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- Walston
My 3rd cousins had a 70's Kawasaki KL 250 ,if I recall correctly, and gave me a ride in 1973 in Junction Texas. Nobody in my family ever rode, but I was in love!
It wasn't until 1976, when I was 11 years old in the 6th grade, that my dirt biking classmates got me hooked..........and very soon after, my first ticket!! I told my parents I wanted a dirtbike, and my dad said, "Son, when you get a job and can pay for it, then you can have a dirtbike!" He turned away with a smug grin, satisfied that he wasn't being the "Bad Guy" by saying NO, knowing I probably would give up.
I had gotten a hardship driver license at 13, so I could drive to school, as we lived way out in the country, so I had a pickup truck already. One day, I picked up the paper and looking through the want/for sale adds, and there it was!! IT, was a 1979 Yamaha YZ125 for sale in Sweetwater, only 36 miles away.!! I picked up the phone and called, and long story, shorter...........bought it!! I drove solo to town and paid for it, loaded it and came straight home.
When dad got home from work that night, he asked my mom, "Who's motorcycle is that in the yard?" Her smiling response was, "You told him when he got a job and could buy it himself, then he could have it, so you can't say a word!!" I was racing soon afterwards, and have ridden ever since!
It wasn't until 1976, when I was 11 years old in the 6th grade, that my dirt biking classmates got me hooked..........and very soon after, my first ticket!! I told my parents I wanted a dirtbike, and my dad said, "Son, when you get a job and can pay for it, then you can have a dirtbike!" He turned away with a smug grin, satisfied that he wasn't being the "Bad Guy" by saying NO, knowing I probably would give up.
I had gotten a hardship driver license at 13, so I could drive to school, as we lived way out in the country, so I had a pickup truck already. One day, I picked up the paper and looking through the want/for sale adds, and there it was!! IT, was a 1979 Yamaha YZ125 for sale in Sweetwater, only 36 miles away.!! I picked up the phone and called, and long story, shorter...........bought it!! I drove solo to town and paid for it, loaded it and came straight home.
When dad got home from work that night, he asked my mom, "Who's motorcycle is that in the yard?" Her smiling response was, "You told him when he got a job and could buy it himself, then he could have it, so you can't say a word!!" I was racing soon afterwards, and have ridden ever since!