Interesting Motorcycle

Posted by Greybeard on Apr 13th, 2009 in Days of Old | Comments Off

First off,  a bit of personal history:  I grew up riding dirt bikes,  and most of that riding was in tightly growing northern Michigan forestlands.    There’s nothing like a tight singletrack though the deep woods.    I also liked cruising back roads (that means dirt,  and often sand or loose gravel).  In my youth I raced a Harley Sportster on  what eventually become moto-cross tracks.   We competed against 650 Triumph’s,  BSA’s,  and an occassional Norton.   Later I tryed road bikes for a while,  but it never held the allure of the woods.  When I traveled the roads,  I often gravitated to the back roads,  and often to two tracks and tighter.

I’ve ocassionally done a bit of shopping looking for a bike that would work for my kind of riding.   Something along the lines of the Harley XR750 TT Scrambler comes to mind, but their pretty much collectors items.   I tried an XL650R Honda,  but it was too top heavy and tall.  My not so fond nick name for it was “the Tank”.     At my somewhat dignified age,  I’ve thought less about that kind of riding.   You just can’t do it with most of today’s offerings.   Today,  I saw the Marines version of a dirt bike,  and learned that a non-diesel version is available to the public.  Now,  this one isn’t a V-twin,   and I’m not really sure how top heavy it is and such,  but with spring on it’s way,   there’s just a  spark of the fever starting to burn.



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