Where did it all begin?

[BOHEMION]

Hey fellas was wondering where biking took off for all you nutters?

For me it was right into the dirt - I dont have any piccics of my 80's but i have finally gotten around to get pics of my 125 Enduro bike scanned up. Some awesome fun had on this lil trekker. I have some other pics somewhere where ive converted it all to KX plastics and had it set up for a flat track day.
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/829806105170887.JPG
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/829806105168268.JPG
Chain is loose i know just pressure cleaned the bugga! - Out the back there was all bush and goat track for my back yard, everday after School and all weekend id be back there - Now its all damn housing estate:(
http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/829806105177024.JPG


Show us any pics of your 1st ride![8D]

[03gixxerpilot]

it all started for me when i was 21 crached my VF1000, coulden't afford to pay to get it repaired so did it myself, i got some photos somewhere but would have to go through 1000's of them to find them. it wasent anything special but did full rebuild starting with bare chassis and working up from there, sadly however it was standard and not moded in any way.

[Tony Nitrous]

First bikes were all Step-thu's, Other folks unroadworthy
cast-off crap, or Mates Dirtbikes used to race around Parents
farm or local Parkland about 30 years a go.
At 16 i got a Yam FS1E 50,
(Could only ride 50cc on L's at 16..
250 on L's at 17 back then in UK)
been messing about ever since.

[sharky]

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/1038759758139765.jpg
First bike was a Honda CB100 with a 125 engine...and no charging system. Could go for miles with no lights...Indicators had an interesting on/off effect on the engine.
Pic above is first 'big bike' XS650 with a 840 big bore, bought the week after I passed test (the old figure of 8 around the block...remember that one Tony ?

[Large]

I started with a half share in an XR75 which we modified by turning the handlebars upside down for the gp look. Also cut the exhaust off for massive blue flames at night.

First road bike was this GT250X7 I was a bit lighter back then so it went ok:D

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/103875977840387.JPG

[Gix11]

I thought it was 125cc not 250cc Tony? Either way, it was this factor that delayed my bike riding career. I did fuck about on the old plastic pig c50 step thru and the Fizzys but handed them back after, usually covered in gravel or beer. I wasn't gonna ride around on no 125cc chook chaser. At 20 years old a mate took me for a ride into town on his then brand new release ZZR600. He went pretty well until he saw the lights change about 100 metres in front of him, he dropped it 2 gears and caned it. I discovered the power band. I had my license within a month after that. My first bike was a shitty GPZ 500 which I had for a week and then my seciond bike was, guessed yet?, a ZZR600 in black. I have some shots somewhere. As with most things in my life, the photos have been lost in history somewhere on my forever changing life and location.

[sharky]

Thats just Tony showin his age mate;):D Used to be 250 'til powers that be realised to many 'hoons' were racing around on RD250's

[Gix11]

Aha, that explains it then.

[dazz]

First was the mighty Yamaha MX80 1977 model
then XL125 1978 model
Maico 250 2 stroke 81 model fitted with road tyres and a Datsun 120Y Muffler!!(age 10 years when had that! [:0][:0][:0])
83 KX80
YZ125J
84 RM80
86 KX125
79 YZ 250 (came off this going straight ahead on flat ground[xx(])
Z1000 76 (i think)original condition
RG250 ported,polished ex race bike with rego:D(Licence time)
90 GSX750F (won burnout comp at Eastern Creek,fitted with GSXR head,carbs and full system,108000km of torture)
02 ZZR1200 which I had for 14 weeks (shitbox)
85 GSXR750 (first attempt at a fighter)
02 GSXR1000 good bike with 160hp/w on the dyno
03 DRZ125
03 DRZ400 49rwhp and 106Kg
Warrior 350 Quad
01 KX250
Banshee Quad with over 70rwhp 170km/h on the speed gun,soft sand at stockton beach:D
96 XJR1200
03 WR450
90 GSXR750
Current stock:
05 Bandit (beginning of project)
2006 WR250 2 stroke Husqvarna
1969 T125 twin cylinder 2 stroke Suzuki Stinger
JR50

[BOHEMION]

Is that oan old Crafty lid Sharky??

