08-18-2020, 12:41 AM
I can't imagine not growing up on a dirtbike in the fields and woods...and greasy in the garage learning how to repair by trial and error- self taught.
I can remember being very young, riding my cousins little Honda 50 as my first memory of a dirtbike / motorcycle. A bunch of us kids in a field taking turns while the adults were bbqing and drinking beer.
That led to my father surprising me with a used '78 Yamaha GT 80 as my first bike. I remember being estatic and climbing on it, felt soo cool, like Fonzy
Which led to a lifetime of motorized vehicles and working on them.
Here is one of the last dirtbikes from my late years of 'youth'- an '83 Yamaha IT 250. DG pipe and silencer, ported, bigger piston, oval bore on the carb for more WOT airflow without loosing velocity, hot rod, 'turbo-crank' (cut grooves into the crank to mix the air inside the case), kevlar clutch plates, stiffer springs..probably forgetting stuff.
If you feel a dirtbike is unsafe... quads are fun too. I bought a TRX 70 for my nephew when he was 4 or 5.
Him and brother and friends rode it around the yard all the time.. while us adults bbq'd and drank beer.
Here is my old quad- cams, full pipe, jet kit, full skid plates, hand guards, winch on front, rear rack with cooler for sandwiches and beer, spare gas can, tow strap. Spot light on the handlebar to allow light to move while turning unlike the headlight.
Here is my current dirtbike- heavily modified and made to look like the old kawasaki's I grew up with...even installed a kick starter. Same motor as the quad as luck would have it- but with an FCR flatslide carb from the factory.
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I don't leave anything stock. bikes, cars, house.. tune my home theater speakers and subs with microphones and software as well as my TVs with a light meter and computer software.
But yea.... dirtbike is a good idea.
I can remember being very young, riding my cousins little Honda 50 as my first memory of a dirtbike / motorcycle. A bunch of us kids in a field taking turns while the adults were bbqing and drinking beer.
That led to my father surprising me with a used '78 Yamaha GT 80 as my first bike. I remember being estatic and climbing on it, felt soo cool, like Fonzy
Which led to a lifetime of motorized vehicles and working on them.
Here is one of the last dirtbikes from my late years of 'youth'- an '83 Yamaha IT 250. DG pipe and silencer, ported, bigger piston, oval bore on the carb for more WOT airflow without loosing velocity, hot rod, 'turbo-crank' (cut grooves into the crank to mix the air inside the case), kevlar clutch plates, stiffer springs..probably forgetting stuff.
If you feel a dirtbike is unsafe... quads are fun too. I bought a TRX 70 for my nephew when he was 4 or 5.
Him and brother and friends rode it around the yard all the time.. while us adults bbq'd and drank beer.
Here is my old quad- cams, full pipe, jet kit, full skid plates, hand guards, winch on front, rear rack with cooler for sandwiches and beer, spare gas can, tow strap. Spot light on the handlebar to allow light to move while turning unlike the headlight.
Here is my current dirtbike- heavily modified and made to look like the old kawasaki's I grew up with...even installed a kick starter. Same motor as the quad as luck would have it- but with an FCR flatslide carb from the factory.
I don't leave anything stock. bikes, cars, house.. tune my home theater speakers and subs with microphones and software as well as my TVs with a light meter and computer software.
But yea.... dirtbike is a good idea.