What bikes did you own before

[dANbOT]

I figure this should be interesting, considering the vastly different regions we are all from. Some of you are probably lucky enough to have a much larger list than me. Somewhere around 2009 I got into single track / xcountry and started trying to convert my CR250. Now I have the correct tool for the job!
Dad never bought me bikes, or helped fix them. I had to save for many months @ about 13 years old to buy my CR80 for $800. Previous to that I had only taken friends bikes for short rips but was instantly hooked.

1985 Honda CR80 (first bike, ratty and abused)
1984 Honda CR125 (mint condition find)
1990 Kawasaki KX250
*big time gap when I tried big city life*
1984 Honda CR500
2002 CRF450R (parts bike buy, I hate 4t)
2007 Honda CR250 (last of the Honda 2t's, keeping her around for now)
2014 GG XC300ER

Buying a Gasser was a big unknown leap for me. With no dealers anywhere near me, and never even having seen one in person before the day I picked mine up.... all I had to go on was online reviews and forums like this one for a general impression of the bike. Very happy with my decision so far.

 

[jprizz]

Well I started out on 4 wheels at 13 yrs old then later switched to 2 wheels. I learned to ride and use a clutch on my buddy's 1986 Yamaha YZ80 and was instantly hooked as well! My dad can't change a light bulb so I was all on my own to learn how to wrench on stuff.

1987 Kawasaki KLF110 Mojave - we somehow talked dad into buying it brand new for us. We rode and beat the snot out of it. Dad never bought us anything again.
hiatus thru high school and college until I was able to afford my own stuff then I got:
1986 Suzuki Lt250R QuadRacer
1987 RM125
1996 YZ250
1999 YZ400F - bought brand new when I worked for the dealer. Loved that bike! Everyone scoffed at my 4T, now look at 'em.
Then life happened and then finally 14 yrs later...
1982 Honda CB650SC Nighthawk - found out I like riding on dirt WAY more than asphalt.
2009 GasGas EC300 Six Days

 

[dANbOT]

Yeah I didn't mention my 4 wheelers, or street bikes. Dad had Honda 300 4x4's when I was a kid, so I spent alot of time on those, and his snowmobiles.
I also owned an 87 Yamaha Warrior, and an 03 BRP DS650 at different times through the years.
Only ever owned 2 street bikes, an 80's Yamaha Maxxim 650, and a sweet Honda Intercepter 750.
I think the only reason dad let me ride his stuff when I was little was I could fix them, and he could not lol.

 

[shang]

I started out fairly little on various bikes we had around my grandpas place. Pretty beat down stuff. I remember an old yz80 I used to ride that only had 3rd gear. I was finally able to talk my dad into a bike of my own at about 10 years old. He traded some stuff to my grandpa for a little Honda CT70. I rode the crap out of that little bike. Then I started selling and buying up to bigger bikes. Next was an 1980 something YZ80, then another 1980 something RM125. This bike scared me a little and I sold it for another YZ80. This was a 1982 and I loved this thing. I had several trips with friends to the Oregon dunes on this bike plus countless hours of trail riding. After that my family moved to Utah from Washington state. I kept the bike but didn't have anyone to ride with so I eventually sold it and then high school happened.

During college I started getting the bug to ride pretty bad and I talked my wife (girlfriend at the time) into a KFX700 to go to the dunes. This is auto so she could pick it up easily. She wound up liking it a lot and told me to get my own quad. I bought a beat down looking 87 Quadzilla with a fresh full built motor. I fancied it up, (because I'm fancy) and rode that for a couple years. This taught me a few things. 1. I'm pretty terrible at riding quads. 2. I really missed single track. 3. You can't ride a quadzilla on single track.

So I sold the Zilla and bought a...
06 KX450. Then sold and...
07 KX450. Then sold and...
06 RMZ450. Then sold and...
07 KX450.

Keep in mind I have never been to the MX track even once. Finally my dune trips dwindled to maybe once a year but the single track kept getting harder and harder. So, finally, my favorite bike I've ever owned...

2013 XC300E.

Plus over the years I've collected a garage full of other bikes that I mostly still have.

