Your First Love? [Archive]

Porkchop

06-30-2010, 11:45 AM

So, at one point or another, one motorcycle has to peak interest, and make you the motorcycle fan that you are today. Whether it was a motorcycle your dad had when you were a kid, or a bike your friend had in highschool that you wished you had, or just something you saw in a magazine.... what was your first motorcycle love???? Pictures are welcomed!

Mine had to be a 2003/04 CBR600RR that I saw when I was back in HS. It definitely got me interested in sport bikes, and eventually racing.
http://cdn3.ioffer.com/img/item/916/763/81/o_8OvawJnS6XB9s2C.jpg

defector

06-30-2010, 11:51 AM

1979(?) Honda CR250 Elsinore.
My brother had one when I was a kid. My dad had plenty of street bikes, but none had the cool factor of the 'smoker to me.

Dave

06-30-2010, 12:34 PM

Id wanted a hurricane 600 for years before I rode. Pure luck I found one for cheap when I first started looking. Still wish I hadn't sold it, but the hawk should be as much fun or more when its done

z06boy

06-30-2010, 12:48 PM

The Hurricane 600 was probably my first but since my best friend said he would only buy that bike and we both wanted a bike but didn't want the same thing I went for this.

Kind of ugly to look at now but at the time...late 80's...I fell in love with...The Ninja 600R !! :rofl:

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3153/2565222326_5427d01db2.jpg

I later owned a CBR 600 F2 and an F3.

karl_1052

06-30-2010, 01:03 PM

Two bikes did it for me, back in the day.

http://www.strappe.com/RZ500.jpg

and

http://www.yamaha-motor.com/sport/epic_mcy/500/82_secaTurbo_600.jpg

derf

06-30-2010, 01:41 PM

I was totally a katana fan back in the mid 90s, dude up the street from me had one and I thought it was the shiznit. Then I started riding and finally rode one, found out it was crap compared to the sport bikes of the time.

LeeNetworX

06-30-2010, 02:05 PM

Always been around motorized bikes of some sort but when I was younger this one had me hooked. Also, a friend of my brothers had an '85 or '86 Ninja that I loved.

http://probertdesigns.com/Folder_DESIGN/ART/StreetHawk/Hawk-rider1.jpg

Dave

06-30-2010, 02:32 PM

Ill add that I always loved the blue purple pink and blue neon green schemes on the f2s and 3s

Trip

06-30-2010, 02:39 PM

I really wanted an F4i when I first started riding when I was looking for my first bike, but never really lusted after a bike til the white 600rr came out in 07.

Dave

06-30-2010, 02:41 PM

I really wanted an F4i when I first started riding when I was looking for my first bike, but never really lusted after a bike til the white 600rr came out in 07.

Tl is obsessed with the f4i and swears she'll own one someday ;)

Trip

06-30-2010, 02:45 PM

Tl is obsessed with the f4i and swears she'll own one someday ;)

I really wanted this scheme.

http://www.tapeworks.com/HONDA%20Images/2005CBR600F4iCandyRedStock.JPG

Particle Man

06-30-2010, 02:48 PM

95 GSX-r 750

then later I got into being able to see the power plant and switched to drooling over nekkid bikes.

When the SV came out in '99 I darned near crapped myself :lol:

LeeNetworX

06-30-2010, 03:01 PM

I really wanted this scheme.

http://www.tapeworks.com/HONDA%20Images/2005CBR600F4iCandyRedStock.JPG

I always thought it was odd that Honda took the F4i back to the F4 style tail after the 600RR came out. This style looks just like my '00 I had.

pauldun170

06-30-2010, 03:02 PM

I'm trying to figure out which one was love

89 FZR-600
92 CBR900RR
94 Ducati 916

The common trait between the 3 was none where hefty gals and all had a nice pair up front.

