Older and still rippin who,s with me. [Archive]

4ABURN

01-23-2006, 06:54 PM

OK I,m not that old 33 but after a long day of riding some times I feel old. Any way just thought I would see who has been riding for 20 years like myself,or longer.Its nice to see guys like my self getting older but not growing up.(wifes line).Wife and I have been together for 10 years 3 kids latter still can not get enough riding in, Just love it.Lets see you experenced riders out there.:D

PS:::: We don,t get older we just get faster.:devil:

wvspeedfreak

01-23-2006, 07:04 PM

34 here.Married 13 years,1 kid (who also loves to ride) and I've been riding off and on for about 20 years.I still love riding wheelies lol.It never gets old :D

400excracer

01-23-2006, 07:05 PM

I'm with ya. 35 years young and just bought an 06 450R last week. I'll be racing in the IATVHSS this year against other old people in the 30+ class. I think that I'm a better racer now than I was 10 years ago. It just takes longer for my body to recover after a race.

compedge

01-23-2006, 07:19 PM

Im 34 (35 in feb) married w/ 2 kids.Just bought my first atv a month ago . Trx 450r.
Ive always had high horse power street bikes. Time to try some dirt.

ATV403

01-23-2006, 07:23 PM

43, married 20 years, 2 daughters,06 450R in a hundred pieces in the garage waiting on parts.

MossboysRacing

01-23-2006, 08:00 PM

ok so im not as old (27)and out of shape,and not married and no kids, but i have been riding for over twenty years, started on a honda 70 three wheeler at age four and progressed through the years to my trx450r

NaiLBoMB64

01-23-2006, 08:14 PM

41 and still can keep up with the kids
and my wife loves her 2 stroke and she is 40

MAD450r

01-23-2006, 08:20 PM

Not married and I have no kids :(
but i've been riding since I was 9 started on an 72-73 atc 90

Nate Dogg #76

01-23-2006, 08:28 PM

29 and about to become a dad for the first time. I have been riding for 8 yrs and racing for 2yrs and love it. Can't wait to race my 450R in the dirt.

cb450r

01-23-2006, 11:04 PM

I am 31 and rocking!! I will be racing the 450r in the IATVHSS this year and hopefully many more after....
I have been with my wife for 17 years, we have 2 kids my daughter is 12 going on 13 and my son is 3 going on 30 lol

I have been riding off and on for the last 20yrs..

nowukno

01-23-2006, 11:16 PM

Im not old at all (21) but i did have to grow up a little faster do to having a son. He is 4 years old now and will be 5 in july (i started a little early). He has been riding his little cousins 50 pretty well. I hope to get him one for his b-day or x-mas.

Pappy

01-23-2006, 11:31 PM

damn there is some old sob's in this place:chinese:

atvdude

01-24-2006, 12:39 AM

Ille be 35 in july. have a wife off 11 years and 2 kids. And i plan on racing my 06 450r this year. its alot of work with a family to please and full time job if you guys know what i mean. We are all die hards for that quad adrenaline rush in the great outdoors. Just for the record i started out on a honda 185s and never stopped. all my friend seem to all sell there toys but not me. i will always have the garage full LOL. I am looking forward to going to watch some good quad action at motorama in Feb. anyone else? should see alot of 450rs there and hopefully a few lt450r's.

ninis470

01-24-2006, 02:17 AM

35 here, girlfreind 32, son 5, daughter 4mo. i love ridding.

quad9

01-24-2006, 05:48 AM

35 now, been riding since i was 10. started on a atc110.
married 13 years, my girl is 12 and has been riding since she was 4 years old.
my ride right now is a 05 trx450r.

400exvet

01-24-2006, 06:12 AM

42 this year, married 16 years, 2 kids 11 & 8 that share an Eton 50 atv and a Honda 50R. I started riding in the early 80's on my first ride, a Honda 200M 3 wheeler. Bought a new 250X in 87 and raced GNCC's from 1987 - 1990. In 1990, I sold everything, got married, had kids and built a house. In 2003, I somehow got the bug again! Bought a used 400EX for my birthday just to ride around the house. Was racing local races 3 weeks later! Haven't stopped yet...I still race local H.S. and as many GNCC's as I can get to on a 2004 450R. I'll grow up one of these days...MAYBE!

supradean

01-24-2006, 08:55 AM

31, married, 5 yr old daughter, and i ride at least 2 days a week.
06 450r with lots of mods.

