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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 09:03 AM
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lemme know guys i was 4.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 10:34 AM
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i was like 7or 8
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 10:51 AM
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4 or 5 I think on a little fiddy.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 06:11 PM
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I was 4 when I started riding..

a 50..

If anyone needs a 03.. 50 I have one for sale...
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 06:54 PM
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9 yrs old on dirt bikes...first road bike i rode was a 1976 kawasaki 500 or someting along those lines at 17, and then 19 i got my first streetbike (99 ZX-7).
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 07:24 PM
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Never road dirt bikes until last year. Started riding street at 16.
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Old Jan 16, 2004 | 10:26 PM
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I was on a 75cc dirtbike at 9.
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 04:45 AM
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Around the age of 10
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 09:08 AM
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i got my first bike for my 4th birday.. crashed it into a fence on my first ride and was scared to ride it.. then i finally started riding again when i was 6 and have been ever since
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 10:37 AM
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damn i wish my parents woulda let me have a dirtbike at such an early age. I got a fiddy when i was like 12 or something. Took forever to convince my mom too (didnt even ask the dad).
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 10:41 AM
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19 :x Just got into the it this year after purchasing my bike.
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 01:01 PM
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<TABLE WIDTH="90%" CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0 ALIGN=CENTER><TR><TD>Quote, originally posted by BoostedSi &raquo;</TD></TR><TR><TD CLASS="quote">damn i wish my parents woulda let me have a dirtbike at such an early age. I got a fiddy when i was like 12 or something. Took forever to convince my mom too (didnt even ask the dad).</TD></TR></TABLE>

my dad was pissed when i wouldnt ride and called me a ***** haha. im glad he finally convinced me though.. its my favorite sport, nothing beats it
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 02:57 PM
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i was 12
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Old Jan 17, 2004 | 07:04 PM
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When I was 10 or 11 I rode a 50 at my cousins house in california.

he had a hand made track in the back of his house with twisties, a couple jumps, and "Dead Man's Ditch" which basically consisted of a wall dirt wall going around a corner at a 45 (give or take) degree angle.

Major fun, wish I would have known how to shift gears because he never told me it was a 2 speed automatic and I wasted 2 whole days riding it with a top speed of like 14mph.

On the 3rd and last day we were there I took it into second gear and went off his 4 foot dirt jump at approx 22mph (or whatever the top speed of a 50 is). I almost lost control of the bike landing but otherwise fun as hell.
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Old Jan 18, 2004 | 02:02 PM
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9 years old on a 94 CR250.
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Old Jan 19, 2004 | 03:49 PM
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With my dad-3

On my own-4
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 04:54 PM
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15 but ive been riding atvs forever
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 08:16 PM
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12 or 13
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Old Jan 26, 2004 | 09:24 PM
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lets see i was..... 5 rode once on a friends 60cc

then when i was 9 i started up again on a 125
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Old Jan 27, 2004 | 02:46 PM
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I was 5 on a little yamaha 50cc. I got the little yamaha for $30 and it was only a couple years old when i got it.
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Old Jan 28, 2004 | 10:48 AM
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I was 6 or 7 riding a Elsinore 125 ! Yeah dumb kids...

We used to steal my friends older bothers bike and sometimes we got caught ( bad) but still fun...
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Old Jan 29, 2004 | 11:38 AM
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8 years old. now the big cr 500 pwns me.
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