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What Was The Bike You Wanted In High School?(C'mon, show us how old you are)
Started by submaniac, 2009-06-21 09:42
#27
Super Member Posted 2009-06-24 07:53:36
the nickname for the bike is also a kettle  Hi  No, "The Kettle" is a different beast - one that i'd very much like to ride today. The Suzuki GT 750, that is, 750cc two-stroke-triple just like the Kawa but water cooled (hence "The Kettle"). Best regards..... Thanh Attached Files
#28
biker for life Posted 2009-06-24 18:56:08
the nickname for the bike is also a kettle Hi No, "The Kettle" is a different beast - one that i'd very much like to ride today. The Suzuki GT 750, that is, 750cc two-stroke-triple just like the Kawa but water cooled (hence "The Kettle"). Best regards..... Thanh #29
Senior Member Posted 2009-06-24 23:03:19
Must have been a RG 125, they were the dogs bollocks back then. Eventually got a RD 80 when i left school at 17, black, red frame & rims, upside down handle bars, cut out seat, home-made rearseats, cool as...
#30
Senior Member Posted 2009-06-25 06:54:50
the nickname for the bike is also a kettle Hi No, "The Kettle" is a different beast - one that i'd very much like to ride today. The Suzuki GT 750, that is, 750cc two-stroke-triple just like the Kawa but water cooled (hence "The Kettle"). Best regards..... Thanh Those were called "Wasserbueffel" (waterbufallo) where i grew up. #31
Super Member Posted 2009-06-25 07:38:29
Yup yup.
Also where i grew up (German guy here). And that put them in competition with a much smaller bike of which i had the pleasure to own one - the Zundapp KS 175, nicknamed "Bueffel" (buffalo) due to it's, well, buffalo-like engine characteristics (torque like a steam locomotive out of 163cc two-stroke). Best regards..... Thanh #32
Senior Member Posted 2009-06-25 13:04:57
If you come from the UK and are old enough you may remember the 16'er law where 16 year olds were restricted to 50cc mopeds so most of us had Yamaha FS1E's. I liked the exotic so lusted after a Fantic GT which was quicker but more temperamental. Getting past the moped stage my sensible head went for a Honda Superdream but like H2oDunc I lusted after the Benelli Sei. Something about those Italians. yeah the Yamaha FS1E was the most popular round may way followed by the suzuki ( forgot the model ) then the honda ( not a plastic ) When you got to 17 year old it was the suzuki X7, if i remember was the fastest of the 250cc machines that UK 17 year olds were allowed to ride. Sadly a few lads didnt make it to become 18 year olds. #33
Senior Member Posted 2009-06-26 10:11:33
A blue honda 550 super sport,4 into 1 exhaust.
#34
Platinum Member Posted 2009-06-26 16:33:53
If you come from the UK and are old enough you may remember the 16'er law where 16 year olds were restricted to 50cc mopeds so most of us had Yamaha FS1E's. I liked the exotic so lusted after a Fantic GT which was quicker but more temperamental. Getting past the moped stage my sensible head went for a Honda Superdream but like H2oDunc I lusted after the Benelli Sei. Something about those Italians. yeah the Yamaha FS1E was the most popular round may way followed by the suzuki ( forgot the model ) then the honda ( not a plastic ) When you got to 17 year old it was the suzuki X7, if i remember was the fastest of the 250cc machines that UK 17 year olds were allowed to ride. Sadly a few lads didnt make it to become 18 year olds. Did the Yamaha RD250LC come out at the tail end of the 17 year old learner law? So long ago but they were seriously fast. Mind you, your right about the X7, a mate of mine had one that was tuned up, barrels/pistons ported, head skim and micron exhausts, and would beat another mates Yam XJ550. #35
biker for life Posted 2009-06-27 07:58:05
A blue honda 550 super sport,4 into 1 exhaust. my father had this exact bike.blue and all #36
Senior Member Posted 2009-06-28 10:38:32
If you come from the UK and are old enough you may remember the 16'er law where 16 year olds were restricted to 50cc mopeds so most of us had Yamaha FS1E's. I liked the exotic so lusted after a Fantic GT which was quicker but more temperamental. Getting past the moped stage my sensible head went for a Honda Superdream but like H2oDunc I lusted after the Benelli Sei. Something about those Italians. yeah the Yamaha FS1E was the most popular round may way followed by the suzuki ( forgot the model ) then the honda ( not a plastic ) When you got to 17 year old it was the suzuki X7, if i remember was the fastest of the 250cc machines that UK 17 year olds were allowed to ride. Sadly a few lads didnt make it to become 18 year olds. Did the Yamaha RD250LC come out at the tail end of the 17 year old learner law? So long ago but they were seriously fast. Mind you, your right about the X7, a mate of mine had one that was tuned up, barrels/pistons ported, head skim and micron exhausts, and would beat another mates Yam XJ550. yes i think it was at the tail end, after the law change the market collapsed for 250cc machines. the RD250LC was a serious machine as you say, i think they also had a 350cc version. After the law change it was the 125cc market that prospered, but the 12hp limit on the machines limited development otherwise they would have quickly become ton up machines as well. #37
Titanium Member Posted 2009-06-28 11:03:06
I guess I'm older than most of you. We didn't have all those exotic rice burners back then. When I was a kid, you could have a Harley or an Indian. They were too big and out of my reach anyways. I REALLY wanted a Cushman Eagle but ended up with a Cushman Road King. It had second hand Piper Cub tires on it and I got replacement tires from the generous guys at the local air strip.