BLEEDRED

01-24-2006, 09:29 AM

30 in March, married 6 years, one kid second on the way. Been riding off and on for 21 years. Started on a Yamaha 200 ATC. Love to ride, no intent to slow down. Hope to sell the 440 and pick up an '06 R in the spring.

z71

01-24-2006, 10:03 AM

34. married and one 6 month old daughter that is the best thing that happened to me. I do creek alot when I get out of bed after a hard day of riding.

01-24-2006, 10:12 AM

i'm 29 years old. been riding for 23 years (since i was 6). i started out on a highly modified ATC 70 three wheeler.
here is a list of the modifications:

1.) Removal of stock exhaust baffle.

Lol. Yep, that's it. But, it was loud. And, I thought it was the sh*t.

I'm now married with 2 kids. Got an 05 450r and looking to get a complete season of XC racing in this year, hopefully!!

Here is a list of ATV's we had at various times while growing up:

(1) Honda ATC 70
(1) Honda ATC 125
(1) Honda ATC 185
(1) Honda 200 SX
(1) Yamaha Tri-Z
(2) 1983 Honda ATC 250r
(1) 1984 Honda ATC 250r
(1) 1985 Honda ATC 250r
(2) 1985 Suzuki Quad Racer
(2) 1986 Honda TRX250R
(1) 1989 Honda TRX250R
(1) 1990 Honda 250x
(1) 1994 Honda 300ex

We didn't have these all at once. My father liked to wheel and deal. And, he loved to ride. He passed that trait on to my brother and I. From looking at the list, you can see why we can ride most anything!! lol.

oldsandman

01-24-2006, 10:16 AM

45 with twin 21 year old daughters and a brand new 3 month old daughter.
I've ridden quads for over 20 years, 3 wheelers before that and bikes for 30 years.

Jersey450R

01-24-2006, 10:20 AM

2 good buddys of mine are 36 and 41 and they are both faster than me. they ride with the best of em'.

mxdad

01-24-2006, 10:26 AM

34, married 10 years, 4 kids and still kicking.

btlblwnracer

01-24-2006, 11:19 AM

28, married , 1 little girl and 1 on the way , been riding since I was 5 and my dad gave me a lt185 , been racing for the last 3 years , first season ended in a braken collar bone and a wrist broken in three places (this is when I relized I was getting older).
now I'm smarter / faster and made my own pit crew :macho .I have no intent to slow down , just hope my kids love this sport as much as I do

Prey

01-24-2006, 11:28 AM

33 next month, 2 duaghter and a son married 8 years been riding since 1982

and am still racing XC and MX

speedfreaksguy

01-24-2006, 11:32 AM

I'll be 31 in a couple months. I have a 1 year old son and another on the way. I have been riding my entire life. I race MX, won 8 straight races in the 30+ class last year. Plan on doing the same this year. I make my living wrenching and selling parts for bikes, quads, sleds etc. I am also the president of a private MX track in northern Ohio. Can't wait for the snow to thaw.

Duke450r

01-24-2006, 11:56 AM

46 here, married for 28 years, 1 son 25 married 6 years, 1 daughter 21 married 2 years. Everybody rides, need a bigger shop for ATVs. List of Quads in shop right now:
2 -05 Honda TRX450R
1 -04 Honda TRX250EX
1 -97 Polaris Sportsman
1 -95 Polaris Scrambler
1 -88 Honda TRX250R
1 -87 Suzuki LT250R

I also have a brother that is 50+, with a 04 400EX, and he can ride me under the table. Don't fear age, just keep riding. And remember "Youth and talent are no match for age and treachery"

kbass24emtp

01-24-2006, 12:34 PM

31, married. No kids. Going to get back into racing this year in Dist. 18 and CAATV series in MO.

KajunATVer

01-24-2006, 01:38 PM

36 here, divorced and lovin it!! I've been riding for about 25 years and currently own a 1986 250R drag quad, a 1999 Foreman 450s, and a 2006 450R that I just put the HRC kit in and it rips!!

supradean

01-24-2006, 01:44 PM

Damn us old guys are tearing **** up still!!!!

