Hey, heres something different......

Shawn142 wrote:

Currently run 115 because 1/15 is my wedding anniversary. Anything that makes the wife happy, because a happy wife lets me ride more.

dirtnapper wrote:

A1 and the mayhem on Vital that followed has been the subject of most threads, but heres something moto - related for the guys that ACTUALLY...

A1 and the mayhem on Vital that followed has been the subject of most threads, but heres something moto - related for the guys that ACTUALLY race out there.

Just wondering, what # do you guys run, and is there any reason to why you have that number? Is it a good luck thing to keep running the same number or do you switch it up every year?

My first year in Novice class I ran # 270, pretty much because those were the only numbers left in our local Yamaha shop!
Since then, I have had # 717 on all my bikes that I have raced. For no real reason, other then #17 was my number in High School, and I've always like the number 17, so I just added an extra 7!

( and it has nothing to do with liking Stewy - I had 717 while he was still running 259. I've been told I must be a superfan cause I have two 7's in my number.......... )

2whlfun wrote:

cool thread, I've mostly run assigned/earned numbers in Colorado starting with my first race at Thunder Valley in 1990 [b](#523[/b]). I earned #[b]312[/b] the first year...

cool thread,

I've mostly run assigned/earned numbers in Colorado starting with my first race at Thunder Valley in 1990 (#523). I earned #312 the first year as novice numbers all started at 301. The next season I had 304 which was a heart breaker because I was ranked first going into the State Championships which I always had bad races in. Colorado in October usually brought cold, snowy and frozen ground final races.

I punhed into the local "B" class in 1992? and took the lowest number available #126. The following year I earned #108. In 1996 I had a fresh CR-250 (favorite bike ever) and was going to have a great intermediate class year. First race of the season I rode well but ended up getting 4th in every race which I felt good about. Later in the week a buddy of mine called me and said it was announced that I turned pro and I was in dis-belief. I didn't want that!! It turned out the top 3 riders that day came to Colorado from New Mexico and raced down a class. I was Ivan & Gio Tedesco along with Travis Riley and they all got disqualified in the days after the race which meant I got screwed out of two 1-1 scores (and trophies) for Open & 250 (sigh).

My first local pro number was 34 (on the 1996 Cr-250) and the next season I was ALL excited for the 1997 CR-250 Aluminum frame wonder bike and had my name on the pre-order list. By the grace of god a buddy convnced me it was a death trap and I got a 1997 KX-250 (great handling bike but seized lower rod bearing and had multiple frame cracking issues) and ran 16 (the lowest # I ever ran). Starting in 1998 I picked up a YZ-250 and have had Yamahas ever since. I was ranked 10th in pro points midway through 98 when I hyperextended my left leg which sheared off my tibial plateau without crashing!

Done for about a year of rehab and I've only raced a handful of times since and none after 2003. Now I race mountain bikes and occasionally ride my 2006 YZ450F. A few years ago I put my age of 36 on the bike cause I thought it looked cool. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

EvanR127 wrote:

#127 It was the number that came on my first big bike (02 RM125) Its looks pretty cool and I am a fan of 3 digits...

#127

It was the number that came on my first big bike (02 RM125)

Its looks pretty cool and I am a fan of 3 digits like TP199, so it just grew on me.

2whlfun wrote:

cool thread, I've mostly run assigned/earned numbers in Colorado starting with my first race at Thunder Valley in 1990 [b](#523[/b]). I earned #[b]312[/b] the first year...

cool thread,

I've mostly run assigned/earned numbers in Colorado starting with my first race at Thunder Valley in 1990 (#523). I earned #312 the first year as novice numbers all started at 301. The next season I had 304 which was a heart breaker because I was ranked first going into the State Championships which I always had bad races in. Colorado in October usually brought cold, snowy and frozen ground final races.

I punhed into the local "B" class in 1992? and took the lowest number available #126. The following year I earned #108. In 1996 I had a fresh CR-250 (favorite bike ever) and was going to have a great intermediate class year. First race of the season I rode well but ended up getting 4th in every race which I felt good about. Later in the week a buddy of mine called me and said it was announced that I turned pro and I was in dis-belief. I didn't want that!! It turned out the top 3 riders that day came to Colorado from New Mexico and raced down a class. I was Ivan & Gio Tedesco along with Travis Riley and they all got disqualified in the days after the race which meant I got screwed out of two 1-1 scores (and trophies) for Open & 250 (sigh).

My first local pro number was 34 (on the 1996 Cr-250) and the next season I was ALL excited for the 1997 CR-250 Aluminum frame wonder bike and had my name on the pre-order list. By the grace of god a buddy convnced me it was a death trap and I got a 1997 KX-250 (great handling bike but seized lower rod bearing and had multiple frame cracking issues) and ran 16 (the lowest # I ever ran). Starting in 1998 I picked up a YZ-250 and have had Yamahas ever since. I was ranked 10th in pro points midway through 98 when I hyperextended my left leg which sheared off my tibial plateau without crashing!

Done for about a year of rehab and I've only raced a handful of times since and none after 2003. Now I race mountain bikes and occasionally ride my 2006 YZ450F. A few years ago I put my age of 36 on the bike cause I thought it looked cool. Thanks for the nostalgia trip!

Titan1 wrote:

If you were racing in Colorado a lot at that time, did you know any Perritons? Josh was the son, and I can't remember the dads...

If you were racing in Colorado a lot at that time, did you know any Perritons? Josh was the son, and I can't remember the dads name (but he's still racing the vet class at like 60!)


I started as a novice with the number 78 because it was the lowest available in my USRA series....then I switched to number 31 for the same reason, when I got married in 2003 I started using 614 because my anniversary is June 14, and been using it ever since...be it, in the Desert and not on the track (so technically its 614V...for over 30 class).