Should be a good topic . Me although I was a relative late starter I always wanted a bike from being young but due to mortgage kids ect I had to get me fix on tv with Foggy Haga ect doing the entertaining. Once the kids had gone I did my test and treated myself to a zx6 .
When I was 16, bought a scooter to get to work. FREEDOM! passed car test at 17, but still hired bikes on holidays and borrowed mates. Had a good 18 yr break, and passed my test in 2008 and bought a Daytona 650 in 2007 to make sure I did my test.
Always wanted one and parents always said "not while under my roof" so at 16 rented a room and got a DT 50
Had a bike when I was a kid, some kind of scooter thing, nearly had a kwak thou when I was 17, but my mate who owned it at the time wouldn't sell it to me as he said I would probably kill myself on it...he was probably right TBH..never passed my test back then Then settled down with woman a kids..had a Suzuki TS50 for work commute, which was woefully underpowered, thankfully someone pinched it when it broke down and I left it at the train station... They couldn't get it going so pushed it off a cliff.. Wasn't allowed a big bike in all the years I was with her... Then got divorced....freedom...did my DA got a 600 for a year which I still have, then the blade and a trials bike too which happens to be resident in the living room...also got 2 Transits and 5 dogs and yes I'm single hahahahahahaha Living the dream...
My parents always said not under their roof, and then my girlfriend said the same...... As I hit my mid 30's I started to live life a bit more and didn't want to have any regrets. At the same time my office moved and there was no parking so I got myself a little scooter to get back in and out and save myself a tenner a day parking. The firm moved again a year later 10 miles away so that opened the door to bike test and a cbr600. 2 blades later and here were are.
Some of my mates bought bikes at 16/17 but I wasn't interested in the slightest. Then when I was 24 we went camping in Woolacombe and one guy rode his trail bike down. Round the camp fire one night (very drunk) he badgered me into taking it for a spin around a field. I was off like a shot, took to it like a duck to water, and loved it. 6 months later my car got nicked so I used the payout to buy a Yamaha xt125 and do my cbt... 4 months later bought a cbr400f and did the full test. That got nicked 6 weeks later so I had an enforced break for a few years until I bought my first fireblade.
Moped at 16 brand new RD125LC at 17 passed test at 18 moved on to a 350 LC just a typical hooligan! Couple of Gixers then 18 years passed with and with a bit of spare cash got back into it with a another Gixer 600 then the Blade and now another Gixer 1000
Was skint at 16. All my mates had AP50s. The coolest ped out there (sorry FS1E lovers, it's true), but I was late 16 when they were early 16, which meant I was soon 17... 20 quid got me an ancient Suzuki K10. 80 cc's of moped eater. Stripped it down completely, re sprayed it from red and cream, yeuch!, to dark blue and black. It was the only transport I could afford for work and I rode it until I got fed up of the plug cap shorting out in the rain and tasering my knee. Went into debt for a green CB200, which I took my test on. It got nicked from outside my house one night. bastards! Went into debt again and bought my CB550f. Slow, bad handling, I loved it. I still love it. It's in the back of my garage under a blanket. Cars, marriage, mortgage, car, car, car, car.......mortgage paid off, Ducati750, Blade.
Always wanted one but was always either too skint or too scared to get one. 6 years ago I finally found that I had more money coming in than going out and decided that it was time to grow a pair and go for it. Bought myself a Ducati Monster 750 before I'd passed my test and sailed right through all the tests and jumped on.
Got a moped as soon as I turned 16 that got me into two wheels, bought a 200cc Yamaha as soon as I turned 17 and the passed my test on that, passed my car test shortly after The rest is history
Spent my younger years as a boy racer in cars doing track days (Astra GTE's, Escort RS Turbo etc) and a mate said "don't ever buy a bike you'll kill yourself". Then 4 years ago the missus said why don't you take your bike test and I bought a ZX6R. The Blade is only my second bike.
My bro in-law took me on the back of his GT 250 to watch the transatlantic series at oulton park 1976 I was 11 and I was hooked.
Lived in the middle of nowhere so when I wasn't riding horses I was riding bikes down the lanes. Mum and Dad hated them and I can remember one school summer holidays I spent most of my time grounded for riding bikes. People in the village nearly broke their neck to grass me up to Mum. Think I was 14. Only dated blokes with bikes, then the usual marriage kids no money etc. finally passed my test in 2001 and the rest is history
Divorced the first wife and bought a new 600 RR7. Second wife bought me a new Fireblade last year,will keep her
Posters of yammagammas and RDs used to smother my bedroom wall, always wanted a bike. When my Dad was out working his socks off I used to 'borrow!' his C90 and take it through the woods (poor bike). Got a summer job at 15 to save money for a ratty old TS50, had it in my mum and dads garden ready for the day I was 16 (drove up and down the garden path soooo many times). After 3 months had a major accident on it and injured myself permanently. BUT when people say 'maybe you'll get a car now?' Well it makes you want to do bikes more. couple more rat bag bikes before I got myself into a stream of bikes and finance.... to this very day! I love it!
Having 2 older brothers they got me a bike to hack around on when I was 11.. Now 32 years and some 50 odd bikes later I,m still going. Having a young family keeps me from getting much use but i,ll never be without one. It's in the blood lol
First bike , Suzuki gp100 1985 2nd bike , first rd 125Lc 2nd rd125 lc , first one written off into back of a tr7 Then test passed 25 year gap, then this baby Next came the ultimate and fastest of all the blade colours
My uncle sat me on his Ninja when I was about 10... then while on holiday in Cyprus he handed me the keys to his rented (fake) Harley thing and let me take it for a spin. I was 13... and wearing a bikini. LOVED IT. Parents said not under their roof. Tears. For my 21st they changed their minds and bought me the DAS lessons and tests First bike, Kawasaki GPX600 1989... crashed it when it cut out cornering and the front brake was binding = high side on Wokingham Road! Tried to rebuild it... failed... sold it for parts 2nd bike, Kawasaki ER6N 2006... crashed it when a woman pulled out from a junction on me. 3rd bike, Kawasaki ER6N 2012... got bored of it. 4th bike, Blade 2003 - LOVE.
