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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 27, 2014 18:23:05 GMT -5
Sweet freeride shots!
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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 25, 2014 13:41:04 GMT -5
Looks like a great race. I raced my 1983 CR480 at the Vintage Iron World Champs at Glen Helen twice and it was awesome. It's a really cool track for old-school machines (and new-school machines, for that matter).
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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 18, 2014 11:28:10 GMT -5
Love the starting-gate sounds near the 1:00 mark. It's like hearing a great song you've not heard in a while.
Also: Doug Dubach is amazing. For those who don't know, the man is over 50. What a legend.
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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 18, 2014 11:25:03 GMT -5
It's wild that Cianciarulo is using words like "legacy" at his age. Lots of pressure for a teenager.
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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 18, 2014 11:21:53 GMT -5
I have watched a lot of nv pros in the last 20 plus years and the ones that stick in my head are the stilmock brothers, tommy jean, Thorwaldson , Tim obrien, and I also spent a few years in southern NV and had the privilege of watchn Carey Hart the Morris brothers fast ass desert boys, they all were a blast to watch ride and still r love their style and u could talk to any of them at anytime keep on roostn guys The Stillmocks are especially fearsome in the sand of Fernley. They are to that track what John Dowd is to Southwick!
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Post by beaupre716 on Apr 6, 2014 23:11:31 GMT -5
I've been trying to buy banner adds on this site but the business side of mx775 is now run by a competitor. Strange business model if you are trying to make money on sponsorship adds, but ok? So if any of you need to know about upcoming Exit 28 MX events don't worry. We will post on the open threads like mad men. You can't stop the evolution. Put a log in the trail and we will just make a jump out of it. Braaaaaap. Not sure about those logs -- I've always been happy to have you and 28 be a part of the site. I'm checking into the issue you mentioned and I'll give you the scoop as soon as I can.
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 28, 2014 20:05:53 GMT -5
Beaupre, I thought for sure you were going to make fun of me somewhere in your article. and yes, welcome back my friend, welcome back !!! Ha -- you definitely crossed my mind while writing that. You figured out the two-stroke thing way before most. I guess you're a visionary!
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 28, 2014 20:03:37 GMT -5
Glad you like the site, sparky.
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 27, 2014 0:36:18 GMT -5
It's been about 17 years since the Yamaha YZ400F appeared and signaled the beginning of a second era of four-stroke dominance in motocross. (The first era of four-stroke dominance, of course, comprised every year from the sport's inception until the early 1970s.) There's no doubting that today's 450cc and 250cc thumpers are works of art that perform amazingly well, yet there's still a question that deserves to be asked: What has the sport of motocross gained by moving to four-strokes? I'm not sure how to answer that question. It's difficult to say that the racing is any better with four-strokes. Great racing has always been a part of motocross (except perhaps for periods during the reigns of Jeremy McGrath and Ricky Carmichael). The sport isn't really any safer either. In fact, one could argue that the additional power and weight of four-strokes has brought a marginal increase in risk. One could claim that the efficiency and potency of today's four-strokes makes riding and racing more enjoyable, but I'm pretty certain that every generation has thoroughly enjoyed the cutting-edge-for-the-time performance of their machines -- even the guys who had nothing but the heavy and fragile four-strokes of the 1960s or the pipey and otherwise temperamental two-strokes of the 1970s. There are, however, some things I think we've lost in moving away from two-strokes as a sport. Here are five that come to mind: - Lower costs. Because of its abundance of moving parts, a new four-stroke will always costs a little more than a comparable two-stroke. And while it's debatable whether general upkeep costs more with a two-stroke or four-stroke, there's no question that a serious engine failure will always cost more with a four-stroke.
To read more, check out the home page, and please leave your thoughts on two-strokes below.
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Mar 21, 2014 21:40:49 GMT -5
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 21, 2014 21:40:49 GMT -5
Rest in peace, 956. Hard to believe it's been four years.
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 14, 2014 21:36:21 GMT -5
Thanks! Good to know.
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 11, 2014 22:58:59 GMT -5
Nice!
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 10, 2014 21:04:24 GMT -5
This sentiment pops up every few years like clockwork: "The promoters are too greedy. Don't they care about the sport?"
Please. More than anyone, guys like Tim and Ty would love to see the sport flourish locally. The fact is, race promotion is a very, very tough business, and a lot of events amount to a loss for the promoters. If promoting races was easy money, there would be a lot more people doing it around here. Plain and simple.
Want to have better races than you have now? Then it's time to get involved.
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Post by beaupre716 on Mar 4, 2014 22:28:43 GMT -5
I never had trouble with that on my CRFs, but I bet Chester could create a set-up that's much stronger than stock.
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Post by beaupre716 on Feb 17, 2014 0:06:24 GMT -5
I've had good luck using very fine sandpaper (600 grit) in a cross-hatched pattern, followed by a buffing with a 0000 steel wool pad.
Don't rub harder or longer than you need to. You just want to smooth the lip enough for the seal to slide over it without snagging. It often doesn't take much. Good luck.
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