1995 Honda, XR-600R

A couple of years back my brother-in-law (AKA Santa Claus) bought his two children motorcycles for Christmas.  An 80cc for the girl, a 90cc for the boy and a 225cc for himself.  Everytime we'd visit their house I'd take advantage of his generosity and ride the 225 around the trail a few times.  "Alot of fun", I'd keep telling my wife!

I used to ride dirt bikes with my family when I was young so I'd tell my nephew about the trails we'd ride at Grandma's in New Lexington.  He always listened so closely until one day he looked at me with big puppy dog eyes and made a brief statement.  "One of these days you'll have to take us riding at Grandma's".  That's all it took! Not having a dirt bike at the time, I began pricing dirt bikes.  New...too expensive!  Used...beat into the ground in most cases!  Before I was able to find a bike we prematurely scheduled the ride.  What to do?!  Surely I can't watch these kids ride all day long and not join in! Somewhere in all the excitement my wife was taken by the dirt bike bug.  She wanted one to call her own.  This may have been the second most happy day of my life (superceeded only by my wedding day)...score one for me! The search for both bikes was over in a single day.  We drove my little Nissan pick up truck to Cincinnati to pick up my 600.  She is scarred from the battles fought, but her heart still beats strong.  I'll take it!!  During the ride home my wife noticed one of her leads was in Cincinnati as well.  We couldn't leave town without looking at this one!  It was about 40 miles round trip out of the way so we stopped to take a look.  A 2001 Honda, XR-200R.  A few bruises from the teenage pilot but still many years of battle left.  SOLD!  We didn't have the cash on hand so another trip to Cinci' was scheduled for the next day.  Our deadline was met!

The group ride was a wonderful experience!  We had a total of (5) motorcycles running, until my cousins showed up with their (3) four-wheelers.  We all chased each other around a track in the old cattle field for hours on end.  When we grew tired of the track, we explored the recently reclaimed strip-mine out behind the house.  A day I won't soon forget!  Thanks to all who participated!

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