Your first moto pictures

[Desmostro]

On the opening day of the new James Bond film I thought this was apropos


That's me in the front.

It was 1971. Plaid pants were making a come back. The family piled into the station wagon and headed south after my dad finished med. school. We stopped one night on the highway in California and watched the new Bond film,  Diamonds Are Forever 1971 which debuted the ATC in the All-terrain chase scene.

The next day driving down the road, we passed a Honda dealer that had one of these in the window. We skidded to a stop. They came in a box, deflated, which was shoved in the back seat with me. There began my long love affair with racing across dirt, ...& snow, grass, wind, sand, water, mountains, roads, highways...

[MikeZ]

I grew up riding a Hando 110cc trike back in the early to late 80's.
Can't believe my brothers and me are still all alive after all the stupid shit we'd do on that thing.

[ellingly]

I wasn't even 3 (2.75 or thereabouts). I learnt to ride on that bike, too, a late 60s Suzuki TS250 trail bike.

[the_Journeyman]

Funny you mention the TS...  a 1977 TS185 was my the 1st motorcycle I ever rode, as well as the 1st motorcycle I ever crashed...

Here it is after some light restoration:


Somewhere there's a picture of Dad, me and my sister on it 

JM

[Capo]

Didn't have cameras then 

[the_Journeyman]

Didn't have cameras then 

So, you rode Penny Farthing with a "whizzer" motor 

JM

[Duck-Stew]

Didn't grow up w/motorcycles.  Heck, I was the first in my family (at least all the cousins & such that I knew) that ever got a bike....  Now there's like 6 of us.

Anyways, I was 20 in the pic on my '83 KZ750ltd.  WAY too much bike for a kid of 20....

http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?topic=12775.0

[Desmostro]

First street bike  - collage days in Santa Cruz, Ca.

1967 Honda CB450 "Black Bomber"


I was going for the 60's nostalgia thing.
A twin carbs, pipes, seats... It was SO much fun until I had some *#__f_^*!# Honda Dealer "tune it up."
It never ran right again.

[Kilgore Trout]

Here is my first street legal.

Kilgore

[jorgemiranda]

First bike I ever rode. 1987? Honda 50cc

At least 14 of my family members learned on it. Still works. And I still fit. 

[CapnCrunch]

First street bike  - collage days in Santa Cruz, Ca.

1967 Honda CB450 "Black Bomber"


I was going for the 60's nostalgia thing.
A twin carbs, pipes, seats... It was SO much fun until I had some *#__f_^*!# Honda Dealer "tune it up."
It never ran right again.

one on ebay right now... belongs to jason lee...
http://cgi.ebay.com/ebaymotors/Motorcycles___1965-CB450-Black-Bomber-Japanese-Domestic-360-Crank_W0QQitemZ220313639665QQddnZMotorcyclesQQddiZ2283QQcmdZViewItemQQptZUS_motorcycles?hash=item220313639665&_trksid=p4506.c0.m245&_trkparms=72%3A317%7C65%3A12%7C39%3A1%7C240%3A1308

[Evil_Ductator]

Here is my first street legal.

Kilgore

Napoleon Dynamite?

  just kidding of course   

Great suit and pose! 

[Uncle Mofo]

[TiNi]

Napoleon Dynamite?

exactly!

[Kilgore Trout]

Napoleon Dynamite goes to traffic court,

KT