What was your very 1st bike.

[Roo Boy]

my 1st road bike was

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Ha Ha, My first licensed Road bike was a Honda CB250T as well.
Had a black paint job.Thought I was the ducks nuts then.
I Traded my unlicenced '75 rd250 for $200 bucks and handed over another $800.

Next step was the Katana and then got into big bore Road Trails for a while then went back to the Kwaka z1's and have ended up with the busa and whole lot of bikes and stories inbetween that are put away in the shed for future glory days when I recount the stories to the kids.
The older I get the faster and better I was.

[revhead]

my 1st road bike was

Ha Ha, My first licensed Road bike was a Honda CB250T as well.
Had a black paint job.Thought I was the ducks nuts then.
I Traded my unlicenced '75 rd250 for $200 bucks and handed over another $800.

Next step was the Katana and then got into big bore Road Trails for a while then went back to the Kwaka z1's and have ended up with the busa and whole lot of bikes and stories inbetween that are put away in the shed for future glory days when I recount the stories to the kids.
The older I get the faster and better I was.

[/quote] the old hoonda hawk was a good old bike ,i think a lot of people had them i also paid 1k for mine as well,from a guy in campbeltown back in 1980, ive had one of these , i remember going into a servo the day i bought it and there was diesel all ove the ground ,SO when i put my foot down it slipped,and me and the bike fell over ,lol

[DjPete]

you hear storied of bikes falling over is servos so much. Weird.

[revhead]

you hear storied of bikes falling over is servos so much. Weird.

i had a mate on a z1000j and i was on a z1r ,we stopped at road works, they had just spread loose tar everywere ,i looked to were he had stopped beside me ,only to see him laying on the ground with his bike on top of him, i laughed so loud and said wtf just happened ,he said lost my footing on the loose stones,lol

[RYDRZ]

Hey camel

Are u getting back in the circus industry
Next stunts u do ya gotta post it on utube
For us,
That similar experience happened to me but crankin
An mx80cc yamaha-it took off upright on the back wheel with me
Running along behind it-
I tamed it tho,
No stunt action like yours, i unterstand ya mate...

;)

[stunva]

Back in the day's when you had a separate car licence and bike licence. Got booked on my car P's, went to the DMR got my bike L's a few day's after I got booked, lost my car P's for three months, my Dad bought and ER185 brand new for $981 dollars, I rode it around for about 12 months after I got my car P's back and waited until they were my Black licence before driving around again.

[DjPete]

Amendment after so many yrs my brother says I got it wrong re the Kwaka.
This is what is was...


He lost both bikes, bsa 650 lightning and Kwaka avenger 350 in a card game too! He just reconfirmed that via skype.

[Camel]

Struth! An Avenger! Seeing that brought back a painful memory when I peeled back a finger nail trying to fit one of those bloody rubber kneepads to the fuel tank!

Ryderz, yeah mate, it was comical. Strange how bikes can bring out the inner gymnast in a bloke.

DJPete, how's this for a ZIR? Another methanol powered Kwakka beach racer. If you look closely you can see the dellorto carbs fitted to it. If I'd left my head in the shot you'd see the angst in my eyes caused by having to jet those dellortos!

[Madmax]

I rounded up a photo of the very first bike I owned. My elder sister bought it to ride to and from the loal teachers college. She updated to a Honda 90 and left the bike to me for the princely sum of $16.00.

This shot is my cousin Ronald, test riding the old Raleigh around the front lawn at Mum's place in Canberra. Ronny is still on bikes 40 years later too.

It's a 49 and 1/4 cc Raleigh moped. Key on and start peddling. It got to around 25mph flat out which was close to the speed limit. Many stories surround that old bird. ACT Police knew the bike at a distance for a short while! lol

[DjPete]

very nice Camel. Z1 in the dirt haha. But it looks like it would have been the serious business.
And why did they ever drop kick starters. Would be nice to have as backup when the batteries dead

[revhead]

And why did they ever drop kick starters. Would be nice to have as backup when the batteries dead
[/quote]i like my leg in the shape its in ,could you imagine how hard it would be to kick start a Busa ,lol no thanks

[DjPete]

I reckon it would be possible. Just gearing. :-) Maybe not, wheres a kickstarter expert when you need one? :-)

[Madmax]

I see the Z1000ST above. I had a '79 ST, it was one of the first bikes to remove the kick-starter and moved it under the seat. In the years I had the bike I never once used the kicker. Awesome touring bike though. Loved it.

[revhead]

I see the Z1000ST above. I had a '79 ST, it was one of the first bikes to remove the kick-starter and moved it under the seat. In the years I had the bike I never once used the kicker. Awesome touring bike though. Loved it.

i also had one of these suckers in yellow very bike in there day

[Madmax]

I'd love to get another to use as a commuter, saw one on bike sales for $5K, bit steep.