Do you remember you first bike?

[DavShill]

Samray wrote

Bloody expensive windcheater !

[joecrx]

Cant find a pic, but mine was a Suzi GP100.
Loved that bike.
Got me all the way down to Devon via all the minor roads from up ere in Durham; Took SEVENTEEN hours!!! Was on L-plates at the time so no Motorway work!
Was even better when she fired out the baffle at some point when I wasnt looking and from then on she sounded louder than my Falco!!!
Got another 10mph outta her too!
At least until the crank melted a few months later...

heres one

[BikerGran]

My very first ride was a BSA Dandy - terrible thing! 2 gears, slow and very slow, and a strange preselector arrangement where you twisted the frip to select the gear then operated the clutch to engage it - disaster if you had to stop suddenly as you were stuck in top (2nd!) and couldn't twist into 1st cos you were holding the clutch in with that hand!



Upgraded to a C50 after this one!

[Kwackerz]

That's a design well ahead of it's time, BG!
Quite an interesting design..erm.. from a design point of view. quite like that

So did someone else.. one sold fer a grand! http://www.classic-auctions.com/lotdeta ... &aucid=578

[paddyz1]

Just found this pic of my first bike. CB250 K4 picture taken in 1978. Notice the high quality riding gear - those nylon windcheaters offered loads of protection. I think I progressed to a wax Belstaff when the winter came.

Like most of us I wish I still had it. these are going for upwards of £800 on e-bay even for a really tatty one.

I used to own a CJ360. I loved it. I put a CB360 gearbox in it and fitted some RD250 wheels so I could have a disc on the back instead of a drum. I had to take the frame to the local bike shop so it could have a mount welded on to take the master cylinder. I wish I had some pics of it as it was a great looking bike when I finished it.

That was my first real attempt at doing some mods. Still modding now

[Kenif]

Ok, found a picture of my lean, mean speed machine! Ok, it's not my particular one, but you know what I mean

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1126432/

There are other SS50 pictures on the web but I feel this one does the most justice to the sheer luxury of the ride...

[graham0071]

Ok, found a picture of my lean, mean speed machine! Ok, it's not my particular one, but you know what I mean

http://www.bikepics.com/pictures/1126432/

There are other SS50 pictures on the web but I feel this one does the most justice to the sheer luxury of the ride...

the most embarassing thing was having to pedal to really get 'em moving at times

[wheels2wheelsuk]

hi guys my first bike was a raleigh wisp 50cc moped in 1969 i bought it off a friend for £16 it did 25mph flat out wwwwowwwww i dont know if anyone remembers them it was coppied from a fold up push bike but with a much fatter frame and had a white vynil bag on a carrier at the back

[graham0071]

hi guys my first bike was a raleigh wisp 50cc moped in 1969 i bought it off a friend for £16 it did 25mph flat out wwwwowwwww i dont know if anyone remembers them it was coppied from a fold up push bike but with a much fatter frame and had a white vynil bag on a carrier at the back

I think that my N.S.U. Quickley(very very slow) was the same breed Wheels!!!

[HowardQ]

hi guys my first bike was a raleigh wisp 50cc moped in 1969 i bought it off a friend for £16 it did 25mph flat out wwwwowwwww i dont know if anyone remembers them it was coppied from a fold up push bike but with a much fatter frame and had a white vynil bag on a carrier at the back

I think that my N.S.U. Quickley(very very slow) was the same breed Wheels!!!

I had a mate who had an NSU Quickly,
Good job we never had the Trade's Description Act in the 60's.

Remember the Raleigh Wisp as well ....... it only did 25mph if you pedalled very very fast.

[wheels2wheelsuk]

very fast and downhill howard hee hee

[Kwackerz]

[graham0071]

hi guys my first bike was a raleigh wisp 50cc moped in 1969 i bought it off a friend for £16 it did 25mph flat out wwwwowwwww i dont know if anyone remembers them it was coppied from a fold up push bike but with a much fatter frame and had a white vynil bag on a carrier at the back

I think that my N.S.U. Quickley(very very slow) was the same breed Wheels!!!

I had a mate who had an NSU Quickly,
Good job we never had the Trade's Description Act in the 60's.

Remember the Raleigh Wisp as well ....... it only did 25mph if you pedalled very very fast.

Posted: Thu Feb 21, 2008 8:12 pm Post subject:

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very fast and downhill howard hee hee

With the help of gravity, aided by a very fat rider, riden off a cliff...