Why did you start riding?
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RE: Why did you start riding?
Heck, I'm 45 and still can't quite seem to shake the dirtbiking completely. I'm down to a KX250F now (doesn't wear you out so bad) and still a blast to ride.
Don't really ride it enough to even keep it. Just haven't been able to part with it.
I look at my Harley and look at my dirtbike and think...Let's see, I could go work and sweat my a$$ off on the dirtbike and have fun, or...I could gocruisin' on myHeritage Softail Classic.
Haven't been on the dirtbike since last September.
Don't really ride it enough to even keep it. Just haven't been able to part with it.
I look at my Harley and look at my dirtbike and think...Let's see, I could go work and sweat my a$$ off on the dirtbike and have fun, or...I could gocruisin' on myHeritage Softail Classic.
Haven't been on the dirtbike since last September.
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From: Orange VA
RE: Why did you start riding?
Car insurance. I had a lead foot and acquired enough tickets to where my insurance rates for one year exceeded the amount of money I paid for my car. $4000/yr for basic liability was too much. I rode a moped for a while because they didn’t require insurance. That got me to thinking a motorcycle might be the answer. Got a Yamaha Virago 250 (ala Route 66) and the seed was planted. Traded that one on a 94 Magna. Bad a$$ for a metric. Got many a speeding ticket on that beast. From there I was hooked. Now I have three Harleys cluttering up the garage. My riding started out of necessity – couldn’t afford car insurance.
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I actually had no choice! When i was 4 i learned how to ride a bike, about a week later my dad boigh tme a Yamaha PW 50 dirtbike, Wed go up north & ride all around, as i got older i got dirtbikes w/ a clutch (when i was 7) It was 80cc & more powerful for deep sand, I had 80s for a while & then got a XR200L, a street legal dirtbike, I rode that for about 3 yrs & got a Suzuki DR 250, much powerful, better in the sand, at about this point I got my 1st Street bike a Yamhah XS 400 Speciall II< it was a good bike, but i only needed 1 so i kept the street legal dirt bike, in 2002 i got a used 1995 Sportster 883 XLH, it was way too small (im 6 ft 190) & couldnt ride it long, in 2005 I got my baby, a '05 FLSTSC springer classic! I love it & cant imagine gettting rid of it!
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From: The Lone Star State
RE: Why did you start riding?
Bought a honda 750 in 2004 b/c I wanted a "Toy" that I could fix up and make my own. The bike was a cheaper option than the classic cars I was looking at. Igot bit by the bug from there. I out grew the 750 really fast, and a Fatboy was what I always wanted. So here I am, the rest is history.
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RE: Why did you start riding?
I had always said if I didn't have a horse(s), I'd have a Harley. Then the husband wanted a Harley and I didn't want to ride b*tch. So now I have horses and a Harley and my husband and I finally do some riding together since he's never been into the horses.
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