We all started somewhere!

[Mojo]

All of us at one time or another had our first motorcycle which led us to where we are today. Tell us the year, your age and bike model with a posted pic (optional) on our path to the Street Glide.

Me: 1967, fresh out of high school and walking. I paid $200 for a 1963 Yamaha YDSE 250cc WITH electric start! Little did I know at the time that I would be using the kick starter exclusively as the generator was shot! I kept that 4 months until I got my Draft Notice and shipped out for Basic and as a Combat Medic in Viet Nam.

 

[Keefer]

No pictures like harleymojoman but my first bike was a 350 Honda back in 1971. I was a freshman in college and I rode the hell out of that bike. I rode it all the way to Gatlinburg TN and back and had the first of many mountain rides... I still love riding the mountains when I can. Here is a link to a video from one we did last June.

http://vimeo.com/68014012

 

[JMeadows]

1964 my dad bought me a used 1963 Honda 55 trail, I was 13, I didn't get drivers license until I was 14.

This isn't my bike but this is what it looked like

 

[kws64]

Mine was a Honda 125 i don't remember the year, i was 14 and my dad helped me get a loan, the only pic i have of it is in black and white because my grandmother posed on it and i sent the original pic to be blown up and they kept the original it was red and white.

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[kws64]

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[kws64]

And now this sweet bike.

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[pikespeakmtnman]

I started riding a lot later than most of you it seems. I was 29 in 2007y and a bunch of guys I worked with had bikes so I decided to learn to ride....bought a new Honda Shadow and learned to ride on that but traded up very quickly to my VStar, which was my primary ride till I bought the SGS a month ago.

 

[IronAces]

Great topic! My first bike was a Yamaha RT100 and I was 9 years old but my first real bike was a 2000 Sportster 883 when I was 24. Unfortunately I don't have photos of either which really bums me out! lol

 

[kws64]

Does a mini-bike count? Lol,I started riding that at 8.

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[hulkss]

I started out on a Harley. A 1969 Sprint SS 350. Rode it 600 miles to Sturgis in one day several times.

 

[Mojo]

Hulkss-Don't you wish you had that puppy now?

 

[Mojo]

Congrats on the progression Colorado!

 

[Mojo]

It counts . . . . from tiny steps to giant leaps! Now look where we are at and how much we enjoy it!

 

[Mojo]

JMeadows- I remember this bike!!!!! I lived in Albuquerque and they rented for $20 a day.

 

[Mojo]

Keefer- I had TWO Honda 350's! A Red/Black one (below) and a Metallic Green/Black one (1974-76). They were actually quite fun to ride! I always like the center stand they came with. Nice vid you posted on Vimeo too!

 

[BillyBob]

I started out on a Harley. A 1969 Sprint SS 350. Rode it 600 miles to Sturgis in one day several times.

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Buddy of mine had one of these. Never started when it rained--good AMF bike

 

[Mojo]

Buddy of mine had one of these. Never started when it rained--good AMF bike

Sturgis on that? Wow . . . you definitely get the Iron Butt or Numb Butt award for that ! ! ! Actually, I have a friend that did Nashville to Sturgis and back on a Sportster last year.

 

[Mojo]

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Nothing wrong with B/W pics!

 

[BillyBob]

Here is a photo of me with my 1972 Yamaha 250 Enduro in 1972. My first bike was a 1969 Kawasaki 120cc