Post the oldest picture you have of yourself and a motorcycle:

[BubbaZanetti]

The world was different then

ATGATT meant leathers if you were a racer, jean jacket and corduroy pants if you were 5 year old kid

when my mom took this picture i wanted to wear dad's gold helmet because it was way cooler than my flat black helmet.

I remember "4 into 2", it made sense to a 5 year old's concept of math.

i remember holding onto my dad's harley davidson brand leather jacket because it felt more secure than the sissy bar, i'm sure it was emotional, not physical.

i can recall proving that my feet could be firmly planted on the passenger pegs, i knew i'd made it in.

i also think of how i teased my brother because his feet couldn't reach the pegs

i remember moving in 1987 and the bike going, along with other hobby items my dad had, the RC planes, the slot cars, etc, etc

i remember the joy on my dad's face in the spring of 2004 when he rode my airhead, it was his first time on a motorcycle in 17 years.

http://bubbazanetti.smugmug.com/photos/416491270_USgQp-M.jpg

[Visian]

http://www.visian.nu/images/minibike.jpg

moments after this photo, i ran into the badminton net, got clotheslined, and the bike continued full throttle into the lake.

:burnout

ian

[Easy]

Nice bike Derek!! One of the cleanest I’ve seen in a while.

Reminds me of a Yamaha Heritage Special I had many moons ago.

Easy :german

[terham]

From the early 70s. My CT70 - the bike I learned to ride on.

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/28721609_KMjAD-L.jpg

[lancew]

Posted this somewhere before - apparently I've NEVER had much common sense where temps were concerned

http://lancew.smugmug.com/photos/206984479_AnAmr-M.jpg

70's ish, with the Moto-ski brand. Note the "springer" seat and pull-start.

By the way, if you're 7 and have one of these, avoid the temptation to take the starter recoil apart to see how it works... :doh

[mfifer]

Well this was about 1966 and this was my first bike. It was a Benelli 50cc mini and never ran worth a darn , but it got me hooked.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/Benelli.jpg

This was about 1973 . The Bike is a BSA 500 Victor and was brand new. Loved that bike!

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/BSA-Victor.jpg

Mike

[mfifer]

By the way, if you're 7 and have one of these, avoid the temptation to take the starter recoil apart to see how it works... :doh


You should have told me that years ago on lawn mowers!!! LOL

Wow I am having serious flashbacks to bikes and dumb things we did!


:buds

[wezul]

These are great! I have to tell you all I had a big grin as I looked at these. Back when I was a punk (Derek, seriously, what year is that pic from? waaaay back in the 80's?) I had a mini frame with no engine mount, a plate for mounting that needed cutting and welding and an engine but it never came together.

Later in 1973 (ish) I would own a Yamaha 125 enduro then a serious lapse of time before I got the stones to go against my Mom's wishes (those things are dangerous) and purchase the 2000 ET4 that got me hooked again. You know the rest.

I think I would still pop for a Honda trail (pick a number) but iirc one of the series had a funky transmission sequence, like one up and three down or something bassackwards like that.

No disrespect Bubba, I have to tell you I have a serious bad cold (worst I've had in years and due to the economic sitchiation I've had to resort to medication from the liquor cabinet). It really doesn't do a darned thing for the cold but after a few one doesn't care! :bottle

[BubbaZanetti]

These are great! I have to tell you all I had a big grin as I looked at these. Back when I was a punk (Derek, seriously, what year is that pic from? waaaay back in the 80's?) I had a mini frame with no engine mount, a plate for mounting that needed cutting and welding and an engine but it never came together.



85'

i bet you were busy listening to DRI or something at the time:D

[RJM2096]

My Triumph Tiger Chopper. Built it in my Kitchen at college.

http://i259.photobucket.com/albums/hh310/RJM2096/TigerChopper.jpg
My future Wife taking the picture.

[wezul]

1985. Let's see that was 23 years ago. At that point one gets to an age where you stop listening to radio and one's fashion sense freezes. Do me this, in 25 years have a young whippersnapper like you jump up in your face and say "Grampaw, what were you listening to back in 2008"?! :stick

I do miss the mini's and the mini-trails. Thank you Lords of the two wheels for my Vespa. Seriously though I'd buy a decent used mini trail in a heartbeat.

YES I COULD STILL MOUNT ONE WITHOUT OVERLOAD!

:bow :buds

Now this is the kind of thread I like.
No politics, no economics, no yelling and screaming. Just fun.
Yeah.

