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Post by veg on Oct 28, 2020 15:32:45 GMT 1
Be interested following on from petes poll, what did you start on and when?
Mine was 2 Fizzies bought for a £5 yes really that i built into 1, in 1985.
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Post by 29davyt on Oct 28, 2020 15:39:31 GMT 1
Fizzy for me, back in 79, cost £28 which was equivalent to a weeks wages ( I was an apprentice Fitter/Turner), used to go like stink ( well 😂) and then nip up ...noisy as with its pee wee power pipe ( not sure what make but bloody loud )
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Post by huggy76 on Oct 28, 2020 16:20:18 GMT 1
I had a ZR50-X1. I did 10k miles on it in 1 year, still the most miles I’ve done on a bike in any one year. Was built like a tank and the only thing that broke was the kickstart shaft snapped off on the first day on the road. I didn’t repair it till I wanted to sell it a year later for a Honda NS125f
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Oct 28, 2020 16:27:08 GMT 1
First thing I rode on the road was an mt5
Was actually owned by a mate who bought it with a seized engine
He let me run about on it as I'd helped him swap the motor for an mtx 50 engine (had to swap the crank cases as it came from a guy we knew who had done an insurance job on it)
And no it wasn't any faster lol
First actual bike I owned that I had on the road was a DT80mx
Steve
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Post by dusty350 on Oct 28, 2020 16:35:49 GMT 1
Dt50M when I was 16. Did an office cleaning job - 10 hours a week after school, to save up for it !  |
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Post by alankelly on Oct 28, 2020 16:36:29 GMT 1
First thing on the road for me was a Tomas moped out of my late mums Kay’s catalogue
(Just remembered the reg B27 GUY)
£199 for the bike road tax insurance and a open face helmet as on £33 a week it’s all I could afford (as hp was £2 a week over 50 weeks) then bought a CB100N for my first real bike ☹️☹️ when I turned 17 and was still on 33 a week🙄🙄
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Post by legin on Oct 28, 2020 16:38:38 GMT 1
Raleigh runabout (Mobylette in drag) so now you know I was a poor student. Moved onto a Puch M50 sport ( the best when it ran) then SS50 4 speed then RD50 with pipe etc, managed 50mph. The Honda just worked but so slow.
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Post by 2pumps on Oct 28, 2020 16:41:16 GMT 1
Red ( they were faster ) MB5 Blew it up more than i would like to remember, the 60cc kit went well, came out of the pub and found it laying on it's side with an old guy in a Austin Princess parked on top of it !
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Post by copper99 on Oct 28, 2020 16:54:05 GMT 1
Honda MTX50...snapped the frame on it thinking I was Dave Thorpe....
A mate welded it up ( a 16 year old apprentice fabricator ..looked terrible!) , painted the weld over with some Humbrol model paint kicking around from an Airfix kit and PXd it on a AR80....which felt like a missle after the MTX...
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Post by ypvsimon on Oct 28, 2020 17:31:49 GMT 1
Had a red Puch M50 when I was 16 as my first bike, was soo jealous of my mates with fizzies!
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Post by markrd250lc on Oct 28, 2020 17:39:59 GMT 1
Honda Melody Mini in yellow  But got a FS1 DX ( restricted) VLO40X after about a month and quickly unrestricted it thanks to parts from 4th cross grave yard in Twickenham Mark |
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Post by cb250g5 on Oct 28, 2020 18:07:11 GMT 1
Yamaha V50 I was 14. Got away with it for 2 years. Different times. I'd have a fit with my own kids if I caught them riding underage and uninsured...
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Post by reedpete on Oct 28, 2020 18:40:14 GMT 1
These people who create polls and don’t give all options....🙁 😂
I didn’t start on a ped, got a unmentionable 200cc when I was 17, and an Aircooled RD350 the moment I passed my test. The rest is history as they say ...
