What was your first motorcycle? Tell a story about it.

[Electroman]

What bike did you learn to ride on? What adventures did it take you on? Do you still have it?

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My first bike was a 1975 Yamaha RD350. My buddy rode it home for me. We then went riding on the roads in the farm county around Madison, WI. I crashed in the first 45 minutes. Applied the front brake going around a corner that had gravel. A week later, after I healed, I rode that bike all around rural Wisconsin learning how to accelerate, shift through the gears, corner, and brake. It was one the the best summers ever!

I still have the bike.

http://i751.photobucket.com/albums/xx152/Electroman1/1975YamahaRD350B.jpg

[Jim 'smooth' Brewer]

My first one was a '76 Yamaha DT100. I bought it from a friend for $300 and rode it for 4 years during college. It was stolen and recovered once, I went through a couple pistons, and put about 18000 miles on it going to school, work, and home (that's a lot of miles on a 100cc 2 stroke). I rode it about every day.

http://classic-motorbikes.net/images/gallery/7905.jpg

When I graduated, I sold it to a friend of mine for 2 Van Halen tickets and a couple grams of ... uhhh.. some kinda of fungus.

[Jim 'smooth' Brewer]

Since we're on it, my motorcycle heritage is:
1978-1982 - '76 Yamaha DT100 - sold
1983-1983 - '79 Yamaha RD400 - stolen
1983-1987 - '82 Kawasaki GPZ550 - sold
1986-1989 - '76 Husqvarna CR360 - sold
1987-1991 - '86 Cagiva WMX500 - sold
1988-2009 - '87 Honda CR500R - still have
1987-1993 - '86 Yamaha FZ750 - sold
1989-1991 - '86 Yamaha RZ350 - first race bike - sold
1990-1995 - '90 Yamaha FZR400 - bought a pair w/Tony Baker - sold
1992-1995 - '84 Honda XR200R - sold to Tony Baker (and he sold it again for a huge profit... bastard!)
1993-now - '69 Honda CR750 - Yosh built - still have
1993-1997 - '87 Yamaha YSR80 - canadian - sold
1994-2001 - '93 Yamaha YZF750R - sold
1997-now - '97 Suzuki TL1000S - still have
2001-now - '01 KTM520MXC - still have
2001-now - '01 Suzuki TL1000RW - still have most of it
2005-now - '04 Aprilia RSV1000R Factory - still have
2008-now - '08 Ducati 1098R - still have

[froth]

First bike: 196? Arctic Cat mini bike. Briggs and Stratton engine, friction brake for the rear tire, automatic (centrifical) clutch, thus foreshadowing the great pumpkin.
First ride was "Yeah, Dad. I know where the brake is."
Flash foreward 50 feet to the fence I ran into.

If I can remember, here's my list in somewhat order

196? Arctic Cat mini bike.
1968 Yamaha 80.(street "converted" to dirt). Died in a pond. 3 feet of water.
1974 Yamaha MX100 (first shelled piston)
1976 Yamaha YZ125. First shelled case, first grizzly knee damage(look ma, no cartilage!)
1981? Yamaha YZ125. First time pissing off Air Force Base Commander by riding (1985/6)
1974 XR75. Think I still regret sellling that one?
198? XR500. First time breaking ribs at slow speed.
1984 IT490. Open Class Love at First Sight
1987 YZ490. First (and last)Brand New Bike. First AMA race.
1885 CR250. Fun with headshake.
1984 CB1000 Custom. Very effective at pissing off LG commander.
1987 Ninja 750. No where near dragging a knee, but fun to go in a straight line(my issue, not bike)
ATK605e. Wherein I learn not all manufacturer's have a clue as to what they build.
KTM300EXC. Fun, Fun, Fun.
1992 Nighthawk 750. Awsome UJM. l
ZRx1100. Fun with salvage bikes.
2004 KTM520EXC. Just ask Brewer about what color fun is.
1998 GSXR600. First knee down at Miller!!!!!!!!!!
1999 SV650. Dropped 7 seconds off the Gixxer at Pueblo first time out. Love.
Four XR100's including the F-in VP's. Fun at the Elephant ride.
1997 Bandit 1200. World's fastest sofa.
1987 SRX250. So Teri can have fun too.
1992 WR250 Yamaha. Backup for this year to Moab.
Several others I'm sure I missed. What fun they have all been!

[bluedevil]

The bike I learned on was a 72 Honda CL175. Had a big 29 horsepower and I was about 9 yrs old. My father would sit on the back cause I could not reach the ground when I stopped. Rode it for years, till 1999, a friend of mine traded his 98 GSXR 600 for my car for a day (he had a date). I rode 2 tanks of gas out that day, and went down the following week and put money down on a new 99 R6.... My father still has the 72 Honda and mistakenly sold the R6 to get an R1... the R6 was promptly rear-ended by a teenager and destroyed.. Ugggggg

10 years later I ended up back on that very same model to race Modern Vin. Most fun season Ive had in a long time !!!

[vort3xr6]

well since I am one of the young guns here, some of the bikes you rode were before I was even a thought.

