What was your first bike?

[Guth_imp]

Like so many others, a Honda Z50 Mini Trail was my first minibike. My dad brought it home one day for my bother and I to play around on. He likely traded out doing some work on someone else's motorcycle in exchange for the Mini Trail. I've yet to locate any old photos of the bike, but it was either a '68 or '69 model. I've always remembered it as yellow and white, but it might have been yellow and silver. It's just been way too long ago now.

After that came a bunch of different small dirt bikes that kept my brother and I (and my dad) entertained. In no specific order: a '73 Honda XR75; a '77 Honda XR75; a '70 Kawasaki G31M Centurion; a '73 Yamaha MX125, a '77 Suzuki RM100.

If I could have any of those bikes back to play around with now it would likely be the '77 XR75. Sure I would be way too big for it, but that didn't stop me when I was a kid as I outgrew it in not time at all. I remember attending a National MX race at Red Bud in Michigan and before the racing started they actually had a one lap pit bike race. It was hilarious watching those riders I so admired out there goofing around on bikes like my old XR. Good times.