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Japanese Bikes / Re: What was your first Japanese Motorcycle
« on: April 04, 2007, 01:03:55 AM »
My first bike was a Suzuki B120P (well you gotta start somewhere.... 
). Which I learned to ride up and down my brother's driveway, before venturing out onto the road. That was in 1976. A great little machine, and fairly fast, too, considering that it was only meant as a slow ol' commuter machine. I once saw 80 on the clock, going down Swanscombe cutting two up....then the engine began to nip up! Hardly surprising really...but it survived to fight another day! Then I had a succession of Honda 250s of various guises, a couple of MZs, and then a couple of CX500s, but they were two and a half decades apart. And thats what I have now, a black and red CX500a with only 22,600 miles on the clock. Have only had it a month or so, but I love it already. Don't listen to what the majority say (thats the 'majority' who've never even ridden one...), they are great bikes that handle pretty well. I'd love to hear from any other CX'ers out there and maybe swap tales of dering-do... 
). Which I learned to ride up and down my brother's driveway, before venturing out onto the road. That was in 1976. A great little machine, and fairly fast, too, considering that it was only meant as a slow ol' commuter machine. I once saw 80 on the clock, going down Swanscombe cutting two up....then the engine began to nip up! Hardly surprising really...but it survived to fight another day! Then I had a succession of Honda 250s of various guises, a couple of MZs, and then a couple of CX500s, but they were two and a half decades apart. And thats what I have now, a black and red CX500a with only 22,600 miles on the clock. Have only had it a month or so, but I love it already. Don't listen to what the majority say (thats the 'majority' who've never even ridden one...), they are great bikes that handle pretty well. I'd love to hear from any other CX'ers out there and maybe swap tales of dering-do...