Any MXers or BMXers on here?

[HumphreyBoagart]

These are my other passions in life, just wondering if anyone else here shares the same feelings for Motocross and Freestyle BMX.
I got my first BMX when I was 4 or 5 years old, then when I was 12 I finally got my first dirtbike! I'm almost 27 now and I'm still riding "little kids" bikes, so they say. Anyone else ride?

[Tim and Julie B]

I found I am to big and top heavy for those little bikes. It's like the circus.... the bear riding the tricycle. I love to mountain bike Freeride and I hope to get a hard tail soon to do more street riding. I haven't tried a dirtbike sad but true. I love watching BMX though.

[Invictus]

I was into BMX freeslylin' in the 80s... problem is, I was really BAD at it! lol... oh man, the number of broken bones I would have had were it not for the full motocross gear I was wearing....

[HumphreyBoagart]

LOL!!! (visualizing big guy/small bike!)
Everyone always laughs at me on my clown bike! I'm 6'3" on a tiny little bmx. It's smaller than normal too. 19.5' toptube, 13' back end. Usually they're about 20.5-21 tt, and 14-14.5 back end. For those who don't ride, yes a 1/2'-1' makes all the difference in the world. I've got mine slammed as low as it'll go too. It's pretty small but I'd like to get an even smaller one, but my big clodhoppers already hit the peg on my grindside sometimes.

What!!! Never on a dirtbike!!! That is sooo sad : ( You don't know what you're missing. I've been getting into MTB alot lately. Alot of my friends ride trials bikes and streetride MTB's as if they were BMX's. They seem to be taking over the skatepark too. I like trails and drops n' stuff on a mountain bike, and BMX's for the park and streets.

[Tim and Julie B]

Sounds like me I am 6'4" with size 14's I can feel your pain. Although I did see a guy on TV that was 6"10" on a BMX it was hilarious but I guess it is possible. Maybe my fat head is slowing me down. :D I know it is crazy what street MTB can do look at Calgary Native Doug Fink that guy is sick. No footed cans in a bowl. Do you ever watch drop in?

[HumphreyBoagart]

Invictus:
That's funny! I always laugh at the guys wearing full faced helmets and chest protecters and elbow pads etc. on a BMX. Mainly because those are the guys that don't try anything!!!
I hope you weren't one of those guys. It's altright to wear all that gear if you're at least gonna try crazy $#!t and you actually need it!
Did you have some sweet mag wheels like me in the 80's?
I had a pair of yellow ones and white ones. I can't believe I actually thought those were cool. The only good thing about them was if you bent a rim you could just throw them in the freezer and they'd true themselves! They're actually coming back into style. I really hope it's a short-lived fad!

[HumphreyBoagart]

Yeah Drop-in is a great show! It doesn't seem to have a regular schedule here though, it's sorta hit and miss.

[Tim and Julie B]

MTV it's on at 6:30 your time
Extreme 7:30 those are everyday
and new ones are on Saturday on Global

[Invictus]

Hey, I was totally one of those guys, but in my own defence, I was only 12-13 years old, and like I said, I was BAD at it! hahaha. The bike I had (and I don't know if they make these anymore, but back in my day it was one of the most expensive BMX's you could get) was built on a Hutch frame. A buddy of mine could build a BMX right down to the ball bearings. He got this Hutch frame (hollow pure Titanium - stronger than you can imagine, and lighter than you'd ever believe), and we threw a bunch of genuine BMX and Kuwahara parts on it - it was indistinguishable from a genuine Hutch. Man, I could launch that sucker.... between the bike AND its rider having a combined weight of a piece of sliced cheese, I had fun at the ramps, hahaha

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Invictus:
That's funny! I always laugh at the guys wearing full faced helmets and chest protecters and elbow pads etc. on a BMX. Mainly because those are the guys that don't try anything!!!
I hope you weren't one of those guys. It's altright to wear all that gear if you're at least gonna try crazy $#!t and you actually need it!
Did you have some sweet mag wheels like me in the 80's?
I had a pair of yellow ones and white ones. I can't believe I actually thought those were cool. The only good thing about them was if you bent a rim you could just throw them in the freezer and they'd true themselves! They're actually coming back into style. I really hope it's a short-lived fad!

