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Your first ROAD Bike.

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  • allde
    allde
    13 years ago

    Ok Ladies and Gents, None of us started with a Harley, So what was your first Road Bike?

    I'll go First Honda VT250F

  • Hound_Dog
    Hound_Dog
    13 years ago
    I did. Fatboy
  • dodge
    dodge
    13 years ago

     1982 Yamaha XS 250.

    Slowest bike on the planet!

  • Soapbox2627
    Soapbox2627
    13 years ago
    Kawasaki KH 100
  • Cromag
    Cromag
    13 years ago
    1969 CB250 - first of the upright cylinders
  • jamesdriver
    jamesdriver
    13 years ago

    Honda Z50 then onto a zx10

  • mickle
    mickle
    13 years ago

    Sort of road bike, XT 250 1981, i rode it on the road and dirt.

  • russ4570
    russ4570
    13 years ago

     

    even the same colour

  • BURTO
    BURTO
    13 years ago

     Kwaka Z650................1980.  Rode with mates on Z1000 and Z1R. Learned how to ride it up and down Clyde Mtn. Flat Stick!

    Still doin it today on the Fatbob!.......only quicker!!!!!

    Burto.

  • PK2
    PK2
    13 years ago
    CB750F2
    Was actually a great bike to ride!
  • Sparra
    Sparra
    13 years ago

    Yammie TX 500....

  • HogBag
    HogBag
    13 years ago
    My first road bike was a Ducati 450 silver shotgun brought from Norm at strathfeild motorcycles in 1974 for $650
  • TC883
    TC883
    13 years ago

     Kwaka GPZ 250, 1989. Basic but fun.

  • Merlin
    Merlin
    13 years ago

    I'm almost embarrassed but:

    Honda 400/4 SUper Sport

     

    Honda 400/4 Super Sport...

    [not a picture of mine, of course, just one I found that looks like it. same paint, same exhaust]

  • FLHuTChU
    FLHuTChU
    13 years ago

    Honda CBX 550F was my first true road bike Back in 85. Had a coupla chook chasers before that. Suzuki PE 175 78' model, and honda XLX 250 84' model. Great machine.

     

  • Frosty57
    Frosty57
    13 years ago

    Road..Kwaka  Z1000...Learner bike while still at school..BSA Bantam 125.

  • Harvey
    Harvey
    13 years ago

    Suzuki T250 '68 model.    This is a pic of a '71 and in a considerable better condition than the one I had in '77.

    Honda 350/4-  Z1Rmk11 new- Honda 750/4 springer front /hardtail (from Cycle Gear in Elizibeth st.) '77Z1000 (got stolen)

    XT500C-  '77Z1000 (half returned) another '77Z1000 Still got both Z's and the HD

     Still got your Z Frosty?

  • oneball
    oneball
    13 years ago
    Hi all...My first roadbike was an RD400,Ported and polished with DG expansion chambers on it.It was an absolute weapon,and also an extremely dangerous bike to ride.I knew three blokes who had horrific injuries from the exact bike.
  • dangerousdave
    dangerousdave
    13 years ago
    My first road bike was a Suzuki GP125 - blue in colour. Can't remember the exact year, but it was late 70's from memory.
  • FLSTC
    FLSTC
    13 years ago
    first road bike 1978 ( i think ) CB900 boldor ... found it , paid for it , then got my learners so i could ride it home ... .. actually i first rode around the block from the dealer , stopped and thought about how fuckin dumb I was buying it .... to think i lasted a whole week before i dumped it the first time ...
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