#38
Super Member Posted 2009-06-30 15:20:56
I wanted a '48 Vespa ( still looking for one )
and anything Steve McQueen rode.. Attached Files
#39
Super Member Posted 2009-07-01 00:03:51
I wanted a '48 Vespa ( still looking for one ) and anything Steve McQueen rode.. That's the Triumph TT Steve is on. Painted green to look more like a BMW. Apparently the BMW's couldn't do the stunts he put the bike thru. #40
Senior Member Posted 2009-07-01 09:56:43
As i didnt know anyone with a bike, I had to go with what i thought looked cool.
Yamaha GTS1000 looked bad ass with its strange front suspension and sleek looks and $14000 msrp, hey it was 1993 who would have thought it would have bombed soo badly? #41
biker for life Posted 2009-07-02 23:33:04
suzuki katana gsx 1100 was a bad ass bike in its day and still is ,,check out some real nice customised ones here and other old skool suzukis http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/
#42
Member in Uranus Posted 2010-05-01 17:31:01
suzuki katana gsx 1100 was a bad ass bike in its day and still is ,,check out some real nice customised ones here and other old skool suzukis http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/ Still made right up until 2000 "Final Edition" I bought one of the last ones imported from Japan sold it about 3 years ago, here was my baby. Attached Files
Edited by yabaaaa, 2010-05-01 17:34:43. #43
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-01 17:55:43
Left school in 1966, and my dream bike was a Norton Dominator
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#44
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-01 18:31:02  Had this one in high school when 16. But I think it differs every country, some are allowed big bikes, some only mopeds at this age. #45
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-01 19:31:38
My schoolboy dream was also a BSA Gold Star, I had a 350 Royal Enfield Bullet 1951 model when i was 13, great for riding round our large orchard and harvested fields, my first road bike at 16 was a BSA C10L, 250 sidevalve, i think i pushed it more miles than i rode it, My younger brother started off on a Yam fizzy, 50cc, Yamaha FS1E, and because of the smell it made, he called it his Fried Sausage 1 Egg bike!! So very close in experience there... My dream also was a 500cc BSA Gold Star, in Manx race trim. Neighbour had one...deep envy. At 14, I had a Royal Enfield Clipper 250 which I rode around the farm fields behind our house (and sometimes on the road when no-one was looking) My first bike for the road, on my 16th birthday (1965) (250cc limit for learners then) was a BSA C12 250, which I tried to modify to look like a "Goldie". J. #46
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-01 21:49:17
Kawasaki 500 Triple - Mach 3. Got one the next year, altho' was not in school anymore. Traded up to a 750 Mach 4 when available. Sub 10 second Monster with a slick and wheelie bars.
#47
Gold Member Posted 2010-05-01 21:57:40
pix, people, pix. without pix, this thread is nothing.
I was dreaming of an (then already old) Yamaha XT 500 silver tank. Such a classic!  And later a Tenere (not knowing how hard these things are to steer).  Never had the money though so sadly never had one. #48
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-02 02:34:43
suzuki katana gsx 1100 was a bad ass bike in its day and still is ,,check out some real nice customised ones here and other old skool suzukis http://oldskoolsuzuki.info/ Still made right up until 2000 "Final Edition" I bought one of the last ones imported from Japan sold it about 3 years ago, here was my baby. I was gonna post almost the same bike, but I liked the 750SE version. When I was a kid I used to make all the Tamiya model kits and the Katana 750 SE with its flip up headlight was the coolest. Other than a GP bike, this was the dream for me in High school but I wanted a car more. _84-85/GSX_750_SE_Katana_(GR72A)_84-85_1.jpg) I didn't start riding till I was 27. Edited by ttakata, 2010-05-02 02:37:46. #49
Senior Member Posted 2010-05-02 08:20:17
1100 Katana, iconic bike of the 80s. Yaa Baaaa why did you sell it!? After years of looking I found a 100% legal unmolested, original 1982 GSX750 SS Katana here, still had the Jap spec hideous raised, pull-back clip-ons. Never seen a 1000 or 1100 though?
#50
Jerk Posted 2010-05-02 09:14:39
Funny you guys mention the original Katana (considered by most to be the first modern Japanese sportbike), because there was an 1983 in the Los Angeles craigslist for less than $1000. In regards to the displacement, IIRC the first ones had a smaller displacement because Harley Davidson lobbied Congress (and got) for a bill that placed an additional tax on imported motorcycles above (I believe) 850 cc's. So the first batch suzuki shipped had a smaller bore to avoid the additional import duties. I have seen 2 other early Katanas on the roads in Socal in the past 2 months, and the design holds up suprisingly well; it still looks fresh even today.
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