tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12668655196683075822024-03-05T14:41:59.315-08:00Sideways in the Northeast#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.comBlogger245125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-70162467309543257512020-11-12T15:05:00.000-08:002020-11-12T15:18:00.551-08:00More on helmets or, How helmets saved my brain...Here are but two of the many helmets that I owe my current cognitive ability to. I can't count how many helmets have performed their role in protecting my brain during crashes on and off the track. Dozens, I suspect. I used to continue using some helmets, even after a crash or two. If they didn't have any external indication of damage, or just a minor "crack in the paint" I'd continue the season with it.
Nobody ever checked helmets during amature flat track racing days. Once I started road racing it was another story, and in fact I had to update a couple times.
These two helmets are wall hangers now.
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A brand new HJC, after a low side crash in T1a at Loudon.
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I hadn't even noticed this scuff
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But I sure noticed this, and the visor scratch
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I got several races and dirt rides out of this Fox helmet
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Until a nasty 2nd gear WFO high side crash coming out of T4 at the Cuddebackville dirt oval. That was a true bell ringer.
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The notion that I really do have free time, that I don't need to feel guilty if I'm not working on a race bike, is pretty compelling. That guilt really only started in when I took up road racing. When I started racing flat track I was excited and looking forward to learning about it all, and working on the bikes was just part of the process. That got easier after a few years too, and once I had the XT500 set up the way I wanted it, I could pretty much just show up and race. Not much prep time needed.<br />
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The road racing game changed that, and I amplified that by feeling that I needed to do stuff that in hindsight I shouldn't have done. In 2014 I bought the CRF450 as a flat track racer, I wanted to have something to run against the modern bikes in the Senior class. I only raced it on the dirt a few times though. One thing lead to another and in 2015 I took it to our first track day at Loudon, along with my VFR. It was a Fishtails Track Day and Hannah rode her Ducati, Charlie was on his Ducati and Fred must have been on his Honda CBR500. Well I discovered that I could run around bigger, faster bikes on the CRF like they were tied to a post. And that was with the Maxxis dirt tires on. <br />
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2016 was the highlight year for racing. Penguin Road Racing School announced the formation of the New England Sport Bike Club, a track day/race day series to be run at the all new Canaan Fair Speedway in New Hampshire. Hannah, Charlie, Fred and I signed up to form Hunter Farm Racing Team, with Bill and Adam (one of the instructors) contributing. We won the team championship, and Hannah and I won our class championships. I also raced in the Motard class and surprised just about everyone, including myself, with podium finishes against some fast guys. Guys that I didn't know that I couldn't beat. Instructors that had several class championships at Loudon.<br />
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Pretty glorious stuff, but it took some effort and money...17" wheels to start with. I bought those on Ebay with some decent looking DOT tires already mounted on them. Once we completed that NESBC series, Charlie and Fred and I decided to do the Penguin School and get our competition licenses. I bought some slicks for the CRF, the DOT tires were too wide and got chewed by the chain.<br />
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I raced the last couple rounds of the LRRS at Loudon and advanced from Novice to Amateur after the first weekend, having won or placed 2nd in every race I entered. <br />
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That's what got me thinking about improvements on the CRF. I thought I should have a spare set of wheels and rain tires, since the last racing weekend featured rain showers and I actually went out on my dirt track tires for a couple sessions, which didn't seem ideal. I was cautioned by many racers about the fragility of the CRF engine, so I decided to at least replace the piston/rings with a new J&E high compression set. Then I decided that I needed to get a road race suspension since the dirt track suspension was so low that I was dragging my foot pegs in most of the turns. All that work added up to thousands...yes, thousands of dollars. In hindsight, I should have left well enough alone.<br />
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The 2017 season started with a big crash at Canaan in the morning of the first day. I hit a new concrete curb end with my front tire and destroyed the tire, bent the rim and broke a piston in the fork. And wrecked a helmet and wore through an elbow of my faithful leathers. It took me awhile to recover from that financially and mentally. The season wore on, I had some reliability issues with the CRF, and ultimately just had a disappointing season that wasn't fun or rewarding.<br />
