What or who got you into riding?

[Desert Dust]

My uncle sold BSA, Nortons, and Tahatsus. My dad bought my uncle's used Ducati 250 scrambler around 1966, and my mom bought a 50 cc Tahatsu. I started riding on back when I was about seven. Eventually, my brother and I got into dirt-track racing in the seventies and eighties. My bones became too brittle for dirt-track, so I started riding on the street around 1990. I have been playing on two wheels for about 45 years now, and I still have all of my teeth.  My wallet, however, is a lot lighter.

[NorDog]

I was three when this movie came out.  It was all over for me from that moment on.

[kopfjäger]

This show helped.


Then

[Richie#20]

It all began in the 70s when an older boy from my neighborhood presented me 2 posters: 1. Kenny Roberts on his yamaha in extreme sloping position and 2. The legendary cutaway of a ´72 Ducati 750 SS with upright shaft.

The big boys in my hood all rode 70s japanese bikes (CB 750, CB 500, Z900, Z1000, and so on). But there was one Ducati in town, owned by a TV dealer. It was such a 900 SS (may be MY 1975) which was looking great and the sound was awesome. After that I always dreamed to ride a Duc one day ...

[bdfinally]

Back in the 1st grade (early 60's) my best friends father would come by school in the afternoon and pick us both up. He had a big harley and a sidecar, plop us both in there and give me a ride home. It was the coolest thing EVAH. Had an older friend in high school who inherited his older brothers 305 Honda when he got drafted and we'd ride around on that my freshman year. That summer I saved my money and bought a brand new '71 CL-175 at the end of August...wow, almost 40 years riding now.

[WetDuc]

My father and I built a mini-bike when I was 12, then we got a Suzuki LT250R race 4-wheeler which I rode until I started driving when I was 16.
After that, I started with scooters which led to Ducati's.  I got into the scooters for one simple reason: I drive an F150 also and gas prices rose to insanely high prices.