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first motorcycle you ever rode

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Got a wave of nostalgia after a few pints last night and remembered my mate Andy gill teaching me how to ride his hand painted honda 90 ....God that feeling of moving forward under power as I slipped out the clutch for the first time.....that started a life long habit.......
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Rode ;)


350 Jawa at the age of 10..had to stand on a log to get on and had to stop in the same place or fall off...oh and it was snowing too....didnt make it back as far as the log :laugh:
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Re: first motorcycle you ever road

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Dt50 :)
Current bikes...

2003 KTM 950 adventure in silvery blue...

2013 KTM 450 exc-f in orange /white

2007 Scorpa SY250 trials in blue.
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Re: first motorcycle you ever road

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yamaha rd50mx in blue - had it 3 months and run down by drunk driver, commercial road, portsmouth, broken neck and other injuries, in haslar for4 months playing wheelchair races. nearly gave up biking back then. glad i didnt :-)))
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Re: first motorcycle you ever road

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Raleigh Runabout. I must have been around 12 or 13


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Re: first motorcycle you ever road

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BSA Bantam 175 (farm bike) at about 14 yrs old.
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Post by Stray Dog »

BSA Bantam, closely followed by a Triumph Tigercub.

Not mine, but same model
Mine was also a farm bike, cos me all of £3. which was a lot of pocket money
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Again, not mine, Tigercub 200
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can people find old pictures of theirs or even similar on the web as i cant think what lots of your bikes look like peeps? cheers? post a link with your bike even if its similar.?
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Re: first motorcycle you ever rode

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Yamaha yz125, nearly crapped myself when it took off. For some reason I thought my first road bike, a DT50mx was going to be similar...how disappointing. :blink:
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paulin bont
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- was your raleigh runabout like this?
try this one
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