What was your first motorcycle or car?

First bike…

First car

First motocross bike 1973 italjet 50 (when i was 3)

First road bike at 16 was Suzuki ER50

First car at 19 was Mk1 XR2

Honda Express chicken chaser I’d used on the fields up till then -I lived 3miles from anywhere, so ‘any’ transport was great. Asked DVLA for the log book, and put it on the road till, I got a fully faired FS1E speed machine! My parents tried to get me away from bikes by buying me Talbot Dodge van -Simca car with a Berlingo box type body. It was awful.

a Vauxhall Nova Merit 1.2 but the original engine was knacked so cousin Richard stuck an astra engine in which was a 1.3 wooo… lasted quite a while, I used to get 2 saxes and a full set of drums in the back

1992 Vauxhall Nova 1.2i. Had it 8 years, did over 70k miles and it never missed a beat. Even i could do mechanical work on it (simple car and easy to work on) and it did 45mpg no matter how you drove it, got over 50mpg on long drives. Great car.

mcmoonter

That is the coolest outfit I have ever seen……………no really, made my night that has

Its not me, its Stuart Dangerous. the non brother of (Dangerous Bros Duo), Kevin Dangerous.

You may need to cover your eyes to fully appreciate Cynicals jacket. He certainly felt the need to wear dark glasses.

did over 70k miles and it never missed a beat.

Yeah, but what was it like *after* you’d run it in?

did over 70k miles and it never missed a beat.

Yeah, but what was it like *after* you’d run it in?

Well i bought it with 40k on the clock, the point i was making was a car that was 8 years old and did another 70k miles in the next 8 years without issues was pretty good IMO….

Honda XR80 and Chrysler Valliant Safari 1967

First car was a Ford Anglia, closely followed by a Ford Falcon (an antipodean model it were big and had bench seats and 3 speed column change, nae power steering etc, nae handbrake for that matter I just parked it in gear with a brick under the front wheel). I had to have a cushion behind me to reach the pedals with the seat all the way forward.

McMoonter – loving the pics of the 80s gear !!

First car was a Ford Fiesta 1300S (to my Dad’s horror – he was firmly a BL man) – lovely car, I adored it and was gutted when it finally went. Different coloured-doors as they rusted badly but the rest was really solid. It was on 105,000 miles when the engine finally and rather spectacularly blew on the M1. Replaced it with a Ford Escort 1.3 Popular which was the worst car I’ve ever owned. Never touched a Ford since.

First car was similar to this. Mine didn’t have the Fancy Dan rims, but was the same colour. ‘Dysentery Beige’ I think it was listed as:

First bike, in uber-rare Rothmans Racing colours:

usually I claim it was a Honda CB125 in blue, but that’s because I’m still on denial over this:

Cossack 125

car was

which, as you can see was a complete fannymagnet

First car, FB Victor Estate, in beige, bench seat, three speed column change. Loved that car. We bought a racing motorcyle combination from somewhere (I forget now) and brought it back tied on the roof.

First bike, 175 Yam. Can’t find any images of it.

Trout – an SX200! I’m well jealous. My first was a TV175, bored to 200 and with a Wal Phillips fuel injector, ancilotti silencer and all the mirrors, florida bars, backrest etc. It was lethal and nearly killed me. I’d love another Lambretta, me.

First car was a Fiat Siecento Sporting. Horrible little thing but it worked.

First motorbike, I still haven’t got mine yet. I want one, just won’t be able to afford it and all the lessons etc for absolutely ages.

Zedsdead – That seat and pipe are the same as on my Gilera. is it one or something like a Derbi or Casal?

It’s a Garelli Endurocross. Quite rare apparently.

oh i was offered a gpz 600r last week (not rothmans colours!) it was very untidy apparently. i declined.

first car was my dads 1983 fiesta in terracotta brown/orange. It had a rubber grommet in the floorwell to squeeze with yer foot to squirt the windows.

first bike was a 2006 cbr 125r.

First bike was Honda CB125….bag of shite
First car was Chevette……..complete bag of shite

First bike:

great fun. First car:

Also great fun. Like driving a roller skate 🙂

First car – 1955 4 door split windscreen Morris Minor. Mine was a wreck so ended up phone box red after extensive work!

First bike. Suzuki X5. Fitted KandN air filters that did nothing but make it moo like a cow! 91MPH lying flat on the tank! Oh, and due to some crash damage the tank on mine was blue!

1st moped in 1977 was a L reg FS1E

1st motorbike in 1978 was a R reg Suzuki GT 250 A

1st car was a Ford Capri

Here’s me on my first motorbike (or legally a moped) – a Suzuki X1.

