How did YOU first fall in love with bikes?

I remember it like it was five minutes ago...It was Christmas party at my aunts...her gift to me was a blue bicycle...but this was no ordinary bicycle...it was outfitted with a triple tree with fake springers, a plastic gas tank, fenders front and rear, even the grips were like the ones you find on motorcycles...I was the happiest kid there...my sister and all my cousins were super jealous.

I didn't know it then but I know it now...that's how I fell in love with bikes of all kinds.

Life was a lot better back then...I'm not that old guys that was back in 81'.

 

I'm not sure, but it was probably during the time of the TV show called "Then Came Bronson" or else the movie "Easyrider". .......... I'ts been sooooo long, I can't remember that far back.

 

my brothers had a mini bike when I was kid. I was way too young to ride it but I knew I wanted a bike from that point on. I saved my money when I was old enough to have a newspaper rout and bought my first bike, it was a honda trail 90. I never looked back from there!

 

Mine started with a mini bike back when I was like 7 or 8 years old. The rest is history.

 

I always seemed to have an interest, even as a little kid I was always looking at motorcycles. But, my neighbor gave me a ride on his Harley when I was around 7, and that was it. Caught the bug and never recovered. Thank goodness!

 

Guess I just grew up having Harley's around.

When I was just a little 'Munchkin' my Uncle and his friends would stop by frequently, and they all had Harley's. I remember looking at their bikes, listening to them, and having them take me on little rides when I got a little older.

From that time on Harley's have always been a part of my life.

 

loved my first tricycle.... then the tractor with pedals.... then built probably 20 carts with an old set of soap box derby wheels...then bicycles.....
around 10 or so started mowing so the love of motors came next....bout the same time, go carts was a natural to love...... about 14 started looking at some bikes real serious and at 15 bought my first one.....

 

My dad had a bike...RIP. As a kid loved to climb on and play, it stuck

 

When I was about 9 or 10 or 40 years ago my best friend had a mini bike much like the one below, I just had to ride it once and I was hooked form life. I had a Honda QA 50 / CT 70 / XL 350 and in my 20's a Goldwing which I paid cash for ($4800) I worked 2 jobs 17 hrs a day to get it.

 

It was a ride on the back of a dirt bike at a little league baseball game when I was in 4th grade. Hooked. Parents not fans so every bike I have owned was a product of hard work.