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after reading Billvegas' post about getting his son his first bike, it kinda got me to thinking about mine and what everyone else started out on. my first bike was a 50cc Italian made Hardlydavidson. i road the crap out of that bike off road (of course it wasnt built for off road) and then sold it to another kid in the hood when i moved up to a 125 Bennelli that was also for road use and i beat to death off and on road. so i was just wondering, where did you get your start?? off road or on?? and with what bike?? 
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Yamaha 125 street/dirt, quickly followed by Kawasaki kz400
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Got my start off road when I was probably about 10. I rode a couple of neighbors' Honda CR80 bikes everyday at the local VFW in the summers. I had a bad accident on one of them one day and quit. I was burned pretty bad by the exhaust pipe too. Got back on a Honda CB650 and got my license on it. It was my official first bike. It looked like this when I bought it:  And a year later I sold it looking like this:  My next bike was the 03 Speedy I have now. My pride and joy which I will keep forever. I am currently looking for a R3T which I hope to add to the stable as soon as the right one comes around.
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When I was 14 I worked at my Dad's Standard station and he bought me a Lil Indian minibike, I rode the cr*p out of that picking up parts and things for him.
My first real bike was a Honda 305 Scrambler that my older brother gave me when he joined the Marines.
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36+ years ago, a Suzuki 125 street/trail. Long list after that. Loved everyone of them 
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Honda 50Z. When I was 16 I got a cb550. Guess that would be the first street bike.
I have no faith in human perfectability. I think that human exertion will have no appreciable effect upon humanity. Man is now only more active - not more happy - nor more wise, than he was 6000 years ago.
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Suzuki GT 380, 2 stroke triple.
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08 America
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First started riding on a friend's Suzuki 50cc dirt bike when I was 10 or 11. First one I bought was Kawasaki 125 street/trail.
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got this when I was 6 (only black w/red)
[image]http://resources.uship.com/resize.php?path=%2Fstatic%2F9d2818df-a3a5-44d4-8.jpg&w=270&h=210[/image]
moved to dad's 78 enduro when I was 12
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and then....
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damn pics just stopped working for me out of nowhere
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Yamaha IT175 dirt bike. First street bike was a 81 Honda CM400
2005 Speedmaster, Tornado Red, AI removed, Uni Pods, JCW 19" turnouts
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Suzuki GT 380, 2 stroke triple.
I still have 2 of these and the 750 version too, traded the GT550 I had and rode the snot out of for my Norton P11.
My first was a Morini Super America (Might have been Benelli but I think it was Morini)
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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72 Honda CB350.
Mine too! It would do 92 mph downhill with a tailwind and me laying down flat with the wind..... and jump a foot or two when I went through a dip. Finally had to sell it to pay off my bar bill when I joined the Army. 
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First bike = Ariel Arrow 250cc way back in 1974 then a couple of hondas followed by a few Triumphs which I still have, 1966+1967+1968 Tiger Cubs, 1981 Bonneville Executive T140ES, 2000 Legend and my 2007 Speedmaster. Other Triumphs I have owned are 1961 T100A made to look like a pre-unit TR5, 1964 3TA, 1993 Trident Sprint and a 2002 Bonneville.
My name is phil . . . I ride a TRIUMPH
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1974, my rich Aunt bought me a 1975 Honda XL70...came off the hill in the local park at 40 mph, bike shot out in front of me, all I had was the grips! Pushed it away from me in mid air, ate pavement hard....bike destroyed....Frikkin spoiled brat!
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As a Kid had a BSA Bantam stripped down (Not that there was much on it to start with ) that I rode up the footpaths and lanes .1st road bike was a 250 greeves 4T. Ahhh The good old Days. atb geoff
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"Lighten up, Francis."
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My first bike owned is my 2002 TBA, Bollox. Before that I rode a friend's Suzuki Savage 600 (single cylinder) in college ('88) for a few weeks (dumped it once in gravel), and in '97 I took a very brief spin on my buddy's 1996 HD dyna glide. I think I rode half a block on my uncle's mini-bike in the late 70s before smacking it into his neighbor's Jeep.
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My first was a Suzuki AP50. A real moped complete with pedals, but more importantly, a 1 down 4 up gear sequence
After that a Suzuki GP100 until I holed the piston
Then a Honda CB125T wetdream (my first parallel twin)
Then two Yammy XS500 (heads went)
Then a Kwak Z750 4 cylinder chopped frame with front girders and rear softail
Then a gap due to marriage and divorce
Then the America
Too old to die young, too ugly to leave a good looking corpse
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I was 7 or 8 when I got my Super America and it was a mini bike designed for touring Italy. Real kick starter and all made for the street but I killed it off road.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
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Suzuki GT 380, 2 stroke triple.
I still have 2 of these and the 750 version too, traded the GT550 I had and rode the snot out of for my Norton P11.
My first was a Morini Super America (Might have been Benelli but I think it was Morini)
I took a '75 GT 550 on a 14,000 mile coast to coast (and beyond) trip when I was 21. Just added gas and oil.