[mfifer]

I just couldn't resist this one of my baby in action late 73.
Just thought you might enjoy the vintage bikes riders and check out the orig Bell Stars and my Grant bolt-on chin guard.

http://i42.photobucket.com/albums/e338/mfifer/ST1300/img010-1.jpg

:gerg

Mike

[antaeas]

A friend and I bought our rat mopeds in Montpellier, France, then we played hooky for a week from our semester abroad group, and rode to Barcelona and back. We pedaled all the way up to the Port d'Envalira above Andorra. The posted altitude is in meters. It's on a frequent route for moto tours of the Pyrenees, so the next time I get there it will be on an R-bike. Our coaster brakes totally failed right away on our descent. As we wore out our shoes trying to avoid planting our faces into the scenery, we met lots of cops who thought we were the stupidest smugglers they saw all day, because we couldn't stop for yards. The cops rode R50s. I wanted one of my own, got it 2 years later, but that's another story, posted elsewhere.

[jdmetzger]

This is pretty sad compared to the rest. Photo from August of '05 - almost two months after I got my first bike (I have bike photos, but this is the first with me in it). My neighbor who was helping with the scraping/painting of the house (for cash) snapped the photo.

Way back in my pre-ATGATT days. I had the good helmet, jacket, gloves, and some steel-toed work boots, but jeans were all I wore on my legs - khakis on work days. :uhoh

http://www.jdmetzger.com/img/forum/jdm-firstbikephoto.jpg

[Visian]

me, in college on my '73 matador six-day. i had figured out how to hop over downed trees by this point in time, but managed to clothesline myself off this bike, too... during one party at our house where beer and burning vegetative matter and darkness were involved. :rolleyes

http://www.visian.nu/images/bultaco_matador_sixday.jpg

[terham]

me, in college on my '73 matador six-day. i had figured out how to hop over downed trees by this point in time, but managed to clothesline myself off this bike, too... during one party at our house where beer and burning vegetative matter and darkness were involved. :rolleyes

http://www.visian.nu/images/bultaco_matador_sixday.jpg

You seem to have a propensity for being clotheslined. :laugh

[marchyman]

The earliest?

<img src="http://www.snafu.org/pics/early/bike1.jpg" title="About 1958" alt="About 1958">

Zoom zoom.... Love the cowboy boots.

// marc

[Muriel]

Well, with Visian's help, I think I can finally post a picture :-)

http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo286/vtadventurer/?action=view&current=mmfCushman.jpg

Well, sort of - it obviously didn't download - only linked. Sigh

[Mar]

If I may.... Here it is, Muriel. :)

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo286/vtadventurer/mmfCushman.jpg

[jaherbst]

Well, with Visian's help, I think I can finally post a picture :-)

http://s384.photobucket.com/albums/oo286/vtadventurer/?action=view&current=mmfCushman.jpg

Well, sort of - it obviously didn't download - only linked. Sigh

Hey I had a Cushman Scooter exactly like that when I was 12 years old. I practically lived on it. I wish I still had it. My Dad bought it new for me after the previous Highlander I bought from a nieghbor would hardly ever start. (1952)

JACK

[rinty]

Re-post. My Lambretta 150 LD, circa 1963 ish. The PO was a torch and hammer guy, so the thing had no operating front brake, as the throttle was the front brake handle. You would operate it between index and middle finger.

http://rinty.smugmug.com/photos/237500248_ezrbR-M.jpg

I later traded it in on a Honda Sport 90, which led to a Honda 350 Street Scrambler, and then a Honda 750 - 4. You'd have to keep the early 750 on the pipe all the time, or the plugs would foul.

...the previous Highlander I bought...jaherbst

My first scooter was a Cushman Highlander, a real abomination of a machine. The rear brake would lock up for some reason, if it wasn't applied just right, and you'd have to take the whole assembly apart to free it up. I'm relieved to know someone else (sort of) who had one of these; I don't feel so bad now. :)

[Muriel]

If I may.... Here it is, Muriel. :)

Hey, MAR, how did you do that? I notice the first letter in your link started with i384.etc where mine was s384.etc. I "pushed the wrong button"?

Thanks :-)

Muriel

[Visian]

Hey, MAR, how did you do that? I notice the first letter in your link started with i384.etc where mine was s384.etc. I "pushed the wrong button"?

