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Here I was going back to the obscure company trend, but his time the
bike was used. It was actually quite trick for its time. It had a
high performance two stroke engine and a six speed. It could go over
60 MPH. Flying Mike Brown (not the Mike Brown that raced in Europe in
the Late 90s) would often beat the dominant XR75s that were
omnipresent at the time.
With this bike, I started riding more motocross style rather than
the trail rider mode I had been in. I liked this bike, but it was
a bit unreliable. It didn’t help that the only place to get parts
was about a 25 minute drive that I would have to talk my Dad into
making, because I didn’t have a driver’s license yet. The bike
was idled mechanically quite a bit of the time I owned it. I was
getting more into BMX at the time and I had some friends that
would let me ride their 1975 and 1976 YZ125s (letting someone ride
your dirt bike? Now, those are some friends!).
I remember well when I sold it. The bike had a few minor problems
that I masked and, since the company went out of business, parts
were pretty much unavailable. This kid showed up with his dad,
who I think was some sort of business man. He seemed really proud
of himself that he was able to bargain me down $30 bucks from what
I was asking. As he was driving away with his chest all puffed out
from getting the best of the deal with a 15 year old kid, I was
chuckling to myself. "See how good of a deal it was when you
need to get parts, Mr. Executive."
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