What was your very 1st bike.

[revhead]

Those kxs went like f@rk,same as the yamaha I t 490s

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Those kxs went like f@rk,same as the yamaha I t 490s

[DAVE01]

how about a Bantam BSA X Honda

[Skidmarx]

those big banger 2 strokes where wild machines, i had i think an 81 yz490, an 88 ktm500 and a 92 wr500, just stupid amounts of power

[revhead]

those big banger 2 strokes where wild machines, i had i think an 81 yz490, an 88 ktm500 and a 92 wr500, just stupid amounts of power

[Zrex1200]

Those kxs went like f@rk,same as the yamaha I t 490s

Your right there
Used to ride with blokes on IT425 & 490, think they were a 4 speed box.
The fiirst big bore 2 stroke I rode was a over bored YZ400 owned by a fellow boarder @ the boarding school I went to in Charters Towers when I was 16. I remember bingling it whilst learning how to do 2nd gear race starts .
Just LUVVV big bore 2 strokes

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those big banger 2 strokes where wild machines, i had i think an 81 yz490, an 88 ktm500 and a 92 wr500, just stupid amounts of power

Luv the WR500's, got to ride a few when working @ Cairns Yamaha around 1995. One of the salesman actually used one to ride to the tip of Cape York, what a blast .

[Skidmarx]

the wr's were a quick bit of gear, but couldnt touch the ktm500, POS even had a LH kicker wich was hard to get used to lol, but i can honestly say, probly the quickest accelerating bike iv ever ridden

[Zrex1200]

the wr's were a quick bit of gear, but couldnt touch the ktm500, POS even had a LH kicker wich was hard to get used to lol, but i can honestly say, probly the quickest accelerating bike iv ever ridden

Thats certainly an eye catching machine
& yeah, L/H kick starters on big bores suck big time

[revhead]

never been a fan of ktm, after buying on for 14k then spending some much to keep it running after,only 800ks any how ive had a husaberg 450 550 501 650 far superior bikes

[revhead]

i used to own one of these ,not my cuppa.there a money pit!

[Rev004]

yeah id have to say the cb1100f was a good bike ,i had one like this in rothmans colour


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I must admidt that they were one of my favourites when I was learning about the big bore bikes and I also liked the CB1100R and got to ride a couple as well..

   

[aussiemonster]

Mine was a VT 250 F2 in red. Was my first bike and other than the Honda CD250 I rode at the course to get my L's it was the first bike I rode.

Pic is a reference only.


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[Shifu]

   

The pic is just for the reference - 125 cc, 3.8 horses at 3500 rpm., 3 spees gearbox, max speed ~ 80 km/h (with wind) I was 10 yo and put it together from the wrecks in my unckle's shed How the time flies.....

[BUSGO]

My first bike, purchased at 16 was a brand new 1970 Suzuki GT250 Hustler, which I had for 1.5 yrs followed by a Honda CL450 Scrambler. The Honda XL175 was my fourth bike after a 72 Laverda SF750 that I had till 2nd Marriage and I bought the little scrambler as a commuter and weekend fun machine. I had the Laverda for 4 years.
   
   

I bought the Yamaha XJ650 after owning an RD400 FOR TEN years!
The XJ lasted me till I retired from the Air Force and purchased a Brand New BMW K75 RT in 1997.

[BSA]

When I was 15, I was cleaning out the boss's shed. I saw a trail bike wheel in a 44 gallon drum. Apon further investigation I found 3 bikes in bits. The boss accepted $80 for all 3 bikes. :) Matchless G80 500 single cylinder, nothing could match it. A.J.Stevens made a bike called an A.J.S. in 1949. One of his sons branched off on his own and built the Matchy. I never fell off. The old saying was if you go around Australia on a Matchless, you'll come back with a B.S.A. (bloody sore arse)

Some of my other bikes were a sausage tank BSA, 1980 and1982 Triumph Bonneville 750 twin

[revhead]

Matchless G80 500 single, nothing could match it. A.J.Stevens made a bike called an A.J.S. in 1949. One of his sons branched off on his own and built the matchy. I never fell off.

like this one!