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High Desert in SoCal USA / new KX500 rider
KXcam22:
Welcome to the site!! cam.
Thorina:
OMG!
Is this where all the old bored sidecar racers come to die? :-D :-D :-D
Mike the Tall....or ...Mike the Sasquach?
If so....what are ya doing on the internet asking such a lame-o question?
A 12 pack and a trip to the dez will fix your problem...you should know that. :-D A man of your stature....no pun intended....has connections.
...if not....um...nevermind. :-P
Johnson....so yer gonna race a solo bike?
Remember to put yer feet down when ya stop. :-D :-D :-D
Johnson took me on my first sidecar ride several years ago....my ex and I went on to be the national champions for 2 years.
Johnson hates me....but will pretend to like me in public. :mrgreen:
Johnson....do you actually race the KTM?
This is a picture of it, if I am not mistaken:
....unless you just so happened to have bought a new one recently. Just an assumption considering you didn't add Wasp/EML/VMC to it's title.....ya know...to make it a respectable sidecar an' all.
And here is a real sidecar...powered by a KX5:
Build specifically as a sidecar, to be raced as a sidecar. It was never a solobike with an added sidecar. The difference in performance is too much for words.
....while on the topic of sidecars....might as well add a picture of a REAL sidecar....when this thing fires up....it means business:
Ok, admin dude told me to introduce myself....no need to make my own thread.
My Name is Janette, I am a sidecar racer, too....but please don't automatically hold that against me. I race solobikes, as well.
I own 2 KX500 powered EML sidecars and 2 KX500 solobikes, as well as 3 KDX200s and so many more motorcycles it'd take half the day just to list.
I recently moved from Southern California to Northern California, the Bay Area, specifically.
I am currently working on 2 KX500 motors that are specifically for sidecars....one is a '90 replacement for a dead tired '86, the other is just freshening up an existing sidecar motor. Blew the crank seals...imagine that.
I have a freshly sleeved '86 over sized cylinder (LA Sleeve), if anyone is interested in buying it....and the motor can probably yeild some usable parts, as well. The '86 is a funny year...some '87 parts will fit...some won't.
Most of my important tools, all of my manuals, and notes are still in storage 400+ miles away.
I was taking a rainy day and trying to find some info I will need via the internet, rather then buy a new manual.
Johnson, my suggestion on the perfect set up so you don't break yer neck on that KX?
Sell it and buy yourself a 125.
Cuz that 500 is gonna kick yer rear all over the dez.
Kisses.
peace,
janette
sidecargezzer:
:-D Well howdy dooooooo so this is where Hacker hangs,,hummm? Hi Mikey you too.
For those that are new to the sidecar thing I have been involved in the sport since 1965 and still race. Currently I spent most my time racing vintage in AHRMA on a 71 Maico, which I have owned since 1971. In the AMA National Sidecar series I think my best was a 3rd nationally racing with my son who is in his 30's. My sidecar is a REAL sidecar a VMC/Zabel 1998 model. I'm currently working on a vintage mx sidecar with a Kawi 750 Triple H2 in it.
Now Hacker might hate me more than Janette, and I'm thinking I'm not high on Mikeys list of people as well. So CJ,,,,,,where is that sidecar you were supposed to be buying from europe????? been hearing about it for what3 or 4 years now, sure takes a long time to ship.
Now that I'm done poking at Hacker, :evil: any questions about the sport past or present that I can answer please feel free to contact me. At this point I have parked the sidecars and only want to race vintage bikes and have no interest in racing sidecars again, except maybe a vintage one, such a cool sport,,,but!
hacker:
Hey Richard and Janette,
Beyond your own imagination, I DONT HATE ANYONE, really, seems most of the hate came from another direction, NOW enough with dillusion.
About my KTM sidecar, I only race that rig in the desert over the last two years, twenty-five races without a single DNF. I sat on the starting line over a hundred and thirty times of the last four years with only four DNFs, (but thats GPs, MX and desert all combined on both the honda and the KTM), but still thats a pretty d**n dependable record.
Hey Richard, bring out your Kawi this summer at the summer MX series, love to hear the roar of a Kawi triple again - NOTHING LIKE IT in the entire world. I remember the 1974 Hopetown, Tom Ridyard on his Kawi triple thought he was running about third and he was actually leading the sidecar class and finished in the top 20 overall against all the pro bikes. How is Rick doing too, that was so cool you and him raced for a couple of years together as father and son.
