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General Category => General Discussion => Topic started by: kballowe on December 04, 2020, 05:35:18 PM
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I was 13 years old and this must have been the age on minibikes and such because Honda 70's were everywhere, some 90's a couple of those QA-50's. And a host of others.
After some amount of persuasion, my Father gave me permission to buy a brand new Honda SL-100. I had my own $$$ from mowing lawns, baling hay, etc.
My first ROAD bike was a well worn CB160, but this SL100 was my first. I had this exact bike.
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'68 Suzuki Titan 500. First big 2 stroke. Others in the motorcycle industry predicted doom for a large 2 stroke.
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Yamaha CS-3 VIN #CS3105649, never will forget it. 200cc electric start 2-stroke twin. Would run 70 MPH laying on the tank in calm weather. Climbing onto it from a homemade trail bike, it felt HUGE and powerful, and I remember my first unlicensed 15 mile ride on it.
Today, even though I'm roughly the same height, arm and leg span etc as I was then, when I straddle one at MidOhio or somewhere, it's astonishing how incredibly tiny it feels, like a small bicycle.
Lannis
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1974 RD 350 and same year 1074 KX125.
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Never had a new motorbike. Never will.
Nick
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Age 17...1971 Yamaha RT1-B 360cc big bore, two-stroke Enduro...MSRP of about $995, as I recall...
Put $200 down, and my Dad cosigned a loan for the balance. I washed dishes for 2 years back then at a local restaurant on weekends to pay it off...but it was worth it! :thumb: :cool: :wink: :smiley:
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At the tender age of 10, my father bought my brother and I a like-new new Honda Z50 Mini-Trail, with the understanding that we make the payments with our paper route, lawn mowing, snow shoveling, etc. money.
It wasn't until 1986 that I bought my first new motorcycle - a red Le Mans 1000, from Snavely Services in Gaithersburg. That was followed in '88 by a leftover '86 Moto Morini 350 K2 from Fred Heistand Motors in Manheim, PA, and in '92 by a leftover '89 Mille GT also from Snavely's. Nothing but used since.
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First NEW motorcycle was an early 90s 883 Hugger. I bravely rode it 600 miles before selling it back to the dealer. :evil:
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My first new bike was a leftover 1985 Honda Shadow 700. I loved that bike and said I would keep it for 20 years. I got totaled while sitting still one year later.
My next new bike wasn't until I bought the 2007 Ninja 650 and the only reason I bought it new was because I was the top bidder on a used one on ebay and the dealer sold it out from under me without posting on eBay that it was also advertised locally, so he made me a screaming deal on a new one.
I lean towards buying used bikes because of all the crazy dealer fees (pure profit) that many dealers charge.
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My first new bike was my '06 Sv650. I loved that bike!
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Thats easy
My V7 Special just 18 month ago
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My first motorized transport was a BSA Winged Wheel about 1960, this consisted of a 35cc two stroke fitted into the rear wheel.
These were sold as a kitset to add to your bike. After pedaling everywhere I was in heaven, I could now travel everywhere at 30 MPH.
The unit was almost new well made and ran very well apart from whiskering up the plug on a regular basis.
Mine was a 2 speed version it had a real gearbox c/w dry clutch, it would take on a reasonable hill in 2nd and unstoppable in first.
The next bike was a 600cc side valve single Ariel VB, quite a leap in capacity.
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Age 17...1971 Yamaha RT1-B 360cc big bore, two-stroke Enduro...MSRP of about $995, as I recall...
Put $200 down, and my Dad cosigned a loan for the balance. I washed dishes for 2 years back then at a local restaurant on weekends to pay it off...but it was worth it! :thumb: :cool: :wink: :smiley:
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When I was into Yamahas and also into stripped-down basic simplicity around that time, I dreamed of getting hold of a new one of those, putting street tires and bars on it, lowering the front suspension, and making a really basic streetfighter out of it.
I never did it. Probably a good thing, because I'd probably have been severely disappointed. I had a brand new 1973 CT-3 175 just like that, but I don't think it scaled up very well to a 360 .... !
Lannis
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Been a regular rider since 1979. I have only owned three bikes and the only new one of the three was my 2011 Norge.
GliderJohn
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Bultaco Sherpa T 350 only bike with it's own emogee :thumb:
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I've always bought used, but in 1979, I bought 2 new bikes that year; in hindsight from the same dealer, who's lack of mechanical prowess prompted my purchases,lol.
