What Was Your First Street Bike?

[cabanza]

I learned to ride on a 77(?) Honda CB400F (after riding a Motobecane moped for a while) and the first bike I actually bought was a 1994 Suzuki Bandit 400.

 

[klaviator]

I learned to ride on a friend's Sears 106 but the first bike I owned was a 76 Kawasaki KZ400.

 

[gpounce]

Suzuki M50 aka VZ800, injected bike not one of the older carbed "skunks". I liked it a lot but I was a bit too tall for it so comfort was always a problem. OTOH it was really easy to work on- nice and simple and reliable. The shaft drive was cool too- I ended up fitting a rear unit from a Cavalcade which made the gears a bit taller, very helpful on the highway. Sold it after a few years when I found the Bandit, which I really loved and later wrecked

 

[Luftkoph]

1973 Dunedin Fla. a CB350 don’t remember the year of the bike, it had drum brakes and was candy red, capable but unremarkable.

 

[psykown]

First bike was a ratty 07 ninja 250, got her insured and immediately dropped her on a metal grate bridge those things are slick lol
made for an interesting and sore Thanksgiving!

 

[MVI]

1980 Suzuki GS1000

Rocketship back in the day, 143 mph. Stupid fast top speed.

 

[erkmania]

1973 Honda 350/4. I rescued it from doom for a barely affordable few hunert at that time in my youth. I had to fix it up some, but that was a slow and sweet sewing machine.

 

[whisperquiet]

My first street bike was a new blue 1971 Honda CB100 purchased on July 5, 1971.
I have been riding ever since and just purchased my 87th motorcycle last November……a new 2021 Super Tenere ES.

 

[Kildareman]

Puch Maxi moped s a16 year old, followed by a Suzuki B120 as a"real bike"

 

[West Isles]

First street bike, 1972 Honda CB100.

Current street bike.

Most missed former street bike.....

 

[SGrider]

I had a '95 Cbr600 as my first street bike, the black, purple and yellow model.

 

[GMK999]

First street legal, Zuki TS250 '72 (maybe '74). First street bike. '84 700 Nighthawk. Back to DualSports and dirt bikes after that

 

[Dirtmerchant]

I got my license on my 15th birthday on my Yamaha DT125, prior to my 16th birthday I talked my dad into letting me trade my DT in on a new Honda CB650 Custom. Not sure what either of us were thinking but somehow I survived....

 

[Ausfahrt]

I bought my 1974 Suzuki TS-185 from Suzuki of Tampa on Waters Ave for $450 in 1977 and used it to commute to high school and work until it was stolen from the parking lot at the grocery store that I worked at.

I never really had closure from losing that little bike and I don't have a picture of it so a few years ago I bought this one.

 

[GMK999]

I bought my 1974 Suzuki TS-185 from Suzuki of Tampa on Waters Ave for $450 in 1977 and used it to commute to high school and work until it was stolen from the parking lot at the grocery store that I worked at.

I never really had closure from losing that little bike and I don't have a picture of it so a few years ago I bought this one.

Tears.. I loved my 250. Have been an enduro guy ever since!

 

[SVTRIDE]

1976 CB750 bought when I was 16.5 yrs old from a buddy going into the Marines. Bike pictured is not mine. Taken from internet.

 

[Mr Pou]

1973 Yamaha RD350, well used lol.

 

[matty]

UK law meant i had to have a 50cc moped at 16, not being allowed a bike proper until my 17th birthday.
so my first bike in january of 1974 was a mobyllete identical to this one.

In the june of 1974 i picked up an accident damaged yamaha FSIE 16er special moped. i had this until my 17th birthday. same colour as this one.

I passed my bike test 7 days after my 17th birthday and my first bike was a 1971 daytona 500. in red. like this one.

 

[Hank.SD]

My first bike was a KE175, which was street legal and not exactly a street bike, although that didn't prevent me from riding it 20 miles to school or 60 miles to the nearest "big" town.
First real street bike was a 440 LTD. Not sure what was "Limited" about it (lol), but man did I think that thing was awesome!

 

[oldschool]

I bought my 1974 Suzuki TS-185 from Suzuki of Tampa on Waters Ave for $450 in 1977 and used it to commute to high school and work until it was stolen from the parking lot at the grocery store that I worked at.

I never really had closure from losing that little bike and I don't have a picture of it so a few years ago I bought this one.

Very cool, and I remember that dealership well, passed it hundreds of times growing up and living in Tampa (well, Lutz but there was really nothing in Lutz at the time). Remember that Tampa had 3 Honda franchises all doing well at the same time? Honda of Tampa was the oldest one, then Barney's Outboard Marine and Honda motorcycles (not to be confused with Barney's Yamaha across the bay and yeah, they originally sold Mercury outboards and boats) and Honda Village in North Tampa. I worked at all 3 of them, Honda Village twice, then later at Suncoast Honda which was started by the former service manager from Barney's in '75.

I started on a beat up, $50 CA102 in the summer of '68