What was your first motorcycle?

[xs11jack]

my first of many was a beat up Triumph Daytona 500cc. Still have one but it is small due to knee problems.
Ole Jack

[Finster101]

First bike was a 74 Honda 360 followed shortly by a 73 Honda 750 Four, then a Honda V65 Magna, then a 1000 Harley Sportster, then a 93 Fatboy, currently on a 08 Roadglide.

[MT Gianni]

1965 Bridgestone 90. Found out later that Bridge = Kawa and Stone = Saki so new name for the company was Kawasaki.

[sigep1764]

1st 1996 Suzuki GS500E. Bought with 5k miles sold with 22k on the clock in 1.5 years.
2nd 2005 Honda Spirit 750. Bought with 3k miles sold with 25k in 4 years. Went from KS to MI to Vegas to STL with me.
3rd 2001 Suzuki SV650S. Bought with 3.2k miles sold with 23k in 3 years.
4th 2004 Honda CBR600RR. Bought with 4.6k miles stolen 8 weeks later.
5th 2007 Suzuki SV1000S. Bought with 13k sold with 24k in 1.5 years.
6th 2007 Yamaha FZ1. Bought with 12k sold with 14k in 6 months. Worst mpg ever at 28mpg.
7th 2017 Kawasaki Z900. First new vehicle, first vehicle loan. Stolen with 6k after 1 year.
8th 2011 Triumph Street Triple R. Bought with 8.3k. Current Ride.

Honda Spirit took a lot of abuse with nothing but oil changes. SV650S was rode to hell and back and only replaced the water pump impeller. Great bike. SV1000S pulled like a freight train and sounded like two apes going at it. Loved that bike, still look for a low mileage one every month or so. FZ1 was a proper liter bike with an almost untenable level of power for a 170lb man. Terrible gas mileage, sold it because I commute 9 months of the year on a bike. Z900 was hands down the most well rounded bike. Easy pull slipper clutch, great mpg, and wheelied like nobodys business. Street Triple is proving to be fun, torquey and miserly.

[jsizemore]

Harley-Davidson 250 enduro.

[salpal48]

750 Norton Commander

[Daver7]

Matchless G80
I think it was a 53

[trails4u]

Ducati M750. She still lives in the garage..... Stupid hips.

[Gar]

1948 BSA Battam when I was 15, 1946 Harley Knucklehead at 16, 1954 Harley Servi car at 16, 500 Jawa at 17, etc. etc.
The first new bike I bought was a 1969 Triumph Bonneville.
The last one I bought is a 2008 V star 1300 Touring and now at 70, I'm starting to look for a replacement as the V Star has 138,000 miles on it.

[aap2]

1965 Honda Sport 65cc. Lots of fun for a high school freshman living in Hawaii. Paid $80 for it.

[quilbilly]

BSA Lightning 650 back in the early 70's. That was a sweet ride except for the leak of the 50 weight oil (kept a flask handy on trips).

[Wild Bill 7]

Early 70's I had a 550 2 stroke Suzuki. The first day I had it I rode down the street to visit a friend when I was on my lunch break and on the way back to work I caught a red light on a slippery road and slid through the light. Had it for several years and sold it. Never rode again.

[wv109323]

The first "motorcycle" my dad bought for me was an Allstate or Mo-ped. It was a two cycle ,had 2 speeds on the handgrip and actually had pedals. The brake was like a bicycle. My dad bought to teach me mechanical skills.
I have never owned a motorcycle.

[KMac]

Honda SL70 was my first bike when I was 8 or so. Graduated to a Honda SL125 when I was 12. Got a Honda 200 cc 3 wheeler when I was 15 and rode the living heck out of it in the piney woods of East Texas till I was about 19. Sadly that was my last bike.

[Driver man]

A 1947 Norton 500 cc single ... it was a real "thumper" ... (yeah, I guess I'm dating myself aren't I?)

I bet you wish you still had that. I kept my Norton Mercury from 1969

[Smoke4320]

Bridgestone 100

[richhodg66]

A 1983 Kawasaki KZ1100 LTD. Beat up, but had all the Vetter fairing and bags. I've just about gotten out of riding the past few years, still have my KLR 650 which I'll probably keep til I die and my Triumph Bonneville. Didn't even get the Bonnie out once last year, I need to get her going now that the weather is nice.

[skeettx]

First was a motorcycle in a cardboard box that I assembled
Kawasaki G4TRD 100 TRAIL BOSS

[rcslotcar]

I was 13 yrs old in 1968. I got a 1962 Honda dream for doing yard work for a neighbor. I rode that bike every where!!

[15meter]

69 Harley 350 Sprint. Rode that one around inside a buddies frat house on U of M campus along time ago just to annoy one of his frat brothers. And it did, quite nicely.

Backwards bike, kick start and rear brake on the left, kickstand and shifter on the right.