years ago and finally stepped up to the MSF course. After passing that (my first time on a bike, BTW) at age 44, I went out and purchased a 2006 Suzuki C50T. Rode that for about 1.5 years and 12,000+ miles. Traded it in a couple months ago for the Nad.

I guess it was the over-bearing Jewish mother that kept me down all those years. Now, she accepts it, but with shagrin!

DS

[tomk]

First bike was a '69 Yamaha 175 enduro stripped for dirt in 1973. Then the '75 Yamaha 250 MX (first single shock dirt bike). First street bike was a '69 Kawi Mach III, two stroke which was faster than he!!. Then the Kawi GPZ 750 which was a great around town bike. After 12 years of not riding, I took the MSF and after looking at all the baggers available, I bought the 06 Nad.

[blowndodge]

Taco 22 mini bike when I was 10 in 1967

[Todd]

I was 3 in 1967 you OLD MAN!!!!!

[blowndodge]

I'm staring at that bald head and wondering myself!!!!

[tomk]

I always wanted one of those.

[tomk]

Didn't someone say it was supposed to be "Old Fart?"

[Todd]

I'm staring at that bald head and wondering myself!!!!

Yeah, old fart is right.......I use my testosterone for other purposes than growing hair on my head!!!!

Began riding in 1957.
List of bikes (that I can remember, at my advanced age)

1-Harley 165
2-Harley K-Model '45'
3-Triumph Thunderbird
4-Triumph TR-6-A
5-BSA Lightning
6-BSA Super Rocket
7-Velocette Venom
8-Harley FLH Hydra-Glide
9-BMW R-60
10-Honda 550-four
11-Suzuki Volusia
12-Kawasaki Nomad

[audiogooroo]

As a teenager I bought a 1973 Yamaha 175 Enduro. Road the tires off of that scoot. Had my first accident on it too. I still have some pretty impressive scars from that one. Slid about 65 ft down the asphault and ground a hole all the way to my stomach lining and exposed a kneecap. Bike only had a few scratches. Learned a valuable lesson about winter riding and sand on the roads.
Then in the early 80s I bought a 1976 Honda Goldwing full dress w/ a sidecar. My wife would ride behind me and my two young sons in the sidecar. As a family we had alot of fun on that bike.
Then I went bikeless for many years up until I bought my 99 NAD. I'll never be bikeless again!

[cactusjack]

My first motorized 2-wheeled vehicle was a Tote-Gote when I was about 12. After I damn near lost my left index finger in a freak accident involving same, my dad sold it. I then bought a used JC Penney mini-bike, which I used to ride all over Island Park Idaho in the summer. Then when I was about 15, my dad helped me buy a Honda CR250 Elsinore, which I used to evade county sheriffs deputies who were trying to bust me for riding on the street and school properties. After that, I had a Honda CB125R, and I bought an AMF Sportster when I was in the Marines. When I got discharged, I rode it back home to Utah and sold it when winter came because I needed a car. That was the last bike I owned until March 17, 2007 when I bought an 05 Suzuki C50T, wheich I traded for my beloved Nomad on September 29, 2007.

[audiogooroo]

Oh yeah, I forgot about the Tote-Gote. I had one when I was 12 too.
What a speed demon! lol!

1969 CL90 Honda Scrambler new, road it into the ground
1973 CB 450 Honda new, ran it until the clock had 44Kmiles on it , sold it to move down south (FL)
1974 CB450 Honda used, bought in FL in 1978
1976 Honda Gold Wing used, loaded with Windjammer stuff, purchased from a Dallas Cop
1985 Honda Gold Wing Interstate, freind of brother made me an offer I could not refuse in 1990
Bike less until
2002 1100 V-Star Yamaha new, sold to a guy in a bad ice storm that same year, he had to have it
2003 Honda VTX 1300R used, purchased in 2004
2008 Vulcan Nomad 1600, Santie got if for me Christmas 2007, it will be my last bike, it gives me the feeling my first Honda gave me about riding.

[oldbiker]

I had a couple of scooters when I was 11 or 12, but my first motorcycle was a 47 Harley. Got a lot of exercise starting that old hog. I was 16 at the time and living in Tucson. I enlisted in the Marines when I was 17 or I might have run into some bad dudes and grown up to be like Nico.