My first long ride was from Camp Lejeune NC. to Camp Pendleton CA..
Two weeks later I road from Camp Pendleton CA. to Naval Air Station Pensacola FL..
I was 19 and a Marine, and was riding a 1942 Harley-Davidson WLA.

Mine was "My Memorial Ride" in 2002 from Tulsa,OK. to Ft. Logan Cemetery in Denver to put a flower on Dad's grave one year after he died. 700 miles, took me 5 days. Read about it here>> http://members.cox.net/rbellamy38/
Then as a kid, Dad & I took his 1969 Kawasaki Bushwhacker 175cc 2-stroke to the top of Pikes Peak. T-shirts & cut-offs below & snowing at the top. We were prepared, we had coats, but I remember seeing a young couple on a bigger street bike going up and all they had on was t-shirts & cut-offs. Don't know if they made it to the top or froze out...?

My most memorable ride was one of the trips to Sturgis with 4 good friends. We took 10 days, went the southern route on the way out, up and over Independence Pass in the Rockies and up through Cheyene. The trip home we stayed up north and hit Yellowstone and had a last night in Vegas. 10 days and a little over 5000 total miles later we were home. As the saying goes what happens on the road stays on the road but I will say it was a memorable ride. There is nothing more beautiful than the American countryside.

Wasn't my first, but one with lots of memories, from Kentucky out to Colorado, up Pikes Peak then north to Sturgis and then back home. Over 4200 miles with my brother, both of us on Sportsters, back in 1982. Just two crazy boys out having fun, boy those were the days.

logged another great ride- my dad recovered well from last yrs wreck- and rode up from NM to WA to visit- we managed to sneak in a coupla rides- one around lake couer de'aine (sp?) we rode from spokane to st, maries id- then north around the shore of the lake- beautiful ride! id post a pic or two- but they are too big- and i havent figured out how to resize them-
inland NW has some great little jonts- next quick ride will be through hells canyon
respects dave

Not my 1st, but one of the best. Heidelberg, Germany to Northern Ireland, on a BMW R100RS, me & Wife and 10 real good freinds. This was in 1977.

My first trip was 3 yrs ago. I rode to WV 990 miles. Last yr i rode to NC. This yr I went to NH and rode up the auto rode. That was amazing, i was lucky to have great weather that day.

My first will always have a big spot in my twisted little heart...100 miles on the back of Woolys seat and those pretty little buttons was hurting my butt so first gas stop I was cutting them off... Outside of Huston after visiting a friend who was in a bad wreck ran into a tropical storm, 14 hours to get 300 miles talk about the slow race... Lost our friends for 3 hours when we ran into another part of the storm and bikes went every where trying to get off highway to some shelter... Hit brakes so hard to try to make an exit and bounced off cases 3 times, let go of brake bike stood right back up... Tropical storm soaked not only us but was so bad fuses was blowing on the bike, road side rewiring... Friend was so tired that he fell asleep on his bike and almost ran us into the ditch... That was day one...Damn good times...;D That was 1989