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2018 would be another story. I decided I'd just race the LRRS series on Sundays, and choose my weekends as I saw fit. I skipped the April race and went out for the May race, it was a clear spring day. I ran the 15 minute practice session, but only got through 14 minutes, the engine seized on the back section of the track after about 6 laps. So much for the new J&E Piston! I bought a new OEM cylinder and piston, Adam graciously gave me his spare crankshaft/rod that had 30 hours on it. I took the engine out and disassembled the top end but decided I didn't want to split the cases so I had a local shop do that work, and then I reassembled the engine. Altogether about another $1,000 to get back to square one.<br />
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I finally got back to Loudon for the August round. I entered 2 classes, Amateur lightweight Formula 50 (for old guys) and Amateur Motard. In the morning practice I felt kinda slow, but at least everything seamed to work on the bike, the suspension felt ok, the tires felt ok, the engine felt kind of weak compared to the previous version but I couldn't be sure till I went out in the Motard race, since that's when I'd be racing against similar bikes.<br />
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Turns out I was right, I was slower than just about everybody. In the Formula 50 race I had a poor start and was in last place but right behind a guy that was holding me up in the turns, and once he hit the front straight I couldn't pass him. On the 3rd lap I snuck under him entering T3 and thought I'd be able to gap him. As we came onto the front straight they red flagged the race, so we had to re-grid in the original starting positions. I had a slightly better restart, and was catching a couple guys going into T1. I thought I'd go a little wide and pass them there rather than work to set up a pass later. T1 has a little chicane called 1A, a quick right hand flick before T2 which is another left hander. 1A came up quick and I was in a poor track position and poor riding position when I tried to slot myself back in line, with the result being a low side crash in the right hand transition. As the saying goes, "I ran out of talent".<br />
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I skidded to a stop, picked up the bike and finished the race. The Motard race wasn't much better, everybody just pulled away from me on every lap. By the 3rd lap there was a few seconds gap to the bike in front of me, but once again as we entered the front straight they red flagged the race because of another crash. I was scored last in both races, despite the fact that the guy that caused the red flag in the motard race was an amateur in front of me. So I guess if you're ahead when you crash and they stop the race because of that crash, you get to keep your position when you crashed! <br />
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Enough.<br />
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#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-43889019785356147312017-12-07T07:04:00.000-08:002017-12-07T07:06:15.832-08:00Malta Dirt TrackThese pics are from Malta New York a few years ago. I went down there thinking this was a half mile track, it isn't. I think it's a 1/4 mile around the inside. Fast and rough, I broke my ankle in the first practice but since it was a long drive down there I decided to race through the pain. <br />
I ran the XT in whatever Vintage class they had, and the CRF450 in some senior class.<br />
They were both fast classes and I never got the final results because I was in too much pain to stick around and wait for the promotors (Electric City) to tally results.<br />
I'm sorry I can't remember the photographer to give him credit, I found these on the web much later. I do remember this race, bad start and picking my way through the back of the pack on the XT500.<br />
The Senior race was a blur, really fast and hairy.<br />
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This is from Pocono, early '80s with Gene Romero as the marquee rider. Don't know who the others were.<br />
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Mountain Roadracing Association (sic). I got to flag a couple events for these guys in Pueblo Colorado, while I was attending Denver Institute of Technology, class of '78(?). My roommate was in the Motorcycle Mechanic School there, and his instructor was a racer. In fact the instructor was the one who introduced me to the Yamaha TT500, which is what he raced. Total badass. On the front of the T is Scott Sharp, the previous year's champion, racing an RD350. Also total badass.<br />
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So with that work done we were prepared to try it as soon as we had the right conditions. Well, Sunday we had a thaw coupled with some rain, and the river rose about 6 or so inches and refroze. It was perfect. We didn't want to take the big bikes out yet, so we ventured out on the 100's and had a blast.<br />
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We headed north, and stopped just short of a small rocky section with open water. The river is only knee deep here.<br />
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This is a VAST snowmobile trail intersection near the river, I wanted to see how far north we were. 2 miles north of the Essex town line.<br />
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The white spots are big ice crystals, really cool effect when you put your foot down and slide through 'em.<br />
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This is as far south as we got, I've skied in these farm fields from my house. Total straight line distance was roughly 3 or so miles, but river riding distance was probably more like 5.<br />
