When I was about 8 years old my nan gave up riding her Puch Maxi so I got it to ride in the garden (and to the shops). It was just like this one.

When I was 14 my dad bough me my first real bike. The idea it would be used in the woods then put on the road when I got to 16. It was a Suzuki TS50ER like the one below but in Red.

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By now I was working and managed to buy a Kawasaki KE125 for when I turned 17. It was just like this one below.

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While I had the KE125, my dad had a Yamaha XS750 like the one below. As neither of us had passed our tests, he bought a Sidewinder sidecar thing that bolted to the footpegs and got around the law for 125cc learner bikes. The design of this side car thing allowed you to ride it like a normal bike that was just a bit wider. Whilst it was not actually mike bike like the rest shown here, it was an important bit of my riding career.

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After passing my test, the KE125 went and was replaced with a Honda CB500T. This is the one bike I regret selling as I did not realise how rare it was until many years later. Mine was no where near as good condition of this one.

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Then a Honda CB250N Superdream that I kept for many years.

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A Yamaha FZR1000 Genesis like the one below.

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Once the i scared myself enough I got rid of the FZR and bought my first new bike. It was a Yamaha FZS600 Fazer. At last a picture of my actual bike.

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Having had enough of the Mrs moaning about the bike not being comfortable enough, after 7 years, I traded it in for a Honda ST1100 Pan European that finally got traded in in June 2010 as it was just too big to use normally

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The Biffer (CBF1000) is now the bike I have.

L'Bob