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WHat do you guys ride?

2006 Yamaha WR 250 5 Titainium Valve DOHC Motor 13,000 RPM :eek: :evilb: :cool:

An old Honda 200R 4 stroke from back in the day when they first released the "Pro-Link" suspension. She is old, but runs well.

:cool: Nice
the 4 Strokes are really coming around. My bike has tons of power everywhere, in fact Im grounded from it for a little bit for pulling a wheely in 3rd gear going by my house to the trails.:evilb:

Used to ride a Yamaha WR450....No more for me right now, they are shutting down all riding areas around me.....
Buddy has an 06 YZ450F and that thing is just plain amazing!!!
Oh yeah my only bike I have to ride now is my 1992 Z50....and trx70 err(85)....

Looking for a YSR50 if anyone knows where a good one is

'03 KX250
'02 KTM 400
'00 CR500AF
And about a dozen vintage Maico bikes.

No dirtbike since my 93 Honda XR 80. I got into quads and now I have a 2002 Honda 400 ex with tons of mods. I hardly ever get to ride so I'm gonna stick with that for a while. Otherwise I would have a newer 450.

Fast Fun, what trails do you ride up there?

Nice Bikes Chris
 

:cool: Chris, That's cool that you have the old Maicos. The CR500AF is a nice custom built bike. I have a 99 CR250 that I race in vet (40 plus). Recently moved to PA from Ohio and have only practiced here. Lots of nice tracks. This is AMA district 6. Seems to be getting harder to find places to ride that are not actually race tracks. We had a state forest in Ohio that was 10 minutes from my house, but I have not found anything like that in southeast PA yet. Love to see some pics of everyones bikes. I have enjoyed riding and racing dirt bikes since I was 10 years old.

I have a friend in S. Jersey and he keeps telling me of tons of places out there to ride- big, wide-open spaces and lots of woods. You must have lived close to Wayne. Great riding down there. There's a place I keep hearing about in WVA called the Hatfield-McCoy Trail. Supposedly it has several hundred miles of trails crossing a big chunk of the state.

I raced Maicos when I was younger and still have my 74.5 440 that I bought new with my paper route money. The CR500AF is a killer. It'll tear your a$$ right off the seat and leave without you if you don't treat the throttle with respect.

Chris,
That Maico is Beautiful. Fox Airshocks to boot! Brings back great memories. I raced Suzuki's in the 100 class (remember that?!) and 125 B class while I was in high school. In college I raced open bikes. I had a 78 YZ400, 80 KX420 and an 82 465 Suzuki (my favorite!) As cool as the new four strokes are, It's tough to beat the rush of riding an open class 2-stroke!

'00 Suzuki DRZ-S converted to Supermoto
'05 Honda CRF 250X...for sale
'99 Honda XR100...bought it for the EX girlfriend...lost her, kept the bike...I'd have to say it's a toss up which one gave me a better ride :evilb:
'01 Yamaha Zuma used to get around at race tracks...I want to put a big bore kit in it

88 RM250J here. I'm a sucker for older bikes and this is partly why the Apache is still in the "project" stage. :)

This one is next in line after I finish the boat. 74 RL 250 trials bike.

That's a '77 AW125. It has an original Aaen up pipe on it. There are probably 20 of them in running shape in the US. I have 3 of them.

'81 490, 74.5 440 and '77 440

First bike was a '91 Honda CR80R. Liquid cooled, she flew. Beat my buddies free air 125 Yammy. Didn't like to idle though, and it wasn't much fun in the woods. Second, and last, bike was a 2001 Yamaha YZ125. I loved that thing, didn't have enough time to ride though.

That 81 490 is one of the badest dirt bikes ever made!(Quoting Motocross Action Mag) What a beauty! I hope you get the oportunity to ride those bikes occasionally. They all look like they are in great condition. Where are you able to find parts? I'd love to get my hands on a 490. I raced against those bikes all of the time in 81 and 82. The Hinkle brothers were fast on Maicos in District 12 and 14 at that time.

My neighber has about 55 miles of trials free...:D

Some quick picks after riding tonight....

Dont mind the mud.:drink:

I just got her a few weeks ago, 06 with, as seen here, very little miles.

got a couple hand built quads, 50hp 2 stroke motors, 15" of travel front and rear, 310 pounds. all cromoly. used to race desert, won the baja 1000 in 88, got #2 in the nation one year in the AMA nationals, and hold a couple world endurance records.

couple more

Best damn bike I ever had. I used to take that thing through rivers...stall, start it in the water and keep going. I didn't ride for six years, then bought a Honda 400EX quad...stolen 1 year later, and thats that. I used to race an RM125, that was a good bike too.

