Where does your moto enjoyment sit?

Just still being able to ride.

Motocross and supermoto tracks 100%. 

I don't even trail ride. Dunes are too dangerous. But I'm sure I'll enjoy trails when I'm older.  

Lately, been making micro MX tracks for my young sons on their 110's and grabbed a 110 for myself.  Fun-overload for all three of us! 

Filming it. I have broken myself off far too many times lol. 

I'm 67, so I'm like alphado, just happy I can still ride. And a still love riding a track although my pace has slowed considerably over the last 10 years. My body lets me down sometimes as when you get older you don't have to do anything to get injuries. Sometimes you wake up with injuries and don't know how you got them. I still love riding my dirt bikes and have been since the late 60s. I know I'm getting close to the end of it and I think about it a lot but I don't like it. I wish I could ride for another 60 years.

Where it started.

Where I am now.

I'm 46 (been riding since I was 5) and I might be more obsessed with riding than ever. I don't race much anymore, but I love doing laps. I kind of equate it to surfing in that I just enjoy the act of riding MX and being at the track. I'm a "soul rider" hahaha. I really enjoy even at my age working on technique. I'm not trying for all out speed anymore. I'm trying to be very technically sound and efficient. I still watch all the races, youtube videos, vlogs, etc. It really is an addiction for me. For example this last Sunday at Thunder Valley was epic. The weather was great, the track was prepped perfect, and I had a brand new set of MX34's on my bike. I'm still smiling from it. I put two hours of actual engine hours on my bike doing moto's. I didn't want to pull off the track. And I'll be out riding somewhere this weekend if the weather allows it 

Railing berms and shuffling shims.

The quest for the perfect lap… I’m not good enough to have them consistently, but, we all know that feeling when you just hit everything right at whatever is your fastest for that day and it felt so easy. We also know the feeling when you go back out and ride like a beginner wondering what the hell just happened 😂

Jumps are still fun, but really slamming a sand berm perfectly, is great. 

I also enjoy being able to push on a rough track for 35 minutes. 

The best thing is after you are out cutting trail, burning a trail in or just practicing and you are sitting on the tailgate with your buddies doing a little bench racing and maybe a shot of tequila. 

putting in laps on sand practice tracks. I enjoy the physical and technical challenge of it. I'm old enough I'm not getting any faster, and I feel in general there is less consequence there then on jumpy hard pack tracks.

Just riding enough so that I’m not having to build up callouses/struggling to ride a moderate pace. 

Any riding (mx, mountain trails, etc.) where I feel I have good command of the bike and get a great workout without riding over my head.

A great mix of turns, jumps and/or elevation changes, whoops, etc., where I can practice and demonstrate to MYSELF the range of skills I have grown to possess.

I find that my fun really comes down to feeling like I am improving and becoming more efficient. "Flowing" is how I'd sum it up.

Obstacle variety and geo location variety are really great "interest energizers," too. For example, a nice vet track nestled into a nice river valley I can work up to doing all the obstacles on is SO, SO FUN and picturesque/relaxing. If by the end of my riding session/day I am circulating the course at a safe, good-for-me pace, I am highly satisfied. However, I have no business on a supercross track - never have, so I stay clear of those types of riding scenarios so I am not tempted to try and I focus on riding experiences where I can challenge myself within my comfort zone while still pushing the envelope to improve. 

I’m 64, I thought I might’ve outgrown this shit by now, but no. 

I’m 40 now, and live in a country/city where riding is almost impossible, but go home a couple times a year, maybe ride 3-4 times when I’m back.

I love it just as much as ever, but have a greater appreciation for it. I used to be an A class rider, now I don’t care at all how fast I am, just wanna get the adrenaline going and go as fast as I safely feel comfortable.

still ride the last model KX250 2 Stroke 💨

I get arm pump in like 2 laps these days haha

This is a great topic, and one I've thought about as I get older (51) and continue to enjoy this sport. When I break it down, for me motocross is actually several different hobbies all under the same banner:

1) Riding- Working on technique, watching the kids and trying to continue to evolve my style. Like some of you have mentioned, I seem to get more satisfaction from getting a turn right than doing jumps nowadays. I don't love the jumps any less though but my risk versus reward meter is definitely recalibrating as I age. And on those days when you get that flow and feel like you can just keep going and going...quite possibly the strongest drug on the planet.

2) Racing - For me this comes in two flavors, modern racing when I want to ride my limits and vintage when I want to jackass around on old bikes and just have fun. As I get older I'm tending to alternate years as to which one I focus on, but I think the older I get, the more I'll skew toward the vintage side. But riding without racing... just feels hollow to me.

3) Wrenching / Setup - Probably my least favorite part, but you gotta pay to play and I do most of my own work. This one is most rewarding on the vintage side, when I take a turdball zombie bike and bring it back to competitive standards.

