Geeto67

I much prefer my buddy MuchoMoto's t-shirts, esp his "how a carb works" and "how a turbo works".

 

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http://www.redbubble.com/people/muchomoto

get one of the chinese copies of the old honda CT70 trail "monkey bike". I believe it is called the Jincheng Panda Trail Rider. Or you can buy an original CT70, they aren't expensive esp if you find one with a lifan 125cc swap. Plus they are road legal so if you need to take the pit bike to the store for a sixer you can. Also it won't be worthless like that tractor supply minibike when you decide to sell it.

Hey all,

 

So coming from NY I've never really played with cars that had "salvage" or rebuilt titles because there was never any way to register them and actually drive them.

 

But I have noticed that there are plenty of people driving salvage/rebuilt vehicles, or at least there seems to be a ton of cars on craigslist with tags and unclean titles. So what's the story? how much more is insurance? will I need some wonky insurance brand instead of Geico who I have been with for years? Any special hoops to jump through with registration?

 

The reason I ask is I was scoping out for a winter beater so I could take my daily driver jeep off the road and tend to some longer term service items that the truck needs (like welding in a floor pan). I have always wanted a manual trans BMW wagon (I've owned two e34's before and enough bmws that if I needed to fix one on the side of the road to get home I could) and I found one with a manual trans swap for a price that if it caught fire tomorrow I would probably be sad and pissed for all of about 10 minutes before hitting CL for another car. It's even a rare color that I like. The issue is that the title was branded as salvage two owners ago and I don't really want to drop what could otherwise be a good weekend at the beach on a car that I can't actually drive. I'm a mid 30's dude with a completely clean driving record and two non salvage cars on my policy already so it would just be an addition to my regular insurance (normally a third car is cheap to add).

 

So any advice?

I went to Crowne Plaza also, it's was cool , even took a few laps of Busch. Afterwards went to Quaker Steak and Lube which was just bonkers with the amount of jackassery going on. There were people literally taking laps of the place just to do multiple burnouts, this one guy with a white 65-66 'stang notch was pretty committed to doing as many as he could till they told him to stop somewhere around 10pm.

 

I didn't meet any of you guys IRL because frankly I don't know what any of you look like, but I'll keep an eye out at Cars and Coffee this sat if anyone is going.

thanks!

anybody going to the Kickoff party tonight at the Crowne Plaza Hotel?

 

6500 Doubletree Ave.

Columbus, OH

 

Starts at 5:00, supposedly a parking lot show aside from the ticketed food event inside.

 

how about the parking lot shows tomorrow:

Hilton Plaza at 6pm and the Columbus Crowne plaza north at 6pm?

 

I thought burnout spectating was Saturday? where on Busch Blvd does it start/end?

 

schedule here:

https://www.good-guys.com/pdf/weekend/2014/WeekHapsColumbus14.pdf

Excuse my noobness but what's the "gathering"? Arithrits foundation? Busch?

 

So I'm guessing nobody is really into old motorcycles on here?

If it is a Mac, and it sure looks like it, the chrome on it is so terrible I'm shocked it isn't rusted into orange powder already. Best thing to do is to paint it with high temp, hitting the chrome with a scotch bright pad to give it a dull "brushed" finish will only make it rust faster and trust me the thing doesn't need any help.

 

Based on the size, it looks like a meg from a 2-1 setup or a 4-2 setup. What are you trying to put it on?

So this coming weekend are to major car and bike events: vintage motorcycle days at mid ohio and the goodguys ppg nationals at the expo center. Are there any CR meet ups planned for either of these events?

 

Who's planning on going?

Police have sirens so noise is not the concern. Plus loud pipes do not actually "save lives". Considering how quiet the insides of cars are these days the biggest danger is to pedestrians who aren't usually looking and won't hear it coming. My father owns a volt and the number of pedestrians that step in front while looking the other way while he is driving or exiting or entering parking garages is shocking. He does live in NYC where the pedestrian population is higher but still...I am shocked he hasn't hit anybody yet.

 

 

The more important question is how useful is an electric bike? It certainly isn't a high speed chase vehicle. And if it is anything like the Zero I rode a couple of years back it is severely range and time limited. I could see it replacing bicycles for beat cops, but then how will they stay in shape?

