Oh, You Tricky EURO'S !

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Edited Date/Time 7/17/2013 6:59am
I'm watching that Latvian GP right now from Kegums (Kegums ? yes, please !), in LATVIA and I see you're serving us up

ANOTHER SAND track at the Des Nations in 2014.

Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks....

Well played, Euro's, well played !

* The chicks in that town appear incredible !
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Rupert X 7/16/2013 5:03pm
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Yeah, I know that's a LOmmel pic....
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Just in time for the AMA circuit's sandiest track to be Red Bud
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Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks.... Who you calling a Gypsy ? silence or ill turn you into a frog Whistling

For years now I have been watching the AMA racing so why is it sand tracks do not feature in the race schedule ? I assume there are plenty of good sand tracks (excluding southwick obviously) in the US ? Now im far from a pro but i love riding deep sand tracks. Surly its not a Euro thing ?
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Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks.... Who you calling a Gypsy ? silence or ill turn you into a frog :whistle: For years now...
Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks.... Who you calling a Gypsy ? silence or ill turn you into a frog Whistling

For years now I have been watching the AMA racing so why is it sand tracks do not feature in the race schedule ? I assume there are plenty of good sand tracks (excluding southwick obviously) in the US ? Now im far from a pro but i love riding deep sand tracks. Surly its not a Euro thing ?
I grew up riding trails in Texas that were nothing but sand. The softer and more whooped out the better.

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dv12.com 7/16/2013 6:47pm
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Rupert X wrote:
Yeah, I know that's a LOmmel pic....
Like he said ^^^. That's Lommel's building in the background. Kegums is sandy but nothing more than Red Bud... It might be the most US track lookalike on the GP circuit
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kongols 7/16/2013 9:19pm
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Rupert X wrote:
Yeah, I know that's a LOmmel pic....
dv12.com wrote:
Like he said ^^^. That's Lommel's building in the background. Kegums is sandy but nothing more than Red Bud... It might be the most US track...
Like he said ^^^. That's Lommel's building in the background. Kegums is sandy but nothing more than Red Bud... It might be the most US track lookalike on the GP circuit
It was sandiest I`ve seen in perhaps 10 years. The original soil was partly sand but they put a lot of clay on it and it got harder and harder every year. After complains in 2011 when it was almost hardpack during the time of GP, they put a lot of sand on it, something like 3000cbm. By the time of 2014 MXDN the track will be as sandy as it was originally. The track is very physically demanding. More sand will make it even harder.
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frita 7/16/2013 9:36pm
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Kegums is about as sandy as RV's track in Florida. It's no Lirop or Lommel. No excuses.

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JeepnMike 7/16/2013 9:48pm
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Spergen wrote:
Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks.... Who you calling a Gypsy ? silence or ill turn you into a frog :whistle: For years now...
Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks.... Who you calling a Gypsy ? silence or ill turn you into a frog Whistling

For years now I have been watching the AMA racing so why is it sand tracks do not feature in the race schedule ? I assume there are plenty of good sand tracks (excluding southwick obviously) in the US ? Now im far from a pro but i love riding deep sand tracks. Surly its not a Euro thing ?
I always loved sand tracks too. You can hold it open a lot more giving you the feeling like you are going really freaking fast even if you are slow, and it hurts a lot less when you crash!

Seriously though, there is something cool about the way a bike moves under you racing a sand track. For the NW US folks, Horn Rapids was my favorite track.. Even over Washougal, I truly liked the sand.
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ehr400 7/16/2013 11:47pm
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Yeah there is som real great sand tracks all over Michigan. Baja being probably the most well known. However a track named Polka Dots hosted a national in 1977? not exactly sure on the year but I am sure DBoivin can chime in on that.

It is still there and still rough and sandy.

Also that news about that guy who is the president of Monster Energy owing that property in northern Michigan that he wants to develop into a national caliber mx track is sand, exactly like Lommel sand. I really hope it happens.
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Derpin' DJ 7/17/2013 2:12am
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Glen Helen is probably as sandy as Kegums
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ehr400 7/17/2013 3:14am
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Yep^^
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jamma10 7/17/2013 3:40am
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ehr400 wrote:
Yep^^
What did you think of your Finnish GP experience, did you enjoy it? Track looked pretty cool on TV.

Are you planning to make it to any other races while you're in Europe?
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ehr400 7/17/2013 3:55am
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Man, I got pimped by my boss. He wouldnt let me take Friday and Monday off so I had to scrap my plans. Really bummed. I watched it online.