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I'll get some detail photos soon and post 'em up. It's staying at Fred's right now, tucked into his new/used trailer that you see behind it.<br />
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On Tuesday I got to deliver it down to Scott in Brooklyn. He'll do some fine tuning and ride it around a little, and eventually put it up for sale.<br />
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On the Ferry to New York.<br />
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The carbs have been cleaned and await re-installation. The exhaust has been sanded and painted. The engine has been detailed a little. The frame was giving me pause. I wanted to paint it, but I really didn't want to pull the engine to do that, even though it's really only a few more nuts and bolts to deal with. It could be a lot of work and potential trouble for not much gain. I decided to put that decision off while I mount some new rubber and clean the wheels.<br />
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Having pulled the rear wheel, it was no great amount of work to also pull the swingarm, which would give me better access to the rear of the engine and frame for cleaning.<br />
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I got the old Carlisle DT tire off the rear wheel easily enough, then proceeded to pinch two tubes trying to mount the new Maxxis DT tire. I chose the Maxxis because the tread pattern is more suitable for the street than the Dunlop/Goodyear DT tire. The Dunlop/Goodyear tread pattern is symmetrical, but it has a center line void created by the tread blocks that makes it wander over paved road. The Maxxis tread pattern covers the center of the tire. The Maxxis tire is a little tougher to mount, the carcass of the tire is considerably stiffer than the Dunlop, so I was leaning on the tire irons a little more, and I pinched the tubes. <br />
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I think I've decided to paint the lower sub-frame and swingarm. I don't want to get into a full restoration, but I think that touching up the worn paint will make the bike presentable without losing some of the racing cred that this bike has.#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-28284141192838041492014-06-02T05:18:00.000-07:002014-06-02T05:18:40.418-07:001976 Triumph T140 Bonneville Well now. This Spring I decided to get the Bonneville back on the road. I've been meaning to do this for a couple years, but lacked the inspiration and enthusiasm to actually lift a finger to the job. I'd done a lot of tinkering with it in the past, but failed to end up with a reliable bike, and I just ran out of patience with it and moved (with some nagging pangs of guilt) on.<br />
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Due to a recent influx of cash on my Volvo Awards Visa card, I decided it was time to release the guilt with the help of the guys down the road at Classic Bike Exchange. Actually, I started the releasing process by having Charlie spend an hour or so trying to figure out the wiring. He got it to the point that we had spark, and in fact got it running, which was very encouraging. Only problem was, the next time I tried to start it, it wouldn't stay running long enough to get down the driveway. We had identified a problem with the positive ground, but didn't know what the solution was.<br />
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It was at this point that Charlie encouraged (begged?) me to borrow his trailer and get the beast down to CBE to have them replace the wiring harness, which clearly needed to be done. I dropped it off, got some evaluation and mental therapy time with one of their councilors, and left it in their care for a week. The guys at CBE are willing to work on bikes at their hourly rate, but they also have a policy of allowing customers to use their shop and work on their bikes at a very reasonable shop rate, with some expert consultation when needed. So once they had the harness installed, they were pretty confident that the bike would be reliable and that I could take over. So I went down there and spent some quality time installing turn signals and learning the British way with electrical connections. <br />
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The total operation was a success, and I was able to ride it out of the shop with a current State Inspection sticker. <br />
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I've done a couple rides on it now, and I'm optimistic that it will in fact be a reliable daily ride!<br />
#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-31047071034768148282014-03-23T18:42:00.000-07:002014-03-23T18:42:00.016-07:00What a great F*ing Day!Holy shit whata great fucking day.<br />
Matt plowed a nice sized oval and road course on Arrowhead Lake, ostensibly to test his new tire, but he didn't mind sharing it with us. I picked up Fred and we met up with Rees, Aaron, Charlie and Randy and proceeded to tear around both the tracks to our hearts content. The ice was great, 'cause it was still freakishly cold out, but it was also pretty rough because we were crossing over some old car tracks that Matt's plow couldn't clean. So it was pretty hard work to go fast and be smooth, but it was still so much fun to be riding on another crystal clear winter/spring day.<br />
There were lot's of great little episodes of epic slides and tank slappers and near crashes going on. At one point we were joined by a snowmobiler on the road course, who thought he'd be able to keep up with the bikes. He couldn't.<br />
