What was your first bike? - Page 3

gary tompkins · 03-07-2008, 07:16 PM

Welcome to the club Sneakyt

1st bike Honda CB50J 50cc moped - August 1980

2nd bike Honda CB25oT Dream - May 1981

3rd bike Honda CB250N Superdream - October 1982

4th bike Suzuki GS650 Katana - March 1983

5th bike - Honda 400/4 F1 - March 1985

6th bike Moto Morini 350 Sport - June 1988

7th bike Ducati M600 - March 1999

8th bike Ducati M900ie - Feb 2002

9th bike Ducati M900ie - September 2004 (converted to trike 2005)

03-07-2008, 08:01 PM

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Originally Posted by gary tompkins

Welcome to the club Sneakyt

1st bike Honda CB50J 50cc moped - August 1980

2nd bike Honda CB25oT Dream - May 1981

3rd bike Honda CB250N Superdream - October 1982

4th bike Suzuki GS650 Katana - March 1983

5th bike - Honda 400/4 F1 - March 1985

6th bike Moto Morini 350 Sport - June 1988

7th bike Ducati M600 - March 1999

8th bike Ducati M900ie - Feb 2002

9th bike Ducati M900ie - September 2004 (converted to trike 2005)

tsk! you are such a show off Mr. T. 1980, I wasn't even born....

My first bike was a Kawasaki Eliminator 125 - Dennis Hopper eat yer heart out!

03-07-2008, 09:27 PM

04-07-2008, 10:50 AM

My first bike, an FS1e (Fizzie).
Your first bike? Monster S4rs, 1098r, or Desmosedici RR. Depending on your budget of course.

Only kidding. Just buy the best Monster you can afford/find and don't try and ride it flat out everywhere. As said before it's not really powerful engines that kill as much as the hand on the throttle. Good luck and enjoy!

04-07-2008, 10:58 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mand

tsk! you are such a show off Mr. T. 1980, I wasn't even born....

My first bike was a Kawasaki Eliminator 125 - Dennis Hopper eat yer heart out!

1980 wasn't that long ago..............Was it ?

04-07-2008, 11:33 AM

My first bike, after a few years on 50-150cc scoots, was the 695.

04-07-2008, 12:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Terry

Age 16 NSU Quickly, did miles on it until the back wheel collapsed due to lack of spokes!

Terry!! You and me both!!
And for those who dont know what an NSU Quickly is, no it isnt a nasty disease!!
My first bike.........

How things change!!

YD.

04-07-2008, 12:26 PM

First bike was a Honda C50 stepthrough, which i hammered mercilessly for six months, that was replaced with a 250 BSA C15.
Once i passed my test in `73, then it was a succession of Triumphs, Nortons and Velo's.
The early eighties was mainly GS1000's, Z1000's, 1100 yams, mainly with 1260cc big-bore kits, happy dayz!

gary tompkins · 04-07-2008, 12:28 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadbiker

1980 wasn't that long ago..............Was it ?

Err.... 28 years ago? - and the year I left school at the ripe old age of 16 1/2

Methinks Mand tells fibs

My CB50
v v v

Seb_uk · 04-07-2008, 12:35 PM

My first bike was a 1995 M600 (other than the 50cc Peugeot I had when I was 16.....!)

It was a great bike and very good for a novice - however I think you would soon find the performance a bit limited and may want a bit more stomp.

695's are a great bike - fair amount of power but also quite forgiving....also should be some bargains around now the 696 is out. Depends how much you want to spend though I guess - £1500 will buy you a tidy M600, whereas you would be looking at about £3 - 4k for a nice 695.

04-07-2008, 12:37 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by gary tompkins

Methinks Mand tells fibs

Oh yes big fat porkie pies!

ricky · 04-07-2008, 12:42 PM

the most amazing 50cc ever.............honda PXR. automatic scrambler! lethal!

04-07-2008, 12:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by sadbiker

1980 wasn't that long ago..............Was it ?

