My previous bike was a '76 Yamaha DT-175.

I also had a Yamaha RD-100: 100cc 2 cylinder 2 stroke street bike. Never saw one like it before I had it, or after.

Before that, I had a Hodaka, but I'm not sure what model it was. It was 100cc, though, but not exactly like a Wombat. (I don't think it was a Super Rat, either)

There was also a "no-name" dual-sport bike that had a trailing link front suspension. To this day I still don't know what it was ... never really got it running well, though.

And then there were a couple mini-bikes, but I don't think they count.

I'd have to say then that my first "real" bike was the Hodaka. Well, that was the bike I did my first "Flying-W" on, so I guess that makes it official!



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Hey LV that Harley is awesome, what a simple but tasteful design, I guess when all the talk was flying around about the 1200 and the other bike I didn't even take the time to look it up. That is a nice bike to say the least.

 

I loved riding those little Honda trail machines back when I was 7 or 8!
The first bike I owned looked just like this 1979 YZ80 - bought it in about 1989 - guess I was 13...

$350 CDN with a few broken spokes, but ran OK...
I swamped the motor in short order, and then bored her out to almost 110! And I did the tear down and rebuild myself! (Simple little 2 stroke, but hey I was proud of myself at 13)! Of course a machine shop did the boring, and got me the right piston/rings/bearings/etc.

 

1. 1973 Yamaha RD200
2. 1978 Honda CB550K
3. 1973 Yamaha RD250
4. 1986 Honda GL1200I
5. 1986 Yamaha SRX6
6. 1979 Honda CB750K
7. 1995 BMW K75A/3
8. 1998 Honda VFR800F
9. 1992 Yamaha XT225
10. 2002 BMW R1150R
11. 2004 Honda CBR600RR
12. 2006 Kawasaki KLX250S

 

My first bike was a '74 CB360. Got it in '77 when I was 15. Rode it in the lumber
yard parking lot across the street from my house. Actually got my first ticket ever on it.
Still 15, rode about a mile down the street to get gas and got pullled over coming back.

Rest of my bikes were:

'80 Suzuki DR400 dirt bike. Was not good at that.
'80 Kawasaki KZ650
'77 Harley Superglide
'74 Harley Sportster
'83 Kawasaki KZ650
'01 Kawasaki ZRX1200R
'05 Kawasaki ZRX1200R

Here's a pic of my CB360. That's my Uncle on it.

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Was it like this? I had this exact bike. Man those were the days.

 

1980 Yamaha MX80

 

Wow this is erie. My very, very first motorized cycle was an old Honda trail. But my first "motorcycle" was a 1979 YZ80 just like yours. My parents hated it but I bought it with my own cash. I don;t have any pictures though but I still have the Clymer manual I bought for it 29 years ago!

 

Borrowing your photo, queenpdog, hope you don't mind ... mine was the z-50 in the background, but it was blue instead of yellow. Actually, my brother and I shared it - one bike for the two of us. That thing was a blast and would go go go. Tough as nails too, to survive our abuse for so long.

 

Ok let me see now I am remembering all of the bikes, and with the help of Google I have been able to find every one. In order.

74 Hodaka Wombat


72 Honda MR 50


79 Suzuki RM 80


74 Honda CB 450 Took my test on this in 82


79 Yamaha 650 Special


74 Rickman 125


85 Yamaha 225 three wheeler


85 Suzuki LT 250R Quadracer


83 Yamaha 750 Special


80 Yamaha QT 50 (yea you guys have seen this one.)


06 Kawasaki KLX 250S and 06 Yamaha XT 225


Well that was a great trip down memory lane, and it only took an hour to find and organize........I have got to get a life.