Old bikes.

I was sat thinking about some of my old bikes the other day, i've had a few I can tell ya...

My first race bike was about my 5th bike in total, it was a 4 stroke a Honda XR75 that I raced in with the 'inters' which back then was a 100cc class. I was too small to reach the ground on a 100 so after having a season on the XR I moved onto a 2 stroke Yam 80cc, yes 80 not 85 thats what they used to be

So what was your first race bike?

My first proper race bike was a Yamaha YZ80G

Plenty of Italjets before that, Italjets were great bikes

My first race bike was my 125 Dalesman Puch .

Rowlmyster wrote:

My first proper race bike was a Yamaha YZ80G

Plenty of Italjets before that, Italjets were great bikes

Was that a twin shock...I has a yellow twin shock one then next year had a white cantalever version.

...ive still got one ...

That picture looks familiar , can't think where from though

andyyam wrote:

That picture looks familiar , can't think where from though

I reckon each time he posts it its getting more pixelated..

COACH wrote:

Rowlmyster wrote:

My first proper race bike was a Yamaha YZ80G

Plenty of Italjets before that, Italjets were great bikes

Was that a twin shock...I has a yellow twin shock one then next year had a white cantalever version.

I think it was the first cantilever YZ80

I remember falling in love with the very first KX80 that came out.... I rode it in with the 100cc inters, awsome bike that took me to many wins...

My first ever bike wasnt a crosser it was a Honda C50 with the rocker gear lever first push forward 2nd and 3rd push back if I remember rightly oh and no clutch

COACH wrote:

My first ever bike wasnt a crosser it was a Honda C50 with the rocker gear lever first push forward 2nd and 3rd push back if I remember rightly oh and no clutch

Was it powered by steam too!!

This was actually my second race bike, pure cutting edge technology,Taken at a RSSC meeting, Boundary Lane, Ringwood 1972.

oldgaz wrote:

This was actually my second race bike, pure cutting edge technology,Taken at a RSSC meeting, Boundary Lane, Ringwood 1972.

OK Gaz your gunna have to fill us youngsters in, although Andyam will probably know what bike that is.... im guessing a Bantam

Doesn't look like a Bantam to me , the majority of bikes had an underslung exhaust back then , Huskys exhaust was on the other side so I don't think that it is one of them . Come on Oldgaz let us out of our misery , spill the beans .

andyyam wrote:

Doesn't look like a Bantam to me , the majority of bikes had an underslung exhaust back then , Huskys exhaust was on the other side so I don't think that it is one of them . Come on Oldgaz let us out of our misery , spill the beans .

My initial thought was Husky, maybe a Greeves?

IT was a Bantam, (D14/4)I can remember my dad bought it off of Graham Orchard,(I think he still has something to do with Moto Cross engines as Tom Lowe mentioned to me recently that Graham had done some work for him or something, small world i think)I can remember i used to have to charge the battery up for every meeting and take a fully charged spare with us in case the thing run out of life, I used to have to brasso (polish)the exhaust port every other meeting too, heres another pic from St Ives another RSSC meeting. I think it also had C15(250cc) forks, I'll post up some pictures of some of ,my other bikesl later on, the next bike I had was a '73 Dalesman Sachs, (the follow on from the Dalesman Puch), then a '74 Suzuki TM125, followed by a '76 Honda Cr125m, Then into adults with a couple of CCMs (one being a '79 ex Bob Wright factory bike) A 390 Husky,A 440 Kawaski (which was a Kx 420 with a long stroke kit in it) '81 490 Maico, '82 Armstrong 500,JBR Honda,'83 CR 480 Honda,A Suzuki PE250 (did enduros for a bit),'88 Rm250,'89 ATK 604,'90 KX500, '98 EX Leask 610 Husky,'99 Cr500,'07 KTM 450,'99 Rm 250,Now into twinshocks With the '79 Yz400 (now for sale) as this year I'm doing the RDH on 1980 RM 125's( 125's are a lot easier on the old bones and I can pick 'em up unaided)
Next Septemeber 2011 I will have been racing,(with a couple of years of here and there (mainly due to wives) and a few injuries) for FORTY YEARS now that is scary!!!

COACH wrote:

I was sat thinking about some of my old bikes the other day, i've had a few I can tell ya...

My first race bike was about my 5th bike in total, it was a 4 stroke a Honda XR75 that I raced in with the 'inters' which back then was a 100cc class. I was too small to reach the ground on a 100 so after having a season on the XR I moved onto a 2 stroke Yam 80cc, yes 80 not 85 thats what they used to be

So what was your first race bike?

Mine was an XR75...great little bike. Then an Italjet 100.
I remember your first Yam 80 too....mighty Atom!
I also remember looping out my brothers TY80 off the bank at the back of your Mum and Dads house.

Mart1g wrote:

COACH wrote:

I was sat thinking about some of my old bikes the other day, i've had a few I can tell ya...

My first race bike was about my 5th bike in total, it was a 4 stroke a Honda XR75 that I raced in with the 'inters' which back then was a 100cc class. I was too small to reach the ground on a 100 so after having a season on the XR I moved onto a 2 stroke Yam 80cc, yes 80 not 85 thats what they used to be

So what was your first race bike?

Mine was an XR75...great little bike. Then an Italjet 100.
I remember your first Yam 80 too....mighty Atom!
I also remember looping out my brothers TY80 off the bank at the back of your Mum and Dads house.

Hahaha I remember that TY80, your old man was happy we bought one after that it was great fun up the local wood.

My first racer proper dirt scoot was the trusty ol xr75 too wasnt too competative against the 100cc 2 strokes though

Gaz, get them pics up fella... be great to see them.

OK Well here goes, I've actually found a pic of me on my first bike back in 1971 at a RSSC event, again Boundary lane, a home made Suzuki 50, come on I'm only 11, try not to laugh to much!!!in this lot is the Dalesman sachs (me in a PINK shirt, must heve been fashionable in '74), the Suzuki TM125 at the '75 BSMA championships at Kidderminster,( I did crap !!) a couple of the Honda CR125m, one of me getting the Holeshot in front of Kevein Slight on the Husky, Mike Shotter behind him and a one Steve Barber (Bengt husky)on his right shoulder and yes I did win it, the other one of the Honda is at Kingsclere,just to show the Berm Specialalities Porcupine Head we head on it from America (remember them). Then there is the '76 CCM Taken at Polcrebo Downs Cornwall July '77 , the next pic is the ex-works '79 CCM at Owslebury Sept'80, then the 440 Kawasaki at Polcrebo downs,(I like Cornwall) the'79 390 Husky at the Ken Hall ( that was actually an ex-Cris Adlem bike)when we used to go straight on after getting to the top of cold hill, the Honda 480 with Richard Brookes saying hello, and my '99 Honda CR500.Next is the Kawasaki 500 with full FMF exhaust and Suzuki conventional forks(they were better than the upside downs) the Ex-Perry Leask 610 Husky,'82 Armstrong 500 and finally the ATK 604.

I'll have to do them seperatly as they go bonkers on one page

Some bloody good riders in that lot mate...

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