I started off with a.....

[JamesD]

Had my 1st bike aged 5, i had a Yamaha pee-wee (50cc auto) off road bike..still in the family today !!

After that it was a number of Kawasaki KX Motocross bikes, culminating in pro circuit prepped KX125 that was loony

My 1st road bike though was a Kwak ZZ600, it was 8yrs old and had done 1500 miles , progressed onto a Honda Firestorm and yesterday picked up a brand new Kwak ZX-6R and loving it...

[RVFBabe]

Thundercat for me too

[GIXER_PAUL]

err i started with a dt125 field bike that rich and i shared then he got his YZ125 i also had a XLR125R which was crap. Then got my KTM 440 2 stroke beasty
But my first road going bike was/is my gsxr600k2

[S2_Neo]

R6, What I have now, is what I have started with

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[Amante_271]

Interesting replys guys!
I had A GP100 as well! Girl where I worked had the same bike but 3 numbers different on the reg plate! Prob was that was all we shared... Pity as she was a real looker... Bike wasnt bad either!!! LOL!

[Amante_271]

Funny how so many of you went straight into "BIG" bikes and skipped the initiation / humiliation of 50 - 125 ccs of arm wrenching power!!

Those were the days! Sigh!!

[Dabz]

I was over 22 so just went onto the DAS...was never into bikes until the father-in-law got me interested!

[Amante_271]

DAS? Sorry being a bit fick today mate!

[Dabz]

direct access scheme..means if you're over 22yrs old you can do cbt then training then your test and hop straight on any bike :P very dangerous really hehe as you can do it in a week and be out riding on your own on a huge bike with very little training

[JamesD]

direct access scheme..means if you're over 22yrs old you can do cbt then training then your test and hop straight on any bike :P very dangerous really hehe as you can do it in a week and be out riding on your own on a huge bike with very little training

Funny thing I noticed when I bought my new bike, the dealer gave me a full safety lecture, DVD and suggested some advanced rider training. Something i will deffo look into...

It appear the government have put pressure on manufacturers and importers to get some safety messages out, considering how lethal some of these litre capacity sports bikes are.