I started out on a Susi 125 enuro. Great bike. I had a blast. Moved up to a 250 after a couple of years. Haven't had a bike since I was about ohhhh 19. Thinking about getting a sportster maybe.
Tim > -----Original Message----- > From: Jerry Johnson [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 17, 2003 11:33 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: dirt bike? > > It is a good racing/offroad/leave it outside in the side yard overnight in > the desert bike. > > It is a very simple, stripped down racing bike, though. Doesn't have a > lot of the extra racing parts some engines have. This makes it easy to > keep running even for an amateur like me. And parts are cheap. It is a > good bike that will hold its value. > > One more question I thought of last night. Does it still have all the > gears? Sometimes they tend to lose a gear (like second), which makes it > more difficult for beginners to shift. > > But as a first bike, I'd get a 125cc or less. You can get into plenty of > trouble even on a smaller bike. =) > > If it is still running well, you can probably trade it for a pair of > smaller bikes. (smaller meaning engine size, not neccessarily frame size.) > > Or trade for it, and buy the kid a 125cc bike for 200 bucks or so, and let > him grow into the bigger bike. (it is not a physical size issue or age > issue but a competency and maturity issue with the bigger engine). > > Jerry Johnson > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/17/03 11:20AM >>> > ::nod:: I find it interesting that my son is in favor of getting this > bike, > even if he never gets to ride it. Bragging rights maybe? BTW, it's a 1975 > and strictly a racing bike is what the guy says.... > > Dana > > Jerry Johnson writes: > > > I sure am thankful for those mid-90s-purchased garage trophies. > > > > The price of a used (hardly used) softtail has dropped to about $8,000 > around here. > > > > The same is true of pwcs, skiboats and snowmobiles as well. > > > > Bargains galore! > > > > Jerry Johnson > > > > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 06/16/03 05:59PM >>> > > Don't know if that last one went through - > > > > Sorry about that - I'm sure you knew I was just goofing. Was more of a > general comment on some of my rider friends that I figured a lot of people > can relate to - the guy with the $24k Harley Davidson garage trophy :) > > > > Not that it's my business to judge people for what they do with their > posessions anyway - > > > > Adam. > > > > >Jeff was a rare breed and got involved with some sort of pro circuit > right > > >after high school. I cannot imagine him ever sitting around looking at > a > > >bike unless he was in a cast. > > > > > >He passed away about 5 years ago from a kidney disease. Coincidentally, > he > > >died the same week I became a single father. > > > > > >M > > > > > >-----Original Message----- > > >From: cantrl. a [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 5:35 PM > > >To: CF-Community > > >Subject: dirt bike? > > > > > > > > >hehe, I bet that friend of yours is the same one who now-a-days drops > $13k > > >on the BMW enduro, rides it twice, and now just hangs out in the garage > with > > >it drinking beer - not wanting to risk having parts fall of it ;) > > > > > >This reminds me of a book - Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance. > If > > >you haven't read that, it's short and worth the read. > > > > > >Adam. > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Archives: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?forumid=5 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/index.cfm?method=subscribe&forumid=5 This list and all House of Fusion resources hosted by CFHosting.com. The place for dependable ColdFusion Hosting. http://www.cfhosting.com Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
