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Hey,
So last year about this time I got a kx100 (first bike) and I could only ride it 6 or 7 times till it got too cold. This year I really was way too busy with golf and only rode it like twice, but next May I will be turning 16 and probably have a job so I could get a car. Next year I am thinking I am going to make room to ride quite frequently like 1-3 days a week. I am just trying to think about how it would all work out because the track is like 30 minute drive from my house and I was thinking if i had one of those bike hallers that hitch on the back that could hall 2 bikes (mine and a friends) I am thinking I could make something work, if i could purchase an SUV for under 3,000 that could hold the weight of 2 bikes on the back. Or if I should just give it up all together and go back to something more casual like mountain biking if i don't think I could afford it. My parents can chip in but they said I need to get a job. But to the point, if I figure something out could I ride this bike through next summer without it being too small? I am 5'5 and 130 now but I am still growing and I am not by any means advanced. I would say I am actually still pretty Novice, but next year if i could get out and ride a bunch that would be awesome. Let me know what you think if this bike will work and if you have any reccomendations about the other stuff that would be great too.
So last year about this time I got a kx100 (first bike) and I could only ride it 6 or 7 times till it got too cold. This year I really was way too busy with golf and only rode it like twice, but next May I will be turning 16 and probably have a job so I could get a car. Next year I am thinking I am going to make room to ride quite frequently like 1-3 days a week. I am just trying to think about how it would all work out because the track is like 30 minute drive from my house and I was thinking if i had one of those bike hallers that hitch on the back that could hall 2 bikes (mine and a friends) I am thinking I could make something work, if i could purchase an SUV for under 3,000 that could hold the weight of 2 bikes on the back. Or if I should just give it up all together and go back to something more casual like mountain biking if i don't think I could afford it. My parents can chip in but they said I need to get a job. But to the point, if I figure something out could I ride this bike through next summer without it being too small? I am 5'5 and 130 now but I am still growing and I am not by any means advanced. I would say I am actually still pretty Novice, but next year if i could get out and ride a bunch that would be awesome. Let me know what you think if this bike will work and if you have any reccomendations about the other stuff that would be great too.
I am far from racing. The rest of this year and probably next summer will be for fun but we'll see what happens, if I figure something out that I can have a part time job and be able to get to the track 1-3 days a week next summer and find myself improving nicely, I'll sell my bike and upgrade to 125 or 250f but its a ways away so I don't really have to think too hard about it. My kx100 has more than enough power for now and a new bike is the last thing I will be thinking about next year so it's going to have to work out. I'll probably stop thinking about what I'm going to do as far as next year goes but another thing:
The first time I went on a motocross track was like my 6th time riding a dirt bike (Last September at Throttle 215) and it was a track with big jumps for skilled riders and i was nervous at first about the other bikes on the track but I had a great time and then I only got to ride once more there until the snow came and then this April I went to the track and I was never so nervous about riding ever, my first ride of the season BTW. I got on the track and the faster guys scared the crap out of me and I was going way slow but then the next time I rode I went to another track close to it and it sucked compared to the first one (throttle 215) because there were a bunch of rocks and the dirt sucked and the jumps were either doubles i didn't want to try or little dinky things. There are no bikes there so I don't have to worry about that but at the other track there are some nice table tops etc. Where do you reccomend I go? Am I just starting to worry about the other bikes too much or what, because I am the slowest at the track when I go there. Is it dangerous for someone to be riding on a track as slow as me with other guys that are fast? The track does have an outside line for the really good riders like a 150 foot double and a big triple. If you want to see the track it's on youtube just type throttle 215 and watch a helmet cam vid
Thanks
I've ridden in Colorado at BLM land with riding areas near Grand Junction. A trip with a friend to a place like that would be great. There have to be places like that in Utah as well. Plenty of natural stepup jumps, tabletop jumps, hip jumps, etc.
For that matter, call up John Huntsman....he was your governor there and he and his sons are avid dirt bike riders, or so we are told. Maybe I'm kidding about him, but who knows?
As for track riding, if you're really novice and unsure on obstacles, you need to let the track know that. Normally they should divide up practices so that novices aren't out there with experts and big bikes aren't out with little bikes. They should help you out, or at least help you find places to ride. You also need to ask at bike shops, ask people at the track to find out what areas nearby are available. Don't be afraid to be too forward in asking around. You'll never find out what's there if you don't take the initiative.
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