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soperman - Member
Car, 1971 Vauxhall Viva HC in white and red oxide. Given to me by my dad as an 18th birthday present two months before it failed its MOT....Bike, Suzuki RG250 Mk 11 Gamma with a stage 3 Stan Stephens race tune. Mother of God did I learn to ride when I had that!
Best bike BTW, 1998 Kawasaki ZX6R (in green of course)......then the kids came along
How did you get a 250 as your first motorbike? Respect anyway because I can remember those things being extremely rapid, particularly when tuned 8)
First bike:
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First car, a Morris Marina Coupe, like this but blue:
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soperman said:Bike, Suzuki RG250 Mk 11 Gamma with a stage 3 Stan Stephens race tune. Mother of God did I learn to ride when I had that!
I really quite fancy one of those now, or an aprilia
Best bike BTW, 1998 Kawasaki ZX6R (in green of course)......then the kids came along
Funnily enough I only started biking AFTER the kids came along - does that make me a bad dad?
This bad boy, though a 1977 version in snot green. Surprisingly good handling for an old car.
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Went everywhere in the UK. Floor eventually rusted through, as did almost everything else to be honest.
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Cool, a Vauxhall chuv-it 😉
My ex-step-father had one of those and when he turned the windscreen wipers on it used to sound like it was saying "tarzan" to you. It drove him mad 😆
How did you get a 250 as your first motorbike?
Pre 1983 you could have a 250 as your first bike.
First motorbike.
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First car.
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The bike might have actually been faster than the car!!
stuartlangwilson.. I hate you. Mk1 gti as a 1st car! How did you afford the insurance?
Zedsdead
That seat and pipe are the same as on my Gilera. is it one or something like a Derbi or Casal?
That seat and pipe are the same as on my Gilera. is it one or something like a Derbi or Casal?
Looks like a Garelli to me.
First Bike, never looked this tidy mind
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First Car (oh the shame)
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Kawasaki AR50.Micron exhaust.Noisy,went ok.
First car Metro-Pile if junk
Oh the memories, first that retro Cannondale for sale and now all these pics - my early years all over again.
1st Bike Honda CB175
2nd X7
3rd RD400
4th 350LC
then a car Mini Cooper S mk3 with 1000 badges on
those were the days, every thing was modified for better or worse
First bike DT50, obviously fettled the ports myself...
First car was a yellow Chevanne with one red door and one brown door. Soon sorted with an 'on the drive' sprayjob, should have been Gloss Black but defo more Matt!
first car, to be honest only car as well.
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now at 173k and counting.
Snap! see 1st page. Mine was noisy as hell.. although loved beating everyone else on their mopeds.. with head down i got it to 42mph 🙂
1st bike Honda CB100 - rebuilt by me aqnd my Dad (mostly him), ticked off my mates at poly with their Fizzies and Puch Maxis 🙂
Followed by my 1st car, a 1500 Mk1 Cortina in dark blue. £70.
After too many years without a bike I now have a yellow Daytona, and I'm driving a Fabia VRS which is a hoot. Happy days then and now.
Mk1 VW Polo 895 cc in Mars red for me
Some nice bikes on here. Let's change that:
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My Virago 125. It would have been rubbish even if it worked, which it almost never did.
Hyundai Pony coupe. Kept three spare wheels in the back because they kept collapsing when hitting obstacles such as cats eyes, small twigs and wool.
I was so proud of it - "Electric Blue" with added rust effect. I thought it was a hot hatch!
Lol at Ho-hum's dad's car's windscreen wipers saying, "Tarzan". That would drive me nuts too 🙂
Mini Pick Up as a post grad student. Used mostly for biking adventures in conjunction with Leffeboy's Allegro for the bodies. Happy days. You could fit 6 bikes in the back.
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Nice duds 😉
Oh the shame...same colour too 😳
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But I soon saw the error of my ways and got a load of 8V turbo one of these:
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This was my first bike - a Yamaha RD250E. Sadly this isn't it but mine was the same colour but had Allspeed expansion boxes on it and a nice set or rear-sets and dropped bars. Absolutely ace bike, quite quick and much better when it had some proper Avon Roadrunner tyres fitted in a proper big size 😀
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Bikes
50cc Mobelette fieldbike at 12
Garelli KL100 Cross (looked like a Tiger but was actually 80cc and with a kickstart) at 17, then RD250E on L plates when I went to college - passed my test and went straight to an RD350LC - still only 17...
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Cars
Renault 20TL auto at 21, but had been driving new Renaults (one 4, four 5's and two Fuego's)since 17 (my Dad worked for Renault)
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More hits than the beatles in one of these, bunged it through a fence two hours after passing my test!
First bike was a blue AP50 exactly like the previous photo.
First car I drove was my mum's Morris Marina (a 1.8 in a shitty brown/beige with a black vinyl roof).
First car I owned was a Ginetta G15
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Renault 5 - simply awful
Ford Escort - pretty bad
Vauxhall Astra - not bad at all
Honda Civic 5 door - great, great car
Honda Accord - bland but reliable
Honda Civic S - fast enough to scare me = fun
Hadge - I had one of them (two actually, a DX and an E), same colour, also with Allspeed spannies.
1.6 ford mondeo hatchback in blue green colour maaaahousive boot great for getting the bike in!! No abs almost killed me on the motor way when a BMW caused a stack still miss it!!
mcmoonter
That is the coolest outfit I have ever seen...............no really, made my night that has 😉
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.
First bike
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First car - MK1 Golf (non turbo) diesel
First bike...
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First car
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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.
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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.
mcmoonterThat 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.
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[i]did over 70k miles and it never missed a beat.[/i]
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....
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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 !!