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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With?
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
first bike was a Suzuki GN400. from there I jumped up o a Kawasaki GPZ750 Turbo(super fun bike), then onto a Suzuki GSXR 750, Harley FLHTCU, was also building a custom bike...but divorce took care of that. last purchase is my RoadStar
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
I started out on my very own "doodle bug" we called it. Lawn mower motor power and all. I got my first ticket on it when I was 13 years old. For various things.
Next I moved up to a Honda S-50 I thought it was pretty cool. Then a Honda 250 Scrambler with red metal flak paint. Next was a Triumph 650 then a Kaw KZ900 then an XS11 Yamaha, to an 84 Venture Royal to the 04 Roadie.
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
I started with '60 BSA because dad said "you ain't getting no damn Harley." I guess at 16 I was pretty luck to get that even if I did have to buy it with my own money. Three years later I got me a Flathead Harley.
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
I started out on a '67 Honda 90 Dream at about 16. From there I built a '66 Honda 305 Street Hawk I bought in boxes. After that, I went through about a half a dozen Yamaha 650 vertical twins. The first was a '72, but I had a '75, '77, '78, '79 and a couple of '83s. I loved them things.

I then went to a 650 V-Star Custom, then the 1100 V-Star Custom, which I still have... and my glorious R*. I love this thing and it is my all-time favorite, head and shoulders above all the rest!
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
A junkyard mini bike, a Honda 90 (got my first speeding ticket on that thing), a Harley 250 Sprint (thing just wouldn't die), a Kawasaki 900 (110 on a gravel road), a Harley Sportster (good bike mechanic training), a Yamaha 650 V-Star and a 2003 R* (probably my last bike).

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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
First bike was a Honda 300 Scrambler with baffles......
then moved up to Triumph... later Harleys...... now... Roadstar.....
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
Well let's see from first to last:
Honda SL90,Yamaha AT-1,Bultaco 250, Ossa 250, Maico 400, (2)450s, 250, 490,Honda CX500 Turbo,CBR1000,Ducati 750, BSA 650,Yamaha DT-1,Honda 305 Scrambler,Bsa 650 again mistake to sell, Suzuki 1100 Katana,Suzuki T500,and 2000 Roadstar. I started riding at 16 and now at 55 love it as much as I did as a kid.
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
Here's my list.
3.5 hp minibike
Honda Z50 (still have it)
1977 Honda xr75
1971 Suzuki tc 120
1980 Yamaha Yz 80
1982 Yamaha yz 100
1982 Yamaha yz 125
1985 suzuki rm 250
1986 yamaha yz 250
1986 Kawasaki ninja 600r
2000 Yamaha Yz 250
2002 Honda VTX 1800 Retro
2003 Yamaha yz 250
2003 Yamaha yz 450F
2004 Yamaha yz 250F
Current rides:
2005 Yamaha yz 250
2006 Yamaha Roadstar
2008 HD Roadking Classic
and a garage full of old honda minibikes
awaiting restoration.
 
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2006 Roadstar Midnight Silverado
Barons BAK Ported Intake
V/H Longshots/ 2008 Road King Classic
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
M.Z. simson s50b
honda cb250n
yam XS500 (error!)
GPz550
*MZ125
*MZ150
*jawa 350 with sidecar
*another jawa 350 with sidecar but newer
*designates a very long skint period, and riding the stuff other folks don´t want is better than not riding
jawa/rotax 500 single
honda cb400 auto
BMW r65
honda VF1000
and now the lardmobile
 
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Re:What Bikes Did You Grow With? 9 Years, 4 Months ago  
Started on an 883 sportster,then 1500 vulcan and now ol betsy(Roadstar)
 
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