Age versus era of bike ridden

[VMX Andrew]

Jeez Bradarello I'm not worthy of posting on this thread with less than "TEN" bikes
but here go's anyway!!
1984 CR500RE ex HRC Jeff Leisk , regularly raped
1985 CR500RF NOS sits in bar room, missus and daughter hate it!! go figure
1987 CR500RH restored with lots of trick bits, last seen as a blurr at CD4
1991 CR250RM immaculate one owner low hours
1981 YZ465H killer of all things Maico in QLD
1977 YZ400D bloody tuff bastard this one even MAGOO couldn't kill it!!
2007 CRF450X SCAR tour trusty steed, for sale cheap with all the "BLING" $9k
About me! well according to the familly I'm a cantankerous, short tempered, has been
old fart. Sounds about right
47 years young and act younger, learned to ride in the 'drain gang' on a Deckson Grass Grub in 72.
Didn't get my first bike till 78 a 78 YZ250E. Started racing in 79 had a break from 91-93. Still putting around. Lost count of how many I've had but I do remember I did a count in 89 at that stage I had owned
67 bikes!!
Enough Bang'n on

Big Bill.

hi squirtmoto was just wondering if you could put up some pics up of that ex jeff leisk hrc racer....cheers...

[husky61]

Husky61 (Shoey)

46 years of age caught the VMX bug in 2004 , but my main interest is Mountaineering. I started riding with my brother in 1970. We mostly owned (or were supplied by dad) Husqvarnas. i have pretty well had a bike or two in the shed since 1970 and Im happy to say they have nearly always been husqvarnas.

I am very fortunate to have the following bikes.
                                                                                                                                                                                     72 Cr 450 (husky) Nicest looking bike in the group

CR 250 Mag (Husky) (Nice bike)

76 360 Mikola (Husky) (Nice bike)

76 360 WR (In pieces awaiting resto)

79 250 CR Husky (Nice bike)

79 390  CR Husky Auto (Exceptionally Nice bike to ride)

81 420 WR Husky Auto (Nice bike)

83 250 Husky CR ( In my opinion the 83 models are sensational looking bikes)

83 250 Husky XC

83 500  Husky CR (2 off) One bike (Fully restored) is for sale. Contact Fernando at Husky Parts

83 500 Husky XC

79 440 Maico (Beautiful bike) This bike is for sale. Contact Les at Mainly Maico

81 490 Maico

79 250 CR Honda

83 450 CR Honda

HL 500 Yamaha

Many other things stored away including some moderns

Alot of the above bikes i have restored myself and quite a number of bikes were purchased from close friends and riders i have met though VMX. To date VMX has been a very rewarding experience and i have met many many fine people and gained some very good friends. There are many meetings to look forward to in the year 2008 and I look forward to 2008 with great anticipation.

Happy newyear and i hope to catch up with alot of the VMX folk though out 2008.

Rob

[VMX247]

BUMP..
its now 2010..who are the new members on the forum to add to this thread.?
Are you around 50 years of age with a 69 to 82 model bike in your shed.....if so you are in the majority of average vmxer's          
Edit you should be about 52yrs old now    
cheers me

[DR]

and the average number of bikes per member?

[BAHNZY]

Strange to look back, in 2008 it was;

Dekson Victa 160cc - 1st bike sill got it.
78 RM125C - Fully restored in 06, never ridden since.
77 RM/PE250C - Rebuilt, raced in 04/05/06 and now retired.
RM400C - Fully restored in 05. Sorted thru 06 and raced in 07.
80 PE250T - An honest farm bike in above average cond for age.
83 KX500 - Currently being restored. Be ready for CD and 08 season.
76 TL125 - Never been touched. Just ridden, currently daughters learner bike.
05 FE550 Husaberg - The King of Bling!!!!

