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What inspired you ?

I dug CHiPs, of course, but I knew I wanted to ride when I saw two things:

#1 - The Delta Force motorcycle:
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#2 - The TRON lightcycles:
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Once that happened the only question was WHEN.
 
Don't know what started it, but my earliest memories when I was less than 5 years old were that I wanted a Honda 50. The bikes I wanted changed as I got older, but the desire to ride has never changed. Now I'm 53 with several dirt bikes and a couple of street bikes. There are still bikes I would like to own and ride. So, a TV show's influence or something else, who knows? Maybe when I was a baby I was bitten by a motorcycle spider that changed my genetic or molecular make up.

You don't stop riding because you get old, you get old because you stop riding.


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Evel Knievel :cool

First ride on a lil' orange mini-bike hooked me.

The topper was all the older neighborhood guys and their muscle cars. One day one of them bought a KZ1000 and it blew away the Mustangs, the Camaros and the 440 Super Bee.

After that I knew I wanted a sprotbile. I think I was around 12 at the time :D
 
Not only did CHiP's inspire me but mostly it made me aware of all the motorcyle life around me. I used to check out the minibike and dirtbike books at the library and spend countless hours starring at the pages. Dad used to take me out to the Richmond Ramblers club property in Richmond where we'd watch them ride the hills and trails out there. And before my first XR75 I'd drool at my neighborhood friends doing their paper routes on YZ and CR 80's ahhh the good old days, the rest is history some 20+ bikes later of course not at the same time.:afm199
 
My dad got me into riding but aside from him...

Steve McQueen
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My older brothers and dad all rode.

My dad and brother (pictured) on a trip some time in the mid 90s.

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Dirtbikes in the garage. Nerd on the bike, not a brother.

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Pops out there somewhere, Utah maybe?

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The pops and I out on a ride about a year ago. This was taken on 175 between Hopland and Lakeport.

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That and the dirtbike kid. Where I think my fondness for dual round headlights came from.

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Pretty much this :D

rtmac said:
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plus my first bike at 15-1/2yo Not mine, but pretty damn close to mine and every other RD in town :laughing

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