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Anyway, after riding for a few hours, Fred suggested that we go back to his place and ride the Browns River, which happens to be in his back yard. He had walked down to it yesterday and deemed it to be rideable. For many years now, he and Rees have been telling me tales of how epic that ride is, and now seemed to be the time to see if it was all true. Well, OMf*ingG were they right. This was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced on a motorcycle. This is a rather small and narrow river, as rivers go, with high banks that often conceal what's around the bend, so flying along on the motorcycles, you get the full range of pucker factor from entering a turn in 5th gear or 2nd gear and not knowing exactly what's coming. One of the most exhilarating things I've ever done.<br />
We ran a few sections near Fred's farm several times in both directions, then we went as far south as we could go until we ran into some open pools, turned around and went north for several miles until we didn't dare go much further, turned around and ripped at high speed back to Fred's. Everyone was so amped up, we had to go inside and watch the GoPro footage immediately, augmented with some beers.<br />
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<br />#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-73233737336779240392014-03-18T06:08:00.000-07:002014-03-18T06:08:58.972-07:00Black Hole Sun<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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This is the shorter road course that we plowed last weekend. Rees is leading with the GoPro set-up.<br />
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<br />#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-230438838227126542014-03-17T12:46:00.000-07:002014-03-17T19:35:43.034-07:00Why We RideIt's still cold here in Vermont! We had a recent warm spell, followed by a pretty good Nor'easter that dropped about a foot of snow on us, along with some arctic temperatures. There was still enough interest in ice riding among the hard core, so Aaron Gibson went out on the resident tractor and started plowing a new track. It was tough going at first, he started Saturday afternoon and the snow was still dense and wet, with slush underneath. Overnight, the temperature dropped to the low teens, and Sunday the plowing was a little easier, but still a big job. I was following behind with the 6 wheeler atv plow, trying to get down to clean ice with the help of Randy, who was acting as front end ballast and plow actuator. Ultimately we were able to scrape out a shorter road course, and 5 of us, Rees, Aaron, Chuck, Charlie and I raced around for a few hours, Randy hadn't brought his bike.<br />
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Charlie, about to get some helmet-cam vid.<br />
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This is Chuck giving his son a taste of ice riding.<br />
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Aaron, getting faster.<br />
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Charlie, getting faster too.<br />
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We learned (from Randy) that Roadside Motorsports was hosting a preview showing of the new documentary movie "Why We Ride", at one of the local multiplex's. So after riding a bunch of laps, we loaded up and headed to the theater. Charlie missed it due to time constraints...<br />
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Once we were in our seats at the theater, Roadside held a little raffle and I won this copy of the movie we were about to see.<br />
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They had also invited one of their customers to speak about "Why We Ride", I didn't catch his name. He said that after some thought about the topic he supposed that it was because of (or for) the "freedom" of it. That theme was echoed in the documentary a couple times. I just have to say, I don't know what that means. I don't think of myself as being more free when I'm on a motorcycle. I guess I have the freedom to pop a wheelie on the street, and if I get caught I'll have the opportunity to explain my freedom to the cop and ultimately the traffic court judge.<br />
I can think of lot's of reasons why I ride, but freedom ain't one. No offense to the guest speaker, or anyone who does understand the freedom part.<br />
Anyway, the movie. Why We Ride starts with motorcycling scenes from just about all segments of the sport, and sort of morphs into the typical format of a narrator introducing some of the great concepts of riding and racing motorcycles, with vignettes of interesting people explaining why they ride/race. Some of these vignettes are pretty funny, some a little more serious. There were a few things that I haven't seen or didn't know much about, so I saw some new stuff.<br />
I won't say more, I'll let you decide. You can borrow my copy anytime or see it on the big screen at The Palace 9 Theatre on Shelburne Rd. or a theater near you.<br />
Incidentally, I was the only guy to show up at the theater with a dirtbike in the back of my truck...<br />
#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-75834497702441309022014-03-11T06:16:00.000-07:002014-04-09T13:53:19.493-07:00Lake Iroquois Ice DayThis past Sunday was a great ice riding day on Lake Iroquois. The weather was perfect, mid 20's but bright and sunny, the ice was still rock hard. We had to modify our road course, ice fishermen had drilled holes on our back straight and water had flooded that portion of the track, making it a little too dangerous for the plow to clear, so Rees plowed a detour to the return loop. It was still a fun and fast road course and we spent most of the day riding it. There were 11 bikes running, with well over 20 people taking turns riding. <br />
