I started out on a 1984 xr 200, and though this isn't a motocross machine, i still rode it around a motocross track, breaking the footpegs off of it because I jumped it too high, but it was a great machine, probably the only four stroke I would ever buy again, mainly for it's tankishness(or bulletproofness), amazing gas mileage(I only wish my cr had fuel injection cuz, my trail rides really are cut shorter now), and idiot proofness, I taught a lot of my friends how to ride dirt bikes on the thing, and have gotten a few of my friends into the sport, and if I had've taught them on something newer and more powerful they probably would not have started riding