[HumphreyBoagart]

Yeah I remeber Hutch frames. They're more racing frames, but they were good for their time for sure. Kuwahara still makes stuff, mainly flatland stuff though I think. My first BMX was a GT (back when they were good too), now I ride a Macneil. They're cdn and they're from you're neck of the woods Tim. Jay Miron owns them as well Ten Pack distribution. Also out west.

[zero&stich]

Haven't gotton a BMX bike yet, although I would prolly do well. I take to the air just on my mountain bike, with shox. I've taken to the air since I was seven(meaning goin off jumps) and I'm still bewilldered despite my close calls that haven't sent myself to a one way trip to ER. I have yet to break any bones. What can I say? I guess I'm immune to physical pain and just work through it.

Last injury I had with my bike I overjumped a tabletop and landed directly on my hip, then fell on my head, lol. No helmet eaither, whoops. Despite being dizzy, I got up off the ground almost immeadiatly to master it again. :D

Way I see it is, you only live once, so might as well enjoy the ride, til your paralized, lol. In my case, I should be greatful I am still standing.

I'll take to the air til I'm crippled. ;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Amen to that! I was crippled for a while and my biggest fear was not being able to ride again. I shattered both heels, but after they got screwed back together and I learned to walk again, my wheelchair actually made me a better rider. Believe it or not.

[zero&stich]

Skating, meaning with skateboards helps me to hone in on my balence to. If I have no balence on the board, I'm basically screwed. It's all in timing and how you can shift your wieght at the correct time, both holds true.

I'm 23, so I've had a few years to figure out what works best. And I'll tell anyone here, which most will know, don't over jump any ramp, whether its a kicker, tabletop or halfpipe or whatever. If it's over jumped you're prolly screwed, lol. Unless of course you can shift your wieght in time and strighten out and hold yourself up, without the 'bars' shifting sideways. ;)

Dirt ramps are the best. :D Just watch out for the trees! LOL.

[HumphreyBoagart]

I couldn't agree more. Also don't undershoot jumps either! A few years ago, I cased it on a 90ft double on my Dirtbike. I somehow didn't wipe out, but I smashed my face off the handle bars. Thank god I had a full face helmet on, I had a 1' hole right through about an 1' below my bottom lip that needed stiches. I couldn't imagine if I had one of those old school helmets on with no face protector. I was totally incoherant but somehow remembered to turn off the gas line before i layed the bike on it's side!?! The blood splash out the eye opening of my helmet looked like it was part of the design on the helmet!

[Tyler99]

I USED to bike, like flat land, riding wheelies like 20 feet. I tried the skate park, but it was very packed...

Now Im into agro sk8ting. I wanna get out of it since im a dare devil and try u, know jumping of 8ft sair cases!

[zero&stich]

LOL. Been there, done that. Not with a dirt bike though. The jumps I build or find are usually meant for the bmx bike, so they can be fairly high.

I went off a very tall dirt jump, don't remember the hieght for sure, nor really what type of jump, lol. All I remember it was over my head. I had to been about 11, and very unexperienced.

I went off of it, not relizing on there was a giant boulder or rock of some sort to greet me on the other side. The front tire hit the rock, I went clean over the bars and smack my head into eaither pavement or something solid. But to this day not sure, lol. I remember my hands went down first, to stop the fall to an exstent but then the cranium smacked against something rough. During my lapse and dizzyness, I could barely walk, much less count backwards from 10. But somehow remembered to drag my bike out of the middle of the road, so I wouldn't get hit by a car??? Why I never just left it there in the street and seek immeadiate help is beyond me.

[zero&stich]

Now Im into agro sk8ting. I wanna get out of it since im a dare devil and try u, know jumping of 8ft sair cases!

I used to do some aggressive skating. But never developed the passion or balence as I did with bike and boards, which both I have used since I was very young.

Boards, I haven't really done too much with aggression i.e. grinds, arials, or trick combos. I prefer to go strieght down steep hills, standing and carving. Quite fun actually and really hones the balence since not all streets are made equal, lol. I am a street skater. I do vert once in a while but I prefer the street, more versatility and hella alot more fun than parks.

[JAdkins2451]

I was in to skate bording untill I broke my arm so now i just skate on my long board just goofin around .. But beside that all my friends were in to BMX- some flatland and the rest street and dirt.. I was never very good when I tried my luck. But I was the "crash test dummy" more or less.. My friends made the jumps and I tested them.. If I made it through it then they would try..lol..
But I know what ypou mean by overshootin a jump not fun at all.. Luckly I havent broke anything from ridin a bike.

