My first bike.... was a Honda

[VladTepes]

A Honda CD250u in fact.







I loved the wire wheels and Norton colour scheme  Was a cracker little bike..     It's the only vehicle of any kind I have bought new.
In any event that was back in oh about 1990 or thereabouts.

I had it for years until not long after I was in a long term relationship (just like a marriage) when she put her foot down and I was too young and stupid to say "get bent."
Would have saved me a good 15 years or so, but that's another story.

It survived (and obviously so did I) a couple of crashes in my custody.
I sold it on to my sister, who also crashed it. Fixed again.  She sold it to one of her ex boyfriends who in turn sold it to ANOTHER of her ex boyfriends - at a $500 profit !   

So I now know who owns MY bike and that it is STILL GOING !

By god I'd love to own that bike again - bring it home - just for memories sake...   

(I've no idea how much a CD250u is worth these days but Id have a stab at "not much")

[seth]

wow either thats a massive big bike or that car is tiny

[Mick_J]

My first bike was a Honda as well, a CB175.

[Blubber]

@ vlad... let's test your memory:  who put up a pic of Jason 

[2Seventy5]

And so began a 27-year long passion for anything with two wheels! 

[gsxbarmy]

My first bike was a Honda as well, a CB175.

That was my third bike

First was a Raleigh Runabout
Second was a Honda 50 Cub

[VladTepes]

bumping this for fun BUT can anyone tell me if the photos still work? I may have to fix that.

[black14]

No!

[T 24]

My first bike was.... Suzuki T 500 -73.

[KiwiCol]

You started big T24, mine was a T250 (Hustler)    Yours was a 500 Titan, yes?

[T 24]

Yes, it was 500 titan 1973, green/white, with HUGE torque (it was at that time).

[Andre]

bumping this for fun BUT can anyone tell me if the photos still work? I may have to fix that.

@VladTepes

No and (probably) yes. It is not a problem with the forum software but one with photobucket. There are extensions available for your browser to remedy that.

If you install one of these extension you will have a security problem on your hands. I just see that there are only two extensions left. The one from Jesse Evers can read and change all the data on the sites you visit. The kzahelg photobucket embed fix extension is the better choice as it can "only" read and change data on photobucket.com sites and wp.com sites.

[grog]

first registered on road bike, we had a shed full of old english stuff, some worth a fortune now. first on road was a vh 1951 ariel red hunter 500. rode it for 2 yrs. fell off first day, great story, my first visit to fuel station, riding out, must rember to turn fuel tap on, grabbed plug lead, lots of spark, no more concentration, down i went. a big jarr to the new highway star. next was 250 hustler, then 550, then 4 of 750gt. lots more after them. only owned one bike i hated, 1973 norton 850 commando. 10 hrs work equalled a 1 hr ride. terrible bike. still have the workshop manual with my notes in it. totally un fixable. yes, i am and was a mechanic then.

[Timothy Spencer]

First 3 were all Suzuki - good enough for Barry Sheene then good enough for me was part of the process then!

After that Kawasaki, then more Suzuki, Yamaha and back to Suzuki.

Had 2 Suzukis at the same time until 2 and a half years ago when I got my first Honda.

Took 38 years of biking for Honda to have the right bike at the right time for me - just how it worked out, never had anything against Honda

[Andre]

My 1st was a 50 cubic which I threw together from 2 donors. Rode well and was totally illegal. Cops got me when I rode one of the donors @ 15 without a license. The judge asked me if I would do this again (riding without license) and I said no with a smirk on my face. Got Zero fine for that lawless activity  Was the truth as I had turned 16 and received my license on my birthday