RedRider Posted February 18, 2012 Share #26 Posted February 18, 2012 39 yo. Bought an '83 Venture. Had it for about a month, took the MSF class, and traded it on my 2000 RSV. RR Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Venturous Randy Posted February 18, 2012 Share #27 Posted February 18, 2012 In June 64 when 13, I got a new 125 Ducati Bronco. In Jan 73, when getting out of USAF, I bought a 250 Yamaha Enduro and kept about 8 months. In 95, after coming back from the Bahamas where I rode a scooter for two days, I bought a Yamaha 850 Tripple Special with the hard bags and fairing. I think it may have been in the "Ventura" family. In 96 I got my 83 Venture with 23,000 miles and now it has 150,595 miles. RandyA Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steve crossley Posted February 18, 2012 Share #28 Posted February 18, 2012 (edited) 1964.....honda 90 street . followed by 12 yamahas . Edited February 18, 2012 by steve crossley Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted February 18, 2012 Share #29 Posted February 18, 2012 17 (1980) 1979 left over Honda XL185 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brake Pad Posted February 18, 2012 Share #30 Posted February 18, 2012 My first bike a 1979 Honda XL 185 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dingy Posted February 18, 2012 Share #31 Posted February 18, 2012 Started when I was 16 with a Honda CB350. Me too !! 1971, that bike is why I now hate frame mounted fairings. Before that were Rupp mini bikes and a moped & go carts. Gary Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
playboy Posted February 18, 2012 Share #32 Posted February 18, 2012 12 yrs old Honda cb100 my mom's 13 71 Honda trail 70 I bought with my own money still have it but not running. 15 my moms twin 2stroke Yamaha 200 and dads Honda cb 350 not legally of course. 40 2000 V Star 1100 Classic had it for 2yrs 49 2007 RSMV as best as I can remember didn't get a license till I was 40 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Digger Posted February 18, 2012 Share #33 Posted February 18, 2012 1969 I was 16 and bought a Triumph 250 and a BSA 441 Victor Special Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scotty Posted February 18, 2012 Share #34 Posted February 18, 2012 Funny but true story, My 16th birthday was on a saturday in 1982. I went for my class 6 (motorcyle) on the friday before, as they were closed on saturday, and got it. He told me that I couldn't legally ride until tomorrow. As I recall I put 3 tanks of fuel though my yamaha 250 exciter that day, night and well into the wee hours. I got my class 5 (car) licence 7 months later when it started to snow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GolfVenture Posted February 18, 2012 Share #35 Posted February 18, 2012 Tote Gote At 14, my rock hound family used it to haul out lots of rocks. It had a hi and low speed only you had to stop inorder to shift it. Today I have the entire family rock collection in my garage. There must be a couple of tons. Keeping an eye out for a 12 in saw, got all the other equipment. At 17, bought a new 69 Kaw 90cc G3TR Bushmaster. I used it to deliver papers. I still have it and plan on striping it down to the frame and restoring it back to origional condition, as best as I can. All I need is the right battery side cover. At 23 when I left the Air Force I bought this new 74 Yamaha TX500 in Denver Colorado and rode it home changing oil on the way. My brother wrecked it trying to negotiate a 15 mph corner doing 55 mph. We were lucky that there were no vehicle coming the other direction. Just some scratches and bruses. had to unbend the front forks. At about 60 mph the front forks would vibrate. At 25 bought a new 74 YZ125. I never raced it. I still have it and it is in really good condition. I plan on restoring it also. All I need is the round racing plate. At 28 bought a new 80 Goldwing, thought I would never sell it until, I started to raise a family. At 58, bought an 89 Venture Royale with 26K, thought I would ride it into my sunsetting years. Well it has less that 27K now. At 59 while looking for a parts VR for my 89 I found this 91 VR with 6500 miles from the origional owner. If you see it, it looks like it just came off the show room floor. I'm going to ride this VR into my sunsetting years. Hmmm I've said that before and I'm now looking for a 90 to 93 parts bike. It currently has about 7200 miles. I know my 91 is a pretty tall heavy bike for me and so at some point I'll may want to trike it if I want to keep riding. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSTDdog Posted February 18, 2012 Share #36 Posted February 18, 2012 2 cylinder BSA 650 Never ran right, electrics were terrible, no lights. 2 years of that cured me of BSA for good. :rotf: Live and learn AHHH LUCAS- The Prince of Darkness..... No British Bikes for me, but my brother had an MGB GT, wierd unexplainable electrical gremlins. I grew up in the " As long as your living under my roof you can't ride a motorcycle" household. First bike- I was 19 or 20, a 1974 Honda CL450K6 Scrambler, My friend brought it down from New Jersey in 1985 or 1986. It had been sitting. Put gas it in it , it fired up, I rode it around seemed to run OK, thought it was kind of slow had to give it alot of throttle, carbs leaked some. Bought a service manual, cleaned and balanced the carbs, adjusted the valves, replaced and timed the points and condenser, and about threw myself off it the first time riding it after working on it. No longer needed to turn the throttle near as much...... Got a Kawasaki 400 LTD during/after that one, then a 78 Yamaha XS 750 Special (Triple), 92 ST1100ABS TCS in 1994 Sold it in 1998 for $1000 more than I paid for it, Almost ten years to the day of selling the ST I got my RSTD. Hmmm. Mammaries.... Light the corners of my mind...... Derrek Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
