Apologies if it's been done already, did a search first, honest. Post a couple or so of your teenage bikes, these were the ones that infected you (gawd knows how, most of them were 'orrid) Obviously these are library pics, I've lost houses in the intervening years so I'm hardly going to still have 'my' photographs but if you've a blast from the past in all it's rusty, dubiously enhanced glory it would be a joy for, well me, but maybe all. My first was a CD175 (£25quid, I got it to 70mph 'once') then a 250K4 that was much, much rattier (be well on trend now) than the pic I found
My first bike was a Honda CB250 K4, like this. Followed, after a few months, by a Honda CB250G5, which I passed mi test on in 1975.
Very similar to you @ChasChas My 1st legal bike was a Honda CD175 which I passed my test on. I then got a 350K4 before buying my 1st Triumph a 500cc Tiger 100. I’ve been on Triumph’s ever since.
Don't have any photos, since I wasn't meant to have a bike.... BSA Starfire. 250cc of bashed around hate, that must have thought its name was "Start Ya Bastard!"
I am sure we've covered this before? Here we have the machine that was the antidote to the ultra cool (for a 16 year old!) Yamaha FS1E's & Suzuki AP50's that my mates that had money to burn all rode . Yes in all it's glory, here is the Puch 'Flying Banana' a truly awful moped , with a scooter style handle bar 3 gear change , a pressed steel frame , non existent brakes , but I loved it! as it represented the freedom to go where I wanted when I wanted, ah they was the days!
My son has just picked up a Kreidler that looks very similar for the local run wot you brung race next year. 80cc limit. I was meant to be going over (he lives in Germany) this year to laugh at it and get roped into making it a track weapon
Sounds like fun! I know they do similar stuff over here, I remember reading about a Cub (Honda c90's) challenge endurance race at Anglesey a while back, looks hilarious.
When the world ends it'll just be Cubs and cockroaches left. I took this in Vietnam. They'd already unloaded the cement bags. Seriously.
@ChasChas, your thread is titled "First Bikes" but then you said "teenage bikes" in your post. The two are VERY different for me! My brothers had mini-bikes when I was a teen but back then I was more interested in riding my horse. That said, this is the bike I had as a teen. (Please don't do the math on the difference in years.) Teenage Bike 1975 Schwinn Continental And this was my first motorbike. First Bike 2010 H-D Street Bob
The first step stone to freedom was a 103 Peugeot my older cousin gave me for my 14th. picture taken from the web, but was exactly the same, color, etc.
First 'bike' was a red Raleigh runabout which was difficult to say after a couple of cans of DD as a spotty 15 year old in 1975
Sorry I got no photo's I had a Bantam my Dad gave me. I was to sort it and it was mine. I worked at it for days and got so angry I took a hammer to it. Dad I don't know if he ever forgave me but he did tell me all it needed was a condenser. Mind you I was pretty young at the time. But I still regret what I did. Those old cb's and cd Honda's were great bikes just ran forever. Joe.
My first street rides were a puch MkII and a Honda twinstar 200. not my pictures but a good rep of what i had to start , my dirt bikes we Kx 80's and a few mutts that were self built and destroyed
