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02-09-2004, 02:22 AM
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How old were you?
How old were you when you first started riding? I was just wondering cause a lot of people who post on this board seem to be in their teens. Did all of you start riding when you were younger?
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02-09-2004, 10:17 AM
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Re: How old were you?
Okay, I voted <15 because the first time I rode was on a Honda 50 when I was like 7 or 8. I never learned how to shift or anything (yard wasn't big enough to use 2nd gear) but I learned throttle control and what-not. I had a little "incident" on the dirt bike, and didn't start riding again until March of 2002 when I learned street riding at the age of 19. I'm now 21 and I LOVE riding twisties.
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02-09-2004, 10:26 PM
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Re: How old were you?
19, Started on the streets. Im 20 now. Would have started at 16 if I had the money or if the parents would have allowed it. But theres no way in hell they would have. I understood though. Start early while your reflexes are at their prime.
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02-10-2004, 10:02 AM
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Re: How old were you?
i learned this past summer up in utah. my friend bought a 83 650 nighthawk and he had a big church(bet youll never guess what type of church?) parking lot across the street so we spent about a week up their in the lot learnig how to ride. ever since then i fell in love with bikes. and i will get one as soon as i sell my civic.probably a '88 honda hawk(650), suzuki gs500, or sv650 is what i am mostly looking at.
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Re: Re: How old were you?
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Some of you wont believe this but its true....
I learned in the parking lot of the dealer i bought the bike from. Its was kinda in the middle of no-where so it was a big lot. I rode for a few hours then roke it home on the highway in the rain. i DO NOT recomned doing it this way, Im an exception because im so great!
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02-11-2004, 08:15 PM
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I started riding dirt when i was 12 then got onto the street on my 91 zx-6r when I was 18. I paid $800 for it and figured that it's cheap enough to where I don't care about it, but as long as it ran good I was good to go. Never took msc but I still knew better than to try to keep up with the badasses, and to stay away from old ladies drivng. Then I got a 00 zx-6r about 3 years later and I loved it. Had to sell it just last fall because I was poor.
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02-12-2004, 10:06 PM
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i started at 16 on my POS 250 can't belive i bought that turd new biggest waste of cash ever. Now i got maggie all is right with the world.
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02-14-2004, 02:32 PM
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Re: How old were you?
Started riding at 16, with the bike I have now. But Yamahas are the greatest!
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Re: How old were you?
I started with dirtbikes at 13, learned how to ride a motorcycle before I learned how to drive a car.
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02-26-2004, 09:17 PM
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Re: How old were you?
I started riding when I was arround 12, I think. First street bike at 17. 81' Yamaha 250 street bike. It was a big piece of junk, but it was fun. Bought it for $200 and sold it for $700. Now at 23 I have a shadow and will never get rid of it.....I wish I could go ride it right now.
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02-28-2004, 03:55 PM
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Re: How old were you?
First started riding when i was 8 with an oooold honda 50cc minibike. When I was aobut 10, i upgrgaded to some 80cc dirtbike, but I dont remember what brad it was. Yamaha I think. When I was about 12, i got myself a 125cc 3 wheeler (TONS! of fun, too bad they're too dangerous to make anymore) and kept that until I was about 15, when my dad an I picked up a '76 honda 360T crusier for $8 and a bottle of whiskey from our neighbor. Took a year to rebuild that and get it working. Rode that around for a while, until i was aobut jeez, 17 I think when my dad and I got a brand new suzi DR650. Huuge power difference.. that thing is a torque beast... now soon at the ripe old age of 19 (but not for long
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03-03-2004, 11:07 AM
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Re: How old were you?
im 20, started riding last year. ive got a 1999 honda vfr800. love it.
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03-07-2004, 11:47 AM
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Re: How old were you?
I started riding dirt bikes when I was 10 (28 years ago!!) I ride dirt and street these days, but not as often as I would like to.
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i got a honda spree when i wan 10, a suzuki 90 when i was 12, a yamaha dt50u when i was 14, and looking for an R6 now 8 years later...woo hoo.
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