How many years have you been riding/going to races?

Tonynz
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Tonynz 12/4/2016 11:03pm
12/4/2016 11:03pm Edited Date/Time 12/4/2016 11:05pm
Got my first bike DT 125 January 1981, 16 years old. Second bike IT 175, September 1981, first race a week later.
Makes that 35 years of racing. A bit more selective of what I race now but still ride every week.

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ctbale 12/5/2016 3:18am
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First "dirt bike" was a Rupp Hustler 1972? First MX race I showed up with a 1974ish Yamaha DT100 with rubber foot pegs, trials tires and it was a mudder!! (dumbass) That same day at the race my dad paid $300 to buy me a "real" motocross bike, a TM125. (1975?) I rode it and it was slow as shit, then someone said to rev the engine more, BBRRAAAAAAP!!!!!!! I was hooked!!! That was the first time I "was on the pipe"!! HAHA Kind of hung it up in 1980, then picked it up again in 2011, with a 2007 YZ250F
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motomike137 12/5/2016 3:34am
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Ever since a friend of mine brought home his Elsinore I've been addicted. 1974 I think it was Smile
Sandwarrior752 12/5/2016 3:38am
12/5/2016 3:38am
Went to my first race 21 years ago and got my first bike 20 years ago. Still checking races to this day .. but sadly without a bike myself for the past 4 years.

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reded
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reded 12/5/2016 4:48am
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Started on a worn out XR75 back in 1980 at the age of 7. Lotsa water under the bridge since that spring day.
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mx836 12/5/2016 5:12am
12/5/2016 5:12am
31 years alive. 31 years at the races. 27 years riding and racing.
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JMX82 12/5/2016 5:28am
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I'm 34 years old and I have been riding since I was twelve
neysbo
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neysbo 12/5/2016 6:39am
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Been around it since I was 12 years old , so that makes it 39 years - wow damn I am getting old. I started racing when I was 15 and have ridden or raced off and on ever since. Just sold my bike a month or so ago and deciding what to get for next year.
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Uncle Tony 12/5/2016 6:39am
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45 years of moto, did play around with trials and road racing but always moto
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twotwosix 12/5/2016 7:15am
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I am 29, raced my first race at Angels Stadium in LA on a JR50 as part of the Mickey Thompson Series half time show when I was 4 years old. So been around the sport for 25 years. Been at it ever since. Found some funny oldies:





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Highsider 12/5/2016 7:19am
12/5/2016 7:19am Edited Date/Time 12/7/2016 6:34am
Taco22 in 1966 @ 14 yrs. Bought the kit myself and built it.



A couple of weeks ago @ 64 yrs, so looking @ 50yrs so far...

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Tumblin 12/5/2016 8:12am
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Went to my first race with my Super Rat hanging off the bumper racks with my parents on our Ford LTD...I ride less every year and never made a gate this year....damn.
I will rally, but not in this year...bring on 2017!
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Cokeham23 12/5/2016 8:14am
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20 years riding/going to the track. Only been racing about 6 years.
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Steve125 12/5/2016 8:15am
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40 years riding, 39 since my first race.. Although I did switch to car racing for 5 years because of family pressure to "Stop with those dangerous bikes" "You have a wife and son" lectures. Once they saw a car flip 5 times down the front straightaway right in front of me, I think they realized Moto x might not be so bad..
Tried to give the Moto X 100% effort this past season only to destroy my back in June. Still recovering from Surgery.. and heading for a possible 2nd one.
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Tim507 12/5/2016 8:20am
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Last Saturday.....mostly ride for fun and exercise...



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OW38B 12/5/2016 9:50am
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First year racing finnisher pin:



Rich Eierstadt and Jeff Jennings were a couple of neighborhood type guys back then.
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se7enmx 12/5/2016 9:54am
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1970-2016
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larsman 5/3/2018 5:13pm
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Since 1961, my friend let me learn on his 650 Triumph. Luckily I didn't ruin his bike. I bent the shift lever back 180 degrees as his bike sideswiped an oak tree after I bailed off. Luckily it was a 5 mph bailout, and the bike was okay, with just the bent shift lever. The steel was malleable enough that he was able to straighten it out without it snapping in half. 1963, 1964, AFM # 74 Yamaha YDS-1 250cc road racer. Willow Springs, and Santa Barbara Airport in conjunction with SCCA sports car races. Too poor, and no family backing to buy a Yamaha TD-1B road racer. !965 joined Army, and never motorcycle raced again. In 1970's I took up bicycle racing, and did pretty good considering running a business, and family responsibilities.

