First bike period was a Honda 50cc bini bike with the fat tires. I can remember the name but it was fun till I rode it into 4' deep water and she never ran again.
Next was a Suzuki RM250, man that was one bad Mofo for a kid!
First street bike was a 1984 Honda V45 Magna. I was 18 , young and dumb. That bike went thru hell and back and kept on running. I jumped a set of railroad tracks repeatedly increasing the speed each run to see how far I could jump. Well I paid no attention to the sharp curve just past where I was landing and on the last jump, I went thru the ditch and into the woods!
I fixed the minor damage and a month or so later a doberman pincher ran out in from of me doing 55. I split the dog in half, layed it over and slid 50 yards into a ditch.
Then a few months later I was horsing around with my buddy who was riding behind me. He pointed ahead of me, I turn facing ahead and what do ya know, stop light on a 4 lane road with cars stacked up 5 deep in every lane. All I remember was grabbing the brakes and a split second later I was trapped under the bike sliding until I wedged my self and the bike under one of the cars.
The car did not know what happened and did not see anything behind him and took off when the light turned green and dragging me another 10 feet or so before the bike dislodged.
I sold that bike a month later. It was missing 2nd and 5th gear and was is sad shape! I think I sold it for $400 if I am not mistaken.
I learned my lesson the hard way and lucky I was still alive to buy my next bike many years later. Thank God I grew out of the young dumb stage by 20!!
All I am guilty of now days is leaving trails of aluminum around curves
