did they push the #7 out of the stadium?

ultragraffics 1/5/2009 9:34am
1/5/2009 9:34am
I wish we had some good audio from when the bike slowed. I wonder if his engine had the same failure Ryan Dungey had in the heat race ??
el moto diablo 1/5/2009 9:47am
1/5/2009 9:47am
Good thing it didn't start James didn't need to get back on the bike after hitting his head.
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partialperson 1/5/2009 9:48am
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Does anyone think maybe an engine failure may have caused the wreck an subsequent nonstart issue? I thought maybe the carb being knocked out of the intake boot from the impact may have been the nonstart problem, but after reading ultrag's post he is probably barking up the right tree.
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dirthead1 1/5/2009 9:54am
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You could see James say it "hiccupped" when his team was standing around him after.

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partialperson wrote:
Does anyone think maybe an engine failure may have caused the wreck an subsequent nonstart issue? I thought maybe the carb being knocked out of the...
Does anyone think maybe an engine failure may have caused the wreck an subsequent nonstart issue? I thought maybe the carb being knocked out of the intake boot from the impact may have been the nonstart problem, but after reading ultrag's post he is probably barking up the right tree.
I've had my carb., knocked loose from the intake in a crash...Of course I was going much faster than Stewart !
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Bret 1/5/2009 10:03am
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hillbilly wrote:
Or did a wrench hop on it and fire it up and ride it back to the truck?
Pushed off the track, then fired up and ridden back to the pits. It was a few minutes after the crash that it was fired up though.
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hillbilly 1/5/2009 10:07am
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Huckster wrote:
hillbilly would have picked it up and carried it on his shoulder for the remaining 10+ laps and finished the race, all the while holding a...
hillbilly would have picked it up and carried it on his shoulder for the remaining 10+ laps and finished the race, all the while holding a conversation with anyone that would listen about how he beat Damon Bradshaw at muddy creek straight up on a husky without a kick starter..... priceless!!!
it was at lake sugartree and I had no brakes and no horsepower(it was 1986 or 87 and electrulux was sucking all the r&d money up for vacum motors)

And you are correct,I would not have quit.

He needs to learn how to start it,it is an art.

As much as he crashes youd think he would be good at it.
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hillbilly 1/5/2009 10:10am
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hillbilly wrote:
Or did a wrench hop on it and fire it up and ride it back to the truck?
Bret wrote:
Pushed off the track, then fired up and ridden back to the pits. It was a few minutes after the crash that it was fired up...
Pushed off the track, then fired up and ridden back to the pits. It was a few minutes after the crash that it was fired up though.
that was what I heard but could not trust the source 100%,so I went fishin' here.
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Huckster 1/5/2009 5:05pm
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Huckster wrote:
hillbilly would have picked it up and carried it on his shoulder for the remaining 10+ laps and finished the race, all the while holding a...
hillbilly would have picked it up and carried it on his shoulder for the remaining 10+ laps and finished the race, all the while holding a conversation with anyone that would listen about how he beat Damon Bradshaw at muddy creek straight up on a husky without a kick starter..... priceless!!!
hillbilly wrote:
it was at lake sugartree and I had no brakes and no horsepower(it was 1986 or 87 and electrulux was sucking all the r&d money up...
it was at lake sugartree and I had no brakes and no horsepower(it was 1986 or 87 and electrulux was sucking all the r&d money up for vacum motors)

And you are correct,I would not have quit.

He needs to learn how to start it,it is an art.

As much as he crashes youd think he would be good at it.
dude dont go changing....you are priceless... pure moto
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jmar wrote:
Why does it matter?
flarider wrote:
So he can attack James for not starting it himself and racing.

Duh


hillbilly wrote:
I was going to blame it on the coolant and state that if he woulda had ENGINE ICE it woulda started right up,prolly would never even...
I was going to blame it on the coolant and state that if he woulda had

ENGINE ICE

it woulda started right up,prolly would never even died,prolly woulda stood itself back up and waited on stewart to wake back up and climb on.
tru dat
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Maybe the motor was blown?
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PD441 1/5/2009 5:32pm
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Anybody notice the EFI Suzuki involved in the same crash seemed to fire up pretty quickly?
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FLmxer 1/5/2009 5:37pm
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I thought I heard some popping and bogging before it happened. I said out loud "is that James bike that sounds like hell?". It could have been another bike but you can hear it in the first lap pretty well. Someones bike was running poorly.
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ratonmacias 1/5/2009 5:40pm
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PD441 wrote:
Anybody notice the EFI Suzuki involved in the same crash seemed to fire up pretty quickly?
i did but reeds bike was on its side for less time. l & m racing should have put a wireless alarm clock to wake james up from his dirt nap.
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hillbilly 1/5/2009 5:44pm
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croom mx wrote:
Maybe the motor was blown?
motor?
maybe the extension cord came unplugged from the wall
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croom mx 1/5/2009 5:50pm
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croom mx wrote:
Maybe the motor was blown?
hillbilly wrote:
motor?
maybe the extension cord came unplugged from the wall
Or blew a fuse?
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Some people can start a hot four stroke, others can't.
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TerryK 1/5/2009 9:06pm
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Missed shift,
crash,
bike upside down,
fuel running into intake,
dnf.

Simple.

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avidchimp 1/5/2009 11:35pm
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James was just out of it. He RUNG his bell VERY good.
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mrquick 1/5/2009 11:56pm
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I thought he was out of it before the wreck happened.

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