ok folks, NSR-Babe got me thinking. ( no not like that,before some wag starts on) what was the first bike you had on the road?
i started off on a good old FS1E, and moved on to a DT175 at 17. so your not the only old git on here clarkie.
so come on boys, and girls now. own up

first, BSA bantam 125. Still got it. Second, Yamaha DT175, still got it, 3rd suzuki X7, still got it, 4th BSA 500 Goldstar, still got it.... fast forward... 24th NS400R, still got it lol
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If I have to take the carbs off once more...

My first true street bike (without breaking the law that is), was a 1980 Suzuki GS750. It was my second bike that I took my license test on. That was an 89 Suzuki GSXR1100 that dyno'd at 135 RWHP (it was by no means stock).

On idle it wanted to wheelie all over the place At 170 MPH, your contacts pop out of your eyes (and I am not joking!). I had to move to a slower bike after that one. Got me a 96 GSXR750 Then came the NSR's. Damn GSXR's scared me
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Charles Gallant

do you think stephen has to much money and no other half telling him to sell them all for a new house/kitchen.
Psycho

Did my Learners test on a CB250 (provided by the testing centre).

But my first bike on actual roads; is my MC21 NSR250SP in the PENTAX Racing Colours.
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Jerry Lai
NSR250 [MC21SP]

At the tender age of 16, I jumped on my first (and only!) 4-stroke, a Honda SS50! :D

Bikes after that included DT50, YB100, MBX125F, TZR125, and RGV250. So, not always a Honda, but I never made the mistake of a bore-stroke again! :lol:

Andy.
NSR-WORLD.COM

first bike and test bike, honda superslug. next 250lc/350lc/ypvs and pro am racing.rg250/yamagamma(mucho fun stage 3) rg570.rd500.tzr 250 all of them best being f3 reverse/14 mc16s/2 mc18 not including the r5k I am using now blades/rc30/ow01/zx9rx3/rg5700 another one rgv250 and back to the nsr250 r5k and the misfortune to have sold about 400 250/400 imports over 94/96 before honda writ retired me.
Psycho

My first bike was a Honda MB5. That was the bike I took my test on when I was 16. Next came a 73 RD350, 81 RD350LC, YSR50, AR50, TZR250, RZ500, MC28, RVF400, MC21.

allen

my first bike a 91 nsr250se which ive had for 3 weeks now , unbelievable compared to the cb250 i got my licence on.

DT 50, CB 250 RS, GSXR 750- 3 of em, FZR 1000 RU.......NSR 250 Rothmans SP
My favourite has to be the CB 250 RS.Passed my test on it .I had so much fun on it at 17 and couldnt afford anything bigger for 3 years.It was crashed,bashed,abused....you name it ,but it still started and went in the morning.
Memories.........

mrpsychopath wrote: do you think stephen has to much money and no other half telling him to sell them all for a new house/kitchen.
Psycho

oh yes.

First bike I owned was a '77 FS1E DX - TTT542R, paid £25 for it... delivered to my door in 4 card board boxes...

Bought 2 more of them from a mate who got scrubbed out on his first drive home from work after passing his car test from giving up bikes.

First bike I ever rode was a '76 A50 - the non pedal equipped version of the AP50.

Blimey, 1985 seems so far back in time.
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These aren't the droids you're looking for.

first ever bike a 83 RD125LC what a beast i loved it blew it up twice (well it is a yam ) then had a Suzuki GN400, Yamaha RXS100 (the s is for sport)GSXR400 GK73A, Kwak GPZ500S, Kwak ZX6R G1, NSR250R MC21 , CBR400R NC29 (for sale), CBR400R NC29 (trackbike).

also had a DT125 supertener dakar rep (with a big tank twin headlights etc)
and a standard DT125R

also used a slabside GSXR750, and borrowed and crashed a VFR750

i am sure there are more..............
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MC21SP - Roth-tax
CBR400 - track
MC21R - sold
MC21SP - sold

Hi all,

My first go on a bike was a mate's at school who had a YB100 - I managed to wrap it round a telegraph pole for him! Ooops! We're still mates, but he doesn't let me ride his bikes!!!

The first bike of my own was a highly stylish Honda CB125RS, bought in 1991 for 200 quid. This got crashed about every other week because I thought I was Mick Doohan(?) and blown up three or four times trying to keep up with my mates on bikes like RD125LC, TZR125, NS125F etc. It eventually dawned on me that I should buy a) some decent protective gear, and b) a faster bike with better brakes / tyres / suspension etc.

After passing my test I got an NS400, I nearly bought an NSR250MC21, but it was a grand more. The NS got swapped with a mate at uni who had an RGV250. This got sold and was used as a getaway vehicle in an armed robbery of a jewellers!!!

Since then I have owned various bikes - 4 NS400s, 2 RGVs, a YPVS, an NSR250MC16 and some four strokes, including two VFR750s.

I currently own:

NS400/RGV conversion project bike, hopefully coming to the track day.
NS400 Repsol colours - in bits due to broken primary bearing.
NS400 Rothmans with Shepherd 500 kit on - bought in boxes, barrels to be used on project bike. The rest to be rebuilt.
NSR250 MC16, Repsol colours, MC18 carbs and barrels.
VFR750 1995 - good all rounder
GT750 1984 - commuter bike with sad caravan style fairing - absolutely hideous! But cheap to run and weatherproof - used to commute daily up the M3 to London. I shouldn't really admit to owning that one!

Mat.

First bike i bought when i was 11 and saved up enough money to buy one.
79 Honda XL100S had a seized motor and stuck carb slide. i got the motor unstuck with some marvel mystery oil.
(didnt figure out the stuck carb till i got it running by towing it behind a 4 wheeler) had to pull the plug off at wide open throttle to kill the engine after i crashed from overtaking the the 4 wheeler and suckign the rope into my front wheel... oh did i mention the brakes were shot..


once i got that all fixed a few weeks later on my second ride, i crashed when as broken tree pointing into the trail impailed my right foot, pulled me off the bike, the rear wheel landed on my left foot. there i was in a full split with a tree through my right foot trying to push the bike off my front foot so i can get up..

well ive been hooked ever since
there were several more "rat bikes", but my first good dirtbike was an 87 CR250 R. i was probably around 14 by then... i have had too many bikes to mention them all so i wont

But my first street bike i bought when i was 15. 86 kawasaki ninja 600R
i didnt have a car in high school, and was bummin rides for the few months that it was too cold and icy to ride. But other then that i had the best bike in school. I actually took my liscense test on my freinds 83 honda 650 nighthawk. I didnt want to piss off the instructor as my ninja had a Vance and Hines race pipe on it and was gawd awful loud.

ive had or riddent just about every type of street bike since then, but no Harleys just cant justify the cost for the performance (or lack thereoff).

i currently own 2 mc21' NSR250's one is an SE and one is an SP, they both need a little love, and with help from all of you at this site, one off them is getting to be close to ready for the spring.

i also have a very nice 02 yamaha yzf 426 for the trail, and a little chinese pocketbike for playing aound sometimes.

would love to get a 98 or so ZX900 for long distance street rides.

MAN I WISH IT WAS SPRING TIME!!!!
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Koren
2 Strokes and I'm Off