It ended up with a big bore kit and lots of other tuning and could do 45mph or so, although it blew up quite regularily! All the other photos I have are of me rebuilding the engine…

First non 50cc motorbike was a Honda CB125TB and first car was a 1000cc Mini.

ho hum
“How did you get a 250 as your first motorbike? Respect anyway because I can remember those things being extremely rapid, particularly when tuned”

I didn’t start riding ’till I was 25 and when you passed your L test then you could ride anything you wanted…or could afford

First car – 1973 beige 1.3 Morris Marina. Yes it was sh1t. Luckily the next car was a mk2 Golf GTi.

First motorbike – never had one.

When I passed my test there was no restriction on what you could ride after.

I had a deal with my dad that if I passed first time he would let me have a go of his Bonnie T120.

I passed first time….

Man, what a blast! I have since inheritted said bike and I love it! When I die I’m going to get burried riding it…. lol!

First (road legal) bike (not mine in the pic) – 74 I think, TL125- I was 15, and got my licence on it. I’d been racing mx on 125’s for a couple of seasons, and this thing felt, and likely was, slower than my bicycle. Tried riding a couple of beginner’s trials on it, and hated them. Replaced it with a CG110 after it was paid off, which was a bit, though not much faster, and far better for riding to school.

First Car (again, not mine in the pic) – didn’t get this til I was about 18- 1952 Morris Oxford- bought from a deceased relatives estate. A lot more battered than this, and primer grey.

One of these; not a particularly common car but reliable as and transported 5 adults and bikes from Bo’ness to ben Nevis on one memorable trip.
1.3 Mk 3 Escort estate.
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A lot of fantastic stuff here!

DeadlyDarcy – SJ’s were the tits, take that back!

Would have one now if they weren’t all total buckets going for far too much money…

First car: ’53 split-screen 2 door Minor, second car, ’54 split-screen 2 door Minor, this time with 1300 A Series, van rear axle, 5Jx13 alloys and Riley drums on the front with a nice pair of reclining bucket seats. Lovely car. Someone drove into the back at 3am one morning drunk and wrote it off. :0(

stuartlangwilson.. I hate you. Mk1 gti as a 1st car! How did you afford the insurance?

LOL, i gave up beer and clubs, lived on rubbish food and used student loan and building society windfalls to fund it. Insurance was 1600-1800 a year! It was all downhill after that. Next car was a Pug 106 1.4 non turbo diesel. 50bhp! Then no car for years, now a very slow van. I don’t think i’ll ever love an object as much as that Golf.

Suzuki X7 in red as shown, 1978. Had quite a few problems with it but loved it. Pushed it almost as far as I rode it (not really). Once saw 105mph on the speedo but I am sure that it was ridiculously inaccurate. Deliberately I think as it was the first production 250 to break 100mph, allegedly. Quite badly built but I did love the little bugger.

1st bike was a (third of a share with 2 mates when I was 14) Honda C50

1st road legal bike was a Yamaha DT125E

1st car was a Moris Marina 1.8 Coupe

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Gilo – you mean you had one? The E looked stunning – discs front and back and those wheels mmmmm. I looked round for ages wanting a 250 but my dad wanted me get a Honda as he had a 400 Dream (yuk). I found loads of Hondas but only the one Yam which my mates mate was selling so I paid £400 for it and I loved it. They fetch really good money now but I’d love to get one. I did want an LC but they were a lot more money if truth be told.

Yeah, I had two air cooled RDs. Later had a 350LC that was superb until the crank snapped on a local dual carriageway with my girlfriend (now wife) on the back! Luckily, having ridden 2 strokes for years the reflexes in my left wrist were honed to perfection and I avoided us coming off. Rebuilt the engine with the help of a haynes manual.

Ridden 4 strokes for the last 20 years+ which make a lot more sense, and blow up a lot less, but I do miss the smell, noise, and powerband of strokers.

My first *ahem* car. Not mine but looked just like it once I finished doing it all up. Mine was finished in peppermint green and white.

And this bad boy was my first two wheeled motor vehicle whilst living in Asia at the tender age of 28.

Morris Minor for me. Fantastic

Lots of mods to make it go a bit faster.

It was 36 years ago and I still remember some of the part numbers – 12G295 cylinder head, AEG510 Camshaft Twin 1 1/2″ SU Carbs etc…

Proton Persona 1.6XLi, 1995, 5 door, red (well, pink on one side as the previous owner had always parked it facing the same way)
Only got 8 months and 12,000 miles out of it.
Can’t complain for £200 though.