Track Stories 08

[lecroy]

didnt' get a chance to call Doug last night.. took my oldest out shoppin to get some new clothes and didnt get home till real late. And I work my second job tonight after my day job so wont' be able to call now till tomorrow ... I swear I need to find me some rich ol' geezer on his death bed .. (oh did I just say that out loud?)

E.

Didn't ur dad teach you? Your hanging around the wrong crowd girl. Bikers have no money. If we do, we spend it on faster bikes, or shiney parts for our bikes, well anything bike related, but not on women! Not sure where to send you!

It was good to get a few miles on a bike again, but then the rain came....

Did a little sketch of the new paint with my 64 Crayolas with the built-in sharpener.

[rosco15]

Getting the trailer closer to done. Starting to look pretty good. A couple more days work and she'll be ready to go.

[DreamRyder]

Didn't ur dad teach you? Your hanging around the wrong crowd girl. Bikers have no money. If we do, we spend it on faster bikes, or shiney parts for our bikes, well anything bike related, but not on women! Not sure where to send you!

It was good to get a few miles on a bike again, but then the rain came....

Did a little sketch of the new paint with my 64 Crayolas with the built-in sharpener.

LOL - my Dad taught me to never believe what a guy tells ya if he's smilin while sayin it :-D

as for hangin with the wrong crowd.. I know better than to look for a suga daddy trackside LOL... trackside is for boytoyz only \\/

(j/k)

besides I ain't lookin for a man to spend money on ME... I want the money spent on GO FAST PARTS ;-)

so uh.. where is this sketch you speak of?? come on can't be teasin us like that.


RYAN - LOVIN the trailer progress... dont' be leavin it unattended for too long - may find it being taken over by the crew next door LOL

E.

[FJman]

Found this post through a link posted on another site.. hope ya didn't mind me pokin in :grin:

That would have been my work. Don't get in no trouble, E.

Gotta keep the nice air-cooled bikes at the track so I've got someone to race against....

Maybe this year the new motor will do a little better. \\/

[DreamRyder]

That would have been my work. Don't get in no trouble, E.

Gotta keep the nice air-cooled bikes at the track so I've got someone to race against....

Maybe this year the new motor will do a little better. \\/

Yup Yup... all your doins - LOL.... well and Marks for postin my & nem's pic here - otherwise you'd never shared the link with us on the other site

as for me gettin in trouble.. NAH... not me... I've been good - trust me

E.

[lecroy]

Welcome to the site FJ.

Ryan, I am drooling over here! It's so clean and organized. Would be no problem camping out in it.

besides I ain't lookin for a man to spend money on ME... I want the money spent on GO FAST PARTS ;-)

so uh.. where is this sketch you speak of?? come on can't be teasin us like that.

You have the sponsers. Don't they give you anything for all the plugs you make?

Hey, I wasn't teasin, I was trying to spare you! Its more like a 9 years old's interpretation of what the bike looks like. I can only do so so much with my 64 Crayola Crayons with the Built-In Sharpener...

I am thinking to maybe cut the front fender to cure more like an eagles beak. If not, plan to use the same blue as flag on background with stars. May make the flag with more wave to it, but the downside is time so may just shade it like the other bike.

[DreamRyder]

Welcome to the site FJ.

Ryan, I am drooling over here! It's so clean and organized. Would be no problem camping out in it.


You have the sponsers. Don't they give you anything for all the plugs you make?

Hey, I wasn't teasin, I was trying to spare you! Its more like a 9 years old's interpretation of what the bike looks like. I can only do so so much with my 64 Crayola Crayons with the Built-In Sharpener...

I am thinking to maybe cut the front fender to cure more like an eagles beak. If not, plan to use the same blue as flag on background with stars. May make the flag with more wave to it, but the downside is time so may just shade it like the other bike.

I know I want his trailer desperately.. I'd sell my 929 in a heart beat to get my hands on something setup like that....(probably gotta include my arm and leg with the sale but hey... you do what ya gotta do right?)

