THANKS!!!! I love this sport A LOT, and i do try may hardest at it everytime im out there on the track, and try to ride and race every optunity it get. i spend countless hours in my garage just tweeking things, and going over EVERY nut and bolt on my bike 3-4 WEEKS prior to my race just trying to squeeze maybe 1 rpm or 1lb less weight, and more of preformance out of it and making sure that it will last me the weekend. i spend countless time on the internet looking up race and practice events, and on youtube 24/7 looking up MX videos and seeing how other people ride, and trying to learn from what they are doing and from what im not.
rite now, i have $10 to my name, and as much as i want shocks (which i know i complain about WAY to often.... lol
) id rather put that money towards a race, because skipping one just to buy shocks sounds kinda stupid to me. id rather be out there having fun and riding and being with friends then spending money on shocks and taking 5 mins to put them on and then stareing at them for 10. my mom has told me that she would buy me the shocks on ebay, but if i did, then our phones and internet would be shut off. to me, no matter how much money or how little money you have, prorities and family always come first. id rather spend that $10 on a gift for a gift for my family then on a race. people tell me everytinme i go to a track that if i had fox floats or elka or the bla bla suspension, that i would probably be in first from the start. yea having those things wouuld be nice, but its not like they would hand them to me, and even if they did, im not in this to have the "best" or "nicest" blaster. im in this to go hard at it, have a really fun time doing it, and to chase a dream of mine that i had since i was 6, that i thought was NEVER possible.
last BOTM i asked if we were allowed to vote even though we were in the competation. most of u thought that i probably voted for my self, but i auctally dident. i voted for the guy who had 0 votes. not because i felt bad or anything, but because he was proud of what he had.
also, its not just me. other young-lings, like 96MxBlaster, and yamaha28 both had a lot of hard times chasing a dream that they had for the sport. everytime i tried to get yamaha to come practice or race with me, his bike kept breaking down, and was unable to make any of the practices or races. but everytime he wanted to part out his blaster, he thought about how sweet it would be just being out there a riding with the pro's and thats what drove him on. also he did NOT use 1 cent of his parents money, instead he worked his @$$ off all summer just to make enough money to make it possible, and in the end it turned out that the problems took the best of him. but he too gave it his all, and spent countless hours just trying to get the thing to run let alone new parts. Same goes with 96mx. he did NOT spend a cent of his parents money, and yet he still makes things happen all because of him and him only. i give major props to both those people!! GOOD JOB GUYS, and keep doing what you are doing, and edventually an opturnity will come for both of ya!
To me, that is what this sport is all about. just trying hard at something and edventually succeding. wether that takes a few days or a few years, just being out there and having fun is all that matters. every practice i go to, i think about all the kids in the stands with there little jerseys on saying " i wish i could do this" and i know exactly how they fell, and i wish i could hand them my quad, and say go, cause thats what ive always wanted. just a chance to do somehting i wanted to always do.
so with that said, im sorry if this sounded a little girly or sissy-ish. im not writing this to get anyones votes. im not even expecting to win anytime soon. im also not writing this to knock any one or make fun of them or anything negitive. i am simpaly writing this to get my point across. so thank you to everyone who has voted for me, and also everyone who has helped me in the past to get my bike running. if it werent for you guys, this dream of mine that ive ben chaseing for 10 years would have never of happened the way things were going in my life. it was only just a fantasy that i watched on TV.
