I started on road bikes but as soon as I had a spin on a dirt bike my CB750F2 was gone in 6 months and I was all about off road.
Joined a club and got a racing licence, went enduro racing for 5 years with the occasional moto-cross, even a couple of stabs at Mt Cotton hillclimb... all on an enduro bike
Best thing I ever did, learned heaps, made lifelong friends
Was in the verge of being a total hoon if I didn't take that path and get it out of my system.
Riding on the road is way too dangerous these days, the risks are so much higner than 30 years ago because of the new driver distractions eg:
looking at their phones instead of the road
drug affected
windows up, aircon on, music blaring
got their licence not from a test but by just turning up off the plane and clueless