Average age of GG riders!!

[Anders]

I am 52.
Have owned and ridden bikes since I was 13-14, but when I got my motorcycle driver's license at 16, I went out on the roads. Started out touring, and later moved towards tracks and trackdays. Didn't start with offroad bikes until a few (less than 10) years ago when my kids started riding MX bikes. Then I bought a '00 RM125 that we all used for MX practice. Later, my sons bought their own MX bikes, and my daughter and myself shared the RM. Now, both my sons (23 and 29) have EC300s (a '08Racing and a '09 SixDays) while I have an '06 EC200. The RM is still with us, my daughter (25) still rides it occationally.

[Vergey]

Just bought mine after riding a few things off road, decided I wanted the best I could get for my money, so bought a 2002 EC300, and I am 24...saw sense at an early age

[flybars]

I turned 63 last month. Been riding street bikes since I was 17 but didn't get into riding dirt bikes 'till I was 54. I just didn't know anyone who rode dirt back then. I can't think of anything more fun or challenging than riding singletrack!

[Jetster220]

Im in the minority, 26 and Im actually on my 2nd GasGas, this is the 1st one I purchased myself though.

[jmdcr50]

I am 47.. going on my third year with my 08 ec250 the best bike I have ever had .

[ACR Tom]

I just turned 54 and I ride once a week if possible . Stopped a few times to raise a family and start a business . I am going to start to compete this year in ecea events . I have a 2005 xc200 any suggestions as to what class I should start in ?

[hawaiidirtrider]

Originally Posted by bchatt

I can see the headlines now...." a recent poll undertaken by Spanish motorcycle manufacturer, Gasgas, turned up some suprising results. It seems 80% of Gasgas owners are blind, bald and over sixty. Most of them admit to riding like idiots even though by now they should know better. Market research also reveals the most purchased aftermarket accessory is a billet machined alloy zimmer frame mount that attaches neatly to the rear mudgaurd...."

Classic!!! funny!!! ....and I'm 53. All the other addictions have fallen away. Now riding the only one and is my best defense against Diabetes and heart problems. I don't want to excercise but I want to ride.. and I might want to excercise so I can ride better..and get healthier. That over 50 class is a very competitive class. .. It's the third or fourth quarter after all. ..not a kid anymore even though I feel like it and act like it.. in the trails anyway. Aug 15, 2011 my best friend and cousin passed away. I had given him the 300ec gasgas that I have back right now about 7 or 8 months before. He was super happy with the bike and I was thrilled to have my brother in the trails laughing and enjoying the greatest sport. We rode Aug 14, 2011 at our riding park out at Kahuku and had a blast . The next day he said he didn't feel good and would stay home. He passed away in bed from cardiac problems. Tracy Paiva.. He was 47. Gotta appreciate it. There's no guaranty. I know a bunch of you have similar stories. Sorry I didn't want to make it heavy. but I guess my just being in this forum is related since I got the bike back. Just have to be happy that we're out there.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fvqaGhuhGZk

[bowhunter007]

Damn it! I'd swear I just turned 30...Oh yea, that was a while back...way back Youth is definitely wasted on the young.

[hawaiidirtrider]

Originally Posted by wrench

46yo, I started riding (unbeknownst to my parents who forbade me) at 12 when a couple of friends got bikes (Honda XR70 & Yamaha GT80), my parents found out a few months before I turned 14. For my 14th B-day my day handed me the classified section of the paper (if you are under 30 and don't know what that is ... just ask your parents!), and said, find a dirtbike that you like with a price that I like.

I ended up getting a Hodaka Combat Wambat 125 a week later and I never looked back. Traveled the whole gambit from MX-HS-Road Racing back to HS & Enduro.

In 2009, I had the opportunity to join a team (chase crew/chief mechanic) to run the Sportsman class for the 2010 Baja 1000. A few days before leaving for Baja, I was given the opportunity to become the 5th rider as well! What a dream come true, until a crash on a "pre run" 2 days before the start, in which I broke several ribs 10 miles into a 40 mile run. Although, I was able to finish the run it was obvious that night I was out for riding and assumed my duties as mechanic and driver of on of the chase vehicles. What a blast it was!!!

I currently have a 2001 GG 250XC, I loved it soo much that I sold the 2000 KTM 300MXC that I had been riding. I do miss the grunt of the 300 but I don't like the "ride on top of a building" feel that the KTM's have (all my major crashes have been aboard a KTM- the 300 & 450rfs in Baja!) and I find that my GG has that "low in the saddle feel", very similar to the 94 YZ 250 (after revalve) that I rode before the KTM. I don't know if it is due to the factory or my suspension guy (Hyperformance Cycles) who had already set it up with the previous owner. I have only ridden one other GG, an 03 300 and it felt nearly the same to me.

Anyway, I am currently re-habbing from ACL recon surgery (MXing my XC) and looking to find a nice e-start bike, hopefully I won't have to resort to a PDS bike!

Bikes currently in the garage:
1982 Husky 430XC (for sale/trade)
1994 YZ 250
2001 GasGas 250XC
2003 CRF 150(daughter's)
2007 110 pit bike (my toy and son's ride)
2000 Kawasaki ZRX 1100 (for sale/trade)

My other addiction ......
1965 Fairlane 500 Sport Coupe
1966 Datsun SPL311 (1600)
1967.5 Datsun SRL311 (2000-#321)

Get well and take care of that knee. I sure wish I was close to you. I had a 82 husky 430xc and might have taken that off your hands.. I have a great memory of that bike and all the racing I did with it and I learned how to ride without brakes with it too!!!

[Mo.man]

I guess this is like voting 4 times, I'm 55, I've been riding a 2007 200 for years, My son is 22 and has a 2011 XC250, My brother is 50 and rides an 08 300 and my son in law is 25 and rides a 2011 300 Six Days. When we go harescramble racing everybody knows the gasser boys are there.