I am leaving the 26th so I will just miss the German GP. I may be back in September, so if I am I WILL be at the MXDN and I WILL be at Octoberfest. Lol

I drove to Lommel and Lierop 2 weeks ago, just to check the place out and watch some riding. I might go back this Saturday and maybe I will catch Tony, Herlings, Ice 1 team out there testing. To be honest Lommel is just like some of the sand I rode back in michigan. Maybe that is why Stanton was a animal in the sand.
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PressPassP 7/17/2013 5:07am
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ehr400 wrote:
Man, I got pimped by my boss. He wouldnt let me take Friday and Monday off so I had to scrap my plans. Really bummed. I...
Man, I got pimped by my boss. He wouldnt let me take Friday and Monday off so I had to scrap my plans. Really bummed. I watched it online.

I am leaving the 26th so I will just miss the German GP. I may be back in September, so if I am I WILL be at the MXDN and I WILL be at Octoberfest. Lol

I drove to Lommel and Lierop 2 weeks ago, just to check the place out and watch some riding. I might go back this Saturday and maybe I will catch Tony, Herlings, Ice 1 team out there testing. To be honest Lommel is just like some of the sand I rode back in michigan. Maybe that is why Stanton was a animal in the sand.
Good chance,there's nothing on this weekend afterall
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robkinuk 7/17/2013 5:23am
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Rupert X wrote:
I'm watching that Latvian GP right now from Kegums (Kegums ? yes, please !), in LATVIA and I see you're serving us up ANOTHER SAND track...
I'm watching that Latvian GP right now from Kegums (Kegums ? yes, please !), in LATVIA and I see you're serving us up

ANOTHER SAND track at the Des Nations in 2014.

Oh yes, Gypsy, we are onto your tricks....

Well played, Euro's, well played !

* The chicks in that town appear incredible !
Rup,
Just wait until they throw in the impossible to obtain Latvian visa's you must get in person from the Russian embassy, Moscow,
the airfreight company who ships Team USA's bike to Siberia by mistake, the crappy local fuel teams must use, the local band playing outside team USA hotel till 4pm,.................................. man them pesky euro's are only just getting started for 2014!Wink
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kongols 7/17/2013 5:34am
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robkinuk wrote:
Rup, Just wait until they throw in the impossible to obtain Latvian visa's you must get in person from the Russian embassy, Moscow, the airfreight company...
Rup,
Just wait until they throw in the impossible to obtain Latvian visa's you must get in person from the Russian embassy, Moscow,
the airfreight company who ships Team USA's bike to Siberia by mistake, the crappy local fuel teams must use, the local band playing outside team USA hotel till 4pm,.................................. man them pesky euro's are only just getting started for 2014!Wink
Latvian visa`s?Woohoo Laughing Laughing
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ehr400 wrote:
Man, I got pimped by my boss. He wouldnt let me take Friday and Monday off so I had to scrap my plans. Really bummed. I...
Man, I got pimped by my boss. He wouldnt let me take Friday and Monday off so I had to scrap my plans. Really bummed. I watched it online.

I am leaving the 26th so I will just miss the German GP. I may be back in September, so if I am I WILL be at the MXDN and I WILL be at Octoberfest. Lol

I drove to Lommel and Lierop 2 weeks ago, just to check the place out and watch some riding. I might go back this Saturday and maybe I will catch Tony, Herlings, Ice 1 team out there testing. To be honest Lommel is just like some of the sand I rode back in michigan. Maybe that is why Stanton was a animal in the sand.
I think they prep the track on mondays wich makes the weekends the worst days to ride it. From my experience Tony and Ken practice on the rougher tracks and the rest goes to Lommel only a day or two after the track is prepped. Bastogne and Lierop is comming up on the schedule, you might find som people there or even Eindhoven, if you want to spot som GP riders.
2strokerider 7/17/2013 6:24am
7/17/2013 6:24am Edited Date/Time 7/17/2013 6:25am
bit early for the excuses for 2014- at least start making excuses for 2013 first Smile track too hardpack this year, too sandy next year?
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robkinuk 7/17/2013 6:59am
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robkinuk wrote:
Rup, Just wait until they throw in the impossible to obtain Latvian visa's you must get in person from the Russian embassy, Moscow, the airfreight company...
Rup,
Just wait until they throw in the impossible to obtain Latvian visa's you must get in person from the Russian embassy, Moscow,
the airfreight company who ships Team USA's bike to Siberia by mistake, the crappy local fuel teams must use, the local band playing outside team USA hotel till 4pm,.................................. man them pesky euro's are only just getting started for 2014!Wink
kongols wrote:
Latvian visa`s?Woohoo Laughing Laughing
Almost forgot to say Kongols is now working for homeland security in Latvia and personally has to authorise every US person coming to the MXDN, so be nice to him!.........................................................just sayingWink Laughing Laughing

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