Going to watch the solo speedway bikes in the early '70's at Claremont with my uncle and cousin. Close to the action, covered in mud, dust, smell of racing fuel, noise and jumping the fence between races to grab the discarded goggles!
Screw you Claremont yuppies and your too noisy whinging.
They hung a sign up in our town "If you live it up, you won't live it down"-Tom Waits
My elder brothers KH250 that he had when I was ~1 year away from being old enough to get a license.
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Last edited by Jamathi; 15-04-2010 at 01:49 PM.
One of these-
my shitty $500 GPX! haha
Suzuki Hayabusa and then as my interest in bikes piqued, GSX R1000.
to ButtersOriginally Posted by Maxo
do people around you constantly wear their palm on their face?
Being taken out as a kid on my dad's Vincent Black Shadow
Which in case you dont know Vincents, is aboout as good as it gets.
Riding as a pillion on my dad's Royal Enfield 350cc
And then, watching this bike in the 1980's TV show,"Street Hawk"--
And finally--------
zx10 88
Can't leap a chasm in two short bounds..
I remember working for MOTTS BMW as an apprentice and pre delivery inspecting the first 5 K1's in WA , anywayOriginally Posted by Shadow78
BMW K1...
Need I say more...
For me it was the Suzuki Katana's of the early 80's i saw one and thought it was the hottest thing i would ever lay eyes on
In The PSB Garage http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/foru...vehicle&id=114
The build/tidy thread http://www.perthstreetbikes.com/foru...how-tos-56314/
Wow your family must have been minted. Absolutely amazing bike, made me remember how much I want one nowOriginally Posted byDoug68
Being taken out as a kid on my dad's Vincent Black Shadow
Which in case you dont know Vincents, is aboout as good as it gets.
to ButtersOriginally Posted by Maxo
do people around you constantly wear their palm on their face?
Sitting in the back seat of parents corona and this thing pulls up. Man that thing looked like it came from outta space.
Then a few years later a friend winked at his mate as i got the back of his GSXR 1100 and I had the scariest 3 mins pillion ride of my life.
So of course I had to go and get a real nutter of a bike after that didn't I ?
oh well....it was a start
90's Fireblades
Later in life, when becoming a motorcyclist was closer to being a reality, I fell in love with the 04 R1
The '04 R1 did it for me as well.
One of these got me into dirt bikes
And one of these got me into street bikes
"Last time I whined like a bitch cos I'd given blood that morning and was on my rags" Shai'tan Nov 2010
The '07 R1 would be the road bike that got me interested, but watching Moto GP was what really made me want to try it.
ISHYGDDT
My dad's Yamaha xj900 got me interested. My first real taste was on an xl175 that was handed down to me.
If you lend someone $20 and never see that person again, it was money well spent...
Being doubled on a friends RM80 got me started into dirt bikes. I moved through the ranks to end up on a YZ490 before being handed the keys to a mates CB650 Honda. I never went back to riding dirt bikes again after that. My first roadie was an RZ250 Yammie.
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To err is human.
To arr is pirate.
I've been into bikes since I was a teenager but it was seeing a mate turn up to work on this that made me get my shit together and go get a licence...
Last edited by SteveM75; 06-03-2010 at 05:34 PM.
one of dads mates bought a brand new one of these (92 zxr750)
It was so freaking cool.
he(dad) subsequently got a zzr1100 after a 9 year motorcycle hiatus.
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