What was your first bike?

[Nortoon_imp]

In 1966 I bought a 100cc twin cylinder Yamaha YL1 as a birthday present. They were called Twin Tins because of their tinny ding-ding-ding-ding 2-stoke sound. I was so excited my younger brother had to drive me home.


A couple of months later I traded it in on a 305cc twin cylinder Yamaha YM1. Mine did not have flat bars, but this is the best picture I could find.

[tommymck]

1972 Yamaha RT1. Purchased for $75 in 1977 at age 14. Back in those days, a 7 year old bike may as well have been 70 years old. That thing was a hunk of junk by the time I got my hands on it. Haven't thought about that thing in decades. This thread got me nostalgic though, and I searched through the Youtubuniverse. The sound and smoke from this vid is exactly what I remember though. I can smell it as I type...

[alprider]

my proud in 1992

Honda CM 125ccm...made in 3 years 30000km and in the end until i give up it, some over 40k

[the Ferret]

First street bike was a 1965 HD badged Italian Aermacchi 50 .. 50cc 2 stroke, 3 speed bought new in 1965 for $318



I rode the wheels off that thing, and it set me on a path of motorcycling I am still enjoying 53 years later.

[redbirds_imp]

I rode dirt bikes for a couple of years then bought an SL350 Honda in 1970. Rode it to work and even took a few trips on it though the vibration in the grips was a bother. Traded it and bought a 1973 BMW R75/5. Loved that old Honda, very reliable and easy to start if you knew the drill.

[Cormanus]

Honda CB175—K3, I think.

[suhawk305]

You were not a bad looking guy back then Cormanus!

My first: A 1966 Honda CA95 Benly. According to my note on the back of the photo, the upper picture was taken during the summer of 1968.

[egleaves_imp]

First street bike was a 1965 HD badged Italian Aermacchi 50 .. 50cc 2 stroke, 3 speed bought new in 1965 for $318



I rode the wheels off that thing, and it set me on a path of motorcycling I am still enjoying 53 years later.

Wow, I thought I recognized that bike from somewhere...turns out I saw it on Craigslist just this afternoon. They look like twins!

https://sacramento.craigslist.org/mcy/d/...27997.html

[Inline4_imp]

My first motorcycle to ride (and crash the same day) was a friend's Honda SL100.
A year later a bought a used 1971 Honda CL450 Scrambler. The front brake cable was frozen up (this was after a front brake lock-up in gravel on the above-mentioned SL100)......
My thoughts were "Why does anyone need a front brake"?
Well, only good things were going to come from this mentality, right? I t-boned a car on a wet street. Fortunately I only suffered a broken left wrist.
Due to some extraordinary circumstances, a few months later I went to work for a small Honda dealership.
Working there, along with a couple of seasoned and gifted riders, I actually learned "how" to ride a motorcycle.
The first new bike I ever owned was a 1975 CB750SS. The rest is history as they say.

[3rdbike_imp]

Lowly beginnings for a farm boy growing up in Kansas: a '64 Cushman Highlander. Hey, it was two wheels!! Quickly learning the disadvantages of small wheels on the dirt, I set my sights on a Harley-Davidson 125 Rapido, but ended up with a '67 Honda S-90 instead.