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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I thought you already had an AT?
I do, but it’s good to dream of owning a new one
AFJ
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It occurred to me that - of the 2 dozen or so different (second-hand) motorcycles that have owned since that '57 Ariel Colt (200cc) motorbike in 1958-59, none of them was a new bike when I purchased each of them. And, while I have had to purchase a good many parts and do a lot of mechanical and restoration work on some of them, I have never had to take any one of them into a motorcycle dealership - and pay for repair work. Sure I have had to have some machine shop work done on a few occasions (for cylinder re-boring) and machining work that I could not manage on my ancient South Bend lathe with milling attachment, but I have enjoyed my servicing, rebuilding, repairing, machining and overhauling work as "part of the fun" with old motorcycles. Repairing and riding some old bike that has not run for 30, 40 or 50 or more years and "getting it going" and "back on the road" has often been a lot of "work". But also a lot of fun and satisfaction.I do, but it’s good to dream of owning a new one
AFJ
Beyond better highway speeds what does it do that the klr won't?I do, but it’s good to dream of owning a new one
Using the same logic, what does a KLR do that a 1981 XL250 with a large aftermarket tank won't do?
He has both, I was honestly curious. To your question it will cruise at 130 all day, not sure you get that out of the XL regardless of tank size.
Honda NX 250cc. The odometer limit was 160 km/h, it went well beyond that. I wish they made them again.
