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Old 04-03-2009, 08:48 PM
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My first minibike was a Harley Shortster!! (Thus, my love of 2-strokes!) 65cc of pure fun that would eat my friend's Honda 70 for lunch.
Got the H-1B (euro version) after college. Picked up a Husqvarna 390 (back in the days when real men rode steel framed 2-strokes) Moved up to a Honda 750F, 900F, '86 Suzuki GSXR 750, and finally to the '95 ZX9R. Still have the H-1 and the 390. I ride those on my suicidal days....
That's a great looking Wombat!! Always wanted one of those, along with a Penton Jackpiner!!
 
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Old 04-03-2009, 10:42 PM
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My first real motorcycle was a 1964 250 Honda scrambler, got it in 1965. But before that I rode a Moped around Seattle, not the kool kind that you could shift the kind you had to petal to start,
 
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Old 04-04-2009, 01:04 AM
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1979 Honda XL 185 S
 
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Mine was a 72 Kawi H-2 750 Triple (2 stroke).
I was 19 and what a handfull !
 
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Old 05-08-2009, 01:53 AM
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Originally Posted by Straightshot
Mine was a 72 Kawi H-2 750 Triple (2 stroke).
I was 19 and what a handfull !
You or the bike?
 
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Mine was a 72 Kawi H-2 750 Triple (2 stroke).
I would have hurt myself on that rocket with my mentality at the time.

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Old 05-09-2009, 09:53 PM
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Hi Shootgun
Mine was a green Honda ss50 which i brought in 1979 when i was 16 i thrashed it, i thought i was Barry sheen lol
About 4 months on surprise surprise i seized it so my dad and me stripped it down and fixed it.
Great fun happy memories.
 
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Old 05-10-2009, 11:06 PM
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My first bike was a 1979 Honda XL100S. This was in 1982. That also was my first big crash It died after a night of high speed hooliganisms with a very hot blond. Go faster she kept saying 50 was it.
 
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AJS 500 twin when I was at colledge. My mother had lots to say about that. Then a Suzuki Bearcat, Dt250 ,various ITs and KTMS and finally at an ancient age ZX6rs.

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1974 Suzuki TM125, bought in 1980 with my first pay packet.
(Prior to that it was a borrowed XR75)
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