What was your first road bike ?

[Jaws]

not necessarily the first bike you owned, but the first one you rode legally.

Mine was a 1957 Royal Enfield 350 Bullet that I was sold as a 250 !
This one is posher than mine which I hand painted British racing green

 

[T.C]

At 16 I had the typical I had a very secondhand Yamaha FS1E. This was 1974 so they were not restricted

The only Yamaha I have ever owned

 

[sr71caspar]

C90 bog-seater.

 

[Lee337]

Suzuki TS100 for me, Brand new in 1980, cost me a little over £300.

 

[Stevebrooke]

Honda CJ250, when you could ride up to 250 on a provisional licence.

 

[Centaur]

This looks like the one. Long time ago, 1950 or thereabouts. The bike was a 30s model.

 

[slim63]

H100s brand new in 1980 aged 17, that lasted about 6 months before I got a new Z250

I never bothered with 50's at 16 as I'd seen too many mates stuck with them through lack of cash & I'd already been riding much bigger stuff from a very early age

 

[Ajeman]

My first bike was a BMW F650GS. Owned it 3 months, 2 of which it spent back at the garage being fixed under warranty. After about the fifth repair I asked for my money back.



The first proper bike I had and kept was a CBR1000F. Loved it and still regret selling it.

 

[DLN1965]

I was never ‘into’ bikes until later in life so my first one in about 1997-98 was a 125 Cagiva Elephant.
Great little commuter for a tall man !
Soon afterwards tho I discovered bigger engined bikes could be equally as much fun but less like an angry bee in a bottle !

 

[Squag1]

James Cadet 150cc AMC engine.
I think thr Villiers engine was better.

It came without damper on back but I came across one and when fitted it made a huge difference.
Didn't have 2 tone tank.

 

[jeffa]

Suzuki gt250 brand new 1974, PKF 601M, £540 on the road, tax, insurance and Centurian open face helmet, never ridden a motorcycle in my life, picked it up and had to learn how to get it home by riding it

 

[johnboy]

Suzuki GT50 ARD281T

 

[Ned52]

My first road legal .........................................

 

[andyBeaker]

 

[Steve Ashby]

Ariel Arrow, 4 years old , £60.00, smooth as silk, smoked like buggery, brakes crap, but what does a spotty 16 year old care. Kept it for about 4 years, even when I had bigger bikes, Velo Venom, Thunderbird, Triumph 110. Remembered with affection, empty pockets and skinned knuckles.

 

[Jaws]

My first road legal .........................................

Crusader sport ?

Predecessor to the 250 GT

 

[Ned52]

Crusader sport ?

Predecessor to the 250 GT

close enough..............
Royal Enfield 250 continental super 5 (as in five gears)

 

[Quiney]

Honda C50 stepthru

 

[Centaur]

Just realised first LEGAL road bike. Sorry John. That was a 350 cc EX WD Matchless. Reg number was XG 9138. Have a piccie on one of my many defunct hard drives.

 

[Murt]

Mine was a new Suzi GT125. 1975. Brand new, purchased it on the never never as I needed transport for shifts.
I crashed on the way home as I had never ridden a geared bike before.

Murt