Thanks :-)

Muriel

muriel - do not use the URL in the address field on the top of your browser..

to the right of your image, there is a panel.

copy the text in the field i have circled and paste that directly into your post. :)

be sure to get the entire line of text that's in the field... it's pretty long. just double-click to highlight all the text.

ian

btw... pretty sassy pic! :ha

(and next up, we're gonna learn you how to do emoticons!)

http://www.visian.nu/images/muriel.JPG

[Muriel]

:blush It takes a village - to teach Muriel some stuff about computer! Never know I spent many years in that field. Problem was I never got "the whole story" and only learned what I needed to do to get the job done. Sigh.

Thanks for your help, Visian and MAR.

Best,
Muriel

[mfifer]

:blush It takes a village - to teach Muriel some stuff about computer! Never know I spent many years in that field. Problem was I never got "the whole story" and only learned what I needed to do to get the job done. Sigh.

Thanks for your help, Visian and MAR.

Best,
Muriel


I was thinking of starting a thead Show us a pic of you and your oldest computer, but I thought it would be embarrasing to me toooooo! :p :p :p :blush

Mike

[PGlaves]

Sears - Allstate - 49cc - by Puch in Austria

[robsryder]

Bought in 1972 with paper route and lawn cutting money.

http://i75.photobucket.com/albums/i283/robsmoto/new_sl100.jpg

[Rapid_Roy]

It was 1981, and I had just bought my first bike, a 1955 BMW.
I believe this is the oldest shot of me with helmet head also.



http://www.geocities.com/mrbeemerman/Myr50nme.jpg

[Muriel]

Sears - Allstate - 49cc - by Puch in Austria

Paul - was that the last time you went formal?:bolt

Nice picture!

Muriel

[Paul_F]

There isn't a photo of me, but my wife with out two brand new Honda mopeds that we bought in Edinburgh Scotland in 1971. Before this picture, we had crossed the French Alps on them. After leaving Spain, we stayed in Arles (Van Gogh's village) in southern France for three weeks. On our eventual return to southern England, both bikes needed repair service and the mechanics started explaining to us that bikes like this were not meant to travel from Scotland to southern England. We explained that we were on our return after having toured France, Spain, and were now going to London. First discovered BMWs on that trip being ridden by French Gendarmes. Swore I get one someday.

[The_Veg]

Dammit Derek, you had to start this thread and make me tear up the house trying to find the damn disc, only to eventually find it right here in the clutter on my desk. :laugh

Anyway, the year is 2001. I was 33, and had just spent the last eight months doing a total refurb of a 1985 K100RT that had been sorely neglected and spent the eighteen months prior to delivery parked uncovered under a tree (see A K100 In Need Of Love, BMWON, April 2007 I think?).
When I was 13 I had been a passenger on a bike belonging to a friend of my mom's, and I had also ridden a friend's mini-trail and rented a moped at the beach...but none of those experiences were ever photographed. So in 2001 I had a bike of my own and digital photograhy had been invented.

I had gotten it back together (except the fairing, which I was still repairing) and running, and the next day I tested it in the parking lot of the apartment complex where I was living:

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447133_nMMmd-M.jpg

Here are some more, since my roommate was having fun with the camera:

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447155_A4B24-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447216_R56Kc-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447225_gTyaL-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447232_HmkcX-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447255_moasB-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447265_zAd8Z-M.jpg

[Bullett]

1975. 5th Annual BMW Owners South Central Reunion in or near Brady, Texas, I think. I'm on my 1959 R26. I won the "Youngest Rider Female" award. I did own a helmet, but I probably mostly wore jeans and sneakers back then.

http://twisties.smugmug.com/photos/247929367_E9NGW-M.jpg

[rcliffor]

http://i271.photobucket.com/albums/jj148/rcliffor/180px-1971-Honda-SL100K1-Green-6705.jpg

[Vagabird]

Every two years my uncle would fly up from Brazil, buy a new Harley, take us for rides, and disappear for another two years. Needless to say, he was my favorite uncle. This is the oldest picture I could find of the times he came to the States. Notice his full ATTGATT, 1952 style. (I'm the one sitting on the tank.)

http://vagabird.smugmug.com/photos/419236680_7Rwue-XL.jpg

[j-budimlya]

there are older bikes and pictures, but this is all I can find online....http://jimbud.smugmug.com/photos/245177384_Zan76-M.jpg

1972 Honda 750K2 with WindJammer faring....and serious camping gear :)

[BMWRich58]

