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Offline cr37

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #60 on: December 16, 2008, 02:48:47 PM »
1970 Honda Trail 50 with a big number 8 on a number plate for it being my 8th birthday. That was the start of it all 38 years ago.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #61 on: December 18, 2008, 05:04:29 AM »
68 Honda CL 100. It was a street bike at that time but I rode it everywhere.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #62 on: December 18, 2008, 05:35:23 AM »
I cant believe I'm the first to say a Yamaha PW50.... I was in the third grade.  I thought everybody started out on those  :-D


I can't believe that there are only 2 of us so far!!!  A yellow and black (classic yamaha colors) 1982 PW50 when I was 4 years old.

27 years later I have a 97 CR250, 98 KX500, 99 KX80, 05 R1 canyon bike, 05 SV1000 track bike.  I still need a few more. :-D
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #63 on: December 19, 2008, 02:15:59 AM »
I cant believe I'm the first to say a Yamaha PW50.... I was in the third grade.  I thought everybody started out on those  :-D


I can't believe that there are only 2 of us so far!!!  A yellow and black (classic yamaha colors) 1982 PW50 when I was 4 years old.

27 years later I have a 97 CR250, 98 KX500, 99 KX80, 05 R1 canyon bike, 05 SV1000 track bike.  I still need a few more. :-D
I thought everyone started out on a little Honda 50 like me!!!  hehehe :-D

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #64 on: December 21, 2008, 08:31:23 AM »
In grade 9 I saved my every cent I earned in a glued shut jar and bought my 1980 RM125. It was 1982 and that's the closest I've come yet to a new bike. It was great. First street bike came a couple of years later, 1982 Honda 750 Nighthawk.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #65 on: December 23, 2008, 08:54:58 PM »
First bike ever was a 1983 Yamaha xt250 I never expected to get a dirtbike because my mum was totally against them. But anyway got her about a year ago took me about 5 minutes to get used to the weight of it and the power as it took a long straight to eventually wind out. I rode the wheels off of it blew the engine and still rode it round. And we just finished rebuilding it about 3 weeks back truly bulletproof.


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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #66 on: December 24, 2008, 12:18:30 PM »
My first bike was a YZ80, I was 11 yrs. old and thought I had found paradise! :-D

Then when I turned 14, I got a KX250 and found some place else! :evil: :-D

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #67 on: December 27, 2008, 05:36:46 PM »
honda ct 70,fold down handle bars and all   :mrgreen:

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #68 on: December 30, 2008, 04:11:33 PM »
Easy. 1986 kawasaki kx500B2.Balls like spacehoppers me........(Tanks fault!)
And lo, I did loft the front wheel and carried it forth to the unbelievers, and cast it down before them and said unto them ''look now upon the might of my throttle control ye pitiful cretinous ones''
And the unbelievers did quake in their boots....

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #69 on: December 30, 2008, 04:14:36 PM »
Easy. 1986 kawasaki kx500B2.Balls like spacehoppers me........(Tanks fault!)
now thats funny! thanks for makin' me laugh, i needed that today.

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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #70 on: January 01, 2009, 01:05:16 PM »
1st Bike early 70's Gold Honda CT-70, 1st "Racing Bike" Suzuki TS50 with Factory Hop Up Kit (this was my all time favorite). I was helping a friend at his shop, moving a bike in the boneyard, and SURPRISE my little Suzi was grabbing at my pant leg. It is hard to believe after 30 plus years, we would be reunited (very rough shape, will eventually learn how to post pictures here). I brought her back to the shop over a year ago, and in the process of restoring.

Old Timers, if you know of any old Suzuki Dealers that might have old inventory please forward info.
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #71 on: January 01, 2009, 01:08:38 PM »
my first CR
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #72 on: January 03, 2009, 08:14:58 AM »
My first ride was a tricycle my Grandmother bought with S&H Green stamps. Then a banana seat 3 speed bike.
First motored was a Rupp Roadster (see photos). Then for three brothers to share a Trail Boss 100 Kawasaki. Then a Husky 250 Mag, the steering stem was weak and doing wheelies all the time didn't help.
I now have a '96 XR600, '00 800RMK 151" Polaris sled, '03 KX500, and '09 XP850 Polaris quad. It's got to have a motor and wind in the face.
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #73 on: January 13, 2009, 04:31:33 AM »
1980 MX175 (Yamaha), Keep in mind I got the bike in 1998 (bike was 18 years old). It ran great and I paid just $300 for it. Rode it for a year and moved up to a KTM250 EXC (big move up).  :mrgreen: I've really come a long way in the 11 years since that first bike.
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Re: What was your first bike?
« Reply #74 on: January 24, 2009, 03:28:37 PM »
 :-D  A 1976 kx250  then i had  a 81 kx250 an 82 rm250  a 92 kx500 and a 93 ktm 300 mxc and hopefully soon a 91 kx500