What was your first Japanese Motorcycle

[kamikaziken]

1967 honda cd175. Brill little bike, took me plus 15 stone mate and half a ton of camping eqpmt to rallies all over britain with Honda owners club.. Never let me down in 35000 miles until I part exed it for a cb450. 80 mph and 75 mpg.

[Oldgit]

My first Jap bike was, of course, a FS1E. It was gold in colour and bought for £40 when I was fifteen. I resprayed the frame, tidied it up and MOT'd it ready for my sixteenth birthday.

Kept it for a year even went to the Lake District on it from Hertfordshire; never had a problem with it.  

[WozzA]

      my first Japper was a Kawasaki W2,
Followed by numerous Honda 750/4's..
Kawasaki's galore....
and my last one was a VF1000F2

OMG   dont things change over 40 years...    

[TLDV8]

My first was a brand new 1976 RM125S (Still have it in box's)
The following year it was a 1974 Kawasaki S1B 250 Triple.   ......... followed by a 73 T100T,first Kawasaki H2 in 1980 (still have it)..Z1000J...78 CBX/6 and so on.
Somehow Ducati Beveldrives slipped in from 1983 to the present.

[monkeybiker]

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...

[guinnless]

started on a c90 when 7/8 on the farm, first bike legaly on the road was a Honda MT50(with a h100 engine) followed by a cg125 then a cb100 with an alpha exhaust and 125 head/carb - good for 80mph! then several small hondas a gs850 with a gsx head that used to snap shafts :-) and a full yoshi kitted 400/4 that ate lc's - that upset them - a 10 year old 4 stroke faster,a Gpz with a lot of harris goodies but as soon as I passed my test they were only work bikes - the bonnie is for fun.

[scottsnx]

G'day All,
My first bike and the one I learnt to ride on  when I was 14 was a Honda C70 stepthrough on the farm rounding up cows. They were slow dairy cows

First bike on the road at 16 and 9 months was a Honda XL 250 motorsport silver tank. WooHoo! When I got my full license I bought a Yamaha RD400. evil wicked and FAST!

Just bought my first old bike, a 1967 Yamaha G3 80cc two-stroke. I know, another Yamaha two-stroke

 :-/

[scotsman4th]

Just thinking about it, my first was a c90 stepthrough (R reg) when i was a lad for use in the fields.
 I then bought a customised 250 superdream and a honda 125 but never got round to getting my license so sold them on.
 This year I bought a CBR1000fl, passed my test then got it on the road. Always wanting an old bike, I've now bought a honda cd250 k0 (i think) and a gsxr400 (1985).
 An i thought i'd not had many!

[sprocket]

Mine was a 1975 Fizzy   (Yamaha FS1-E) which I saved for from my £23 per week wages 31yrs ago.  (is it really that long  )
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[daddymull]

its ok maddog mcq g5s were cool my one was ayear older with straighthrough exhaust ....

[loonymoon]

My first was a 1981 Suzuki CS125 roadie scooter in about 1996.

In 1999 I bought my current 1973 Honda CB350F. Since then I've also owned a 1996 Honda C90. But that's about it for Jap bikes, though my current Aprilia 250 scooter has a Yamaha engine -does that count?

[sono]

Mine was a 1971 CB175, twin cylinders, twin carb, 95km/h max with no wind, but what a reliable and easy to handle machine. I got it so loaded up with passenger, groceries and all that I had to redo the back wheel spokes after I broke a couple...

The only trouble I ever had was a failure of the oil seal that protected the contact points: nothing major, but I needed a towing to the dealer.

Picture is at http://www.vintagebike.co.uk/Bike%20Directories/Honda%20Bikes/pages/Honda-CB175-71.htm

[Big_Frank]

My first rice burner (and my 2nd last) after a succession of Brit tackle was a brand spanking new CB900FA bought in may 1980 for the princely sum of £1600 from DC Cook in Goldthorpe S Yorks. I loved it to bits and courted my wife on it. I still have the wife but sadly the Honda has gone, maybe theres a lesson to be learned in this story somewhere....

Frank

[JB88]

My first and only bike is a 1978 Honda CB 750k

[Vincent]

Mine was a '66 Yamaha YDS-3 250cc.  My first bike that parts didn't fall off or need daily repairs.  Loved It.