Why Did You Start Riding?

I used to ride bikes when I was a kid. My buddy had a 3 wheeler. I started playing on that a little.
I bought my first Quad in 1986 -- Honda 200sx -- I think it was around $1500 -- BRAND new.
It was the first "crossover" sport quad I had seen. Not a big utility, not a 2 stroke racer.
Man I put that thing through hell. Sold it in 1990 when I moved off to college. Bought an enduro (XL250r) to ride around campus and still play. Sold it in 95. Then took a long break.

I bought a DRZ 400 in 2002 -- loved it -- for awhile. Trying to get "the best of both worlds". That bike was very good at both street and trail just not GREAT at either -- made me miss the 4 wheeler days. So I decided If I wanted the "best of both worlds" -- that's what I'd do.

I bought a Harley V-Rod. MAJOR heart pumper. Stage 1 kit -- 122hp -- 0-60 in 2.8 secs
Then a bought a 400ex -- typical mods. Good bike -- I just reached a point where I wanted more.
I was debating on dumping more $ into it or getting the 450r -- then I saw the first articles on the LTR.
So...I waited patiently (not really) -- for almost a year. I knew it was a bike I HAD to have.

Sorry it's so long -- This thread was about me -- right? :huh:

i started riding three wheelers my uncle had a couple honda atc 110's and it was the only way i could get out of the house. i used to ride it to school, rode it to homeschool at someone elses house. passed a school bus one morning with the red lights flashing i was in the third grade and no one ever explained to me what that big ol word UNLAWFUL meant :angry: had to go to court over that <_< but always loved the freedom. somewhere along the line i earned enough money to buy(cause my moms would never buy me anything like that) a 1980 cr80 boy did that thing ever rip. people always asked did you hit the powerband yet? i was like what is that and one day WOW full throttle the thing felt like it was flying down the gravel road. also some time my best friend's uncle who we used to ride with had a honda 200x three wheeler disk brakes front and rear that did not run, he let me wrench on it and when i fixed it he let me buy it, i probably was 13 at the time. loved that thing even though no 5th gear(burnt out somehow) then around 95 or so i was bout 18 drove 13 hours to the middle of oregon and bought my 88 trx250r still got it, well the a-arms and swing arm and rear shock are thats left of that one. wow sorry this is getting long. couple other quads along the way. well i got tired of blowing up the 2 stroke and wanted a 450 for quite sometime and last year at dune fest we talked about 450's and everyone mentioned the ltr so i waited and waited then it showed up at the dealership and i could not resist.

well i started riding back when i was 3 years old in 1985, on a tri-zinger it ran outa power quick for me so, i grew up to a 1979 atc 70. Which my family bought brand new in 79' along with two 110's (family has been riding since 78' mostly glamis and palm springs ) After lots of time on the 110 as soon as i was strong enough to kick over the 1981 250r we had (mom bought it for dad for anniversary) i was allowed to ride it. We rode in Glamis for years and years back when the only thing going up OLDS was the 250r's and dune buggies. We kinda stopped riding for a couple of years then got back into it when my brother bought a banshee in 92' The rest is history, other brother bought a banshee then got married and bought his wife a warrior for 2 years, ditched that and she upgraded to banshee, then other brother bought one and i bought mine. Since then 4 others in our circle of friends ride Shee's when we all go to Glamis and show up we infest the air with beautifull 2 stroke

Oh and we sold one of the 110's, but we still have one of them nick named the donut bike or the tow truck (runs like a top) and the 70 still runs great but we having the tank worked on due to some interior rust from 27 years worth of fuel, it also runs awesome it great shape. The 250r starts on the first kick, but has had an easy life since we all have bikes now but i figure it needs a break after how many of us have ridden it.

Wow thats a long post, but ha you guys asked!

When I lived in the city all I had was an electric jeep (powerwheels i think) then I out grown that and went to Target and got a bright orange 5speed bike. It was awesome!! Moved out in the country and noticed everyone else didn't have to peddle after further investigation those units were called (dirtbikes,gocarts,atvs) lol

I got my first go cart and rode about 8 sets of tires off. Then moved up to a Polaris Scrambler bored out .080 over, fmf pipe, port &polish head. It was a beast, but couldn't keep it running. I took a step backwards and bought a tt-r125 and had a blast shooting up hills that thing wasn't intended to go up. Then I purchased a 300ex flipped it really bad going up a hill sold it like a month later bought a 400ex climbed hills on that thing daily and swear that I would never sell it then..... Those stupid YFZ's came out, and they make climbing hills easy! So i bought one of those, and sold my 400ex to a good friend after owning it for two years.

Now all I have is a R1 (which isn't fun anymore) and a YFZ450 which is still a blast. I've been debating selling the R1 to get a LTR or a R for a spare bike. not sure though...

hopefully all of that above made sense lol