Your FIRST motorcycle/scooter picture thread

**Admin** · 02-14-2013, 02:20 AM

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!

**inuyasha** · 02-14-2013, 10:23 AM

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

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

xlcr-1977 by inuyasha50, on Flickr
Take care and riode safely dear friend
Yours Hank

scootnwinn · 02-14-2013, 10:55 AM

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

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...

MEAN_MOTOFINO · 02-14-2013, 02:46 PM

My first bike

My first & only scoot : )

Rode Safely My Fri
Mean Motofino

50cc · 02-14-2013, 04:03 PM

Mine was just like this one, but white.

taz001 · 02-17-2013, 09:12 PM

but here is a flyer from back in the day:

1972 TS125 Suzuki. Same color as mine also.

Irish · 01-03-2015, 03:39 PM

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

wheelbender6 · 01-05-2015, 09:59 AM

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.

rks · 01-15-2015, 09:06 PM

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

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bull · 02-19-2015, 08:04 AM

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

My second bike was a Honda CL77, like this

Irish · 05-03-2015, 01:06 PM

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Originally Posted by bull

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

My second bike was a Honda CL77, like this

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

Irish · 06-15-2015, 01:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by inuyasha

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

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

xlcr-1977 by inuyasha50, on Flickr
Take care and riode safely dear friend
Yours Hank

LOVE the 1977!

Irish

bull · 06-16-2015, 10:16 AM

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.

Irish · 06-17-2015, 01:07 PM

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!

Irish

Gene563 · 07-12-2016, 03:49 AM

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.

02-14-2013, 10:23 AM	#2
inuyasha Join Date: Sep 2012 Location: West Haven CT Posts: 1,165	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 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 xlcr-1977 by inuyasha50, on Flickr Take care and riode safely dear friend Yours Hank __________________ "4wheels move the body 2 wheels move the soul" Duty, Honor, Country. Those three hallowed words reverently dictate what you ought to be, what you can be, what you will be. Douglas MacArthur Last edited by inuyasha; 02-14-2013 at 11:36 AM.
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02-14-2013, 02:46 PM	#4
MEAN_MOTOFINO Join Date: Jan 2013 Location: South Carolina Posts: 233	My first bike My first & only scoot : ) Rode Safely My Fri Mean Motofino __________________ 05 Motofino 150cc
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02-17-2013, 09:12 PM	#6
taz001 Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: NE oHIo Posts: 160	Don't have a pic of mine but here is a flyer from back in the day: 1972 TS125 Suzuki. Same color as mine also. __________________ 1981 C70 honda 2007 Xingyue ita 150t(X2) 1976 Vespa Bravo(2) 1980 Vespa Ciao 1967 Sears Allstate Do I continue? "Freedom is just another word for nothin' left to lose." Janis Joplin 1943-1970
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01-05-2015, 09:59 AM	#8
wheelbender6 Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: Houston area Posts: 945	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. __________________ "Beer never broke my heart" - Luke Combs
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01-15-2015, 09:06 PM	#9
rks Join Date: Dec 2013 Location: Western New York Posts: 454	My first bike looked just like this one....1965 Model...$425.00 brand new. [IMG][/IMG] __________________ 2011 Jonway 150cc..16,109 breakdown free miles, and counting
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01-03-2015, 03:39 PM	#7
Irish Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 738	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
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02-19-2015, 08:04 AM	#10
bull Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 257	My first bike was a Triumph Tiger 650, just like this My second bike was a Honda CL77, like this
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06-16-2015, 10:16 AM	#13
bull Join Date: Feb 2015 Posts: 257	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.
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06-17-2015, 01:07 PM	#14
Irish Join Date: Dec 2014 Posts: 738	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! Irish
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07-12-2016, 03:49 AM	#15
Gene563 Join Date: May 2015 Location: Lanoka Harbor, NJ Posts: 63	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.
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