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yz80, 12

1975 Ducati 750. I was 18

Honda CR 125. I was 16.

Mike

Bridgestone 100, age 16 and my mother was not happy.

Not counting mini-bike my first was Ossa Pioneer 250cc. Somebody had stripped it down and souped it up.
I enjoyed riding in the ditch alongside the highway and keeping up with traffic. A miracle I am still alive. I was 16.
whelennut

I cannot even find a picture of my first on the web. It was a tiny little 2 stroke that looked just like a larger bike shrunk down. It was so hard to crank I doubt I rode it more than 10 hours. Then Santa brought me a trail 50 when I was 8. When I was 12 I had a XR75 and was sneaking in every pond within a ten mile radius of my home. The only time I did not own a motorcycle was when I was in law school. As soon as I got debt free I got back on one. My dad was a harley fan. I idolized my dad so I ride Harley.

A blue Honda SL100, I was 15

This was my second bike. 1980 or 81 yz50 full manual transmission. I was 5 or 6 in the picture in 1981 or so. I threw a leg over a mini bike at 4 and a husquvarna sno tamer the winter of 3.5.....dad set a throttle stop and made a track with a bobcat that I could just go in circles on.

1985 YZ 80

I was around 11-12 I would guess.

Greg, you were spoiled and I'm jealous.

An early 50s Harley Hummer, when I was about 16.

I've had some great bikes since - but I had a lot of fun with my 'first'.

We had 2 Honda trail 90's. One was orange and the other had all of the fenders/plastic/extra crap cut off and was painted camo. During the summers when I was 8-12, I would put about 50 miles a day on one. About a year ago, I saw an orange one that looked like it came out of a time capsule and it really brought back the memories.

"Toilet seat" 90 .. awesome bikes. I had one.

Tom

Not a picture of mine but a 52 K Model Harley that I bought in bags and boxes at ten years old and put together over the next four years.

1971 or 72 CB350. I was 14. I really shouldn't be alive.
Stock photo, not mine. I wish I had it back.

Mid 70's. Buddy in the neighborhood and I split this. $30. We stashed in the woods behind house for a year Sometimes we had to tie another piece of rope to the recoil so we could both pull. Our main competition was a CT70 on the block. Spoiled rich kid. Whenever he won we just beat him up.

Like shooting in some regard every kid should learn to ride. It teaches so much more than just riding a bike. Applied to many things in life for a very long time..... Drag racing down the railroad tracks at 8 is a memory that is very clear to me. Hanging on for dear life with the wind blowing and bars slapping. I can go there in a heartbeat.

Cheers!

W

Returned from VN in '68. Bought my first motorcycle (brand new) the following year, a Honda CL350. Have had many since then. Last 3 have been Harley's.

First bike (stock photo) and present bike.

1976 Honda XR75. I was 12 and narrowly escaped death or a wheelchair.

In 1984, I was 12 and had a Honda XL75. I used it to ride, run my trapline, and shoot a lot of woodchucks in the summer with a RUger No. 1 in 25-06. I learned to reload on a Lee Loader due to that.

12 was good!

Now I have a Yamaha XT 350, still love to putt through the woods and logging roads, more guns and reload for a lot more!

I had one of those cl's, one of the better bikes i have had, still wish i had one. Now its a 1800cc goldwing. First bike at about age 9 was a tote gote.