what was your first motorcycle?

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what was your first motorcycle?

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I was just thinking about the first bike I bought & thought it would be cool to see where other forum members got their start in motorcycling. So I'll start. my first bike was a 1966 harley-davidson M-50. I worked all summer unloading haywagons when I was 12 for $25.00 to get it. I worked on it more than I got to ride it. My dad gave it away on me. Still bothers me. radar
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kawi 175 dirtbike, blue brush applied paint and half the rear spokes broken!

rode it anyway!

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1970 hd red 350 sprint $890.00 paid$ 46 a month for two years.Bought it when i was a senior in HS. my mother co-signed for me. luckily my father was out of town on business.he was'nt going to sign [for MC]after seeing a kaw 900 i wanted w/150 mph speedo. if i had been smarter i would've tried to get new electra glide then only around$2000.End of senior year buddy w/blue sprint and i rode from middle michigan around georgan bay and back quite a trip on a 350, gone 5 days,lots of fun
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72 Honda CB350 Paid a $100 for it. Rode the piss out it till the clutch finally went out.

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Honda Z50, Wish I had another one now. Moved on to a Yamaha LT 100.
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1968 honda CL 350 Rode it in the woods. Heavy as shit for a 14 year old. My friends called it the thumper. Gas line came off the carb one day and it caught fire in the alley had to call the fire dept. to put it out. Broke my heart. Dad's friend then gave me a DKW 125 with a weird front end.
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my first motorcycle was actually a bicycle with a motor, a 50's something Travis MotoWheel on a Schwinn. The whole thing mounted on the front fork on a pivot, there was a friction drive (I think it was stone like a grinder wheel) on the end of the crankshaft which rubbed directly on the top of the front tire. I spent a lot of time working on it to keep it running, and replaced a lot of front tires, but it was all fun. Sold it and bought a 48 Cushman bath tub with a 2 speed gearbox, MORE FUN!
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Our grandpa let us ride some of his cushmans and a Honda Minitrail in the early and mid 70's but my true first bike was a 1980 sportster I bought in 85.
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I had a french motobecane moped when I was 9(Dad found it in a trashpile) But the first actual motorcycle I ever had was a 42 WLA that I got from an old guy who had a little truck farm down the road from our house.I think I was 12 at the time.
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Half owner of a '38 Indian back in the late fifties. Took 2 of us to start it... one to ride and start it while the other one drove the farm truck to pull it down the road.
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Junior year in high school I bought a used & abused Honda 90. Got it cheap because it had no second gear.
Used it to go to school and my after school job. Rode it all winter. brrrrrrr.
Blew it up the following summer at the corner gas station pulling wheelies for the big guys.
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1966 Norton P-11 purchased in 74 - used to beat the crap outta the sporty gang.... drug it outta the barn and fired her up last summer , still leaks oil from the same locations but runs like a champ! Little did I know there would be a "cafe" craze so its got me thinking bout one of those funny seats and clip on bars... dont need anything else cept more oil...
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Post by JR JOHNSON »

9 YEARS OLD,TOHOTSU 50 CC. FORGOT HOW TO SPELL IT. I'D BE LEAVE THEY STILL BUILDING OUTBOARD MOTORS..WITH RESPECT.... JR
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[quote="radarv"]I was just thinking about the first bike I bought & thought it would be cool to see where other forum members got their start in motorcycling. So I'll start. my first bike was a 1966 harley-davidson M-50. I worked all summer unloading haywagons when I was 12 for $25.00 to get it. I worked on it more than I got to ride it. My dad gave it away on me. Still bothers me. radar[/quote


.....had a Cushman eagle that I swapped a go-kart for....spent more time beside it than on it,it was a veritable "piece of junk" but it was MINE and I felt like BRANDO when I was able to keep it running long enough to ride it :-)
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4 different mini-bikes powered by REO, Briggs and Strattons and finally a bad ass Continental, go fast, almost killed myself engine. 1st real motorcycle was a Ducati. What a pile....bosheff
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