KX60
Three trail 90's
Honda Super 90 (sold)
79 Kawi KE250
Zook Alt50 trike
Yami tri-zinger
Chinese 50 (Honda clone for the kid)
73 CB175
04 HuskyTE450 (sumo street legal convert (sold))

Sorry so long winded, but that was kind of an enjoyable trip down memory lane.

 

[JP4]

I learned to ride on a 1974 Honda Z50 that belonged to a friend of mine when I was 8 years old. We rode the piss out of that little bike for the next 3 years. Raced motocross a lot in the late 80's. Rode mountain bikes in my 20's while I was in university, as that was all I could afford. Soon as I got a real job I bought a clapped out dual-sport to use as a commuter. Riding that pig reminded me how much I loved riding dirt bikes. Started racing enduros and cross-country in 2008. Cant imagine life without riding dirt bikes. Here's my not too lengthy list:

1983 Honda XR200
1987 Honda CR250
1989 Suzuki DR600
2002 Suzuki DR650
2004 Yamaha YZ250F
2010 GG EC300

 

[jhendr3702]

80 xt 250 80 cr 250
84 cr 250
91 cr 250
93 wr 200
95 kdx 200
94 rmx 250
99 yz400f...what a mistake
01 gg 300
01 gg 250
06 wr 2450.. another huge mistake
07 mc 250.. former gasgasman ride
that list sound expensive

that wr 200 and rmx250 were cool scoots... still wished i had the 01 300 gasser... riding a pumpkin right now.. it is not too bad...

 

[Elvis74]

Yamaha DT80 and RD80 mid 80s
Suzuki GSXR750 1988
Kawa ZX7R 1996
KTM Rotax 500 4T 1985 or so
Kawa KDX250 1992
VOR EN400 2002
GasGas EC300 2001
KTM SX380 2000
Honda CRF450 2003
GasGasEC300 2007
And now
GasGas EC144 2011
Suzuki RMZ450 2009
Honda XL250 1975

 

[Capz85]

87 kx80
95cr80
98kx125
2001 derbi senda
1998 Peugeot speed fight
1990 gsxr 400
2001 kx125
2004crf450
2004 rmz250
2009 ktm sxf250
2011 ec300sm

 

[Todd5774]

89 Dt50
92 Ts125
95 Mtx125
98 Rm125
98 Rm250
96 Ktm sx380
04 Rmz250
05 Rmz450
89 Xtz850
96 Xr600r
02 Xr650r
All above sold, wish I'd kept the xrs..
01 GG 300

 

[webmaster]

My parents allowed me to start riding at age 13 - and got my first bike on my 13th birthday...

1973 Honda SL70
1974 Kawasaki KX125
1975 Honda CR125 Elsinore
1976 Suzuki RM125A
1977 Bultaco 250 Pursang
...went to college...
1979 Yamaha XS400 (college commuter bike)
1983 Honda XR200R
1986 Honda XR250R
1987 Honda XR250R (wore our first one and installed WP forks and shock).
1988 Honda Hawk GT650
1994 Honda XR300R
1994 Honda XR650L
1995 Honda XR300R
1986 Honda TLR200 Reflex...
1987 Honda TLR200 Reflex trials
1994 Kawasaki KX125 (enduro-ized it....)
...married & daughter was born - changing diapers instead of racing. ;-)
2001 GasGas EC300 w/ ohlins forks option (imported from canada)
2002 GasGas TXT280 Trials
2004 Honda XR280R (ohlins suspension front and rear)
2008 Husqvarna TXC510
2009 Honda CRF230M Motard (commuter/campground bike).

All bikes purchased new except for '75 Elsinore, '79 yamaha,94 KX125 & TLR200s Only bikes remaining in the garage at this time are honda xr280 w/ ohlins suspenders & Husqvarna TXC510... Nothing else coming or going (I hope!) until I get my daughter through college - 3 years to go... ;-)

jeff

 

[memphis2857]

It all started at the age of 8 for me (1988). This is my list in order as close as I can get it. I still remember how much I paid for
Most of them too.

