First road legal bike or two. ?

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First road legal bike or two. ?

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My first was a yellow fs1e-dx. Home from school and out on my 16th birthday. The new world had begun. It was my elder brothers who had moved on to a gsx 250 in red.

My second was a blue gp100. 17th birthday. More power, a better world. Engine blew and had to be rebuilt, but great days they were. 🙂
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DT50 with YZ80 engine fitted.
Then an RD125 with the 250 engine in there.
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The Mighty FS1e! 8-)

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Puch VZ50 2 speed gear change on the left hand handle bar like a scooter. Pedel backwards for the rear brake. Rack as standard and lockable compartment under the seat/tank
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Followed by brand new RD250E in white and red.
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Oh the shame..

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I was a bit older than my mates when I started on bikes being in my early 20’s

So a KH250 was my first bike followed by an RD400E.

I may have sat and passed my test on one of the above ;)
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Zxr400 then a thundercat
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My first road legal bike was the mighty Suzuki GS125ES ...... tucked away in my dads garage. This was the second one i had after i stuck the first one into the side of Ford Cortina at 50 mph putting the front wheel by the footpegs after 2 whole weeks of ownership....doh

Irony of the photo is that if i still owned both bikes in the picture the pedal one would worth a shitload more than the motorised one

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My first bike was a Honda CB250K4. I have no pictures of it and the less said about it the better.
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1976 yellow fs1e-dx.
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1978 Yam RD250E in silver...
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DT50 MX, it lasted about a week. I detested that heap.
Then I had a thirteen year old FS1E (LHH709P) that I really liked, followed by a YB100 which I dunno if anyone remembers was a kind of big(er) engined Fizzy.
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It was free, ok
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Ok, this was officially a bad choice.
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Sadlonelygit wrote: Fri Mar 27, 2020 1:40 pm
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Ok, this was officially a bad choice.
It certainly was. I had one too, I'm surprised it didn't put me off bikes altogether. I sold it to a mate who managed to break it, the last I remember it was propped against the wall in his back yard. Might still be there for all I know.

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Post by Le_Fromage_Grande »

First was a blue TS50ER, 2nd was a Suzuki GT185 registered as a 125, so maybe not road legal, in which case that'd be the 250LC I bought after I passed my test, had an X7 before that, that I blew up before I rode it legally.
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