Triumphrat

crowder · 08-19-2007, 01:21 AM

i grew up on my dad's bikes and anything that he could pick up at a farm sale. '71 honda trail 90, '73 honda 125, '64 honda 450 scrambler, and a '73 honda cb750. i made one run to sturgis, sd bike rally on the 450scrambler and the cb750 and i got nothing but love. i've got respect for those honda's, after years of storage the most i had to do was clean some carbs, points, condensers, and plugs to get her going, and a chain and tires to keep them road-worthy. but going my own direction and inspired by the 450 i picked up the '06 scrambler. where'd you come from?

GrandPaulZ · 08-19-2007, 12:16 PM

It all started with a ride on the back of a Honda 110, then I got to ride a 3HP Briggs & Stratton mini-bike, then a Puch mo-ped, then a Kawasaki 90 Bushmaster (first time I rode a "real" motorcycle, with gears, etc.)

108 bikes later, I have over a dozen Meriden-built Bonnie & TR6 vaiants, a couple of Tridents, Nortons & BSAs and a BUNCH of Japanese bikes.

theelderrocker · 08-20-2007, 01:15 PM

Hi Folks-
First bike ever-72 Triumph Daytona 500. Second- 72 Bonnie chopped by first owner, made into bobber before bobbers were really popular. Took M/C license test on 73 750 Norton Commando. Ran over the cones on the "bob and weave" test but the inspector cut me slack for having the stones to show up on a big cool old bike! He didn't know I'd been riding for a long time without an m/c license. Dad rode Triumph, former spouse's Dad rode Triumph, Mom's current husband rode Triumph and BSA. I guess I come by the bug honest. Owned 27 bikes-all Brit, nothing else.
Mike
Kansas, America
9 Commandos, 4 Triumphs and a BSA right now.

pendraig · 08-22-2007, 12:15 PM

Started out on Dad's old '65 CT200 Honda Trail 90. (Still lives in my stable)
First bike of my own was a 250 Aermacchi-Harley Sprint.
First bike with tags and an inspection sticker- '72 BSA B50SS Victor-Gold Star.
Then, various Triumph/BSA/Norton 500, 650, 750 Twins. Also had a T150V Trident in there, back in the halcyon days of my former youth.
Today: '96 Triumph Sprint as my main ride, with a '79 Bonneville Special and the previously-mentioned Honda passing in and out of retirement as my wallet and their state of repair dictate.

quagmire · 08-22-2007, 09:51 PM

I watched a British show called a bike is born . First saw it a few years ago. I thought it would be cool to restore a British bike. After watchng it every friday night for a year my wife said "Would you just build the dumb thing and watch something else." I stumbled across the TR6 and the rest was history. When I got the bike restored I had to go out and get my permit. The only bike I have ever ridden is my 1970 TR6!

Medic09 · 08-23-2007, 10:31 PM

Lots of neighbourhood kids had those mini-bikes-from-a-kit with a lawnmower engine. Then, around 13, a friend got for his bar-mitzvah a pair of Hondas (50cc and 70cc). That really got me thinking. Then we used to ride my friend's dad's Vespa around the local fields. We didn't know it couldn't be used as a dirt bike! :-)

Then I learned to really ride on a CB100 that belonged to a friend. There was no way my folks were agreeing to me getting a bike. I rode that little Honda a bit, then another friend got a Suzuki (360?) with a six-speed gearbox. That was a real step up. I kept riding friends' bikes, and dreaming about a CB750 or a Trident of my own.

Last year (30 years later), I bought a '75 T160 Trident as a project. Shortly after that, we got a Yamaha SR500 for the wife and I to share. That bike was a great little thumper! We got a '78 Honda CB750 because sharing looked too inconvenient, and I commute about 130 miles round trip each day. We sold the Yamaha when she got a Honda Shadow VLX 600. Shortly after that we bought an '01 Sprint ST that I alternate with the 750Four. The Trident project has been languishing for lack of time, but here and there I'll keep at it until we get the dream bike back on the road.

Mecchanica · 08-25-2007, 05:46 PM

My uncle gave me a ride on the back of his Lambretta scooter when I was about six or seven. The first bike I got to ride was a Honda CT 90, vintage 66 or 67 while living on a cattle ranch in Arizona. That set the hook.

retrobiker · 08-25-2007, 07:06 PM

Had a jawa 250cc back in India in the late 60's.When I look back I think it was a great bike for the money.Our choices in India back then were Royal Enfield,Jawa Lambretta and Vespa .

Eggman · 08-29-2007, 05:14 PM

Moto-Ski Mini-Sno

mike07 · 08-29-2007, 05:59 PM

One of my first memories was on a 52ish harley dresser with my Dad driving, my Mom on pilion & me in between, must have been all of 3 yrs old. When i brought back my first bike at 14-a 65 Honda 90 Dad threatened to chop it to pieces with an axe. Had to hide it at a friends. When he finally came around he even drove my 90's-i had several of them. Graduated to Honda 305 Superhawk's, then cb350's. Bought my first triumph new in 71 at 18 yrs old . Sold it & bought a new 73cb750 which i still have but always regretted selling the triumph. So now i have my 73 Honda750, a 74 honda750, the 68 bonnie & 68 Daytona plus a few others. Still looking for more too-LOL arent we all. PS Dad still likes to try one around the yard once in a while at 75 yrs old & has definitly retired the axe