71' Honda SL70 $300
82 Honda ATC 180. $50 found it in a fence row! Lol
86 Honda TRX 200x $1100
84 Honda ATC 350x. $800
80 something LTR500 quadzilla $500 needed tons of work
82 Honda ATC 250R traded the quadzilla even
78 Yamaha IT400 $400
91 Honda XR250 traded the IT plus $100
99 Honda 400ex (bought new). $5500 I paid half and parents paid the other half for high school graduation
01 Honda CR125 $2300
99 Yamaha YZ125 traded a snap-on toolbox
04 Suzuki Z400 traded and AR15 rifle
95 Honda CR250 traded the yz125
01 CR250 $1300
04 Honda CRF450 $1700
06 Yamaha Raptor 700 $1750
05 GasGas EC300 $2500
11 GasGas EC300r $4000

Street Bikes:
96 Honda CBR 600
99 Honda RC51
01 Suzuki TL1000r
01 Honda Superhawk


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[Neil E.]

1950 AJS 500 twin
1952 AJS 500 single
1957 Matchless 500 single
1966 Suzuki 80
1967 Honda 175
1968 Suzuki 120
1968 Bultaco Matador 250
1977 ISDT Jawa 350
1990 Goldwing 1500SE
2003 KTM 450EXC
2007 Husaberg 550
2011 GasGas EC250

also owned by family members
1956 Triumph (army bike, flathead engine)
1969 Yamaha 100 single
1971 Kawasaki 125
1972 Hodaka 100

 

[CACTUSREID]

I've not had that many bikes over the years, so i'll take the memory test just to see how i'll do at it?

suzuki (screws-lewski as we called them) TS100 8 speed/4 high & kick the side lever forward or back and then have 4 low gears probably an early 70's bike was my first real bike that i bought with my own money.
8 or 9 years lay off- teenager with other rides on my mind.

then a nice and easy transition back into dirtbikes- a 1980-ish YZ 400 2 stroke mx 'r-
gobs of power, useless brakes and real poor suspension. Damn lucky i did not die on that bike!
then 3 YZ 490's back to back
1982 4 speed model
1986 4 speed with a frt disc brake ( best one out of the bunch)
1988 5 speed model with one of the first cartridge forks made.
I cross country raced all 3 of these arm yanking monster's in the tough single track of central british columbia. Can you say- young and dumb, and slow learner all in one breath?
Then on to yamaha's cross country bikes
!992 YZ 250 WR model small flywheel, tamed by a FWW but a nice wide ratio tranny
1994 YZ 250 WR- bigger Flywheel and way easier to ride than the 92
then came the gassers in my life
2001 Ec300, big ignition and flywheel, took a bit to get on to it, but so far i have not looked back
2006 Ec300 it took quite a while to talk myself into a second 300, as i was not sure if any other bike could hold a candle and live up to my first spanish lady! But the 06 did step up and not dissapoint me.
And then i waited and waited as my buddies hit the magic button on their katoomies in the tough and snarly sections and simply rode away from me as i was struggling to get the kicker out and still balance etc to get my bike lit up and ride off.
then in jan of 2011 I bought my EC300 e start, and this bike has been the best gasser i have had to date!! Sweet motor,and I've got the suspension revalved and set up beautifully for x country, so in closing, I'm still hoping to have another Gasser in the stable after this one, but who knows?
Thks to the original poster as that was a fun trip down memory lane!

 

[Caravan Monster]

'85 Honda XR600
'89 Kawasaki KDX200
'92? Suzuki DR350
'95? KTM125
'89 Kawasaki KDX200
///no bikes for a few years///
'93 Honda XR600
'00 Montesa 315
'01 TM125
'06 Gas Gas EC300
'00 Montesa 315*
'06 Gas Gas EC200*
'93 Honda XR200 (modified suspension)*
* = still here

Looking back, more trail orientated bikes like the honda xr used to be popular, and I remember the trail bike classes at club enduros being popular. There was a shift around late '90s / early '00s, when more casual riders started to ride competition bikes on the trails and the occasional club enduro, about the same time as the water cooled japanese four strokes and the new improved KTMs became available. Remembering how good they were, Kawasaki must be crazy not to produce a modern KDX200 along the lines of modern european enduros, it was a brilliant do-it-all bike.

