Your first MX bike

Ah! I have a very similar story. I'm 12 years old, get up on Xmas morning, walk into our living room, and what do I see? A brand spanking new Suzuki TM 100-1975! I had just finished beating an SL70 to death and was begging to race-and so it began....Best xmas ever.

10th hand 1984 CR80.

I'm a lucky guy, Dad bought me this when I was 3. It was a 78 Suzuki JR 50.

Then Dad bought me one of these, a 1981 YZ 60.

I learned to ride on my cousins '86 xr80 at the Lassiter Dips in Marietta, GA and after bugging my dad and doing what seemed like endless chores around the house he agreed to get me my first bike. Back then there was no internet searching so I flipped through endless printed adds for 80's. Looked at a few bikes and ended up with an '84 kx80 fully modded by DMC. It was the first smoker I ever rode and it scared the shit out of me! My first race was at Bremen MX in GA in the beginner class and I have been hooked ever since. I have had many bikes since that 84' kx80 but will never forget that bike. Good times...

I learned to ride around 7 or 8 years old. My dad bought me a brand new 1982 XR80. Rode the piss out of that. Somehow, I managed to convince him I needed a YZ80 a few years later and my parents bought be a 1985 YZ80 and started racing. Really wish I could find one or the other so I could restore it and bring back a few memories.

78.5 RM250 C2. Bought it myself. My first bike was a parents bought 72 Suzuki TS125.

I was obsessed with Motocross bikes since the age of 3 or 4 years old. I rode various PW50's at fairs and on summer holidays in France (where you could stop on the side of the road and hire them for 20 mins or so).

In 1988, after three or four years of bugging my parents, my dad finally gave in and bought me a second hand, PW80 for about £300 ($470) - however this was strictly on the basis that I sign a document typed up by my grandad with which I promised never to ride a bike on the road when I was older, or he would cut me out of his will, ha! No shit. As a retired headmaster he had seen too many past pupils seriously injured or killed and was vehemently against motorbikes.

Had some fun times on that PW80 and a bunches crashes too!

My first bike was a stripped 1979 XL-75. I rode it around in circles in a field for a few months until winter hit in WV and dad decided it was time to "winterize" the bike. At my age, all I knew was he took it to the dealership and they would take care of it until it was time to ride again. I had been to see the races at High Point and I knew I could ride better than anyone out there on that track and told my dad so.

Well, Christmas 1985 came around and I opened all my presents. Wasn't expecting a motorcycle because mine was in storage. But my first present was a pair of Kawasaki gloves. Next was some green Scott Goggles followed by a new white with green accents FX helmet. My last gift ended up being a Hi-Point Kawasaki jersey. At this point I was confised because I had a Honda. Our only shop in town was S&S Kawasaki/Suzuki but still, why get me Kawasaki stuff when I rode a Honda? I wasn't stupid enough to ask though because I was rasied to appreciate things and not be rude. So we all finish opening our presents, sit down to a nice breakfast, and I proceeded to go put away my toys and stuff from the morning haul. Mom asked me to take out the trash and I didn't want to. She insisted I do it so I grabbed the bag and walked it to the garage door and left it there. About 5 minutes later my mom and dad walk in my room and ask me if I took out the trash. I told them I took it to the garage door and I'd put it in the cans later when I went outside. They said for me to put it in the can now and not to wait. I pitched a fit I'm sure, but I moped down the stairs and grabbed the bag. Walked out to the trash can, put the bag in, turned around and saw a brand new 1984 KX 60 sitting in the garage! It was snowing but I didn't care. Made dad load up and take me to the field to ride that day. A few months later I raced my first race at Pyramid Valley in Lost Creek, WV. That was the spring of 1985. I raced the 60 class and was the only rider so I raced with the 80's. I was so scared of one part of the track that they let me cut it out completely. My last race was in the Summer of 1996 just before I left for college, 250/Open A at Hardeeville, SC.

first bike was a rupp roadster 2. still have it and man was that thing fun. My second bike was me and my brother sharing a rt 100. it was fun. but then a bike that seemed fun at the time but now wonder who would ever want it was my rt 180 never seen anything burn through top ends like that bike. then i got my first mx bike. my 1996 rm 125. i loved the bike and still have it. it will be the last of my three to go for sentimental plus its just fun to ride a 125.

