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Old 07-21-2010, 08:32 PM
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just curious to see what people started out on.

i started out (2 years ago) on a 1973 honda scrambler cl350 k5...best $250 purchase i ever made.
 
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Old 07-21-2010, 08:35 PM
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Honda minitrail 50 back in 1968.Cut grass until I saved up 300$ to buy it.
 
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'71 Honda 350 in 1972.

Like this one:

 

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that red bike in the back ground is a really nice version of what i had.
 
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Before the street it was a purple metal flake easyrider mini bike chopper at about 5 years old it ruined me .At 17 could not afford a Harley so it was a kz 1300 6 cylinder suffered one year of the family bashing me and got my first shovelhead.
 
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started out on a Husky 250 hand me down. Bought a '81 CB350 in the army, and a 70 something CB750 Four a few months later. I can't count the bikes between then and now.
 
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a 1964 Honda 90 I would sneak out of the garage. It belonged to my older brother.
 
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An Indian dirt bike.
 
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1965 Triumph Daytona, 500cc twin carb, that was 4 years old when I got it.
 
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Honda XR 75 way back in 1976, bought it from my friend when he outgrew it.
 


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