First Bike - esp. for the old timers

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How about some pictures of your first bike, especially anything old and interesting?

When I was about 9 or 10 my dad bought and restored a bike for me to use on my grandparents farm. Sadly I don't have any photos, but it was a Suzuki, I think a B100P (but might have been a B120, virtually the same bike) and it was "converted" for off road use, so looked very similar to the (very rare) B105:

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Spent many happy hours on that bike, and it was utterly reliable. It would stand in a barn for almost a year sometimes and still start almost immediately. The oil tank was missing, so had to premix the fuel. That was such a long time ago you could still get the attendant in the petrol station to put a couple of shots of two stroke oil into the tank when you bought the fuel.
 
Honda SS50 was my first bike, its a 4 stroke :rolleyes:. It was my cousins before me, she upgraded to a 125 so bought it for £200. Pic is a library one. It wasn't that slow for a 4 stroke. Bought the 85cc tuning kit, never got round to fitting it as I bought an RD125 (not the LC, the air cooled twin).

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Had many RDs over the years about about 10 or 11 air cooled) including the infamous 400 (banana yellow 400E Cafe racer) which was by far my favourite bike unitll I got a KR1S when I worked for Motorcycle City.

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Library pic again but could almost be my old bike :( Would love to have one again. Did eventually get an RG 500 (lucky strike of course) as my last 2 stroke, took a lot of saving to get then I stuck it over a hedge Nr Chippenham after about 8 months. :( Sold it as it was becoming a liability.
 
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Had a Fizzy (in white not that tidy!) at 11 or 12 (me and my mate went halves on it). Would love to still have it...and when that expired...

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C90 rescued from the barn at my sisters fam. Was a fetching shade of biege :o

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Yamaha XS250 (mine was black). Bought for £25 iirc off a guy on my paper round :D. Got done for riding it on the road at fifteen...hmm...
 
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When i got my licence at 16...

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Yamaha V50, but without the shopping basket!. Borrowed off my sister until i finished...

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Sold that not long after and bought...

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And when i turned 17...

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Except mine had a 125LC top fairing and Rothmans paint
:)
 
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