fireman_343

I'm here... Leark'n in dark.. My Takegawa crank is done for this season... No time to really fix it and I'm not 100% on what I want to do with that motor for next season... I'll be racing the 2 stroke NSR.. I've been very busy with my Advocare business lately and haven't ha much time to reply to posts.. If anyone has any questions for me, it's best to reach me at via email at rdracer4@hotmail.com It's also on the club website. See ya at the track on the 14th

Do Sunday and I'll come down... Working at the FD all day Sat

Yeah I thought of it... My race 1 video I have.. I had a good battle with a guy on a 400 frame with a 600 motor. He was good, but I always passed him in the carousel only for him to pass me on the back straight again! Lol I know not having more power will always help, but if I had it I'd be able to do better. I think I'll stick with the little 400 for now. It works great, but maybe I'll look into getting more power after I see what times I can run with just some more practice, change some suspension settings and proper race tires!

Your first race is always free!!! Race coming up next weekend at CRP!! Show up!! I won't be there.. But bring a transponder if u have one. Or u can rent one. Chris... I wish I could of made the pirc track day... My monster motor is blown and I'm sure out for the rest of the season.

Yeah, it's a different bike! Loves the high revs! Reminds me a little bit like my old 00 R6.. That bike produced good power high in the revs!

Brian, I knew when I put his name down that he would be the one u pick out from the list to bash! Lol I'll admit he was a little "cocky" back in the day, but he has since calmed down and knows better now. I'm sure you'll never see him again as he lives in Phx, Az and gave up racing a few years ago. He did race a few WERA rounds at freebird track out there (I think that's what it's called) and won. Anyway, no hard feelings... Just don't pick apart my posts unless I'm asking for it! I'm all about some constructive criticism on my riding ability, style, etc...I'm open to any helpful tips! I just don't like it when words or topics are read wrong and taken completely out of context. If I'm going to say something, I'll make it very clear! Lol I know u know your stuff about racing, setup, tires, this bike and that bike...you might even be a nice guy in person.. But when u pick apart my OP and look into it more than what's there..it does come off as a slap in the face. I'll admit.. Getting your point across in text like this is sometimes hard, emotions are hard to express on message boards unless the reply is very blunt! Lol I'm sure we will meet at one of the tracks around here soon. I know I'd love to see that new Duc of yours person, always a big fan of them and yours does look bad ass! Take care

Thanks man.. Yeah...I know...I try and give everyone some credit, I can take some bashing here or there (hell, I get it all the time at my work here at the fire house, we all act like kids most of the time). I'm just done with it! I'll move on, ignore the negative stuff and focus my efforts on helping people. But, I've been told to race moto series by a lot of my friends, I think I'll have to try an make a race soon! I'd come to Putnam but I'll be in Dallas that weekend, and missed last weekend due to my 14th year wedding anniversary (got to keep the boss happy). We will ride/race again soon buddy! I miss all those CORE guys/gals!

You know what... Now that I think about it... I came on here to share my experience with racing at VMD. Not get into a debate, an argument or anything else. I just wanted to share what went on, my goals for next time and whatnot. Maybe help a future racer or someone looking to race Vintage or a modern class. I didn't ask for my post to be picked apart or dissected and words put in that I didn't say. After going back and reading this again, it's starting to piss me off. If me sharing pics/video everytime here is going to be like this then I'll leave. I have to deal enough with negative people in real life, don't need it here.

