first bike you ever owned or rode?
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first bike you ever owned or rode?
so whats the first bike you guys ever had the joy of riding or owning
first bike i rode was a clapped out py90 - very leathel bike semi geared and didnt like to go round corners the throttle was the right side brake lever exhaust was a right mess looked like gandi's flip-flops
first bike i owned was a cagiva mito 125 ..think it was a M reg 1 down 6 up i thought i was the dogs bullocks on it and as i was legal thought that ment i had the right to go anywhere i wanted and because it was my first ever bike i loved her so much i even rid her into asda(fosse park,leicester) so i knew she wouldnt get nicked the security bloke didnt think too kindly of me doing so even if it was just in the store so decided to go else where ..how are love ended ....i was being a dickhead on it thinking i was rossi and the gear link snapped and was a pain to find a spare so sold her for £300 to my mate who just happend to have one (even though i asked him before hand :wanker ) he went down the road on it got pulled wasnt insured took the bike off him what was the end of that ...
so share the memories
first bike i rode was a clapped out py90 - very leathel bike semi geared and didnt like to go round corners the throttle was the right side brake lever exhaust was a right mess looked like gandi's flip-flops
first bike i owned was a cagiva mito 125 ..think it was a M reg 1 down 6 up i thought i was the dogs bullocks on it and as i was legal thought that ment i had the right to go anywhere i wanted and because it was my first ever bike i loved her so much i even rid her into asda(fosse park,leicester) so i knew she wouldnt get nicked the security bloke didnt think too kindly of me doing so even if it was just in the store so decided to go else where ..how are love ended ....i was being a dickhead on it thinking i was rossi and the gear link snapped and was a pain to find a spare so sold her for £300 to my mate who just happend to have one (even though i asked him before hand :wanker ) he went down the road on it got pulled wasnt insured took the bike off him what was the end of that ...
so share the memories
"good" is a matter of opinion...its a 90's bike...styling is purely up to you, but its a nice bike, dont make it look like some wannabe-toad-looking-need-for-speed-ricer-pile-of-crap...
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Re: first bike you ever owned or rode?
Lambretta 125, i was 11years old, great fun to ride! was my grandads, he had it for something like 40years! shame he got rid of it otherwise i'd have had it!
first bike i owned was an Aprilia RS50, was 14 living in italy, stonking bike back then, tuned it up n everything lol then came back to italy and bought another RS50 over here when i was 16
first bike i owned was an Aprilia RS50, was 14 living in italy, stonking bike back then, tuned it up n everything lol then came back to italy and bought another RS50 over here when i was 16
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Honda CB175 on the fields with knobbly tyres fitted, wouldv'e thrashed any Maico or Husquavarna!
First road bike, Malaguti Monte, 50cc trail bike wonder, faster than an FS1E (in muddy conditions
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First road bike, Malaguti Monte, 50cc trail bike wonder, faster than an FS1E (in muddy conditions

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2001 yam diversion 600 restricted to 33bhp...didnt really help it, its was a tank even before the restriction...
had it 3 months when a woman pulled out in front of me...then in oct 2011 i got my zxr...not much of a history
had it 3 months when a woman pulled out in front of me...then in oct 2011 i got my zxr...not much of a history

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JPN ZXR250 A2 (1990) - Revs to 19,200rpm... 'nuff said

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Re: first bike you ever owned or rode?
First ever ride was on a small 50cc motorcross bike that was my cousins when i was 9. Wanted a bike ever since. Got my first bike when i was 16 after cbt and was an a reg Honda C50.
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First bike rode was a little 50cc offroader when i was about 8yrs old.....first rode bike was an RD200 when you could ride upto 250cc without having to pass your test
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the first bike i ever had was a suzuki fz50 in baked bean orange (google it!) it was a freebee and cost me £100 to insure, £4 a week to go to college and back every day (100 miles a week roughly). some thieving scumbags nicked it but they didmnt have the sense to hold in the back brake to get it fired uo :wanker . i got it back and the headlight cowling was broken so i just fibreglassed it back together. i also bought a new exhaust for it but that was toe only thing i had to pay for in a year- bargain! i gave it to my uncle when i got my next bike and he used it until the mot and tax ran out then i dont know what happened to it. im still on the lookout for another one as a nostalgia thing but theyre always the other side of the country!!
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Seems likes alot of you had the bike bug since day one i wonder how many of you used too make the motorbike sounds while
In a pushchair BRUM BRUM. Hahaha.
In a pushchair BRUM BRUM. Hahaha.
"good" is a matter of opinion...its a 90's bike...styling is purely up to you, but its a nice bike, dont make it look like some wannabe-toad-looking-need-for-speed-ricer-pile-of-crap...
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I dunno about pushchair but since i owned a bmx. Akid near me had this throttle thing than made a noise on his bike. I had to settle for wedging a coke can between the top of the wheel and the frame.
anything is possible with enough time and money. and an open mind...
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any photos of you guys of any of the bikes .posing ,falling off all welcome
"good" is a matter of opinion...its a 90's bike...styling is purely up to you, but its a nice bike, dont make it look like some wannabe-toad-looking-need-for-speed-ricer-pile-of-crap...
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i wish i did now but i didnt have a camera back then. the only pics i have are from my zxr400 onwards.
anything is possible with enough time and money. and an open mind...
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first bike i ever rode was one of these ............

first bike i ever owned was one of these .............


first bike i ever owned was one of these .............

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got sent for horse riding lessons when i was about 6.. got bored, wandered off, found automatic suzuki kiddies crosser in a barn, pestered people, spent the weekend riding that instead of horses, got told off.
liberated my dads puch maxi from where it languished at the back of a shed ("I aint riding that to the pub i look like a twat!") at about age 9, raced it through the woods and jumped it off stuff till it fell apart
first bike i owned was a 1977 yamaha TY175 purchased with every penny i had ("nan, can i use the petrol you bought for the mower?") about age 11, loved it, stripped it, rebuilt it, spent every weekend building "sections" and trying to clear them.. sold it aged 16 to buy some trick wheels for my mountain bike... the wheels lasted a week
bought another one a while back to restore.. got as far as powdercoating the frame...
liberated my dads puch maxi from where it languished at the back of a shed ("I aint riding that to the pub i look like a twat!") at about age 9, raced it through the woods and jumped it off stuff till it fell apart
first bike i owned was a 1977 yamaha TY175 purchased with every penny i had ("nan, can i use the petrol you bought for the mower?") about age 11, loved it, stripped it, rebuilt it, spent every weekend building "sections" and trying to clear them.. sold it aged 16 to buy some trick wheels for my mountain bike... the wheels lasted a week

bought another one a while back to restore.. got as far as powdercoating the frame...
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I had the F model after my C50. worse bike id ever owned unfortunately. I think i just didnt get on with 2 strokes.masterofinsanity wrote:first bike i ever rode was one of these ............
first bike i ever owned was one of these .............
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The NSR was great mate, got me looking on ebay for em last night lol, the F was the same bike with no fairing weren't it?
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