Author Topic: Your first bike and the one that got away. (Read 26326 times)

guzziv7fan · « **on:** February 20, 2015, 10:27:59 AM »

305 Honda dream, paid 100 bucks for it.

Can't remember the year, it was red with those curved fenders. Had a blast on that thing.

1978 Kawasaki Z1R, Sold it to buy new baby junk. My mother laid some guilt trip on me at the time.

I dream about that bike sometimes.

drlapo · « **Reply #1 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:31:47 AM »

1957 Indian Hound's Arrow
paid $75, raced it for 2 years and sold it for $75

Triple Jim · « **Reply #2 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:33:41 AM »

First motorcycle: 1972 Kawasaki H2, bought used in 1978, still ride it.
One that got away: None, I seldom sell anything :D

lrutt · « **Reply #3 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:37:42 AM »

first bike, 1964 Honda CT200. The old cast iron pushrod trail 90's with leading link fork and dual rear sprockets. I still keep my eyes open for one to add to my collection.

One that got away....1975 Honda CB400F......loved that bike.....hated the ex wife that forced the sale

jas67 · « **Reply #4 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:46:27 AM »

First bike, early 70's Yamaha DT100 when I was 14. Parents made me sell it when I got caught riding it on the street. I was 14 -- no license, oh, and no helment (no brain either, apparently).

One that got a way -- none yet, but, since I didn't starting street riding until a few years ago, I do regret having lost the opportunity to enjoy motorcycles for the 25 year of my adult life that I didn't ride. I'm making up for lost time now. ;D

Triple Jim · « **Reply #5 on:** February 20, 2015, 10:56:48 AM »

Quote from: jas67 on February 20, 2015, 10:46:27 AM

First bike, early 70's Yamaha DT100 when I was 14. Parents made me sell it when I got caught riding it on the street.

Jas, the DT100 makes a pretty good street bike. Here's a photo for you, taken last year:

redrider90 · « **Reply #6 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:43:24 AM »

!st bike 1962 Duo Glide dresser.
The one that got away.... not a full blown got away but a story worth mentioning. I had a 1972 Ducati (in other posts I might have wrong said it was a 73) GT 750.
There was a 73 750 SS green Desmo on the floor in a shop in St. Louis. I forgot now the price. I was struggling financially but wanted it bad. So I was minus $2K with my bike included. I must gone in that shop in St. Louis over a dozen times (I lived 100 miles away) to look at and talk to the owner about it. Did it get way..... ah not quite but I lusted/coveted after it for many a months. I guess in the end I could have killed myself to find a way to raise the $ but it did not come to be. I might not have told this story on most bikes but we all know how special that 73 green 750SS Ducati Desmo is.
The one that got away I guess you could say is the 72 Ducati 750 GT. I sold it in 91 for $750 to help fund my new red Mille. I was fresh off a divorce and lost a bit of chump change on the way out. Some of the guys at the Sunday breakfast said don't sell the Duck: keep both they said.
The must have seen the round case bubble coming.

creaky99 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:49:46 AM »

1st bike: '48 Whizzer on a Schwinn frame.
One that got away: '89 Honda Hawk 650 GT (RC31) with only 6K on the clock.

Nic in Western NYS · « **Reply #8 on:** February 20, 2015, 11:52:06 AM »

Honda Magna 750 was the first bike. Nice engine in that one.
The one that I had that I regret losing would be the carb Sport 1100. But the bike that I had a just about done deal on that I regret it getting away was a Ducati ST4s ABS that I was trading for - the new bike was damaged in shipping and I sold the old bike. I still look for those bikes online - maybe if there's a perfect one cheap...

chuck peterson · « **Reply #9 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:09:23 PM »

first bike.........Yamaha R5, model before the RD's

one that got away......67 R60/2

blackbuell · « **Reply #10 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:24:58 PM »

First bike: Honda CB160

The one that got away: the one in my avatar (a testament to my mistake): 2000 Buell S3; it's still in the family, though: my brother-in-law owns it, but he doesn't ride it and he won't sell it back to me. >:(

Jon

Sasquatch Jim · « **Reply #11 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:26:57 PM »

First bike, R-26 BMW, second bike, Harley duo glide bagger. A host of others since then.

nc43bsa · « **Reply #12 on:** February 20, 2015, 12:29:26 PM »

Re: You're first bike and the one that got away.

I never was a bike, much less a "first bike."