Yeah... I'm glad I'm not the only one that thinks you are reading into my post way too much! I've never once said I could win the race with Wades bike or one that's equal.. Just that I could of come down a few sec... Hell, Friday in practice I was running 31psi in my tires front and rear (cold) don't k ow why, but that's what I started off with... The Bridgestone tire guy said I was NUTS for running that much air and for racing on those tires.. That said... He did help me out and told me to drop the pressures (a lot) and I went from a 1:50 to a 1:47.. Huge difference in feel! If I could get an even better "feel" out of slicks, some more hp and fine tune my setup.. I'd for sure drop my time! Not saying I'd win, beat Wade or anyone else.. But that my times would improve! And that's the goal!! Now.. As far as the mini vs big bike debate. I really don't want to go back and forth with this! I know you and Tyler Butts father have had differences in the past in regards to mini racing and his son. Those guys have not raced with us for years, and I only follow Tyler on FB.. So all I know is he stopped racing big bikes and now just races flat track stuff. If u are referring to those as your source of what didn't work, then you don't know who races with our cub anymore. I really don't want to name everyone, and feel its childish to keep going back and forth with this. I think racing minis is good practice, cheap fun and a way to learn a little about road racing. I'm not saying each of these guys listed below feel the same way that I do, but the fact that they came from racing minis and or continue to do so says something! I'm sure you know about Harrison Ringle. He was a fast kid on minis and moved up to 250's winning the championship on it, and now races a SV650 and doing very well! Great kid! Oh and BTW, battled Leukemia in his early racing career.. And won that also!! Devon Perlenfein races WERA, does very well on his CBR and also in the lead to win the championship with the minis. Steve Patlovich won the number 1 plate in V7 class.. Raced with us a few times and has done very well.. Steve rides a lot of MX on smaller displacement bikes. Chris Wallace & David Henderson, use to race GLERA before it went under and David raced WERA and the old moto series also. Dave did well with both big and small bikes. Jordan Reid, races RS125/TZ250's now, but was instantly fast on a old borrowed 600 when he raced it. Sean Pickrell, use to race both, Steve Massy, races 125's does very well, use to race an FZR, Jimmy Pooler, WERA racer and walks away from everyone on a XR100, Mark Hatten use to race a Duc, believe he still does for AHRMA and qualified for AMA races back in the day, Jared Trees, ultra fast on minis, moved up to an R6, won several races back in the day before he got out of it and now races minis and wins all the time .. I can go on and on, as I'm sure there are more... The point is NOT that mini racing will make you a fast racer on bigger bikes, but for the majority of the guys that do dabble in the bigger bikes all do very well! Mini racers don't think they are better than any big bike racer! If you got that "vibe" from a few older members, then I'm sorry.. We are NOT about that. We just like to have fun with about a third of the cost of racing a big bike!

I'm still making progress.. As well as my wife (that's always a plus) Helping others lose weight & gain energy daily! Here is a pic of my wife and her sister (my wife is the one in the pink shirt last year, and now in the blue shirt, has lost almost 60lbs) sister-in-law has lost a bunch of weight also! Message me if u need any help!

Also...I never said if I had more power or slicks on that I'd beat Wade or Aaron... Not once did I say that! Just said that I could of come down a few sec on the track if I had that! My goal was to get into the 45's...I pushed the bike as hard as I felt comfortable doing on the setup i was running. Wade did a 41 something! There's no way I'm going to pull that off my first time racing at Mid O! I know that and Never said I could! I have mad respect for both Wade and Aaron! Both are great guys with sweet bikes an definitely know their way around Mid O! Congrats to them, I just hope I can at least hang with them both for more than 2 laps next year!

Wow, I'm not saying I'm a super talented, motogp, AMA star or anything... I was just giving my insight to the race weekend and how it went. I know Wade and Aaron are both super fast and talented riders with lots of seat time and laps around Mid Ohio.. (Thats why they are experts and im just a "novice") All things considered... I feel that I did ok for my first time racing the bike that I've only rode 2 times prior to VMD, first time was last summer and I haven't tossed a leg over it since the Star School at Mid Ohio last Oct. I thought the DOT's did "ok" but for the race I wish I had slicks on, I'm sure you and most racers will agree that the 603's are great for track day tires and I'll leave it at that.. Coming from riding 600's on the track in the past had me wishing for more speed. I'm not saying that if I had a 490 or even a 600 in the bike that I'd do better, I'm sure it would of helped, but Wade and Aaron both rode the wheels off those bikes and have them set up perfect, as I'm still messing with setup and still trying to get a feel for the bike (how it handles, the power delivery, gearing, brakes, etc...) You are right about the seat time.. both Aaron and Wade told me that with more seat time, I'll only get better. And I'd have to agree! One thing that you and I don't agree on is that I feel racing the mini's help. There are multiple guys racing in my club that race big bikes (and do well on both) and feel the say way. It's apples to oranges I guess... Some feel it helps, others don't.. I'm not going to give up one or the other... I'll still race the NSF and FZR both for FUN.. I'm too old to worry about chasing points, or championships... I just want to have fun doing what I love. Would it of been nice to win or get a podium my first time racing the FZR... Hell yes! But, even with me coming in 4th place, I had a blast and can't wait to race with Wade and Aaron again in the future! I'll race it as much as I can this year to get as much track time as I can, and hope to do even better next year at VMD.