After about 45 minutes of open road course riding, we took a break and rode the oval. The road course actually starts and finishes on the oval, so it was deemed too dangerous to have mixed use. Riding the oval is great practice for racing dirt ovals, and for a lot of riders it's their only chance to try it. <br />
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#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-53901710597068952552014-03-03T17:18:00.001-08:002014-03-03T17:18:12.375-08:00Lake IroquoisHere we are in March, in Vermont. It's still cold...like 20 inch thick ice on the lake cold. Perfect for another day of riding. Fred and I met up with Tanner and Brad. It was Brad's first time out on the ice, and as usual for these things, he thought he'd just screw some "ice racing" screws into his knobby tires and come out and have fun on his CR250 2-stroke motocrosser. Well, he had some fun, but it really started when he got on Tanner's 450 with real ice racing tires.<br />
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Anyway, here's Tanner, Fred and Brad. Fred looking cold.<br />
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Fred reinstalling his header pipe after I rode his bike so hard it spit the header pipe off in protest.<br />
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End of the session, bikes loaded.<br />
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We've done some riding on this lake in years past, but I don't have photos to prove it. This year we have access to the lake via private property, and Rees has done a superb job of plowing out a long road course linked to a good size oval. More to come.<br />
<br />#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-31125987715918866152014-01-23T08:29:00.000-08:002014-01-23T08:29:08.542-08:00Honda XR/XL600 Streettracker reduxWow. It's been a long time since I've written anything, if this blog can be considered writing. I guess I've gotten a little sidetracked by facebook. I also haven't raced much, the last race was a disaster that I chose not to put in the blog. Still paying E.R. fees on that one.<br />
Ice season is upon us here in the Northeast, but with the ice last week came a Polar Vortex, and seemingly now the son of Polar Vortex is upon us... it was -18 degrees when I woke up this morning! I'm not going to put gear on and race around in a motorcycle induced wind chill of -50.<br />
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But on to different things, as hinted by the title. I recently repurchased the '86 Honda XL600 from Seamus's dad. I had sold it to him a few years ago, he wanted something to ride on the ice, and I needed some cash to fund the up coming racing season, plus I had decided it was time to let a few bikes go. In the end, he never did get the bike on the ice, but he did spend some time taking it apart and then letting it sit in his garage. It was a little worse for the experience from when I last saw it, but I was able to determine that it was still complete, so I bought it back.<br />
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I have a few concerns, the fuel tank hadn't been drained, so there was some nasty old gas in the tank and carbs. I can clean the carbs, and I'm hoping that the fiberglass tank doesn't leak. Beyond that, I just hope the rings haven't siezed and I still have decent compression. I think I'll need to freshen it up a bit, new chain, tires, some paint etc.<br />
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The idea behind buying it back was to get it back into shape as a streettracker, with the 19" wheels, lights and license plate back on, bring it down to Brooklyn and see if Scott can get somebody to pay lot's of money to own it.<br />
Here's what it looked like last time it was on the ice, I'm guessing about 7-8 years ago...<br />
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<br />#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-29133621138544008052013-10-22T12:36:00.000-07:002013-10-22T13:52:41.414-07:00Birding Lake Champain<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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On Sunday, I took a birding trip on Lake Champlain that was offered by UVM teacher Allan Strong, on the UVM research boat Melosira.<br />
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The idea was that we might get some better looks at species that would be difficult to see from land. Some of the rarer pelagic migrants that come down the lake don't hang around long, and often don't come close to either shore, so it sounded like a promising trip.<br />
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We left Thompson's Point at 7:00 am and motored north up the center of the lake to the "four brothers" islands, which are just south of the Burlington Waterfront. From there we turned south and followed the NY coast back down and then crossed back to our departure point by noon.<br />
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Right off the bat we started counting impressive numbers of common loons, with over 40 spotted in the first hour, mostly flying, though some were in the water. The really rare birds eluded us, but it was still cool to be out on the lake on a beautiful day, and I was able to add several species to my year list, which is shamefully low.<br />
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Here is a small flock of brant geese heading south down the lake.<br />