Dave

06-30-2010, 03:02 PM

I really wanted this scheme.

http://www.tapeworks.com/HONDA%20Images/2005CBR600F4iCandyRedStock.JPG

Always liked the black with yellow or red wings myself

Dave

06-30-2010, 03:04 PM

95 GSX-r 750

then later I got into being able to see the power plant and switched to drooling over nekkid bikes.

When the SV came out in '99 I darned near crapped myself :lol:

One of the sergeants that was trying to get me to start riding when I was active had one just like that with a loud balls d&d pipe

wildchild

06-30-2010, 05:21 PM

First was this 350 Honda my old man got!!! 1971ish I got a ride on the back of that thing and that was it. you could ride bikes on the road!!!! at the ripe old age of 5 I was hooked forever. broke my leg and still got rides even with the cast on and sticking almost straight out as we rode along. rode all the way to grandmas house that way, 350 miles. (ok I took a couple brakes in the car but most of the way I was on the bike)

derf

06-30-2010, 07:14 PM

Cutty72

06-30-2010, 10:30 PM

The Suzuki Bandit got me from the get go. I liked the semi nude, and what I read about it was good for what I wanted.
They were gone by the time I was looking, so I went SV. Glad I did as I really like the V-twin.

http://www.totalmotorcycle.com/photos/2006models/2006models-Suzuki-BanditGSF650Sc.jpg

Porkchop

06-30-2010, 10:30 PM

Always liked the black with yellow or red wings myself

I always thought honda had some really nice color combinations. I always liked the black with yellow wing F4i. As far as 600RRs go, along with the white/black, these stick out in my mind....

http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/WF0I5479.jpg

http://www.600rr.net/gallery/files/3/3/4/5/5/2008_cbr600rr_right_side___new.jpg

Too bad I don't like the fit of them....

OTB

06-30-2010, 10:37 PM

First time I saw one I had a woody for a week...........

http://www.motorcyclespecs.co.za/Gallery%20%20A/Rickman%20Kawasaki%20900%2076.jpg

Avatard

06-30-2010, 10:41 PM

My first love [of the moto kind] was a Yamaha DT-60 mini enduro.

I was 11.

http://www.thecreeper.net/yamaha-60-mini-enduro.jpg
http://i717.photobucket.com/albums/ww177/mw300zx/mybikes/DSCN1606.jpg

HurricaneHeather

06-30-2010, 10:47 PM

I never had any interest in bikes until one day I came home for a visit and my mom says with a childish grin, "have you looked in the garage?"

Before that day I never knew, or cared, what a naked bike was. Didn't know anything about bikes, but all I knew was that my mid 50s dad just bought a red sportbike. :lol:

And I knew I had to have one.

It was an 04 Kawi Z1000

I only got to ride it one night and that was at the drag strip when it was slammed and stretched. :lol:

I still wish I would've had the money to buy it from him when he sold it. :(

Porkchop

06-30-2010, 10:51 PM

First time I saw one I had a woody for a week...........

http://www.cybermotorcycle.com/gallery/rickman/images/Rickman_Honda_CR750_1975_orange.jpg

:x:

I never had any interest in bikes until one day I came home for a visit and my mom says with a childish grin, "have you looked in the garage?"

Before that day I never knew, or cared, what a naked bike was. Didn't know anything about bikes, but all I knew was that my mid 50s dad just bought a red sportbike. :lol:

And I knew I had to have one.

It was an 04 Kawi Z1000

I only got to ride it one night and that was at the drag strip when it was slammed and stretched. :lol:

I still wish I would've had the money to buy it from him when he sold it. :(

God I love the Z's. Any generation.....

101lifts2

06-30-2010, 10:54 PM

99 ZX7r

TYEster

06-30-2010, 11:09 PM

This guy and the "mythical" legend that came with him...

Riceaholic

07-01-2010, 03:29 AM

99 ZX7r

Still the sexiest bike ever.