Now its
Dekson Victa 160cc - No change
78 RM125C - Was the main rider at CD7
77 RM/PE250C - New engine fitted and raring to go again.
79 RM400C - Now retired
80 PE250T - Fully rebuilt. RM exhaust, 43 Twin leader forks, ohlins rear. Awesome Vinduro mount
83 KX500 - Now with WP front end and Ohlins rear. Mainstay CD and BBB bike.
76 TL125 - No change
05 FE550 Husaberg - Sold
98 FC600  - Ex Andy Caldecott bike. Currently under restoration
84 RM125 – Full resto with a WP front end, ohlins rear. Current race bike
99 RM125 – Full on bling machine. Awesome race/play bike.
77 PE250B – The alloy tank model. Will be up for sale before the end of the year.
83 PE175 – Full resto and converted to a MX machine. Daughters ride bike.
85 RM125 – Just picked up. Who knows what i’ll do with this one.
Child of 63 and 110Kg, and now 125’s are the main race bikes.
So more bikes, downsized the race bike capacity, increased the body mass and gained a couple of years....Wow.

[caps 999]

well considering i never wrote in this thread the first time here goes
im 20 years young and i ride a
81 cr460me mugen
82 cr480me mugen
83 cr480 (looking for a mugen kit)
and a 2009 rm250

[retrowrex]

Time to be honest.

45 years of age.

Bikes:
1979 YZ250F I got the bug and needed a VMX bike and this came along first.
1982 YZ125J X2. 1 going one in bits. Had one of these new in 82. oved it then. Loved it now.
1983 RM250D. Wanted a 250cc pre 85 bike and this came along
1982 YZ100.  Bought it for $50.  the guy who phoned said it was a 125. When I got there. he said it was a 100 bored out to a 125.  More like bored out to a 101.  Fixed it up for the daughter to ride. She won;t ride it, so I got to sell it.  Many pink parts. Have to sell it now.
1983 IT490 Wanted a similar era open classer and this came along.  Going but needs a fair bit of work.
1983 YZ125K Had to be nicer than the J didn't it.  Bought it and started collecting parts for a rebuild.  Have to sell it now.
1980 IT175G/H Had one of these back in the day.  A mate had this one and did not want it.  Started collecting bits for it but now have to sell it.
Also have a 1998 WR250 2t and a 04 YZ125 for the son and a 00 DS 80 for the other daughter which go to my talley as well.

8 bikes in total going. 3 not going, but all there. 3 modern bikes.

Retro

[All Things 414]

So that's your YZ 100 with all the pink bits on it! Looked tidy apart from the pink. Sorry.

[Paddles]

i'm a 71 kid and even though dad raced road bikes i never got a bike until i left school and could afford one for myself.

i've transferred myself from being a single track trail rider to pretty much exclusively riding motocross tracks now so my modern is a 2007 RMZ450 K7.

for old ride bikes .....

i've got a 1980 YZ465 G-banger, because bikes from this this era were cheap and plentiful so were the first bikes for many of my mates when we first left school in the late 80's.

i'm also just finishing off a 1986 CR250 RG, because this was the dream modern bike for myself and most of my mates when we were buying our first bikes.

i fully appreciate and admire the 70's and even 60's era bikes (especially those uber cool trumpies and beezas) but just don't have the same attachment to them that guys of my era have to 80's jap bikes

[shorelinemc]

46/120kg lucky i am tall so can carry/hide weight and the bald spot
wasp 1976 gs1000
suzuki gs1000 dirt track side car
husky wr 430 1983 thought i would use one of the bikes i imported -should at least race one of them at least till it sells

[Nathan S]

To rehash/update my original post:

34 years old, and I have bikes made from '70 to '00. I first rode in 1984, and started paying proper attention to bikes in 85~86.

If I was really pushed to cut back my fleet, the bikes that would stay are 74, 76, 77, 80, 87, and 94 models.

Pink means that its a bike that I had/a mate had when I wasa kid.
Red means that I lusted after it when I was a kid.
Funnily enough, there are a few bikes on the list that I'm very passionate about, but are neither red or pink.

'70 DT1.
'70 AT1.
'72(?) SL100.
'73 XL175.
'73 MX250.
'74 DT100A
'74 MX100A.
'74 YZ125A.
'74 DT125A.
'74 TS185L.
'74 DT250A.
'74 Kawi F11.
'74 Montesa VR250.
'75 YZ125C.
'76 YZ125X.
'77 YZ125D.
'78 YZ125E.
'79 IT175F.
'79 IT400F.
'79 YZ125F.
'80 YZ125G.
'80 YZ250G.
'81(?) KDX175B.
'83 IT175K.
'83 KDX200A.
'84 KDX200B1.
'87 CR125RH.
'88 DT175U.
'88 XT250U.
'89 KTM125GS.
'94 TM125E.
'00 RM125.