@18 and first Enduro bike.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/BMWRich58/000_0122_0001.jpg

@20 and second Enduro bike
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/BMWRich58/000_0090.jpg

@23 in Yellowstone on first cross country tour.
No tent needed just a good sleepin' bag.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v648/BMWRich58/100_1332.jpg

[franze]

And to think that "riders" complain about the stock seats on BMW's................. I met a guy with Brit plates on a scooter in Spain when I was down there on my RT. Looks like what you started is still going on. :bow :bow :bow :bow I know those roads.... can't imagine pulling some of those passes at say............ 5 km/hr??????? And then the down hill:confused:


There isn't a photo of me, but my wife with out two brand new Honda mopeds that we bought in Edinburgh Scotland in 1971. Before this picture, we had crossed the French Alps on them. After leaving Spain, we stayed in Arles (Van Gogh's village) in southern France for three weeks. On our eventual return to southern England, both bikes needed repair service and the mechanics started explaining to us that bikes like this were not meant to travel from Scotland to southern England. We explained that we were on our return after having toured France, Spain, and were now going to London. First discovered BMWs on that trip being ridden by French Gendarmes. Swore I get one someday.

[Paul_F]

And to think that "riders" complain about the stock seats on BMW's................. I met a guy with Brit plates on a scooter in Spain when I was down there on my RT. Looks like what you started is still going on. :bow :bow :bow :bow I know those roads.... can't imagine pulling some of those passes at say............ 5 km/hr??????? And then the down hill:confused:

You must remember that these were big 49cc machines; I think we were making almost 10 km/hr going up the Pyrenees, which certainly beat walking the 10 speed bikes that so many Yanks and Canucks were doing that we passed.

Shortly after we got the mopeds, we were in the Windermere Lake District. One of the foothills that we were travelling up disappeared into the clouds. I don't know if was because the bikes were still not broken in or what, but I had to push each bike the last mile, above the clouds. They just couldn't do it under their own steam. Fortunately at the summit was a pub that served an excellent meal and gave me a chance to get over the hike up the hill.

[BONEY]

1975? I'm riding, my brother is just extra baggage. Judging by the way he's not holding on, it's obvious that he has no idea how fast we were going. Sorry for the oversize pic.

http://beachbus.net/photos/d/1730-3/bike.jpg

[mfifer]

1975? I'm riding, my brother is just extra baggage. Judging by the way he's not holding on, it's obvious that he has no idea how fast we were going. Sorry for the oversize pic.


Wow that CB is cool but how about those styrofoam Shakeys Pizza hats!!!!

Mike

[stevebmw]

What a great thread. Here's a shot of me with my friend Steve Fox about 20 years ago. We were on a weekend trip with our wives and were waiting for a ferry on the Maryland Eastern Shore when Steve's wife Mary Beth took this pic. That's me with the R100RS, my second BMW, on the right. Steve still has that R65 and his wife; I have neither the RS nor the wife. We're both happy :-)

http://www.mortonsbmw.com/SteveSteve_small.jpg

[6659]

I found this shot of me in college 1971 Coconut Grove, FL.

[6659]

Found one from 1975 with my wife. I still have my wife.

[terham]

What a great thread. Here's a shot of me with my friend Steve Fox about 20 years ago. We were on a weekend trip with our wives and were waiting for a ferry on the Maryland Eastern Shore when Steve's wife Mary Beth took this pic. That's me with the R100RS, my second BMW, on the right. Steve still has that R65 and his wife; I have neither the RS nor the wife. We're both happy :-)

http://www.mortonsbmw.com/SteveSteve_small.jpg

Looks like the Robert Morris Inn near Oxford? Pretty part of MD.

[mslarso]

I'm riding up to DLI SF in 1988 to visit friends. I bought this bike in 1987 when I was at DLI in Monterey, CA. I rode it to San Angelo, TX (my first long ride) in 1988, and stored it for 2 years while I was in Korea. I picked it back up at home (Maple, WI) and rode it out to Monterey, CA...3 days and 2300 miles. Had a lot of fun on that bike.

[Brettendress]

Great thread, I wish I had a picture of my first, a Coleman Sachs 50 5 speed which I never got off for four straight years until we killed it. Wish I could find another. Parked it for 15 years and it started right up and then I found out my brother gave it away or so he says. I was 9 and now 44 so it was 35 years ago.