Jamie

[Tim and Julie B]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Amen to that! I was crippled for a while and my biggest fear was not being able to ride again. I shattered both heels, but after they got screwed back together and I learned to walk again, my wheelchair actually made me a better rider. Believe it or not.

Just like that fall Darren Butler had on Drop In. Did your ankles look like that? Owwww..........



Zero&Stitch; Sounds like a lot of head injuries.:medmashed
You should definately wear a helmut. You can get big air and still remember your name! :medtoothy

[Tim and Julie B]

Oh yeah I am not surprised about the BMX frames BC makes killer bikes!

[munchy]

i dont do MX or anything but i bust out my 250 once in a while and rip it up..

[zero&stich]

Zero&Stitch; Sounds like a lot of head injuries.
You should definately wear a helmut. You can get big air and still remember your name!
I'm aware of that, lol. It's a bad habit at which I have learned throughtout the years. No helmet does mean playin with fire. But I apperiate the reminder.

[HumphreyBoagart]

My legs and feet were literally black from about 1/2 way down my shin from internal bleeding. I've got eight 2' screws and two 3' screws and two L-shaped frames holding it all together on one side and the other side just split in half and just needed a cast. I have some pretty crazy pics (not digital tho) that I'll try and get scanned to show you. There was 22 staples sewing it back together. the way they did it was disgusting...keep in mind the dr. discribed it to me right before they put me under. I don't know if they were trying to make me pass out to save money on the anesthetics (sp?) but it almost made me pass out. Anyways they left the piece attached to my achilles tendon and screwed all the pieces of bone back to that one, then stretched it back down to where it was supposed to be and screwed it to the rest of my foot. Also this was two weeks after it happen because they had to wait for the swelling to go down.

[Jeff_Favelle]

Still have my Dyno, my Redline, and an old Haro Sport (just for vert). I'm an inch away from pulling hitchikers and then I can retire. For sure man! Rode from '88 to '95, then again for a couple years in '99-'01. Now its just sporadic flat and a few dirt lines once and a while. Jammed with Jay Miron, Hoffman, Wilkerson, Jay Brown, Ron Mercer, Macintosh, Steve Roy, Perry Mervar, Steve Loveridge, Martin Aparijos, etc etc etc.

It was my life for the better part of a decade man! :)

[HumphreyBoagart]

That's awesome! I would've loved to have a session with all those guys! I have never ridden with anyone famous really, but one of the guys I ride with grew up riding with John Heaton. I don't know if you'll know him, he's one of the younger riders (not saying you're old!), but I personally think he is already one of, if not the best. He's from 20 minutes outside of London, and you should see how good he is. Backflips to manuals on a 10ft Sub-box like it's nothing. I've seen him ride lots, but never ridden with him. He's 21 or 22 now and has had his own Macneil Signature frame for a few years. Check out some of the newer "Props" videos and he's sure to be on there. Give him another 5 or ten years and he'll be the best, hands down.

[Ptindy]

Humphrey, I grew up in Thunder Bay Ontario, Jay Miron's home town. Me and my buddies always went bmxing/skateboarding/what your weapon of war was. Those were good days. I was more into street riding like staircases and gaps, and grinds, no ramps though. We didn't have much going on in our city with ramps. The parks they did build were street parks to get us off the streets haha. We were okay with it as the asphault of a northern ontario city isn't exactly smooth. But man those were good days, now I trail ride, not so much this past summer but I plan on getting out mroe this summer, friends are lazy. Anyways, Jay would come back to Thunder Bay every now and then and we would go riding with him. He did this stupidly crazy set of stairs at a highschool 50/50 (I think that's what a grind with two peggers going is called, forget) down em. I couldn't believe it, we only did that kinda crap on our snowboards. And, as for the don't overjump the landings, it's pretty icy at ski hillls there and I launched over our showtime booter onto my back past the landing at the beginning of the year, appararently when I woke up and asked some questions I thought it was the end of the year! haha..Anyways, those were good days, I take it a little easier on my body now, I know i'm going to be hurting when i'm like 40 though, already am. Hhaha take care.

Mike

EDIT: I don't know how to spell!