My first bike was a Indian 50 peewee.. I think it was a 73, or 74, but I got it in 1975--I was 3 1/2. My pops painted it look just like his Husqvarna that year--chrome on the tank and all. The bike was kind of famous, because I got to ride it in a episode of CHiPs I was in. Some of you might remember the episode where John dates a chick with a kid, and John takes the kid to his first MX race at Indian Dunes. That was my 15 min of fame.

KTM 250sx 2000 when i got my first paycheck at 18y old. My parents never wanted to give me a bike.

My family had been racing for a few years at the point when i was begging for a bike.........we were at a race and across the parking area I seen a "slightly used" 1980 yz50.....and went running to mom and dad and started the process. They were not receptive at first, but by the time we left for the day we had it in with my brothers bike......hell yeah!!!

First ride on a kawasaki ke 100 at 5 years old 1970 ,, First bike 1976 kx 125 rocketship FmF factory bike ..

In 1983 for $500.A 1981 cr Elsinore 80 dual rear shocks and a top speed of 55 mph

Was that you Dan? wow I always wondered who that kid was in that episode of Chips!

1986 Honda CR80

74 Honda QA 50, rode it to death everyday in my backyard.

Got a Rockford Tora in a box from a local farm boy...Pops and I rebuilt it into 60cc of rotary-valved terror!......then, in 7th grade, I traded a .410 shotgun to a fellow student for his clapped 1969 steel tank Penton....painted the green tank white, then made a KTM stencil to paint the letters on the tank....preston petty white fenders and I thought I was Guennady Moiseev!

The year was 1978 and my dad brought me a good used 1974 Yamaha DT100. Still had the head,tail, and turn lights on it. Of course I removed the turn signals, then took the baffle out. Loved that bike.

January 28th, 1978. Had been begging for the new monoshock 1978 YZ80. Woke up on my birthday to find a brand new twin shock 1977 model! My disappointment lasted only until I sat on it. When I took it out to the field behind the house I was thrilled, especially when I smoked my buddy that had the 1978 model!

That's cool. I remember that episode. Thanks for posting. RIDE ON!!

All of my buddies got Kx's and Cr's and my parents surprised me with a kdx 80. They meant well. I wanted to race but they did not know there was a difference and mine was a trail bike. I rode it around for months and later got a KX.

1986 Suzuki DS80... Borrowed on my college savings to buy that baby... Rode the wheels off that poor bike

1973 Yamaha gt 80 used and i was hooked! Later I talked them(begged actually) into a 1979 kx 80 and I was officially a motocrosser I had a blast on that bike!

First bike was a 98 XR 100 off the showroom floor.

First MX bike was 4 years later at an auction. It was during the MC on Yamaha days so I wanted to go from Honda to Yamaha. Got outbid on a 2000 YZ 125 so we had to settle on a 99 KX 125. Been on green ever since.

What a bunch of PUSSIES ! ! !

First mx bike 82 YZ490 ! ! !

Go big or go home.

I still have my first mx bike. 1972 Husky 125. Metal fenders and all.

1972 Fantic Broncco TX7, pic is 1974.




Notice the safety equipment.

In '75 I got a Honda MR50.

My first ride is a 2002 YZ250F but my first time riding it was in 2007 at Ocotillo wells.


After reading everyone's post I can say I am a noob.

It was '91, I was 5 and lived across from a dirt road which guys would ride their bikes up and down.
My mum, (mom for you Americans), and dad are from Belgium but had no interest in bikes even though they would see "The Man" on the news and later my uncle went out with Sabine, (later Andre Malherbes wife)...

It was Christmas day and in the lounge room—there it was—my spanking new pink and white PW50.




My older brother wanted a bike when he was younger but dad could not afford one.
When he was a able to get together some cash, he went hunting for his very own dirt cycle with my brother-in-law, (who had ridden bikes before, but nothing more than old PE's and similar junkers), but he thought he knew his shit.
My brother ended up with this. And get this, my brother-in-law told my bro "It's got a power band".



He then bought one of Paul Timmins old hondas and later a new 92 Slingshot.