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No_rice
Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 09:59 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

the daughter and i have gotten out the Z50R a few times this winter. i just loaded a bunch of pics off the camera from the last few months
so thought i'd post a few.

this is the first winter she has tried to ride in the snow. it went fairly well. just a few spills!! good thing we were trying out the new helmet
and goggles i got her for christmas. she even picked the helmet out. i thought she'd want some pink thing or something but she spotted this
pearl white and pinstripped one with skulls on it and thought it was awesome! good choice!!





BIFF!!!!


and a little help from the gf's son to get it back on its wheels











and one more wipeout for good measure, lol



it was a little nicer the next time we went out.



her hands were getting cold in her gloves so she wore mine. they are just a LITTLE to big for her but atleast her hands were warm.











had to take a few pics of my wolfie Arctic also. its been awhile and i dont have to many good pics of him.













i think he enjoyed the day also.
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Ferris_von_bueller
Posted on Monday, March 09, 2009 - 10:26 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That's some great stuff. Enjoy her while you can - they grow up faster than you can imagine. When you're old and decrepit, family is what will warm your heart.
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Fast1075
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 11:39 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Now thats way cool...IT'S GREAT to teach your daughter to ride : )...and if you take good care of the Z-50...you can use it to teach your grandkids to ride...I have an '83 model that has never needed anything but normal maintenance...and it still cranks first kick.

And that is a beautiful dog!!! It reminds me very much of a dog I had as a child.
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Nevrenuf
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 12:12 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

great pics tim. been a long time since i rode a dirtbike in snow. kinda miss it. and definitely great that your daughter is learning how to ride. wish i would have done it for my kids but oh well. they ride now
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No_rice
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 01:27 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

the part i think is pretty cool is this little 85 Z50 is the exact bike i learned to ride on. i never sold it but somehow it started getting passed through the cousins. one in particular was really hard on it and banged a few things up. but it still keeps chugging away. when i think back to the way i rode it and some of the things i put it through i cant believe it even survived me!

she has been riding for the last couple years. she has gotten pretty good. some of the areas we ride in have hills that are difficult for a decent rider to make it up. she usually makes it without a wipeout. when i take the 4wheeler up the path we use i have to stand up and lean as far over the front wheels as i can to keep it on the ground.
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Cityxslicker
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 03:50 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

careful, that is how it all started for me 35 years ago. I have been hooked ever since, and never grew out of riding in the field... or the snow.
hooligan in training ; )
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Nevrenuf
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 06:47 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

very cool deal
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Ulywife
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 07:08 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Great pics No_rice. It's so great to see the children enjoying the 50's as much as we adults do! Love the pics of the dog, beautiful.
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Mikexlr650
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 09:00 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

z50 is definitely one of the greatest motorcycles of all time! think of how many of us learned to ride on one. my first ride was on an older z50, a yellow one with no rear suspension. 32 years later i can still remember that bike in vivid detail.
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12x9sl
Posted on Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 09:25 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

That is way cool! I wish I would have learned at that age. Arctic is one good looking dog.
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Fast1075
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 10:01 am:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

It takes major acts of stupidity to kill a Z-50 engine...the longest running one I know of is a 1969 model that is "mostly" original...it has had the kickstart shaft and lever replaced once and a top end job/timing chain/tensioner kit...the seat redone and an aftermarket exhaust because the original rusted out...
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Chippy
Posted on Wednesday, March 11, 2009 - 05:42 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

i still have my '79...it currently isn't shifting, but it put in many years of HARD abuse. this thing started it all for me, at the tender age of 5, almost 25 years ago.
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Dalton_gang
Posted on Friday, March 13, 2009 - 05:33 pm:   Edit Post Delete Post View Post/Check IP Print Post    Move Post (Custodian/Admin Only)

Hey No Rice, Keep her riding!! Before you know it she will be better than you. My kid can kick my ass on the dirt!

I did some digging and found this 14 year old clip of my older son and myself doing a wheelie on our old z50:





Now this is from 2 years ago, obviously on a different bike:





The picture does not do the jump any justice (notice what his left hand is doing?)
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