I'd just had a tune up done on my Kawi KZ900, something wasn't right with the valve adjustment and it clattered all the way on a trip to Toronto; I never had confidence in the bike after that. Traded the Kawi in on a new left over '78 Yamaha XS1100, fully dressed and lots of smooth powerful torque :thumb:
The same shop was having trouble tracing an electrical short in the coils on my Yamaha RD400, I picked it up and took it for a spirited test ride on the old Richmond Rd, had it wound out pretty good just snicking it into top gear 6th? hard on the throttle when I burn a hole in a piston, thankfully I was on the clutch quick, got stopped with no drama; the bike was still under some type of warranty, and I got a partial credit trading it in on a brand new 1978 Yamaha IT400.
The IT400 was a relatively rare bike in Canada, it took a long time to get delivered to me, finally got it in January.
I loved that bike, I later lowered the gearing down to a 13 T front sprocket but that first winter with the stock 15T sprocket, I raced that bike with fresh knobbies up and down all the back dirt roads I could find, 75-80 mph it wasn't even working hard. I had to fatten up the jetting quite a bit for the freezing cold temps, I was always afraid of seizing it, but that bike was a solid beast, it never complained.
With a 5.10 Metzler knobbie and a 13T ft sprocket, that thing could climb walls. :bow:
I've always bought used, the thing I remember about the new IT400 was the smell of it breaking in,,, between the crappy flat black exhaust paint and the synthetic 2 stroke oil I was using, very unique odour,,, that was the only time I ever experienced the new bike smell as it burned the new shine off. :grin:
Kelly
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I have only bought a new bike twice; 1984 CanAm 200 enduro and more recently a 2015 KLR 650. I like used bikes, preferably in pieces and not running as cheap as possible 😁
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First new one was a 1979 Bonneville, bought as a new leftover in 1981. What a piece of junk (in hindsight)! I'm sure that today, with my current mechanical knowledge and the Internet, I could have corrected its many faults. I recall kicking it 40 times one chilly, rainy day after work before it started. But I did put nearly 11K miles on it in six months, before (wisely) trading it on a 1981 Bonneville (wish I had kept that one). The 1981 was beautiful and rare, and a much better machine.
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Not mine, but identical in every way.
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Mine a 1973 Eldorado. looks like november 72 still has dealer tag
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1978 Honda 400. Rode it for 2 years and sold it for more than I paid for it when it was new.
the only issue was failed ignition module that I remember and weeping head gasket, Once replaced under warranty, it was always damp, not a lot, but always damp.
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My first new motorcycle, was a 1978 black Yamaha SR500. Bought it as a leftover, as dealers couldn’t give them away, and the price fit my $118. Weekly salary. I think it was $1300. OTD. Fun machine, and taught me how to start a warm big single.
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download instagram pictures online (https://500pxdownload.com/)
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First and only new bike was my 1983 SP 1000. Saw that red and white beauty on the cover of Rider magazine and had to have it. Kept it for 19 years and 70K miles.
Larry
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You never forget your first. 75 Suzuki GT380 I bought as a leftover in 76, for I think $1100 and they threw in a metallic blue Buco helmet which was just horrible, it lifted at highway speeds which was 55 back then and choked you. I bought it because it was cheaper then a CB400 which I really wanted or the RD350.Plus I worked across the street from New England Cycle Sales in West Harford CT, who where also a Guzzi dealer . My parents where not happy.It got lousy mpg around 35, ground everything in the corners but was so smooth running.I put 10k on it in year just riding around CT,gave my car to my sister for the summer since I never drove it. I sold it a year later and bought an XS650 not so smooth running but got great mpg. I kind of would like to own one again just to see how good our bad it really was.
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Rode my Honda CB 175 to Hamilton to look at a HD 350 Aermacchi. While at the dealership they had left over Suzuki 750 Water Buffalo's for $1000. I was young and such a big bike seem unreal. On the way home stopped in at another dealer and bought a new 1973 Kawasaki S1 250 for almost the same money as that Suzuki. If I had only known,
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V7 Sport. Traded my Metralla, which is the bike I felt I got rid of too soon.
So I just bought another one.