[Tony Nitrous]

quote:Originally posted by sharky

Thats just Tony showin his age mate;):D Used to be 250 'til powers that be realised to many 'hoons' were racing around on RD250's




Spot on ;)
GT250 "Super-six's", KH250 :D
Always managed to keep away from the 4 strokes except for
a CB250 and an XS250 (worst pile of shite ever)

Yeah Si, I still hadn't bothered about a licence when they
changed the learner Law to 125cc, hence the pics you saw of
my Licence gaining 125.

Before I ever heard the term Streetfighter, it was the
"Readers Specials" in the back cover of Performance Bikes mag.

Sod the embarrassment...... 1979/80'ish'
http://img155.imageshack.us/img155/3032/fs1eyc4.jpg

[Tony Nitrous]

Not 100% sure how many i've had since, apart from Wife and
last 3 girlfriends all owning bikes, and having ridden 100's
of demo bikes or mates bike, i know amongst others I owned...

MOTORBECANE 50
CASAL 50
MOTORBECANE 50
COSSACK 175 twin
SUZUKI 250 SUPER SIX
YAMAHA FS1E 50
YAMAHA RD 125 LC
SUZUKI GT 250
KAWASAKI KH 250
HONDA CR 125 ELSNORE
SUZUKI DR 125 S
YAMAHA XS 250 SE
SUZUKI TS 125 X
SUZUKI GSX 750 ESD
HONDA C.J. 250
KAWASAKI KDX 250
HONDA CB 200
YAMAHA DT 175
YAMAHA TY 80
SUZUKI CS 50 ROADIE
HONDA H100
HARLEY 883 SPORTSTER
HONDA CB 750 F1
KAWASAKI KZ 1000 LTD
SUZUKI 1100 SD KATANA
HONDA 400/4
KAWASAKI Z 250
KAWASAKI Z 250
SUZUKI BANDIT Nitrous 1200
SUZUKI GSX 400 F
KAWASAKI ZR750 ZEPHYR
KAWASAKI ZZR 1100 C3
HONDA R.S. 250
SUZUKI GSX-R 1100 G
2004 GSX1300R Hayabusa
2002 GSX1300R Hayabusa
...but im sure there were others...

[sharky]

Boh, Nah mate It was a Bieffe lid, sort of like the old Alien.

[Iceman]

My limited history is;

81 Z250
91 GS500E
97 RF900R

and I still have all of them!

[DaveK5]

Used to race flat track when I was younger,the list sorta goes

Dirt...

MR50 Elsinore
KX60/80 (80 motor in a 60 frame)
RM80
XL125/185 Scrubba
PE175
XR350
XL350 Vintage class bike
TT500
XL/R600(Still got it)

Road...

XS750
GSX1100
XJ900
DT100 Bucket racer(still got im)
and
GSX1400

Think I missed a few....and my brother had others I used to borrow and not give back.

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/4663381842800.jpg

[alfiestorm]

This is me with my Suzuki gp100 fire breathing machine i had in the eighties this is what made my mind up to be scary biker:D

I had the barrel bored out to accept the gp125 piston then I filed the ports out whacked a micron pipe on fucked about with the jetting and melted a couple of pistons along the way and hey presto just under 90mph.

Oh yeah i'm a bit fatter and less hair now but still
a dashing chap:D


http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/46633873103919.jpg

[alfiestorm]

And working in my garage on my GS550E. Eighties again and the other guy was my best mate ginge but he is now terrorising the tarmac in the sky[8D],Had an argument with a ford cortina and lost[xx(].

Got rid of the GS550E and this is how it went.

RD200DX
GSX250
GS750
SP370
TS250
GS1000E
And now a GSXR1216

http://www.streetfighters.com.au/forum/upload/46633873163689.jpg

[sheepy]

I remember going back to a mates place back in grade 6 after school to ride his yellow 50 (Honda I think), and crashing the fuck out of it after only being on it for a few minutes. Had a few trail bikes (PE175 an CR125 & 250) before getting into road bikes.Funny story, My old man hated bikes. I turned up at home when I was 13 with my first bike (PE 175) knowing the old man hated bikes. He didnt see it hidden away in the shed for 2 days but when he saw it i got the lecture of a life time. I got home early from school one day and here he is riding it round the back yard. sneeky fuck.
best bike at the moment is the sv1000 i ride into bris (with no fucking bridges) vages each day.