How Many Times Have You Quit MX

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lumpy790 10/5/2008 8:07pm
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I have lost track.....It took me 32 years to become a 25 year life time AMA member.
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teggers 10/5/2008 10:43pm
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I quit after every concussion. Then I wake up.
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FGR01 10/5/2008 11:19pm
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Been going for more than 30 years now. The only thing that has kept me away from a bike (temporarily) is plaster and Iraq !
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4 times in 25 years

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adamdf 10/6/2008 5:48am
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I have never quit over, been goin 17 years at it
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rucka356 10/6/2008 5:54am
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I'm currently on my 4th time. However now it is due to the lack of riding areas and lack of funds. I've got a 110 with some mods, but thats it. I've never been without a bike this long before and i get the hunger to ride every time I come on this website and see some pics of you guys riding. It really makes me sick. No riding spots within 2 hours of my house now. I used to have 3 within 30 minutes. With the price of gas, it's just not feasable anymore. I'm trying to save up slowly and hoping a track will open up soon. Until then I guess i will just stay jealous of all you guys out there rippin every weekend.
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jay_547 10/6/2008 6:02am
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i started racing in '86. i never have quit. i have taken multiple recovery breaks because of injury and i just had acl reconstruction last monday. i have decided that my next injury will be my last. i will quit then.
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FGR01 10/6/2008 7:10am
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i have decided that my next injury will be my last. i will quit then.

Haahahahahaaaaaa

no Seriously,

hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

How many times have we all said that?
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G-man 10/6/2008 7:22am
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I’ve taken breaks from racing, but will always ride a m/c, doesn’t matter what kind or what type of riding I do. If it has an engine, I’m happy. I’ve also found doing different types of riding, even jet-skiing keeps moto fresh for me. I can’t imagine riding all yr long yr after yr—no wonder so many people get burned out and quit.
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jay_547 10/6/2008 7:48am
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FGR01 wrote:
[b]i have decided that my next injury will be my last. i will quit then.[/b] Haahahahahaaaaaa no Seriously, hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa How many times have we all said...
i have decided that my next injury will be my last. i will quit then.

Haahahahahaaaaaa

no Seriously,

hahahahahahahaaaaaaaaa

How many times have we all said that?
i've never said it.
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yzfjere 10/6/2008 7:56am
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I've taken about 4 breaks in 33+years riding. There is nothing like it.
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BobbyM 10/6/2008 8:09am
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Wadded_Up wrote:
This may have been asked before, but how many times have you guys quit and come back? I've been wadded-up so many times, taken a break...
This may have been asked before, but how many times have you guys quit and come back? I've been wadded-up so many times, taken a break and returned its stupid. I'm currently bikeless (except for my street bike). I'll return as soon as my broken hand heals.
only twice
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FLmxer 10/6/2008 8:33am
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I broke my back at the end of last year. I keep thinking I might be able to ride soon when I have a decent day and then I have set backs with pain and mobility. I am improving and even surfed all day recently in some pretty big waves. It was the first thing I had done in 9 months and I was worried that I would not be able to handle it. I took it easy at first but the waves were so perfect that I was unable to hold back for long and was pushing it pretty hard and also getting pounded a few times pretty well that instantly had me thinking "if I can handle this maybe i can ride a little soon" Surprisingly I was not to sore after that and was feeling great but I started back to my normal routine and catching back up on our properties maintenance and somehow tweaked my back a bit again and it is not feeling to stable and the pain has come back a ton. I have been riding weekly for ever and pretty much thought I would be riding like that forever. This injury is testing me big time. I love to ride and it has been part of my life from the beginning. It is hard to fathom not being able to ride.
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WORCSRacer 10/6/2008 9:30am
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Quit?

If I quit and actually stayed away then I would have accomplished the task but if I were a quitter, I'd quit on quitting and be back. So yes I am a quitter and I'm back deeper than ever.
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skid809 10/6/2008 9:33am
10/6/2008 9:33am Edited Date/Time 10/6/2008 9:38am
I quit this year. If i were to get hurt and not be able to work i would have a starving wife and 3 year old. Plus we would probably end up in a cardboard box because nobody to pay the mortgage...

I still do follow the sport. Just no time to ride with her taking 17 credit hours, I am taking 6 credits and 10 hour days at work...
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rallendude 10/6/2008 10:04am
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I haven't read all the responses but....never.

I started riding at 4 in '77. In '85ish my dad got me into racing when he and my mother divorced. Something to spend time together on. Plus, I rode ALL the time. I raced up until '91 or so when I graduated high school. I didn't race for a while so I could finish college but I never quit.

In '98 after I had graduated and worked a few years to buy my own place and bikes I started back racing regularly. I've been at Alabama Series races since. I've broken many bones and people keep saying you're too old for that aren't you? I'm only 35 and I feel like I ride better now than I ever have.

