new OLD GUY
Posted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:13 am
I just picked up a 2008 Yamaha WR250R and plan to try to get, back in to some dirt road and off road riding, etc. after 25+ years! I'm excited to belong to this goup and am very impressed by your website/forum!
I live in Frederick (Braddock Heights) and when I last rode dirt bikes they had about 4" of suspension travel. So the WR250R feels TALL to me :>) I used to ride 125 Penton's (still have one in my garage) and a 250 Ossa MAR (also still in my garage) back in the 70s and early 80s (with folks like Don Kirkpatrick).
I've been riding a 2001 GL1800 and my road and mounitan bikes recently - so I'll have some MAJOR relearning to do on the WR250R.
My lovely bride of 45 years GAIL, and our small dog Bandit, have done a LOT of traveling on the GL1800 and we (including the dog) also ride quite a bit on our Tandem Road Bicycles and our Tandem Mountain Bicycle (a Ventana ECDM) so I haven't been TOTALLY away from the dirt for all these years.
I have a little connection to the off road motorcycle community in that my daughter Jennifer is married to Brent Riley - son of Richard Riley who owns Frerdericktown Yamaha.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW AND RIDE WITH YOU FOLKS!
I live in Frederick (Braddock Heights) and when I last rode dirt bikes they had about 4" of suspension travel. So the WR250R feels TALL to me :>) I used to ride 125 Penton's (still have one in my garage) and a 250 Ossa MAR (also still in my garage) back in the 70s and early 80s (with folks like Don Kirkpatrick).
I've been riding a 2001 GL1800 and my road and mounitan bikes recently - so I'll have some MAJOR relearning to do on the WR250R.
My lovely bride of 45 years GAIL, and our small dog Bandit, have done a LOT of traveling on the GL1800 and we (including the dog) also ride quite a bit on our Tandem Road Bicycles and our Tandem Mountain Bicycle (a Ventana ECDM) so I haven't been TOTALLY away from the dirt for all these years.
I have a little connection to the off road motorcycle community in that my daughter Jennifer is married to Brent Riley - son of Richard Riley who owns Frerdericktown Yamaha.
I LOOK FORWARD TO GETTING TO KNOW AND RIDE WITH YOU FOLKS!