I've been riding dirt bikes since I was 10 years old. I live in Southern NJ and growing up I had a gravel pit at the most 400 feet from my backyard so it was only a matter of time before I started riding. I'm sure my dad built a house where he did because he was into off roading but a 4 wheel guy. They made custom VW bug dune buggies. I always preferred 2 wheels.
I especially like 2 strokes. I have the idea in my head that you need 1 cc per pound you weigh and weighing in just over 200 pounds I'm too heavy for 125's and 150's and 250's are a little too much for me. I had a couple KTM 200 SX's which is a great motor on a shit frame and pds suspension. So I bought a 2015 KTM 150 SX and dropped the 200 SX engine in it and all is well in the universe.
I also have a 2008 Honda 400 EX quad that gets used very sparingly, mostly in the snow. I have a 2003 Toyota Tacoma that I use for hauling my toys around and wheeling a little bit. I love exploring trails and just being out in the woods.
I haven't rode straight through since 1983. I rode for 3 years when I was a kid and then I started to get the itch again at the end of college. I just kept having all these dreams about riding. I have a lot of dreams that involve riding. Usually it's a motorcycle but sometimes it's a quad or 4x4. So my 1st bike was a 1983 Kawasaki KD80. I hated it. I was under the impression that I was getting a KX 60 and when my dad told me to get in the truck to go pickup my Christmas present I was so excited and went "I'M GETTING A KX 60?' He said you're getting a KD80. I was bummed but at least it was a bike. He bought me his buddy's kid's spare race bike a year or so later, a 1984 KX 80. Things were looking up for me. Such a good bike. That's where I got the idea of 1 cc per pound is the key to 2 stroking. Got back into riding in 1997 with a KX 125. I was 185 pounds and too big for it but it was a lot of fun. I bought an RM 250 after a year or so later. The 250 had gobs of power, a blessing and a curse. I had another break from riding until 2004 when I heard KTM was making a full blown 200 cc mx bike. I drove 12 hours to pick up a used one. Great bike, bad handling. 4 strokes were the new thing and I thought I would try one and got a used 2004 KXF 250. I blew it up twice and went right back to 2 strokes but I will say that KXF was a great handling bike and I wanted to put a 200 SX engine in that frame but it was way too involved and my current build was so much easier.
I love riding and I'm sure I'll always have one...or more. I'll probably never get rid of the one I have now. I just recently started taking video on my rides. I use the name Tommywallbanger on Youtube and have 4 videos I'm sharing. I have never raced in an organized sense. I'm a free rider but all my riding buddies want to do is race around a track. I love jumping and climbing hills and riding trails to get from place to place. The gravel pit behind my house growing had some pretty steep hills. A front end loader would take a couple scoops out of the bank and be basically straight up and down and then after it eroded a little bit and you kicked the over hanging lip off it, it could be climbed. The size of the cliffs were probably 20-40 feet high. I sure miss that pit. It's been flattened and turned into a retirement community. I've lost a couple great riding spots to development but I'm sure that's the same everywhere.