How did you get into riding?

[Little Girl]

Someone asked me that the other day and I did not know how to answer. I have always liked motorcycles. I have always like things with motors. My dad had a motorcycle when I was very young and I liked to ride on it. He used to pick me up from kindergarten on it. I remember my teacher putting my helmet on me and sending me out to him. Maybe that is what got me started. My mother hated motorcycles so he did not keep it very long. Growing up I was never allowed to ride motorcycles or date a guy that had a motorcycle. So maybe it was that early impression of riding on my dads bike that got me started.

So my questions is how did yall get into riding? Was is always a part of you or did you get into it because a friend had a bike? What?

[blurr]

As a child I would just look out the window and Imagine riding a minibike, I had a gokart that dad was encouraging me to work on and ride, but I had no interest in it. Two wheels ohh yea baby.

[Süsser Tod]

I was born with it. I've liked them since I can remember.

Then I had a minibike followed by a mopep. I think I was in highschool when I gave up on the moped, it was too slow to be usefull, and I forgot about motorcycles for a while. I dind't got my first street bike until I was 23, and since then my life has revolved around bikes.

[Electrical_Tech]

Always wanted a dirt bike as a kid, teenager, young adult. finally got one as an old adult. A buddy of mine told me to get a street bike, but I had no interest in those damn "crotch rockets". So I got my first dirt bike, a dual purpose so I could ride on the street to get to the trails.

As it turned out, I enjoyed riding TO the trails more than riding ON the trails. Sooooooo here I am on one of those damn "crotch rockets" heheh

[acalliste]

I had a CT70 when I was a kid. My family always had snowmobiles, three-wheelers, dirt & trail bikes and a few street bikes around. I grew up in the town where Red Bud Trail motorcross track is located, and in the summer there were always dirtbikes being ridden out where I lived. My grandfather had boats. I was always around things that would go fast and were fun to ride or drive. It was inevitible that I would eventually ride a street bike.

[Builtgypsy]

Somehow, there have always been two things I've always wanted since I was old enough to retain a thought. The first was getting my ear pierced, and the second was a motorcycle. I got my ear pierced when I was 12 or 13, and I got the motorcycle when I was 21.

I have no idea why I wanted these things.

[RiverRoadWarrior]

I wanted to ride for as long as I can remember. I got lucky when I was 9, my mom started dating a guy that owned a motorcycle shop. Then she got one for herself and I wouldn't let it rest until I got one for Christmas when I was 10. A Yamaha Enduro 60. Been riding ever since.

[harleyxlc]

I was always a bicycle kind of kid. My father bought a harley when I was around 8ish. I spent many hours riding on the back. I had wanted to ride for a while, but finally bought my own harley about 11 years ago....never looked back

[scarredpelt]

I couldn't tell you, I've been riding bikes since before I could read. They are a part of me.

[Rhetorik]

My parents had a motorcycle many many years ago, then went without until about 9 or 10 years ago. I alraedy loved the idea of bikes - what kid doesn't? So when my father got his 1977 Suzuki GS500 Titan out of the shed it had been in for 12 years, I was all over helping him restore it - I did alot of the grunt work such as polishing all the surface rust out of all the metal and other detail jobs like that, but also learned all the fundamentals about how to use a bike and more importantly how to work on one - intensive carberutor work and all that jazz. I then helped him restore a 1981 Yamaha Seca 550 we got our hands on, becoming more involved in the mechanical side of the restore.

Then, 3 years ago, a used Kawi 500 was on sale for a good price locally (rare in my neck of the woods). I had some money, and my folks lent me the rest so that I could get in the saddle - they were as keen to see me on two wheels of my own as I was. My father was especially - we have spent a lot of time since then on trips (both long and short) together and it has been a great experience both on the road and at home, working on our bikes together. I love motorcycles because they allow my father and I to share a passion together.

I wouldn't trade it for anything.