First bike was a 1995 CBR600F3. I rode the piss out of it. I didn't have a jacket, I was using a borrowed 8 year old wrecked helmet, I was wearing BMX gloves. But that bike was the time of my life.

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/wheelie.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/CIMG1718Small.jpg


Second bike was a minty 2001 Yamaha R1 Champions Edition. I kick myself everyday for selling it. I never wrecked my F3 but I wrecked the R1 twice.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/CIMG1980.jpg
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/th_bradlongfreeway.jpg (http://s106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/?action=view&current=bradlongfreeway.flv)

Third bike 2003 R6.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/R63.jpg

Current bike 2007 GSXR.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/K7chop.jpg

[polar x]

An old 71 Hodaka Combat Wombat. My dad brought it home in boxes. He and my uncle put it together and I rode the piss out of it. God I wish I had that bike now.... :(

[benfoxmra95]

In late 96. I bought a new gsxr750. The new srad. I was on a 3 day Long camping trip ride to Mishawaka. And on Sunday the way back I was noticed mountain view on i25. (cdr). And stopped to see that bikes were racing. I stood at the bottom of the dragon slide and watched this amazingly loud yfz750 ride by several times(doug Vickery). And 3 months later I was racing with the Mra. Never rode on the street again. Well just a few times here and there but that was it.

96 gsxr750
99 gsxr600
99 Ducati 748
99 Ducati 996
02 Ducati 998
99 Ducati 996rs
00 Ducati 748r
01 Ducati 748rs
02 Ducati 998rs
07 yamaha r1

[HAMMER]

1986 z50r ( first bike stolen out of garrage ) :shock:
1987 ysr 50 ( keept till i was 15 sold to buy......)
1987 fzr400 ( keept till 99 when i put 1000 bones down on......)
1999 r6 ( rode as a streeter till i cops took it from me so my "roomate" had to buy it from the DA of jeffco i used the cash for.......)
2001 r1 ( rode the shit out of this bike 35k in one summer )

then i looped the 99 r6 ( it wasnt mine ) so i bought it back MY FIRST RACE BIKE!!!!!!!
SINCE THEN I HAVE HAD 50 BIKE PROB....

2002 R1 ( STREET FIGHTER )
2003 600RR STUNT BIKE
2005 600RR 2ND RACE BIKE
2005 R6S ( BOUGHT AND SOLD)
2006 R6 ( CHAMPIONSHIP BIKE ) AMGTU 2008
2009 R6 ( CURRENT RACE BIKE )

AND .......
NOW I HAVE STILL
87 YSR W/ RT MOTOR
2004 CRF 50 W/ 88CC KIT
1986 Z50R W/ HEADLIGHTS AND 110CC MOTOR ( PIT BIKE ) SAME AS MY FIRST BIKE!!!!!!...
2005 OGM PITBIKE W/ KX65 MOTOR ( MINI RACE BIKE )
1998 Z50R W/ STREET TIRES AND 110CC
2006 NSF100
(NOT A BIKE ) 2005 SXR 800 STAND UP

HOLLY SHIT I NEED TO SELL SOME STUFF!!!!!!!

THERE HAS BEEN MANY MORE TOO

BOUGHT AND PARTED OUT
2004 R1
2005 R1
1999 998 R
2003 ZX636R
2005 ZX636R
2003 R6S
2006 R6 R
2005 R6S
X2 99 R6
PROB A FEW MORE TOO.......... :oops: :shock: :shock:

[DowntoEarthDental]

Hey Hammer you forgot to list the Honda 600rr you bought from me. That you lost your ass on parting out! That was a nice bike!! 8) :lol:

[cromer611]

1992 suzuki GSXR 1100 bought from Rocky Mountain Kawasaki, when i was .... I wanna say 18.
Wrapped it around a tree up by left hand canyon.

second, a 2003 Yamaha R6.
beat the shit out of it. got into the whole highway wheelies, parkin lot stuntin thing. decided it was too expensive to try to learn circle wheelies : (

Got married!
wife made me sell my r6 : (
but then she gave me her bike : D

06 zx636 currently

buy me a beer for details

[GSXRScott]

Current bike 2007 GSXR.
http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m275/VoRt3Xr6/K7chop.jpg

Nice shot with Camelback in the background.


My 1st bike was a pile o junk 95' YZF600R complete with salvaged title, after market no name bodywork and a dent in the tank. Bought it 02' for $2000. Sold it in 03' for $2000 and bought a 98' CBR900RR with the black & red tiger stripe paint scheme. Sold it to pay for my last year of college. After I graduated I bought a spotless blue & white 01' R6. Sold that and bought a fully prepped 01' GSXR600 racebike which turned out to be a disaster.
http://i546.photobucket.com/albums/hh401/GSXRScott/GSXR.jpg

Now I've got an 03' R6 race bike fully prepped and it is, to say the least, wonderfull. I was in love after about the 3rd trackday lap.

[GNGSXR]

First street bike i ever rode/owned was my current bike.
06 GSXR 750.
6 months after i got the bike i started doing corner work for the MRA.
About a year later i started racing and really dont do a whole lot of riding on the street anymore.