This footage from the '94 British Enduro Championship was recently posted on Enduro News Travel back to a time when TMs were pink, gassers had TM engines and KTMs were white, as the riders "duked it out in dayglo"

https://youtu.be/jYt4EwJMGmY

 

[barossi73]

ag100(not quite what i meant dad!)
tf125(still not getting it dad!do you think this is funny?)
1981 xr200 twin shock
1980 pe175 blue forks sentimental favourite for a lot of reasons,when it gave up the forks went on a tf125 that had taken an unfortunate nosedive into a rocky creekbed,for a 2nd bastardised bike!
1981 pe175 bought to make 1 of the 2
80?gt 250x7 aircooled 2t twin no baffles,learner licenses were <250,good for a genuine ton
83 xj550 with a glorious screaming 4 into 1,another favourite despite horribly soft forks
87gsxr400r destroyed in the hands of others
86?gsx600 destroyed by a student u turn directly in my path,fu.. up n over!
92 dr350s the bulletproof ugly duckling,minus the pink stickers and the road kit!
13 ec200r finally enough coin for a new toy!and what a honey!

suzuki kingquads 250,300,400
yamaha kodiak400
yamaha grizzly450 currently,power steer,hotgrips(getting older)

 

[bergerhag]

I got myself my first bike at age 33. Why did I wait so long?

1984 Montesa ota 242
1992 Gasgas 327
1994 Husqvarna WR250
2005 Gasgas EC 450
2010 Gasgas EC300
2012 Gasgas EC300
2011 Gasgas EC125
2000 txt 280
2014 Gasgas EC250F - Ohlins kitted.

 

[Dirt Dud]

About 50 or so dirt bikes they never seem to stay around long .
1970 Benelli 65
1968 Honda dream Dirt Style
1974-75 Honda XL 125 175 250 on off road bought as a package they were like new
1976 RM125 first new bike
1977PE 175
1978 Pe250
1983 Honda 350 XR
1983 Suzuki 200 Dr
1983 KTM250
1885 Husky510 First Wife bought Bike
1984 fantic 300
2 1987 KDX200
1987 Beta TR34 250 Number 2 Wife bought bike
1993 Beta Tr34 250
1994 Beta 200
Beta 50 kids bike
Gasgas 80 kids bike
1996 XR250 Still have it
2001 Montessa 250
2003 Yzf250
2004yzf250 Electric Start
2006 Gasgas 300txt
2006 Gasgas300txt
2004 Kdx200 really worked
2005 Gasgas200 De like new still have it parts bike
2011 Gasgas 200 six daysStill have
2012 Gasgas 300 Race Number 3 wife bought me
2014 Gasgas 250 FactoryTXT still have
2014 Gasgas 300 Race still have Number 4 wife bought me
2013 Sherco X ride still have
2015 Gasgas 300 Kick Ass enduro Number 5 wife bought me
I am sure there were others but the best are yet to come .

 

[95jersey]

72 Honda trail 70
2001 kdx200
2002 yz250
2013 husky 310r
2014 gas gas 300

 

[bukwheat]

68 Honda cb160
70 Yamaha DT1 250 enduro
71 Penton 125 six days
71 DKW 125
72 Penton 125 six days
72 Yamaha AT2 MX 125
72 Yamaha DT2MX 250
73 Yamaha DT3MX 250
73 Bultaco 125 Pursang
74 Yamaha Mx 250
75 Bultaco 250 Pursang
74 Husqvarna 250 CR mag
76 Yamaha TY 250
78 Yamaha XS750
73 Honda CB350
75 Honda TL250
76 Kawasaki KT250
82 Honda XL250
84 Kawasaki KDX 200
87 Husqvarna 250xc
89 Yamaha YZ250
92 Kawasaki KDX200
94 Aprilia 280 climber
96 Kawasaki KDX200
01 Kawasaki KLR650
03 KTM 200exc
05 Kawasaki 1000 Concours
06 Gasgas 250 ec
09 Kawasaki 1400 concours
11 Gasgas 300 six days
14 Gasgas 300 RE

in that order starting in 1969

 

[jan_b]

Started with road bikes moved to dirt moved back to road moved back to dirt...

In order of ownership:

1976 Honda CX 500 First bike cheap oldie.
1996 Suzuki Bandit 1200
1996 Ducati 916 Biposto
2003 KTM 525 EXC (First new bike)
2005 GasGas EC300

Moved to Seattle from the Netherlands

2003 KTM 640 Adventure
2003 Ducati Super Sport 1000DS
2009 KTM RC8

Moved to Canada

2008 GasGas EC300