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Post by tipfinchy on Oct 28, 2020 19:15:54 GMT 1
AP50 was my first road bike at 16 which was needed to get to my first job in the next town i already had a 250 Beamish Suzuki form the age of 14 which occasionally went on the road when the parents was out  but that was replaced with a Ossa 350 gripper once a few quid was earned at said first job mart |
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Post by arrdy350 on Oct 28, 2020 19:16:18 GMT 1
My dad brought me a TZR 125 for my 17 birthday. Which I still have 😃
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Post by 4l04ever on Oct 28, 2020 19:18:38 GMT 1
Had a BSA Beaver....
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Post by markylc on Oct 28, 2020 19:44:43 GMT 1
AR80 re registered as a 49 cc. Fitted with 93cc kit.
Loved that bike.
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Post by markylc on Oct 28, 2020 19:47:31 GMT 1
Never ridden a BSA beaver 🤔 |
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Post by steve63 on Oct 28, 2020 19:48:11 GMT 1
Yellow FS1E DX RAF544R. Cost me £220 in 1979. I had saved up enough to buy it after 4 months of being an apprentice sheet metal worker but borrowed the money off the old man so I could get it quicker. The bike did a touch over 40. Never really liked it and can't understand anyone wanting a Fizzy now but my next bike the RD200 was a different story altogether. Still have one now.
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Post by perazzi350 on Oct 28, 2020 20:15:25 GMT 1
Blue Fizzy UTW69R Auto Lube, bought a RD200 took 4 months doing it up Seized it first day 17th birthday coming home from Brands mmmm I see a pattern here !!
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Post by steve h on Oct 28, 2020 20:35:15 GMT 1
An M reg fizz for me (Norman nippy wasn't officially an on road bike, but used up and down our un adopted road)
Then traded for a 250 C windy when 17.. complete with "square death" Avon Speedmaster rear tyre. Surprisingly still able to scrape the pegs... and stay out of A&E. Fizz was £120
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Post by marrcel on Oct 28, 2020 20:41:02 GMT 1
After the moped Kreidler 50cc my first bike was a black and red rd500.
I got my first speed wobble within 24h 😤
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Post by alankelly on Oct 28, 2020 20:54:08 GMT 1
Never ridden a BSA beaver 🤔 Did the beaver have a BSA too😁😁😁 (bloody sore ar5e) 😁😁😁 Sorry I will get my coat |
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Post by firmstools on Oct 28, 2020 21:01:17 GMT 1
Honda H100A, sorry, but at least it was a 2 stroke.
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Post by stusco on Oct 28, 2020 21:12:12 GMT 1
My first bike was a KH125ex in 1985 it was £625 new got my dad to sign for finance as i only got £39 a week
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Post by flames on Oct 28, 2020 21:40:18 GMT 1
My mate had one of them. Fantastic little bike. |
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Post by flames on Oct 28, 2020 21:46:34 GMT 1
My first bike was an mz Simpson. Did 45 downhill . Throttle stuck where you put it so was like cruise control. Kickstart was on left hand side and on the same shaft as the gear lever. The shaft sheared after about 7 or 8 months so I couldnt kick start it and couldn't bump start it because I couldn't get it out of neutral.
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Post by stu73 on Oct 28, 2020 22:18:42 GMT 1
Mb5 also black one ,went to work on it in all weathers, at the time had a Yz125 that I raced at the weekends, so the Mb5 was a bit tame 😐
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Post by donkeychomp on Oct 28, 2020 22:24:48 GMT 1
Red SS50 with a C70 head and barrel. £180 I think, quite a chunk of money aged 16 but I had been saving for ages. Quicker than most, only my mate's tuned fizzy kept up with it but the Honda handled like an elephant on crack. Learnt a lot from that little bike.
Alex
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Thrash Merchant
the older i get the faster i was.
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Post by fabiostar on Oct 28, 2020 22:30:37 GMT 1
My first was a DT50m with a gutted exhaust in 1981. it done 45mph and i thought it was a weapon.
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but that was replaced with a Ossa 350 gripper once a few quid was earned at said first job
