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Riding Dirt Bike Research Paper
When I was four years old my parents bought me my first dirt bike. Riding dirt bikes has always been a part of my life. I started on a JR 50 and it’s a very small bike and after working my way up on bikes I'm now on a TTR 250. At first I was always scared to move on to a bigger bike, but I felt comfortable for the first time when I moved up to the TTR 250. Then a few years ago, I was outside riding my dirt bike and my family was watching me. I told them that I didn't need any gear on because I wasn't going to do anything dangerous and so I had no helmet on and no chest protector, I was only in a t-shirt and shorts. While I was on my bike I went to take off on a jump and when I did I hit my break right before I went off the jump because I had a moment of panic and hesitated. I was going too fast to stop right away, so I still went off the jump but landed sideways. Once I landed, the bike rolled three times and threw me off. I blacked out for a couple seconds and once I woke up, I was in so much pain and screaming for my …show more content…
I felt like I was taking life for granted and that I need to be more careful in what I do. I looked back and in my life I wasn't thinking things through and luckily I didn't get seriously injured before. I learned my lesson after that one accident and till this day I'm still scared to go off that jump. I think I'm scared of it because now, after the accident, I fear getting hurt or dying. A lot of people take life for granted and people only get one shot and a lot of things can take us out of this world. The quote, “ We are all just temporarily able, and every one of us, if we live long enough, will become disabled in some way,” is important to me because it means to me that people should make mistakes like I did that day and live without worrying because one day we won't be able to do the things we do now, so we might as well learn from them while we can do them and while we are

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