Your first experience of biking - SV650.org

Craig380 · 08-05-19, 11:27 AM

Seeker's post (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=232781) reminded me of one of my first experiences of biking.

My dad had a Honda CB77 305 when I was very young. As well as regularly going on the pillion, a couple of times he went up & down our road with me sat in front of him holding the bars just inboard of the switches, with him operating the controls.

When I was 13, he let me ride his B120P up & down our close, too. How did you get started?

Biker Biggles · 08-05-19, 12:16 PM

Age about 12. Triumph Speed Twin 500. I could just get my feet down.

Talking Heads · 08-05-19, 04:52 PM

Friend of mine got a KH250, took me for a quick spin on it.
Result: hooked on bikes for life.

maviczap · 08-05-19, 04:54 PM

Apart from my dad having bikes, my first ride was as a pillion on my mates dad's C90, as he gave me a lift home if I had been playing round my mates. Must have been 8 or 9. Feet barely touched the pillion pegs. As for a crash helmet?

SV650rules · 08-05-19, 05:16 PM

BSA Bantam belonging to my older brother, luckily we lived in a crescent with no through traffic, no helmet though. Had been a pillion passenger on bigger bikes before that, but that was the first time in the hot seat...

Chris_SVS · 08-05-19, 05:43 PM

Uncle used to take us around the block outside his house, no speed or helmets involved. Turned 16, used mum as a guarantor and financed first bike. 2004 Yamaha TZR 50

Since owned

2001 Yamaha Thundercat
1980s CB650 Nighthawk
1990s GSX600F
2002 DRZ400
2004 Yamaha FZ6
2006 SV650S
2015 Yamaha MT09 Tracer

Seeker · 08-05-19, 06:00 PM

You bunch of criminals! I had strict parents so although I bought my Honda C95 twin at 15yrs 8 months I wasn't allowed to ride it on the road until I was 16. I could ride it at the airfield where the initial part of the RAC-ACU training scheme was held (another condition) and I always had to wear a helmet (yet another condition).

My law abiding went downhill after that with my first speeding ticket at 17 and my second at 18.

quinnj3 · 08-05-19, 06:04 PM

Mine was about age 5 or 6. My uncle took me a few hundred yards up and down a local road sitting in front of him. It was Suzuki race style bike of some sort with twin headlights in the late ‘80s.

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Sir Trev · 08-05-19, 06:32 PM

12 or 13. Some of the local kids had scrapyard-dodging mopeds (pit bikes I suppose) that we'd rag around the footpaths well away from the roads, until the Rozzers were called a few times. We'd then walk them well outside of the village out onto tracks around the fields. No lid, no gloves, no sense thinking about it now. Thankfully they all broke down and we had no money to fix them so it petered out after that until I hit 17 and did it all properly.

Luckypants · 09-05-19, 09:33 AM

A go around the car park on my mates Mobylette ped at age 14 did it for me. Various goes on various folks bikes fed the habit until I could afford a bike at 34. Direct Access and a VFR750FV did me to begin with

08-05-19, 11:27 AM	#1
Craig380 Member Mega Poster Join Date: May 2015 Posts: 1,238	Your first experience of biking Seeker's post (http://forums.sv650.org/showthread.php?t=232781) reminded me of one of my first experiences of biking. My dad had a Honda CB77 305 when I was very young. As well as regularly going on the pillion, a couple of times he went up & down our road with me sat in front of him holding the bars just inboard of the switches, with him operating the controls. When I was 13, he let me ride his B120P up & down our close, too. How did you get started?

08-05-19, 12:16 PM	#2
Biker Biggles Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Barnet Herts Posts: 5,068	Re: Your first experience of biking Age about 12. Triumph Speed Twin 500. I could just get my feet down. __________________ On a clear day we stand there and look further than the ordinary eye can see.

08-05-19, 04:52 PM	#3
Talking Heads Member Join Date: Jan 2017 Posts: 486	Re: Your first experience of biking Friend of mine got a KH250, took me for a quick spin on it. Result: hooked on bikes for life.

08-05-19, 04:54 PM	#4
maviczap Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 9,096	Re: Your first experience of biking Apart from my dad having bikes, my first ride was as a pillion on my mates dad's C90, as he gave me a lift home if I had been playing round my mates. Must have been 8 or 9. Feet barely touched the pillion pegs. As for a crash helmet? __________________ We're riding out tonight to case the promised land Make everyday count RIP Reeder - Jolly Green Giant and comedy genius

08-05-19, 05:16 PM	#5
SV650rules Member Mega Poster Join Date: Nov 2016 Location: Shropshire UK Posts: 1,363	Re: Your first experience of biking BSA Bantam belonging to my older brother, luckily we lived in a crescent with no through traffic, no helmet though. Had been a pillion passenger on bigger bikes before that, but that was the first time in the hot seat... __________________ 2016 SV650 AL7 Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear, not absence of fear - Mark Twain

08-05-19, 05:43 PM	#6
Chris_SVS Member Join Date: May 2017 Location: Northern Ireland Posts: 511	Re: Your first experience of biking Uncle used to take us around the block outside his house, no speed or helmets involved. Turned 16, used mum as a guarantor and financed first bike. 2004 Yamaha TZR 50 Since owned 2001 Yamaha Thundercat 1980s CB650 Nighthawk 1990s GSX600F 2002 DRZ400 2004 Yamaha FZ6 2006 SV650S 2015 Yamaha MT09 Tracer Last edited by Chris_SVS; 08-05-19 at 06:36 PM.

08-05-19, 06:00 PM	#7
Seeker Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2016 Location: NE Lincs Posts: 1,069	Re: Your first experience of biking You bunch of criminals! I had strict parents so although I bought my Honda C95 twin at 15yrs 8 months I wasn't allowed to ride it on the road until I was 16. I could ride it at the airfield where the initial part of the RAC-ACU training scheme was held (another condition) and I always had to wear a helmet (yet another condition). My law abiding went downhill after that with my first speeding ticket at 17 and my second at 18.

08-05-19, 06:04 PM	#8
quinnj3 Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2019 Posts: 12	Your first experience of biking Mine was about age 5 or 6. My uncle took me a few hundred yards up and down a local road sitting in front of him. It was Suzuki race style bike of some sort with twin headlights in the late ‘80s. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Last edited by quinnj3; 08-05-19 at 06:36 PM.

08-05-19, 06:32 PM	#9
Sir Trev Member Mega Poster Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: High Wycombe, where the chair factories used to be Posts: 1,440	Re: Your first experience of biking 12 or 13. Some of the local kids had scrapyard-dodging mopeds (pit bikes I suppose) that we'd rag around the footpaths well away from the roads, until the Rozzers were called a few times. We'd then walk them well outside of the village out onto tracks around the fields. No lid, no gloves, no sense thinking about it now. Thankfully they all broke down and we had no money to fix them so it petered out after that until I hit 17 and did it all properly. __________________ We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town, BEEP BEEP!

09-05-19, 09:33 AM	#10
Luckypants Moderator Mega Poster Join Date: Jul 2003 Location: Nr Ruthin Posts: 7,056	Re: Your first experience of biking A go around the car park on my mates Mobylette ped at age 14 did it for me. Various goes on various folks bikes fed the habit until I could afford a bike at 34. Direct Access and a VFR750FV did me to begin with __________________ "Your Viffer sounds like it is raising hell! Spot on." - Witchery 17/4/08 Snow Plough Appreciation Society - Member #3

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