Guest Anonymous Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 In response to the 4 wheeled monster who started the First Car thread, I thought this might be of interest. Especially to Ghostrider, who used to race round the Ness on 2 wheels. Anyway, my first motorbike was a 1956 BSA Bantam D3. Registration PS2629.She had been rebuilt by a Ness Man, and she was brilliant. Top Speed down hill in 3rd (top) gear was 55mph, if the wind was behind me.But that bike was a classic. I did 21,000 miles with it in 18 months, and although I had several more motorbikes before I needed a car for girlfriend comfort, I still think fondly of that British built heap of metal.I loved that bike so much that I could write a book about her, but won't. So you tell me about your first motorbike. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lastditch Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 49cc James wi gear shift on the handle bars. Two gears high and slow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sleepychef Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 First Bike was a Bultaco 175 what a bike!!! Throttle used to jam open, ended up in the river once or twice but it kept on going. Never missed a beat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bobbyw Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 This is the 4 wheeled monster. Had me a Suzuki TS 50 when i was 16. Every one o my pals made fun o it for being slow, but every one o them got lifts on da back o it or had to resort ta lifts fae there mams. Every 16 year old should get a fizzy 50. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ghostrider Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Oh dear, I don't know if my first bike really qualifies at a bike. But hey, it was circa 1980, we were young, and definitey had no more sense than we have now. A 1974 Honda SS50, the four speed flat handlebar model, GSO 760N. I got it aff a guy on Bressay who'd gotten it off a guy in the toon who'd had it from new. 42 mph downhill with a following wind, 45 if it was a gale of wind. Did the engine up twice, once when I got her, and blew the side out of the piston within 6 months, rebored her and wore out that rebore in months. Younger bridder trying to persuade wheelies and jumps out of her in the park finally killed her. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EM Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Kawasaki KE100. I chose it because it was orange It was, however, no Jota and struggled to get up all hills. Being an unpopular model it was also a nightmare to get used parts for. So, for a replacement I decided to get the most vanilla bogstandard machine around. At that time it was the Honda CB250 Superdream. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spinner72 Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 My first, which I kept until it succumed to rust and having no chassis was a unsaveable (note the multiple welds on the back forks!) http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/5111/bps19g.png 50cc, but easily outran the strangely sluggish 90's that everybody else seemed to go for. Brilliant bike, apart from the occasion plug gap check and bulb virtually maintenance free. Next one of note was an MZ150 which I used for my test (bored out 125). I think of it fondly again due to simplicity. 2 stroke (pre mixed) single with a dynamo electrical system. *off to google to see if MZ still does them* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Anonymous Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 ^^My second bike was an MZ250. Brilliant Edit: There's a story about that, which is rather embarrassing, so, no you ain't going to hear it. Suffice to say that the handlebars of an MZ250 were wider than that of a BSA Bantam D3...Think Of a narrow shed door which one could fit through, and the other couldn't, at speed.Gonads hurt for a while. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shetlandpeat Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 Ah yes, my first was a Honda SS50 5 speed sports (had a disk brake ), then a Honda NF75, then a Suzuki A100, then a superdream 125, then 2 honda cub 90s, minus the sack splitter, a Honda CD175 and lastly a Suzuki GSX380. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
beachcaster Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 +1 on the SS50. Got a '76 SS50 5 speed when i was 13 from a guy in Skellister, ran it over the hill for 3 years and then rigged it up for the road when i was 16. Kept it until i was 18 and then sold it to a friend who had it in his shed for years and never got around to doing anything to it. He then sold it to a guy who eventually sold it to my brother and i persuaded him to sell it back to me about 5 years ago. In the middle of a nut and bolt restoration and hopefully it will be finished for the next classic bike show. It has only taken me 4 years so far but i am getting there. When i got it back there was no registration documents so i phoned up the DVLC who could tell me that it was still registered in my name. So it has now been registered in my name for nearly 22 years. GPS 764P is the registration number, i would be interested to know who had it from new, and any of the other 3 previous owners. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marooned in Maywick Posted November 27, 2009 Report Share Posted November 27, 2009 PSG612Y - a Yamaha YB100 bought to pootle about Edinburgh as a student. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unlinkedstudent Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 A grey import. Twas the only thing I could get me feet on the floor and me likkle fingers could reach not only the clutch but the indicators in cold weather too! Ah, how I lurved burning blokes off at traffic lights on it. Oh yeah, twas a Yamaha TZR250SP Reverse Cylinder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuckleJoannie Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 An Ariel Arrow 200. It was at the Classic Car show many years ago so I believe its still around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Siffy Posted November 28, 2009 Report Share Posted November 28, 2009 I had me a Kawasaki KC100. Then a kawasaki ltd 250 which i attached one of them "sidewinders" to, to get around the max limit of 125 before passing my test, I swaped that for a RD250 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shoormal Posted November 30, 2009 Report Share Posted November 30, 2009 I mind hivin a shot we a sidewinder wance you hed dis idea your left leg wis goin ta be nippit in a moosetrap......godless things!! My first legal bike wis a Yamaha RS100 XNY314TFollowed by a Honda CB250 Wetdream ta geng fur my test - dat een cam hame fae Mavis Grind on a buckrake in a hundred bits! Dir been a lot o idder eens aroond ower da years.......and noo plenty o aches n pains on a caald winters mornin!Yamaha RD400Suzuki GS850Honda XL500Honda XL250Honda XL125Bultaco Sherpa 250Bultaco Sherpa 350 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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