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Offline 211

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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #15 on: July 22, 2014, 06:07:38 pm »
Love the James - great story
My first bike was a Deckson Daredevil in 72 then saved up $356 and bought a new TY80A in 1973/4 happy days.
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #16 on: July 22, 2014, 06:34:11 pm »
My first bike was a Norman 145cc Scrambler in 1962.
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #17 on: July 22, 2014, 06:51:48 pm »
in 1974 bought a Honda SL 125, then TM and RM 125's for the next few years

In '75 I bought a LJ XU1. Kept it a year. Had the chance to buy it back in '82. Bought property instead. Bad move in a way. Did you see the prices those Toranas were fetching at their peak?

Around the mid 70's I also passed up my Uncles XR 302 GT for 3K. Another not so brilliant decision.
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #18 on: July 22, 2014, 06:58:45 pm »
Great story Ken. Bike looks fantastic. I had a James back in 71 also. I thought they only came out in white with an alloy tank ;D

Regards Greg.
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #19 on: July 22, 2014, 07:46:08 pm »
1973 Meldrum Motor's Port Macquarie local Ford dealer Ivan was a  friend of my dad's
enter one appentice floor and wall tiler
on the showroom floor  1 used demo Falcon blue in colour with black stripes up the sides and bonnet with a cute little super roo on the sides doing a burnout
outside a couple of s/h sedans and utes
given the option to pay off a car or 'the bike' on the showroom floor up on a display area
rode the Taka 100 home with my new helmet  they gave me for free woo hooo could have been a centurion
best decision of my life .....................I think?????? :o :-X
 
now who's the coolest dude in town in levi 501's sheepskin collared cord jacket,,,, girls hanging at the beach waiting for a double  8)
http://www.advrider.com/forums/showthread.php?t=306187

often wondered what happened to that old falcon looked similar to this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/47950330@N06/7195730986/
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #20 on: July 22, 2014, 08:23:07 pm »
I pleaded with dad to get me a bike . I showed him all the ads in the newspapers for Gemini's and tried to sway him to get me a TAKA just like my mates  but noooo.
 He arrived home with one of these in about the same rusty condition that he scored for $50


 Voskhod 175 with no clutch cable.
 never did get around to putting one on . A mate still has the donk


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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #21 on: July 25, 2014, 06:47:58 pm »
Here is Number 1 and Number 2 (Race bike - Number1)


First bike - Home-made (by Dad), light tube, rigid frame, 98cc 2 Stroke Villiers Junior De-luxe (auto-cycle) engine with clutch, wheelbarrow wheels and no brakes. (Never was a problem, and I fancied myself as a speedway rider anyway).

First Race Bike - Home-made, Victoria 'Nicky' (German - motor scooter) with the cast aluminium body removed.  50 cc 2 stroke with 2 gears, real brakes & suspension (F & R ) & 16" wheels.    Geelong Minibike Club (G on the plate) around 1971-2?.

Still racing Home-made bikes... and loving it.

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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #22 on: July 26, 2014, 04:24:47 pm »
Gidday this was first bike thanks to Jeffrey Thynne he is the one that got me hooked, I could tell you so many stories and the fun that this little critter gave me Bear.

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« Reply #23 on: July 26, 2014, 04:37:09 pm »
First bike was a 1973 Suzuki TS90MX.


Mine is long gone (I tracked down the guy I sold it to and it's long gone) but I have another one now thanks to TM Bill Doe.

I'm rebuilding it to look just like the one in the photo but sadly the owner won't ever look like that again
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #24 on: July 26, 2014, 06:41:00 pm »
No photos of the first Bike . Srambler horse (Honda 50 copy) but First proper bike . The mighty DT125 electric start .

a Cpl of years later , MX125 motor , DG head , DG down pipe , Skunk suspension system , Boge shocks . PS Don't know who the skinny kid is .
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #25 on: July 28, 2014, 05:59:20 pm »
With handle bars like that, you must have auditioned for the part of Tarzan.... ;D
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #26 on: July 28, 2014, 07:11:15 pm »
Standard bars I suppose one needed the leverage .
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #27 on: July 30, 2014, 08:36:05 am »
the 510 I just bought still has them... need to wiggle it to get in thru the garage roller door!
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #28 on: July 30, 2014, 09:22:07 am »
A Honda XR 75 K 4 1977 model secondhand but current in 1977 I loved that bike,many thanks to my parents.I Still have one with a nice powerpipe ;-)
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Re: Your Very First Bike
« Reply #29 on: July 30, 2014, 10:14:11 am »
This is the one that started it for me. Good times.
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