[All Things 414]

I'm a fraction younger than the era of bikes that I mainly ride now. What I mean is I was racing mini's in 79-82 but really wanted to get into the big stuff (I was 14 in 1979). I did however get Stan S's VE 414 in 1982 but just wasn't savvy enough to race it. My tally today stands at:
VR 250 ('74). Not really my era but a pretty little thing.
VE 414 ('79).
VF 414 ('80).
VF 414 ('80).
YZ 465 H ('81). Make me an offer
YZ 80 J ('82). Yeah it's not going but it will.
H7 250 ('83). Too pretty to ride as well.
YZ 250 M ('00). Yeehaa!.....

[firko]

Twenty years ago this list would have consisted of a dozen or so Maicos plus my Champion framed Yamaha SC500 flat tracker and whatever modern bike I had at the time. Fifteen years ago it would have shown my renewed interest in early Yamaha's by including the 'DT1 from Hell' and my emerging interest in special framed bikes with my Champion framed XL350 motocrosser.
Ten years ago the Maico hoard was dramatically thinned, the Champion XL sold and a renewed interest in classic cars took precedence in the shed.

Today the list reflects my non racing status by consisting of bikes that appeal to my love of custom frames and for the sadly forgotten (and quirky) bikes of our sports history. Seeing that Nathan's used up the red and pink ink, my under construction bikes are in blue, the 'waiting for their moment' bikes are in green and the bikes that don't currently figure in future plans are in brown.

*1964 Cotton Cobra
*1965 Hindall Ducati 250
*1968 Yamaha DT1 resto covergirl.
*1968 Yamaha DT1 racer
*1969 Cheney RT1 Yamaha
*1969 Hindall DT1 Yamaha
*1970 Maico 350
*1970 Maico 350twin brother to my old race bike
*Antig framed 250 Maico square barrel slider
*Rickman Metisse/Maico 250
*1973 Boyd and Stellings framed TM400 Suzuki
*Yamaha DT250
*1972 Yamaha DT2MX
*1973 Suzuki TM250.
*1973ish Suzuki TM/TS VMX magazine project bikebeing converted to flat tracker
*1974 Yamaha MX125.
*1974 Yamaha TY250
*1972 Suzuki TS90 pitbike/bucket racer
*3x Suzuki TS90 donor bikes
*1973 Maico 250 trials special.
*Trackmaster Benelli 650 flat track project
*1980 Honda XL500S (Awaiting C&J frame.)
*1983 Suzuki PE400Z
*1982 Yamaha IT175 looking for a usable bottom e end/motor
In addition to the above I have a number of Maico and Yamaha engines, Trackmaster Yamaha 750 frame, Rickman Montesa roller, Honda XL 250 roller, Honda CL250 twin engine, an electric "chopper" that I'd like to convert to a pitbike and a garden shed full of "stuff"..EDIT: I almost forgot, I've also got enough stuff to put a '68 era Sprite Maico together.
I also have an interest in Jaguars, owning
*1976 Jaguar XJS V12 5.3 litre. (deceased engine) for sale.
*1977 Jaguar XJ-S Walkinshaw V12 6.0 litre

I'm sure I've forgotten some stuff but that covers the nucleus of the stash.

[head]

I am 47 and Race
YZ250H 1981
YZ250L 1984
RMZ450 2008 Race modern local MX and Amcross

[POM]

64 vintage, raced in uk throughout the 83/84/85 seasons on rm465x,kx500a1,cr250e around the north midlands area mainly in amca club meets.Did a few acu events(fast chaps) at most of the famous uk tracks like hawkstone park (I was there when jobe did his famous double),hatherton hall,canada heights etc....got whipped real bad.packed in for 8 yrs,then half heartedly raced clubbies for the rest of the nineties.Emigrated to oz in 02 and brought a 99yz250 and a rm500e with me,just started doing the viper series.
83 yz250k
84 yz250lx4.5
rm500e
yz80n
99yz250
09yzf450