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No birding trip on or near the lake is complete without a look at a bald eagle. This one was remarkably tolerant of us motoring up for a closer view. <a href="http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q663/WFBRubenstein/Pelagic%2019%20October/IMG_4287_zps8b93e045.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; display: inline !important; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" src="http://i1353.photobucket.com/albums/q663/WFBRubenstein/Pelagic%2019%20October/IMG_4287_zps8b93e045.jpg" height="300" width="400" /></a><br />
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This is a map of the route with pinpoints for time and location on route..<br />
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Photos courtesy of Allan Strong and the crew of Melosira#39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-65646638497337811772013-09-03T06:01:00.001-07:002013-09-03T06:02:47.357-07:00Pictures from the Indy MotoGP trip<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdnrd_sOou9hFqLWt_mjeh-0yildWvSm8d6WqItggDzN6TISUZgs3LzdRm21yISn-h0BlgVl41aZI3HG2gQrNrlWQzl-F39tlgiiJIPgwFwae7Alw-ixWiKh2N5oSHwJn7GVl-NEwKoc/s1600/IMG_1055.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdnrd_sOou9hFqLWt_mjeh-0yildWvSm8d6WqItggDzN6TISUZgs3LzdRm21yISn-h0BlgVl41aZI3HG2gQrNrlWQzl-F39tlgiiJIPgwFwae7Alw-ixWiKh2N5oSHwJn7GVl-NEwKoc/s320/IMG_1055.JPG" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKHSsJNrxI-FW1WF64-NkzBhnR1ShGWbNScEy2RDkQs6L9sLUumO-kKkzqPrz_N1C4uCVHUHwCgZL6ig6_RoSHc_rMQkVwcNp5F9NbPTsxqgBHKNyi4zsZ_NlpBS5Yat5XZ0N84XbvOMo/s1600/IMG_1057.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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I can't remember when it's been this late in the summer for my first race, but there it is. I did go down to the old WVRC track to test out the bike a few weeks ago, and I should've posted an entry about that, but I never got around to it.<br />
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It was a hot day...temps in the high 80's or higher in the sun.<br />
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The turnout for this race was kinda low, but fortunately the Vintage class was pretty well represented with 8 entries, and the 50+ class had 6 or 7 bikes. Bill and I entered those classes, Scott was in Vintage with us and he also entered the Sportsman class on my bike. He hadn't raced my bike in a while, and we were curious about which bike he'd be faster on.<br />
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The heat races went pretty well, I got paired up with Scott in the Vintage heat. I thought I had a decent start, but he had a better one and got the holeshot. I tried to stay on him but he didn't make any mistakes that I could capitalize on, so we finished in that order. The 50+ heat went about the same except the winner was some dude on a modern Kawasaki 450.<br />
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Scott went out for the Sportsman heat and slotted into 3rd place coming out of turn 2 behind Nick Wiemer on his Rotax, and a guy on a Honda CRF450. He was chased hard by a modern KTM 450 for the rest of the race, but he held on to take 3rd place. <br />
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They didn't post the lap times for the heat races, so it was hard to know whether Scott was faster on my bike than his. He felt (and I agreed) that mine has more power than his, but it's a much harsher delivery from closed throttle, so it takes some technique to get a smooth exit from the turns onto the straights, whereas his bike is smoother, but doesn't have the same punch. They're both geared the same, for what that's worth.<br />
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We got to the features pretty quickly. Vintage started out kind of fun with Jamison Minor taking the holeshot, but Scott right on him, and I was a few lengths back. We ran a couple laps before Scott and Jamison pulled a gap from me. I didn't look behind, 'cause I never do, but I had a pretty good gap behind me to Pete Wooten on his very nice Triumph 500, followed by Bill on the RD350 and the rest. Jamison and Scott were coming up on traffic as they had 2 laps to go, Scott was pretty sure he might've been able to set up a pass, when Jamison pulled off into the infield with a mechanical failure. That put Scott on the top of the box, with me on the second step of the podium, Pete with a well earned 3rd and Bill taking an also well earned 4th.<br />
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The 50+ feature was only a few races away, with the Sportsman race immediately after, so I stayed in the leathers despite the oppressive heat. The race was a repeat of the heat race, dude on the Kawi checked out on me, I checked out on Pete, and he maintained a gap on Bill. Two second places in a row for me.<br />
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Then I handed off the bike to Scott for the Sportsman feature, and stumbled up to the bleachers to watch his race. While the bike had been running ok for me, he had a misfire right off the start. It became clear that there was something wrong, he couldn't maintain the speed he'd had before, so it was just a matter of finishing the race without getting in anyone's way. Too bad, because I think he could've been in the mix if the bike had been running well.<br />
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We had the best spot in the pits by the shade trees.<br />
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Scott got to ride Bill's RD350 in practice.<br />