I was around bikes with my old man my whole life, but I truly fell in love with them when he brought home his '87 V-Max. That was the day I turned to the darkside and I knew I was never coming back.

Riceaholic

07-01-2010, 03:34 AM

This may have taken it to another level though...

nhgunnut

07-01-2010, 03:51 AM

From my early years the one that first mad my have to have list H2 750 never mind that it had a flexi-frame and merely a suggestion of brakes.
After re-entering riding a a Ducati 999
Having purchased and ridden both they never lived up to my fantasy but god in the saddle of either you know you were ALIVE

Dnyce

07-01-2010, 04:59 AM

small tire turbo kz dragbike. i was 6 or 7

wildchild

07-01-2010, 08:41 AM

I own a cb350

nice. I had one a while ago, just had to have it for a little while.

My dad's wound up being his first attempt at chopping a bike. he bought it brand new. crashed it by sliding under a semi trailer when the driver pulled out in front of him. next thing we knew the body work was hanging in the shed with a fresh coat of Krylon. the forks got longer the "sissy bar" on the back got huge. he put on some wild ass pipes, it was interesting.

the chi

07-01-2010, 08:53 AM

2003 CBR 600 RR. I loved that bike from the moment I laid eyes on her.

HokieDNA01

07-01-2010, 12:38 PM

the chi

07-01-2010, 12:41 PM

Check out the old school boots!

Dave

07-01-2010, 01:38 PM

I didn't know what type of bike it was or even what a Lucky Strike was but I clipped every picture I could find of this race team's bike out and stuck it on my wall when I was 15. I'm sure my parents were thrilled.
http://www.gsx-r.eu/afbeeldingen/history/racing/gp500/Brazilian/1/Barros_Alexandre_94_07_GpMu.jpg

Suzuki rgv250. Grey market imported ones appear from time to time on www.raresportsbikesforsale.com you can still make that dream a reality ;)

Particle Man

07-01-2010, 01:45 PM

Suzuki rgv250. Grey market imported ones appear from time to time on www.raresportsbikesforsale.com you can still make that dream a reality ;)

:lol: yeah I remember seeing those wondering how such a kick-ass machine could have such a small pipe :lol:

goof2

07-01-2010, 02:42 PM

Suzuki rgv250. Grey market imported ones appear from time to time on www.raresportsbikesforsale.com you can still make that dream a reality ;)

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Edited to add: I first noticed bikes around 1985 when Honda was advertising the Interceptor and Suzuki was doing the same with the GSX-R, but at that point I just thought they looked cool. I took notice again around 90 or 91 when one of the bike mags put out an article with tuner bikes. If I remember there was a turbo Hurricane, a turbo ZX-11, and a few other bikes. Again if I remember correctly they were running around 190+ top speeds and it really caught my attention. All that stuff was nibbles though. Seeing, and more importantly hearing, a Ducati 851 with an exhaust on it really set the hook. That was almost 20 years ago and I can still recall the "What the fuck is that thing!" feeling.

Dave

07-01-2010, 02:48 PM

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Possible, I only see two pipes though due to lean

derf

07-01-2010, 03:34 PM

This may have taken it to another level though...

I would let you have your way with my mom for one of those. I seen one once, made me do a double take trying to figure out what it was

Trip

07-01-2010, 03:35 PM

I would let you have your way with my mom for one of those. I seen one once, made me do a double take trying to figure out what it was

I have seen two, owned by the same family. It's a couple and they were matching leathers. It's pretty gay.

OneSickPsycho

07-01-2010, 03:40 PM

I liked 'em all until I saw this:
http://vne-resource.iol.co.za/30/picdb/article0/3/8/18294

Trip

07-01-2010, 03:46 PM

I liked 'em all until I saw this:
http://vne-resource.iol.co.za/30/picdb/article0/3/8/18294

didn't that royally fuck you?

OneSickPsycho

07-01-2010, 03:50 PM

didn't that royally fuck you?

