How did you come up with your number for your bike?

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enketchum 11/13/2014 5:33pm
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First earned NBL number was 187. Sublime was my favorite band and April 22, 1992 was a good song. They matched perfectly.

I have it on the front window of my car, too. A student saw at it parked at school and wondered why I had 187 on my car..
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ty159 11/13/2014 5:47pm
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As a kid my dad worked for the phone company here. The first number I can remember (actually the only number I remember) on his work van was 909. My dad died when I was 12, but he got me my first bike at 8 years old and started this love for moto. So when I got back into racing after about 18 years off, that's the number I chose, been running it for 10 years now.



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visser62 11/13/2014 5:48pm
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For some reason, I have loved 6 more than any other digit for my entire life. I also grew up idolizing MC. In 2002 when Jeremy was on the Bud Light Yami I decided I wanted the #2 so I've been 62 ever since.
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PADDY'S LAD 11/13/2014 5:49pm
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My number comes from when I played football as a kid. The Dallas Cowboys at the time had a guy named Robert Newhouse
He was a running back he was maybe 5'-6" tall but weighed in at 225 lbs plus ( wrecking ball) his number was 44
I thought it was a cool looking number so I ran 44 also.
Years later I started racing and ran 44H some other guy in the AME had 44.
The next year I scored more points than him and was awarded the number 44 and ran it all the way through the b class.
I still run the number 44 on my bikes

Cheers, Pat

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cutter2388 11/13/2014 6:08pm
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JaredPartridge wrote:
I came home from school one day and my Dad was slapping a #45 on my turd bucket of a LEM. Ran that number with different...
I came home from school one day and my Dad was slapping a #45 on my turd bucket of a LEM. Ran that number with different variations over the years. Only time it ever changed was at Lorettas and Mammoth one year when I got to run number 3, or if I was on a bike of Kyle's and just ran his number for the weekend. I think Kyle's 44 in the amateur days came from one of the Petty's NASCAR number, and I ended up with 45 because it seemed logical to the old man. Dad was a huge NASCAR fan. And if I remember the story right, Jasons 727 as an amateur came about due to my dads fascination with the plane at the time.
I remember riding with Jason back in 95 a few weekends at the old world minis track. Along with Carey Hart. Sure was good times.
GoonSquad250x 11/13/2014 6:13pm
11/13/2014 6:13pm
I was born... On day "26" of November.
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Paw Paw 271 11/13/2014 6:17pm
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In my case I was In the market for some new graphics and one of the new decal companies ( there were only a few of these companies back then) was having a sale on sets that they had used in ad displays. They just happen to have a set that fit my bike and the number was 271. So I got a sweet deal on a new set of graphics and a new number at the same time. So that has been my number from that point on.

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HenryJ77 11/13/2014 7:46pm
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77. Was my first "national" number when I raced BMX. Might add a 2 in front because I always had a 2 in my number when I played football.
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machine 11/13/2014 7:52pm
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my last number was my age, but i liked the number, so I stuck with it.... #43
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No-K 11/13/2014 7:58pm
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Dist 36 sent me my number, 160
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#722, me and pops , same birthday , july 22, and my granpa passed the same day also. RIP to my father and gramps., love my #.
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hvaughn88 11/13/2014 8:07pm
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mxb2 wrote:
#722, me and pops , same birthday , july 22, and my granpa passed the same day also. RIP to my father and gramps., love my...
#722, me and pops , same birthday , july 22, and my granpa passed the same day also. RIP to my father and gramps., love my #.
That's a pretty cool symbol of your number. On a side note, Are you an Adam enticknap fan?
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mxb2 11/13/2014 8:11pm
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mxb2 wrote:
#722, me and pops , same birthday , july 22, and my granpa passed the same day also. RIP to my father and gramps., love my...
#722, me and pops , same birthday , july 22, and my granpa passed the same day also. RIP to my father and gramps., love my #.
hvaughn88 wrote:
That's a pretty cool symbol of your number. On a side note, Are you an Adam enticknap fan?
yea, for sure 722 also, a fan of adam. thanks for the kind words.
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Redrcr34 11/13/2014 8:33pm
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After seeing Danny Magoo Chandler in the 1982 Carlsbad usgp wearing #34
Craig_Lambrecht 11/13/2014 9:21pm
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My Dad was always #309. That was my first number as well.
THen 209 because of 9th in 60cc points.
Then 208.
Then I took a couple years off.. When I went back, 383 wasavailable so I took that.
I liked it because of the symetry.
Then was out for 10 years.
When I came back, I went with 385 and have had it ever since.
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TDeath21 11/13/2014 9:29pm
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My birthday number.
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JIM256 11/13/2014 9:33pm
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My favorite riders in 1984 were Barnett # 2 and Rick Ryan # 56. I got tired of always adding an electrical tape X after my first number - # 9. Plus it was cool back then to be known for your 3 digit number and it was a pain running different numbers with different race organizations....