Me doth protest, 1980 seams like a lifetime away, the month Gary bought his 2nd bike I was enduring birth!

04-07-2008, 12:48 PM

Good I feel better I was still in the infants then. Still am according to my other half.

Kato · 04-07-2008, 01:24 PM

Ahaaa nostalgia first ever bike was a 250 villiers engined Greaves followed by a Yamaha DT 250 then when I was old enough to be let out on the road I had a Honda SS50 much better than the fizzies all my mate had.........

03-07-2008, 07:16 PM	#31
gary tompkins 1/2 man - 1/2 pogo-stick Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: Dartford, Kent Bike: M900ie Posts: 7,241	Welcome to the club Sneakyt 1st bike Honda CB50J 50cc moped - August 1980 2nd bike Honda CB25oT Dream - May 1981 3rd bike Honda CB250N Superdream - October 1982 4th bike Suzuki GS650 Katana - March 1983 5th bike - Honda 400/4 F1 - March 1985 6th bike Moto Morini 350 Sport - June 1988 7th bike Ducati M600 - March 1999 8th bike Ducati M900ie - Feb 2002 9th bike Ducati M900ie - September 2004 (converted to trike 2005) __________________ GT Fully paid up member of the S.A.S. (Scottoiler Appreciation Society) 27,000 miles on original chain - and still going strong! Last edited by gary tompkins; 03-07-2008 at 07:18 PM..

04-07-2008, 12:35 PM	#40
Seb_uk Bronze Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Cardiff Bike: M695 Posts: 284	My first bike was a 1995 M600 (other than the 50cc Peugeot I had when I was 16.....!) It was a great bike and very good for a novice - however I think you would soon find the performance a bit limited and may want a bit more stomp. 695's are a great bike - fair amount of power but also quite forgiving....also should be some bargains around now the 696 is out. Depends how much you want to spend though I guess - £1500 will buy you a tidy M600, whereas you would be looking at about £3 - 4k for a nice 695. Last edited by Seb_uk; 04-07-2008 at 02:16 PM..

04-07-2008, 12:42 PM	#42
ricky 5ft 3 of perfection!! Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: enniskillen Bike: M620 Posts: 524	the most amazing 50cc ever.............honda PXR. automatic scrambler! lethal! __________________ wee man syndrome drunk: *Northern Irelands answer to common sense-NORTHERN IRELAND REP!!*

04-07-2008, 01:24 PM	#45
Kato Dismantled Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: East Molesey Bike: Multiple Monsters Posts: 2,236	Ahaaa nostalgia first ever bike was a 250 villiers engined Greaves followed by a Yamaha DT 250 then when I was old enough to be let out on the road I had a Honda SS50 much better than the fizzies all my mate had......... __________________ "Political correctness is just intellectual colonialism and psychological fascism for the creation of thought crime"

04-07-2008, 10:50 AM	#34
mystic Guest Posts: n/a	My first bike, an FS1e (Fizzie). Your first bike? Monster S4rs, 1098r, or Desmosedici RR. Depending on your budget of course. Only kidding. Just buy the best Monster you can afford/find and don't try and ride it flat out everywhere. As said before it's not really powerful engines that kill as much as the hand on the throttle. Good luck and enjoy!

04-07-2008, 11:33 AM	#36
Paivi Guest Posts: n/a	My first bike, after a few years on 50-150cc scoots, was the 695.

04-07-2008, 12:26 PM	#38
BluprintZ Guest Posts: n/a	First bike was a Honda C50 stepthrough, which i hammered mercilessly for six months, that was replaced with a 250 BSA C15. Once i passed my test in `73, then it was a succession of Triumphs, Nortons and Velo's. The early eighties was mainly GS1000's, Z1000's, 1100 yams, mainly with 1260cc big-bore kits, happy dayz!

04-07-2008, 12:48 PM	#44
sadbiker Guest Posts: n/a	Good I feel better I was still in the infants then. Still am according to my other half.