Poll: What size street legal bike did you start with??

What size bike did you learn on??

50cc or less
1
1%
51cc-249cc
30
17%
250cc-499cc
45
25%
500cc-599cc
24
13%
600cc-699cc
31
17%
700cc-999cc
25
14%
1000cc+
13
7%
I don't ride yet :)
9
5%
 
Total votes: 178

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#51 Unread post by mgdavis »

1979 CB750
'07 Suzuki V-Strom DL650
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#52 Unread post by Texfire »

2006 Honda VLX 600 Deluxe.
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#53 Unread post by dzervit »

tropicalhotdog wrote:jeez, by next year the only left for you will be to ride an ICBM like Slim Pickens at the end of Dr. Strangelove.
:laughing: I have my first track day in less than two weeks... you might be right!
½ of a 03 Yamaha V-Star 650 Classic
All of a 06 BMW R1200RT
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#54 Unread post by xb12rMatt »

Started on a 2006 R1. Sold it in half a year and bought a 2005 Buell XB12R.
Current ride: 05 XB12R
Sold: Yamaha R1
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#55 Unread post by vulcan_x »

My first street legal bike was a 185cc Yamaha Scramler 8)
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#56 Unread post by Super Dave »

2001 Kawasaki ex500 and still riding it.
2001 Ninja 500R....Purple
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#57 Unread post by Zohw »

Sev wrote:I started on an LS650, but that should be qualified, it was a 650cc single cylinder 33hp cruiser with a max speed of 130km/h downhill... with the windbehind me.

Basically a 250 rebel with a little more punch.
Also an LS650 that I still ride today, but for some reason the 96' version has a bit more hmph then Sev's. Just under 40 HP, and I've done 145km on the freeway, with the wind in front of me. :)
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#58 Unread post by motoken »

Honda 185 Twinstar
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#59 Unread post by azpnshr »

Kawasaki 440; upgrading each time due to my 'appetite' desiring the quick and twisted.
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#60 Unread post by slingshot »

I first learnt to ride on a mates Honda CB750 way back in 1973 but my first bike was a Yamaha RD350 bcoz my parents wouldn't let me have anything larger
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