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Offline Tim754

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What did you learn on ?
« on: April 08, 2008, 11:15:40 pm »
Banging on elsewhere about my first bikes made me stop and think 'What was the bike I first rode successfully?" Dare I say it... A Honda 50cc pushrod stepthru... age just turned 7 year 1964...Shit am I smiling to myself right now or what. Cheers Tim
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #1 on: April 09, 2008, 12:21:18 am »
Deckson mini bike Victa engine no suspension around the old Mt Cotton mini bike track 1973
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #2 on: April 09, 2008, 02:21:23 am »
a mighty yamaha AG100
heavy muther of a thing! i couldn't pick it up when it fell over for a long time.
3rd gear was stuffed so it was 1st, brm, 2nd berumm, 3rd/4th boorruuuum and so on,
you get the idea me thinks
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #3 on: April 09, 2008, 07:00:22 am »
well it was late sixties on a Grasshopper, victa motor i think. with 4 brothers it lasted about 2 weeks and we moved up to a Honda 50 step thru, by the time i was 12 we must of had about 20 different bikes , including bsa's and triumphs, throwaway bikes from dad, they only lasted so long because they were used on the beach from Noosa to Fraser for beachworming. That's where the worms tag comes from.

Cheers Trev ;D
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #4 on: April 09, 2008, 07:03:16 am »
An old Douglas Vespa scooter wth the gear linkages on the left hand bar, 5 years old at the time (1967) and i reckon that first foray into bikes has a lot to answer for ;) Could not remember everybike owned since then but that first one sticks in the mind,
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #5 on: April 09, 2008, 07:35:23 am »
About a 1968 CT90 Trail.  ;D
Dual range gearbox, leading link front suspension.
Cool................  :D
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #6 on: April 09, 2008, 07:43:12 am »
TS 185  :(
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #7 on: April 09, 2008, 08:08:10 am »
triumph tiger cub modified for mx motor ran on methenol,motor built by a bloke named sid willis in calton sydney,it ran for years racer for 2 years at nepean 1970-1972 only rode in novice class then as i was to young to race with the other riders.then rode dt1 and bully slider.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #8 on: April 09, 2008, 08:41:28 am »
A Bridgestone 90 and a Vespa scooter in Maroubra sandhills.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #9 on: April 09, 2008, 09:09:57 am »
My first ever ride was on a qa50, i was 7 or 8. It was at a place that hired out bikes in the Sydney area. My dad seems to recall Lucas Heights, near a nuclear plant of some sort he seems to think.
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Offline bigk

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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #10 on: April 09, 2008, 09:30:02 am »
1974 CR125M, second hand. 14 years old and worked all the Christmas & school holidays for two years to save the money.Then I couldn't get anyone to pick it up for me, so I walked the 8klm to where it was, and pushed it 8klms back home. That was in 1976 and I think I paid $400.00. The clutch was slipping a bit when I got it but I didn't know any better at the time. I got a little shock after the clutch fried itself completely, and got it fixed!
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #11 on: April 09, 2008, 09:59:22 am »
Honda MR50 :)
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #12 on: April 09, 2008, 10:29:14 am »
Suzuki RV 125,I did some miles on that bike 1982-1986,beach combing and coastal exploring.
Now those tracks are a Historic Walk Trail. :'(
Alison
Honda QA50 and then a Yamaha steppy 90,both died natural deaths.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #13 on: April 09, 2008, 11:13:15 am »
QR50 > RM80 > XR200 > RM250 > CR250 > YZ250F > YZ250 > CRF450 > CRF250 > CZ400

Hmmmm.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #14 on: April 09, 2008, 11:42:24 am »
Honda CL175 first bike, circa 1967.
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