Brett Endress
Altoona pa

[JanMiller]

March, 1969, 18 years old...
1965 150cc CA95 Honda Benly Touring...

I had more fun......!!!

My first ride as driver was the previous summer on a friends' 1942 (I believe) HD, suicide clutch, shift on the tank. The 150 was the most I could afford to buy. Borrowed before this a friends Honda Super 90, another friends Wards Riverside 125 (made by Bennelli I believe, pre-mix 2-cycle), and yet another friends Sears 250 single, not sure who make it, Ducati maybe, ran when it felt the time was right, everyone who owned on had his kick-leg much bigger than the other...

http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_CA95

[JanMiller]

If I may.... Here it is, Muriel. :)

http://i384.photobucket.com/albums/oo286/vtadventurer/mmfCushman.jpg

Obviously needs a bigger horn....

[mslarso]

My grandfather (on the right in the early 1940's-I think) and I rode together a couple of times before he passed away. I think he would've gotten a kick out of having his picture posted from his youth.

[LTroy]

My grandfather (on the right in the early 1940's-I think) and I rode together a couple of times before he passed away. I think he would've gotten a kick out of having his picture posted from his youth.

Perhaps a new front tire was in order on granddads bike? Love the photo.

[bmwgsrider]

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y241/itsybitsyskier/Photo014.jpg

[PGlaves]

Paul - was that the last time you went formal?:bolt

Nice picture!

Muriel

Well ......

I remember that day even now. I had owned that moped maybe 2 days. I wanted to go riding - Sunday. My parents advised that I was going to go to church. So I dressed for church and rode my moped. Tactical compromise - strategic victory.

My motorcycle life and "real" life often conflicted like that. For most of my career I was a suit and tie guy during the daytime during the week. Somewhat greasy from wrenching a lot of the rest of the time.

One of my motorcycle acquaintances (rally rat) once arrived in town and showed up at my office. His immediate reaction was, "Boy, you clean up pretty good for a motorcycle guy."

[Ridealot]

This is a picture of me in '75 at age 12. I was racing at the local motocross track with my XR75

http://beemertom.smugmug.com/photos/428645389_ZQDus-L.jpg

A couple of weeks later Dad took me and my brother to try flattrack racing. I loved the speed of flattrack. I even managed to win the mini beginner trophy dash at that first flattrack race. When we got home I told Dad that I was done with motocross. I only wanted to race flattrack. Which I did for the next 6 years.

This picture is around '80. It was a Yamaha 250 in a Trackmaster frame built by Rob Muzzy.

http://beemertom.smugmug.com/photos/428659121_NfUGL-L.jpg

[crazydrummerdude]

March, 1969, 18 years old...
1965 150cc Honda Bentley Touring...

I had more fun......!!!

My first ride as driver was the previous summer on a friends' 1942 (I believe) HD, suicide clutch, shift on the tank. The 150 was the most I could afford to buy. Borrowed before this a friends Honda Super 90, another friends Wards Riverside 125 (made by Bennelli I believe, pre-mix 2-cycle), and yet another friends Sears 250 single, not sure who make it, Ducati maybe, ran when it felt the time was right, everyone who owned on had his kick-leg much bigger than the other...

Picture won't attach!!!!! will try again later....

Wow, you just described a recent craigslist find that I ALMOST bought up. All those bike, I believe. About 100 miles from me.

[JanMiller]

Wow, you just described a recent craigslist find that I ALMOST bought up. All those bike, I believe. About 100 miles from me.

I wish I had every bike I ever owned, and it's a pretty fair list! Saw a Bentley on eBay once, but restrained myself. It was pretty used up anyway....

By the way, it was BENLY touring...

http://www.cyclechaos.com/wiki/Honda_CA95

[CaptainR12C]

Looks like the Robert Morris Inn near Oxford? Pretty part of MD.

Hey! I've stayed at the Robert Morris. It's such a beautiful area.

[eric2]

40 years ago, when i was 10 years old. This photo was taken in Houston at the site where the woodway square apts once stood. At the time, it was one of the largest apt complexes in the world with literally thousands of units, olympic swimming pool, and everything else an upscale community should have.

