What Was The Most Influential Motorcycle To You?

[nakkers]

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You lusted for it as a child. Or you wanted one but, couldn't afford it. Or had a family or something. It was love at first sight and you couldn't get it out of your head.

It was THE MOTORBIKE that planted the seed.


Google a pic if you can find one and post it.

 

[CLJ]

Harley cruiser. Growing up in the UK I vividly remember a group of them flying down the M1 and I'd never seen or heard anything like it. A cruiser wouldn't be my first choice right now, but that experience really turned me on to bikes. Standard parental reaction followed, "don't even think about it young man". That worked well.

 

[huskyrider]

my first full on street bike for sure.... 1985 Yamaha RZ350, hell on wheels!

 

[CanadianBiker]

When I was a kid, there was an MC clubhouse down the street and we'd watch the guys ride out in tight formation on outrageous choppers (it was the late '60s/early '70s). I think I knew then I wanted a bike.
My first bike was a far cry from those Harleys - a Honda CB125 - but it felt just as good as I imagined.

 

[onecartel]

 

[flameboy182]

Harley Davidson FXST Softtail. Wanted one before I could even ride a bicycle. Then I grew up and discovered the wonderful world of sport bikes. Now I want one of those.

 

[RetroGrouch]

 

[nakkers]

I have an Aunt and Uncle that travelled Europe in the 70s on RD350s. We visited them one day and my uncle brought me out to his garage and to show me this:

It had the baffles removed or a modified exhaust. He started it with a huge roar. I sat in the garage long after the show and tell session. I dreamed of that bike for the rest of the summer. I was maybe 7 or 8 years old.


Then I saw this.......................Motorcycle racing was awesome. While my friends watched Nascar, I was trying to find any televised motorcycle racing. They were far and few between but, I did find some. Mostly GP races but, it was Lawson and team green I looked for..............bikes sliding sideways, power wheelies. Nascar was boring unless there was a crash. Bikes had more action throughout the race!!!

Living under my parents roof, a bike would have to wait. During this wait time, I drooled over several other makes and models until one day I got something for myself...................

Pic isn't mine but, close to the bike I had back in the day........

 

[fastar1]

One day, around '98 or so, I heard something go cruising down the lane beside the shop where I worked. Before I even saw what it was I decided I had to have one. I walked out to see a VTR1000 Firestorm ride by. Never got one, but that planted the seed.

 

[jolomatic]

I used to ride something very much like this all over my Grandpa's farm in Saskatchewan for hours and hours.

For me the love of bikes started with the feeling of riding, rather than how cool it looked.
(At the time, corvettes and cameros were the objects of my pre-adolescent vehicular lust.)

 

[stevex]

 

[djbordie]

I was about 8 years old, driving with my bro. Saw a zx12 (or so he said)
Was the most amazing thing i had ever seen.
I think at the time it was the fastest sports bike or so...crazy feeling.

then it was decided...stay green!

 

[invictus43]

 

[kickstartt]

 

[GenuineChevy39]

For me it was the early GSXR. I loved seeing one at night. All you could see was this mean dual headlight coming at you. Definetly the reason i ended up with a 99 SRAD.

 

[Wasted]

Well technically it was the Honda CR125 dirt bike when I was a kid. I was about 5 or 6 and fell in love with bikes. My folks bought me a 1978 Honda Z50 and I've been riding ever since.
As for street bikes, it was the 1998 Yamaha R6. The first year they were manufactured it and I've wanted one ever since.

 

[reciprocity]

 

[jay-d]

 

[Dan Dubeau]

88 Katana. Best friends older brother had one, and his dad used to take us for rides when when his brother was working. His friends had a gsxr 750 (purple/teal/black colour scheme), and a 500 gamma (blue/white). The katana was the first bike I ever wanted (wound up buying one as my first bike and still have it). The second bike I lusted after was a smokin' Joes F3 in highschool. Wound up buying one of those to race. Trying to get through the tossing it down the track stage, before it gets done up in smokin joes livery for next year.

 

[blackcamaro]

For me growing up it was Kawi Green ZX-7 and GSX-R SRAD's that got my attention. A clean ZX-7 is still one of my favorite bikes.

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