I never expected so many of us...lol

QuadRacer041

01-24-2006, 02:03 PM

34 and still rippin it up pretty good, if i do say so myself..:devil:

MX#9

01-24-2006, 02:11 PM

I'm 41, married with 4 daughters, ages 17,9,7,3.
Been riding since 1979. Started on bikes and moved to quads when they started making the 250r.
Raced pro MX in the late 80's,then back down the ladder in the age group classes. Quit racing in early 95.
Still live to ride and ride to live.
I,ve been dragging the girls out to the woods with me to work on trails as soon as they could walk.
I can still take it to the young bucks on my trails and we do have a blast.
I will ride as long as I'm healthy,much to my wife's dismay!

Cool thread by the way!

4ABURN

01-24-2006, 02:32 PM

this is great you guys.:D Its good to see so many guys not letting there age slow them down (some even getting faster) and sharing this with there families, Right on, keep them coming:D :D :D :D :macho

PS: thats why I like this site so much.:macho

sammy5x

01-24-2006, 02:42 PM

32 years old. Been riding for 28 years and racing ATV's for 18 years. 35+ broken bones later I switched from MX to GNCC Pro-Am. I don't have any kids that I know of...

sammy5x

01-24-2006, 02:45 PM

By the way fellow old guys, I know it's an old school thing but PLEASE stop doing no-footers. It's gay and we look like a dog taking a pee:D

KajunATVer

01-24-2006, 02:54 PM

I can assure you that anytime my feet come off the pegs it's completely accidental:blah:

dads400ex

01-24-2006, 03:47 PM

41, be 42 in May. Married for 15 years, two boys, ages 12 and 14, me and the boys race in our local series and I hope to make it to a couple of nationals this year and race in the 40 class:blah: . Like the others have said it is a blast to ride but dang is that ground getting harder when you hit it without warning and it does take longer to heal.:(

compedge

01-24-2006, 05:18 PM

we need a group buy on metamucil.lol

Im only old on my licence , young at heart !

ieatglue

01-24-2006, 05:37 PM

not quite as old, but 29 and rip it every weekend on my 450r and prairie 650

eagertorace

01-24-2006, 06:03 PM

Just turned 36 in Jan, married for 11 years, have a 3 year old son and LOVE MY FAMILY
got the 06 450er!

madini

01-24-2006, 06:40 PM

I'm 65 years young,as they say,in February and I'd like to thank all of you for making this sport one of the most rewarding times of my life.Never rode a quad till at 59 i bought a beat up Moto-4 just for kicks. No kicks to that.Kid up the road had a 300EX for sale and I bought it at first sight.LET THE KICKS START.....WOW was I hooked!Next was a 400EX ,loved that quad.I thought I needed a 250R so I bought one.Along came Cannondale,they were built not far from where I live.What a machine!When the 450R was born I was the proud owner of one of the first ones in the Harrisburg area.My new 450ER is just a little sweeter.My wife just waves me and my riding buddies(20s and 30s) goodby just about every weekend and thinks"he was going to paint this house last year,looks like it won't get done again" I know I'm not the oldest guy out there but I also know nobody has more fun or is more gratefull to be there. thanks again,to all of you

400excracer

01-24-2006, 06:57 PM

Originally posted by madini
I'm 65 years young,as they say,in February and I'd like to thank all of you for making this sport one of the most rewarding times of my life.Never rode a quad till at 59 i bought a beat up Moto-4 just for kicks. No kicks to that.Kid up the road had a 300EX for sale and I bought it at first sight.LET THE KICKS START.....WOW was I hooked!Next was a 400EX ,loved that quad.I thought I needed a 250R so I bought one.Along came Cannondale,they were built not far from where I live.What a machine!When the 450R was born I was the proud owner of one of the first ones in the Harrisburg area.My new 450ER is just a little sweeter.My wife just waves me and my riding buddies(20s and 30s) goodby just about every weekend and thinks"he was going to paint this house last year,looks like it won't get done again" I know I'm not the oldest guy out there but I also know nobody has more fun or is more gratefull to be there. thanks again,to all of you

Right on! I just hope that I'm still tearing it up when I'm your age.

