Ricochet
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Wow interesting reads here. I'm 52 now so the memory is a little foggy on exact dates.
Let see started riding around 12 on a 1973 on a 50 cc Yamaha.
Around 1974-1975 Dad bought me a Suzuki TS 185 duel sport. Road it on trails all over the small logging town I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Stated doing offroad poker runs. I learned a lot on that bike with its limited suspension and all and crashed it a fair amount on dirt. I put a lot of had miles on this bike.
Around 1976-1977 bought a nearly new 1975 MX 250 Yamaha. Basically a YZ250 with a wide ratio tranny for going fast in enduro mode. I got along with that bike real well did Poker Runs, A couple Enduros, a hill climb. A few Motocross races. Before I started running it at local arena short track events. I really liked trail riding and arena short track. But racing got to expensive replacing broken parts. Ended up selling it when I was 17.
When I was 19 I bought a new KZ650 street bike. Had that about 4 years.
Bought another duel sport, a XT500 Yamaha. Had that around 8-9 years. Road on and offroad.
Around 2000 I bought a KTM 380 EXC Still have this offroad beast.
A year later I bought a TTR125 and modified it a lot. Still have it.
Than I bought a Yamaha 2005 FZ1 still have.
A couple years ago picked up a clean Honda 919 still have this one.
This year I picked up another duel sport a Honda CRF250L.
Let see started riding around 12 on a 1973 on a 50 cc Yamaha.
Around 1974-1975 Dad bought me a Suzuki TS 185 duel sport. Road it on trails all over the small logging town I grew up in the Pacific Northwest. Stated doing offroad poker runs. I learned a lot on that bike with its limited suspension and all and crashed it a fair amount on dirt. I put a lot of had miles on this bike.
Around 1976-1977 bought a nearly new 1975 MX 250 Yamaha. Basically a YZ250 with a wide ratio tranny for going fast in enduro mode. I got along with that bike real well did Poker Runs, A couple Enduros, a hill climb. A few Motocross races. Before I started running it at local arena short track events. I really liked trail riding and arena short track. But racing got to expensive replacing broken parts. Ended up selling it when I was 17.
When I was 19 I bought a new KZ650 street bike. Had that about 4 years.
Bought another duel sport, a XT500 Yamaha. Had that around 8-9 years. Road on and offroad.
Around 2000 I bought a KTM 380 EXC Still have this offroad beast.
A year later I bought a TTR125 and modified it a lot. Still have it.
Than I bought a Yamaha 2005 FZ1 still have.
A couple years ago picked up a clean Honda 919 still have this one.
This year I picked up another duel sport a Honda CRF250L.