Dad was living there with my stepmother, and soon split up ( i was living with my bio mom and visiting) and they moved out. Several years later woodway square was the site of one of the largest apt fires ever. The wood shingles proved to be a bad choice, especially when one unit caught fire, and the winds a sustained 40 mph. It leveled the complex save for maybe a dozen units facing san felipe st, and they never rebuilt it. Dad had this suzi along with another half dozen, and a dozen mini bikes that we would truck down to surfside beach and rent them out by the hour. Alas, the first year was the last, because the Tx governors daughter rented a bike down there and fell and broke her clavicle. Shortly thereafter all beaches were declared public roadways, and bikes and people had to be licensed and helmeted.


http://eric2.smugmug.com/photos/119680276_FJ5BK-M.jpg

[rlswim]

Sometime in 1974 west of Abilene at a trials meet.

http://photos.richardswim.com/images/A_6/3/3/1/21336/RichardTrials74_4dbb2.jpg

[snoone]

It just so happens that my mom sent this to me today.. On the back is the year 1977. 31 years ago and my favorite Grateful Dead year... and that has something to do with my next statement

I know its my motorcycle cause i recognize the jacket, but i have no recollection of ever owning that bike.. It looks like a Suzuki 600 or something like that...

[BeemerMike]

I found this shot of me in college 1971 Coconut Grove, FL.

If I'm not mistaken, you are sitting beside the Coconut Grove Sailing Club.

[spanky]

Well, someone else posted a photo of a relative so, in absence of an old one of me, I will these of my maternal grandfather who once served on the New Orleans PD:
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d61/rabalais/LouisForet2.jpg
http://i33.photobucket.com/albums/d61/rabalais/LouisForet.jpg

[BubbaZanetti]

great thread, keep it coming!

[henzilla]

[QUOTE
moments after this photo, i ran into the badminton net, got clotheslined, and the bike continued full throttle into the lake.

ian[/QUOTE]

:laugh :laugh :laugh Sounds WAY too familiar!
my daughter is looking for my scary past pics

[henzilla]

Daughter still looking for 60's and 70's ...really afraid to see those!

here is 1986 with my youngest daughter...on a friends Yamaha... ATGATT??:scratch

[warredon]

This was taken around 1949 or 1950, and that is my uncle John taking my brother for a ride. I was told that I wasn't big enough to ride, I was so sad.

[The_Veg]

It just so happens that my mom sent this to me today.. On the back is the year 1977. 31 years ago and my favorite Grateful Dead year... and that has something to do with my next statement

I know its my motorcycle cause i recognize the jacket, but i have no recollection of ever owning that bike.. It looks like a Suzuki 600 or something like that...

Two jackets in the picture...could your bike have been out-of-frame somewhere?

[terham]

First multi day trip, self timer at overlook along Skyline Drive, 1978.

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/414440442_E5FiW-L.jpg

1980ish winter gear - snowmobile suit and hippo hands. Worked great. With the fairing apparently didn't need a faceshield.

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/414440421_Mp7BR-L.jpg

[bikerfish1100]

this was taken early April, 1979. Really should have gotten a shot of the bike at about 2 years earlier, when i first bought it, but i neglected to do so. this was my first bike, a 1965 TR6c 650 Tiger. it had seen better days. so had i, for that matter.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/bikerfish1100/CT%20pics/gladitwasnt.jpg

[JohnTena]

This is actually my third Bultaco. My first, a 175 Mercurio, was stolen after ten days of ownership.
The photo of the 200 Metralla was taken at Vaca Valley Raceway in April or May, 1968. I was 19 and invincible. Yes, that's hair behind the helmet. In case you're wondering, that's a Suzuki 500 cc 2-stroke behind me, and the truck belonged to Powell's Alameda Honda in Alameda, CA. They're long gone.


http://i135.photobucket.com/albums/q125/JohnTena/Bultaco004s.jpg

[john1691]

1980ish winter gear - snowmobile suit and hippo hands. Worked great. With the fairing apparently didn't need a faceshield.

http://terham.smugmug.com/photos/414440421_Mp7BR-L.jpg

Were you about to go hunting? :p

I do like the Roundel on the side of the helmet! :thumb

[pffog]

'77 with my Suzuki Wankel at yellowstone, part of a 6000 mile trip in 13 days.

[mfifer]

'77 with my Suzuki Wankel at yellowstone, part of a 6000 mile trip in 13 days.

Now there is a classic!:clap

[RandallIsland]

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_6VpXJgO8iio/ST_J5-hxp3I/AAAAAAAAAjE/lKzETod7XxM/s640/CB350%20shorts.png

[BubbaZanetti]

'77 with my Suzuki Wankel at yellowstone, part of a 6000 mile trip in 13 days.

nice, i didn't know they made the RE5 without the weird little flip up instrument cluster.

