It was crap, but all I could afford. Saved hard and bought a GT185 at 17.
No loans for me.
It was crap, but all I could afford. Saved hard and bought a GT185 at 17.
For my16th birthday my parents bought me a knackered Puch Maxi step through moped & a bomb hat.I needed some transport as I started my apprenticeship as a spark working on various building sites.Up to that point I had never rode a motorcycle or moped,I instantly got the bug & 2 or 3 months later I got my parents to guarentee the HP agreement for a Honda SS50 like that one in the photo,but yellow.
^^ 200 version of that in about 79/80 ^^ Parked it in the side if a car and ran away, with bike but got the bug. Few shots or work mates bikes then i bought a DT80 then DT125 and XL125 then the easy two part test. First big bike was a GS550.
Don't think I've seen it for 40 years
Fond memories of these for me too.
That's a really sweet looking bike. What sort of hp did you get with the fettling?ajlog wrote: ↑Sat Jan 01, 2022 4:18 pm Then at 17 and now an apprentice at BP I was relatively ‘rolling in it’ so my next bike was a nearly new one of these:
Pre TZR and Mini RGV look alike 125s, the Honda represented a big leap forward in terms of looks compared to my mates RDs and RGs even the odd AR.
But the 12hp restriction was pretty much the same as the older gen bikes with a restrictor in the inlet and a washer in the exhaust, so after a bit of fettling I was able to hold my own with the pack.
Didn’t last long, in about 6-7 months I’d passed my test and swapped it for an FZR600.