Any vet guys ride minis (85-105's)

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47 years old and still love the little bikes. You can find them cheap and are simple and cheap to maintain. I'm also 5'8 ( same height as I was the last year I raced 80's when I was 15). Any other adults ride them? Any vets race one? Lol
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RyanD797 4/22/2022 11:58am
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Ride them sure. I'll ride a girl of any size. Race? +30, +40, etc? No.
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LungButter 4/22/2022 12:01pm
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I think there is an Aussie that posts here that rides a KTM Super Mini as his main bike.

Myself, I'm 6' 3" so it's been big bikes only for me since about 14 years old Tongue
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Richy 4/22/2022 12:02pm
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If it works for you, more power to you man, enjoy yourself and do whatever you like 👍

Personally even if I was short and light (I'm neither) I couldn't ever see dropping below a 125. Really I couldn't see a need to, they're featherweights and super fun but still a full sized legitimate adult bike with proper geometry / wheel sizes.
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Yeti831 4/22/2022 12:12pm
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No, but I’ve been debating getting a crf150 or hunting down one of those cr80/xr100 conversions.

With what the 110s go for, may as well right?
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neverwas 4/22/2022 12:17pm
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Had CRF150R for a play bike a few years ago, fun stuff for playing around but I would rather race a big bike.
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I have my -04 CR85 that my dad bought for me new still in the garage, and i just bought this RM65 -03 for my tiny ass fianceé lol.
I would love to have a CRF150R race built to be able to rip with, 14 years since i last rode one!


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Lastander wrote:
I have my -04 CR85 that my dad bought for me new still in the garage, and i just bought this RM65 -03 for my tiny...
I have my -04 CR85 that my dad bought for me new still in the garage, and i just bought this RM65 -03 for my tiny ass fianceé lol.
I would love to have a CRF150R race built to be able to rip with, 14 years since i last rode one!


Oh man, please post video when your wife loops out in the field.
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soresammy 4/22/2022 1:06pm
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Thisusernameisavailable wrote:
No. We're grown ups.
Yeah I forgot. Must have been all kids that bought the tons of pit bikes when that was huge.....
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onewheelwheaties 4/22/2022 1:22pm
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I've seen vet aged guys race super minis at hare scrambles on occasion. I recall one dude really throwing it down it on a super mini in Sportsman class at a race last year, and saw a guy line up for one of the Vet C classes on a new KX112 at a VXCS race this year; both were pretty small dudes.
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Falcon 4/22/2022 1:25pm
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I'm too big to ride a mini, but I raced against a guy on a KX100 in the vet class a long time ago. '02 or '03, probably, at VMC in Victorville. He was pretty fast, actually. I had a 125 at the time and I wasn't that much better off, except for where the wheel size mattered (rough spots, mud, etc.)
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Thisusernameisavailable wrote:
No. We're grown ups.
Just responding to mock your Signature..... you're too grown up to downvote but apparently not grown up enough to get emotionally invested in the downvotes.

Hilarious.
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Thisusernameisavailable 4/23/2022 12:18am
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Thisusernameisavailable wrote:
No. We're grown ups.
LungButter wrote:
Just responding to mock your Signature..... you're too grown up to downvote but apparently not grown up enough to get emotionally invested in the downvotes.

Hilarious.
Your assumption is that I’m emotionally invested/affected by the down-votes…

And you know what they say about assumptions..

Now THATS hilarious!

Have a great day!x
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Did somebody call my name?
Hell yeah! I have a KTM 85 big wheel..all set up for me! It was my 55th birthday present..from me, to me!
Im 5'6...used to be 5'8 but a bail off with a feet first landing on a supercross track back in 1995 compressed 3 vertebra and a shit load of other broken bones , cut me down to size..
I never had a bike till I was 15 and had 3 part time jobs after school..first one was a beat up 77 elsinore 125...from there on it was all 125's and 250's, so I never got to experience the joy of having a mini bike..
Im big on bucket list agenda's so I said to hell with it and went for broke..
The bike has Renthal fat bars, 20mm bar risers, 20 mil higher power parts gripper seat, 20 mil longer hammerhead shifter, 12 mil lower flo motor sports pegs, and I filed down the studs even further.
I put on an RK U ring chain and one tooth bigger sprocket.
I put on the power parts 105 kit and an FMF 105 big bore exhaust system then sorted out the jetting.
I got racetech to re valve the damping fork for my weight, they also revalved the shock, installed a bladder kit and a progressive rate shock spring.

The bike is an absolute blast to ride...first ride was actually on my 55th birthday and I pranked my friends at my local track with it, I had all different riding gear and a long black wig on under my helmet, so I had the hair hanging out the back...kept the prank up for months til I got caught!

This thing pulls like a 14 year old school boy peering through a peep hole into the girls change rooms! The suspension works flawlessly for me and Ive never felt it bottom.

