Have I made a mistake?

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Originally Posted by LankyIanB

MX - it's still a bike.

What makes you think you're not at risk of injury on a road bike...?

presumably he will be riding off road, so the random surfaces and the fact that MX bikes spend 50% of the in the air.

[carelesschucca]

Originally Posted by speedplay

So what did you buy then...?

only bought a Lid so far, but my Cousin has got a 2007 YZ 125 lined up for me... Only things I need to sort are towbar on car trailer and convince my olds that there's space in their garage for another bike (remembering that i no longer actually live with them)

all going well I should be mobile by the start of march

yay a bit of positive talk for once!

[carelesschucca]

Originally Posted by Amplimator

Lets be fair here, thats a bit of a selfish attitude due to the fact your not the only person thats on the road. I couldnt give a monkeys left bowlack about myself, but i know i couldnt live with myself if i had hurt/killed another innocent person due to being just plain daft on the road. Accidents do happen, but are less likely if you are not riding like another rossi wannabe.

How little you know my riding, I said I was fast I didn't say I was reckless or daft, I see plenty of riders that are way slower than me but are far more dangerous. Then again who am I to judge? You'll just have to ask some of the Ecosse clan if I'm dangerous (to be honest I'd love to know). But the fact I actually think about the situations that I'm in means I'm more considerate than your making out.

Oh I'm not saying I haven't crashed either - But that was on an IAM Track Night.

hi son, my cousins kids over in Fife are right into mx. One of them is junior scottish champion or something. He had a bad fall in the summer, damaged his vertebrae, was airlifted to hospital, back on bike within the month. If you go to any meets look out for the Gourlay clan from Freuchie. The boys are on facebook, I could ask them some questions about kit, bikes and places to go. I think you will enjoy mx but remember you are not as young as you used to be. falling off at iam track night, you bounced rather well, nealy taking out colin mcrae though lol - what does little lady think about it all or have you still to break the news to her

[carelesschucca]

Mrs Chucca seems to be ok with the idea she got me a day at Fun in the Mud for my Christmas.

The only thing that was said by her was can you afford it, and if you get a 2nd bike I want a ring... Still dunno how you can put those two things in the same sentence

To be honest Kirsteen comes along when we go to Doune MX track to watch Louie and really enjoys being there (my uncle and Louie are more relaxed there compared to the road racing and its a great laugh)

I'm actually tryin to get her to join in (share the bike - maybe not the costs) as she really is as bike daft as me. Maybe she does deserve that ring!!!

no mistake!
Recon you'll love it, then again I think everyone would love it.
Always remember the 2 things key to off road riding:
If you're not falling off, you're not trying hard enough!

And The single most important piece of advice I was ever given on the subject:
If, sorry WHEN you're about to crash you've got 3 choices; "Pain", "A Lot of Pain" and "Wait and See" always always choose pain! you'll get up and laugh it off, if you choose either of the other 2 you'll come off a damn site worse.

Happy to help.

Originally Posted by carelesschucca

only bought a Lid so far, but my Cousin has got a 2007 YZ 125 lined up for me... Only things I need to sort are towbar on car trailer and convince my olds that there's space in their garage for another bike (remembering that i no longer actually live with them)

all going well I should be mobile by the start of march

Only mistake so far is the engine size...

[carelesschucca]

Oh no I don't want a 250 to start off with, I want something light and fun to be enjoyed...

I was advised by all the guys at Doune that 125 2 stroke would be perfect to start me off, and I shouldn't buy a 2nd hand 250 4 stroke unless I knew the person really well. as there's a chance that it'll go POP and be VERY expensive, not to say a stroker won't do the same, probably more likely, but it'll cost way less to fix!!!

Originally Posted by carelesschucca

Oh no I don't want a 250 to start off with, I want something light and fun to be enjoyed...

250 is light and to be enjoyed!!

you may just get bored of the 125 a little too quickly.