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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:13 am 
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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!

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 12:29 am 
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Welcome to the DAMN group :thumbup:

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 1:06 am 
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Fredericktown Yamaha is a good shop. I don't have any Yamahas anymore though.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 6:06 am 
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BigBird wrote:
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).


Hey neighbor! I live down the hill from you and diagonal from the old Ingalls. Welcome and about DAMN time you found us!

perfect timing too - if you want to share a ride over to the meet/greet I can pick you up. I'm driving over as I'm hoping to haul my Wasp back.

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:30 pm 
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Welcome to DAMN Big Old Bird. I've been where you are now, an aging old school dirt biker getting a chance to do it again :thumbup: Sound like our dirt bike roots sprouted about the same time. You'll like the dirty bikes of today :loveit:

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PostPosted: Tue Mar 09, 2010 8:35 pm 
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welcome old guy :thumbup: stick with KEN he knows the best creek crossings paddles down over the rest :harhar: we help each other out and look forward to meeting you and teaching you the most important thing with the DAMN riders :freakey: lots of BS. and some DAMN good riding by all that attend. :loveit: and if you like a beer well thats icing on the cake with us. :cheers: we all like to sit around the camp fire and have a few and talk dirt. :hi5:

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 6:56 pm 
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Hey Big Bird! Nice riding with you today. You make that big yellow bike carve up those corners! Very smooth. I hope I get a chance to ride with you again soon.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 10, 2010 7:05 pm 
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 11, 2010 9:53 am 
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Here is the GL1800.

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