Hello

First show him this..
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and then show him this
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...and this
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Yeah, it’s worth it. But still not fun when you have to have your mom wiping your butt when your 19 years old. Yes, two years after the knee. It’s a rough sport.
I just realized the timeline, the x ray pic was actually before the cold December pic i posted, THAT was first ride after the clavs healed lol. Hasn’t crashed hard since then and he’s 21 now so hopefully that’s the end of it ..but probably not. When moto is in your blood it’s there for good.
 
BS. We have all been there! :smirk:
Been and current - 2 different things....

Yes, I had an 86 CR500 and was racing a BITD race in the Nevada area before stabilizers were a thing. Had it held almost wide open in a sandwash and got into a tank slapper so hard, it broke one of the steering stops off the triple without going down..:wow:

When I switched to the KX500......:thumb: Nice and straight
 
How many of you guys have raced professionally on here. Like I posted on here earlier my son wants to get into. What is your best advance on where and how to start. I rode all my life but never raced professionally
 
Been and current - 2 different things....

Yes, I had an 86 CR500 and was racing a BITD race in the Nevada area before stabilizers were a thing. Had it held almost wide open in a sandwash and got into a tank slapper so hard, it broke one of the steering stops off the triple without going down..:wow:

When I switched to the KX500......:thumb: Nice and straight

true!
Chopped the throttle on my RZ350 when tooling down the highway at Mach 1. Sold it 3 days later. Biggest mistake of my life.... well there’s that whole first marriage thing too but I miss that RZ.
 
How many of you guys have raced professionally on here. Like I posted on here earlier my son wants to get into. What is your best advance on where and how to start. I rode all my life but never raced professionally
I'm an off-road guy. I held a pro license for off-road and currently run an expert card.
 
Hell im still trying to sandbag beginner class and getting sandbagged by B riders. “Pro” to me, means you make a living and that’s tough to do no matter how fast you are. My buddy races local pro class off-road and Mx and he’s fast. Stupid fun to hang around, once he wheelie/jumped through a bonfire wish I had a pic of that. Like we ride on the same track but we only ride “together” when he’s passing me lol. I let him borrow one of my bikes once, and I will never do that again.
Forsythe keeps me humble.
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Here he is trying to qualify to qualify.
didnt make the program.
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He gets some free stuff from sponsors, and does local ride clinics, but still has to have a real job, as do most privateers. To me thats a hobby. One he’s real fkn good at but still.
 
How many of you guys have raced professionally on here. Like I posted on here earlier my son wants to get into. What is your best advance on where and how to start. I rode all my life but never raced professionally

Define professional?
Here is some sage advice:
I ran the circuit for mx as a kid. Poor, 1 bike, a cardboard box for a toolbox and it also doubled as a parts bin. I rode since I was 4, wanted to race since I was 4.5 yrs old. I raced up and down the east coast at tracks that don’t even exist anymore. These days a kid who wants to race pro starts at around 5 and travels coast to coast. Not my cup of tea. If your kid can win every local race, then go to the next state and win every race there then move forward by all means towards a national amateur title and then towards a pro career.
 
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