What was your 1st bike ?

I think from going through this thread, as kids, we didn’t really give a shit what the ride was, as long as it had two wheels, we were in heaven.

1984 CR80 when I was about 9, couldn't touch the floor at all. Then I we got a YZ 50 then an 86 CR 60, little did we know at the time that they would be worth a few quid now.

I grew up riding quads but my first bike was a 99 kx250 that I found blown up on craigslist. I was 22 and just wanted to try something different. 5 years later all the quads are gone and I have a garage filled with bikes.

First bike was a 1980 YZ80. However it never ran, so I would push it up and down a hill to ride it. My first actual running bike was a 1990 CR 125. I got it in April and started racing it in May of 94.

First bike was this bad boy. I had learned to ride on other friends XR 50s.



It never ran right and didn't have it long, took it to the dealer to have a look and the dealership got robbed, they got my bike.

I ended up one of these.. Rode the piss out this thing



I remember like it was yesterday. We had to run a mile in elementary school every year for some stupid reason. While I was doing that, a guy that came to school when ever he wanted to, Kenny Wiggins busted out the woods on a CR80 wide open passed our pathetic enslavement mile run right across the school yard, no helmet, mullet flying, it was glorious! That right there made me want a 2 stroke race bike. Sold the XR and got a 88 CR and did my first race on that.

Fuck yeah Kenny, always appreciate that act of defiance. RIP

best looking bike period

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94 only bike I had as a kid. That thing must have a million hours on it. Still have it for my kids.

2000 XR80.

A Fox Speedster. Long story to how I got it, then lost it, then got it back 10 years later. It hangs in my shop now. Here is what they look like in good shape. Mine is a little rough, lol.

73 Honda XR75. Need to try an dig up the old pics Dad took at the races. He and i would load it in the trunk of his 68 Olds Delmont .... good times!

1968 Honda 50. My grandfather bought it new, then got a ct70 the next year. Me, my sister and all my (15 of them) cousins all learned to ride on those bikes.

I'm trying to track the bikes down to restore them. Grandad gave both bikes to a family friend in the early 2000's, so their grandkids could learn to ride.

Honda QA50 to share with my brother who is a year older than me. Must have been around 1970. Bike was green.
My dad was disabled due to a stroke, so maintenance was up to my brother and I. Needless to say, that poor bike was run HARD, and basically never got anything but gas. I can't remember it ever even having the oil changed. It was nearly indestructible.
I have had many bikes over the years, but I will always remember riding that little 2 speed bike.

My first bike was a 1979 Yamaha MX100 purchased in 1980. Good bike to learn on.

1972 Honda Mini Trail. Freedom.

First bike I got to call my own was a 1984 cr 60,got in 1986.i was 10
Looking back,my mom worked for minimum wage and dad tinkered with junk,but never made much of an income.somehow they come up with the money....
Dad passed away in April of this year at 75,sure miss talking to him
Mom is 70 and will spend Christmas with us
So If you have a decent relationship with your parents make the most of it.because one day they will be gone.

2002 Honda XR 100 when I was 10

Pops put a twist throttle on this atc70. His thought was to get me used to the concept of power before dealing with the balance aspect. Got it down pretty quick and moved in to the PW. Atc still runs! First thing I go to whenever I visit him.

Same here...belonged to my uncle, but that's what I learned to ride on

Sears 106....late 60's/early 70's. . .

Yes, THAT Sears....

A lawnmower powered mini bike in 74... stuck throttle and all. Still here.

Sears 106....late 60's/early 70's. . .

Yes, THAT Sears....

My first bike was a new Taco 22 mini bike like the one below....



A couple of years later we traded it in for a new Yamaha JT1. (one of the the first true mini-cycles).

1965 Yamaha 80

Mine was a Honda SL100 like this one except it was well worn and had a few issues. I was just geeked to have a bike!

Early 90's DS 80.

A Honda CT90 with the dual range gear box. It looked like a girls bike .