Your First Motorcycle Was.. And Now

mine was 1967 tin pan sportster, sold that to get an h2 750 rice rocket

First street bike 1972 H2 750 Triple Kawasaki. Bought it in a bushel basket and Kentucky Fried Chicken Buckets full of parts. thats when i realized i could put stuff together LOL. I rode it 26 miles . Man wide open it wobbled so weirdly. I noticed the steering neck wasnt lined right.  I had denco pipes (LOUD FOR THE STREET) and 38 carbs bored out ported milled heads. I used to race model airplanes and we went to the states to race as kids. Cleveland ohio dayton ohio 1974 1975 year range. Had a lot of 2 stroke mini engine xperience.  Most of this stuff we learned later on I used on my 2 strokes. But that handling whoh  it sucked. I bought a suzuki 1000 4 cylinder after that and a month later it was apart and then .. modifiers malidy. now im working on a All Motor Suzuki (my second one) and a friends Turbo Bike also. Im 52 and getting back into drag racing and I love it.

1st was a 64 or 65 Bultaco Metrella, then a 305 Superhawk, 40 something 45 HD, not long after a 58 XL that's still in the family.  About 150 various bikes later a 09 FLHX for the street and this for the track:

Honda TL125, 4 stroke trials bike, honda 350/4 road bike, now NOS 99 busa. Leigh

Edited by lee8sec - 21 August 2009 at 2:56am

Originally posted by Marc Powe   My first personal motorcycle was a 1979 KE 100 Kawasaki.  My current "Old School" Kaw is still in progress.

Marc. nice shot of the KAWI.....Love the header pipe.....Thats the first upclose shot I`ve seen of the pipe.....Bring it to Gainesville and test it out, I got some C17........LOL...

first, santa brought me a honda z-50, which I left at our old summerhouse.  then a honda 305 made into a chopper with a springer front end and a custom paint job. you couldn't tell me I wasn't the s@#t.

Originally posted by Red,   Fixed it now . . .

i had an 80 yamaha basically like that for my first bike when i was 9-10,then a hot rodded 125 hodaka super combat before getting a basket case z1 when i was 14,too many bikes since then to remember

my first bike was a 1982 gs550. i still have it along with a bada$$ 50cc moped....lol it does wheelies like no other... i've had my bike since i was 20 and i'm 25 now

I didn't even know about motorcycles until the fall of 1971. That's when I first me Chris.  I have been presented with a 1967 Triumph TR6 (a basket case).  I now have a 1954 Harley 165, also in a millon pieces.  My mechanic stays pretty busy, so I don't bug him about it.  Oh, and I am part owner of a 1200 hp bike.

Originally posted by Tom Patterson   Marle @ 18 yrs         Marle @ 20 yrs "priceless"   Dad