utadventure Posted February 18, 2012 Share #37 Posted February 18, 2012 1980 Kawasaki KZ250 @ 21 yo. Jan & I bought it off the showroom floor. Dave Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BradT Posted February 18, 2012 Share #38 Posted February 18, 2012 First bike was 81 seca 750 I was about 30. Took the road test on my brother in laws 500 Kawi triple. Bought an 86 Venture, then 2 RSV's Brad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kbran Posted February 18, 2012 Share #39 Posted February 18, 2012 Rode other friends from 14 yrs. old and at 17 my first bike was a Honda 305 Hawk. At 19 a Honda cb450. A few years later in the late 70's got rid of that and didn't own another until 2003, a Honda 1100 shadow then in 06 the midnight rsv. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
icebrrg3rd Posted February 18, 2012 Share #40 Posted February 18, 2012 If you count mopeds, a Yamahopper when I was 16. Rode it all over Milwaukee & Waukesha counties. Took it to Louisiana when I was in the Army, rode it all around the base. Brought it back to WI where it finally died. Got my '81 XJ650 Maxim when I was 23, still have it. Even tho I got married & had kids, my loving wife told me NOT to get rid of it. Then a few years ago, since I want to modify my Maxim, I got a '83 Venture so my kids could still ride with me. I hang onto things, I will still have this bike when the 3rd gen Ventures come out... -Andrew Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zfrebird4 Posted February 18, 2012 Share #41 Posted February 18, 2012 :bighug:47, son's bike 48 BRAND NEW YVR 86, Ursula black on gold; beautiful: 87000 miles Now Squidley's 1986 brown on gold with Lonna's permissioin:whistling:: 76000 and still going smooth! Jack Z Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
twigg Posted February 18, 2012 Share #42 Posted February 18, 2012 I first rode a Vespa scooter on the roads in Sheffield, UK at age 13. That was grossly illegal and was 1972 At age 16 I had my first legal "moped" ... It was a 50cc Garelli. At 17 I was given my first motorcycle ... A 1958 BSA D7 Bantam. It was ex- Post Office, and older than me. It was followed by a Honda CB 250 then a Jawa 250 California. Off bikes for a few years, then in my early 30s I had a Yamaha XJ600 then sold that and bought a Yamaha FJ1200A. Kept that a while then bought a Honda VFR750F-L (Probably my favourite ever). In between times I bought and restored a 1958 Matchless G11 CS. That bike I rallied quite a bit, mainly in Southern England and Northern France. Jump to 2005 and I moved to the States ... Poor but happy I was bikeless until June 2010 when I paid $200 for a shed of bike .. A 1977 Yamaha XS750 ... I still have it and it is worth rather more than $200 now In March 2011 I bought the '86 Venture Royale (for too much money). Currently that is the one I have prepped for LD Riding, and I ride it most days that I can ... even if only to the store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
navydavy Posted February 18, 2012 Share #43 Posted February 18, 2012 At 14 I shared a 1974 Kawasaki 100 Enduro with my brother that I sometimes rode on the streets. First street bike I bought new at 18 y/o was a 1980 Kawasaki 550 LTD. I rode that over 24K miles the first year I had it in Michigan. That included a 1200 miles ride from St. Augustine, Florida to Grand Rapids, Michigan in 24 hours before the IBA even existed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freebird Posted February 18, 2012 Share #44 Posted February 18, 2012 I'm not sure but I think I was 14 when I got the '65 S90 Honda. Only a few months later when I was 15 I got my '67 Harley 250 Sprint. About a year after that, a '70 or '71 Honda CL350. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chaharly Posted February 18, 2012 Share #45 Posted February 18, 2012 When you first started riding street bikes? What did you ride? Me: 17yrs old, US Air Force, 1972 , Kawasaki triple... I was fourteen in 07. I started on a 77 KZ650 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoneman1981 Posted February 18, 2012 Share #46 Posted February 18, 2012 Age 16 Kawasaki 175 CC Enduro (1978) Age 17 Yamaha 400 street Age 19 Brand new Honda CB900 (Crashed in 1985 at age 23) Kids and life got in the way!! Age 42 Got back on with a 1983 Honda V65 Magna Age 45 Purchased 2005 Yamaha RSTD in 2007 My wife and I really enjoy riding and the friendships that go along with it:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reddevilmedic Posted February 18, 2012 Share #47 Posted February 18, 2012 1986 i was 18, on a 1980 kz400. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squidley Posted February 18, 2012 Share #48 Posted February 18, 2012 It was 1985, I was 19 and it was a '78 Honda CB 750K with a Vetter fairing and an 8 track! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TDunc Posted February 18, 2012 Share #49 Posted February 18, 2012 18 years old in '77. Prior to that was several different dirt bikes. 161 dream, baby to the 305. Then started moving on up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrc Posted February 18, 2012 Share #50 Posted February 18, 2012 In 1975 I was 13 and it was a Honda ST90. When I was 16 purchased a Honda 400 and at 17, I got my first new Honda 500 Custom. Loved that bike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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