[zero&stich]

Looks like you had a good run Jeff to be jammin' with Hoffman and Miron. :D

Hump-
I have some pretty crazy pics (not digital tho) that I'll try and get scanned to show you. Was this to me?
Even so, that's quite an injury. And I thought chest injuries were painful. Ouch man!

[HumphreyBoagart]

Ptindy:
That's awesome! riding with the Canadian Beast himself!
They used to be called 50/50's (from the skateboarding term) but the younger generation calls them double-peg grinds. I agree, my body already feels like I'm an old man, hate to see what it feels like when I AM an old man. Won't be fun at all.
Zero:
It was to anyone and everyone who is interested in seeing them!

[Ptindy]

Yea it felt like quite the honor and was a little nerve racking because those days all the pros were your heros, but after a few hours when you started talking to him like he's just a friend who is really good at it, not a celebrity. Double-peg grinds I coulda guessed that haha. Yea mine does to, little sleep, I still feel that back pain I had after landing on my back, cold, my sprained joints start to stiffen up and barely move and I'm justa youngin haha. Extreme sports are getting ridiculous these days, awesome, but insanely crazy, wish I had the skill to do it all and the will to take the beatings learning.

Mike

[Jeff_Favelle]

Yeah, I was mostly into flat, so watchin' Jay Brown and Steve Roy was more the highlight, LOL! Talked to Kevin Jones quite a lot over the phone. That guy is my idol!!!

My reason for stopping vert riding: (I also have a different reason for no more mini-ramps either, ha ha):


Handle-bar through the knee. yeah, no grip ends back in the day. OUCH!

http://members.shaw.ca/internet_pics/bmx_scar1.jpg

[munchy]

OUCH
thats rough dude. how many stitches?

[HumphreyBoagart]

Yeouch!!! That had to hurt!

It's a gouge, not a cut so my guess is no stiches. Just alot of grinning and bearing : )

edit to avoid double post- Munchy: What kind of 250 do you have? I've always been an RM and CR kinda guy.

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Yeouch!!! That had to hurt!

It's a gouge, not a cut so my guess is no stiches. Just alot of grinning and bearing : )

edit to avoid double post- Munchy: What kind of 250 do you have? I've always been an RM and CR kinda guy.
94 xr250r

4 stroke :(

lol the price i paid was unbeatable really though so i couldnt pass it up..

i like the kx but if i was to get one itd be a 125 most likely...

[Herpguy2004]

ive never been a huge fan of the MX or BMX MX are to heavy and BMX to light:P im a freeride/downhill kind of guy nothing beats flying over a 20x20gap. i have to many scars to get into so i wont lol

[HumphreyBoagart]

Munchy:
Man you gotta get a 2 stroke. The newer KX's are pretty good, but I bet you'll regret not getting a 250.
Is that you in your avator? If so, you're Coolio's long lost twin!!!
Herpguy:
LOL!!! How can a dirtbike be too heavy for you!?! It's not like you have to peddle! My BMX is a tank: 48 pounds, yours can't be that much heavier!
I wish I had the hills that you do, then I'd probably ride downhill too!!! My sister's husband races cross country and finished the season 8th or ninth in canada in the over 30 class. He's been getting me into MTB's alot more than I have been in the past. I wouldn't mind getting a good downhill bike and start racing them.

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Munchy:
Man you gotta get a 2 stroke. The newer KX's are pretty good, but I bet you'll regret not getting a 250.
Is that you in your avator? If so, you're Coolio's long lost twin!!!

yea i know ive had a couple two strokes in my day. they really dont compare. i got a ridiculously good deal on this four stroke though. too good to pass up IMO. lol and i dunno about the 250 two stroke. im only 165!! i got on my pops' YZ250 and it was insane. i think id probably want a 125.

and no haha thats not me in my avatar. thats "brotha lynch," some crazy rapper from the bay area if im not mistaken. just thought it was a cool pic. :D

[HumphreyBoagart]

A two stroke 125 has more "pep" than a 250. 125's are quicker, but 250's are faster. When I was 14, I was only 140 when I had an CR250. I know lots of guys that race 250's that are 20lbs lighter than you.
That's funny. I listen to "Brother Lynch Hung" all the time, I just didn't know what he looks like. Yeah he's from Oakland I think.
Do you listen to him or just like the picture?

