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<blockquote data-quote="johnrunner" data-source="post: 106259" data-attributes="member: 925">Hahaha, yea your certainly one of the guys that post was meant for! <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> I'm grateful for the friends I've met on this site and the knowledge I've acquired from all of you guys (Big Dan, won't ever forget that you showed me how to rebuild a top end! <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/thumb.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":thumb:" title="Thumb&nbsp; &nbsp; :thumb:" data-shortname=":thumb:" /> I'm still mind struck how simple a 2 stroke engine is to work on compared a 4 stroke!). Not only all the knowledge I've gained but the help that has been given without question by you guys and other riders that aren't on this forum.&nbsp;To me, giving back is just another huge factor in this sport that makes me enjoy it that much more. Whether it's teaching our kids and family members how to ride or simply change the oil on their bike. Heck I remember being taught to ride for the first time by my patient uncle on his YZ250. Getting use to the power band on hills meant I dumped the bike a lot, and I never heard a complaint as we constantly had to stop (and he had to kick start the bike for me a couple times after I flooded it real bad <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/smirk.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smirk:" title="Smirk&nbsp; &nbsp; :smirk:" data-shortname=":smirk:" />).&nbsp; Although I'm still not an almighty rider...yet <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/smirk.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":smirk:" title="Smirk&nbsp; &nbsp; :smirk:" data-shortname=":smirk:" />...I still do what I can to help others. Actually in 4 hours, I'm taking my bro-in-law on a easy ride to teach him more basics in the desert before the killer sun reaches full strength! <img src="https://www.dirtbikeaddicts.com/static/images/smilies/ride.gif"&nbsp; class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":ride:" title="Ride&nbsp; &nbsp; :ride:" data-shortname=":ride:" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="johnrunner, post: 106259, member: 925"] Hahaha, yea your certainly one of the guys that post was meant for! :thumb: I'm grateful for the friends I've met on this site and the knowledge I've acquired from all of you guys (Big Dan, won't ever forget that you showed me how to rebuild a top end! :thumb: I'm still mind struck how simple a 2 stroke engine is to work on compared a 4 stroke!). Not only all the knowledge I've gained but the help that has been given without question by you guys and other riders that aren't on this forum. To me, giving back is just another huge factor in this sport that makes me enjoy it that much more. Whether it's teaching our kids and family members how to ride or simply change the oil on their bike. Heck I remember being taught to ride for the first time by my patient uncle on his YZ250. Getting use to the power band on hills meant I dumped the bike a lot, and I never heard a complaint as we constantly had to stop (and he had to kick start the bike for me a couple times after I flooded it real bad :smirk:). Although I'm still not an almighty rider...yet :smirk:...I still do what I can to help others. Actually in 4 hours, I'm taking my bro-in-law on a easy ride to teach him more basics in the desert before the killer sun reaches full strength! :ride: [/QUOTE]

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