[crazydrummerdude]

nice, i didn't know they made the RE5 without the weird little flip up instrument cluster.

That round tube one, like on Leno's bike?

[pffog]

nice, i didn't know they made the RE5 without the weird little flip up instrument cluster.


The '75's had the Thermos bottle instruments and tail light housing along with the spherical turn signals. I have owed 2 of them, still own a '75 and the '76 in the picture. Many of the '76 bikes were '75 models refitted with conventional styling. Bought the '76 new in the crate for $1000 !


Here is a pic of the '75, on top of Mt Washington, during my very first motorcycle trip. Touring 70's style

[Fritzc]

Here is my first Beemer. A 1976 R600/6. I put about 60,000 miles on it. :thumb

[BubbaZanetti]

The '75's had the Thermos bottle instruments and tail light housing along with the spherical turn signals. I have owed 2 of them, still own a '75 and the '76 in the picture. Many of the '76 bikes were '75 models refitted with conventional styling. Bought the '76 new in the crate for $1000 !


Here is a pic of the '75, on top of Mt Washington, during my very first motorcycle trip. Touring 70's style

cool man! interesting mc history!

[hotdog41]

:thumb This is me sitting on the seat of my Mom and Dad's 1941 Harley WLD with a sidecar. I was brought home from my birth hospital on this cycle in November of 1941. My Dad did not own a four wheeler until about 10 years later. This cycle was rode daily even through Illinois winters.

[thompsonr]

:thumb This is me sitting on the seat of my Mom and Dad's 1941 Harley WLD with a sidecar. I was brought home from my birth hospital on this cycle in November of 1941. My Dad did not own a four wheeler until about 10 years later. This cycle was rode daily even through Illinois winters.

My god when someone says they were born to ride they were talkin about YOU buddy brought home from the hospital in November in Illinois!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You have been ridding all your life!! Hats off to you fella!!!!:thumb

[Na Cl K9]

Taken on a ride following the Rio Grande North out of Albuquerque. I still have the bike...but neither of us look the same now.

[marchyman]

Time to resurrect this thread.

Summer of 1977 near Olympia Wa. My dad rode up from the SF bay area to visit. I'm guessing that's his R90/6 with the Vetter fairing. I'm on an RD-400.

http://www.snafu.org/pics/moa/p-1977-06-006.jpg

[Maylett]

I think this is the oldest that I have. It's either May of 1972 or 1973 at a high school activity. I was riding my second motorcycle, a red Honda SL 350. I have no idea what that girl was spooning into my mouth, but it looks as though I enjoyed it.

[rdalland]

Purchased with paper route money, jan. 1970.

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/370712056_ah69D-O.jpg

traded it in for this one

http://reid-dalland.smugmug.com/photos/785293041_54LpJ-M.jpg

[martinPH]

1952 LE Velocette

[kgadley01]

Dammit Derek, you had to start this thread and make me tear up the house trying to find the damn disc, only to eventually find it right here in the clutter on my desk. :laugh

Anyway, the year is 2001. I was 33, and had just spent the last eight months doing a total refurb of a 1985 K100RT that had been sorely neglected and spent the eighteen months prior to delivery parked uncovered under a tree (see A K100 In Need Of Love, BMWON, April 2007 I think?).
When I was 13 I had been a passenger on a bike belonging to a friend of my mom's, and I had also ridden a friend's mini-trail and rented a moped at the beach...but none of those experiences were ever photographed. So in 2001 I had a bike of my own and digital photograhy had been invented.

I had gotten it back together (except the fairing, which I was still repairing) and running, and the next day I tested it in the parking lot of the apartment complex where I was living:

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447133_nMMmd-M.jpg

Here are some more, since my roommate was having fun with the camera:

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447155_A4B24-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447216_R56Kc-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447225_gTyaL-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447232_HmkcX-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447255_moasB-M.jpg

http://vegomatic.smugmug.com/photos/418447265_zAd8Z-M.jpg

Veg, ATGATT?

[r11rs94]

This picture was taken July 3, 1976. I had two bikes previous to this one, but alas never took a picture of the other two. This bike is a 1973 Honda CB-350.

[angysdad]

There was a call for non-digital photos, so I scanned this...
Early '80s...'72 commando 750...my forth bike. For some reason, I cannot find pix of the first three.

