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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #15 on: April 09, 2008, 01:30:26 pm »
Ah yes...I was drunk & she a lady of the night  ::)
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #16 on: April 09, 2008, 01:51:49 pm »
Puch 50 (which probably still has a piece of my big toe in the gearbox) --- honda 50 4T(death trap on road tyres) --- Yammy GT50 --- DT100C---DT125---IT175----Maico490---IT465---IZ465---Kato495
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #17 on: April 09, 2008, 02:00:19 pm »
First ride was in 1974 on my elder brother's Yamaha DT100A.

Rode it into the frontend of a Ford XB stationwagon on 9th May 1975 (no licence). Result = 1 x break in the right leg, 3 x breaks in the left, 200 odd stitches in the face, 5 month rehab and a severe reprimand from the local police sargent.

What remains of the bike is still in the shed at my mum's place.

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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #18 on: April 09, 2008, 02:48:33 pm »
Honda Mini trail sent me into a 44 gallon drum in 2 seconds flat so thats not a success unless you stay on for 8 seconds  and dont lose your hat.

Lost a lot of skin on a Victa powered grass grub which I also blame for my distaste of left hand corners for many years( 10" tyres 9.5" sprocket)

Mates Grey XR70, fun little bike that, actually had suspension.

Then my first bike,  a russian tank called a Voskhod 175 roadie that took me two years to decipher what the hell ??????? ment so i knew what to call it cept for bloody heavy russian heap of crap.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #19 on: April 09, 2008, 04:40:24 pm »
BSA Bantam 1967,10 yrs old,first trip over the bars and first face plant, down hill in 3rd.no helmet also,come to think of it ,my ridin style aint changed much :P  Anyone got photos of their first weapons?
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #20 on: April 09, 2008, 04:57:00 pm »
Two step learning process:

Step 1: 1984 ATC125M. Yes, one of those god-awful trikes, with no suspension and a 125cc version of the old CT110 engine.

Step 2: Anything of my friends' bikes that I could 'swap' a ride on.... Mostly either a Z50 (an 83 model and a much earlier, yellow one with a solid rear end) or an XL75. And then an SL70.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #21 on: April 09, 2008, 05:21:37 pm »
Quote from KB171 Anyone got photos of their first weapons?
There is a large amount of photos in the Foto Forum under the heading "When we where kids/teens" started by Quicksilver Feb 21st.Check out page 6 with the two Chips support crew.
Some real classics 8)
« Last Edit: April 09, 2008, 05:24:36 pm by vmx247 »
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #22 on: April 09, 2008, 05:43:38 pm »
Eno wrong sort of town bike!!! ::) Motorcycle type please!! Maybe better not to start a thread here on the other........ ;) Must have hit a strong nerve or two.. 20+ responses much less than a day :D and lots of crude Deckson/Victa type minibikes, stepthrus and agibikes  ;D Cheers
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #23 on: April 09, 2008, 05:54:20 pm »
A '74 YZ100 at Hungry Creek [for one day].

And then an Ex-Betric Racing RM125C - the first of many.

I thought the YZ was OK until I rode the RM, what a difference. No more Thermal Flows for this little black duck.
WoooHooo!!!
Those were the days.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #24 on: April 09, 2008, 05:58:57 pm »
'bout '72 or '73 first ride. The bike as an MT50R Suzuki Rockhopper this was followed by the TS100 which I rode much more ofen..pretty much every day at times  :)
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #25 on: April 09, 2008, 06:45:57 pm »
A QA50 at a fair. Then a Vespa 125 that dad and I built! ;D (got my first telling off from the cops on it too. No licence, rego or wof) Dad sorted it out? Dont know how!? ::)
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #26 on: April 09, 2008, 06:56:00 pm »
A second hand Yamaha YZ80B on Anzac Day 1976.
Dad put up the $250 and I had to pay back half.
Learnt to ride up the local park before venturing to bush tracks at 'the Rocks' behind Trinder Park and 'the Quarry' on Compton Rd in an area now called Calamvale.      
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #27 on: April 09, 2008, 07:07:11 pm »
Worked school holidays and weekends to buy my Suzuki TS90MX.

Pics in the "When we where kids/teens" thread in the foto forum

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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #28 on: April 09, 2008, 07:42:23 pm »
Yamaha GT80MX in 1975. Yellow with the black trim. Nearly as good as the YZ80 I really wanted. I had some old test of the YZ80 that was nearly impossible to read through drool stains. First ride on the GT and I spat the dummy - heap of shite stopped after a few minutes. Turns out you gotta turn the fuel tap on...

Bloody great fun. Altho... Eno's night sounds like it coulda been even more so.
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Re: What did you learn on ?
« Reply #29 on: April 09, 2008, 07:52:26 pm »
1960s era Manet (Jawa/CZ) large wheeled scooter - 100cc, electric start, leading link forks - on the beach at Straddie.
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