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
A two stroke 125 has more "pep" than a 250. 125's are quicker, but 250's are faster. When I was 14, I was only 140 when I had an CR250. I know lots of guys that race 250's that are 20lbs lighter than you.
That's funny. I listen to "Brother Lynch Hung" all the time, I just didn't know what he looks like. Yeah he's from Oakland I think.
Do you listen to him or just like the picture?

hahah thats crazy. yeah i like some of his tunes. didnt think any of the haters in here would even know who he was. lol.:p
im actually taking the bike out tomorrow up in the chilliwack mountains with a couple buddies. the one guy just got a 'raptor' quad and the other guy has an older rm 250. should be fun. go up there and rip around. possibly shoot off a few rounds.

[Jeff_Favelle]

Holy moly you motor guys are CRAZY!!!! LOL! Give me a flat parking lot, my 20-inch, a ghetto blaster playing Digital Underground and Master of Puppets (mixin' it up), a Super Big Gulp, and a bunch of high school girls.......

.....did I say that out loud?




;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Munchy:
Wish I could go with you!
I listen to a bit (er I should say alot) of everything! Everything from Metal to Rap to Country! Yeah that's right country!!! Not that pansie-@$$ed "new" country, but the good ol' "real" country, like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr & Jr. etc.
But I'm mainly into Underground Rap and Rapcore.

Edit cuz we posted at the same time!
Jeff:
REALLY Wish I could go with you!
I love parking lots full of high school girls! I mean....Uhhh....Digital Underground.

[munchy]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
Holy moly you motor guys are CRAZY!!!! LOL! Give me a flat parking lot, my 20-inch, a ghetto blaster playing Digital Underground and Master of Puppets (mixin' it up), a Super Big Gulp, and a bunch of high school girls.......

.....did I say that out loud?




;)
lol that describes my teen years to a T but with a skateboard rather than a 20-inch.....

.....and no digital underground:D

we hit up the parks once in a while but the only one in my town at the time was the most horrid park ive ever seen so we didnt skate it much. mostly just street ish and screwin around in parking lots...ive consumed so many super big gulps its ridiculous...

...then i got my license and that was that.:D

[munchy]

Originally posted by HumphreyBoagart
Munchy:
Wish I could go with you!
I listen to a bit (er I should say alot) of everything! Everything from Metal to Rap to Country! Yeah that's right country!!! Not that pansie-@$$ed "new" country, but the good ol' "real" country, like Johnny Cash, Willie Nelson, Hank Williams Sr & Jr. etc.
But I'm mainly into Underground Rap and Rapcore.

im the same way. i used to be into straight up metal/alt back in the day nothing else. over the years ive learned to become ALOT more open-minded.:D ill listen to anything you put infront of me these days. i totally know what you mean about all that new pansie-a$5ed whiney country, but man johnny cash is like one of my all time favourites. all the others you mentioned are also good.:D lately ive really been bumping alot of mixtetapes. dj who kid, kay slay, dj mello, dj vlad, dj green lantern, dj clue, big mike, etc. i friggin love mixtapes. some of the best songs ever are on mixtapes.:D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Mix tapes ROCK! Fer sure. But now, with MP3's, a mixed data CD with 150 songs is MUUUUCH better! LOL! ;)

[Jeff_Favelle]

And no, no stitches on the side of the knee. Just a deep deep hole. Weird. I'll hook up the stitches in a bit. Camera is recharging......

lol that describes my teen years to a T but with a skateboard rather than a 20-inch.....

For sure man. Summers seemed to last for gaddamn ever. Those were the dayzzzz................

[munchy]

LOL maaaaan you crazy...

i wasnt refering to mixed cassette tapes(which are also lovely :D.) MIXTAPE CDs!!!!! :D

[Jeff_Favelle]

Humphrey, brother, I'm buyin' a new digi camcorder this month sometime. I'll bust out some flat tricks and post the vids here for all to laugh at. I can guarantee a crash sequence, LOL! One look at my shins and you'll know I had Shimano DX pedals. LOL!

[munchy]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle

For sure man. Summers seemed to last for gaddamn ever. Those were the dayzzzz................

oh man good times.:cool:

it should start warming up out here soon hopefully. :)

[munchy]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
Humphrey, brother, I'm buyin' a new digi camcorder this month sometime. I'll bust out some flat tricks and post the vids here for all to laugh at. I can guarantee a crash sequence, LOL! One look at my shins and you'll know I had Shimano DX pedals. LOL! thats sweet. im looking forward to the bail sequence. lol

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ha ha, then where does the "tape" come in, foooo?



