What did you learn on?

Discussion in 'General (Main)' started by TemecuCoastie, Aug 17, 2013.

  1. dartyppyt Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Illinois
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    17 TE 150, 82CR 500
    Other Motorcycles:
    82 125,250,430&500 79 390 83 250
    This baby:

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    And you could sneak a 125 piston in it!
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  2. HuskyTaylor Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    N.Harford co. Md
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    09 TE310 12 WR 125
    Other Motorcycles:
    01 FLHR 77 Triumph
    My best buddy next door got an brand new XR75 for his birthday right after they came out. We were out in the woods on my Steen and stopped back at his house and in the garage sat this new bike. Man was he happy, nobody was home so he went to start it and it wouldn't start. We checked it out and his dad had taken the spark plug cap so he couldn't ride till he got home. Well we might have been young but we were not stupid, took the plug cap off the QA 50 that was sitting beside it an off we went. Got it back home and cleaned up before his dad got home. Those were good times.
  3. Coffee CH Owner

    Location:
    Between homes - in ft Wayne IN
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2006 TE250, 2013 TR650 Terra - sold
    I still don't know how to ride! :lol:
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  4. HuskyDude Moderator

    Location:
    BC, Canada
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    13/TR650
    Other Motorcycles:
    10/EC300, 76/TY175
    1972 Honda SL 100 (Just like this one)

    I had a really big sprocket on the back and tried really hard to make it into a Trails machine.

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  5. oregonsage 4st Clerk

    Location:
    Dry Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    FX450
    Other Motorcycles:
    Yamaha DT400 x 2, BMW G310R

    Cool, mine was .......Orange (musta been a premonition)
  6. Motosportz CH Sponsor

    Location:
    Vancouver WA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2021 TE250i, 570 Berg, 500 KTM, 790R
    Other Motorcycles:
    many
    Mine was Siler. Seems we all owned a uber reliable SL 100 at some point.
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  7. TooOld Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Not far from Hobbiton
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    '12 TE 449
    Other Motorcycles:
    All gone
    My Sisters' Suzuki 50 stepthu' scooter, about a '65 or so model, in'69 when I turned 15. Rode around town impressing the heck outa myself. You could find me by tracking the cloud of blue smoke.
    First real bike after that was a new Silver SL125, "turtle chaser" as Super Hunky ex Dirt Bike Mag way back reckoned they were.:mad::lol:
    I'd strip off the lights etc for hare scrambles and trail rides, IT went really well, you could forget about buttoning off, all that awesome horsepower was probably 20feet behind once a decent speed was attained, and would catch up in the corners when downchanging...pure rocketship out of the corners..yeah, right. Still, plenty off fun, and taught me heaps about both off-road and on-road riding skills.:cheers:
  8. Freaky Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Kidderminster Worcestershire UK
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2010 TE250 x-lite Race ECU/Injector
    A 50cc Puch Maxi, even had pedals to help with any slight incline!! Not the best off road machine but at 11 years old I loved it!



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  9. rajobigguy Administrator

    Location:
    So.Cal.
    Yep, I had one of the first 5 to hit US soil. Didn't take long before it was striped down and ended up with Preston Petty fenders, Basani exhaust, Powrol 125 kit, girling shocks, ET magneto and Yoshimiro cam. I also cut a 1/4" out of the back bone of the frame and welded it back together to get a little more trail angle and since my next door neighbor worked at a chrome shop I had him crome the frame. It was definelty one of the more custom SL 100s out there.
  10. K5PL5 Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Palmyra, PA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 WR300
    Other Motorcycles:
    03 Suzuki SV1000/73 Honda CB350
    My first bike. A 1997 BMW F650ST. I'm way behind all you guys/girls out there haha. I have owned some 70s bikes since I started riding tho.
    Man I loved that bike! I put like 16k miles on it in less than a year.

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  11. XxDrPxX Husqvarna
    B Class

    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2011 TXC449
    Other Motorcycles:
    13 ural patrol,10 ktm690r, 03 wr450f
    Great stories guys. Heres mine. My dad raced a husky 360 automatic in the Baja with guys like Casey Folks. Well my dad decided that motorcycles were too dangerous. So i started on my honda 70 three wheeler, which was much safer right???? Well at 13 i suckered my stepdad into buying me a 1989 yz125. I then taught myself how to ride. Needless to say my dad was a little miffed, but not much he could do. So one day he fired up his 650, and told me to follow him through southern Utah. He started to really get on it, and I kept up. After about 3 hours we got to a lodge for some lunch in Panguitch, Utah. I stopped looked down, and realized I lost my kick starter. My dad looked at me, and shook his head, and said to me, "I was hoping to scare the sh.t out of you, and all ive managed to do is teach you how to ride the sh.t out of that thing. After that I rode a cagiva 250, then a wr450f, a ktm690, and now my txc449.
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  12. Valhalla Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Wisconsin
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2015 TE 300
    1971 Rupp Roadster, 1972 Suzuki Gaucho 50, and then at the ripe old age of 13, I broke open my piggy
    bank and bought a brand new left over model year 1975 Suzuki RL250 trials bike. A great bike to hone
    the skills and take those first few diggers on...... that build character. I was hooked......
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  13. johosjokers Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    texas
    '75 bultaco sherpa t.
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  14. Xriderdown Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    La Center, Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR360 SW / WR360 IT / FE501 AU
    Other Motorcycles:
    BUL MK3,KAW KE100,CZ 988-1,YAM FZ1
    Never got tired of throwing a never ending roost while anchored on the double foot pegs.

    Attached Files:

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  15. Xriderdown Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    La Center, Washington
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    WR360 SW / WR360 IT / FE501 AU
    Other Motorcycles:
    BUL MK3,KAW KE100,CZ 988-1,YAM FZ1
    Oops .....I meant kick stand.
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  16. AgedFlatulence Husqvarna
    A Class

    Location:
    Little 'ol Lady Town, CA
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    MY2013 TE449, 2015 FZ-07
    First bikes:
    66 Yamaha Y20 100, taught me how to go over the bars:applause:
    69 Honda CT70
    72 Yamaha 125 MX, enduro with no lights
    76 Maico 400
    Children break
    83 Honda CR480 rode up to 1997
    Friend had a bad wreck in the desert then.....

    Crazy midlife crisis impulse buy:
    MY2013 TE449

    In the early 70's I had a neighbor who was a Husky factory rider. Always wanted a Husky :thumbsup:
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  17. troy deck Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Republic MO
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    87 250wr 12 cr125
    Other Motorcycles:
    kx65 ty80 rm80 kdx250
    what year was the gold yamaha jt60 enduro big rear sprocket a real knobby & a hooker down spout pipe woowoo:banana:that was my 1st ride [what MY where the red&white ones] that was the 2nd
  18. Mike-AK Husqvarna
    Pro Class

    Location:
    Alaska
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2012 TE 310
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    1979 Husqvarna 250 OR
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  19. AndrewS Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Niagara Region, Ontario, Canada
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2015 FE350s 2013 TE310R
    Other Motorcycles:
    2009 TE250 (sold)
    1974 Kawasaki KV75

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  20. PineapplePicker Husqvarna
    AA Class

    Location:
    Henderson, NV
    Husqvarna Motorcycle:
    2013 WR125
    Other Motorcycles:
    2004 Harley-Davidson FXSTI