My very first bike....

frank5079 · Jul 11, 2014

I was 12 when my dad bought me a Western Auto Western Flyer.....looked kinda like this...

then when I turned 14, I graduated to this...

The funny thing was that when I turned 16, he didn't want me riding a big motorcycle....so it wasn't until I was 28 when I bought my first real streetbike, a 1984 CB700SC Nighthawk S....

scuff · Jul 11, 2014

here's is mine man I loved this ol bike it was like a tank indestructible and believe me I tried LOL

marsmax85 · Jul 11, 2014

^ I the had same 50 at 7yrs old then my dad got me an xl100 when I was 11yrs old sold that at fifteen then cars took over till 24yrs old THEN that's when the VMAX took over !! I had several bikes while i had my first vmax but only the vmax will I remember ...Thank you Dad for getting me into bikes !!

scuff · Jul 11, 2014

well that second bike pic didn't work so here it is again, this was my second bike it was pretty fast but boy being a single cylinder 400 2 stroke your arms went numb real quick !

jfeagins · Jul 11, 2014

3ph Scatcat Minibike for me.

1972 Yamaha Enduro 125

1976 Suzuki GT500

1977 Honda Gold Wing

1979 Yamaha XS1100

1985 Yamaha somethingorother (can't remember the name of this one - lol)

1986 Yamaha Venture Royale

2004 Honda Rune

2009 Yamaha Vmax

I still have the 85 Vmax, the Rune, and the 09 Vmax - loving every riding minute of them all.

Fire-medic · Jul 11, 2014

A Cyclone I think those were called. The three popular open-class enduro bikes of the day were the 360 Yamaha, the Kawasaki 350 Bighorn, and the Suzuki 400 Cyclone, all pretty-evenly-matched. Honda had nothing except for a 250 four-stroke.

I bought a new RT-2 360 Enduro Yamaha in May 1972 which I still have. Yes a lot of numbing vibes at higher revs but what what fun to ride! I liked hillclimbing the best in SW MI sand & gravel pits. Wasn't my 1st, (it was my second, both bought by me-no parental 'gifts') but one I held-onto. Here is a shot at an enduro in SW MI in 1972 on the 360 Yamaha, I used-to pull all the lights off to go racing on weekends, and then re-install the lights to ride to work on Monday. The hillclimbing shot is on the 305 Scrambler, which taught me about riding in the dirt, and I recall how-amazed I was at having an agile, powerful bike (the 360 Yamaha) after riding that heavy tank of a 305 Honda, but the 305 did teach me the basics of dirt riding and motorcycle maintenance. I had the 305 for one year, and next spring I sold the 305 for more-than I paid for it. I bought the 360 new, and promptly began racing on it in MI, hare-scrambles and enduros, for the rest of the year, until I moved to FL during the next winter.

scuff said:
well that second bike pic didn't work so here it is again, this was my second bike it was pretty fast but boy being a single cylinder 400 2 stroke your arms went numb real quick !

Redbone · Jul 11, 2014

Here are a couple pics of one like my DT250, purchased for $476 at age 16. I was so proud that I earned it all myself washing dishes and pumping gas. Those were the days!

Fire-medic · Jul 11, 2014

Doublepost!
Sorry.

scuff said:
well that second bike pic didn't work so here it is again, this was my second bike it was pretty fast but boy being a single cylinder 400 2 stroke your arms went numb real quick !

ImCannibal · Jul 11, 2014

My first bike was an 84 Honda nighthawk 700S, my second bike was a 82 Yamaha Seca 750, my third bike was a Honda Saber v45 I shared with my dad as a project, my fourth bike was an 06 Yamaha FZ6 (which I crashed) and now I have my 93 VMAX (which I'll never sell ever)

invalidsession · Jul 12, 2014

My first bike (a 50cc Yamaha FS1E) started my affair with most things Yamaha. I strayed a couple of times but always came back into the fold eventually. Next was a Yamaha RS100, then an RD250 all 70's vintage. Moved over to a Kawasaki 900 Z1B followed by a brief hiatus until I landed on a Suzuki RG500 Gamma. Then it was another Yamaha, an FJ1200 until I moved here to the USA in 1995. Another gap in biking was cured by a ratty GS650 Suzuki and then a 1979 XS1100, a Honda Shadow 1100 (hated the bloody thing) and finally on to my current 2007 Gen 1 V max. There were a lot of other bikes when I was to young for the road, BSA's, a Triumph, a Norton Commando and several small Francis Barnetts. Some of the oldies must be worth a mint these days but who knew back in the 70's ?

Chris.

Rusty McNeil · Jul 12, 2014

1st STREET bike for me was a Honda V45 Magna, acquired after I graduated college, followed by a Yamaha XV 1000, Then three different V65 Magna's, then the Vmax I have now. And a Honda XR650L thrown in for good measure.

1st bike (unofficially because I had to hide them from my parents) was a Yamaha YZ100, followed by a Yamaha TT250.

My parents hated motorcycles and wouldn't allow them since I had a cousin severely injured on a dirt bike.....I hid the dirt bikes at a friends house and really didn't get to ride them that much...

Old V65 Rider · Jul 13, 2014

My first bike was an 83 V65 magna I bought from a friend when I was 24. Since I have got a Kz1000, 185 cc Yamaha exciter, 86 Fazor, another V65, and now my V-max. The only bike I bought that was running when I bought it was the first V65. I am a sucker for project bikes. Am currently working on getting an 81 CB900 running for a friend.