what was your first big bike??

[ging500]

There several ideal bikes tht i would like, i really loved the original fazer or sv650!! I would consider a larger bike like a storm or a trx850!! At the mo insurance is crazy for me and i kinda wanna enjoy getting to grips with riding a quick bike !!

On a side note i think they should bring back the air cooled two stroke!!

[leevtr]

Kawa GPZ500s for me.

[agentpineapple]

1995 cbr600f
a great first bike, oh and i crashed it after 7 days, a total lack of respect for something so fast

[gissmo50]

Kawasaki gpz500s for me aswell that's the one bike I regret selling was great fun to learn how to use a big bike

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[seb421]

There several ideal bikes tht i would like, i really loved the original fazer or sv650!! I would consider a larger bike like a storm or a trx850!! At the mo insurance is crazy for me and i kinda wanna enjoy getting to grips with riding a quick bike !!

On a side note i think they should bring back the air cooled two stroke!!

How old are you mate? insurance wasnt to bad for me TPFT on the Storm when i first passed

once you get one years NCB and or turn 25 it really comes down

[Phimosis]

Had a kwacker AR50 as my first bike....... When I passed my test at 17 I bought a Suzuki bandit 400........ After a year of saving and on my 18th birthday I bought a TL1000R..... Cost me a fortune but it was mint

At 18 I couldnt afford to get a 2 pence fiddler from a local crack whore, even if I did have the cash I wanted change....

[Benno_0214]

Lets just say life was easier living with parents and having no bills, Wish I still could afford to blow 100% of my wages on bikes!

[toonarmy]

well firestorm was my first this time last year after passing my full test during the summer and although i looked for a 600 on advice of lots of mates i dont regret jumping straight on a storm love it good alround bike as fast as i need and vert forgiving

[steeveeo]

Passed test 1978 ,£3.25
no intercoms ,or following examiner.
had to drive round the block .examiner walked from corner to corner watching as you rode off.
on my 175 yamy traily

first big bike triumph 750 trident t150 ,which got prody raced.

until Z900 kwak appeared ,£1650 new in 1980 plus £600 quids worth of yoshimura cams, head work exhaust and big carbs. yeeee ha !

[seb421]

Passed test 1978 ,£3.25
no intercoms ,or following examiner.
had to drive round the block .examiner walked from corner to corner watching as you rode off.
on my 175 yamy traily

first big bike triumph 750 trident t150 ,which got prody raced.

until Z900 kwak appeared ,£1650 new in 1980 plus £600 quids worth of yoshimura cams, head work exhaust and big carbs. yeeee ha !

Same for me examiner was in a car no coms just watched me ride round, then he stood and played on his phone when I did emergency stop etc

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[turbo_billy]

Didn`t buy either but passed my test on my CD175 at 12.30pm and was out test riding a KH500 triple and a Z1-R by 13.00. A dealer close to home used to import bikes from Jersey so was a favourite haunt after that most Sunday afternoons First proper big bike would have been a Triumph T120 with a 750 Morgo conversion, gear change and rear brake on opposite sides from any Jap bikes......that was fun for a while until you got used to it.........

[geodude]

Passed test 1978 ,£3.25
no intercoms ,or following examiner.
had to drive round the block .examiner walked from corner to corner watching as you rode off.
on my 175 yamy traily

first big bike triumph 750 trident t150 ,which got prody raced.

until Z900 kwak appeared ,£1650 new in 1980 plus £600 quids worth of yoshimura cams, head work exhaust and big carbs. yeeee ha !

Same for me examiner was in a car no coms just watched me ride round, then he stood and played on his phone when I did emergency stop etc

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Phone?

[lumpyv]

Suzuki X5 200cc, very buzzy, but quick. really liked it, but they seem very small now, even though I haven't grown much in 25 years

i went raleigh runabout , fizzy , honda cb200.

as the 200 could be thrashed to more than the legal speed limit 85/90 iirc, i,ll call that my first big bike.
tasums point above is quite correct. i saw a cb 200 at a show the other day and it was tiny. the tyres look like they were off a moped !

[rob...]

first legal (lol) bike was a honda SS50 'ped, passed my test in about '82 on a borrowed suzuki B120 with no front brake, then bought an RD350B...
http://www.bikez.com/motorcycles/yamaha_rd350b_1983.php
me being me, put a TZ seat unit on, different tank, clip-ons, rear-sets, modified the frame and added monoshock rear suspension, tuned the motor to as near TZ spec as i could get it, un-baffled TZ pipes... used to piss my mates off on their 750's and thou's by going past them at 125 on the by-pass with 2 gears to go.... blew it up regularly, then bought an imacculate Z1300, which i spose was my first 'big' bike. wish i still had that'n....

[TonyW650]

First big bike.
1984 Kawasaki GPz750 A1 unitrack.

big old oil air cooled lump, good bit of kit, done alsorts to it, big bore kit, ZZR1100 front end, shoe horned a ZZR600 rear wheel etc in the standard swing arm.

then I wrapped it around a Ford maverick 4x4 lol
did have the bike about 6-7 years thou