stick1300

Spent about 2 hours on my buddies 98 Yami 250, then got on my first F4i. I was scared shitless at first, but in love at the same time. I had just turned 18.

Coteracing438

first bike was a Z50 honda i got when i was Four years old...got a 125 when i was 12 and started racing. been racing since then and built a 98 F3 last summer and rode it till winter. bought an R6 over the winter and have been riding that since.

killthatoneguy

i was 4-5 when i started to ride a lt 230 quad

6-7 got a kx 60 started racing mx

10-13 cr 80

14-16 kx 125 started racing desert

16-17 started working for a honda dealer which led to alot of bikes

84 gs 550
03 xr 50
99 yzf 400
97 xr 250 (got for $200)
02 cr 250 (scored for a grand)
03 rm 250 (bought for 1200 sold for 1500 after being desert raced and beat)

18-20 97 zx6r
06 gsxr 600
06 cbr 600
03 kx 250
05 crf 450x

thats about it desert racing was the most racing i did i got into freestyle and built a few ramps and drake mcelroy hooked me and some friends with a old one of his but i had a hard time keepin it together and put my self in the hospital for a few days tryin backflips. my old man always had street bikes when he was younger stop riding after he went down with nothing on but cutoff shorts(not even shoes) i always wanted a street bike and once i got one the dirtbike riding definetly helped get accustomed to the street with no probs but its crazy how easy it is to speeed! **** tickets!

EvanC&I

im 13 and i just started riding a 636:YEAH

E RacK

16, ducati desmo quattro blue n white with fat by ferraci pipes and the baby elephants, 2nd was a 748 mono-p

hell no not my bikes, my friend's, his dad was big into harley's before he died but his son went to duc's. let me sit on 'em after i'd finish helping on the nova and i'd fuddle through the gears and always leave the bikes in first

spoondogg

right on bro. keep at it, you'll be killin it in no time. just take you're time learning, dont put yourself out to soon.

killthatoneguy

just found some pics of some of my old bikes

including one of me weedin in the vcgp 12 o clock!











this one has me, my older brother, and my dad in the vcgp 6-me 7-bro 5-me pop

Peter Steele

1986 cr 80 when i was 18, had that for like 4 weeks. blew the engine to ****. then got a road bike ( vt250 ) after that. from there, i lernt how not to be a noob, and then got me a gsxr 600 k6. then a 400sm, then a mini bike. now im looking at the f4i, and i be's 21.

I cant count the ammount of pedal bikes i had growing up. thats were the whole wheelie life for me came from.

Cincykillz

i was 16 gave my buddy 5 bucks to let me ride his old zx6r or w/e it was well i didnt turn gas on before i left (he told me not to leave the neghiborhood of course i listened) got out on the main rode made it about 1/4 mile up the road it died started pushing it just happened to be right at my high school tried starting it made it from the high school to the jr. high bike died right in front of two cops sittin at the school when up to them and told them i just got my temps my ******* buddy didnt tell me his bike was outta gas got a free ride to the gas station in the back of the cop car... fun times

Stunt101 .:SB:.

started riding when I was 5 on Yamaha PW50, changed few till i was 13, got my first scooter, learned how to wheelie in 2004 ever since that I'm tryn' to kip it up on one! :-)
first time rode streetbike when I was 15-16, friends R6, got my 636 this year (I'm 19 now),cant wait to set it up and put it up on one..

N/A

14... my brother had a 93 F2 that he just finished rebuilding after he wrecked it going through the twisties doing about 55 through a long sweeping turn. He told me the typical **** when I got on it, "Don't go fast, don't leave the neighborhood" blah blah blah.... took it for a 30 minute joy ride. HAHAHAH