I dont get to race anymore, I work as track crew at my local track on weekends...but if I was racing..sure I would run the vets class at a region race on it for fun...Im sure I would be faster on my bigger bikes....not sure Id be faster on them through corners though...

Anyway...its the most fun bike Ive ever owned or ridden...I thoroughly recommend having one...you can go very fast on one if you want.
I saw Dylan long jump on a kids bone stock ktm 85 once at our track, wasnt even a big wheel, and hes probably 5'10 and 90 kilos...and he was insanely fast on it and sent every single jump first lap!

Im riding it tomorrow, I will ride it in the slow adults group and have an absolute blast!



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Richy 4/23/2022 4:34am
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Cool story and glad you're enjoying it man, in your case it sounds like just what you need 👍
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Moto Donkey 4/23/2022 4:56am
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I've done lap time battles with mates on 85's and it's hella fun, but to me it just feels like the thing is going to bite you and you end up hurt. If more adults started riding them I'm sure it could catch on. Would be rad.
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The Sneak 4/23/2022 8:16am
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In the 90s, there was a kid who’d race NESC 125 Youth A on a KX100 before he was tall enough for a 125…and usually win.
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Ryan625 4/23/2022 8:32am
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The Sneak wrote:
In the 90s, there was a kid who’d race NESC 125 Youth A on a KX100 before he was tall enough for a 125…and usually win.
I watched Villopoto almost win the pro class on a 112 supermini at a huge local race after starting with the Intermediates (split gate drop) in 2003.
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Dirt.Squirt 4/23/2022 10:19am
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Ryan625 wrote:
I watched Villopoto almost win the pro class on a 112 supermini at a huge local race after starting with the Intermediates (split gate drop) in...
I watched Villopoto almost win the pro class on a 112 supermini at a huge local race after starting with the Intermediates (split gate drop) in 2003.
Top gun at horn. I was there as well

I’m pretty sure Jake weimer was riding that day also
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mgifracing 4/23/2022 11:07am
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I had a couple of vet riders (I'm 52 and was announcing that day) come by talking crap that I was afraid to line up with them.I ran out to the pits to one of the kids I help, Grabbed his KTM 105 and headed to vet practice. I left them by about 7 seconds in 4 laps. They were glad I was announcing and not racing after that lol I'm 5'7 140 so It fits me perfect.
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Yuban156 4/23/2022 6:01pm
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Thisusernameisavailable wrote:
No. We're grown ups.
LungButter wrote:
Just responding to mock your Signature..... you're too grown up to downvote but apparently not grown up enough to get emotionally invested in the downvotes.

Hilarious.
Thisusernameisavailable wrote:
Your assumption is that I’m emotionally invested/affected by the down-votes… And you know what they say about assumptions.. Now THATS hilarious! Have a great day!x [img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2022/04/23/545461/s1200_1E7024F4_671E_460C_AEA8_C849B3D6664C.jpg[/img]
Your assumption is that I’m emotionally invested/affected by the down-votes…

And you know what they say about assumptions..

Now THATS hilarious!

Have a great day!x
It obviously does.😂
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PJRAUS 4/23/2022 6:23pm
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Im actually working at the track, but I still get to ride..perfect day...super mini is so fun...track is deep and wet so its a bit tough going...will be perfect in the second session
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motorick5052 4/23/2022 6:34pm
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When my son was starting to out grow his YZ85 and transitioning to his KX100, I’d jump on the 100 and play race with him on his 85! Probably some of the funnest times we ever had riding together! (And we sure had a
shit-ton of fun on matching XTREME 125 pitbikes too!)

One of my best moto buddies has a son that just outgrew his super-mini and has moved to a 125 and his Dad has had some fun ripping around on the mini!

Regrettably I’m big enough at 6’1 / 205 that riding one regularly isn’t in the cards but its always been fun when the circumstances allowed and I had the chance to pretend I was a mini-moto hero! 😎👍
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Yuban156 4/23/2022 6:36pm
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I’m only seeing minis on stands. Can we some pictures of actually riding?
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onewheelwheaties wrote:
I've seen vet aged guys race super minis at hare scrambles on occasion. I recall one dude really throwing it down it on a super mini...
I've seen vet aged guys race super minis at hare scrambles on occasion. I recall one dude really throwing it down it on a super mini in Sportsman class at a race last year, and saw a guy line up for one of the Vet C classes on a new KX112 at a VXCS race this year; both were pretty small dudes.
My riding partner in Hawaii (RIP Craig!) was a smallish japanese dude who could rip on a CR500 on a moto track. His hare scrambles weapon was a big-wheel KX100. In the right stuff he was very tough to hang with. His worst problem would be things the small wheels didn't want to roll over, but he could lift the bike over most any obstacle.
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