First Bike

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Motofinne 11/3/2019 1:32am
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Honda QR 50 1990. I wish i would still have it... I should buy one and restore it.
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VicDaMoan03 11/3/2019 4:25am
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1997 xr100 (not my photo)


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wildbill 11/3/2019 4:36am
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"I learned to clutch it in corners" Poetic moto justice.
Rick Amatuzio 11/3/2019 4:51am
11/3/2019 4:51am
1978 Mini Z 450, 1980 ATC 110

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motoxxx599 11/3/2019 5:10am
11/3/2019 5:10am
fogmoto wrote:
1984 KX80. Worked a paper route and saved up enough to buy it. Think it was around 850$ back in the day. When my Dad brought...
1984 KX80. Worked a paper route and saved up enough to buy it. Think it was around 850$ back in the day. When my Dad brought it back from the shop, he tried to give me a lesson on how to use the clutch. Thinking it was a toy, he gave it a shit load of gas and dropped the clutch. Almost looped the bike out in the driveway. Gave it back to me just shaking his head. I'll never forget that day.


Thats great use for textbooks!
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AZRider 11/3/2019 8:42am
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This was the first bike, got it in 77 because i was too small for anything else my parents could afford. Front forks but no rear suspension with a briggs and stratton pull start.
Circa 1980, i was 8. I had it for about 3 years at that point. Later that year i got a 78 RM50 and to this day have a soft spot for Suzuki.

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roguemx 11/3/2019 9:19am
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My buddy had a ‘73 Yamaha MX80 balled up in the corner of his backyard, $30 later it was mine. It didn’t run and money was short in our house. My dad was a long haul truck driver and on one of his runs through Utah, he found another motor at a junkyard. We combined the two to make one that ran. Fresh coats of gloss black rattle can and some BBQ paint for the exhaust we had a pretty clean little bike. But I needed grips to finish her off, so my dad made sure and got the OEM grips from ‘73 and off we went. I wish I had pictures. Pretty proud I had to fix it before I could ride it. I think it was 1995 when this all started.
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yamahaha131 11/5/2019 4:10pm
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Action 50 JUNK!


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PBRvince 11/6/2019 2:05am
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Christmas 1998 I got a new PW50. I was 5 years old
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Chance1216 11/6/2019 4:52pm
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slipdog wrote:
My dad brought a QA50 home from a garage sale for my older brother and me to learn on. The first bike of my own was...
My dad brought a QA50 home from a garage sale for my older brother and me to learn on. The first bike of my own was an MX80 after the salesman convinced my dad a YZ60 was too much bike for an 8yr old. I was mad at first but still had just as much fun on it in the woods behind our neighborhood.



That's awesome. 1980 MX 80 was my second bike when I turned 9. That little thing ran forever. First bike was a 69 Honda mini trail 50.
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ctbale 11/6/2019 6:06pm
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1. Late 1960s Wards mini bike
2. Rupp Hustler (fwd mounted the rear shocks on the swing arm and after bottoming out all the time want back to stock. Fun bike
3 Rockford Toro (taca?) (junk)
3.5 Yamaha DT100. 73'? Raced it flat track, but wanted to do motocross
4. 1974 MR175 (AWESOME) This is the bike that got me hooked
5 1976 YZ 125 ($918 brand new!) I came up with about $600 and my dad and uncles got me the rest of the way to that BIG sale price! Lol
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Suzuki203 11/6/2019 6:11pm
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ctbale wrote:
1. Late 1960s Wards mini bike 2. Rupp Hustler (fwd mounted the rear shocks on the swing arm and after bottoming out all the time want...
1. Late 1960s Wards mini bike
2. Rupp Hustler (fwd mounted the rear shocks on the swing arm and after bottoming out all the time want back to stock. Fun bike
3 Rockford Toro (taca?) (junk)
3.5 Yamaha DT100. 73'? Raced it flat track, but wanted to do motocross
4. 1974 MR175 (AWESOME) This is the bike that got me hooked
5 1976 YZ 125 ($918 brand new!) I came up with about $600 and my dad and uncles got me the rest of the way to that BIG sale price! Lol
Lol that’s what happened to me. The dr 100 got me hooked and then I got a job scooping ice cream for a summer to buy a used YZ 125
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ctbale 11/6/2019 6:16pm
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Missed out on the ct70s, now I have about 6, maybe more! Lol
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hamncheeze 11/6/2019 7:10pm
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First bike was a 1972 Honda Z50 Mini Trail. My dad had to build a cut-down seat and lower bars for me to ride it the first summer, since I was only 3.5 years old. I think the saddle was made from a piece of wood with some foam and brown leather, and a family friend was a machinist and he and my dad built some low rise bars for it. I've searched around before in our family photo archives, but I've not been able to find a picture of the bike in its cut-down form. Probably in a box at my oldest brother's house.

Found this via Google (deleted other post so I could add photo). I don't know if that decal scheme was unique to Canada. The search shows a few variants of graphics for 1972.


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Chance1216 11/9/2019 12:12am
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Seeing all these Honda mini trails I couldn't help but to go through some old photos knowing I had at least one of mine. 1969 Honda mini trail 50. My grandfather surprised me with my first bike when I was 8. We were at our family's cabin in Frazier Park Ca and he told me check the trunk of his car. He thought he forgot our fishing rods. I ran down and opened the trunk and this bike was there. I couldn't believe it. Thirty four years later I remember it like yesterday. I must've stood there ten minutes frozen. Best childhood memory ever.
RIP GRANDPA
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