your first bike?

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do any of you guy's still have your first bike?
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peeps sr 4/19/2006 10:46am
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Nope. Mine was a 68 Honda mini-trail 50 though.
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Larry 4/19/2006 11:07am
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Only memories. The first itme is truly the best." class="img-fluid" />
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Yamaha DT250
Long gone!

It had a Joe Bolger Skunkworks rear shock(s) linkage kit on it with Boge Mulhollands when I sold it, along with a Number 1 products 'Trickit' long travel fork kit and a Bassani pipe.

Anyone remember those :?:
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T-BOND 4/19/2006 12:52pm
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1970 Yamaha HS1 90cc twin. I put a knobby tire on the rear. Long gone!

I did find one on ebay with 160 orig. miles a few years ago.

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68' yamaha YL2C stamped frame 90 cc trail bike Long gone!
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T-BOND 4/19/2006 12:58pm
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[quote="indy_maico":4e81e]Yamaha DT250
Long gone!

It had a Joe Bolger Skunkworks rear shock(s) linkage kit on it with Boge Mulhollands when I sold it, along with a Number 1 products 'Trickit' long travel fork kit and a Bassani pipe.

Anyone remember those :?:[/quote:4e81e]How did you like the skunkworks suspension? I remember them. Never saw one though.
OW38B (MD) 4/19/2006 1:17pm
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1966 Honda "step-thru" Trail 90...lookin' back I could have killed myself on that thing. :roll:
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Don't have it but it was a DS 80. '77 maybe? Back when they were orange.
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drmarkr 4/19/2006 2:47pm
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[quote="project racer":5a310]do any of you guy's still have your first bike?[/quote:5a310]

Does a Taco Frijole count??

MR
maicobreako 4/19/2006 6:35pm
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[quote="Larry":a334d]http://i36.photobucket.com/albums/e47/1 ... s/23_1.jpg[/url]

Only memories. The first itme is truly the best.[/url][/quote:a334d]

Here's mine:

[img:a334d]http://img234.imageshack.us/img234/25/moto0301kf.jpg[/img:a334d]

crappy pic but what the hey.

Larry, are you related to Byron or Thad Friday by chance?
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Larry 4/19/2006 7:44pm
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What part of the country are they from? We were from Alabama but got kicked out because we would not marry our cousins. " title="Laughing">

live in Ga. now
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[quote="T-BOND":a0da3]How did you like the skunkworks suspension? I remember them. Never saw one though.[/quote:a0da3]

It was a huge step up from the stock suspension. I think it had about 6 1/2 or 7 inches of travel compared to 3 1/2 or 4 stock. It took me awhile to get the springs figured out, though.

A friend of mine was buddies with Marty Tripes, and he had Marty's dad revalve my stock thermo-flows with Mikuni mainjets to allow compression and rebound adjustment by changing jets. I bent those shocks in a hare scrambles in East Palestine, OH and that's when I bought the Boge shocks and skunkworks kit.
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CT 70, 4- speed, with clutch. 1970

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indy_maico 4/20/2006 10:26am
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[quote="project racer":8fdd5]The old Skunk works was based right here in Destin ,Fl.[/quote:8fdd5]

Really?
Wow, I always thought that stuff came from New England somewhere.

Ya learn something new everyday!
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JPT 4/20/2006 1:59pm
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Hey Winn, what'cha laughing at?

I was cool, 14 years old, my voice had finished changing, Beatle boots, Buco half jet and 65 cc's of raw power. I had those Jr. High girls wetting their panties. 8)

OK, the glasses could have used some work. :roll:
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racin mason 4/20/2006 4:48pm
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I look at these pictures of these bikes,however obscure they maybe,and I know that they were truly loved by their teenage owners.Im sure the Harley,the Suzuki's,the Honda90 and the Yamaha twin with a knobby,at one time were the coolest thing ever...
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Crash82 4/21/2006 7:44am
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Ft Rucker Al, we had deisignated riding areas and secret ones, my actual first bike was a sears 3 1/2 hp mini bike, but i don't count that one.

1976 on a 1975 xr75...
Check the Jungle boots!

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This was a 90 foot tripple, I still over jump stuff today " title="Smile">
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Bill163 4/21/2006 7:10pm
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Taco 44 5hp Briggs and no brakes. No way I would keep that thing.

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