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Fred L. Hall JR. 5/4/2018 6:15pm
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Started on a 1969 Honda Trail 50, first race 1973 on a Honda SL70, later that year on a XR75. Raced till I was 18 years old, last bike was a 1981 Husky Cr 250, then an old friend tracked me down, and got me started vintage racing in 2001. Now own a 1973 Husky cr250,1980 Husky cr250, and a 2001 Husky cr250. Do all my own work on them mostly. I mainly like to ride at Rio Bravo Mx park in Houston, Tx., and race every once in a while! Damn I need to go riding.
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jtmaster 5/4/2018 6:31pm
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Started riding on a Montessa trials bike at age 9. Raced for a few years in my 20s. Still riding at age almost 49. Tying to hit some D6 hare scrambles this year. Been to a few nationals, sx, ax, usgp, MX des nations.
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jock 5/4/2018 6:38pm
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Started riding in 77, first race in 79.
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Bultaco 5/4/2018 6:44pm
5/4/2018 6:44pm Edited Date/Time 5/5/2018 1:31am
I was riding into work a couple days ago. After our eternally long winter, the riding season has just started. Anyhow, as I was enjoying the warmth and sun, riding my scoot I thought to myself: "Self, you've been riding motorcycles for 50 years". So there you go...50 years. (that's all kinds of motorcycles, but most hours have been on dirt)
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Paw Paw 271 5/4/2018 6:52pm
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Started riding in 1964.
Started racing 1974.
Last race in 2017.
Still riding 2018.

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Phantom 661 5/4/2018 6:55pm
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Started riding 51 years ago
Started racing 41 years ago
SwingHard
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SwingHard 5/4/2018 7:05pm
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Riding 48 yrs.,racing off & on 39 years. Still try to hit the track 1-2X a week.
Was at the first Superbowl of Motocross, still attend at least 2 Nationals a year. Dont really enjoy Supercross any longer.
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JMR1976 5/4/2018 7:07pm
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Never. All I know of moto is from Vital.
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stillwelding 5/4/2018 7:28pm
5/4/2018 7:28pm Edited Date/Time 5/4/2018 7:37pm
Langhammx wrote:
You are a LEGEND my freind.... One of the fastest 60+ year olds on the planet. While I had a lot of fun chasing you around...
You are a LEGEND my freind....

One of the fastest 60+ year olds on the planet. While I had a lot of fun chasing you around, before I got hurt, I always knew you were toying with me.... Cool


I started racing in 1977 at Indian Dunes, took a few breaks in between, but I'm still at it after several hospital visits. Wink
Hey! What about me Sean? Sept. 1968 Taco66. Blow that Taco22 into the weeds. So it’s my 50 year anniversary.

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jarvinator 5/4/2018 7:33pm
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Started riding in '74 on a Rupp Roadster. Started racing in '76 on the 125 Elsinore...raced heavy through HS then college years and getting career going I was just to poor! Then about '88 got back into it and have not stopped for the most part. MOTO is in my blood. Best times ever where getting my son into it and 26 years later he's still riding and starting a family. This grandkid will be riding a powered moto-skooter before a peddle bike!
Riding tomorrow!
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SCR 5/4/2018 8:20pm
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Langhammx wrote:
You are a LEGEND my freind.... One of the fastest 60+ year olds on the planet. While I had a lot of fun chasing you around...
You are a LEGEND my freind....

One of the fastest 60+ year olds on the planet. While I had a lot of fun chasing you around, before I got hurt, I always knew you were toying with me.... Cool


I started racing in 1977 at Indian Dunes, took a few breaks in between, but I'm still at it after several hospital visits. Wink
stillwelding wrote:
Hey! What about me Sean? Sept. 1968 Taco66. Blow that Taco22 into the weeds. So it’s my 50 year anniversary. [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2018/05/04/259270/s1200_6DD393C4_6EE2_4B15_8AD2_25727857813A.jpg[/img]
Hey! What about me Sean? Sept. 1968 Taco66. Blow that Taco22 into the weeds. So it’s my 50 year anniversary.

Any dude that started on a Taco has my respect.
State of the art cantilever swing arm and dual hydraulic shock absorbers.
So much more to say about that photo. Classic Gold.

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