Cars R OK, but what kind of motorcycle do you have

Mfsoa,
Pedrosa, maybe? Rossi's coming back with something to prove though. He will be hard to beat. I am a Nicky fan. I don't think he is the most talented, but he is a hard worker. Nicky's dad Earle had just started Nicky and Tommy on 125's in WERA (you only had to be 12 yrs. old on 125's or 80's) when I was racing in WERA, so I knew them a little bit. So, I still root for the Hayden's out of respect.

This thread made me think of all the bikes I got to race or ride. It is a longer list than I ever would have expected.

Nrchy, Mid-Ohio has the "Vintage Days" the week before the AMA race weekend. I have a friend that went every year and always enjoyed the variety of bikes that showed up. Close for me, but a long way for the West Coast guys.

Jim S.

Now I'll really make you guys laugh; I use to race YSR50's on MiniGP series in Texas with Nicky and Tommy Hayden when they were really really young (early 90's). I've owned 6 YSR's, enduranced races them for 4 years with both the MiniGP series and CMRA (now renamed) at the time...

I have sold my guzzi and moved on to Kawasaki Z1000 (Arata Ti full exhaust, PCIII, CRG levers, Ohlins..) and just recently a another Kawasaki ZX-14R because you can really never have enough HP (dyno at 186hp with 109ft/lbs of torque) on tap... (mods waiting to be installed, full Brock Ti pipe, PCIII, TRE, etc...). After all these years I'm going to see about some track days so I can enjoy the true potential (or at least my limits) of these bikes.. I encourage any motorcyclist to lookup the local race organizations and do some open track days. This is the only true way to understand you bike at that limits in a safer environment.

Keep the rubber side down..
Chris

Chris,

Happen to know Michael Martin or Brad Sawyer? They raced CMRA about the same timeframe.

Jim

2000 Suzuki Hayabusa modified for those 200+ MPH days!

Stilljd: I've met Michael Martin, don't remember Brad Sawyer. Do you know Robert Marsh (ex-AMA)? it's a small world.. I did a ton of endurance racing and YSR50 racing, not a lot of big bike sprint racing because I was broke back then... I wore my yellow jersey for a whole year because I was either going fast or sliding on the ground...