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[QUOTE="RockyRoads, post: 651132, member: 45871"] Thanks for your responses! Susan, I did take Debbie's class on my TTR. The class was small, and I was the only one on a four-stroke--but it wasn't an issue, and the skills you learn apply to any bike. My husband took her class a couple of years ago; it was a much larger class, and there were a couple of women on TTR125's (and my husband was on his XR650R). I haven't considered two-strokes, as I don't intend to race (although you never know . . . .). Your family race activities sound wonderful--good luck to all of you! Dirty~d~, regarding my inspiration for dirt biking . . . I rode street bikes in the late 1980's and early '90's (my last bike was a CBR600F2), and I even raced at Sear's Point in Sonoma for a few years (that's where I met my husband). After several street crashes (the last involving an air vac), my riding just didn't flow like it used to (I wasn't relaxed), so I sold all of my bikes. After my kids were born, I started feeling the need to be on a bike again--a craving, in fact. I'd never ridden in the dirt, but my husband is a phenomenal dirt rider and I saw all of the fun that he was having. So I decided to start from scratch in the way I approached my riding, and not dive in over my head; the memory of my last street crash still lingers after all these years. With dirt riding, I initially had difficulty feeling comfortable with my tires sliding around--then my husband suggested that I view it as similar to my snowboard sliding around on the snow; that clicked for me. So, it has been fairly slow going, but progress is definitely being made. I'm not an "aggressive" rider, but I am determined to improve, and to be smooth and consistent. And, no, I'm not really a Raider's fan, although I don't DISlike them either. Thanks for your encouraging words! Kathy [/QUOTE]
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