Resurrecting this thread.
I grew up surrounded by Harley Davidsons and messing around with quads & dirtbikes but only took a serious interest in riding this year. Got my license back in May and have put 20,000 km on a hand-me-down 2009 KLX250S in the last 5 months. Without a doubt this is the most fun I've ever had in my life.
Riding up the abandoned Forgotten Plateau ski slopes on Vancouver Island.
Messing around the local trails with some buddies and their old Hondas.
More local trails with a KTM 990 ADV and an old KLR 650.
And my beloved winter beater, an '82 Honda ATC200E Big Red, soon to be dragged out of hibernation.
My father has been patiently waiting 24 years for me to join him on the road and is happier than I've ever seen him now that we can ride together.
He has been building and customizing choppers since his teens, the two below are his '81 Shovelhead (1200 cc) and a 2013 BMC Hooligan (1500 cc). Both bikes are enormously fun in very different ways, both are rigid mount hardtails.
We're flying out to Nevada early December to rent a couple of Indian Scouts to ride to the Grand Canyon and Death Valley. We're basically looking at it as an extended test ride to determine whether or not we want to buy one next riding season. Very excited, I think they're absolutely gorgeous and have very little doubt in my mind that they ride as nicely as they look.
