what is your experience
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Road Master
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: lakeside ca.
what is your experience
what is the experience of the riders on here ??
myself I have been riding for a little over 50 years.
have raced dirt both flat tract (indoors and up to 1/4 mile outdoors) motocross up till I was 55 when I was taken out big time and had to quit also started out doing cross country (on the oregon coast)and what we called at that time scrables (closed course with maybe one small jump 1969 or so) have ridden many types and brands of m/c and loved them all now I have 42 + thou. on my softail std hope to get many more befor I have to hang it up..
myself I have been riding for a little over 50 years.
have raced dirt both flat tract (indoors and up to 1/4 mile outdoors) motocross up till I was 55 when I was taken out big time and had to quit also started out doing cross country (on the oregon coast)and what we called at that time scrables (closed course with maybe one small jump 1969 or so) have ridden many types and brands of m/c and loved them all now I have 42 + thou. on my softail std hope to get many more befor I have to hang it up..
Novice
Joined: Aug 2008
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From: Calgary
Started riding at 4 years old and have been riding dirt bikes, quads, trikes since. Started on the streets at 14 with my Honda Spree scooter, and have rode various street bikes, although never been on a crotch rocket - and no interest in trying it either. So that would make it a total of 29 years of riding.
Road Master
Joined: May 2008
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From: Oregon
40 years, bought my first bike at 14. Did a little motocross and desert. All Hondas on the street till this may when I bougnt My first Harley, will never go back. Lots of work ahead of me on this thing. Only good thing about winter, is you don't miss any riding while you have it torn down.
Road Warrior
Joined: May 2008
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From: FT Bragg NC
Learned on a honda 80, around 12. Road various bikes and crotch rockets since then. Turn 42 this month so that's about 30yrs. Oh wait this will be my first harley. Hmmm I guess that makes me a newbie. lol 
Road Master
Joined: Jun 2007
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From: la grange, il (near chicago)
well my experience has had to be jam packed into a much smaller amount of time.
rode OPs whenever i could when i was younger
got a yamaha 250 dirt when i was in my early 20s
used mainly for transportation but also screwed around in dirt, on hills and such
got a used honda 750 when i was around 24
used the 750 a lot both for transportation and some road trips (mostly in the smokey mountains)
got rid of 250 in my late 20s
and sold the 750 when i was around mid 30s (family responsibilities)
fast forward to oct '06 when my daughter bought hers
and then i picked up my 07 ultra in march 07
have 12000 miles on it now
rode OPs whenever i could when i was younger
got a yamaha 250 dirt when i was in my early 20s
used mainly for transportation but also screwed around in dirt, on hills and such
got a used honda 750 when i was around 24
used the 750 a lot both for transportation and some road trips (mostly in the smokey mountains)
got rid of 250 in my late 20s
and sold the 750 when i was around mid 30s (family responsibilities)
fast forward to oct '06 when my daughter bought hers
and then i picked up my 07 ultra in march 07
have 12000 miles on it now
Road Master
Joined: Apr 2008
Posts: 1,212
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From: DFW Metroplex
Total Noob to street bikes. This is my first one. I've put 7200 ticks on the clock since I got it in May.
Been riding dirt all my life. My very first real bike (not the Briggs minibike) was a Hodaka Combat Wombat, back in the 70's. Currently I have a KDX220 with woods pipe and mods for the trails. My MX buddies can smoke me out in the open but get in the deep woods and they're history....
Been riding dirt all my life. My very first real bike (not the Briggs minibike) was a Hodaka Combat Wombat, back in the 70's. Currently I have a KDX220 with woods pipe and mods for the trails. My MX buddies can smoke me out in the open but get in the deep woods and they're history....
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Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2008
Posts: 523
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From: Western Washington
I`ve been riding 2 wheels of one kind or another for 45 years. First bike was a Honda 55 Trail Bike, and then a couple of Trail 90's. I lived way up in the Sierras in a little Sawmill/Logging town only about 50 miles south of Mt. Whitney near the Domeland Wilderness area, and did a lot of trail riding. Had an AJS - 500 popper, bought 350 Honda in '69. Bought my first Harley, a Chopped '62 Panhead in '71. Rode with a Small 1% club for a few years until we got our Colors pulled by the Hells Angels.
To the Pan I added a '67 Shovel in '77. Rode these up until the early 80`s. Decided to sell both of them in '82 when I lost my wife and needed to devote my time to my 2 sons. Bought 3 Dirt bikes. I had a 250 Yamaha and they each had Yamaha 125's. We spent a lot of time in the mountains and out in the Mojave Desert doin' our own Motocross type riding. Lots of fun. Never did any formal racing of any kind, but lots of just bein' crazy in the desert.
Boys left home and I bought a Wide-Glide in '92. Kept it until last year when I sold it and bought a '07 Wide-Glide. Talk about a long ways from my old Pan. Wish I still had that Pan. Will soon be 60 and I still ride like I did when I was 25 and will continue until I can`t anymore...
To the Pan I added a '67 Shovel in '77. Rode these up until the early 80`s. Decided to sell both of them in '82 when I lost my wife and needed to devote my time to my 2 sons. Bought 3 Dirt bikes. I had a 250 Yamaha and they each had Yamaha 125's. We spent a lot of time in the mountains and out in the Mojave Desert doin' our own Motocross type riding. Lots of fun. Never did any formal racing of any kind, but lots of just bein' crazy in the desert.
Boys left home and I bought a Wide-Glide in '92. Kept it until last year when I sold it and bought a '07 Wide-Glide. Talk about a long ways from my old Pan. Wish I still had that Pan. Will soon be 60 and I still ride like I did when I was 25 and will continue until I can`t anymore...
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Road Captain
Joined: Jul 2006
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From: Aldergrove BC, Canada
Experience
First bike an Army Surplus Triumph single, cost $50.00 in the crate--1955, lived in Winnipeg, travelled with the bike crowd, hill climbers, flat trackers, trials, scrambles, no bike snobs back then.
Next bike a Harley KR did not have the skills to ride or maintain-sold very quickly, rode anything Brit until the Jap bikes came on the scene, rode what was cheap, --marriage, kids, dirt bikes, moved to Alberta rode for years in the mountains, back to the road, Kawi KZ 1300, Honda CB 1000, Honda Ascot, and so on.
Divorce, new wife now both riding Dynas
70 years old and still active, but bike is heavy and pushing it around creates a few aches and pains
Next bike a Harley KR did not have the skills to ride or maintain-sold very quickly, rode anything Brit until the Jap bikes came on the scene, rode what was cheap, --marriage, kids, dirt bikes, moved to Alberta rode for years in the mountains, back to the road, Kawi KZ 1300, Honda CB 1000, Honda Ascot, and so on.
Divorce, new wife now both riding Dynas
70 years old and still active, but bike is heavy and pushing it around creates a few aches and pains
Cruiser
Joined: Mar 2008
Posts: 113
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From: Pasadena, CA
been riding for over 25 years, first bike honda 90 dirt bike. honda hawk 400, ninja 1000, eliminator 900, kawasaki ltd 440, rebel 450 and now the 1200N. will probably stick with harley's now. took awhile to get he first one but well worth the wait.