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AMA714 10/6/2008 12:01pm
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Started riding at 7 years old, started racing in 1981 at 11, did it pretty seriously until college. Unfortunately my sponsor walked and I was footing my own education so it took a backseat for several years....Never quit....I thought about riding everyday.
Growing up in Canada there was always some riding going on, but I started racing streetbikes when i moved to the city out of convienienc....and I had no place to ride MX.
Got back into MX heavy in 2003 and have not touched a street bike since...Cant imagine not riding MX... Even after a couple serious crashes i live to get on my bike.
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Devil1nNj 10/6/2008 1:19pm
10/6/2008 1:19pm Edited Date/Time 4/16/2016 8:43pm
I'm on a temporary leave of absence that I never thought would be this long.
Yesterday was the 1 year anniversary of my crash at E-Town practice track . If you saw me fall you would think I would have gotten up and finished the moto, a total fluke.



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Highsider 10/6/2008 2:10pm
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Crap Devil, I hope you weren't wearing SG-10's...would give me much hope of protection!

JJ
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jay_547 10/6/2008 2:19pm
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i'm a member of the external fixator club too.

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Highsider 10/6/2008 2:23pm
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jay_547 wrote:
i'm a member of the external fixator club too. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/Jay547/fixator2.jpg[/img]
i'm a member of the external fixator club too.

Jay- mxking will be at Branson this weekend and asked me to see if you are going.

JJ
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jay_547 10/6/2008 3:17pm
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jay_547 wrote:
i'm a member of the external fixator club too. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/Jay547/fixator2.jpg[/img]
i'm a member of the external fixator club too.

Highsider wrote:
Jay- mxking will be at Branson this weekend and asked me to see if you are going.

JJ
nope, i had acl reconstruction last monday. if i could walk, i would show up and watch. then again, if i could walk, i would race.

i'll be there next year!
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Rupert X 10/6/2008 3:49pm
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Don't we all pretty much quit every Sunday night ?.

We're broke, tired and sore...

Then, all week, riding is all we think of.


Never, ever - admit you quit riding or racing, or don't own a machine - just use this -

"I'm currently between bikes....."

Sounds lots better.
TeamGrnRacer99 10/6/2008 4:24pm
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jay_547 wrote:
i'm a member of the external fixator club too. [img]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v704/Jay547/fixator2.jpg[/img]
i'm a member of the external fixator club too.

Highsider wrote:
Jay- mxking will be at Branson this weekend and asked me to see if you are going.

JJ
jay_547 wrote:
nope, i had acl reconstruction last monday. if i could walk, i would show up and watch. then again, if i could walk, i would race...
nope, i had acl reconstruction last monday. if i could walk, i would show up and watch. then again, if i could walk, i would race.

i'll be there next year!
just had my ACL replaced last monday also, and my miniscus repaired. i was sorta walking friday. spent all weekend @ Kroc with my crutches, doesn't feel bad at all.
i walk but use the crutches for support. how much P. T. are you doing ???
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Wadded_Up 10/6/2008 4:27pm
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Great responses guys. Motocross gets in your blood and never leaves. From what I can see, this holds true with 99% of the riders here. Even when bad things happen, we keep coming back or change our minds somewhere down the road.
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skid809 wrote:
I quit this year. If i were to get hurt and not be able to work i would have a starving wife and 3 year old...
I quit this year. If i were to get hurt and not be able to work i would have a starving wife and 3 year old. Plus we would probably end up in a cardboard box because nobody to pay the mortgage...

I still do follow the sport. Just no time to ride with her taking 17 credit hours, I am taking 6 credits and 10 hour days at work...
Hang in there dude, doing the right thing always pays off sooner or later.
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Wadded_Up 10/6/2008 5:06pm
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skid809 wrote:
I quit this year. If i were to get hurt and not be able to work i would have a starving wife and 3 year old...
I quit this year. If i were to get hurt and not be able to work i would have a starving wife and 3 year old. Plus we would probably end up in a cardboard box because nobody to pay the mortgage...

I still do follow the sport. Just no time to ride with her taking 17 credit hours, I am taking 6 credits and 10 hour days at work...
BDOG wrote:
Hang in there dude, doing the right thing always pays off sooner or later.
Unfortunately the sport is becoming a rich mans sport, unlike its roots. I'm seeing more people leave because of the cost. A better thread topic might be “why would / did you stop riding / racing motocross“.

I would say, top three……

1. Injury
2. Cost
3. Lack of riding areas
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stizzle 10/6/2008 5:08pm
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I didnt know people actually rode on this forum. Huh I guess we learn new things everyday. But myself will never quit. No one really does they still think and dream about it everyday.

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