Newbie from Syracuse, NY

An 87 KX 80...old... you've got to be kidding If you'd have said 76 RM 80 I might think that your about my age... sunny :laugh:

Welcome to DRN!

Welcome, Ken! Funny, that's my name too! I'm rather new here as well, and I'm just getting into mx this year. My 14 year old son raced last year on a YZ80, but he's moving up to a KX250F this year, while my younger (12) son will be taking over the YZ80. I'm planning on racing Sr. C on my CR250, but unfortunately the Army has called me up so the season will most likely be cut short.

Yeah, you are lucky to have the Edge facility close by. I haven't been there yet (I live near Rochester), but I'd like to go. I'd like to plan a time to rent the track for the day (or half day, whatever), but it ain't cheap. I can get a few other people to go and help split the cost - let me know if you might be interested in that - it'd be like $50-75 a person or so, depending on how many people. PM me if interested.

I've never raced mx before, and I haven't really ridden any dirtbikes since I was 17 (I'm 35 now) - but I've been on quads the past few years, so I think I'll be ok (ran my Banshee on the track a few times over the past 2 years - what a beast! It beat the crap outta me!!!). It's probably like riding a bicycle - it all comes back to ya....... ;)

Ken,

Well, apparently you can't pm on these forums ???? At least, I can't find it if you can. But, here's my email: kenneth.d.myers@us.army.mil

I really can't wait to ride!!! According to AccuWeather, next weekend should be close to 50! So, if the snow melts by then, I will finally be able to ride the CR for the first time - it's not even broke in yet (I just bought it last month - it was a leftover at the dealer, so I got a good discount on it).

I'm hoping to get at least 2 or 3 others to join in the track rental - they will be younger riders though, 15-17 years old (my son's friends that race in our district). I have an 18' flatbed trailer, so plenty of room. I just need to scrape the ice & snow off it & mount some d-rings or something in the middle to tie the bikes off with. I'd like to put this whole thing together by the end of March, but that also depends on my Army schedule. So shoot me an email & we'll see what we can work out.

DieselTech said:

Ken,

Well, apparently you can't pm on these forums ????

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You can, but you must be a subscriber.

Welcome to the site and do check out the Damn Yankee Dirt Riders forum for some folks in your area.