Your Bike Number

doghouse
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Virginia Beach, VA, USA
3/30/2017 7:52am Edited Date/Time 3/30/2017 7:53am
137. Because Joe Louis was 137 years old.
Radical
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10/20/2012
Location
San Diego, CA, USA
3/30/2017 7:53am
I usually run 446. I had 219 when I raced MX a few times as a kid.
446 was my BMX number for several years. Good memories. Continuing on in MX.

Last year I raced as 77 with Retro graphics.
I entered a race and didn't have numbers. When I looked in my extra parts box I found 6 #7's.
I don't remember buying them. I have no idea where they came from. They might be from the 80's.
I ran 77 for the entire series. I might stay with 77. It looks pretty cool.
KBOLTZ
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4/24/2016
Location
Tarzana, CA, USA
3/30/2017 8:57am
Did it for my wife's birthday - 513 [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/03/30/184599/s1200_IMG_0360.jpg[/img]
Did it for my wife's birthday - 513


If I did that my number would be 420 and I don't need the looks or judgement from people at the track lol.
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Spydee
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1995
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12/18/2013
Location
Wales, GB
3/30/2017 9:03am
112

'Cause Stephane Roncada recommended it to me, as it was good to him during his first year racing in the US.

The Shop

kaptkaos
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1087
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11/17/2015
Location
Miami, FL, USA
3/30/2017 9:05am
I dont race, I just practice and ride off-road. However I always had people comment on the white eggs with no numbers on a tricked out bike. So I used 22, my BDay and a cool number. Yeah I know its not cool to have a 2 digit # if you dont earn it, but I am an old dude and I dont race and its obvious...so I really dont care. If I get another bike or new graphics, I might change to 822, maybe.
Godnick993
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24
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9/8/2015
Location
Henderson, NV, USA
3/30/2017 9:06am
993- wanted to be 632 when I was younger after watching a goofy pro racing at the Lake Havasu WORCS. Wanted to put those on my bike but they didn't fit on my 125 so I went with 93 cuz it fit better. Then started racing WORCS and went with 993
bigmaico
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971
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8/15/2006
Location
Kingwood, TX, USA
3/30/2017 9:09am
#69

Not for the obvious reason! When I starting racing CMC assigned me R21, ran that for a few years.

Took some time off for paramedic school & was assigned 64F, used that until I move to Texas.

Got into the Vintage\Evo on a Maico Of course, I tried to get the #64 but someone already had it.

So I used the numbers that came with the Maico, found out later It was Greg Zitterkophs Earned CMC number.

The thing now is that I don't race anymore & I haven't put any numbers on my 14' KTM 450.

My "Friends" always say that #69 is perfect for me, it's the same right side up or upside downWink

Ryguy125
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112
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3/10/2017
Location
Lake Milton, OH, USA
3/30/2017 9:20am
724... anniversary for my wife and I.. got major brownie points for that one
OldPro277
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11/9/2009
Location
Avonmore, PA, USA
3/30/2017 9:22am
Used 996 during the amateur days, the AMA highly suggested using the last 3 of your AMA number back then,so most of us did. I asked for 2's,3's or 7's for my pro card and they actually gave me 277 in 1976 and have been using ever since. For more than my bike number. On different membership accounts, partial user names and passwords,etc,etc. My wife even surprised me and had it tattoed on her ring finger at Hart & Huntington during last years trip to Orlando. Kinda cool....
JBlain619
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Severna Park, MD, USA
3/30/2017 9:55am
My number is #619, it was my dad's and like most boys I wanted to be like my dad.
My fiancé is #17. Before she was a factory Suzuki rider she used to get Ezra Lusk's race bikes and they came with 17 on them so she just kept it.

Also, we are getting married June 19, 2017 so our anniversary will be 6/19/17, kind of hokey but neither of us will forget it! Laughing Laughing
ky_savage
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Location
Kentucky, KY, USA
3/30/2017 9:57am
Mine is 119. It's when my wife and I first went on a date and it's my birthday backwards (911).
VilloFan951
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3/2/2014
Location
Moreno Valley, CA, USA
3/30/2017 10:00am
228 for me it's he say me and my wife got together and the 28 also stands for a date a very good close family friend was killed in glamis me and my nephew run a 28 in our number for him
StretchASU
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Location
Timberlake, NC, USA
3/30/2017 10:00am Edited Date/Time 3/30/2017 10:01am
783 - I've always run the 83 when available in sports growing up. So whatever 100# our local class is for the year +83.
JBlain619
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Severna Park, MD, USA
3/30/2017 10:02am
doghouse wrote:
137. Because Joe Louis was 137 years old.
This is great!!! HAHAHAHAHA