Havent had one since 97, but it was WR250 back then. I loved that bike. Sold it for a 96 seadoo XP that I loved even more.

I ride Yamaha yz250f,jason rides honda crf250r,Jackie(my wife) rides honda crf230, katie(my daughter) rides Yamaha ttr 125,also in our dirt bike collection we have Yamaha yz85, honda crf450r (its nasty)Acouple of pit bikes mine is a kawasaki 110 worked out to 143 race set up ,jasons is honda 50 worked to 125,full race set up stoker crank real sick set up.When were not boating we really enjoy going dirt bike riding ,have been riding for almost 40 years now.

That sounds awesome MDG!:cool: :cool:

Nice bikes everybody. I bet there are a lot of OSO members that like to ride offroad. I think the need for speed and excitement is in your blood weather you are on the water or land!:D

That's why it is still around and has never been traded for a new bike. You just plain can't kill it! I have been through several 3 and 4 wheelers over the same number of years, but this 200R is still going strong.

you go as fast as you can over bumps, hit a big bump..go airborn..throw in some dust and your riding a dirtbike..

I have an 05 i think in my shop right now that we are putting a big bore on...adding exhaust, clutch kit and doing some major porting on it, might even be upgrading the carb. My buddy bought the bike last week for 600 bucks..he is putting about 1500 into it, my roomate the main mechanic hopes he will see some good speed.
though i am still trying to find a nice YSR that is local ish....should be more fun then a normal scooter, i hope

a YSR with a 4mm long rod stroker, pro-x cylindered blaster motor would be insane.

yeah that would even be better. I just be happy with a stock one right now...

I couldn't have said it better myself!! There's nothing like it! I quit racing in 95, mostly Hare Scrambles, Enduros, & Cross Country's. ( compound Tib & Fib fracture) I still have an XR600 that I play with, I would go take a pic of it but after seeing those beautful Macos, it doesn't matter. I was on a Hodaka Super Rat back in those days, then I got one of the first Honda Elsnores a 125, bored it to a 175, then a Penton because thats what all the fast guy's were riding, then an IT175, he'll of a woods bike!! OK I'll stop there! :D :D

Boy do I remember those first Elsinore's!:D Beautiful bikes. And freaking fast for the day. Nothing but great memories of motocross growing up!

Honda Elsinore
 

Not mine but I had to post it!

Jason and katie having a little fun.Motocross and offshore powerboats what would life be without them?

I have Ktm 525 thats tagged for Dualsport rides, Honda CRf250 for the woods & Beta 250 Trials bike...hardest/most technical kind of riding anyone could do. Plus a TTR 125 & Kdx 200...I love boating but dirt bikes have always been my passion.
http://video.google.com/videoplay?do...als&pr=goog-sl

My wife told me motocross bikes were dangerous so I bought a 2007 YFZ 450.

Mike

2005 CRF 450R with Big Gun pipe and More.
Just got back 2 weeks ago from the Hatfield and McCoy Trails in WV. If you have never tried you don't know what your missing! Pretty awsome!

Tell us more.

Where did you start and where did you go? How far between spots of civilization?

My big fear these days is crazy riders- mostly kids- who have no regard for their own well being. I've been on some public trails and have seen these nutsos coming the wrong way down marked trails wide open on 4-wheelers with no helmets or shirts. One of my riding buddies got landed on last year by some a$$hole kid. Broke his shoulder, some ribs and his arm. The kid was jumping blind off of the top of a hillclimb backwards and landed on him. We made the kid walk back- kept his bike. Reported it to the local PD. I still have his bike- the kid never contacted my buddy about the injuries or damage to his bike.

I have a 75hp banshee that is actually for sale right now.
Its a blast to hang on to.
http://www.putfile.com/pic.php?img=3872943


Finman

Suzuki DRZ400S
Dual Sport.
Set up with knobby's and gearing. Also jet kit.
Great Bike but a little heavy.
Ride it on the road to the trails.
No MX stuff.
Too old and I don't heal that fast anymore.
ZX-11 for the road. Thinking about a 14 soon.



My brother has a KTM Lot's of power. Nice Bike.
ZX12R for the road