4) Following Professional SX/MX - It's always odd to me when I meet people at the track and mention something about last night's race or last week's race and get sort of a deer in headlights look. I LOVE following the sport at the pro level. This is made even more cool by the small size of our sport, I know I bore my wife every broadcast with "I met him at a ride day" or "I raced with his dad back in the day" or "I bought my bike from his shop" (lookin at you, Brayton) or any other type of six degrees of separation. The level of connection that an everyday racer can have to all levels of moto is just insane. 

5) My YouTube - No, I'm not begging for subscriptions! I put up GoPro of my races (vintage and modern), and occasionally do ride impression videos of old bikes when I have a chance to borrow one for a few laps. But here's something cool: it's entirely common for me to be at a practice or race and have folks come up to me and say "Hey, you're Mark!" and that they saw my videos because they were trying to learn more about what to expect at a certain track. So that's been really rewarding for me, I get to meet a lot of people and feel like I am contributing a little something back to my local scene. Last year a high school kid told me he watched my videos on his Chromebook in class when he was supposed to be doing work. Gotta love that!

6) Off the bike - And of course there's the whole training aspect. I don't do as much as I should, but it definitely takes some time and hopefully is contributing to me having a longer healtheir life as well. 

So there ya go, at least six different hobbies for me wrapped up in this thing we call moto!

I love the feeling of landing/clearing jumps perfectly, any jump where I come a bit short or overshoot doesn't give the same feeling.... someone compared to surfing, why not skiing, it's a bit the same, railing/carving a corner, perfect speed to the jump, perfect landing... oh what a great feeling.

I will most likely sell my Honda, I love it and proud of my engine rebuilding skills but it gives me no joy knowing I have to do a new top-end once again and my wife is reminding me that I spend too much time in the garage... the Stark Varg is the perfect 'I am 50 now' bike  

Floating big jumps, railing some smooth ruts, small scrubs and whips, just flowing around a track at 75% speed. 

For me, it is getting off work after a stressful day and pulling out the 110, even if its for only 10 minutes, to go rip a few laps on the track and do a few wheelies to decompress from the day. I don't have to load up, drive anywhere, or really prep the bike. The simplicity is what makes it so nice. Just throw a helmet on and go. 

Great thread! 

Only as ive got older, ive realised that simply the exhilaration of riding a motorbike might not have been what I liked most about it.. 

I think I got more out of the turning myself inside out physically. Leaving it all on the track, physically. leaving the track a shell of the man of which I turned up.

The endorphins I got from the physical beating was what I remember liking the most.

After my last crash with some broken ribs and collar bone - I stopped going to tracks.

I now enjoy trail riding, my family has land that we have around a 10-minute loop-on. Thoroughly enjoy cutting in new sections, seeing if they work or not, and putting fresh tracks on them. Not sure what it is, but new sections dirt cant be beaten, and I get a real kick out of seeing ruts start developing.

Also, for the past 5 years or so, I've been going to Colorado with my dad and some of his buddies, and the rest of my relatives that ride (uncle, cousin, brother, and nephews). Yeah, the pace is much slower than I'm accustomed to, but being in some gorgeous scenery, and riding with your family can't be topped. Now I just need to get my wife and kids into it, they've ridden a few times, they just don't have a passion for it.

For trail riding:

I enjoy challenging hills climbs (in the case going back down it)

finding some random awesome corners

and the occasional jump.

I love and miss racing MX. Haven’t raced in about 8 years, haven’t been to a track (to ride) in 4 years. Still trail ride but the itch is there to race again now that I’m more settled into my career. Have a bunch of parts sitting that I need to put on my bike. We’ll see what this year brings.

To be honest I love all of it. Working on my bikes, trail riding, and MX. Nothing can replace the feeling of being on the starting line

Putting in maximum effort around the mx track. The speed may not be where it once was but there is something about putting in full focus and effort every lap of riding then loading up and driving home with cramps in the legs and back that is so satisfying. When I haven’t ridden or raced for a few months I find myself craving that calm and satisfaction.

Seat bouncing is my happy place 

Amen brother...  (not moto, but ADV......I'd rather ride for miles and miles all day than go round and round anymore to be honest)

I’m riding more nowadays than I was in my 20/30’s. Mostly trail riding but I mix it up with track days and a little VMX racing. I’m also getting into adventure riding and recently started surfing again after many years away from it. 

I'm 53, and still able to ride about 90% as well as I was at my fastest. I'm definitely not able to crash how I did back then and still walk away, however! Definitely at that crossroads now... do I ever want to race again? I actually won my last race. It seems like a good time to call it a career and just ride for fun now. I'll still do tracks, but I probably won't be jumping all the biggest gaps anymore. 

Right on.

55, raced hard through the nineties and have basically been a pro practicer for the last 20 or so years. My enjoyment comes from a good 4 motos a day on mostly vet tracks where I can ride and put together smooth, consistent and flowing laps. I rode 38 times last year and I’d say 1 out of 6 I’d have just a so so day, be it track conditions or body/mind not cooperating but gotta take the bad with the good. Whichever, I always leave happy and satisfied mostly because of the simple facts that I can still ride, I have a wife that more than supports it, and I live where it readily and easily accessible. Ride on MoFo’s!