mxbrian15
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600
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12/8/2015
Location
Orlando, FL, USA
3/30/2017 10:18am
Well, I grew up racing and playing basketball competitively. Earlier in my life, and probably to the disappointment of my father, basketball was more of a focus for me. My favorite basketball player was Vince Carter, and my birthday is on the 15th, so it became my number. When I really started getting more into racing, the number 15 just moved right along with me.
Spankey
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12/11/2013
Location
Burns, OR, USA
3/30/2017 10:35am
Back in 1976 my bike was a XL125. My older brother bought a used 74 250 Elsinore and I thought it was the coolest bike ever. it had #41 so that's what I ran until I bought one of Danny Smith's old bikes and it had #29. I thought 29, that's perfect! Ya know, not 30! LOL! Always a kid!
3/30/2017 10:43am
#2- My dad was assigned #20 from CMC and was really close with the owner and his daughter, so when I was born they automatically assigned me #2. If I ever go to a 3 digit it will either be 220 for my dad and I, 923 for my anniversary, or 213 because both kids were born on the 13th.
MudPup545
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Imlay City, MI, USA
3/30/2017 10:56am
545, the last three of my AMA#. Nothing special but, it does sound like a special at Arby's.
cmarona463
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212
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11/18/2013
Location
Pinson, AL, USA
3/30/2017 11:04am
463

46 was the number I was given in middle school, my first year of football. So I kept it and used it in baseball. Then when I got into moto, there was another #46 locally and I decided to add a 3 to my number because I was a Dale Earnhardt fan and I've stayed 463 since then.
ThatOneKid
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207
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2/18/2016
Location
Pittsburgh, PA, USA
3/30/2017 11:08am
First number ever was 114 made out of electrical tape on the day of the race. My dad just picked 114 and 115 for my brother and I until we got our true ama cards.

Once I got my ama card the last 3 of mine were 065 so I took 65 and it stuck. I was racing 65's at the time too so I thought it was the coolest thing as a kid.
doghouse
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Virginia Beach, VA, USA
3/30/2017 11:14am
doghouse wrote:
137. Because Joe Louis was 137 years old.
JBlain619 wrote:
This is great!!! HAHAHAHAHA

I seriously laugh to myself everytime I see my bike.
Sparkey
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447
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1/4/2007
Location
Meridian, ID, USA
3/30/2017 11:17am
Kids B-days, May, April and September (youngest to oldest) 549
Forty
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3091
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7/27/2009
Location
Saint Paul, MN, USA
3/30/2017 11:29am


Forty is the number the district gave me when I moved to the A class.

I asked for the #1. No dice.
brocster
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6/9/2009
Location
Aliso Viejo, CA, USA
3/30/2017 11:52am
see avatar...beat Kenny to it back around 1991. ran 194 and 394-(sons birth month and year) for a minute but for the majority of the 27 years of riding dirtbikes it's been 94. Raced BMX before then and my number was 96
disbanded
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6998
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8/26/2007
Location
Evergreen, CO, USA
3/30/2017 12:19pm
17 because tape
Mr. Info
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1671
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5/3/2010
Location
Perris, CA, USA
3/30/2017 12:26pm
103 because that's the number of wins I have in the novice class the last 2 years. Moving up soon to new age class so maybe novice one more year.
P-Nut
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269
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12/20/2011
Location
Longmont, CO, USA
3/30/2017 12:27pm
16
A number I wore playing high school and college baseball
SwingHard
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482
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3/14/2017
Location
Sacramento, CA, USA
3/30/2017 12:30pm
#95! The year my son started riding when he was 5years old. He ran this number until the age of 17. He had to stop racing/riding after suffering a traumatic brain injury in a car accident. So,from that day to present day,I run his #95!
DYE
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238
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2/23/2016
Location
USA
3/30/2017 12:48pm
24 because it was my basketball number. Soon to be 324 because my buddies son also started running the 24 and I told him I'd retire it to him since he would be faster than me soon haha! Plus I like a 3 digit number better.
Hammer 663s
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6/2/2016
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None, AE, USA
3/30/2017 1:24pm
663s - born June 1963, and Sierra Chapter OTHG. Still a Sierra member even tho I live in Oregon now. I try to get down to a race or two each year just for the Gang. Hard to miss races at Hangtown.

Hammer 663s

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