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Message: [QUOTE="WoodsRider, post: 1407602, member: 16545"] I didn't catch the "fever" at a young age. Between the ages of 7 and 21 my interests bounced between motorcycles, cars and girls. In college my roommate, Dave, and I both had street bikes and rode them frequently until he started dating this girl who's dad had been killed in a street bike accident. When he came back from summer break Dave borrowed my pickup, went down to the Honda dealer and traded his Interceptor for an CR500. Evidently dirt bikes were less dangerous. We rode it a few times in the hayfield behind our apartment until a deputy sheriff came out and told us to knock it off. Turned out he rode as well and suggested my roommate enter and upcoming race. Since I had a pickup, I was obliged to haul him, his bike and his girl to the race, which turned out to be a hare scramble. At this point I had zero interest in getting a dirt bike, but walking through the pits, hearing the sounds and smelling the smells was totally cool. Watching the massive start with dirt flying, engines screaming and bikes flying WFO on the edge, or sometimes out, of control was all it took. At that moment I wanted a dirt bike more than anything else. Two days later I was the proud owner of a slightly used IT250 that I owned for 10 years. [IMG]http://lh4.ggpht.com/_1iKGbmWpD_0/TGl5rSrllUI/AAAAAAAADIs/DPHR2CE2o4c/s800/Yamaha%20IT250.JPG[/IMG] [/QUOTE]