20, im a young dude with an old soul , im about the only one of my friends that into the stuff im into basicly anything with an engine and a throttle ,besides a lawn mower haha, while all my friends are out spending the few dollars they have on drugs an alchohol an chasing tail on a friday night im sitting at home wrenching on my bike having my not so old lady hand me tools we bouth love it, well i do its a dying hobby with the way thing are now days expecialy the econmy i truely feel blessed to be able to do what i do an love it but by no means am i rich i dont even have a job an momy an dady dont pay my way, but what im trying to say is its a dying hobby an its sad to see, an for every person around my age on here there is 10 over twice my age, iv been riding since i was 5 my grandfather had a mini bike that my mother road when she was about the same age an when i was good he would pull it out the shed gas it up strap a helmet on my mellon an show me the gas an brake an say let it rip an oh boy did crash manny times i remember my first stitches were from that bastard of a bike but ya know i guess i can say it all started there an been going strong ever since, my first motorcycle was a late 70's earlly 80's kawasaki 900 when i was about 16 an got it for 80 bucks from a friends uncle not runing he said the starter went out an parked it an sat for about 7 years because he had a bad knee an couldnt kick start it , so i belived him an took it home put gas in it an a little starting fluid and kicked the hell out of it for about three days for a few hours a day an first got a little bang than a brum than a vroom an kept going until it finaly stayed runing an rode it an damn it was scarry fast i loved going full throttle revving to 9k poping it up when i shift an man some one offered me 450 so i sold it befor i got hurt an had about 5 0r 6 bikes inbetween an no bs about 30 cars i buy em fix em an sell em thats how i pay for my hobby, an then i got my 650 in peices so i put it back together almost done plan on keeping this one forever an im getting my liscense next month at the eagels nest in lodi ca an ill b on the road....legaly, mabe are paths will cross one day so untill the then fun an safe riding too all, an ya know i have this to add also its not about what u ride its about how u ride it an how it makes u feel when u ride it thats all that counts no matter if its a beet up hammy down freebie or a $100K dollar show chopper on the inside the feeling is the same an no one can take that from you well not from me anyways