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Message: [QUOTE="nikki, post: 270522, member: 18126"] The crave for offroading started for me in 5th grade when my Mom dated a guy with a quad. He taught me how to ride it on my own. It shifted, but there was no clutch lever like a bike. I used to ride around the farm a bunch in 5th grade... then my Mom and the guy broke up :debil: So for YEARS I told my parents how much I wanted a four-wheeler... but it wasn't quite in our budget. Fast forward 7 years (senior in high school)... I started dating a guy that had just bought an old YZ 80 to try and fix it up. Well the bike barely ever ran so I never got the joy of riding it. Soon after, my boyfriend at the time went and bought a '89 YZ 125. This was the first bike I ever rode solo. We rode a bunch with me on the back and one day he decided to send me on my own. I got going okay but it came time to turn around and come back and I was screwed! I turned a little bit... but ended up going right into a cornfield (corn was about 4 feet high at the time). Fell over, put a few scratches on the bike and me, and I was so embarrassed. Next time I tried to ride solo (same bike) I dumped the clutch big time trying to take off and looped the bike right over. Snapped off the rear fender and felt really bad. :mad: So about 4-6 months after these first few experiences I got the itch to get my own (smaller) bike and started searching in the papers. February of '98, I found a good deal on a '93 YZ 80 and that's where I started. Did my first doubles on that bike. Replaced more parts than I want to even think about on that bike. Had several small injuries on that bike. But... MOST IMPORTANTLY... fell in love with riding on that bike!! [/QUOTE]

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