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Vintage feature race.<br />
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Bill leading a vintage HD panhead?<br />
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Anyway, the time allowed through is always the same, apparently, 90 seconds. The observation is simply judges/clerks/observers/watchers keeping an eye on you and assessing penalties if you break the rules. There are lots of rules, including taking too much time, putting your foot on the ground or other thing touching the ground, knocking gates down, crashing, rolling backwards, going out of bounds. It's almost like golf, there's rules for just about anything you can dream up, 'cause just about anything can happen.<br />
I've seen a few demonstrations before, including indoor trials, and I've seen tons of video including the very popular urban trials riding by some incredibly skilled French dude, but this was my first outdoor event. It was pretty much a mind blowing deal, and I hate to overuse that expression.<br />
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There are lots of classes of riders including Clubman, High School, Womens, a bunch of age groups, and then Expert and Pro. Riders have to complete each section, but where they actually ride in that section is determined by their skill level/class. There are "gates" that help determine the route, and the higher the skill rating, the tougher the gate/route through the section. Some of the stuff just looked improbable, if not impossible to actually ride a bike through.<br />
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This is a High School class rider getting ready to enter the #3 section. There were 12 sections over the whole course, and the riders do 3 complete loops through the course in the day's competition. In a two day event, they change the gates and sometimes use different sections on different days.<br />
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Fred and I watched this section from one of the high spots. The riders can walk the section to plan their lines. Lots of discussion and concentration going on here, as Fred leans on a tree and offers advice on the best way to get down from there.<br />
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The Pro line here. The rider gets to this ledge, stops the bike, hops it 90 degrees right and sets up another jump up to the top of the wall. Then they ride down the front, do a stoppie and rev the engine in gear to clear the tire of mud, then hop over to face the wall and "splash" up it. The technique to do this takes years to learn. In almost all cases, all of the drive happens before the bike hits the wall or other obstacle, so you hear the engine rev to the moon, the bike explodes into motion, then it's either at the top of the wall or not, with the rider on it or not...<br />
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This is a rider competing in the Twin Shock (Vintage) class, on a sweet looking Italian SWM.<br />
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Fair enough. I put it aside until I had more time to deal with it, and as it happened, Charlie was hanging out on a Saturday morning and we attacked it together. (I think I'll need to get a sticker that says "Charlie Engineering" because he's been instrumental in getting this train wreck back on the rails.)<br />
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This is the modified caliper hanger. I had to cut the top of the lower section for it to clear the swingarm, and I had to add a piece of the cut material between the upper and lower sections as a spacer.<br />
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It still isn't spaced ideally, the disc isn't centered in the caliper, but I'm not sure I'll be able to get it any closer.<br />
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I decided to pull my old high pipe out of storage. I made this pipe several years ago, using left over pipe from my first low pipe project. I had a local welder finish it after I cut and measured the sections. I used an old XR100 pipe guard and some steel mesh to protect my leg from the pipe.<br />
This was the easiest way to solve the interference problem with the brake pedal/low pipe.<br />
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I had this Supertrapp muffler lying around.<br />
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Charlie is the one who suggested I rotate the mounting tab closer to the frame to reduce the complexity of mounting the muffler. I mocked up the mounting strap with cardboard, then some light strap, and finally with some heavier scrap steel. I'm going to paint it.<br />
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We stopped at the Dam on Rt 104 in Fairfax for a photo op, then headed through some very scenic roads that looped us back home for a pleasant 1 hour tour.<br />
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Next on the list was a hike up Snake Mountain in Addison. This is a moderately easy hike that rewards you with a fantastic 180 degree view of the Champlain Valley. Scott surprised us at the top with cold Miller High Lifes for all.<br />
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We wrapped up the day with a fire. Kira's sneakers get the bright on.<br />
