Your Embarrasing MX Story ?

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larsen87 12/19/2009 4:49pm
12/19/2009 4:49pm
I was at Loretta's in 05'. I was having a terrible week in both Schoolboy classes first off. I couldn't get a start to save my life or get a good result in any moto. pops wasn't too pleased with my results and riding. Then to top the week off, I was riding through the pits with my dad on the back of the bike going to the line for the last moto of the week and they had just watered the road. Yeah, i am sure you can see where it is going now, I dumped both of us off the bike and onto the ground, at Loretta's, like a total idiot. My dad was so mad at me that he jumped up and hit me in the helmet before I could even get on my feet!!

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jimmie 12/19/2009 5:04pm
12/19/2009 5:04pm
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Ascot Park, Gardena Calif.
Chasing this guy for two laps,
on his butt,
finally pass him, YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
as I round the next lap................................ah, I'm the only one on the race course!
I passed him cause that was the checkered lap! DUH! He had pulled off the track (like everyone else, except me)
LIttle jimmie racing round the track all by himself.
The announcer had to bring attention to all the spectators about my .............ah......."victory lap"
I think I was like sixth out of nine?
Funny stuff.
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Rooster 12/19/2009 5:09pm
12/19/2009 5:09pm
Looping the bike out crossing the finish line in a celebratory wheelie after winning my first race in 125 junior (novice).
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kaw rider9 12/19/2009 5:29pm
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I'm so glad this isn't a "Your Embarrassing HS Story" thread....Just sayin'..

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bvm111 12/19/2009 5:33pm
12/19/2009 5:33pm
I am sure this isn’t my MOST embarrassing moment but one of the funniest I think. My first race in the 250 intermediate class at Canyon Raceway in Glendale AZ, it was a night race in 2000 or 2001. There was a 5 jump rhythm section right in front by the bleachers and pits with a long uphill table top right after a tight right hand corner. I had it dialed by rolling the first, seat bounce double and double out and hit the table top to the right hand sweeper to the start straight. I hole shot the start but was passed by my best friend and riding partner since 7th grade and I was determined to pass him back through the rhythm right in front of everyone watching. I decided to Double in and triple out…. I had watched Destry Abbot do it and I convinced my self that I could do it too…. I probably should have tried it in practice first! I doubled in but decided to seat bounce the triple out and caught just a bit too much traction and looped it out big time…. I did the running man in air completely off my bike and when my feet touched down I just did an instant face plant and broke my visor so it was in front of my eyes. I jumped right up but I couldn’t see a thing and…. Being a bit wobbly from the face plant it took a few moments to realize that my visor was down in front of my face. I pushed it back and couldn’t find my bike I spun around looking lost and a few friends that were there watching were laughing their butts off and pointing to the table…. My KX landed on its wheels and continued to ghost roll all the way up and over the table top and was on the other side out of my sight…. I sprinted and jumped on and finished dead last with my visor sticking off the back of my helmet!!!
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teggers 12/19/2009 6:13pm
12/19/2009 6:13pm
Forgot to put oil in the bike.
Missed a contingency paying moto 2 for the OA while bench racing in the pits.
Argued with Brian Berry that RC only had ONE perfect season.
Picked my bike up from the dealership all prepped and went straight to the track. After practicing all night, I noticed that their were no pinch bolts on the front axle.

Buying ANY motorhome. That was a biggy.
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ogdeno 12/19/2009 6:17pm
12/19/2009 6:17pm Edited Date/Time 12/20/2009 12:22am
Big upping myself to a mate (who doesn't ride) about jumping this tabletop when i was on 80's. I then give him a ride, and after teaching him about throttle, clutch etc he goes out and jumps the tabletop on his first EVER lap.
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Infamous 12/19/2009 7:01pm
12/19/2009 7:01pm Edited Date/Time 12/19/2009 7:13pm
One weekend in '02 went with Todd DeHoop to help him at a regional AX in Toledo.



First night went smooth. Second night we were pitted in a much tighter spot and it was really tough to fit both bikes, stands, gearbags, chairs and toolboxes in the space we had to work with.



