Age versus era of bike ridden

[vandy010]

a big old 42 years young,
dig the older bikes mostly due to hearing my older brothers mates argue it out when i was a young fella.
and all those yamaha sales brochures i had. boxes of em! memorised it as a kid,
it's how i learnt to read, sadly they all went up in a house fire years ago...sniff...

bikes 74mx125 is the main bike-racing
        pre-70rt1-now racing

        on the bench is more pre75 stuff, 1 pre 78 and 1 evo

        modern mount is a 2000 cr250 and it's soon up for sale as i'm losing interest,
      
        work truck is 93 xt600, she's cool with the button and big tank.
 
       no dogs or cats, just 2 kids and a passion for pre75

    so i guess to answer the question,
my bikes are mostly "before" my time.

[Maico31]

47 years old
Oldest bike:'71 maico
Vintage race bikes:'77 RM250, '81 Maico 490
 '84 CR250, '84 RM250
Modern race bike: '05 RMZ450
Started racing in 1975 on a TM75, retired in 1983. Began racing vintage in '92 and still at it.

[Lozza]

Aged 40..... 42  
Started racing in 97 and VMX in 99 or 2000 or sometime around then.
Own a 74 TS 400 ,81 RM 100 and Honda H100
Wants: bigger shed for more bikes and bits.
Likes: talking/typing shite,MkII Ford Escorts
Modern bikes own none want plenty
Hopefully get to travel to a few more meetings this year
See you all at CD 5

[crs-and-rms]

47 in one month i have the following bikes not all runners
76,77,78,80 rm250s
79,80 pe 250s
78,79,80 rm125s
two 84 cr 250s
88 kx 125
 89 rgv 250
2004 ktm exc 300
started racing in 79 on a 77rm125 then 1980 rm 125 81rm125 81cr 250  82 cr 250 83 cr 250 84 cr 250 broke my neck at jilliby in 84 stopped racing started vmx in 2004 dislocated ac joint in 2004 stopped again hope to one day to ride vmx again if the cook will let me still looking for 77 rm 125

[suzuki27]

45Yrs now and mostly a Suzuki fan.XR 75(74),YZ80C,SL,KD90,RM125 and so on to now in the shed where my RM250T(1980),RM250B(1977),RM125D(1983) an 84 125E Zook in progress and a KTM EXC-F250(2007)-my first Euro bike and a sweet thing it is, take up the room-one car sleeps outside-I am working on the other side.Still love it like  I was 10yrs old and hope to be involved one way or another when throwing a leg over gets harder to do-An SP370 almost turned me off the sport for life!

[Wombat]

Shit, am I the only bloke with just one bike??
It's a '78 Maico 440 - and to be honest it still hasn't arrived!
I'm 47 years old and this machine is from the era I raced Motocross ('78 & '79 seasons).
So to answer Brads question, yes I've gone with what I know and the era I relate to.
I wouldn't have gone earlier than a '70 model as they're mostly four strokes - and although I love ém, I don't have any experience with the motors.

[jimson]

G'day viewers I'm a 1966 model so that would make me 41 I think? I have a DT1 for pre 70 also a ME 125 Indian for pre 75 and a TS185 bitsa bike for pre 75 I've never race a bike or rode in a pack I hope to change both of these things in 08.  jimson

[Graeme M]

49 in April. Never raced MX until 2000 when I got into VMX. Rode in the 70s and 80s, mostly trail and enduro and some dirt track. Big crash in 88 slowed me down and I got into roadies in a big way, then off bikes altogether from about 90 through to 98.

Identify mostly with bikes from my 'era', that is 1975 to 1985, although if pressed really prefer my bike to have twin shocks. Linkage bikes are fine, but too much like a modern bike for me.

Vintage: 74 TM125, 75 RM125.
Modern: 05 YZ125.

I get to ride occasionally I guess, I think about a dozen times in 2007, including a few race days. Hope to do a bit more this year though.

