What was the very first car or motorcyle you ever drove/rode?

[RSD7a]

1969 Hand painted Vespa 150

1968 Ford Escort 1300 GT (white with black vinyl roof, rev counter etc) which I used to borrow age 15 while my Dad was snoozing of an evening.

 

[2cv]

Grainy photo of my first bike, a Kerry Capitano. I used to push it to ride on nearby fields till I was old enough to use the road.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

A 1949 BSA C11 bought for £3- 10s in 1966.
A 1965 Reliant Regal can't remember the price from dealer in 1969.

I always fancied a C11 or C12, just a nice looking bike, the aesthetics have always been important for me.

And I had two Regal vans, loved the fun you could have scaring folk who've never done a roundabout on two wheels, I think I'd buy another perhaps.

Hmm!! wish I'd kept mine.

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[HurricaneSmith]

I had a pal who party trick was to drive his Reliant three wheeler on two wheels around the bends beneath Box Hill. Absolutely no H&S back in those days.

 

[Pudsey Bear]

It takes zero effort to get it up there, keeping it there is an art, I used to do the same on me combi.

 

[nabsim]

It takes zero effort to get it up there, keeping it there is an art, I used to do the same on me combi.

riding an outfit at speed in a V formation is great fun, especially if you have a view of the drivers face in vehicles you approach and pass lol

Well, it was, don't know if I have the strength and skill any more lol

 

[Pudsey Bear]

I used to hoist the chair with passenger over bollards.

 

[Vanterrier]

1976 suzuki 250 gtm (which later became an off road "bitsa" -see photo) followed by a dozen or more incl. BSA A10, Yamaha XS650 ( later attached to a Monza sidecar... often lifted the chair wheel, just showing off really)

This is my lad on the A10...

Moved to cars in 1981 with a mini which got modified over a couple of years... cooperS look-alike.

Happy days...
K

 

[Pudsey Bear]

My chair was a Squire, nailed to a XS650.

 

[Undertaker]

I had a pal who party trick was to drive his Reliant three wheeler on two wheels around the bends beneath Box Hill. Absolutely no H&S back in those days.

Ah that's just reminded me of when I worked on a petrol station. A lad used to come in with a regal that he had " modified" big rear wheels and self made arches, austin healy engine had been shoe horned in. We used to encourage him to do a "burn" when he left the forecourt. The look on customers faces when he left dragster like in a cloud of smoke was brilliant. Sadly he ended up splitting it in half, a bit too much power