And Janette, you could have an entire stable of sidecars and bikes but if you never even come out to the races, how do you expect to win ?? the desert has been so quiet without you around - WHATS UP and where the hell are you hiding ?? NICE AMA SIDECAR NATIONAL MX SERIES LAST YEAR TOO ??.
Besides Looking forward to racing my twenty silly desert races on a sidecar this year (more of a personal challenge that no one else really has to understand), I will also be racing GPs and the local summer MX series with both, Sidecar and on my KX500 this year in the EVO class (up to 1985), but at least I am still out there trying to race after all these years, year in and year out not just talking about it.
Here is the local SUMMER MX series schedule for 2009 if your looking for some events to race this year !
AMA Southern California Championship Motocross Series
________________________________________________
June 6 Round 1 Dirt Diggers MC Night Race @ Milestone, Riverside
June 27 AHRMA SOUTHWEST @ LACR Palmdale
June 28 Round 2 Desert Daisies @ LACR Palmdale
July 11 Round 3 Taft MC Night Race @ Honolulu Hills, Taft
July 12 Round 4 Huntington Beach MC @ Honolulu Hills, Taft
August 1 AHRMA SOUTHWEST @ Racetown 395, Adelanto
August 2 Round 5 District 37 RHR @ Racetown 395, Adelanto
August 8 Round 6 Racers MC Night Race @ Milestone, Riverside
August 9 Round 7 Racers MC @ Milestone, Riverside
August 16 Round 8 Rovers MC @ I-5 MX, Gorman
(notice all of the double headers !)
Please note that not only at the two AHRMA events to allow vintage and post vintage racers but, there will be an REVO,EVO,CLASSIC and VINTAGE class and sidecar class at all eight AMA SoCal MX races.
see amasocalmotocross.com for more information
NOW DAMMIT, LETS stop the BS & GO RACING
CJ
JohnnyOfast:
Hey Thor!!,
I really enjoyed your write up, lots of stuff I didn't know. Like your picture too, nice to put a face on the name, fear not I wuold not take it to the dark side. That Norton looks bad ass,,,, I'll bet it'll perk your ears.
--- Quote from: Thorina on February 23, 2009, 10:43:54 AM ---OMG!
Is this where all the old bored sidecar racers come to die? :-D :-D :-D
Mike the Tall....or ...Mike the Sasquach?
If so....what are ya doing on the internet asking such a lame-o question?
A 12 pack and a trip to the dez will fix your problem...you should know that. :-D A man of your stature....no pun intended....has connections.
...if not....um...nevermind. :-P
Johnson....so yer gonna race a solo bike?
Remember to put yer feet down when ya stop. :-D :-D :-D
Johnson took me on my first sidecar ride several years ago....my ex and I went on to be the national champions for 2 years.
Johnson hates me....but will pretend to like me in public. :mrgreen:
Johnson....do you actually race the KTM?
This is a picture of it, if I am not mistaken:
....unless you just so happened to have bought a new one recently. Just an assumption considering you didn't add Wasp/EML/VMC to it's title.....ya know...to make it a respectable sidecar an' all.
And here is a real sidecar...powered by a KX5:
Build specifically as a sidecar, to be raced as a sidecar. It was never a solobike with an added sidecar. The difference in performance is too much for words.
....while on the topic of sidecars....might as well add a picture of a REAL sidecar....when this thing fires up....it means business:
Ok, admin dude told me to introduce myself....no need to make my own thread.
My Name is Janette, I am a sidecar racer, too....but please don't automatically hold that against me. I race solobikes, as well.
I own 2 KX500 powered EML sidecars and 2 KX500 solobikes, as well as 3 KDX200s and so many more motorcycles it'd take half the day just to list.
I recently moved from Southern California to Northern California, the Bay Area, specifically.
I am currently working on 2 KX500 motors that are specifically for sidecars....one is a '90 replacement for a dead tired '86, the other is just freshening up an existing sidecar motor. Blew the crank seals...imagine that.
I have a freshly sleeved '86 over sized cylinder (LA Sleeve), if anyone is interested in buying it....and the motor can probably yeild some usable parts, as well. The '86 is a funny year...some '87 parts will fit...some won't.
Most of my important tools, all of my manuals, and notes are still in storage 400+ miles away.
I was taking a rainy day and trying to find some info I will need via the internet, rather then buy a new manual.
Johnson, my suggestion on the perfect set up so you don't break yer neck on that KX?
Sell it and buy yourself a 125.
Cuz that 500 is gonna kick yer rear all over the dez.
Kisses.
peace,
janette
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