The fact that a high compression, performance oriented motorcycle motor is still running after that many miles without a rebuild is pretty impressive. I've only heard of a handful of sportbikes with over 100k.
Only because they get crashed before they make it that far. The engineering is impressive but it's not unheard of for those bikes to go that far with ease.
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videos like what you're describing is exactly what im looking for!
this guy and the guy in front of him towards the beginning on the orange and white cbr are a couple of the faster riders i associate with personally. The wera crowd was apparently using that weekend as practice time lol.
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Lots of motors blow up.
i hear those are called "636"s
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i hope the day comes when I'm that comfortable with going that crazy fast that I can just be like "oh, well I guess I'll just take this line then" and still go crazy fast
And check out this one. Watch this kid pass him at around 3:00. His name is jake Lewis and is just seconds off multiple track records and the kids only 14 years old. Crazy fast. He is just gone
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and yea kevin that's kinda where im at. my pace picked up exponentially last year, but im not at the point where im comfortable just picking whatever line and carrying any speed with it.
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"the evidence strongly suggests that neither Billy nor Adam (Smart Parts) could have invented the electronic paintgun" -Garr M. King, U.S. Judge
The fact that a high compression, performance oriented motorcycle motor is still running after that many miles without a rebuild is pretty impressive. I've only heard of a handful of sportbikes with over 100k.
my yz400f has gone 14 years without needing even as much as a valve adjustment. not sure what that equates to in miles, but that's a really long time. also not a crotch rocket motor, but still a psycho motor none-the-less.
i have to keep reminding myself that i wanted to buy a project. projects are frustrating.
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"Originally posted by UglyDuckGizmo: at first i was like nah this soundtrack is awesome, then that white trash bull**** about having sex in your car came on.
That's why the new 4 strokes aren't no where near as reliable as the 2 strokes. Too many RPM's on 1 cylinder/piston/valves. 4 strokes are part of the reason why I don't ride motocross anymore. Just don't have the money to keep 1 running and I'll be honest... I wasn't slow. I would have to stay up on maintenance pretty heavily.
yeah, if this bike wasn't so reliable i'd be on a 2-stroke, but you just can't kill it! so therefore i love 4-strokes. my yz250f, otoh, was not so reliable. thank god the PO included a full rebuild kit, because i needed it!
going to go pick up a gym membership today and train my *** off until 2013 so i can go race mx and not die.
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"Originally posted by UglyDuckGizmo: at first i was like nah this soundtrack is awesome, then that white trash bull**** about having sex in your car came on.
yeah, if this bike wasn't so reliable i'd be on a 2-stroke, but you just can't kill it! so therefore i love 4-strokes. my yz250f, otoh, was not so reliable. thank god the PO included a full rebuild kit, because i needed it!
going to go pick up a gym membership today and train my *** off until 2013 so i can go race mx and not die.
The old yz400f's had a good reputation. They weren't as radical. You got a gem man!
yeah i did. the carb isn't being much of a gem anymore though, i'm thinking of updating it to a newer one. i've heard they're easier to work and live with.
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"Originally posted by UglyDuckGizmo: at first i was like nah this soundtrack is awesome, then that white trash bull**** about having sex in your car came on.
You think you are fast when you make it to A group... then you start racing lol
I will hopefully be getting much faster this year.
depends on what orgs A group. I'm middle of the pack intermediate at best with nesba, but I could definitely ride A with STT or TPM and not be the slowest guy out there.
Allowing people to choose what group they want to ride in works so well
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"the evidence strongly suggests that neither Billy nor Adam (Smart Parts) could have invented the electronic paintgun" -Garr M. King, U.S. Judge
my yz250f, otoh, was not so reliable. thank god the PO included a full rebuild kit, because i needed it!
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