FLYING.FINN
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- Mar 3, 2010
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Well,.. how's it going everyone? Glad I found this forum! (I actually joined a bike forum in the U.K. surfing the net looking for "2000 Suzuki RM-125" information!!). Well..I'm 44yrs. old,..just picked up my 5th bike,..took 15yrs. off from riding after a severe accident at work, (DC electrocuted, fell 25' down, landing on a 1" thick steel table..diagonally, onto my lower back)...my family Dr, and 3 specialists, were shocked that I never even broke one bone! I was however, paralyzed from the waist down for 3-weeks....had physiotherapy for 13-months,...and slowly got better. I never thought my back could take riding a dirtbike again....but I think it's time to FINALLY get back on the machine and hit the track! My last bike, (sold it in 1994), a 1982 Suzuki RM-125,..flew like there was no tomorrow. Now..15yrs later..I was about to pick up a rebuilt RM-250, (ex-ice racing machine), but thought back and decided the RM-125 will be "power plenty" to help me get back in the grove, the first couple seasons anyway. The bike cost me $1800 from a local "Kijiji" ad,... bottom-end has been rebuilt, (new crankshaft + connecting rod), by previous owner..who just happens to be an aircraft mechanic and fellow motocross enthusiast. Bike's never been bored out...that I can do next winter during my total tear-down and rebuild on the down season. All-in-all...I'm very excited and looking forward to riding my new bike,...and being on this forum.