I get discounted goods or freebie goods but no monetary support... I would love to pickup a few like that but until I can prove myself on the new setup I would not feel right going out there to search for sponsorship..

I love your drawin... wish I had the bodywork to pull something like that off...In fact it's lookin more and more like I gotta cut my side fairings to 3/4 with teh way the turbo setup will be...

E.

[lecroy]

Hey freebe goods, like a new turbo? Free nitrous, free tires..... Free bike? What do you need $$$ for?

It won't fit under the front like most I see? Would hate to remove that much material.


Got home tonight and there was a box from Koenig. Everything looks there. Its a lot of raw materials and will take some machine time and welding.

[DreamRyder]

Hey freebe goods, like a new turbo? Free nitrous, free tires..... Free bike? What do you need $$$ for?

It won't fit under the front like most I see? Would hate to remove that much material.

Don't I wish those things were free... only little nick nack stuff was free.. the major stuff is only discounted... and even then it's a huge chunk of change to put out all at once.

The turbo sure... BUT it's the filter on the left side that you have to cut away for and the pipes on the right side... and since my right side was already cut for the sidewinder there's not really any good way to cut for the turbo pipes and it not look half a$$... so unless someone wants to donate a new right lower side panel cutting it to 3/4 will be my best bet for making it look clean 8-[

E.

[lecroy]

Still, a shame to cut it. I bet Doug could put it back then reform it. You would need to check.

Did you check the junk yards? If you going to have it painted, it's not going to matter a whole lot if the colors don't match.

Anything free is a good thing when it comes to race parts.

[RacingJake]

Made it to the track tonight, been a few weeks and the right lane still had problems. The left lane was better and the topend was good too. I was able to hit the nos and no tire spin down the track, even swapped out the clutch springs to my soft ones and no clutch slippage.

Did have a few electrical issues tonight and 2 weeks ago and found my ignition rotor bolt came loose causing the motor to go flat sometimes.

Looks like the track is starting to come back so I'll be able to put the bars back on and see what she can really do. Goal this year and I think it's in reach is to crack 130 in the 1/8.

[lecroy]

Goal this year and I think it's in reach is to crack 130 in the 1/8.

Your on my tail!! My best so far was 132.75. Average is about 131.

Glad to hear that a few of us are making it out.

I met a guy at the track a few years back who was having some ignition problems. Dyna 4000, so I figured I would offer to help. I checked everything and it all looked fine. So I had him pull the pickup cover. Bolt came loose. Worse, it destroyed the pickup. I alway put a drop on this one just to play it safe....

Good luck and keep us posted!

[RacingJake]

I was thinking the same thing, a drop of the blue or red stuff. I never really cranked on that bolt, heck don't even know the torque # . Once the crank starts to turn I stop but last night I put a wrench on the hex just to make sure that bolt was tight.

I'm surprized I didn't lay the bike down during one run. No bars or delay I'm just hand clutching the bike and got the rpms up high and the bike starts rolling out of the beams. So I do the one finger on the front brake but when I launched and crank on more throttle I didn't let go of the front brake. Guess what the bike wants to do ????????? plow the front end over. Front tire locked up and the rear spinning up to the 60ft mark. I'd like to blame that one on my new gloves that are still alittle stiff

Next week I'll be back on the 2 step with the bars, it's alot safer \\/

[lecroy]

Don't feel too bad. You didn't wreck. I have done some real bone head stuff on the track. I think the worse was when I forgot to turn the auto on. Came out and hit the rev limiter. I didn't even think what I was doing and let go of the bars, reached over and threw the switch. No so bad, but it punched into second with still just one hand on and the other still on the switch. No one noticed, but it sure felt a bit unstable.

Did I ever post the video of the guy on the Harley I watched wreck off the line?

[RacingJake]

I can't remember, but do recall seeing a sporty with wheelie bars onetime. Guy dumps the clutch and he slides off the bike.

I've hurt myself more times on my trail bike's and that's only going 20 mph.

Been lucky at the track I guess.