ATVX4

01-24-2006, 07:03 PM

I'll be 40 in March. I feel it sometimes, but can't get away from the sport quads. I think my son and my 450R are my fountain of youth! :D

ATVX4

01-24-2006, 07:07 PM

Like the others have said it is a blast to ride but dang is that ground getting harder when you hit it without warning and it does take longer to heal. Well said!

madini

01-24-2006, 07:27 PM

After 25 or so miles at Blue Knob,Pa.I'm the old guy

Nate Dogg #76

01-24-2006, 08:34 PM

How many of you have back trouble and still race? Sometimes after a rough weekend of racing I'll go see the chiropractor to get my back "popped." You guys know what I mean. I love it and can't wait til race day. I used to think only old people had back trouble until I started having trouble at age 27. 29 now.

andy roth

01-24-2006, 08:55 PM

41 and STILL LOVING IT! I rode bikes when I was younger but after riding my sisters kaw bayue 250 I knew I had to have one.
I started with a polaris 400 big bore,then a banshee with mods,Kaw kfx 400, 2004 honda 450r, and now the 06 450er.
I feel My youth when riding and my age the next day LOL. Keep riding!!!!!

QuadRacer041

01-25-2006, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by sammy5x
By the way fellow old guys, I know it's an old school thing but PLEASE stop doing no-footers. It's gay and we look like a dog taking a pee:D

sorry my freestyle skills aren't up to your standards..d1ck..:rolleyes:
i dont see you postin any pics, o yea you ride gncc's now so you dont get any air at all.

quad2xtreme

01-25-2006, 07:07 AM

41 now on a 2006 450r. I am a recreational jumper. I am the opposite of most I see at the tracks...I loaf between jumps but do my best to reach the landers...this is the opposite of kicking *** around the track until slamming the brakes on before a jump. Slower riders please stay to the right and consider yourself a lapper so stay out of the way and have some courtesy. Dumb arses usually ride like a bat out of hell between the jumps and either stop heading up to a jump or jump at an angle.

I enjoy good trail riding but it is getting harder and harder to find challenging, legal trails.

/Jon

supradean

01-25-2006, 07:08 AM

hahahah nice response quad racer!

Just remember no footers are cool if it makes the person doing them feel good. Why come onto the thread and knock a photo of a guy proving he is a very good rider?
Guess some kids just dont have respect.

motox450r

01-25-2006, 07:23 AM

i'm 45 and love to fly, and racing b and c class on my 450r. why do people get jealous when they see old farts doing no foooters. it's nowhere near as bad as dipstick 20 year old doing wheelies in the parking lot at our atv park. like there really doing something, than go out jump a ten foot tabletop and get no air (SWEET)

QuadRacer041

01-25-2006, 08:34 AM

i would post more pics but i dont need to show off for him. alot of the long time memebers of this site know what im capable of.

quad2xtreme

01-25-2006, 09:34 AM

I am impressed with anyone who can do a nac-nac. I couldn't do that sitting in the driveway. :D

red2004 TRX450R

01-25-2006, 09:40 AM

Im 25 almost got married last summer been engaged for like 5 years.

started riding when I was 5 on my LT125 - so that is like a little over 20 years for me!

u guys remember when quads did not have any suspension!! :eek2:

QuadRacer041

01-25-2006, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by red2004 TRX450R
Im 25 almost got married last summer been engaged for like 5 years.

started riding when I was 5 on my LT125 - so that is like a little over 20 years for me!

u guys remember when quads did not have any suspension!! :eek2:

lol i rememeber riding my freinds atc 70 and steeling rides on his older brothers atc 110 back in the day

89'350RX

01-25-2006, 04:15 PM

42 and ride with the best of them. Been married for 18 years and have three boys who all ride (both bikes and quads). Heck my Wife even rides with us. Great family sport!

Rode my first Honda Z-50 when I was a small kid, then a ST90, then a YZ100 and then got into ATC's with a 200X. Riding what is listed below.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v384/CRTracing/Untitled8.jpg

Chino886

01-25-2006, 06:49 PM

27 and getting ready to start MX racing this year....:macho

ajr400ex

01-25-2006, 06:50 PM

36 and still rippin' it up! Have been racing off and on for the last 6 years.

GNCC #248

7OahuEx

01-25-2006, 06:58 PM

36 got back into it at 34 with my first quad- 03' 400ex.
Two boys 15 and 10 cr85 expert and kx65. Still love tearing it up, and now have my own riding club. my buddies all havedirt bikes and hate it when i pass em.