LOL. ;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Jeff, I can't wait...I always enjoy a good crash & burn video.
Oh yeah, my shins have their fair share of scars too. One bike has Snafu Pedals and the other PrimoPro, they have those threaded cleats on them and boy do they ever hurt. There is probably little shrivelled pieces of flesh on each one still!

[JAdkins2451]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
One look at my shins and you'll know I had Shimano DX pedals. LOL!

Thats why your supposed to wear shin gaurds...LOL
Are those the metal peddles.. I rember havin them on my Dyno and theyu ripped apart my shins..

[HumphreyBoagart]

Shin Guards!?!
How you supposed to look cool for the ladies wearing shin guards!?! Only Ken (Invictus) can pull that $#!t off!

[JAdkins2451]

LOL... Not like hockey shin gaurd they made those ones for biker.. I used to wear them under my pants......

[HumphreyBoagart]

I know, I'm just joking with you. I have a pair although they never get used.

[Gregg M]

I do MX on quads..... I also have a few freestyle moves down.....

http://www.faunaclassifieds.com/photopost/data//500/10124wheelie-med.JPG

[HumphreyBoagart]

Right on. Yeah I saw that pic in your other post. Do you race or just ride for fun? I used to ride (not race) quads back in the day. My weapon of choice was an LT250. Some of those clutched two stroke quads have some crazy power. There wasn't much of a quad racing scene were I grew up so I focused more on bikes.
But they're fun as hell tho. I always wanted one of those conversion kits to turn a quad into a snowmobile for the winter. I never got one so I just drove it how it was.

[munchy]

Originally posted by Jeff_Favelle
Ha ha, then where does the "tape" come in, foooo?



LOL. ;)

LOL to be honest i have no idea. :D

[munchy]

Originally posted by JAdkins2451
LOL... Not like hockey shin gaurd they made those ones for biker.. I used to wear them under my pants......

lol homeboy rides mountain bikes and he rocks those shin pads everywhere he goes now. he ripped like half the length of his shin open real bad on on his pedal one time i guess. ever since then you can catch him rollin with these big, haggard black things on his shins that say "roach" on them. oh well better safe than sorry...:D

[Jeff_Favelle]

OUCH!!!

Yesh DX pedals were metal. CRazy, crazy stuff.

[HumphreyBoagart]

Those are the same ones I have! Mine used to be black but they're sorta light brownish now from all the dust they've collected in my garage!
edit- the shin pads that is. Jeff you really gotta quit posting at the same time as I do! You're f%#^in' me all up! : )

[JAdkins2451]

Thats the same reason that i started to wear them.. I got A nice big chunck out of my knee.. My buddy had a pair He didnt use So I started to wear them so i didnt re injure my self.. And just kept on wearing them..

[HumphreyBoagart]

I wiped out doing a manual to feeble grind and landed on the stem of my bike and had to surgery on my a-hole 2 nights in a row and you don't see me wearin' steel boxers, do you!?!

(just buggin ya man)

[JAdkins2451]

I dont know, but if it happend to me I would have started to wear them....lol

[HumphreyBoagart]

LOL!!! They were too heavy, I might get some custom made ones out of titanium or magnesium and see if they're any better!

[munchy]

a-hole surgery?! damn!!!! :(

[HumphreyBoagart]

Yeah it wasn't very pleasant, to say the least. I'll post some pics of it for everyone. Just kidding!

[JAdkins2451]

LMAO.... If you make a pair of those sign me up.. I ll be first to order a pair..lol

[HumphreyBoagart]

I hope you're rich! : )

[snakehunter]

I freeride with a burly XC rig, Im looking into a full susser, but the rents are holding me back :(

[HumphreyBoagart]

Don't let them stop you. Fight the powers that be, Man!

[munchy]

lol dont let them hold you down! fight the power!!

[Jeff_Favelle]

Ha ha go for it!!!!


Steel boxers? A-hole surgery? Is this still a reptile forum? LOL! J/K!! ;)

[HumphreyBoagart]

Reptiles!?! Who wants to talk about reptiles, when there's a-hole surgeries to discuss!