No, this did:
http://www.motorcycle-usa.com/photogallerys/large/XB12S_Long_07.jpg

My opinion of them hasn't changed... I still think it was most likely something I fucked up putting it back together than anything... However, it was everything I ever liked about motorcycles in one package.

Gas Man

07-01-2010, 07:46 PM

Honestly I was hooked from the sound go.

I was 8yrs old on my Uncle's 1984 honda shadow V 700
http://i99.photobucket.com/albums/l311/cjclark69/Family/timchrisbike.jpg

Taken at a KOA camp ground in Monroe, MI

I remembered holding on for dear life, the roaring sound of the motor, the vibration, the wind. Thinking WOW, we must be going a million miles an hour!!!

It wasn't till later after I was 18 that I was able to look at my own. Then much like the other people here... the F4i was my dream bike. But I got my used 97 EX500. Same uncle went and looked at it and test rode it for me. Then showed me how to ride it in a parking lot.

Porkchop

07-01-2010, 07:46 PM

You sure that isn't Alex Barros on the 500?

Edited to add: I first noticed bikes around 1985 when Honda was advertising the Interceptor and Suzuki was doing the same with the GSX-R, but at that point I just thought they looked cool. I took notice again around 90 or 91 when one of the bike mags put out an article with tuner bikes. If I remember there was a turbo Hurricane, a turbo ZX-11, and a few other bikes. Again if I remember correctly they were running around 190+ top speeds and it really caught my attention. All that stuff was nibbles though. Seeing, and more importantly hearing, a Ducati 851 with an exhaust on it really set the hook. That was almost 20 years ago and I can still recall the "What the fuck is that thing!" feeling.

Which interceptor? The 500, 700, or 1000?

derf

07-01-2010, 07:55 PM

I liked 'em all until I saw this:
http://vne-resource.iol.co.za/30/picdb/article0/3/8/18294

Did It Make You Go Bling And Not LikeBikes Any More?

dReWpY

07-01-2010, 08:11 PM

For me it was the card board cut out of the rc51 when I worked @ honda of troy and was currently racing quads in harescrambles and had never really seen a bike that looked so fast

Tsunami

07-01-2010, 08:15 PM

95 GSX-r 750

then later I got into being able to see the power plant and switched to drooling over nekkid bikes.

When the SV came out in '99 I darned near crapped myself :lol:

My experience is similar. I grew up watching chinese tv that had girls riding motorcycles and I knew as soon as I was able I would be riding. My cousin's boyfriend took me riding on the back of his GSXR1000 when I was 14 and since then I always loved the GSXR's, any size, I just loved the blue and white paint scheme.

Not exactly sure how it happened, but I started liking the naked bikes. First one I really drooled over was the BMW Dakar. I saw a Z1000 at the dealership and also drooled over that. After I got licensed, I saw a 2nd gen SVS and fell in love with it. The SV650S became my 2nd bike and the SV650 naked became my 4th. :lol:

goof2

07-01-2010, 08:48 PM

Which interceptor? The 500, 700, or 1000?

It was probably the 500 but it was 25 years ago and my memory isn't quite that good.

Smittie61984

07-01-2010, 09:22 PM

When I was 12 (around 1996) my neighbor got a CBR600 F2 that was like this one.
http://second-look.com/store/media/92cbr600_RedWht_seat.jpg
(best pick of it I could find)
I fell in love with street bikes while everyone at my school wanted dirtbikes or ATVs. I lost interest about highschool but regained interest around 21 or so.

Funny part is I may have looked at my bike when I was 12 while walking the Honda dealerships lusting after them.

Porkchop

07-01-2010, 10:20 PM

It was probably the 500 but it was 25 years ago and my memory isn't quite that good.

