What bikes did you own before

[dANbOT]

I figure this should be interesting, considering the vastly different regions we are all from. Some of you are probably lucky enough to have a much larger list than me. Somewhere around 2009 I got into single track / xcountry and started trying to convert my CR250. Now I have the correct tool for the job!
Dad never bought me bikes, or helped fix them. I had to save for many months @ about 13 years old to buy my CR80 for $800. Previous to that I had only taken friends bikes for short rips but was instantly hooked.

1985 Honda CR80 (first bike, ratty and abused)
1984 Honda CR125 (mint condition find)
1990 Kawasaki KX250
*big time gap when I tried big city life*
1984 Honda CR500
2002 CRF450R (parts bike buy, I hate 4t)
2007 Honda CR250 (last of the Honda 2t's, keeping her around for now)
2014 GG XC300ER

Buying a Gasser was a big unknown leap for me. With no dealers anywhere near me, and never even having seen one in person before the day I picked mine up.... all I had to go on was online reviews and forums like this one for a general impression of the bike. Very happy with my decision so far.

[jprizz]

Well I started out on 4 wheels at 13 yrs old then later switched to 2 wheels. I learned to ride and use a clutch on my buddy's 1986 Yamaha YZ80 and was instantly hooked as well! My dad can't change a light bulb so I was all on my own to learn how to wrench on stuff.

1987 Kawasaki KLF110 Mojave - we somehow talked dad into buying it brand new for us. We rode and beat the snot out of it. Dad never bought us anything again.
hiatus thru high school and college until I was able to afford my own stuff then I got:
1986 Suzuki Lt250R QuadRacer
1987 RM125
1996 YZ250
1999 YZ400F - bought brand new when I worked for the dealer. Loved that bike! Everyone scoffed at my 4T, now look at 'em.
Then life happened and then finally 14 yrs later...
1982 Honda CB650SC Nighthawk - found out I like riding on dirt WAY more than asphalt.
2009 GasGas EC300 Six Days

[dANbOT]

Yeah I didn't mention my 4 wheelers, or street bikes. Dad had Honda 300 4x4's when I was a kid, so I spent alot of time on those, and his snowmobiles.
I also owned an 87 Yamaha Warrior, and an 03 BRP DS650 at different times through the years.
Only ever owned 2 street bikes, an 80's Yamaha Maxxim 650, and a sweet Honda Intercepter 750.
I think the only reason dad let me ride his stuff when I was little was I could fix them, and he could not lol.

[shang]

I started out fairly little on various bikes we had around my grandpas place. Pretty beat down stuff. I remember an old yz80 I used to ride that only had 3rd gear. I was finally able to talk my dad into a bike of my own at about 10 years old. He traded some stuff to my grandpa for a little Honda CT70. I rode the crap out of that little bike. Then I started selling and buying up to bigger bikes. Next was an 1980 something YZ80, then another 1980 something RM125. This bike scared me a little and I sold it for another YZ80. This was a 1982 and I loved this thing. I had several trips with friends to the Oregon dunes on this bike plus countless hours of trail riding. After that my family moved to Utah from Washington state. I kept the bike but didn't have anyone to ride with so I eventually sold it and then high school happened.

During college I started getting the bug to ride pretty bad and I talked my wife (girlfriend at the time) into a KFX700 to go to the dunes. This is auto so she could pick it up easily. She wound up liking it a lot and told me to get my own quad. I bought a beat down looking 87 Quadzilla with a fresh full built motor. I fancied it up, (because I'm fancy) and rode that for a couple years. This taught me a few things. 1. I'm pretty terrible at riding quads. 2. I really missed single track. 3. You can't ride a quadzilla on single track.

So I sold the Zilla and bought a...
06 KX450. Then sold and...
07 KX450. Then sold and...
06 RMZ450. Then sold and...
07 KX450.

Keep in mind I have never been to the MX track even once. Finally my dune trips dwindled to maybe once a year but the single track kept getting harder and harder. So, finally, my favorite bike I've ever owned...