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First bike was Yamaha 400, vertical twin. After a girl taught me how to ride her Honda 250. A tall, good looking, red headed girl, oh, I was a lot younger then...
RD 400? that was a sweet bike.
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Only problem I ever had with my GT550 was when it needed rings a shop did it and screwed up the timing so about 100 miles later I had a hole in the top of 2 of the pistons. They fixed it and tried to charge me. I gave them $50 with a promise to pay the rest but never gave them another dime. I was a kid so didn't know I didn't even have to give them the $50. My first street legal bike was my DT360.
I learned all I need to know about life by killing smart people and eating their brains.
Eat right ,Exercise ,Stay fit, Die Anyway!
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Sears 106 SS (actually a rebadged Gilera). Rode it through HS, then got a new CB350 from the parents for graduation/16th B'day in 1973.
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Here she was. A 1965 Honda Sport 50.  Bought her in '67, when I was but a pup of 15 years.
Yep! Just like a good Single Malt Scotch, you might call me "an acquired taste" TOO.(among the many OTHER things you may care to call me, of course)
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1972 Suzuki TC 90 J Blazer , 90cc , my dad bought it at Calhoun Suzuki in Ga . and gave it to me on the carport at 7:00 on a Monday night . My mother cried and said I was gonna join a motorcycle gang and get wild . Really , she did .
It's the green bike on my Photobucket page .
Two years later I probated for the Hello Kitty Gang , Ga. chapter .
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1st motorcycle: 1979 Can Am 370 (off-road...  Awesome!) 1st street bike: 1978 Suzuki GS550E
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My first time... well I was 14 on vacation with the parents and we spent the night in Baton Rouge, she was also 14....oops. Wrong story  First motorcycle was a beat up Bridgestone 100 cc. Which I also beat the shat out of, then a Honda 175, next up was my BSA Victor 441, what a torque machine that was. Then my Suzuki GT550 and after that I don't remember a lot about the mid seventies through the mid eighties for some strange reason. 
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Here she was. A 1965 Honda Sport 50.
Bought her in '67, when I was but a pup of 15 years.
If I remember they also came in blue. They were the bomb at Randolph Field, the older guys had them & Vespas. By older guys I'm talkin 15 or 16. We skate boarded behind them with a ski rope, well till little Sammy Kaufmen lost control and went into that coma thing. The Air Police came down on those older guys hard, but heh all good things come to an end. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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used 61 Bonnie, used 67 Bonnie, new 72 Ossa MAR, new 76 Bonnie, used 76 Bonnie, used 76 Norton, new 03 America, new 04 Thruxton. Yes! I am a complete idiot, sold the 61 & 67 Bonnies, 76 Norton. The Ossa MAR was stolen. 
Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.
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Learned to ride on a '72 Yamaha 250 Enduro. I was 12.
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Only problem I ever had with my GT550 was when it needed rings a shop did it and screwed up the timing so about 100 miles later I had a hole in the top of 2 of the pistons. They fixed it and tried to charge me. I gave them $50 with a promise to pay the rest but never gave them another dime. I was a kid so didn't know I didn't even have to give them the $50. My first street legal bike was my DT360.
When I was young and even more stupid I decided my 550 needed new rings. It was actually pretty simply, even for a youngster. The rings were fine. It actually had a clogged jet. It was good practice though. It's good to be fearless.
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First bike (other than the obligatory mini-bike) was a Bultaco Pursang 250.
'06 TBA - Black, AI and Snorkel removed, K&N Drop In, Gutted Stock Pipes, 145/42, 2 turns out.
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Only problem I ever had with my GT550 was when it needed rings a shop did it and screwed up the timing so about 100 miles later I had a hole in the top of 2 of the pistons. They fixed it and tried to charge me. I gave them $50 with a promise to pay the rest but never gave them another dime. I was a kid so didn't know I didn't even have to give them the $50. My first street legal bike was my DT360.
When I was young and even more stupid I decided my 550 needed new rings. It was actually pretty simply, even for a youngster. The rings were fine. It actually had a clogged jet. It was good practice though. It's good to be fearless.
I used to gap my points on that bike with pull can tab tops. They were everywhere and a better fit than a feeler gauge.
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650 BSA Firebird Scrambler. Wish I still had that bike.
12 Rocket Roadster
03 Bonneville America
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Schwinn 26 inch tires springer front end 1 speed
phantom black o8 TBA, tor's, ai's gone, light bar, short sissybar, tach four inch risers and drag bars
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'54 Velocette 500. Got a great deal on it 'cause the original owner had a hard time starting it. It ran good, but it vibrated so much I finally traded it on a '49 Triumph 650 twin.
Let's hope there's intelligent life somewhere in space 'cause it's buggar all down here. -- Monte Python
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well, I started off on a couple Yamahas, a '73 DT125 Enduro and a 250 Enduro around 1976-77, then a '83 Honda Sabre VF700 from 87-91, and then Blue from June 21, 2003 till for good! Best of the lot so far although the DT125 looked an awful lot like an old Bonnie standard!
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