Cool thread here! I think I posted something similar to this years ago except I was asking everyone if they could remember every single bike they ever owned or still do.
I was the envy of a couple buddies on my street because I started with a '77 CB 750 for my first street bike. A buddy up the street had an old TS 250 and another buddy down the street had a CB 550 so I felt like king of the hill with my bike. I'll never forget that day, I was 18 and pulled into the driveway with my big, black Honda all proud of myself and my dad says "Whose is that?" ... with a big grin from ear to ear I said "It's mine!!" ... he says "What???" ... I just laughed and told him it's true while dad tells me I need that like a hole in my head. The look on his face was priceless!lol.
It was a steal, I only paid $600 for it ... forget the mileage. I was driving a wrecker back then and I bought it from my boss's friend. I gave him a couple hundred down and he let me make payments on the balance so that was really cool. It had a couple broken spokes in the rear so I took it to a local guy that re-laced/trued the wheel with new spokes. I put new points in it, changed the oil, adjusted the valves, synced/re-jetted the carbs and put a 4-1 Kerker on it. I did all the wrenching on that bike myself with exception of re-lacing the wheel and it was a dream to work on. Lots of good memories with that Honda, it took a good whoopin' from me over the years and never once let me down. I would have to ask my mom if she has an old pic, cause I can guarantee my dad doesn't have one, lol. My dad was never into bikes, I wished he would have been because we could've had a lot of good times. I managed to get him on a dirt bike once, but it wasn't a pretty sight. That was the bike that started all my fun on the street.
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Topic: What was your first motorcycle and the circumstances behind it? (Read 45564 times)