[GMC]

Seems most here are in their 40's & 50's
I'm 48
Trying to piece together a HL 500, CMS/ CZ 400
& rebuild a 73 Maico 250 & 89 Beta trials.
Bought a 2000 - KTM 300  a few years back because I wanted a trail / club MX bike that ran while I found time to work on the others. Time for my own projects seems to come second to working on everyone else's projects :'( unfortunatly it had a few problems that kept robbing me of both time & money.
Thinking of selling it to finance the completion of the others & a newly aquired 88 KDX 200 may become my vinduro / pre 90 & modern trail bike

[bigk]

45 y/o, fat, bald and hell slow! Started racing at 37y/o. Rode Maico last season, ('75 MC250/326 & '76 AW440) but will probably be on Husqvarna for the coming season, ('74 WR400 & whatever else I can get for pre'78 /EVO). My modern bike is another piece of Swedish excellence and in my opinion, the only make to have: 2007 Husaberg FE550, (been riding Husaberg since 2002 after switching from Husqvarna).
Cheers,
K

[yzhilly]

G'day All  i'm 43 i started racing in late 78 on a YZ80E i loved that bike and thought i was king dick every time i hopped on it ,Now 30 years later i have a YZ400E and now every time i hop on it my knees hurts but once i fire it up and let the clutch out i get a buzz thats hard to describe and thats the only reason i ride .if i didnt get that i wouldnt bother jumping through all the hoops it takes to get on the track. I would like a pre 75 bike for racing but i'm not passionate about them because i never raced one .To me the bikes i rode growing up have more meaning .I plan on racing Viper Pre80 & Pre85 this season and a few flattrack meetings & CD5  
YZ400E - Pre 80
IT465H - Evo
YZ250J - Pre 85
YZ125K - Pre 85

[TonyB]

46.5 with some busted body parts but I still sort of resemble a human...
I started on Yamahas with vertical twin shocks 4' travel but progressed as I got older into racing enduros on an IT175 then sold it and raced a 490 alpha1 maico in the mid 80's for about 3 years.

now i got my beloved YZ465  and an 83' KTM495 due for resto . So yes my bikes are from the era I raced in, and I only found out about VMX a year ago, thats when I realised there was a God...

[suzuki43]

Sorry to say I am 37 years old and got into VMX after too many beers with Firko and Bernie at the Broadford OZ GP many years ago.
Currently own the following mighty Suzuki's
1981 RM 125X
1982 RM 250Z
1983 RM 250D
1984 RM 125E
I used to own a red devil but it just wasn't an era that I followed (too young) the early to mid eighties are where my interest grew.
VMX to me is about having fun, reliving our youth and hanging out with some quality people.

[firko]

Yeah that was a good weekend Suzuki43. I was seeing double that day (in joke). Don't forget to drop by the Kevlar Pavillion at CD5 for a quiet Margarita.

[BETRIC]

Shit I am 49 in 2 weeks time, started riding at 11yrs old with a deckson, then rode, crashed and raced an XR75 at black meetings around NSW in the early 70's, late 70's early 80's did Enduro's/Flat track and MX on PE175, YZ250H(BETRIC RACING) and IT250L, late 80's and 90's were Enduro's both Club and State rounds on RMX250, XR400, and WR400F, started with VMX 2001 with Cooper Enduro, I like mostly 70's dirt bikes and minicycles, I have in the shed a couple of Cooper MX bikes, YAMAHA MX360, MX250B, YZ125X, YZ80B, CR80 RED DEVILS, FIVE XR75's, RM250D, motorsport XL250 plus other bikes, still have a WRF400 for trail riding.
Resto's in progress
Magoo's XR75 K1 pitbike
XR75 K4
YZ80B/YZ125X/MX250B, The YZ125X was the first yamaha I owned, claimed it back from an old friend I sold it to 29yr's ago
RM250D nearly finished
73 TC100
XL250 MOTORSPORT race bike?
XR75 K0
XR75K1 pit bike