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How many other hn readers dirt bike? I just moved to Utah, one of the big attractions is easy land access.

Raced motocross growing up. Those are some of the happiest memories I have from 6 - 17.

College and then city life meant retiring from that hobby but my new guilty pleasure is downhill mountain biking (Whistler is one of the coolest places on the planet) and BMX dirt jumps.

I remember getting a piece of advice to do what made you happy as a kid. It worked ;-)

I do. I used to have a yz250, now I ride a KTM 450sx-f. I've ridden down Baja a couple times. I have an idea for a start up that deals with dirt bikes but it's kind of a small market and I haven't really been able to pull the trigger.

Small targeted markets are good, though, especially when you have deep domain knowledge on them.

You should do it.

I did when I was a kid, but I crashed pretty badly and almost died, so dad sold the dirtbikes :(.

I've been meaning for a long time to get a new one, but live in the city, so it doesn't make a lot of sense to have one here.

I live in inner Sydney and I'd go crazy if I couldn't ride. So, I ride an R1 to work every day, rain, hail or shine. Bit of a ridiculous bike to have for a commuter but it's a lot more fun and much faster than any other option. I would probably only be able to ride it on weekends if I worked in the CBD though. I'd still recommend it if there is any chance you can filter and get to work without too many headaches.

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