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The "My First Bike" thread.

Started by brimo, December 29, 2012, 09:28:18 PM

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Twizted

My trusty old GS500. I learnt a lot off of her. Although it's performance can be underwhelming compared to other bikes it still can put a goofy grin on your face through the twisties.


Duck-Stew



1983 Kawi KZ750LTD

Went like hell!!!

Stopped like sh*t.

Nearly killed me a couple times.

Then...  A friend let me ride his Ducati...
Bike-less Portuguese immigrant enjoying life.

DarkMonster620

Quote from: Duck-Stew on December 31, 2012, 08:49:08 AM
<snip>

Then...  A friend let me ride his Ducati...

... and we know what happened next . . .
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AM
Ducati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

the_Journeyman

Here's some continuation to my story:

As I grew into riding, I sold the GS650 and purchased a 2002 Suzuki Bandit 600S.  That was a really great bike, I really wish I hadn't sold it.  No pictures of it, but it was a GREAT bike.  I took my first trip to Deals Gap, kept dragging my foot (n00b riding position) and thought that I needed a bike with better cornering clearance.  So, away went the Bandit, and then, this came home in its place:

2002 GSXR-600




That was a QUICK bike.  It was "just" a 600, but was simply a rocket.  Light, easy flick back and forth, and just a hoot to ride.  Sadly, bad decision making and poor judgement sent it into a Blue Ridge Parkway guardrail at nearly 100MPH.  It only had 1700 miles on the odometer.  Luckily, I walked away.  I was a bit of a squid, so I was REALLY lucky.  Tennis shoes, jeans, leather jacket and helmet was the all I was wearing when I crashed.  I really miss that one too, it was a fun bike.

Post crash (crashed in May) in July, I found "Molly."  1999 Monster 750 that the PO had recently crashed.  It started life as a Monster Dark, but was repainted yellow. 

How she looked when bought & on first ride:


A bit later, still in same form:


First trip to Deals Gap in 2003 (still hadn't learned to wear full gear like I do now)


I still have Molly.  My wife and I left our wedding on it, in tux and wedding dress and all!   I've had a great relationship with that little M750.  I've redone forks and the rear spring to make up for the bottom-end suspension the Darks used to get.  I've nearly traded Molly twice, but never have been able to part with her.  One of them, I had even picked out and named the new bike.  It was a gray w/ black stripe Monster S2R1000.  I had picked the name Mileena for it even.  In the end, I couldn't do it, Molly is special to me.

Over the years as the desire to tinker came along, I also have a couple other noteworthy bikes come and go. 

The most notorious in this house was the Suzuki GS1150ES.  That was only bike my wife has ever been scared of.  She took one ride with me and said "Never again will I ride on that one."  With those, you had a pile of power (mine even more, it had a cam designed for drag racing) but the frame, suspension, and brakes were NOT up to the task of controlling the power the motor put out.

The GS1150:




I wrote a whole story called "The Dinosaur Affair" about that bike too.  Riding it was fun, challenging and scary all at the same time.

The last one to come and go:

Late one January night, I won an ebay auction.  That auction was a repo'ed 2000 Supersport 900 in the same yellow as Molly.  It was a match made in my mind.  The next day, I went and picked up "Syreena."  We drove home in a snow storm, so bad that when I got home, the entire bike was caked in ice.  It was bad.

Syreena:


We had some great times.  The "wheelie-on-command" of the 900 was a hoot.  So was that nasty snarl from the airbox and the rumble from the Sil-Moto carbon mufflers.  Sadly, I sold her a couple years ago now.  Fun bike, but as I spent time riding and wrenching, putting in a clutch pack & replacing the chain at 15,000 miles, it was obvious the bike had been abused so I let her move on.

I went on to write a nifty comparison of the Monster 750 and the Supersport 900 as well.

That's the rest of my story for now.

JM
Got Torque?
Quote from: r_ciao on January 28, 2011, 10:30:29 AM
ADULT TRUTHS

10. Bad decisions make good stories.

memper

"Calling a bikini fairing on a monster a fairing is like calliing a girl in an actual bikini proper work attire....unless shes a stripper." -He Man

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Important: always check your battery filter and regularly change your headlight fluid.

muskrat

here's mine.  If anyone knows where I can get a 1980 or so in years let me know.  I miss this little gem
Can we thin the gene pool? 

2015 MTS 1200
09 Electra Glide

mikedan1


DarkMonster620

Quote from: the_Journeyman on December 31, 2012, 11:03:26 AM
Here's some continuation to my story:


Syreena:


We had some great times.  The "wheelie-on-command" of the 900 was a hoot.  So was that nasty snarl from the airbox and the rumble from the Sil-Moto carbon mufflers.  Sadly, I sold her a couple years ago now.  Fun bike, but as I spent time riding and wrenching, putting in a clutch pack & replacing the chain at 15,000 miles, it was obvious the bike had been abused so I let her move on.

I went on to write a nifty comparison of the Monster 750 and the Supersport 900 as well.

That's the rest of my story for now.

JM

And I almost, almost, buy it . . .

<edit>

I really love those SS bikes . . .
Carlos
I said I was smart, never that I had my shit together
Quote from: ducatiz on March 27, 2014, 08:34:34 AM
Ducati is the pretty girl that can't walk in heels without stumbling. I still love her.
"When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth."

dark_duc

Look at this bad boy!   [evil]

Learned to ride on the XR75 and loved it.  But a bit to much air and a rock under the crank case upon landing ended her   :'(


justinrhenry

My first bike was a 1982 Yamaha XJ1100.  I bought it in 2006.

_____
2013 Honda CB1100D
2006 Honda ST1300
2003 Ducati Monster 620ie

DucNaked


I had mini bikes before I got one of these babies.
I rode it for about a year without a kick starter. I got real good at the jump start!
"If your bike is quiter than mine your a pussy, if it's louder you're an asshole." Monster 1100S

Stabel1



Obviously quite a few here started their riding career on a dirt/dual purpose bike. My first real bike was a Yamaha xt 600 which i had to share with my dad (he paid insurance and taxes and i mainly rode it), after a kawasaki 750 i came back to a used xt 600 tenere...and i am still waiting for that lucky strike cagiva elefant...

klaus

Rob Hilding

Here's mine - 1968 Kawasaki 90 - I remember paying $349 cash money



kawasaki-moto-90cm3-1970-G3TR- Kawasaki 90 Bushmaster by bozcorob, on Flickr
Desmosedici - it's the new Paso (except the bodywork doesn't fit as well)

Blackout

1976 YZ 80. Best damn Christmas I ever had. Thanks dad.




A few years later I got my brother's Husqvarna 250. Damn thing would just about rip my puny arms outta the sockets! :o
2003 Ducati Monster 800
2005 Triumph Speed Triple 1050
2003 Honda CR250
2008 KTM 990 SuperDuke

krolik



My first bike was a 1987 CBR600F, just like this one.  Had a few close calls and a couple of minor lowsides on it. I put about 45K miles on it before I sold it to a roommate.
'03 M800 "not so dark" Dark, Remus high pipes, Cycle Cat clipons & frame sliders, CRG lanesplitter mirrors, Sargent seat, tail chop, Nichols flywheel, modified & powdercoated rearsets, 15/44 gearing, 520 chain & sprockets, TPO Beast pod filters, Power Comander III. 72.95 Rear Wheel HP & 54.29 ft-lbs!

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