Your Very First Bike

[FourstrokeForever]

Great nostalgic pics gents. The little James looks fantastic, but way before my time. My first bike was a mighty 1977 XR75 that my grandfather helped me buy. My very first ride though was on a ATC70 trike at a hire place on the Great Western Highway near Seven Hills on the way out to visit my Auntie. No wonder I only ever wanted 2 wheels....

[John Orchard]

My very first bike at 13yo (1973) was an Italjet 50mx that Dad bought new from the local Honda dealer 'Bailey's Honda' in Frankston, it cost $250.



My second bike was an old Gemini Boss 80 (sorry no pic).

Then at 15yo Dad matched me dollar-for-dollar and we bought a brand new TM125L for $650 from the old Peter Stevens shop that burnt down in Warrigal Rd Moorabbin (Vic).



I wore my Golden Breed jumper everywhere.  Terry Bryant (RIP) from Bryant Suzuki (Frankston) modded my pipe & kickstart lever, I thought it was so cool.

[80-85 husky]

my second bike was a Gemini Boss 80.....so was the first!! I needed two to keep em running

[Iain Cameron]

Great thread gents keep it going .

[John Orchard]

my second bike was a Gemini Boss 80.....so was the first!! I needed two to keep em running

Yeh mine kept breaking the gearshifting mechanism next to the front sprocket.  Other than that it was a rocket, use to smoke the fast guy at the local track with a TS100mx

[80-85 husky]

that shifter was a nightmare.... the bike rode well and handles pretty good and in hindsight it taught me good riding habits when everyone else had donut wheeled dax's and kwaka 75's. it was a good sized minibike. the baffle in the pipe fell out of mine and used to rattle like crazy. drove me mad.

I had a total failure of the front forks as I didn't know about oil and seals etc and once all the oil went, the forks seized. (you know how those details can get away when your a kid with bike and the bush close by...)

a mate then said "I saw one of those at the quarry, it was set a light for a joke". so another mates brother drives us out and yep  charred boss 80 with a good set of forks....she lived for a while longer. what bothers me is a I cant remember what i did with it...I rekon I sold it to another kid locally...the sands of time....

[redrider1]

My first bike was a stock standard yellow 1970s Yamaha 100 agi bike that my brother in law owned at the time. The first time I rode it was on a camping trip away, we set up a track through the trees and rode around it for hours. I think we even got the thing to run in reverse after my brother in law rolled backwards off a dam bank and accidentially jump started it. After that weekend I purchsed the bike and rode the wheels off it until I saved enough to by a second hand 1982 Honda CR80R. It is still one of my favourit bikes.

[Rossvickicampbell]

like Dave - my first one - shared with my brother - was a Deckson something or other.  Put me in hospital it did.  First real bike, of course, XR 75 - about a 75 model I think.

[suzuki59]

like Dave - my first one - shared with my brother - was a Deckson something or other.  Put me in hospital it did.  First real bike, of course, XR 75 - about a 75 model I think.

Rosco,Let me guess your brain tried to cash cheques your body couldnt honour? I heard that you havent got out of first gear still, is that true?

[Rossvickicampbell]

c'mon on over to WA Craigy and find out first hand 

Never try and push start a Deckson!

[Digga]

Very early 70's, my brothers & I got a Deltek to share. 1 bike between 3 didnt go so we put a chair on it so at least 2 of us were happy.

Outgrew that overnight & got my own first bike - Honda SL70 

Was a sad & sorry little cousin to the dominat XR75 & then YZ80 so eventually got my own XR75 & passed the SL70 down the line. Photos to come 

[GMC]

I long dreamed of having my own bike...



First bike, Dad paid $50 for several boxes of parts, (a theme that still seems to run till this day) took me a year to work out how to put it together, after I got it running I was addicted for life



First real bike paid for myself from making Mocasin's for a neighbors business, even used to ride it to work which involved half a dozen laps of my track on the way there and on the way back.
(first car in background)

[FourstrokeForever]

Those little YZ80's were a scary fast little thing for a young fella used to his XR75. I remember the very first time I rode a mates YZ80C at the local tip. I jumped on it and thought I could pin it like the XR75.......I think I flapped off the back of it for at least 100 meters.... It was then that I knew I had to have a 2 stroke. Had to wait until 1980 for the first CR80 to come out. Showed the Yamaha and Suzuki boys then 

[cyclegod]

My first bike was the Yamaha HT-1 90 my brother crashed and broke his leg on, he was convinced it was cursed and that I should have it. He crashed every bike he ever owned including some he didn't.

[Davey Crocket]

I see where your exhaust skills come from Geoff.....a life long disease.....have your ever thought about councilling?