From what I remember in NY, some Auto-Xs require you have open lug nuts on the wheels. Since the Audi uses bolts and not lug nuts I was just wondering if I needed to make a stop at jegs for some studs and open lugs if I decided to go. Hence why I was asking. If they are cool with me running the factory bolts then no problem.

Interesting. Sounds like a fun event. What's needed to pass tech?

Well done. Nice set of bikes you have there. Honda needs more twin-cam.

 

Look forward to seeing you at some autox. Looks like there's a cheap autox at CMS this weekend, you should come on out.

 

Ask and Ye shall receive:

 

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/1979%20cb750F%20Pictures/EDBA74BD-2A40-4C6D-8231-D33E76FE9B53_zps73lief8t.jpg

 

This is the 1979 Cb750F I "resto-modded" back in 2005 and now belongs to my brother. It was a $400 spray bombed mess that barely ran but after a year we had it in fighting shape. vipex rear shocks, corbin seat (paint matched to the seat fabric), dyna coils and avon venom tires. I had a basssani pipe for it but my brother thought it too loud. I do have a boomerang comstar and dual piston caliper setup for it but haven't installed it for him yet (due to distance).

 

This weekend is the Dayton Air show and I already have tickets, otherwise I would have loved to come out to CMS.

 

Anybody know where I can get a ruelbook and schedule for non SCCA events? or do SCCA rules apply to them as well?

Hello,

 

My Name's Kerry and I found out about your forum from talking to some people at the Lennox shopping center Cars and Coffee. My Wife, Daughter and I moved to columbus a little over a year ago from Brooklyn, NY and we are still getting settled. And since I don't really want the "this thread is worthless without pics" reply I'm going to dump my photobucket library here.

 

Some of you may have spotted my wife's car the couple of times I brought it to C&C:

 

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/3edbb9cf.jpg

 

It is a 2.0T 6 speed (FWD) with full stainless turbo back exhaust, cold air intake, H&R lowering springs, and a lot of carbon fiber pieces the previous owner spent a fortune on.

 

Before we purchased the Audi we used to own this e30 convertible 5speed car (325i with koni suspension at stock ride height) that we used to do everything from Auto-X to grocery shop with:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/66ea9ab3.jpg

 

Although it is in storage back in NYC, I still own the 1967 GTO I bought when I was 18 and drove through most of the 90's:

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/GTO/786b.jpg

Car is a numbers matching 400ci 335hp car with a warranty replacement TH400 (I have all paperwork going back to new). In the 90's I rebuilt the engine to Ram Air I specs (670 heads, RAI cam, RA cast exhaust manifolds, 1969 RA IV Quadrajet carb). Since it was a driver more than a race car it has 3.55 gears in the stock 10 bolt. I used to run weekend brackets with it at Westhampton before it shut down in the early 2000's (mid 12 second passes when the car was dialed in).

 

For most of my life I have also been involved with old motorcycles. I was the Vintage Japanese Motorcycle Club NY Rep from 2005 to 2012 and I have crewed for a few Vintage Race teams, most notably Team Obsolete:

 

http://www.motorcycleclassics.com/classic-motorcycle-touring/long-island-1975-honda-cb750.aspx

 

http://www.motorcyclistonline.com/features/122_1010_the_ex_rayborn_xrtt_calvin_and_rob/printer_friendly.html

 

The current vehicles we moved to columbus with are my wife's A3, my 1995 Wrangler (which I have owned since new), a 1975 honda cb750K, and a 2006 ducati Sport 1000. And since I didn't post pics of those yet here they are (sorry no pics of the jeep):

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/null_zps60859e89.jpg

 

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f102/Geeto67/5D7A9763-7DB3-4C8E-B77D-EDBD4645C8ED_zpsghlf6zmc.jpg

 

So the reason I joined was to get connected to the racing community here in Columbus and to find out more about events. The wife and I have been talking about doing Auto-X again, and I wouldn't mind making a few passes down the 1/4 in my painfully slow jeep just for fun. Coming from NYC, Columbus feels like gearheads paradise with LSR, Mid-O, and god knows what else within short driving distance.

 

So that's it, now I am ready for the ritual "kick in the nuts" initiation that comes with joining any forum. Either way I am glad to be here.