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

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...

CCycle - Yeah, Roadracing is a small world. In 1990 there were about 10,000 racing licenses with all the sanctioning bodies. Figure at least half of those were duplicates (some people had 5 or 6). Maybe 5,000 or less racers total. A very small, elite, group we were :>).

I remember some of the YSR racing series's. You guys took it more seriously in the South and West. In our region, every now and then there would be a race for the 50's during lunch.

We raced the WERA endurance series 89-92, then got into AMA 92-94. Rode with Michael in 90 before he went Emgo Suzuki. Michael probably knew Roger, but I can't put a face with the name. Brad rode with us in AMA 92-93 and some earlier endurance stuff. They are both Dallas-Ft. Worth.

We got to race the bigger bikes and the National Series but, in the end, we all end up the same - BROKE! You just saved yourself the financial roller coaster.

Was a lot of fun though.

Nice system BTW. That is a serously dedicated listening room. Want to sell and sponsor a race team?
Jim S.