[Gregg M]

I race..... Infact open track practice starts the last week of this month...... The reace seasone begins in June for me........ Cant wait...... There is this one jump at the local track near me that has a huge step up jump called the devils staircase..... Its about 45 feet high..... It is a crazy jump...... Cant wait to hit it this year..... Oh and if you think those two strokes have alot of power, you should try out a big bore 4 stroke....... The bike I am on here is bored out to a 440cc..... It was ported and polished and has had the rockers hard faced..... It has hi pro valve springs, a 42mm carb that has been jetted and a full FMF exaust...... I have Ohlin shocks all the way around and they are fully adjustable comp, sag, preload...... This bike is off the hook.....

[HumphreyBoagart]

Ahhh that's music to my ears!!! Haven't talked shop since I moved into the city, which was a few years ago. The RM that I sold (regretably) was previously owned by Doug Dehaan (pretty famous london MXer if you don't know him) and I was sorta bummed out when I got it because there was nothing left to do to tweak it out. It had FMF Gold Series Pipe & silencer, Boyesen Reeds, Uni-filter, Wiseco piston, Araya Titanium Rims, Renthal Bars & sprockets, Fox Shox, Meihin (sp?) Carb. Oh I could go on forever, as I'm sure you could too.
Are you sponsored or just an indy rider?
I had a partial sponsorship from a local shop, but nothing special. Parts at cost and free labour, but I preferred to work on my own bike anyways. MSR (Malcolm Smith Racing) was the only big name sponsor that was ever interested in me, but they wanted me to race every race in the circuit, and Iwasn't really into that at the time. Now I wish I did. 20/20 hindsight, I guess.

[zero&stich]

After reading this whole thread, I wonder how I'll do on a bmx bike. I know one thing, I'll make damn sure I'm wearin' a helmet, lol.

I can forsee myself building my own kickers and rails for grins. I'm fairly sure if I do take to bmx I'll still be street. Vert is fun, but I love the versatility of the street. We shall see. :D

[HumphreyBoagart]

Just borrow Ken's (invictus') gear, and you'll be fine!

[Gregg M]

Humphrey,
I was sponcered years ago by Snapple when I was racing dirt bikes...... Since I have gotten into quad MX I have not even thought about a sponcership...... I do it for fun, throphies and alittle extre scratch.......LOL..... I am 29 years old..... I tend to be alittle more careful now......LOL...... Anyway, I keep going back to the stock gearing on my bike....... Honda formulated their gearing and it seems to be perfect for me and what I use it for....... They also seem to last a whole lot longer than the after market stuff...... I am however, changing my rear axel and A-arms this season...... I also have a set of bead lock rims on order aswell..... I still have a few things left to do to my bike......

[HumphreyBoagart]

LOL!!!
A little more careful!?!
I notice all the snakes in your collection are highly venomous!!!
You'd better be really careful, they could kill an old man like you!
: P
PS What does that mean, you'll never BUY venomoids?
Are you being sarcastic, or did you get them free?

[Gregg M]

LOL...... What I ment by not buying voids is that venomoids are venomous snakes that have venom glands ripped from their face so unskilled keepers can have them without fear of being envenomated......

[HumphreyBoagart]

Ahh I see!
That answers my question- you ARE crazy!!! LOL
Do you have any snakes that you can handle? without a hook that is?

[Gregg M]

Nope.... LOL..... I do however keep leopard geckos too....LOL

[HumphreyBoagart]

LOL! that's hilarious!!!

[paulsreef]

Humphrey,

I ride a Harley Fatboy; I used to ride dirt bikes at cottages and have always missed it. I'm looking at getting my 7 year old a Honda 50cc minitrail which was my fantasy bike when I was a kid. I guess I'll need a KTM 250 to chase him with.
Paul.

[Pontus]

only have one bike and its a 250 drz great 4 stroker but needs more power in my mind. still a great bike for enduro train rides

[ChokeOnSmoke]

This thread was funny and entertaining until I read about ahole surgery now its just hilarious. I have to try to work that in to either a normal conversation or at the very least an insult.
Never rode a BMX but did ride a skateboard with Ptindy oddly enough. I have a honda 50 too... no big deal. I have a kx 80 to but my 12 year brother never lets me drive it. Oh yeah and a couple of quads.... worst injury was being thrown over the handle bars of the quad landing on a rock and to add insult to injury getting ran over by the driverless quad. Goodtimes