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

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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%
 
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#21 Unread post by scan »

Duh! I misread you. I thought you said "This thread lends little credence", not "lends a little credence". Amazing what difference an "a" makes! :oops:
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#23 Unread post by Sev »

scanevalexec wrote:Duh! I misread you. I thought you said "This thread lends little credence", not "lends a little credence". Amazing what difference an "a" makes! :oops:
You wouldn't be the first person to misread a thread, I know I've done it enough times to have a perm blush.
Of course I'm generalizing from a single example here, but everyone does that. At least I do.

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#25 Unread post by Wizzard »

Wizzard wrote:1963 Honda Dream 305cc .
That was the first one that was street legal .
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Oh and that was in '63 btw
Woke up thinking that this couldn't possibly be correct It had to be earlier than that so it must of been the first year of production which was 1961 and that would have been the year that I had it .
Damn , I hate when my memory falters ............. :laughing:
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#26 Unread post by shane-o »

RGV 250 ;) it was a fooking twitchy peice of "poo poo" to ride too
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Re: Poll: What size street legal bike did you start with??

#28 Unread post by Bubba »

cruisinflatout wrote:UPDATED to specify that it was the

1ST STREET LEGAL BIKE YOU LEARNED ON

:frusty:

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just curious - what did you start on??

**Just vote what the bike is commonly referred to - if it's always called a 600 but it's truely a 598 - VOTE 600.**

(Hope this isn't a previous poll :oops: )
Started on a Suzuki 550 and soon grew tired of that. :)
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#30 Unread post by shalihe74 »

96 Honda CBR600 F3
Meaning that we aren't being hypocritcal telling new guys to start small, and showing that we've been there and done that, and might actually believe what we're suggesting.
I get to come from the opposite side of the 'been there, done that' spectrum. :)

I've been that newb on too-big a bike and, if I had the chance to do it over again, I would have definitely started on something smaller. Learning on that thing was like learning to ride a horse by hopping on the biggest, greenest, meanest stallion in the paddock.

Turned out okay, though. (Thank whatever dieties have been watching over me for the past decade.)
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