Cool seeing all us who started on 3-wheelers are still rippin.

Past rides from the beginning...

Ride Red .................................

1983 185s
1984 200x
(2) 1985 200x's
1986 YZ250
1985 350x (miss that beast):(
2003 400ex

Dippy Dawg

01-27-2006, 07:18 PM

32,married, same woman for 8 years!! 4 year old son. Been riding for 20+ years. It gets in your blood, you can't just walk away.

1) 83 bigred
2)86 350 x
3) 86 250r atc
4)87 250x
5)05 450r

Time flies when your having fun and I've been having fun!!

I have to be honest about something here though, I'm still old school and have a special place in my heart for those atc's. The 450r is awsome and much more refined but a good running 250r atc is like a going on a ride in the zipper with a worn out door!!scary,fun

Dippy Dawg

01-27-2006, 07:18 PM

K-Dub

01-27-2006, 10:43 PM

33 been riding for 27 years. No wife no kids. 04 450R

4ABURN

01-28-2006, 07:55 AM

[ The 450r is awsome and much more refined but a good running 250r atc is like a going on a ride in the zipper with a worn out door!!scary,fun [/B][/QUOTE]

Have to agree 100%(that is so true)LOL:D

2MuchChi450R

01-28-2006, 01:32 PM

I'm only 22 (almost 23), but I've been riding since I was 5. Started out with a JR50 and moved on up from there. Got into quads when I bought a Rincon for cheap (swampbuggy ran it over) and was thinking on buying a CRF, but I liked my 4-wheeler, so it stuck and I got the first 450r off the freight truck. I can still get my pops out on his CRF250R on the weekends for some riding time. He's 54 and he's been riding since his early 20's too :D

01-30-2006, 09:55 AM

Originally posted by Dippy Dawg
The 450r is awsome and much more refined but a good running 250r atc is like a going on a ride in the zipper with a worn out door!!scary,fun

my dad still swears the 85 ATC250r was the cadillac of 250r's.
said it rode much better than anything else. from what i remember, it was a soft ride.

chad502ex

01-30-2006, 10:35 AM

One common thing:

No matter the age, we're all just kids at heart! Wahhhhooo!

I'm 36, married 12 yrs, 1 beautiful daughter 2 years. I've been riding since I was a kid and love it just a much then and now. My weekend motivation comes when our riding club member who is 58 is up front of the pack with me banging bars WOT for the lead,... wahhhooooo!

Who said "this site was a bunch of kids"? I'd like to laugh in that persons face.

Hawk III

01-30-2006, 02:49 PM

WOW, i can't believe the amount of old f'ers out there....well i am one of them too now :ermm: 36 yrs old, married 13 years, 3 boys who all love to ride, i started racing back in 1988 on a 88' 250r (was there anything better to start on?) bought a 90' zuki quadracer (big mistake) then got out of racing....when my oldst son turned 5 he got a Z50..my youngest son got a ltr50 and it absolutely drove me nuts to watch them ride all over the place with me just sitting there watching...i couldn't take it any longer and went and bought a 2003 Z400....then another 250r...then a 450r... i have not regretted since!! i really did miss the sport for 11 years or so :\

YELLOW RR

02-01-2006, 02:46 PM

YOU DONT STOP RIDING CAUSE YOU GET OLD, YOU GET OLD BECAUSE YOU STOP RIDING!!!.............IM 28 SINGLE NO KIDS AND LOVE MY 05 450R.

NaiLBoMB64

02-01-2006, 05:27 PM

my son and i on a 40 mile ride last sunday
i dont feel old 41 is not that old LOl ride for life

450rJam

02-03-2006, 06:13 PM

I'll be 39 this year. Married 19 years, 4 kids (they all ride) just got my 06 450er w/hrc............wow wow wow my new fav. toy
still got the 250r w/ mods (never parting with it) also have 400ex two 250ex, and a crf70f and crf50f. the younger two like dirtbikes better than atv's (sold the old trx125 haha no shocks) talk about a bouncer after the landing. OH CAN YOU TELL I LIKE HONDA ?

mtg 89

02-09-2006, 06:01 PM

48 yrs old, just had my 4th child a boy 7 months old now and ride my 05 450r with hrc kit, DG pipe, holeshots, etc with my younger (21 to 26 yrs old) friends who cant keep up HA HA HA !!!!!