My Summer



My summers are always kind of exciting but at the same time I hate them because every summer I work everyday so I can pay not only my own bills but some of my parents. Last year during summer I worked doing construction almost everyday so that I could buy a dirt bike. But I had a problem I couldn’t hold on to my money because of my addiction. Now I think that I was stupid for it but then I thought I was invincible and had loads of money but I thought wrong it was the stupidest thing I could have possibly done. But then one day I thought ill just take a certain amount of my paycheck every week and maybe I could get enough money for a new dirt bike. So I just kept saving and saving until I had about 4,000 dollars cash and I went out and chose what bike I wanted it was a KTM 450 it is my baby and my first really big bike. I was amazed when I first went and looked at it I had never really been sure of anything before but then I got on the seat of the bike and started and I fell in love ha ha but its true. I turned to the man who I was buying the bike from and said absolutely ill take it and that was the end of that it was crazy fast and I had never ridden anything like it before. Now I know that I’m getting to fast for it but at the time I was dumb founded at it (probably because I had only had a Suzuki rm 125) and I thought that was fast at the time. I was racing in the 125s class but then I immediately jumped to a 450 it was a big difference but im a speed freak and when I got on that bike I knew it was for me. The first day I bought I topped it out and I think it was some were around 110 or 115 mphs I loved it and it was just amazing. It was the only thing better than my addiction and I loved it . but then the worst possible thing happened to me. I was racing my cousin in Wyoming around this endurance track and I hit this huge natural double and my bike stalled in air. I started to freak out, my nose end started to drop and I thought I was going over. I was scared but I just pulled up as hard as I could and barley landed I was pissed and I looked down and my boot was covered with oil. The guy I bought it from had loosened the crank shaft bolt and that’s something you should never do so they came out went down in my engine and shot out of my case. 1500 dollars later I had my bike back and I was happy but all of the money came out of my pocket so I was broke but at least I had my bike.

Jake