What was your first street bike?

["Dangerous" Dan K]

I'm old...
1967 Honda CB160T. Bought in 1975 for under $200.00. I stripped it and rode it off road for a year before I got my license. I put all the street stuff back on it and it looked pretty sharp.
I should try and find a photo of the actual bike, but for illustrative purposes, here is what it looked like:

I LOVE those bikes. Hobbs sold one to AJ when I was picking up the 74CB550 I got from Doc (which happened to be stored at Hobbs'). I was really jealous, but wanted something I could comfortably 2 up on and somehow that didn't seem like it. The 2 girls in my life at the time were not exactly small either...

I've since traded in the girls, so if I ever get another chance...

[Expat]

Bet you wish you still had it!!

[gixxersixxer]

2008 Kawasaki Ninja 250...paid 3500 msrp plus 300 in fees so 3800 for everything total from Naults in Windham

[Honclfibr]

1987 EX500, puchased for 1200 and rode for a year, at which point it sat for a year before being taken to the track, crashed, sat for another year, and finally sold via ebay to some crazy canadian who drove out from Toronto to buy it for $500.

[RandyO]

1966 Honda Super90 mine was in almost as good condition as the one in the pic I paid $50, every other kid in town had already owned it before me, it was 3 or 4 years old, it ran good, faster than the next 73 CB125S that I had. Only had it 3 months before the engine swallowed a valve @ 80mph on a gravel road, best the 125 could do was 70 maaybee 73 if the hill was steep enuf

[Doc]

I LOVE those bikes. Hobbs sold one to AJ when I was picking up the 74CB550 I got from Doc (which happened to be stored at Hobbs'). I was really jealous, but wanted something I could comfortably 2 up on and somehow that didn't seem like it. The 2 girls in my life at the time were not exactly small either...

I've since traded in the girls, so if I ever get another chance...

and then Andy traded it to me.

[SVnunook]

Aww yeah! I always wanted that bike...

Wish I never sold it.

[RandyO]

I'm old...
1967 Honda CB160T. Bought in 1975 for under $200.00.

back when $200 = $2000 today

[Expat]

[/QUOTE]

Ha, I had the exact same model as a winter bike one year, it was damn near indestructible. I used to regularly bet 65+ out of it 2 up!
When it finally blew up, I rebuilt it using 1 piston from an old CB250 twin... the good old days!!

[Rosco61]

74 Yamaha RD-350 the Year was 1977. paid $700.00. Been riding ever since...........

[jwm2k3]

1989 Honda Hawk GT.....aka NT650.

Shoulda kept that one...

[Rossco]

My first bike is the same one I'm riding now, but will probably be replaced pretty soon. Here's a pic from when I first got it.


It's a 1983 Honda Vt500c "Shadow."500cc's of pure 1980's UJM awesomeness, complete with square headlight and mini sissy-bar. I bought it in the summer of 2009 and have put over 13k miles on it (yeah I need to ride more, lol). I've since re-painted the gas tank, re-covered the seat, and added luggage.

[R1]

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2006 yamaha r1. Got it in 2006. Paid a lot.

Blow me.

[csmutty]

Got a 1991 kawasaki klr650 as my first bike. Got it from working a few hours for my neighbor in 2008. I miss how obnoxious the colors and big gun exhaust were...

[slammp]

2000 Honda F4, black and yellow. Paid $5k for it in 2002 - looped it the next year learning to clutch wheelies (what a squid I used to be)

[ninjachica250]

2007 Ninja 250 and i paid $1600?!?!

[Falko]

rf900r
4k in 2000

[DuncanMoto]

1981 Kawasaki GPZ550
Paid $1,000 in 1984

[virtualbong]

Bought it late October 2005...

1993 Kawasaki EX500 - $1,300

Shortly after, I sold it for a 2002 Honda F4i - $4,000 (as you can see in the pic)

[butcher bergs]

1990 Kawasaki ZX750R Ninja
(mine not pictured)

Purchased in 2001-ish for $3000

[VinceF2]

First bike was a 1975 Honda CB550Four I got for free from my Uncle.... Never ended up riding it and sold it to a buddy who fixed it up. I then bought a 1972 CB350Four and rode that for a season until I bought the fixed up CB550Four back from my buddy and sold the CB350Four to BIGRED...

[Stromper]

1971 Suzuki T250

[ralphs]

I guess I'm old. 1977 or 78 Kawasaki KZ400 Deluxe. Bought around 1980 from a friend's brother. Rode that bike everywhere.
Funny thing was, first job out of school had a co-worker that had the same exact bike.
Pic is not of my bike, but same color, etc.

[Degsy]

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1982. The specials and the clash top the charts alongside sugarhill gang and grandmaster flash. I'm bombing down the cycle paths on my Suzuki AP 50. 70mph downhill with a tailwind, bleached flock of seagulls hair flowing in the wind.. Bought for 90 pounds and sold a year later for 110.

[BluGixxer]

In 1993 I bartered some mechanic work for a bike-in-a-box , it was a 1975 CB-750 that someone had put A LOT of money into , then put it in a box ,where it traded hands a few times before it got to me .
Custom 6 square spoked chrome rims , 4 straight pipes , cams and other motor work ,a wantabe harley looking sissybar ,kickass footpegs with crash bars,custom bars with black leather tassels, (yeah baby) black tank with orange flames . When I got it running , it would lift the front wheel ,kinda scared me.
Had a little fun with it . Fell into hard times, bike had to go.
Wish I still had it , or atleast some pics.