Show us pics of you on your first motorcycle

This thread is for photos of yourself on your first motorcycle.

I will start this thread with a pic of myself on the very first minibike I ever rode.

We were on a fishing trip in Eastern Washington staying at a family friends house when they let me ride this minibike.

I never did go fishing that day (my Sister and my Dad caught 22 fish) however I did do my first face plant when I tried to "jump" a big hole and Failed!

Here is the bike that started it all.

I could barely touch the ground back then too!

I was a bit older than you were. Here's me young and foolish about to pick up my first bike. And by pick up, I mean in more ways than one.

Me and my Triumph, ca. 1965

I wish I had a photo. It was a Rupp minibike, lawnmower engine, but had a gas tank in front of the seat just like a "real" motorcycle. I thought that was really cool. It was 1965 and I was 8 years old and was on top of the world!

Im the little guy

My wife gave me a birthday card this morning (51 years) that had a picture of me on the mini-bike I got for my 8th birthday. I sat a stared at that picture for quite a while, it really took me back.


I figured there were probably others out there, so let's see them.

Nice thread!

My first bike was a 1979 Suzuki RM125. I wish I had a picture. I was 13 and couldn't reach the ground with both feet! It was a blast!

It was 1976. Believe it or not it was a 125cc 2-stroke Harley!

My first bike is a Honda CB125 1978.. and I still have it till now.. :)



with a lot of style changing..

Here I am at 17 on my first "big bike"! I worked hard at a liquor store and as a security guy for over a year, and I was so proud to walk into the Kawasaki dealer and place all the cash in front of the salesman. I was the 2nd guy in my high school to have a bigger bike; most had 50cc's only.

My 1972 MotoSki "Moto Skeeter"
photo was taken circa 1981

Can't find a pic.

But my first ride was a 1972 Yamaha R5C...two-stroke twin, 350 cc's. The precursor or the RD400...they used to call it an "organ-donor's bike."

(Pic is representative)



I didn't know a thing about bikes at the time. I bought it for the price and the apparent condition...it was cosmetically good and very cheap, and it started right up. Unfortunately it had a pinging problem that I couldn't get rid of; that I made worse with a crude carbon-head job I did with a butterknife that scoured the aluminum heads.

A tendency for the throttle to stick wide-open, coupled to a lack of a kill switch (didn't become required until a few years later) and the cost of the Y-shaped throttle cable with sliders, determined the fate of the bike. I sold it to another n00bie for about what I paid for it, and bought a Yamaha SR 500.

And got a nice case of road-rash and broken calcium when I got run off the road by a cage, far from home. That was it, for 22 years...until two years ago.

Last year

Those are some sweet "first" bikes!

Let's see some more.

1966 Harley M-65 bought in anticipation of 16th birthday and a drivers license.

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I learned to ride on the Suzuki 125 that I am sitting on. My brother and I shared the Honda Trail 90 that he is sitting on. Great times.

Nice bike wouldn't it be nice to go back to those days

Guess I'm the youngin in this thread.

While not my first bike. This was the first bike I was proud of. 18 y/o and happy