Morrissey
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The year was 1997, I was 16, the bike was a 1984 Yamaha Maxim 400 with 20k on it. Nothing has ever felt as awesome as those first rides.
Your First Motorcycle Was a ............?
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Salos Dafee
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My first motorcycle, purchased in July of 1961, was a Harley Davidson Super 10.
It had a ten cubic inch two-stroke engine, and would barely reach 50 MPH.
It looked like the above image, and I called it "Baby Blue" It did a lot of winter work,
carrying me from Lawrence Avenue to UofT and back home. It was a nuisance to
feed, because I needed to carry a sealable container of two-stroke motor oil to
mix with the gas at each purchase.
Trips I made with this bike: Windermere in Muskoka, Buffalo, and London.
The day after I graduated from UofT, I bought a CA-77 Honda Dream,
and I sold Baby Blue for $41 a few months later.
It had a ten cubic inch two-stroke engine, and would barely reach 50 MPH.
It looked like the above image, and I called it "Baby Blue" It did a lot of winter work,
carrying me from Lawrence Avenue to UofT and back home. It was a nuisance to
feed, because I needed to carry a sealable container of two-stroke motor oil to
mix with the gas at each purchase.
Trips I made with this bike: Windermere in Muskoka, Buffalo, and London.
The day after I graduated from UofT, I bought a CA-77 Honda Dream,
and I sold Baby Blue for $41 a few months later.
1975 Honda MT125, the trail on-off street legal version of Honda's CR125 Elsinore, their first 2-stroke motorcycles.
After that, other 2-strokes were a 1977 Yamaha RD125, a 1984 Honda CR250 and a 1986 Suzuki RG500 Gamma. So out of the 17 motorcycles owned so far, 4 of them were 2-strokes.
After that, other 2-strokes were a 1977 Yamaha RD125, a 1984 Honda CR250 and a 1986 Suzuki RG500 Gamma. So out of the 17 motorcycles owned so far, 4 of them were 2-strokes.
I remember when I worked in motorcycle shop back in the mid 70s, HD had a couple of 2-stroke models that were made by Aermacchi.
The SuperHawk was such a cool bike.
I've got the twin to yours in the living room. Owned it for 8? years.
I had a zundapp famel was special Kickstarter on wrong side and disconnected by the clutch. I think I paid 45 dollars for it.
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It's nice looking. Also, nothing wrong with carbs.My first bike
carborated Sym Wolf 150cc. 14hp lol.
we had two first bikes.
One was a Honda Z50R. The Z50 series were called “Monkey bikes” and were the forerunner of today’s Monkey. With its low, low centre of gravity and super compact frame it was pretty much indestructible. There’s a Z50 club which shows them every motorcycle show it seems. These things sell for crazy money.
The second was a Suzuki DR100. That little guy would hit 60mph on a country highway with 115 lb me on it in a full tuck and a kilometre to get to full speed. After dark I would ride it on the highway to Port Perry or tear through a neighbouring forest to Goreski’s Marina. When trucks would pass in the oncoming lane it would get pushed around big time in the wake. It’s a wonder I didn’t get arrested or killed.
Both little mules are probably still running today and I’m not sure I ever forgave my Mom for making us sell them.
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One was a Honda Z50R. The Z50 series were called “Monkey bikes” and were the forerunner of today’s Monkey. With its low, low centre of gravity and super compact frame it was pretty much indestructible. There’s a Z50 club which shows them every motorcycle show it seems. These things sell for crazy money.
The second was a Suzuki DR100. That little guy would hit 60mph on a country highway with 115 lb me on it in a full tuck and a kilometre to get to full speed. After dark I would ride it on the highway to Port Perry or tear through a neighbouring forest to Goreski’s Marina. When trucks would pass in the oncoming lane it would get pushed around big time in the wake. It’s a wonder I didn’t get arrested or killed.
Both little mules are probably still running today and I’m not sure I ever forgave my Mom for making us sell them.
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