The first off road bike you ever ridden

Piston

12/07/2002 at 11:21

Follow on from Nidges thread cause it's slow today......

So what have you ridden off road. Lets try to refrain from the 10 secounds across the fields on a road bike post.

Mine was YZ465h that was bloody mean machine had power valves just about every gear. And was hugh i was 15 when i had my first go on that. My biggest problem was kicking the thing over. But i had so much fun it was unreal. I would dearly love to get an off raod bike again but monies are an issue. So's how about you lot?

Poetry In Motion!!!!

whitebird

12/07/2002 at 11:24

A GT550 hedgecrosser.

Reets

12/07/2002 at 11:25

a little serow - xt225. Very nice little bikes, they are

I didn't like falling off though. And I did. Lots. It hurt.

Its no good looking for the needle if you have already lost the thread.

Crownan

12/07/2002 at 11:28

The only thing ive ever ridden off road was a 90cc quad bike, damn good fun but not a two wheeler.

But I am going to look at a seized crosser to use foe a rebuild project!!

:smoke:

Computer says no

haydn

12/07/2002 at 11:28

My Dad's DT100 (I think??) when I was maybe 8 years old. I had to slide half off the seat to reach the gearshift and had to stop next to a wall or tree so I wouldn't fall over - I was on tip-toes just to reach the pegs

I often had to run home to get a bigger brother to help me pick it up again

Scooby

12/07/2002 at 11:29

I had a puch 50 cc bike with a plastic sprocket, also a Yamaha QT50 bought for £30 with bald tyres it would wash out all over the place.

Latterly I've had to make do with (in order):

YZ250
KX125
YZ250
YZ400
YZ426

still got the last two

Nidge

12/07/2002 at 11:30

The first bike I used as an off-roader was a C50 (with legshieds removed natch) the first proper off-roader was an RM125- that day I learned about powerbands and crashing

Baldicoot

12/07/2002 at 11:32

First was a BSA Bantam field bike...then

TS125
DT400 mono
DT250
Bultaco Sherpa
XT500

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magic wand

12/07/2002 at 11:41

A Honda 80 something or another

I was 11, we lived in Kuwait, the desert was my oyster. Unfortunately raw sewage is dumped in the desert where it forms a dry crust & is cunningly disguised as sand. My poor dad used to have to wade in up to his waist to retrieve the bike.
That bike also ended up with so much of my skin burned on to the exhaust

I may be gullible but at least I still have this magic fish

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_Allan_

12/07/2002 at 11:43

KX80 and KX125

fast and fun

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beep

12/07/2002 at 11:50

TS50 around the carpark of my local Co-op (remember co-ops!).

Bought an MTX200 and learnt to ride off road on coal/shale bings.

MTX80 and Bultaco 250 on holiday in Spain.

Also ridden a Transalp, XR650, Africa Twin and Dominator on road.

XR400 in Morocco a couple of years ago, including part of the usual Paris-Dakar route. A very tough bike! With a company called Motoaventures - going on one of their Andorran trips this September too

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Quick Chic

12/07/2002 at 11:52

I rode Human's KTM...does that count? I loved it

See ya, don't wanna be ya! :burnout:

Atomic Punk

12/07/2002 at 11:52

DT 175
CR250
CR125

I may have lost my way, but I'm way ahead of schedule.

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alastair

12/07/2002 at 12:01

first 'kind of trail bike' way my dt125

after that it was mates wr200 and cr250

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licker

12/07/2002 at 12:12

My first offroad bike ridden was a Cotton 170 Trials bike, unusual British i think.

Then owned:-

KX 125
KTM 250 Enduro
RM 250

Great fun

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Lob Rockster

12/07/2002 at 12:16

I am with the DT125 crew - a blinding laugh....even though I did not really go off-road on it...

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Gromit

12/07/2002 at 12:34

1st proper off-roader I ever rode was a Yam IT425. Scared the living shit out of me.

Ringadingding

Backs 400

12/07/2002 at 12:35

Honda Dominator...a HOOT with a capital HOOOOOOOOO!

CBR 600, the power to rattle ya teeth!!

knee_boarder

12/07/2002 at 12:35

KE100, think that counts

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Ogri Sprint

12/07/2002 at 12:37

me mountain bike when I were 12!

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