-nelson

I grew up riding quads and dirtbikes. I got the chance to ride my first streetbike in 10th grade, an old kawi 900 I wanted to buy it,but at that age $1,200 was out of my price range. Around 96 I got my first streetbike an 88 cbr 600, I loved clutchin up sitdowns and dippin on the local cops, I took the bike with me to FLA went MMI and rode the steets and highways of orlando and daytona for a year. I sold that bike in FLA. Then In 99 I got a new zx9, fresh out the crate working at a dealership. I began doing standups and rolling endos on that, I learned highchairs,spreaders,12's idle, and RB all on that. Now its all come back to a 600, an 04 636 which is great for RB, idle , and circles. So look what happens after " the first time you swing your leg over a streetbike" you never stop swingin it over, I'l probly stunt til early -to mid 40's ,then maybe get a cruiser?

excessa

I started on dbs when I was a kid. got on a brand new Hurricane in 87/88 I can't recall. It was too much bike for me, it felt like a pig at first, but a fast pig.

I was nervous as hell, and I'd never felt that electrified feeling in the pit of my tummy before. I didn't get it past 3d gear the whole first day.

since having kids, taking a few years off, and developing a disorder that makes my spine fall apart I am unsure and too cautious to be any good as a rider. I miss it so much though. I finally got to the point where I realized I had so much to learn, and now I risk instant paralysis trying to learn. before I figured my many years putzing around the trails meant I knew everything.

and the fucked up part is, I still want to learn. SO BAD. tall endos, circles and acros.

Beto

14 here, rode a brand new 250, dropped it at least 3 times every day of the first week

b16_rex

wow doesnt this bring back memories. I started riding when i was 5 pops got me a 1985 honda z50 with batman emblems on the number plates, got a trx125, then a xr80, then a kx80 started racing that, then got a blaster, then a yz80, yz125, had 2 honda 250x, sold one bought a 250r, sold that bought a car crx, got a 400ex still have, then when i was 19 got a 2005 r6 still have, wow thats a long list lol my dad had harleys for ever and when i was 12 he pulled over and let me drive it for like 20 miles he was on the back of course but still fun.

TheRomanSF415x

for some reason i still hate turning to the right at high speeds.. i'd prefer going left. iono why that is.

but my first real streetbike i got at 19.. and then it was on and off from there. i never really rode daily until i got my f4 at close to 20.. i still miss that bike. i could hit corners waaaay better than i can on the 929.. i guess on the current niner i have wack throttle control but i'm workin on it

but yea turning to the right at first i had the most akward feeling, i kinda got over it but i still dont really like turning right i really dont know why

idahostunten

i was 16 when i rode my first road bike it was my friends gsxr600 i loved it so much i wanted to get one right then but i decided to pay off my dirt bike so this year i bought my R6 about 2 months ago

imafrogg420

when I was like 5 my pops got me on a xr50 rode that for little while then moved right up to a 80cc dirtbike while later then a 125 for couple years then sold that when I was 15 rode my dads 250 til I was 16 and bought a 86 honda sabre 1100 sportcruiser. rode that for a summer. then got into roadracing and raced a SV 650 but only road it on the track. then I got an 07 r6 last year when I was 19 for the street adn then discovered stunting. now I just picked up a 04 gsxr 6 this spring for my stuntpiece. good times, I just wish I would of found stuntin way sooner

But I learned how to wheelie on my fourwheeler and then that help alot moving over to streetbikes.

excessa

I was told that's because of the sprocket placement, the tire is beeing turned from the left side, which pulls the bike to a more natural feeling left, and makes the right feel like you have to fight it a bit.

sounds true, but I have believed some total bullshit before, and am mechanically ...not the brightest.

Towlieee

I was 16 first time I rode my friends F1 huricane.. Hit 50mph the first ride and thought it was "FAST".. Took 4 rides before I even took his bike above 8,000rpm.. Once I got over 8,000, I knew I had to have one..
At 17 I got my first bike, $800 95 fzr600




my 2 cents is thats probably bs haha, as long as your axle adjusters work, and your axle is tight, your wheel will pull straight, and you can't tell where the powers coming from (at least I think)


Its weird because I turn right the best haha.. But thats mainly because the only twisties I hit, I hit daily on the way to my friend, and its a clover leaf.. Real easy to get low on a clover leaf, when you have 4 LONG turns to get lower and lower in