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Do You Remember your first Bike? What was it? and how much did it cost?
I asked my Dad if he would buy me an FS1E as all my mates had them!! He said No!
I asked him if he would loan me the money for one!! He said no!
Consequently my first bike was a 'Pedal to get speed' NSU Quickly Non runner for 10 bob!
Did it up quick! Sold it,and kept climbing the ladder!

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Honda CD 175.


I was 17 - it was crap - but all I could afford.

One like this.

Most successful Brit bike ever even with it's Kraut antecedents.
Production eventually topped 200/ day.
175 cc and about 7.5hp.

Mine was shared with two mates (only way we could afford it ...cost us a whole tenner!!)
An army green Francis Barnett 197, with no exhaust, a bit of sponge for a seat, it was great

Then after several wrecks swapped a guitar and amp for a Bultaco 250 Pursang mettise non runner ...but not for long! soon had it rasping away..what a bike, and worth a bomb now!! ..wish I still had it

Honda CD200 Benly

It was less crap than the 175 and I was only about 14.

There's still ruts in the rear lawn at my Mum n Dad's..
Quality little track that was...

apart from my fizzy i had a new Rd 250 £625 with alloys sounds cheap but i was only on £ 23.50 a week. im sure i could afford to go out more.

I would have loved an RD250!..several bikes on from my first bike I was offered a Suzuki Hustler 250 that was 3 years old, The mate who owned, it, fell off it on his first day of riding it, repaired it: greased it: Stored it for 3 yrs and gave it to me for £130 quid..first day riding it was fantastic, couln't keep the front end off the ground...What a day!![/url]

CZ 250 twin. Cost me £40. was a complete POS and I had my first tankslapper while overtaking a car at 60mph. I had to keep going. Would loved to have seen the drivers face as this POS jibbering wreck wobbled past. Those were the days of no ta/mot/insurance/licence.

Oh to be young free single and carefree.

One of these... 1985 KX125. Cost me 2nd hand the equivalent of £180. Fell off riding the river by my house and managed to bent the handlebars!

I Remember CZ standing, for CeaZed Up!

First "bike" was a Puch M50S, clapped out but fun. A bit like me, now!!!

First real bike was a new KH250 in 1977. Perfect.

graham0071 wrote:Do You Remember your first Bike? What was it? and how much did it cost?
I asked my Dad if he would buy me an FS1E as all my mates had them!! He said No!
I asked him if he would loan me the money for one!! He said no!
Consequently my first bike was a 'Pedal to get speed' NSU Quickly Non runner for 10 bob!
Did it up quick! Sold it,and kept climbing the ladder!

Yep I do. Sadly I have no pics of it but it looked a bit like this one but in blue and silver



BTW the brakes were shit as were the levers

graham0071 wrote:I Remember CZ standing, for CeaZed Up!

You should take more care of your machinery

Honda C50



Well, I didn't own it - belonged to my Dad, but it was what I started on and what I passed my test on!
My dad bought it just before I was 16 so we could both use it. He knew I would be restricted to a 50cc moped so got the C50. Trouble was, he hadn't realised that it had to have pedals by which you could pedal it to qualify as a moped ..... which meant I had to wait 'till I was 17 to ride the thing.

First bike that was mine was a CB 175 K5.


(bikes pictured aren't my ones)

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