Well, today common sense and reality both showed their ugly faces (I really hate those guys
) and I sold my CRF450X thus drawing to an end my dirt bike riding days.
I had only returned to dirt bikes in 2012 after not having once since 1989 when my 1979 XL185 dropped its timing chain. Shortly after I joined the Army and couldn't afford two toys (in either time or money) so street biking won out. I knew I wouldn't have much time to ride them as my back injury I suffered in '08 was deteriorating so ride I did although we are taking trail riding here not hard core MX.
My surgeon told me my last back surgery is just that, my last. I'm out of options now and the next stop is a wheelchair. As crashes are inevitable when dirt riding, regardless of aggressiveness, I have to be smart and close the book on this chapter.
Just means less choices now on what toy to take out on a nice day.