I started out on a 1973 Steens 100 with a Hodaka Ace 90 engine.
In 1976 I got my Super Rat and ride that until 1979 when I traded in the SR on a 1979 YZ 250 (what a hunk of garbage that turd was) for my dad and he gave me his 1977 Bultaco 250, which he had teed valved.
I quit for a time and then rode a 1982 Maico 250 and when I got tired of that I sold it to my cousin and bought his 1989 Cagiva WMX 250. My brother bought it new. I ride that until I bought my 2003 Gas Gas 250. That bike made me a much better rider. I started smoking guys who I couldn’t pass before that.
Then I bought my 2004 Maico 500. That was 2006. I ride that bike until I just couldn’t ride any more.
That was the best bike I ever owned. Very few places I wasn’t faster on the 500 than I was on the 250.