<a href="http://s878.photobucket.com/albums/ab345/angysdad/?action=view&current=72commando750.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i878.photobucket.com/albums/ab345/angysdad/72commando750.jpg" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

[martinPH]

Here is my mother. 1931. on her AJS

[bikerfish1100]

Here is my mother. 1931. on her AJS :thumb

[bikerfish1100]

My Granpa Joe (my namesake). No date on the pic, i think the JD is about a 1929 or so.
http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/bikerfish1100/grampajoeonH-D.jpg

http://i132.photobucket.com/albums/q13/bikerfish1100/grampasH-D.jpg

[35634]

1952 LE Velocette

You sure that's not Benny Hill? :D:stick:D

[BubbaZanetti]

1952 LE Velocette

very cool, were you a police officer?

[Ken F]

Me and Ernie. He went everywhere with me, and wouldn't let anyone get within 10' of "his" motorcycle. http://www.hotboatpics.com/pics/data/3307/878DSC07157.JPG

[martinPH]

very cool, were you a police officer?

I'm the kid on the back. Dad in front.
LE stood for Little Engine. 200cc water cooled shaft drive.
No not a police man, that was his riding gear.
Martin.

[BubbaZanetti]

I'm the kid on the back. Dad in front.
LE stood for Little Engine. 200cc water cooled shaft drive.
No not a police man, that was his riding gear.
Martin.

haha, i only ask cause i know that LE was a police bike in some parts of the world. cool photo!

[jdubick]

This is me on my new 68 BSA Thunderbolt. Orlando, Florida where I was a flight instructor at the Cessna dealership, Skyway Aviation. Fond memories:D

[martinPH]

haha, i only ask cause i know that LE was a police bike in some parts of the world. cool photo!

Known as a Noddy Bike!

[Rad]

1975, on my 4th bike, my first new one, a 1975 Honda 550-4
I was about 400 miles from home here, visiting relatives.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/785426155_nQAtg-L.jpg

Same bike; another trip in 75'. Me packing it, getting ready to leave in the morning from a hotel on Hwy 49. The middle of the night prior, my old tent failed badly in the rain, and my wife and I bailed camp and headed to the motel.
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/785425703_bNCnS-L.jpg

Same Sierra trip in 75'; radwife with the bike
http://rad.smugmug.com/photos/117610506_SUbK3-L-1.jpg

[lagator]

This is me with my NSU Super Max taken when I was stationed in Germany in 1965-1967. I rode it all through Germany and France. I also had a sidecar with it but don't have photos of it. It was a great bike.

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[axlray13]

The bike I rode to high school in '68. 1959 BSA Goldstar with a rare stock alternator that didn't charge. I had the Peter Fonda "Easy Rider" flag helmet to match my "chopper" look bike. I traded it in on a '68 160 Honda Scrambler

[LSkrabut]

1st bike owned was a 1974 Suzuki GT380 Put on about 17k on it in AZ, before trading it in for a VW Bug. Sad day.

http://www.tubarks.com/aurora/1974%20Suzuki%20GT380.JPG


Next was a 1977 Honda 750SS, not picture available for the bike at the moment, they are somewhere hidden in the house. Put on about 80k in 3 years riding mostly around Colorado, but been on 2 cross country rides.

Just in time, 1983 Venture Royal. Keep it for about 90k, family and kids won out for time being. Most of the miles in Utah, but I have been on both coast runs with it.

http://www.tubarks.com/aurora/Venture%20Royal%201983.JPG


Convince myself in getting back in the saddle again, got a K100LT, so far in less than 2 years, put on about 33k, again mostly in Utah.

http://www.tubarks.com/aurora/5087873.jpg

[pffog]

,,

[RTFlyer]

Posted on another thread too, but it's the oldest one I have. Taken in 1977 I think. I'd love to find another XL175 like that just for old times sake.

[BMWDEAN]

It was 1967 and I was on my first BMW, an R60/2:

http://bmwdean.com/first-bike.jpg

[PhilR807]

Me and my buddies at the end of the road!

[terham]

I love how we packed our bikes in the 70s. Bungee cords were your friend.:)

[rogermansfield]

That's me on the left. What a fantastic trip! I will never forget my first MC trip to "THE COAST"!

[lostbearings]

I loved to ride in the dirt,

[lostbearings]

then I couldn't decide if the dirt or the road was better

[lostbearings]

, finally I took to the road.

[lostbearings]

This spring I will pick up my GS.

Lostbearing