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At what age did you start riding?
14-16 30%  30%  [ 47 ]
17-18 10%  10%  [ 16 ]
19-20 8%  8%  [ 13 ]
21-25 17%  17%  [ 27 ]
26-30 10%  10%  [ 16 ]
31-35 8%  8%  [ 13 ]
36-40 4%  4%  [ 7 ]
41-45 8%  8%  [ 12 ]
46-50 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
51-55 1%  1%  [ 2 ]
56-60 1%  1%  [ 1 ]
61-65 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
66-70 0%  0%  [ 0 ]
Total votes : 156
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TKDean
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How old were you when you first started ridding?
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I got my first dirt bike when I was 11. I stopped riding after I wrecked and couldn't afford to fix my bike when I was 16. I've always had the bug but it wasn't until last summer that I started doing something about it.

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I got my first street bike at 16, but I've been riding in the dirt for a decade before that... crazy having a decade of experience with anything at 16.

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Agreed, the poll doesn't go low enough. I think I was about 7 or 8 when I first started.

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I started riding at age 16. I owned a motorcyle before I owned a car. I rode my little Suzuki 185 everywhere all through my high school years. I remember out on the freeway with that little bike throttled wide open and too young and dumb to realize that I had no business out on the freeway on that small of a bike. Those were the days. When I first got married, I bought a Yamaha XT 500 which was my main means of transportation for years. I would ride it to work in the middle of Jan in Utah. I worked night shift and one particularly cold morning when I came out of work and hopped on the bike to ride it home, it was so cold that my seat cracked in about 5 places. After I sold the Yamaha, I gave up riding for over 25 years before I recently got the urge to go bike looking again. My latest choice is the Suzuki M50. I really love the look and feel of that one. I am excited to get a new bike but for now I'm having a great time looking.
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Took the MSF course at 50 years young. I started commuting to work in mid June of last year. That was two bikes and 10,500 miles ago! :shock: Time flies when you're having fun!! :laughing:

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Well it all started one night when I was drunk. I went home with this lady type that I wouldn't normally go home with. A week or so later is when it started to ....

Ohhhh! You mean the motorcycle riding itch. I got the itch when I was young but didn't start riding until I was 33.

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t_bone, you are such a nut! You almost had me going... :laughing: :roll:

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