I think there is real value in coming out of dirt bikes and graduating to street bikes. The dirt teaches you things that you would have to die learning on the street, and allows you enough pain to remember the lesson.

I never crashed any of my own street bikes. I’ve owned a bunch of ‘em. Rode a GSX Suzuki to both coasts, and a XJR600 to the east coast, through Canada.

But, out in the dirt and on a few tracks, I’ve destroyed a bunch of stuff.

Just not me.

Best,
Ted