Reply To: Hobbies

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joss
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    Hobbies well Motor cross was a long time favourite of mine. I gave up riding after a bad leg injury. So when my son want to ride, that then became our hobby. I sold my KTM 450 and bought my son a big wheeled Honda 80 stroker. I taught him every thing I knew. Non of this riding on tips etc, It was all on proper tracks.

    We we lucky enough to have 2 major tracks In Doncaster. One was a hard track, the other pure sand. Both very technical requiring total different skill sets.  My son was 11 when I started to train him. He soon out grown the Honda, So I bought him a brand new Yamaha YZ 125cc. He took to it like a duck to water.

    We used to go all over the country racing. It really was a great experience for us both. Sad at age 17 he badly broke his Knee. That required plates and screws.

    Like Fastbike1000 I have always had motorbikes. I remember GS 1000 Suzuki well. Monster of a bike. My friend had his GS rebuilt with Yoshimura  parts. I had the  The Kawasaki 500 HE two stroke triple. Great in a straight line but cornering was scary as hell.

    Other hobbies later.

    Joss
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