194? 100 cc Famous James.

 

A honda XR75 that my parents bought me new in 1977, loved that bike rode it until I wore it out, Then I got a RM 125 Suzuki after that I had a CR 250 Honda that was the best dirt bike ever had. I also had a Honda 250R 3 wheeler which was a blast could ride a wheelie on it for miles. It was all off road riding until I got my sportster last year.

 

Outside of the z50s,ct70s,and of course myrm80........My first real streetbike was aq 1979 honda hawk 400 type one (no tach,spokewheels,kick start).....0 to 60...in.....about ....two weeks.....what a gutless lemon....tore the cam chain right out of ,that bag of rice .....but, I learned the "Rules of the Road"

 

1981 Suzuki GS 450 at age 16.Beat the crap out of it for 2 years then had a few rockets.

 

1964 Honda trail model 90 cc ,early 90's, beat the crap out of it. lots of fun. Its dead now.

 

My first bike was a Honda Rebel back in April of 06. In June I got my Sporty

 

Mine was a very similar to te photo posted by SportyPig. Here in Mexico we use to call them "Ponys" from the Mexcian brand "Carabela"; I think it was 1982 when I was 9 years old. My first street machine was a 1973 Sportster that I use to lend from my uncle in 1994.

 

Learned to ride on a Kawasaki Super Sherpa. First street bike is my 05 custom sporty..

 

A Powell back in 1955. It was a Mustang knockoff, which looked a lot like a Sportster, or maybe more like a Fatboy with those big solid rims. Had a one-lunger which I don't know how big it was, but it did have a Ford 60 piston in it. It did better than the speed limit no sweat, but since it was equipped with only a rear brake, it didn't stop all that well. Rode it to school every day and put a lot of miles on it; until one day a lady in front of me jammed on her brakes, which of course I had to, and down we went. Low-sided right across the road right in front of a parked police car. Embrassing, to say the least. Bent the handlebars and rather than trying to find another set, I traded it off for a 1935 Plymouth coupe.

In those days, no helmet (couldn't even find them), no insurance needed, and if there was a license required (I don't think there was) it wasn't much of one. No MSF training then, but somehow we all survived with not much more than a couple of us with road rash. The "Good Old Days!"

 

ronn39,

A friend of mine had a Mustang with ape hangers. We would swap my Hummer and his Mustang...what a blast we had.....1957. How did we survive without all this government intervention ???

Olesalt