250 was on its stand when I pushed the 125 back to our spot after warming it up outside. Stand for 125 was to left of the 250 but there wasn't enough room to fit in between to mount the 125.



I decided instead to put the 125 on the stand from the right. There is a reason you don't do that. And of course, I hooked the shifter and dropped the 125 onto the polished concrete floor with the loudest SLAM I have ever heard in my life. Of course Todd was right there and saw the whole thing.



I went and stood outside in the snow for awhile to think about what an idiot I was.



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BIGHEAD1 12/19/2009 7:55pm
12/19/2009 7:55pm Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:33pm
I have two..


Broke my clutch lever tip off in the first moto. Second moto I go out get a shit start and high side. I had a hole in my left pant leg and it conveniently caught onto the sharp end of the clutch lever and as I was cartwheeling it ripped my pants clean off my left leg! Well, for the most part. When I went one direction on the track it looked like I was riding in my underwear!



I just moved up to B class and there was a seperate A and B practice so I thought I was a bad ass. After practice I was sure everyone at the track was appalled at my riding ability watching my every move. I attempted to ride my bike up the ramp on the bike of my truck. It was a night track (Dade City) and dew had formed on my bedliner. I make it up the ramp and grab the front brake only to slide into the back window. I put my foot out to catch myself and well, that slipped too. I fall sideways off the truck, my leg is pinned between the bike and side of the bed and I am now hanging upside down doing a handstand. A couple of kids come up rescue me....



ANOTHER one,


I leaned my bike up against the door of my truck while I went back to get tear offs real quick before my moto. I move the truck while trying to reach them in the back. Grip slides down the side of the truck and into the drivers window. My window was DOWN but there was about a half inch strip sticking up out of the door. My brake lever caught it and smashed the entire window INSIDE the door.



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Bobbles 12/19/2009 8:12pm
12/19/2009 8:12pm
Got the holeshot and was leading. Was about 10 years old. The track was a shitty one so when I entered the wooded area at the back end of the track, I got lost in the woods (there were lots of different trails around that the promotor used to alter the track from week to week or for harescrambles). Everyone behind me followed me and were all circling around, looking at each other, trying to figure out which way to go like a bunch of dipshits. Wasn't entirely my fault because the track could have done a better job marking it but was extremely embarrassing since I was the "leader"
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FIREfish148 12/19/2009 8:21pm
12/19/2009 8:21pm
Wow i think bighead wins so far.
I had a dude land on my back one time in the d class in 00... Well im not sure how it happened, but when i woke up there was third degree burns all over my lover back and ass as if someone did a burn out. And my pants were sagging more gangster than youve probably seen.
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BlueThumper 12/19/2009 8:22pm
12/19/2009 8:22pm
In college I kept my KX 250 in the carport storage room. One afternoon my roomates had a little get together going when I got home and everyone wanted me to get the bike out. Since there were some cute little ladies in the crowd I figured it would be cool to rip it up and down the empty lot next to the house. After making several passes down the empty lot I figured I would come back in toward the carport pretty fast and slide it in to achieve maximum cool points with the ladies. Came in hot, hit the back brake, saw I wasn't going to get stopped, grabbed a handful of front brake and instantly tucked the front end. Slid all the way into the wall of the carport with everyone busting a gut laughing. Put it back in the storage room and closed the door.
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WhipMeister 12/19/2009 9:03pm
12/19/2009 9:03pm
Two things:

Pulled a huge holeshot only to have the bike die in the first turn because I forgot to turn on the gas. (Was still probably my best moto ever. 29th to 3rd. Actually thought I'd moved into the lead with a lap and half to go.).

Got my foot sucked into and jammed between the wheel and the shock (old-school twin shocks) of another rider. Pulled me off of my bike and bounced my ass right through the whoops. Should've seen the look on the other guy's face when he looked back to see why his ride suddenly lost 10 horsepower.. No damage, except to my (and his) results.
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sharkey 12/19/2009 9:44pm
12/19/2009 9:44pm
went to a race and won my first moto. hung out with some of my buddies and went back to the truck to see my girlfiend. she was pleased as well and wanted to show me.after all that was done i decided to go to the tower to check out how my other friends did and get something to eat thinking "this is a great day" and as im walking by the track im watching the guyys on the track and say to myself boy they look familar. well they were, i missed my 2nd moto. of course everyone asked where i was after it and i couldnt look at them
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Rim Lock 12/19/2009 10:39pm
12/19/2009 10:39pm
Took a brand new 1976 CR125 to Stemmons MX in a total downfall of rain.

