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Posted by: BiGMiKe
Well the guys i ride with dont care what your riding
we have :
artic cat 454
400 scrambler
500 scrambler
500 sportsman
325 trail boss
suzuki bikes i for get which
many hondas
grizzly 600
a few dirtbike's
and we all call each other brother so i say
lets all get along everyone payed good money for what they like
Posted by: Mark Vinson
Well said Mike! I think we all tend to get caught up more in who has what sometimes and forget what is important - getting out and enjoying ourselves! Does it really matter if someone else buys something other than what I have? If that's what they wanted so be it. As I've said before in here, all the manufacturers must make a pretty good product or they wouldn't still be in business! And, as I've also said, a person's opinion of an ATV will depend on the experience they've had with it - if it was a lemon (which ALL manufacturers have!) then that company makes nothing but trash, if it was good then that brand is the greatest thing ever made! Let's all just enjoy the fact that we have an ATV and not worry about the brand!
Mark Vinson
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Posted by: lordmik
I agree with the "doesn't matter what you ride, as long as you ride" theory. I'm stuck way out here in the middle of the pacific ocean, on a small (35 mi X 8 mi) rock called Guam, and I'm happy if I can find two or three bikes to ride with. I don't care what they are. Polaris (haven't seen one here yet, but I'm waiting) Honda, Yamaha, etc. I mostly go fourwheeling with a bunch of trucks, so it's nice to have another bike along so we can actually get out of 2nd gear. Dang trucks take their time.
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Michael "Lordmik" Magee
Stranded on a tropical island, for now...
Posted by: Boger
Adam, the only reason that Polaris Diesel is next to that reliable Honda is because we all know about how long diesels can go with out repairs. Now if was a regular gas engine, it would be a whole nother story :) more like cuz that was a stupid joke.
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*400EX*Big Gun Headers and Slipon. White Bros. Rev Kit. Looking at new carbs. *LT250R*FMF Pipe and Power Core Silencer. Keihin Carb. Boyesen Reeds. Evan Johnson Email: JaVa003@AoL.CoM
[This message has been edited by boger (edited 07-19-1999).]
Posted by: Boger
Maybe they're just some guys coming from different trails that stopped to take a leak and Mike snapped a picture of them (of course I mean the quads j/p mike)
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*400EX*Big Gun Headers and Slipon. White Bros. Rev Kit. Looking at new carbs. *LT250R*FMF Pipe and Power Core Silencer. Keihin Carb. Boyesen Reeds. Evan Johnson Email: JaVa003@AoL.CoM
Posted by: Boger
I ride with who ever wants to ride. A couple of days ago I was riding with a Bayou and an Artic Cat, the next time I go riding I'll be riding with a Banshee or 250R. I love to ride with lots of people, wether its a old slow 4x4, or a lighting fast LT500.
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*400EX* *LT250R* Evan Johnson Email: JaVa003@AoL.CoM
Posted by: RidE
Ride to simultaneously perform and have fun, not caring about who's is better than whose...AND THERE IT IS. It seems as if the rest of the world is caught up in this "my ____ can smoke a ____" and all that other stupid stuff...well to those guys - go ride, all you do is talk.
notice my name... R I D E
Let me explain what one of my riding days may be like in my area with a small story as an example...
It is a nice day for some ATVing and after talking to my friend at my house, we decide we will go do some river trail riding. We call up 3 of our ATV friends, which all have different ATVs. I ride my Mojave and my friend rides my other Mojave. The other 3 ride a Honda ATC, Grizzly, and a Recon. We would meet them in about 15 minutes at the usual Wilson Concrete(concrete place) gravel road. We'd get ready, fill up on gas, and go. After meeting up with the other 3, us 5 take a high-speed dusty trip down a dirt road to find the trails at the end. We'd hit some deep whoops, cruize around, usually a follow-the-leader type of thing, then maybe stop and chill on the sandy beach(weird for Nebraska, right?). We'd probably build up this big sand jump then jump off of it, grabbing big air and having fun, not caring about "I got higher than you" or anything, just getting air over and over without worry. Who cares what machine you got. We talk about our machines, ya know, things like "these new tires kick compared to my old ones" or something.
My whole point, don't worry about what he's got or whatever, and go ahead and talk about your machine, but not in a "mine's better" type of way. If you're racing, keep those thoughts to yourself. It's all good.
Our usual mix...
Kawasaki Mojave
Kawasaki Mojave
Honda ATC
Recon
Grizzly
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- 1996 Kawasaki Mojave, 1998 Kawasaki Mojave, http://www.geocities.com/MotorCity/Boulevard/8090/home.html
Posted by: Andy Bassham
Man, I can remember the days of four wheeling camps in the 80s. I used to go with my dad and a big bunch of his friends that had a couple kids my age (13-15 at the time). It was a pretty Honda dominated bunch. 1 84 trx 200, 1 85 suzuki 230 quadrunner, 1 86 Kawasaki 300, an 85 big red three wheeler, My 85 yamaha 200 and 86 yamaha 225, and then about 12 honda 250 fourtrax bikes ranging from 85 to 87 models. They all were totally convinced that the hondas were the stuff too, although I could slightly pull away from the 250s on the Yamaha. We had a good time though and never thought of having 4wd on anything. I wouldn't give up my 4wd now for the world. When the first Foreman came out, all these guys said, "I wouldn't take a 4wd anywhere I wouldn't take this 250. If it cant go there, i dont want to be there." Boy, those same guys all have 4wd Honda 300s now. I doubt they remember making all those comments back then. We mostly do deep woods riding with lots of hills, rocks, creekbeds and washouts. The old farts never cared for the 250r's that came along every now and then, although the kids would make the guys with the sport bikes do wheelies and jumps until they were sick of it.
Posted by: quad_man
Let me point out a picture from Mike Chero's page, if he doesn't mind.
http://users.penn.com/~hal9000/j.jpg
If a Polaris Diesel and Honda 300ex can ride together, why can't we ALL get long? :-)
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Adam Dowden
Posted by: quad_man
Sure this was a funny thing, but it can serious. Have you ever looked in a ride report article of ATV Sport? let me list a few of the ATV's riding in a line on a trail:
Honda 300 4x4
Suzuki LT80
Polaris Trail Boss
Yamaha Banshee
ATC 350X
That's right, all of those ridng together. I think so many people are caught up in being the fastest, or even trashing the slowest/least reliable, they forget it's all about just going out and having fun, at least for the recreational riders anyway.
Adam Dowden
Posted by: Mike Frey
When my uncle and I go riding, it is pretty funny. He rides a '98 Sportsman 500 and I ride a '99 Honda 400EX. Talk about opposite ends of the spectrum for ATV use!