2013 XC300E.

Plus over the years I've collected a garage full of other bikes that I mostly still have.

KX60
Three trail 90's
Honda Super 90 (sold)
79 Kawi KE250
Zook Alt50 trike
Yami tri-zinger
Chinese 50 (Honda clone for the kid)
73 CB175
04 HuskyTE450 (sumo street legal convert (sold))

Sorry so long winded, but that was kind of an enjoyable trip down memory lane.

[JP4]

I learned to ride on a 1974 Honda Z50 that belonged to a friend of mine when I was 8 years old. We rode the piss out of that little bike for the next 3 years. Raced motocross a lot in the late 80's. Rode mountain bikes in my 20's while I was in university, as that was all I could afford. Soon as I got a real job I bought a clapped out dual-sport to use as a commuter. Riding that pig reminded me how much I loved riding dirt bikes. Started racing enduros and cross-country in 2008. Cant imagine life without riding dirt bikes. Here's my not too lengthy list:

1983 Honda XR200
1987 Honda CR250
1989 Suzuki DR600
2002 Suzuki DR650
2004 Yamaha YZ250F
2010 GG EC300

[jhendr3702]

80 xt 250 80 cr 250
84 cr 250
91 cr 250
93 wr 200
95 kdx 200
94 rmx 250
99 yz400f...what a mistake
01 gg 300
01 gg 250
06 wr 2450.. another huge mistake
07 mc 250.. former gasgasman ride
that list sound expensive

that wr 200 and rmx250 were cool scoots... still wished i had the 01 300 gasser... riding a pumpkin right now.. it is not too bad...

[Elvis74]

Yamaha DT80 and RD80 mid 80s
Suzuki GSXR750 1988
Kawa ZX7R 1996
KTM Rotax 500 4T 1985 or so
Kawa KDX250 1992
VOR EN400 2002
GasGas EC300 2001
KTM SX380 2000
Honda CRF450 2003
GasGasEC300 2007
And now
GasGas EC144 2011
Suzuki RMZ450 2009
Honda XL250 1975

[Capz85]

87 kx80
95cr80
98kx125
2001 derbi senda
1998 Peugeot speed fight
1990 gsxr 400
2001 kx125
2004crf450
2004 rmz250
2009 ktm sxf250
2011 ec300sm

[Todd5774]

89 Dt50
92 Ts125
95 Mtx125
98 Rm125
98 Rm250
96 Ktm sx380
04 Rmz250
05 Rmz450
89 Xtz850
96 Xr600r
02 Xr650r
All above sold, wish I'd kept the xrs..
01 GG 300

[webmaster]

My parents allowed me to start riding at age 13 - and got my first bike on my 13th birthday...

1973 Honda SL70
1974 Kawasaki KX125
1975 Honda CR125 Elsinore
1976 Suzuki RM125A
1977 Bultaco 250 Pursang
...went to college...
1979 Yamaha XS400 (college commuter bike)
1983 Honda XR200R
1986 Honda XR250R
1987 Honda XR250R (wore our first one and installed WP forks and shock).
1988 Honda Hawk GT650
1994 Honda XR300R
1994 Honda XR650L
1995 Honda XR300R
1986 Honda TLR200 Reflex...
1987 Honda TLR200 Reflex trials
1994 Kawasaki KX125 (enduro-ized it....)
...married & daughter was born - changing diapers instead of racing. ;-)
2001 GasGas EC300 w/ ohlins forks option (imported from canada)
2002 GasGas TXT280 Trials
2004 Honda XR280R (ohlins suspension front and rear)
2008 Husqvarna TXC510
2009 Honda CRF230M Motard (commuter/campground bike).

All bikes purchased new except for '75 Elsinore, '79 yamaha,94 KX125 & TLR200s Only bikes remaining in the garage at this time are honda xr280 w/ ohlins suspenders & Husqvarna TXC510... Nothing else coming or going (I hope!) until I get my daughter through college - 3 years to go... ;-)

jeff