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917rider 11/13/2014 10:14pm
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My dads # was 7 i wanted that # but he said no so i just made the loop and changed the 7 to a 9 plus i was 9 my first year of racing . 20 years later my son started racing so he choose 917
9=my number
1=first born
7=my dads #
Plus he was born on 9-17 so i changed my number also #917forlife #mx4life

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Wildeye511 11/14/2014 3:00am
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Crush wrote:
Daughters birthday. 5th November 2013 Before that it was number 12, Huffy was my guy back in the day on his RM125. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/users/15018/setup_checks/43770/photos/9430/s1600_Crush_12.jpg?1409746473[/img]
Daughters birthday. 5th November 2013

Before that it was number 12, Huffy was my guy back in the day on his RM125.

Hey, you stole my number, ha ha.

I had 11 on my bike the first time I raced in 1993, they made me put an X on my plate because someone already had it. Then when I got my CMC license they had issued me 511, so stuck with it

ReturnofJorddo 11/14/2014 5:18am
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Number used to be 17, but then Barcia got 17 and since I was younger, I assumed people would say I was copying him, so I changed it. 612 because my birthday is the 6th of December. Havent been able to change it back because this one actually has some meaning Tongue
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TommyZ 11/14/2014 5:38am
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First time I raced, I showed up without numbers. When told I needed them, I asked if 11 was available, it was. So 6 pieces of black tape later and I was ready to race.
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Darryl916 11/14/2014 6:35am
11/14/2014 6:35am
9/16 is my birthday
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markit 11/14/2014 6:43am
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First 3 dig of my AMA # 215
Harry Backmon 11/14/2014 8:01am
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When I raced back in the 80s and early 90s I was #50. When I started back a couple years ago and it was time to pick a number, I went with my age at that time, 51. Then I added a "y" so when asked "Why 51y?" I could respond, "Why not?" I have wanted to update to my current age but I can't seem to wear the graphics out. Props to the Stickman!

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jeffro503 11/14/2014 8:35am
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Had my #503 issued to me from MXNW back in 1990. A few years later I talked to the guys at CMC and they were kind enough to give it to me as well. About a year later I sweet talked Carolyn Huffman into calling someone back in the day and they issued it to me in AMA as well. ( had something like #768 ) in AMA before that.

Original Oregon area code!
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Bressler11 11/14/2014 8:40am
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JaredPartridge wrote:
I came home from school one day and my Dad was slapping a #45 on my turd bucket of a LEM. Ran that number with different...
I came home from school one day and my Dad was slapping a #45 on my turd bucket of a LEM. Ran that number with different variations over the years. Only time it ever changed was at Lorettas and Mammoth one year when I got to run number 3, or if I was on a bike of Kyle's and just ran his number for the weekend. I think Kyle's 44 in the amateur days came from one of the Petty's NASCAR number, and I ended up with 45 because it seemed logical to the old man. Dad was a huge NASCAR fan. And if I remember the story right, Jasons 727 as an amateur came about due to my dads fascination with the plane at the time.
LEM= short for Lemon I watched a couple of those blow up at arena cross events back in the day haha 2003-2005 era
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RandyS 11/14/2014 9:38am
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When I started riding again in 1988 I had a pack of 9s and 2s from my NBL number, I'm not sure why I had them since I don't think I had raced NBL in 5 or 6 years at that point. So I was 92 for a good 10 years until I started showing up at the track and everyone was 92. So I changed it to 824, my anniversary but I still see a ton of 824s. So I'm thinking of making #1s like on the early 80s Yamaha just so people will talk shit about it. My son was born 6/24 so until he wants to change he 624.
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RobKacp 11/14/2014 9:46am
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My son's birthday...Feb 24 - 224.

Cool stories!
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JeepnMike 11/14/2014 9:55am
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JM485 wrote:
My first Bmx race when I was 4 (I think), they gave me 485. Been running it ever since and put it on damn near everything...
My first Bmx race when I was 4 (I think), they gave me 485. Been running it ever since and put it on damn near everything as a kid. Shoot I still put it on pretty much all my stuff, anyone who knows me knows it's mine. I'm actually pretty superstitious about it, I hate if I have to take it off or change it for a race for some reason.Blink Grinning
I was going to be mind-blown if I wasn't the only one that didn't get our number from our BMX days. In BMX your number reflects your end of year points like MX used to do. In Intermediate I got down to 11 for one year, but the last year I raced expert I was 32nd.. So.. 32 stuck.
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peelout 11/14/2014 10:00am
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719

was assigned 719 in the mid 90's at the World Mini in Vegas and have run it ever since. even though i don't race (much) anymore, i still run MY number.



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