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I got a good lead on a quick change wheel for sale, and wound up buying it this winter. It came with a nice Continental Dirt Track tire, but that tire is too wide to fit in my stock swing-arm, so I mounted my Goodyear and the fit is fine. It also came with an old 7/8" master cylinder, an axle and some spacers, and some other odds and ends. Fortunately, the spacers that it came with fit my stock axle, so once I determined the wheel would fit in my swing-arm, I just had to figure out spacing on the wheel, and how to mount up the master cylinder and caliper, and how they would affect the exhaust, which runs right under the right foot peg.<br />
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This is the new wheel, temporarily mounted so that I can move the bike in the shop. You can see where the exhaust runs under the old foot peg. At this point, I hadn't figured much out.<br />
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After some research online I found Cheney Engineering, this guy has answers for questions I didn't even know to ask! I called the shop and Jerry Cheney answered. He turned off the lathe, and spent the next half hour helping me with some of the products he sells. I had already purchased a caliper, so I needed a caliper hanger. Then he asked me what kind of master cylinder I was using. When I told him, he laughed and said he'd hoped everyone that had one of those old 7/8 cylinders had thrown 'em out 20 years ago. He wound up selling me this very tidy foot-peg/master cylinder/brake pedal/ mounting plate that would save me a bunch of time and head scratching...<br />
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I had to cut off the old foot-peg mount so that I could get the plate close to the frame. The plate had two mounting holes for the footpeg, so I'm using the rear mounting hole to bolt the plate to the old foot-peg mount, since it's threaded into the frame.<br />
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I needed to have another mounting point for the plate, and since the frame tapers away from the foot-peg mount, I made a spacer to take up the distance between the plate and the frame.<br />
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I wasn't sure how I would accomplish the upper mount. I had thought of a few ways to do it that involved welding and tapping threads. Then I decided to get some advice from Fred, since he's only got about twice or three times the experience that I have in fabrication. Probably four times. Anyway I showed him the stuff and my ideas, and he agreed that a through bolt would be the best, simplest and easiest way to do it. <br />
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Then he took me into his trailer and handed me the nut and bolt that would do the job. Surprisingly small, but he claims it's also surprisingly strong, and in fact his race cars are put together with this size hardware throughout.<br />
I had to buy a new bolt for the lower foot-peg mount and grind it down so that it would clear the frame.<br />
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So here it is mounted in place. Once I got everything tight, I put my old exhaust pipe on to see if it would interfere with the pedal, and as I expected, it does. Then I sat on the bike to see how the pedal/foot-peg would feel, and discovered that the foot-peg feels fine, but the pedal feels too high, like I'd almost have to lift my boot off the peg to get my toe on the pedal. I can't rotate the plate because the foot-peg bolt hits the frame, so I may have to modify the pedal/master cylinder location. Nothing is as simple as it looks...<br />
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I'm still waiting on parts for the axle and caliper. Jerry sent me some stuff that didn't fit, so I sent him my axle and caliper, as well as some spacers, so he can make the correct stuff. I'll also have a sprocket for OVRP. #39http://www.blogger.com/profile/08223803028589995227noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1266865519668307582.post-435074110498683902013-05-29T11:03:00.000-07:002013-05-29T11:03:26.498-07:00Clean up Memorial Day was the nice day of the 3 day weekend, sunny and the temps got into the 60s. Charlie spent Saturday and Sunday at the Air Guard, taking the MSF basic rider course to get his M/C endorsement, and had to suffer through lousy weather and inept students. By Monday he was ready to ride. Fred joined us on his new CBR500R. Hannah rode the Monster and I was on the VFR.<br />
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We had a mostly pleasant ride north to Jay, which is on the far side of Jay Peak Ski Resort. The road up and over the mountain has been torn up in preparation for new pavement, so it was pretty rough, but we made it through to Jay and stopped there for lunch. <br />
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After a quick stop to look at the water coming over the dam in Fairfax, we rode back to Fred's. I swapped bikes with Hannah to see what the Ducati Monster is all about. It's all about fun, is what I can tell you. A first gear roll on wheelie is ready when you want, and there's enough power to get you up to speed anywhere anytime. I don't think I'll be leaving her behind at stop signs anymore.<br />
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We got back home with plenty of time to wash and wax the bikes. Jay came over to do some maintenance on his KTM, so we wound up with a garage full of bikes at the end of the day.<br />
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Jay got lots of advice about how to change his wheel bearings.<br />
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Tucked away in the garage; KTM 300EXC, Suzuki SV650, Yamaha XT500, BMW F800 ST, Triumph Bonneville, Honda VFR800 fi, KTM 200XC, Ducati M1100<br />
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