Reply With QuoteHonda 125 cc
We have had cars so how about motorbikes ?
Mine was a 197cc Francis (Fanny) Barnett two stroke back in 1964, I had saved up the princely sum of £7-10s and one Saturday I toured the second hand bike shops in Leicester (we had a few) and while looking in one shop a bloke came out that I knew, he asked what I was up to and I told him I was looking for a bike, he said he had just sold his Fanny Barnett to the shop for £3, he said he would get it back, drop it off at my house for a total of £3.10s, deal done.
I had a few bikes over the years and the Fanny was the last to leave, just so reliable and easy to work on, I remember in the winter I could leave it propped up against the garage and in the morning it could be buried in snow, shake the snow off a couple of kicks (kick start) and away it would go.
Honda 125 cc
TS125X - C Reg
The one and only vehicle I bought new - pictured in the far ground - moved onto my younger brother when I bought the 250x(foreground)
I’ve owned dozens over the years and have recently returned to 2 (motorised) wheels after a 10 year hiatus
IMG_1815 by biglewie, on Flickr
Now
650 by biglewie, on Flickr
Mine was a 650 BSA GOLD FLASH about 1964/5. I passed my test on a mates bike then a few weeks later my Mum & Dad took me the 120 miles from Hereford to Pride & Clark in London. We did all the paperwork and then I rode the bike home.
1965 Vespa Sportique 150cc bought in 1966, I can even remember the reg HPL797C.
I purchased it from The Two Wheel Happening in Woking, kept it for a year or so then after being turfed into a ditch by a couple of greasers I saw the light and traded it in for an H reg CB 250cc Blue and White Honda from Comerfords in Thames Ditton.
Happy Days, not been without a 2 wheeler in the garage since.
https://www.wokingyamaha.co.uk/about-us/history/
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Blimey, Pride & Clark's in London, now that is a blast from the past !!!Originally Posted by jonah
TS50 (same as one posted by lewie but 50cc version)
Same^^^ Had a Honda CG125. 30mph downhill with a tailwind. First bike after I passed my test. GPZ500S. I absolutely loved it.
1996 Honda VFR750
Great bike and I wish I still had it
Here it is outside the berlin Olympic stadium
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I ran one of these for several years, had a Micron slip on can fitted, it sounded epic1996 Honda VFR750
Great bike and I wish I still had it
Here it is outside the berlin Olympic stadium
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Honda C50L in 1981 then on to a Honda H100S, still got a Honda in the garage 40 years later, a Hornet 600
The very rare (made for farmers) Honda CT125.
My first bike was a Honda SS 125 from the late 60's. Bought it about 1975. Only kept it for about a year and then got a Yamaha YL1 100cc two stroke twin. Faster acceleration and more exciting sound on full tap :-)
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BMW R1100s BoxerCup Replika. First bike after passing my bike test................
Still got it, but it is much-modified now.
First bike was a Yamaha TY50 but if you don’t count mopeds then it was a Suzuki GT185.
Not my bike but like this
And this
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1976 Honda CB200 for me back then. Nowadays disability means riding a cruiser type bike...... VT750 Shadow, still a Honda. Had choppers, Triton, Velocette Viper, Suzuki s, CB450 Cafe racer, Vespa, mandatory C50, etc,etc
This was my first ever ride on a motorcycle, my cousins CB250. Mid/late 70`s (i was pillion..!)
Ill-fitting helmet, flimsy jacket, trainers and me aunts gloves. Different times!
The first bike i owned was a TS100;
Only ever had 2 bikes.
First was a Suzuki GS850 Custom - I think that was the model.
Second was a Kawasaki GPZ750 in red. That thing was fast.
Keep thinking about getting a bike now - it’s only been about 25 years since I sold the Kawasaki.
My first bike was a 1964 Honda c110 50cc Sport bought for £25 back in 1971. It had a very nice reg no 1486KP as Kent did not adopt the new lettering system until 1965 when "C" came along.
I am currently on the lookout for another one!
Triumph Trials Cub 200cc. Followed soon after by a Honda 250k, c1974.
Started out with nothing. Still have most of it left.
[QUOTE=manganr;5881537]Same^^^ Had a Honda CG125. 30mph downhill with a tailwind. First bike after I passed my test. GPZ500S. I absolutely loved it.[/QUOTE ]
Quicker than my Raleigh Wisp then😂😂
https://www.google.com/url?q=https:/...Qrm9GC0NQ5r1kI
KTM Duke 125cc, had it for 5 months until I passed my test...
