I once prayed to God for a bike, but quickly found out he didnt work that way...so I stole a bike and prayed for his forgiveness...

JUST KIDDING! No bikes were stolen in the typing of this post. BUT I am going to look at a race bike tomorrow! I have sold my trail bike and am in the process of possessing my very first race bike. A 2003 RM 125 is what I am after. Suzuki is the way to go if you ask me. Mainly because most of my favourite riders ride for Suzuki; Ryan Dungey, Travis Pastrana, Ricky Carmichael, Sherri Cruse, Jolene Van Vugt...plus they're yellow:) Jumping from a CRF150F four stroke little trail bike to an RM125 two stroke race bike worries me a little bit. I have a feeling that I'm going to be driving my noggin into the dirt quite often at first. But anyone who jumps on a dirt bike is just asking for trouble. That's the name of the game. And, on some level, I'm alright with that. Although it scares the bejesus out of my Mother. But I've also watched enough Travis Pastrana videos to understand that NO one can push themselves as hard on a bike as he can and live, or at least function enough, to do it again. (Well, maybe it's not so much that he pushes himself, but more the fact that he is accident prone and indestructible (or so it seems)...go figure).

Let's be honest here, the guy is nuts. And nuts are what he's got. He's my hero. How habitual of me. Who do you know that hasn't said "Travis Pastrana is my hero!"? I don't usually like to put myself in the same pigeonhole as most people, but here it's necessary. The man's got it made. The ultimate longevity. Fans, Fame and Fun. But what I admire most about him, he's conventional. Down-to-earth and an all around nice guy. He works hard for what he has and once he reaches his goal, set or not, he works even harder for the next one. A characteristic that everyone should practice. And in the midst of all his hard work, he has fun, and usually busts something doing it. I've read his book and I own all the Nitro Circus movies and 199 Lives. Call me obsessed, but they're inspirational. Well, the book and 199 Lives are anyways. To call Nitro inspirational would be an over statement haha. It's more entertaining than anything.

The other thing that amazes me about TP is after everything he's been through, illnesses, injuries, and his life-changing car crash in '03 to name a few, he still comes through on top...every time. That is truly the definition of a Hero.

Dirt.Diva*

"It scared me to death. It just doesn't make sense. You're still on your motorcycle at the height of the jump going 'this thing's not going to rotate around.' I knew it was possible. It just doesn't seem logical."-Travis Pastrana