Your FIRST motorcycle/scooter picture thread
 

I thought this would be pretty cool. Let's all post pics of our first ever motorcycle/scooter/anything 2-wheels.

Unfortunately I don't have any pictures of my exact bike, but this is identical, even to the color (found on the 'net). It's a 1971 Yamaha HT-1 90. My dad gave it to me on Christmas day when I was 13. He bought it used from his buddy who put about 75 miles on it. It was then in storage for about 12 years. It was MINT. I loved this bike! :D

http://www.smartcarguide.com/listimg...2534118_00.jpg

Hi Mike
Great idea for a thread
My first was a RUPP Roadster/2 i was 6 years old at the time the year 1969 My dad taught me to ride on that one
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8105/8...c2367e65_c.jpg
RUPP roadster by inuyasha50, on Flickr
And then my first street legal motorbike was a 1977 Harley Davidson XLCR got her when i was 16 in 1979
http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8070/8...0bc53f0d_z.jpg
xlcr-1977 by inuyasha50, on Flickr
Take care and riode safely dear friend
Yours Hank

Same here no actual picture but here is my GL500 this is exactly the way I would run it with the trunk on always.

http://i1085.photobucket.com/albums/...pscf60c23b.jpg

Should have kept it... I wanted a scooter or a CT110 but my dad said no 400cc or bigger. I can tell you when he saw the Burgman though he was real close to disobeying the doctors orders and taking it for a ride around the block but his wife said no...

My first bike
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...psd5cdbf40.jpg
My first & only scoot : )
http://i269.photobucket.com/albums/j...ps824861c9.jpg

Rode Safely My Fri
Mean Motofino

http://www.motorscooterguide.net/Yam...0-Jog-1986.jpg

Mine was just like this one, but white.

Don't have a pic of mine
 

but here is a flyer from back in the day:

http://i178.photobucket.com/albums/w...ps51d7487b.jpg

1972 TS125 Suzuki. Same color as mine also.

I don't have any pictures of the 1st bike that I ever OFFICIALLY owned. I was in the Air Force & brought it back from England , on a KC97. It was a BSA 500! I bought it for very little because I bought it in England. Unfortunatly , a little thing called Viet Nam , inturrupted my riding time. I think that it was around 1963! Irish

A 100cc Kawasaki just like this one.
I quit riding when I went in the Marines and didn't start back until my kids were grown.
http://i86.photobucket.com/albums/k8...awasakiG5g.jpg

My first bike looked just like this one....1965 Model...$425.00 brand new.

[IMG]http://i1271.photobucket.com/albums/.../honda-s90.jpg[/IMG]

My first bike was a Triumph Tiger 650, just like this

http://farm3.staticflickr.com/2279/1...c2e_z.jpg?zz=1

My second bike was a Honda CL77, like this
http://www.drabruzzi.com/images/Hond...er%201965b.jpg

What a lot of people don't know is that the Tiger 650 eng & the Bonneville 650 eng are exactly the same except that the Bonneville has two carbs instead of one! They have the same valves , cams , pistons ,bottom end , etc. If you have a factory manual , ck. for yourself. Irish:nod:

LOVE the 1977!:tup: Irish

You are right Irish, the engines were identical except for the dual carbs. At the time of purchase I simply could not afford the difference in price between the Tiger and the Bonnie.

If any one has any questions about the "older" Triumphs , just ask. I went to the Triumph Factory school in the '70s. I got an A in mechanics & I stayed an x-tra week & took a course in Advanced Mechanics & got an A+ in that , so I know a little bit about them!:clap::tup: Irish

Here's one for you, Irish.
My uncle had bought a '71 Triumph 250, T25T, internet photo shown below. Before he moved out west, he gave it to me (needed a clutch). I used it ride it back and forth to school, except when it wouldn't start. I ended up selling it to pay for car insurance.
I wish I had it now ... it used to have such a cool sound.

http://www.scootdawg.net/picture.php...&pictureid=716