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Bought a Bridgestone 90 in a box & restored it summer of 70, got hit head on and trashed me & bike. Insurance $ got me a new Sachs 125 Enduro, just like this one========
https://www.bike-urious.com/restored-1969-sachs-k-125gs-boondocker/
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1974 Kawasaki KX 125. Don Weeks Kawasaki, Phoenix AZ. Free Jersey, MS Kidney belt and Glove promotion. $1100.00 out the door, easy monthly payments :evil:
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Paul B :boozing:
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78 Bonneville
New from Midwest Triumph in Chicago
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Turned 18 and bought a new ‘78 CB750F2 SuperSport and a Bell Star 120 helmet. Left the Honda dealer and rode directly to the DMV, passed the written exam, went outside and demonstrated my ability to accelerate, swerve, and brake under the watchful eye of the examiner, and that was that.
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'93 Suzuki GSX1100G
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My first REAL motorcycle was a 1971 Kawasaki Trail Boss. Bought used from owner in Newark, DE for $300 with money earned doing odd jobs for neighbors. Photo from 1973.
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My first NEW motorcycle was a 1978 Yamaha XT500 bought from Maryland Yamaha in Brooklyn, MD (just south of Baltimore) for $1395.
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1972 Yamaha R5C 350 two stroke twin. The first of the RDs came out in 1973.
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My first NEW motorcycle was a 1973 Honda 450, green with gold striping. I sold my 1971 MGB to pay my last semester's tuition and bought the bike with the left-over money. I regretted it within a few months since I got a job about 30 miles from home and it got pretty cold commuting through the winter on that bike - back in the days long before heated gear was commonly available. My second NEW bike was a left-over 1984 Goldwing Standard, bought in 1985. Several used bikes came & went between those 2, and only 2 of the many bikes I've owned since then were bought new.
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1972 Yamaha R5C 350 two stroke twin. The first of the RDs came out in 1973.
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That very bike was the SECOND new bike I ever owned. $700 out the door. It did everything it said on the tin.
Lannis
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My first bike was a new 1970 Kawasaki Trail Boss. My first road bike was a used 1968 BMW R60 US. In 1972 I sold it and bought a new and my first of many Guzzis. An 850 Eldo. I have ridden nothing but Guzzi ever since to this day.
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One the of the first two 1976 RD-400 in Oregon. Red one was sold ,and I bought the green one for $1220 out the door..Pic of my bike after owning it two years.
My Brother bought a K-3 CB-350 for 600 out the door a few years earlier..
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OK .... go easy on me, guys! Nothing classic about my re-entry into motorcycling in 1984. I was working for 3M Company, and they'd negotiated some sort of barter arrangement with Yamaha USA. 3M had traded a couple of warehouses of microfiche readers for a couple of warehouses of unsold Yamaha motorcycles ?! Buddy of mine called me and said 'if you ever wanted to get back into biking, here's an opportunity.' And it was ....... price was reallllllly good.
So I got back into riding in 1984 on this 1983 Virago 750. I immediately installed lower bars, and set back pegs, along with better suspension. Rode this old gal for 17,000 miles, sold to a fellow 3M'er, and moved on to BMW. My 2nd new bike was an '85 K100RS
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Only wish the more Euro TR1 (enclosed chain drive) had been available
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1st bike ever. '79 H-D FXE-FB Young and crazy in July '79
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2nd Guzzi, first new one. '93 Cal III Still crazy. Bought from Joe Eish September '94
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I'm glad there are people out there to buy new bikes. That way I can buy them a few years old with no miles on them for half the price :grin: Joking aside, I have thought about it but there is nothing currently made that grabs my attention. Plenty of bikes I'd like to ride, just nothing I'd shell out the money for.
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My first NEW motorcycle was a 1959 200cc Ducati Americano, routinely ridden from Norfolk, VA to Philly & New York. Stopped at a light in Queens and had an Italian fellow run up to me to say that he was thrilled to see a Ducati in NYC.
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in the 1970's and early 80's I had a Suzuki (150 Street), Yamaha (DT1), Honda (XL350), Kawasaki(100 Trail Boss) and another Honda(SL100) All of them bought used.
When I got back into riding in 2008, I started with Kawasaki KLR 650 (used) Suzuki Gs 750 (really old but kept nice)
and my first new motorcycle.....
2008 Moto Guzzi Norge. I still have it with 42,000 Miles on the clock
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I had the talk* early and so I've never purchased a new motorcycle or car.
*You know, THE talk. The talk about new vehicle depreciation. The burning $5 bill made quite the impression. :laugh:
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My dad bought me a new Indian around 1975. It was has a 70cc dirt bike, that I only got to ride on occasion as my folks split and things went to shit. But it was very cool to a 8-12 year kid and got the bal rolling.
