What bike "bit" you?

[Phu Cat]

For me it was a 1960's something Sears Alstate that belonged to a neighbor. I lusted for that 2 speed moped, but Dad said "I'd rather break your arm myself than see you break it on THAT thing". Once my friend actually trusted me to ride it (and not wreck it) I was hooked. What bike "bit" you?

 

[rhino 2]

For me it was a 1960's something Sears Alstate that belonged to a neighbor. I lusted for that 2 speed moped, but Dad said "I'd rather break your arm myself than see you break it on THAT thing". Once my friend actually trusted me to ride it (and not wreck it) I was hooked. What bike "bite" you?

It had to be a Moto Gucci. Don’t remember the year it’s something about the layout of the engine and sound that got to me!

 

[1dn5up]

Don’t remember what it was , but a motorized 2 wheeler . Back yard run with throttle freeze . Woke up in the woods somewhere hurtin pretty good with people looking at me on the ground .

 

[Motorcycle Mike]

I've been addicted to two wheels as long as I can remember, starting with a bicycle.

First motorized was a mini bike at about 8, the older kid it belonged to, thought it would be funny to watch me crash. I didn't

I soon had a Suzuki 80, then a 305 Honda scrambler.

The bike I lusted after was the BSA 650 Lightening. I got a Yamaha 650 instead. A buddy bought a BSA. I liked My Yami way better.

Quite a few other bikes, but those are what got me started

 

[Sully]

Started when I got my MC License in High School...

Vespa

Sears Allstate

Honda

Triumph

BMW

Tri-Glide

 

[Mykneesbehurtin]

When I was 6 or7 we lived in Indiana out in the boonies, and my dad ended up with an old servi-car with an open trunk. He would take my sister and myself for rides in the field across from the house. I was hooked by the sound and the smell that old bike belched out.

 

[cScjhb]

In the early 70s I had a friend that I visited on weekends often. He had a Honda CB350 and another small Honda which I believe was a CB90. We rode all over town including freeways. Dave and his wife on the 350 and me tagging along on the 90. No helmets, no MC license, no formal training. I remember that 90CC could do a wheely with ease. Crazy fun!

 

[brianl]

When I was a young teenager there was a Honda dealer right down the street from me. That was around the late 60s early 70s. As I got older I just fell in love with the Goldwing. After 18 years without a bike while my kids were growing up I finally got a beautiful 97 white Goldwing. After riding it for 2 years with my wife I came to the conclusion that the bike was too tall, the seat was too wide and I couldn’t get my feet flat on the ground which caused a couple of tip overs while coming to a stop on sandy roads. After test driving a trike while on vacation I was hooked. I had that bike triked and now drive a 2017 wing. One of the best things I ever did.

 

[Marc H]

My buddy that hung out with transitioned to to an old enduro to trail ride so I got a CB 125 and put knobbies and a huge sprocket on back and trail riding I went.Then I went to street riding with a Yamaha SR185.I loved that little bike and that really got it my blood.

 

[Phu Cat]

street riding with a Yamaha SR185

A single? Can't visualize that bike.

 

[Marc H]

street riding with a Yamaha SR185

A single? Can't visualize that bike.

https://www.mecum.com/lots/283802/1981-yamaha-185-exciter/

 

[Phu Cat]

Thanks, Marc.

 

[Krazeehorse]

I think it was a 60cc Yamaha that dad had, sort of trading stock for him. Not sure how many miles I put on that in the back yard. He rode some but wasn’t really into it that much. My first bike was a 1968 Yamaha 305 twin.

 

[DK Custom Products]

Anything with 2 wheels and an engine got my full attention. :laugh:

But the bike that really grabbed me...I was 12 and Bruce, a senior had Triumph 650 Bonneville. Loved the sound and it had the most power (by a long shot) of anything I'd ridden up to that point.

Kevin

 

[Phu Cat]

It had the most power (by a long shot) of anything I'd ridden up to that point.

Yep, that's usually what does it!

 

[Pegasus1300]

We had a BSA dealer in town. I walked in one day and saw an old 19656 AJS. I didn't realize it was past it's prime and bought it. It didn't last a month, but I was hooked. I was in a NortonDucati dealership looking for a 450 Duc. He didn`t have any but did have a left over Red and Silver Commando that he was willing to make me deal on so I bought it. That was it from then on. That Norton was great and I wish I had it back.

 

[Phu Cat]

I wish I had it back.

Isn't that almost always the case.

 

[rhino 2]

I wish I had it back.

Isn't that almost always the case.

If you had everything you wish you still had you wouldn’t have enough room to store the stuff you wished you still had or even have the money to pay for the storage for all the stuff you wished you still had….

 

[Burnerboy]

My mom and dad bought me a Honda 50cc scooter when I was 15 yrs old...... (mom used to ride me around till I was 16 and could drive legally with a M/C license)........... I've had a motorcycle in my garage ever since.... I'm now 73 yrs old

 

[Jack Klarich]

1960 FL Panhead. When I saw it I knew I was hooked

 

[Old Road Dog]

I was 5. She must have been in her mid to late twenties. I was at my uncles gas station drinking an orange crush. She pulled up to a pump on a flathead. I didn't know what year the bike was or what even to call it. She was the most beautiful woman I had ever seen then or since. My idiot older cousin pumped the gas for her drooling and trying to get a date. Nothing doing. She was just passing through on her way to California to start a new life. Didn't get her story- she didn't offer it. But I remember that bike loaded down with all the items she owned in this world. I promised myself that someday I would get a bike like that and head to California.

 

[RoadRunner18]

The Bike that first bit me wasn't even my own. In the summer of 1971 a High School buddy of mine pulled into my parents driveway on a brand new Candy Orange 1971 Suzuki T250 Hustler. Prior to this I never even thought about owning a motorcycle, and I had no idea he was interested in them either. He took me for a ride, then let me ride it around the block myself, and from that day forward I was hooked. Soon I bought myself a 1971 Suzuki T500 Titan, which was the largest Suzuki made at the time. Since then I have had many motorcycles over the years. Which one did I like the best? Why of course, the one I was riding on at that time!

 

[mggf]

Indian Chief, a bike I loved at first sight but was never able to get my hands on so I settled for Honda.

 

[pwalter824]

when I was 14 I had one of these

 

[BikerG]

‘77 BMW R100RS. When I first saw this bike, I knew I had to have one. I rode this bike all over the U.S. Only problem I ever had was a couple flat tires.

 

[brianl]

when I was 14 I had one of these

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Was that the same year they came out with the Model A? Lol.

 

[trike lady]

Mine was a bit different, when I was young there was a drive in burger place on the Hempstead Turnpike in Levittown, NY and the guys with big Harleys were there and one was a very ornate Electra-glide and I wanted one of those. In the 2000s I designed a show bike with a 1988 Electra-glide Classic that had the theme of the 1960s Dresser. Won its share of trophies too.
I can tell you that when the Stingray bicycles were out, mine was unique back then. While most boys were extending the front forks for that cool look, I was more engrossed in how fancy I could make mine.

 

[Oldsow]

It was a 1958 BSA Goldstar 500 single.Great bike except for the Lucas ignition. 60 years later still wheeling.

 

[ISP-FL]

I was stationed in the desert (WSMR: White Sands Missile Range) when I came back from VN. Don't ask me how or why, my MOS had nothing to do with missiles unless.
Anyhow, when I first arrived another soldier was rotating out and selling a Yamaha 360. I had ridden friend's bikes but never owned one. I thought it was the coolest motorcycle ever. I could ride it to work on base plus fly through the desert on it.