Made less than one lap in the the Texas black gumbo and completely burned the clutch to the point that the bike would no longer move.

Yeah, that was a good day...
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751 12/19/2009 10:54pm
12/19/2009 10:54pm
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Told this one before, but it still makes my face red. Was living in Houston and went to the old TT/ST National double at the Astrodome...
Told this one before, but it still makes my face red. Was living in Houston and went to the old TT/ST National double at the Astrodome. They had a motorcycle show going on in conjunction with it. Roger DeCoster was going to be at the Suzuki stand for autographs. I went early to be sure to meet him. When we got there he'd gone to dinner so we walked around looking at bikes and drinking those 22oz Longhorns. Suddenly he walks in front of me so I say "Mr. Decoster?". He stops and smiles and I try to say something bright and witty except nothing even approaching coherent speech comes out. He looks puzzled and I try again with the same result. Now he's looking at my wife to decipher but she's blending back into the crowd pretending she doesn't know me. I make one last try with absolutely no improvement, pure babble. The shock of meeting "The Man" and those Texas sized beers seemed to have rerouted my brain to mouth connection through my ass. I managed to get out "Never mind, thank you" before I slunk off to hide in a corner.
Thats hilarious!!! sounds exactly like something that would happen to me! Especially with the 22s, even worse accidentally bumping in to him and then its like wtf? beer is talking, hahahaha
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andymoto 12/19/2009 10:58pm
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Never looped out ever riding or racing......until driving all night from L.A. SX in '96 with Davis to La Grange for a contingency race and I was bushed doing the whole drive.

He had a '95 RM125 he was selling. I took the bike to a sandy whooped section to do a test run and looped the dang thing out bad..

New Pro Tapers were bent real bad as was the back of the bike was. Ended that streak. Got lucky I didn't break a thing on me.

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751 12/19/2009 11:02pm
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First race ever, went off the track in the whoops, front tire hit a odd car tire lying in the grass, guess what, went front over and faceplanted, it was on a 80. Not cool at the time. I have it on video but dont like to watch it.

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JW381 12/19/2009 11:51pm
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BlueThumper wrote:
In college I kept my KX 250 in the carport storage room. One afternoon my roomates had a little get together going when I got home...
In college I kept my KX 250 in the carport storage room. One afternoon my roomates had a little get together going when I got home and everyone wanted me to get the bike out. Since there were some cute little ladies in the crowd I figured it would be cool to rip it up and down the empty lot next to the house. After making several passes down the empty lot I figured I would come back in toward the carport pretty fast and slide it in to achieve maximum cool points with the ladies. Came in hot, hit the back brake, saw I wasn't going to get stopped, grabbed a handful of front brake and instantly tucked the front end. Slid all the way into the wall of the carport with everyone busting a gut laughing. Put it back in the storage room and closed the door.
I'm sure you got laid that night.. Laughing
TripleFive 12/20/2009 1:50am
12/20/2009 1:50am
Used to be into riding commando. Did it at Loretta's one year and had my entire ass hanging out for half the moto. Mom was not impressed.



Sight lap at a supermoto race in Dallas a few years back. Forgot to wait for the heat to build up in my tires. Went hot into a corner and lost it in front of a shit load of people.





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Pat327 12/20/2009 1:52am
12/20/2009 1:52am Edited Date/Time 12/20/2009 2:02am
When I was first learning how to shift on my KX60, I stalled it a lot. My dad kept telling me I needed to rev it more to keep it from stalling. I revved it pretty hard and dumped the clutch. My brand new bike did a flip and tore the back fender off right in front of everybody on our trail ride. Being so used to KTM50s, I had no idea a bike could do that. Felt terrible about that one.

Also, I once missed the start of a race by a couple minutes.