My one and only bike was a Suzuki GP100, on a V’ plate. I was the 2nd owner and paid £120 which was lent to me by my dad and paid back at £5 a week. I loved that bike as it gave me my first taste of freedom even though I did break the law once or twice giving my mates backies to and from the local pubs.
Wonderful days when life was so much more care free.
Also a Honda CG125, to get my test.
Immediately after I passed, a Suzuki GS850G.
My first bike was an ex police R45 which was sprayed gold, panniers the lot. Not as bad as it sounds as it was professionally done.
No pics I’m afraid.
Cheers,
Ben
..... for I have become the Jedi of flippers
" an extravagance is anything you buy that is of no earthly use to your wife "
First motorised transport...150 cc Vespa.
First motorcycle...BSA Bantam D14/4.
Puch MS50V , bought brand new in the 70’s for £70. Did 7000 miles in 12 months! Brilliant little bike and I still look on the bay at them. Built by Steyr Daimler Puch.
Seized it doing 42 mph down a steep hill, only ever did 35 after that so flogged on my 17th birthday for a Honda175 :)
Test passed in 1983 on this little Honda
First bike after passing, a lovely GS 850G
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Did the intensive licence and bought a new Triumph Street Triple, did about 700 miles over the next month before deciding that box was ticked - thus ended my brief mid-life crisis.
Yamaha 50cc 'fizzy' moped brand new in 1976 for the sum of £247.00 Long gone but missed.
MZ Ts 125 in the fetching pea green colour! I remember taking the carb apart as the 16 year old me thought he knew what he was doing. Turns out I didn't so it was hastily reassembled before my Dad found out, lol!
Gary
One of these - wish I still had it.
I’ve owned 3 ‘bikes’ and a fallen off all of them
First was a hideous Suzuki OR50 in black. A 50cc ‘chopper’ styled piece of awfulness. I scratched a wolfs head into the fuel tank because I was that kind of rebellious bad boy. Fell off it larking about at the local allotments in the mud.
Next was a Kawasaki AR80 I bought from a mate, part of the transaction involved a Commodore 64 4 colour printer/ plotter.
This I fell off when the chain slipped the ruined rear cog and jammed the back wheel. Once that was sorted it was a lovely bike until I totalled it by being blinded by an oncoming car and putting it in a ditch.
My final bike was a white Yamaha RD125LC with derestricted exhaust and air horns. I aquaplaned this one but it lived through that. Then some joker at collage put a hole in the oil tank for a giggle and the piston blew. It was never the same after that and it was sold for driving lessons and my first car.
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Much to my instructors dismay after passing my DAS I bought a Kawasaki ninja 636 c1h. Loved it. The underwear exhaust looked amazing.
I too had a 175 (mx) as I think they were calledOne of these - wish I still had it.
Bought it for peanuts some tw@t stole it
Passed the test on a Honda CG125, then went to test ride a Fireblade and binned it after 2 minutes so had to buy it 廊
Ridden a lot ( 30+bikes) never had an underwear exhaust :)
Honda CA125 (aka Rebel), back in 1996.
Haha! Excellent autocorrect!
Do you realise your RD125 and the Ar80 would realise £2.5 to £3.5k each today. Its even worse than selling a Kermit for £2k 10 years ago :):)
Sorry forget the 125 price I was 2.5k out
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/284537366...gAAOSwG4Nhmh23
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You only lose your virginity once....................
This was mine - 1978 ish.
Library photo but pretty accurate.
When you look long into an abyss, the abyss looks long into you.........
Lambretta 100 Cento in 1973 at the ripe old age of 13. A freebie from a neighbour, and something to ride around the fields. Next was an NSU Quickly which caught fire one day on starting it up. I threw a plastic anorak over it in an attempt to douse the flames, and the outcome was better than expected!
1974 Yamaha FSIE. Bought it for £100 in 1985
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My first bike was an RD125LC, I still have it buried under a pile of rubbish somewhere!
That is lovely! I'd be happy to ride that now!This was mine - 1978 ish.
Library photo but pretty accurate.
Not totally original? What was modified, and what did you get done in your ownership? That is an iconic bike for sure!This was mine - 1978 ish.
Library photo but pretty accurate.
Seat, bars, exhaust, wheels? Rear brake?
Can’t beat a speedblock Yamaha!
Mine was an Aprilia Pegaso Strada, grey.
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