My first actual new bike I bought was a 96 Honda Nighthawk 750. Great bike, but it wasn't a Guzzi, and thus only lasted 18 months or so until I convicned my wife we could afford a new Bassa! From their, never looked back.
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Bought an Ossa 250 Pioneer new in 1971. I was 17, and it was my do-all bike. Miss it more than any other bike I've had since then.
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The Pioneer was a cool bike. I like all the Spanish bikes.
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First NEW? Sure do.... First bike was 1974, only took 44 years!
LOVE this thing
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No pictures but my first new motorcycle was a 1973 Hodaka combat wombat
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My very first motorcycle was new! A Honda QA-50, gift from my parents. I think I was 11. Rode it all over the farms in my area in southern VA.
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After that I bought bikes with my money from odd jobs, so several no so great used bikes.
My first real street moto, bought new, was a Honda Hawk 400, really an awesome bike. Couldn't find a pic of that, so here is one from the internet:
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My first bike was a 1948 Matchless G3L 350.
Sold it to buy my first NEW bike, a 1985 Honda 250RS. Fantastic wee bike.
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Been riding for 50 years and my first new bike is my current ride - '17 V7 III Stone
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My first motorcycle was also the first and only new motorcycle (or car) that I ever bought. A leftover 1972 Kawi Kz400, kick only, single mirror, bare bones, out the door at $850.
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This was my first brand new motorcycle, a 1983 Honda V45 Sabre. I pretty much lived on that thing when I lived in Florida.
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Still waiting on my first new motorcycle, I have/had 5 so far and the closest I've gotten to NEW is a 2014 DR650 I bought in 2019 with about 6k miles on it
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After only 1 season of riding, i bought this... 1995 Ninja ZX-7. i figured that if it was good enough for Scott Russell to win on, it had to be good enough for me. Wow what a beast it was.
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This was my first brand new motorcycle, a 1983 Honda V45 Sabre. I pretty much lived on that thing when I lived in Florida.
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A friend of mine bought my old CB-160 Honda, then moved up to a 200cc Honda twin, then a CX500.
He then traded that for a new V45 in 1983. He wanted me to ride it first to give him an idea of what it would be like. I can remember opening it up (as far as was consistent with break-in rules, which was pretty far) and being absolutely AMAZED at the power relative to his earlier bikes. Warned him to be careful .. but after a thousand miles or so, he was slaloming through urban interstate traffic at full chat ... !!
Lannis
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Yes, 1975 Honda CB500T $200 Down, and $89 a month for 12 months
Sold it for $ 1,800 fifteen years later.
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PS - I taught myself to ride on it.
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First new one was a 90cc Bridgestone; had owned scooters (all used before that) along with a well used 250 Zundapp before that. SECOND NEW ONE WAS 175CC BRIDGESTONE (pardon the caplock???). Many new and used since!!
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1991 Ducati 907ie. Then four years later I bouht a 1995 Ducati 900ss, and that was it. I didn't buy a different brand until about 2018 when I bought a used Aprilia to use as a track bike.
And then this year I bought a new V85TT.
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I remember my 1st new motorcycle like it was yesterday ! Got it new in '78, rode it way too long !! Now my 8 y/o son rides it...
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I was in the Army stationed at Fitzsimmons Army Hospital. I had a side job working on Honda motorcycles in a retal shop. I worked nights and weekend and pretty much saved almost every dollar. I was riding an R50/2 at the time. It was sadly underpowered for mile high Denver and the high passes when I got a chance to ride. When BMW announced the new R75/5 I ran down to the dealer and put down a deposit for one. The first one arrived in February and was put in demo duty. I was to get the next one. In June I was told the dealer was getting only two more for the year and since they had deposits on those as well I was offered the demo. I took it and over the next few years put just short of 100,000 miles on it. It was a good bike even though it had a few early production issues.
kk
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The first bike I ever had .... the feeling was sort of like this ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59SFTqb7MQ&feature=emb_logo
Lannis
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The first bike I ever had .... the feeling was sort of like this ....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J59SFTqb7MQ&feature=emb_logo
Lannis
What the ..........?!? Turned from comedy to tragedy in the final seconds :azn: :azn: :shocked:
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What the ..........?!? Turned from comedy to tragedy in the final seconds :azn: :azn: :shocked:
Disclaimer - No animals or Irish comedic singers were harmed in the production of this video ....
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Honda 50, the best motorcycle/scooter ever made. :thumb: Had two of them. Indestructible. Actually, I did bend a valve when I hit 50mph on my pushrod C100. :shocked: