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Yeah I spoil him. He’s a good kid, does what I ask, makes good decisions. This will be the last one I buy for him since adulthood is here. 18 years has gone quickly!! This was a 17 hour covid buy that I got for a song. 22 FC250.
Awesome! Read a lot of your posts over the years and enjoyed them. You and your son sound very similar to me and my 15 year old. Sometimes I think I spoil mine too but he’s a good kid and doesn’t take it for granted. Some special times spent to, at and from the track over the years. Congrats on the new steed! Let us know how he likes it 👍🏻
Hell f'n ya...
Good on you, you can not get these important years back !!
Awesome!
The Shop
Role model dad! How’s that young guy that you got equipped with the help of vital doing?
That’s a flippin’ sweet bike, Hammer!
AND… You owe us NO explanation for getting your son a bike at 18!
It’s the common bond you share and I say enjoy it and make it last as LONG as you possibly can!
Hell, I got a shot on a 2021 KTM 390 Adventure for a song, ( similar to your deal! 😝) when it was just a few months old and I jumped ALL OVER IT, even though my Son was 27 at the time!
He was just getting out of the ARMY and trying to get the next chapter of his life started!
He and I got to do more than a year of fun adventure riding together before he had to pack himself, wife and new family off to Maryland in the fall of 2022 for a new job at Aberdeen Proving Ground!
He was NOT in the position at the time to spend the $$$ on a bike, but I was…and I did…we made fabulous fun memories together and I will NEVER be sorry for that! You shouldn’t either, Friend!
Savor every damn second you get with your boy…life passes by WAY too fast to sweat who paid for the scooter, it’s merely the price paid for quality time with the best riding buddy you’ll ever have!
Cheers! And congrats again on the killer deal! 😎 👍❗️
Hammer
You are a good man.
Hope to see you at the track down the road again.
He’s doing very well. He’s Learning commercial electrician trade OJT and will also graduate this summer. I got a little something for him too.
One of our 125s we will surprise him with when he comes up to race Washougal with us in July. My son and I will set it up with fresh graphics next month. 
I thought your boy was all about the 125 ? Not sure about Wa. State but the 125 class is the largest in many states and most fun. A lot more interest in who,s the fastest 125 rider vs a 250f guy. Ps I was in the ibew in close to where I,m at now just n. Of NYC. The mob actually forced us to join after they cut hyd hoses and smashed windows on 4,000 pieces of our hvy equipment. Kinda neat a huge mob guy saying you gonna sign the card kid ? I just nodded my head not to sound like a wussy.
Looks suuuper clean, good find.
You're a good bloke 👍
Sweet, my old man got me a '64 c10 for a graduation gift and for "keeping my nose clean" for the most part. And we restored it together, still have it to this day and will never get rid of it
I bought my boy a Glock 17 for his graduation.
I've read up on that, sounds like a nice 9.
My dad gave me guns, mostly long guns, at threshold dates, I still have them all, not really into them as much as he thought I'd be.
He gave me a Glock 23 about 30 years ago, I've never fired it. I clean it once a year with the rest, but never have I fired it.
He's still racing his 125, but in some classes he's gonna age out. Plus, most of his track buddies have moved to 250s, and he wants to race them. He's very competitive against 250s/450s on the 125, but starts are tough, as is anything where power rules (like Horsepower Hill, which we raid often). 125 class last weekend at Washougal had 30+ on the gate, so it was really fun, and fast. 2:08 lap time for the fastest (Mikey Piller - remember that name).
He'd rather ride than shoot. Our guns mostly collect dust in the gun safe.
I wish I had been blessed with a dad like you, Hammer.
Hell yeah, Mike! You'll have to video the reaction! Can't wait to see him rip on it!
Spoiled probably not. I never bought into the idea that we have to treat our young people like poverty. I have an awesome mom who gave me a great life and I reflect on it daily and appreciate it hourly. Happy graduation.
Pit Row
Thanks! Sometimes I feel guilty (?) for how much I've supported/spoiled/given him, but I know that he recognizes and appreciates how fortunate he is (and we as a family are) to be in the position where I can do just that. Being the last of 5 kids, both parents working, at the end of our careers in industries that have been very good to us (data center mgmt for me, IT PGM for the wife, neither of us with a degree FWIW) does have its advantages. I try to pay it forward to others too, quietly.
Appreciate your viewpoint since I know how some others perceive it from the outside.
cant wait to do stuff like this for my son. we still have 18 years to go, but im ready for it 🤣
Very cool! Memories for a lifetime!!
Hammer cool memory just popped up.
safe to say corner two you moved ahead
That was a fast 10 years.
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