Spuddy · « **Reply #13 on:** February 20, 2015, 01:29:17 PM »

FIRST: '66[?] Bridgestone 175 [relatively quick]

GOT AWAY: 1970 Triumph Bonneville

NCAmother · « **Reply #14 on:** February 20, 2015, 01:32:52 PM »

2 boxes of parts and a frame from a race beaten mid 60's ducati, was my first.
There was a craigslist ad for a tired but complete and running Eldorado for $500, it was sold when I called.

drlapo · « **Reply #15 on:** February 20, 2015, 01:36:28 PM »

got away
1970 +/- Ducati 350 Sebring with a full fairing and factory race kit
1967 Bultaco 250 Metralla RS America with race kit

Spuddy · « **Reply #16 on:** February 20, 2015, 01:45:30 PM »

Another got away: Jack Streeper in Normal IL bought a '68 BSA Thunderbolt while he was waiting for delivery of a '68 Ambassador. He sold it after he bought the Guzzi. Missed it by a week and the jerk who got it totaled it within 2 more.

steven c · « **Reply #17 on:** February 20, 2015, 01:54:38 PM »

1st 75 Suzuki GT380 bought as a leftover in 76.
Got away, a Yamaha RZ350 that I bought for $400 with a bad clutch and my LeMans lll which I sold to buy a BMW K75S, WHAT WAS I THINKING!!!!!!

jetmechmarty · « **Reply #18 on:** February 20, 2015, 02:07:51 PM »

I bought a new XS650 as my first. I still have it. I still ride it!

normzone · « **Reply #19 on:** February 20, 2015, 02:33:56 PM »

First bike, 350 CL Honda - wish I still had it just for sentimental reasons.

Not really the one that got away, but at Sonny Angel's shop in the eighties I remember looking at a new California (?) and thinking " Why would I ever want something like that ? "

acogoff · « **Reply #20 on:** February 20, 2015, 02:44:36 PM »

Got away- - 1959 T120 Triumph, actually was the first pre-unit Bonneville, but was not called that yet. Lucas magneto and always started on the first kick. They seem to fetch a big price at auction now.

pressureangle · « **Reply #21 on:** February 20, 2015, 03:34:27 PM »

First; 1968 Harley-Davidson (Aermacchi) Sprint 350.

Got away; 1967? Honda CB450 'Black Bomber'. It got away after high compression pistons, race cam, header etc. got uh...held as evidence

crc · « **Reply #22 on:** February 20, 2015, 03:35:51 PM »

old Suzuki mountain goat when I was about 12. got away 97 magni 1100i sfida, I was a fool I could've bought it ???

clubman · « **Reply #23 on:** February 20, 2015, 03:46:18 PM »

1st was a "nifty thirfty step thru 50" (Honda C-102) when I was 12. Got away? Around '66 I opened the paper one day and turned to classifieds as I always did; guy had a Goldstar for sale-$500. I immediately grabbed the phone and called. Sorry already gone.

NCAmother · « **Reply #24 on:** February 20, 2015, 03:47:47 PM »

Quote from: jetmechmarty on February 20, 2015, 02:07:51 PM

I bought a new XS650 as my first. I still have it. I still ride it!

nice bike!

Joliet Jim · « **Reply #25 on:** February 20, 2015, 03:52:28 PM »

78 Bonnie was the first
75 Commando should have bought it for $700 when I had the chance

Lannis · « **Reply #26 on:** February 20, 2015, 04:19:15 PM »

Yamaha CS3 200cc twin was the first.

1950 Indian Roadmaster in 1979, stone original, licensed, running good, I turned it down at $900. What a maroon .....

Lannis

geoff in almonte · « **Reply #27 on:** February 20, 2015, 04:27:15 PM »

Mini Bike (ca 1965ish) built from Electric Minibike frame and 3.5 B&S pump motor liberated from a local construction site. What can I say - I was 12yo.

First bike with a clutch AND a transmission - 1966 Honda Benley - 150cc. Rode this for two years before I was old enough to get my drivers permit.

The one that got away - none yet.

G

Carlo DeSantis · « **Reply #28 on:** February 20, 2015, 04:42:06 PM »

First bike was an '82 Kawasaki KZ550.

Never had one get away. I've pretty much been "done" with the bikes I've sold. That said, I miss my '91 K75C that was totalled in a mishap with a BDC. I would have kept that one for quite a while.

Best,

Carlo

charlie b · « **Reply #29 on:** February 20, 2015, 04:52:14 PM »

First, CB500-4. Regret. Not taking the trade in offer for a new V45 Saber. :(

Sold the CB500 after 10 years for $150 less than I paid for it.

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Author Topic: Your first bike and the one that got away. (Read 26326 times)

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