old school racing
Posted: Fri Feb 20, 2009 10:14 am
I may have posted these elswhere but I am not sure so here they are and I put them on the on line gallery as well.
this pic is of me at Loudon new Hampshire racing in a AMA/CS 3 hour endurance race. Started in 62 of 63 bikes (Back when it was a shorter track and run in the opposite direction)
Finished 15 overall. We were only one of two 400s the rest were 600 cbr's and 750 Suzukis mostly. I am on a 1988 FZR-400 bone stock except slicks added as well as a steering dampner.
The only other prior race this bike was in was a 6 hour endurance at Willow Spring California which we got 3rd in and beat out the factory Yamaha team. The bike went to the track safety wired and made track ready the night before no steering dampner which made for a mean head shake on turn 6 every lap like clock work as you came over the crest in a right hander, but it would shake then straighten itself out of you relaxed your grip and then you just rolled on the throttle and went for it .
What a great bike the next day was sprint racing I took 1st in the 400cc class, whatever it was called back then. It was a WERA Endurance series event.
This is me at the last race of the 2007 season here in Shanghai. My TZR Yamaha blew its engine the night before and I got gridded in the rear. We worked and all nighter to get this thing ready for the track. it was about 80% done prior to that. It was my first real official race in nearly 17 years.
Though not a Yamaha (Its a kawasaki 636 superbike) this is me last week on the F1 track in Zhuhai China. My riding style has improved over the years and I am faster now I feel than I was back in the day.
Maybe thats because I am old and dont give a shit if I live or die anymore. I just want to race and have fun.
this pic is of me at Loudon new Hampshire racing in a AMA/CS 3 hour endurance race. Started in 62 of 63 bikes (Back when it was a shorter track and run in the opposite direction)
Finished 15 overall. We were only one of two 400s the rest were 600 cbr's and 750 Suzukis mostly. I am on a 1988 FZR-400 bone stock except slicks added as well as a steering dampner.
The only other prior race this bike was in was a 6 hour endurance at Willow Spring California which we got 3rd in and beat out the factory Yamaha team. The bike went to the track safety wired and made track ready the night before no steering dampner which made for a mean head shake on turn 6 every lap like clock work as you came over the crest in a right hander, but it would shake then straighten itself out of you relaxed your grip and then you just rolled on the throttle and went for it .
What a great bike the next day was sprint racing I took 1st in the 400cc class, whatever it was called back then. It was a WERA Endurance series event.
This is me at the last race of the 2007 season here in Shanghai. My TZR Yamaha blew its engine the night before and I got gridded in the rear. We worked and all nighter to get this thing ready for the track. it was about 80% done prior to that. It was my first real official race in nearly 17 years.
Though not a Yamaha (Its a kawasaki 636 superbike) this is me last week on the F1 track in Zhuhai China. My riding style has improved over the years and I am faster now I feel than I was back in the day.
Maybe thats because I am old and dont give a shit if I live or die anymore. I just want to race and have fun.