Your first bike?

[leo]

The GS is my first bike.

I'm only resurrecting this old thread since I was confused as to which thread I should post in. There's currently a new thread, but this thread was brought up and I figured we should work on this one instead and possibly delete the other thread. There's no point in having two threads about the same thing. 

[Alphamazing]

The first motorcycle I had ever ridden was the 1980 Yamaha XT250. I spent a year and a half in the dirt with it. My first street bike was the '97 GS500. Three weeks later I totaled that one. Got the '04 in late August of '05.

[sys49152]

I was in grade five and ten years old when my mum took me to viist family in India.  I had some pretty cool (or maybe incredibly irresponsible) uncles who thought it would be cool to let me try out their motorcycle.  Well.. actually, I started on a 4 speed vespa, and then moved to one of these..





I was hooked.  They took the seat off for me, and would kick start the sucker to get it going.  After that I'd run beside it until it was moving fast enough for me to jump on and balance.  It took another 30 years before I bought my first bike.

[makenzie71]

oh man is that actually THE bike?  Or just a pic you found on the web?  That's a beautiful Bullit!

[lizard]

My '89 Gs 500 is my 7th bike, the others were:

-Beta 50 Cross (italian offroad bike, bought in 1974, sold in 1976)
-Guazzoni 125 (really rare competition offroad bike, with 6 speed gearbox and bizarre rotary valve inlet. Powerful and funny bike, sold in 1978)
-Ducati GT 250 (well....a Ducati. I had two different setups, clips on, short exhaust system and open carb filter during the winter, standard setup to travel during summer. I did beautiful trips around Europe with her, "Old Aunt Sally" was called, bought very used in 1978 and sold in 1982).
-Kawasaki Z 400 (a lots of travels also with her, sold in 1986)
-Suzuki GS 550 E (my first Suz, indestructible and quite fast, sold in 1990)
-Kawasaki GPZ 900 R (long, heavy but bloody fast, sold in 1995)
-Her

Ciao

[onefastgs500]

my first bike was a 74 honda xl70 bought for $70.00 in 79
have owned over 30 bikes since

[fettcols]

My first... nothing exotic, '82 KZ 750 LTD... An $800 crap pile that almost got me through two seasons...

[Jarno]

My first one was -87 Kawasaki KMX-125, a street-legal two-stroke dirt bike. No speed at all, but... the handling, man. It really could climb the trees; I didn't. 

Second was -88 Honda NS-125R. Nice street two-stroker. Rode it for about three years, then sold it and bought a cellphone. Bad Investment.

Last spring I got -98 GS-500. Easy bike to ride, with lots of room to develop my driving; I've been nearing the edges of my skill with the bike, not the other way around. Another plus side on this bike is that I can do most of the maintenance work myself.

Cheers,

-J

[dmanben]

My first was a 1980 yamaha xs 400.  I paid $400 for it, got it running and rode it for two years.  I gained a little weight just after graduation and it started to have trouble getting over the bridge to work with a headwind.  But the ride home was fine(tailwind had me going 60mph).  I sold it to lower expenses before buying a house, made $100 off of it. Then a year later found a GS for $500 almost the same story, got it running, been loving it for three years now.  Don't think I've spent over $1000 on motorcycles or even parts and been riding for almost six years now.

[perfdrug]

jeeze. I've been dormant to this site for close to a year - but I posted in this original (about 18 months ago).
I still have the same ole GS. I got it running acceptably, and it was my commuter all last semester. Gonna upgrade this spring to maybe a SV or, if i can handle it, a speed four. Gonna go for some rides and test out a lot of stuff. I'll never forget the ole gs tho.

[okayf00l]

Well the gs is my first street bike.  It is a 98gs.  I love it.  Before getting the gs I purchased a 83 yz250 for 300 bucks and learned on that.  It was a nice experience but I blew up the engine in like 3 weeks!

[jsamaniego]

The GS is my biggest bike so far.
I've started like this:
1964 OSSA 160 GT (2-stroke, 90km/h top speed, did several trips around Spain with it)
1970 MONTESA Impala 250 sport (2 stroke)
1972 Ducati 250 sport (4 stroke)
1980 Ducati 350 Forza (4-stroke, a real lemon, sold it in 6 months)
1999 Suzuki 250 TU (4 stroke, 27.000 kms with it in 3 years, a real gem!)
2003 Suzuki GS 500 (current, 10.000 kms in 14 months, love it)

My dream: a long trip (may be through Africa) on the GS...

[dgbernstein]

I'm riding my first bike...my naked dark blue '01 GS500. Bought it from MotoJava in San Francisco in June 2005. Great shop. Had it delivered the 140miles to my door.

Great first bike. Feels best with about 3/4 tank.

Using the old saying that it is easier to ask for forgiveness than for permission, I bought it then called my wife to tell her about it.
me: "I just bought a motorcycle!"
her: "You what!!!!?"
She wouldn't even look at it for the first few weeks. Now she sends me out on rides. 

David.

[melloGS]

GS500FK5...