What was our first bike?? is it a “Classic” nowadays?? Mine was a T250Hustler old “L” reg (72), gave the RDs some stick in its day, regret selling it and would love another, loads of fun to ride, I did about 70,000 miles on mine, melted pistons a couple of times, but I learned about fixing them. Tell us about yours…
I had a “J” reg 1970 T250R Suzi’, my first road bike used all year round for commuting, seaside away days, weekend breaks etc. Passed my Cat A on it and strayed often but never too far home. Melted the pistons crowns and DIY replaced them at 35k, probably a high revving two stroke thing. Sold it for a cheap as chips bargain in '73.
I’ve had a few other classics …
A '69 BSA D14 175cc Bantam rode this for two years off road in trials, struggled to perform against the new breed of light and nimble machines coming over from the land of the rising sun.
My second road bike a '72 model Triumph TR6 650cc Tiger an impulse buy at a knock down last years model price in '73, this is what passed as a sports tourer in the '70’s, toured over 40k miles around the UK on it over two years. Traded it in at Gus Khans for …
My favourite of my road bikes a '74 Norton Commando 850cc Interstate, a bigger and better sports tourer of the’70’s, toured 75k trouble free miles around Europe over three years. The Norton was a great bike, it’s only problem was the frequent re-shimming the swinging arm required, such was Norton’s innovative Isolastoc frame, a supposedly engineering improvement on the world renowned featherbed. I must admit though once or twice my thoughts turned to my second choice bike of the time, a Honda CB 750cc four, the Honda barely won on grunt but lost out big time on handling to a correctly shimmed Norton.
I’ve had some great fun on ‘Brit Iron’ as it was called.
This is the closest I’ve ever come!
fisrt was a “fs1e” followed by an RD250, them were the days.
wish i still had them both tucked away in the garage.
My first classic was a 1976 honda 400/4 . I have had quite a few classics I like to have atleast one around . My current classic is a 79 xs650 street tracker .
Had a CB400 superdream. Is that a classic or just a heavy unwieldy heap of $41t? Front brakes siezed so took the caliper off and chucked it in the bin. It never went fast enough to need front brakes anyway 
Clocks didn’t work so took them of too
This was in Africa so anything goes (or not :ermm:). No helmets, bribe if you get stopped and motorcycle tyres used to get recut there (by hand :ermm:) so you can just see the thread at the bottom of the grooves. It was normal to me :w00t:
Still in Africa (born there), Suzuki TS 125 (bought in a box) - Local friends put it back together using a handful of tools and a hammer - it smoked like a bbq just starting up…all the time. Passengers got spots of soot on their backs of their shirts. Oil pump stopped working eventually and it stopped smoking for a while…hooray, I thought, then it siezed 
I loved that bike 
Just two of a few. Happy days :hehe:
my first bike was a ts50 was made in 2000 so not really a classic but was desinged and started being made in the 80s lol XD
Wasn’t a classic when I had one in 1997, but it is now
The closest I’ve come to owning a ‘classic’ is a '02 ZXR400 (one of the very last for the UK market)
Funny how bikes acquire “Classic” status many years later!!!
Who would have thought a minter FS1E would be worth so much, they were thrown away back in the day!
Missing my GT750 Water Buffalo, H2, and my old Z900.
Hindsight eh!!!
They are all on my xmas list every year, santas not listening tho 
Bought my 350LC as my first bike after passing the test in the late 80s. Still got it. Also own a TDR250. How old is classic these days? Would 1990 count? If so my XRV too.
bsa bantam
cd175
rd200
kh250
rd400 in that order! 1980-1985
Started on a Kawasaki KH 250, no test, no instruction, picked it up in Elephant and Castle and rode it back to Palmers Green. Steep learning curve.
Loved triples ever since.
Seems to be a 2-stroke trend occuring . I was of the mind that 2-stroke was for fields and 4-stroke was for roads so for me it was CR500 TY250 Bultaco 250 for classic strokers .
first bike was garelli tiger moped ( £90) , followed by fs1e ( £140) , followed by suzuki gt250 ram air (£300) . all long gone. all worth loads more now.
I still have my first bike. 57plate
classic in my eyes:D
Been through a lot of old jap and brit bikes since i started in the mid 70’s but favourite was a 53 bsa m33 500 single , rigid frame.
I think every biker should thrash one of them or similar down country lanes at least once then compare the fun factor with whatever they ride now . As for classic status …i couldn’t give a toss .
Started on an FS1E and first bike was a ‘M’ reg TS250 bought for £200 in 77.
It had to last me 5 years as a student and I did 40,000 miles on it.
Changed the piston, after I holed it on a long run, had to sleep by
the road till the local Suzi shop opened, borrowed a couple of spanners
from a car dealers garage and changed it in 30 mins on the forecourt.
The manager came out and said, “You can’t do that there”. I said, “It’s
OK I’ve changed the piston and I’ve finished”. The bike fired up first kick.
The manager muttered, “I wish my mechanics were that quick”.
I also changed the 3rd gear cog after that shattered. Rebuilt the clutch
when the plates wore out. Then there were dozens of diy jobs on the
exhaust, chain, wiring, even re-wound the coils on the lighting generator.
( It was 6v and a separate circuit to everything else ).
I loved that bike it weighed in at 111 kg and did 100 yd wheelies easy
Hi,
My first bike was a Russian police Ural 700cc with side-car and mechanical siren ! The best bike ever had, and even snow didn’t stop me driving so all around good bike,would add a pictures but last bike crash in Europa took my laptop and all memories . if any one would have one on sale would buy one and run it rest of my life.
All my early bikes would now be “classics” but they were just cheap sh*t when I bought them. Enfields, Triumphs, lord knows what else.
Then a Vespa 150 Sportique in 1963 and the discovery of reliability. Took me all over the country for 18 months once I’d learned to carry spare inner cables, light bulb and the couple of tools needed to change them.
That’s the one I wish I still owned.