Hello all,
This looks like a pretty fun forum, so I joined up yesterday. I will likely be posting here and there as I can, so I figured I'd drop a quick intro out here.
My name is marc, I live in Massachusetts. I've been riding dirt for about 20 years, off and on. My first 'big bike' was a '88 CR125 in the early 90's. I loved that bike. Kept it for a number of years until getting distracted my other motorhead related ventures in my early 20's.
I've dabbled in a fair amount of motorsports, but I'm good at none. Sport bikes, road-race/track riding, drag racing, muscle cars, quads, snowmobiles, and hare scrambles come to mind. I like to think I have a knack for wrenching, so I've always loved the tuning aspect of any sport. Two stroke MX bikes have always been a favorite of mine. I hate-hate-hate the sound of late model 4 stroke MX machines. I've tried to like them. Really. I had a new '01 Yamaha WR250 for a bit - traded it for my current bike.
I've currently got a '00 RM250 that I setup for woods and scramble racing about 6 or 7 years ago. I've also got a '88 Honda 250R quad I had previously resurrected from great disrepair. Both machines have been sitting for 5+ years. I've got the RM lit again, and am late in the process of getting it back on the trails. The quad will be a later project.
Both bikes are a hoot. I'm looking forward to getting back on out the RM. I'm mainly a woods rider, but would love to get out on a MX track this year. We'll see how it goes..
Hoping I can add something moderately worthwhile to discussions here.
-marc