Haha! Thanks Marty! Yeah. The pics you took came out great! Thanks for shooting a few of me on the track. I'm sure you'll see me again at a motoseries event

Haha.. Yeah, I got a lot of odd looks when I showed up! Turn 9 had a puddle on the inside.. Someone dropped there knew in it and got the race line wet.. My friend was one of them that went down! The track was very slippery on Sat!!

Got to race my little 400 at Mid Ohio during the AMA/WERA VMD event. Had a blast, but now I know what it's like to have a underpowered 400.. As the guys that beat me were on built 490's and one fast rider on a hawk 650! Overall, both days I finished 4th.. Less than a sec away from 3rd.. After watching my gopro video, I now know a few places where I can gain some ground and take some time off. Best lap was a 1:47.. I'm sure after I ditch the crappy bstone DOT's and slap on some slicks, as well as change the gearing, I'll be down a few seconds. Now all I need to do is get more seat time on it at some races. It's a different bike for sure.. Handles great, but need to keep the revs up high to get any power.. I'm so use to fuel injected bikes like the r6 and 600rr that I'm still trying to get use to the carbs and no power on the low end. Overall, great bike for someone wanting to get into road racing or for a old guy like me who just wants to go out and have fun without having a 120+hp beast to control, this is a great bike for that!! Anyway... Here is a video from Sunday race... http://youtu.be/WBPJjI4ZQ7U And yes, I put on 08 R6 race plastics in it..

Ummm... Tues next week too late? I'll be in your neighborhood that day

I'll take the front tire!!

If I can get the other NSR back to stock or at least a stock cylinder, I'd be racing it. I think we need more in Formula 2!! Thanks guys for coming out.. The weather turned out perfect

Wow, how in the hell did I miss this thread?? Lol As most know on here, I'm HUGE into fitness and helping people lose weight, gain energy, , health/wellness, sports performance, etc... I've lost over 25lbs.. Went from just over 20% body fat to now 9% and going down! I'm training now for something I never thought I would do.. That's compete in Men's Physique competition in 5 months! My wife has lost over 50lbs and she is going to compete as well! If anyone wants any info on what we've done to drop the weight (no crazy/fad diet) message me and I'll fill ya in on the details. I've got a TON of progress/transformation pics I could share!

Sweet... I'll be there around noon

Well, I have you two OR members... As well as Paul and Ryan and a few others I'm forgetting! Plus a few members here have come out in the past to watch.. But, hoping to get a few more... Would be perfect for those going to the dyno day... Just take a ride down and watch some races after you get your bikes dynoed

Round 3 of the Ohio Mini Roadracing League is this Sat at Circleville Raceway Park (CRP). Located right on Rt 23, 20 min south of Columbus, track is on west side of 23 next to old Sunoco gas station. Can't miss it Gates open at 8a if u want to register to race a mini or if you have a supermoto you want to race. Class structure and rules for racers can be found on our site: www.ohiominigp.com If you want to ride out and watch some awesome racing action, races will start around 11am Food is available at the track for a very cheap price. Gate fee is $8.00 Come walk the pits and see the bikes, ask questions, take pics, etc... Hope to see ya there

I think you need a backup motor!! Haha

Have a nice 2002 CR85 Expert motor for sale.. Not mine, selling for friend stationed overseas. $500.00 is what he wants. Located in Columbus I can post pics if anyone is interested.. It's in a big box wrapped in news paper now. Runs and is clean

Might try for Tues? We will see.. I work a 24hr shift at the FD the day before, so it depends in how I feel the next day.