<<<< I love that bike!!!! :lol:

goof2

07-01-2010, 10:31 PM

<<<< I love that bike!!!! :lol:

Shit, I didn't even notice that.:lol: It is definately a classic.

njchopper87

07-01-2010, 11:03 PM

My next door neighbor's uncle has an old Harley that he modded and painted a nice green color (kind of like a very dark teal green that shined). Loved the sound, look and feel. He took me for a short ride down the block one day and I was sold. I'll try to get a pic or two.

DLIT

07-02-2010, 12:44 AM

The bikes I remember drooling over most when I was a little kid was Ninjas. But once I bought my '06 R6, it opened my eyes to a whole new world. The track. Been hooked since. Still love riding with buds on the streets, too.

karl_1052

07-02-2010, 07:05 AM

Possible, I only see two pipes though due to lean

The old RGV500s had the other two pipes coming out of the tail section(You can see the tips in that pic).

Dave

07-02-2010, 10:50 AM

The old RGV500s had the other two pipes coming out of the tail section(You can see the tips in that pic).

Works for me.

Dave

07-02-2010, 10:52 AM

OneSickPsycho

07-02-2010, 11:06 AM

Did It Make You Go Bling And Not LikeBikes Any More?

No, it just made me realize that someone out there was reading my mind.

Sixxxxer

07-04-2010, 12:35 PM

http://sportbike.org/specs/images/2004_r6_red.jpg

My friend bought one and brought it over my apartment...It hooked me

Dave

07-04-2010, 12:57 PM

chumma

Captain Morgan

07-04-2010, 01:42 PM

Was first introduced to bikes when I was a kid and my step-brothers got bikes. My dad tried to teach me how to ride, but my mom put a stop to that real quick. I got back into bikes when I was 21, but didn't buy one until I was 25. It was a 1981 Kawi that I bought in 99. Had too many problems with it and it wasn't that much fun riding. Gave it up when I left the AF soon thereafter.

A year later at the new place, I became friends with a guy that had a 98 Katana that was fun to ride. I decided I wanted a bike. Stupidly bought a 198x Honda CB750 that was more trouble than it was worth. Luckily, I was able to sell it for more than I paid for it after I gave it a quick rattlecan paint job. Bought my friend's 98 Katana. It was a fun bike and I enjoyed it on the track, but really fell in love with the '05 R6.

Bought one brand new, then sold it shortly after my daughter came along. Went 5 years without a bike after that and hated it. Got the Strom cause I love the upright riding position, mixed with the fact that it does a good job handling the curves, even when loaded down with top case and side cases. Gas Man can attest to the fact that bike can still corner when fully loaded, as he saw me run hot into a couple turns on the way down to the Rally, but the bike still held to the road. I hope to keep this bike for a LONG time.

Gas Man

07-04-2010, 07:17 PM

It did... I watch a face full of brakes and DIVE!

Sixxxxer

07-04-2010, 08:11 PM

chumma

Dennis.

Sixxxxer

07-04-2010, 08:12 PM

Lol....Hey Capt'n I believe I posted an 05 R6 ;)

Dave

07-04-2010, 08:15 PM

Dennis.

I forgot, he's had like twenty of them :lol:

Sixxxxer

07-04-2010, 08:17 PM

I had the 6R before Chummmma ever got the R6S...Dennis had his Red and Black R6 well before you ever had a bike IIRC?

Dave

07-04-2010, 08:28 PM

I had the 6R before Chummmma ever got the R6S...Dennis had his Red and Black R6 well before you ever had a bike IIRC?

True enough, you had started and stopped riding before I got the hurricane and I don't think I ever saw dennis's second gen r6. Probably still in iraq at the time

EpyonXero

07-07-2010, 04:46 PM

I really wanted an F4i when I first started riding when I was looking for my first bike, but never really lusted after a bike til the white 600rr came out in 07.

Same here, I wansnt into motorcycles when I was a kid but when I decided to get a bike the red and silver F4i was the bike I was drooling over.

http://images04.olx.com/ui/1/92/54/4908854_2.jpg