What was your first motorcycle?

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yamaha ty175 trials bike :D
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Yamaha FS1E - license plate was JFJ 209N, collectable now apparently i would like another one :D
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Actually, I 'spose my first bike was my "monkey bike" that my dad got me when I was about 8 ! I then had a DT50 and KX80 both off road, but first road bike was the RX50 :D
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Mine was a Kawasaki KDX 175 i was about 8 or 9? this was closely followed by three Fantic motor trials bikes!! :wink:

My first road bike?

Passed my DAS and bought my GSX 6R K1 and still got it 2 yrs on :roll:
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GP100 for £275 – liked blowing holes in pistons and engine covers!

Could have started on a 250 but wasn’t enough time to pass my test before the rules changed.
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Garelli Tiger Cross... 8)

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Chris K5 wrote:Yamaha FS1E - license plate was JFJ 209N, collectable now apparently i would like another one :D
In good nick it would be worth around £3000 now
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First bike I went halves with a mate and paid £15 for a honda C50 No Tax, MOT and keepet it round his dads house where we would just turn up to see if the other one had taken it out or not. first bike I had legaly was a yamaha pasola.
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Minimoto/110 pitbike
50cc Peugeot xps first road bike.
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Yam DT 175 bout 1980

Paid £45 for it from a bloke in a hotel car park. Then a TS250 the an XL 125 cos they changed the rules, passed me test on that one.

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FS1E - purple ones were the best, mine was an N-reg too :mrgreen:
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Had a gilera runner 50 for two months, but first motorbike was a Derbi Senda SM125 supermoto...looked great but struggled to hit 60mph :? Stuck a spuddy on the back and used to go green laning which was interesting!
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Had a 1977 mk7 250 bultaco pursang first just before my 16th birthday,what a total animal that was.Remember having a school bus ban for two weeks and had to ride it 13 miles to school,have pictures of it somewhere will try and find them,then had my dt50 :D
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Princess

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1999 Cagiva Mito 125....

Looked stunning.

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