My first bike

[mwmalotte]

My very first motorcycle was an '81 Honda CB900 Custom. It had the 10 speed (5 low, 5 high) tranny. I really loved that bike

[Badmedicine]

Originally Posted by mwmalotte

My very first motorcycle was an '81 Honda CB900 Custom. It had the 10 speed (5 low, 5 high) tranny. I really loved that bike

Those were cool bikes ! I use to ride with a guy back in the 80's that had one, his didn't have the fairing, bags or trunk, that was a cool bike.

[ispeed77]

mine was a 1980 Suzuki GS850L. paid $300 for it cause it was leaking oil out of a homemade engine gasket. had my buddy fix that pretty cheap, replaced the battery, seat cover and handlebars and rode it for 2 or 3 years. then sold it for $650 with two flat tires and a smashed headlight courtesy of some neighborhood kids.

[mwmalotte]

Wow... different brands just weren't that different, even back then!

[wyldstreak]

Nope, most Japanese bikes in those days were almost cookie-cutter! Lot's changed since then. . .

My first bike was a 1970-something Honda 175. Orange, had a funky windshield on it my Dad got somewhere - but it was a bike!! Rode the crap out of it, and then sold it in a fit of stupidity. Next was a Brand New H-D Sportster. Had it for all of 5 days, until an "intoxicated" driver pulled in front of me and I put it in her driver's door. Took quite a while to heal up from that one . . .

Then came a Yamaha XS650, and now my Kawa ZL600. Unfortunately, no pix of anything but my ZL still exist. . .

[mwmalotte]

Originally Posted by wyldstreak

My first bike was a 1970-something Honda 175. Next was a Brand New H-D Sportster. Then came a Yamaha XS650, and now my Kawa ZL600. Unfortunately, no pix of anything but my ZL still exist. . .

Sound like you need to find those models on the web and post "they looked like this" pics

[wyldstreak]

Well, ya know, pictures of antiques from so long ago aren't easy to come by. . . .

The Honda looked a lot like this one,but orange:



The Yamaha XS650 was like this one:



Everyone knows what an HD Sporty looks like. . .

[joeVulcan]

My 900 is my first bike. Love those vintage lines, though.

[mwmalotte]

Good pics, Randy!

[elr658]

The first one that mattered.
Got tired of wrenching.
Got tired of going slow.
Likewise.Put me in the hospital.