What made you want a motorbike ?

[kaivalagi]

Like a lot here I am sure, the old man had bikes which got me interested, he had bikes ranging from a Grieves 250 before I was born (rocker days) to a Pan Euro then a 600 Ninja, which got me interested proper, especially when going out as a pillion on the thing. However I got overly sensible in my late teens and 20's and tried to ignore them for a bit...when I hit middle age (mini crisis?) I did what I thought would get me killed at a younger age and got my bike license and an SV...now I have a hooligan supermoto bike so I think I was right to hold off

[Sid Squid]

Originally Posted by Lozzo

I never wanted a bike, still don't either. Hate the bloody things.

Mary Mary quite contrary .

I blame Richard Gorka who lived over the road from us when I was a kid. He had a red Suzuki T20 Super-Six when we first moved there, which he chopped in for a brand new yellow Norton Commando 750 Fastback in early 1970. I was 8 years old and he's 10 years older than me - I used to go over the road to help him wash and polish it, in return he took me for short blasts up and down the road and then round the village in the days before compulsory helmet use.

Three weeks ago me and Richard met up at a bike show and we got chatting again about us then, now and the bikes we've had. We're the last from our own two groups of friends who still ride daily. He feels really proud of the fact that he got a youngster into bikes and that the snot-nosed little kid from over the road is now so involved with them every day.

[SIII]

Rode motoX bikes as a lad, pinched my sisters C90 at 15, fell off on patch of diesel!
At 28, pillion on a Yamaha 1000, scared the sh*te outta me and stayed away for another 11 years.
Neighbour got a ZZR600 and I had a wee sit on it, started it up and gave it a wee rev, just wanted to ride away!!!
Did CBT 4 weeks later and never looked back.

I got one because I used to love the sound of them when I was a kid.

Mainly cost for me - bought a 125 as a cheaper mode of transport than a car to get to college. Caught the bug and here I am

I was approaching 30 years of age.

A colleague - a biker - dared me. I'd ridden, one summer, 20 years ago but Paul (the colleague) wasn't impressed and goaded me back on a bike.

... Fast forward two years and I still manage to grin daily on my commute.

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[BanannaMan]

I was born with it.
That's what me mum would always say.
Didn't know anyone with a bike but wanted one since I was a wee toddler.
Put trading cards in the spokes of my first bicycle to sound like a motor.
From there to motorized and by age 13 I was riding a BSA Lightning 650 on the road. (albeit illegally)
I'll always remember taking my first motorcycle license riding test at 16.
The instructor said, "Wow, You ride like you've been riding for years!"
LOL, I had been.

Note: It was long ago, out in the countryside, when the roads were less traveled and being caught meant being followed home by the police who told your folks to keep you off the roads.

Watching gp's when i was young then my dad got his license when i was about 9 i think.
which i then went pillion alot plenty of bike events etc.. got on a 125 at 15 passed at 17 now 19 had the sv 2 n half years.....................