My first bike was a pedal moped for 46 pounds ,it was very unreliable ,then I got a fsie and that was worse ,that bike coupled with two Reliant regals got me into mechanic's ,purely because the shop tried to fix the fsie twice and charged my mum a bomb ,I thought I am not having a life paying unreliable mechanic's... my commute was 7 miles the fsie made it for 2 weeks ,good job I liked cycling...
My first was a Honda mb50 that I fitted a big bore kit and fancy carb use to blow the cool kids on there rd50s into the weeds
I still have this out in the shed.It is an FS1S (FS1E is for England, FS1S for Sweden)This thread has brought back some memories, i started off with a TS50ER back when i was 16, then a brand new MTX125, then an RD250lc, a brand new RD350YPVS followed that, Cars then took over more and more with only an old XL250S for hooning around on.
I wasn't allowed a motorbike or scooter as a teenager. I desperately wanted a fizzy. I liked the Suzuki 50 but it was too high for me. I seem to recall from my top trumps that puch was worst, munch was best! I only got my first bike in my 30's. A Kawasaki z250 which I liked but dropped often as it weighed a ton and I was on tippy toes. There's some good old small bikes on Spain but I can't remember their names. There was a guy showing a few at Gaydon in the summer. I shall try and find my photos.
Me either, something to do with my grandfather being killed on a motorbike. Then about ten years ago, I bought a '78 Honda ST70 for £100 and rebuilt it, every last nut and bolt. I hated it, it's been parked up in the back of the garage for the last nine years.
When I moved out of my Mum's house in the 80's, I had the best part of a dozen Fizzies in various states of disrepair. I GAVE them to the local breakers as I didn't want to cart vast piles of shiite to my 1st flat. They're probably worth more than the flat now.
I still have this in the garage though, And one of these in big lumps to be rebuilt when I get time. (So not in the next 10 years then!) And finally this, which is roadworthy but I never find the time to ride it.
Absolutely. As above, bought for one hundred notes and rebuilt to hang on the back of an or ange bay. Sadly at the time, I considered the flowered seat cover a bit crappy and sadly butchered a proper '78 lady dax. I CAN HAZ WOZ EVIL.
That's the one, that's so cool,I rang my dad today to see if he had any pics of mine, he said if he had any they would probably be on slides,I'll post them up if he finds any