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Clutchy 12/20/2009 2:01am
12/20/2009 2:01am Edited Date/Time 4/17/2016 7:33pm
Sac raceway......This story is funnier when my buddy Tomo tells it

I always had a bad habit of being a little tardy to the moto's, we'll just say there where alot of clouds in my life back in those days..

So me and my buddy show up at Sac raceway right about the time practice is coming to a close. So I run over to the starter while my buddy is unloading my bike and bringing it over.

First I'm letting him know that I've never raced there before and wanted to just take a couple laps. His answer was NO...! Then I move to a little begging... The answer is NO.. Next up I start cussing his ass out... His answer NO...! The last thing I said to him was "fuck you I'll holeshot and smoke um anyway".....

The reason practice is good...

First moto...I'm fugging PUMPED. I pull a Big holeshot and as I'm coming into the first turn a little too hot, I realize how sharp right and then left the first turn is.... Cartwheeled over the bales......To this day i'm not sure which was more bent my pride or handle bars.....
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shaner708 12/20/2009 3:22am
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Once at a practice track I leaned my bike against a buddies new truck while I went to get a water or something. Made it halfway to the stand when my friend asks my why his truck was shaking. Went back to find my bike on the ground, worse yet there was a HUGE white scratch down the entire door from handle level to the ground, I still get angry words about that to this day, but were still best buds.

Forgot a flashlight while racing a night race and had no way to find anything around my pit or check how much gas I had.

Last but not least, I broke the "never before the big game rule" with my girlfriend the night before. I didn't even feel like myself out on the track and eventually woke up from a concussion with my bike on the top of my head a third degree burn on my arm which scarred into the shape of a heart ironically.

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burnside 12/20/2009 3:38am
12/20/2009 3:38am
hellion wrote:
I had the worst thing that can ever happen to a person happen to me way back in 1985 and I still have the mental scars...
I had the worst thing that can ever happen to a person happen to me way back in 1985 and I still have the mental scars to prove it. I had the normal pre race jitters and decided to go to the porta can to ease my pain. Well, I did, and as soon as my deposit hit the liquid it splashed right back up to me, hit me dead center. I ran for my life back to my trailer where I proceeded to wash my privates with first contact cleaner ( oh yes it burned ) and then windex. It was embarrasing running through the pits with my pants down, but nowhere near as bad as what caused me to make the run.
EPIC!
oldschoolmxr203 12/20/2009 4:56am
12/20/2009 4:56am
Forgot to turn gas on bike,and it died in the 1st turn.
Finished moto with huge rip in pants after crashing.
Fell in a corner at a sand race, got ran over by another rider, had tire marks across jersey and my back.
thefactorypilot 12/20/2009 4:58am
12/20/2009 4:58am
BlueThumper wrote:
In college I kept my KX 250 in the carport storage room. One afternoon my roomates had a little get together going when I got home...
In college I kept my KX 250 in the carport storage room. One afternoon my roomates had a little get together going when I got home and everyone wanted me to get the bike out. Since there were some cute little ladies in the crowd I figured it would be cool to rip it up and down the empty lot next to the house. After making several passes down the empty lot I figured I would come back in toward the carport pretty fast and slide it in to achieve maximum cool points with the ladies. Came in hot, hit the back brake, saw I wasn't going to get stopped, grabbed a handful of front brake and instantly tucked the front end. Slid all the way into the wall of the carport with everyone busting a gut laughing. Put it back in the storage room and closed the door.
FAIL
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Justin314 12/20/2009 5:41am
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A few years back, I had a little back and forth battle going on with a guy. The seat on my YZ125 had a lot of grip to it, and I had finally learned to grip with my legs/knees better. I went to stand up out of a corner, and ended up pulling my pants down in the process....went down the next couple straights bare-assed.


At least he didnt pass me after that Smile .
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Rupert X 12/20/2009 5:57am
12/20/2009 5:57am
ND= Name Dropping

Many moons ago, Davey Coombs (ND) introduces me to young star

(he was probably 16) Kevin WINDHAM (ND) at the concert hall at Loretta's (ND), I had a

rum n'coke in my hand and, I was nervous and, my scrambled brain sent scrambled

signals to my shaking hand and, my rum n coke hand - resulting in K-Dub getting

splashed a bit (prolly Davey, too) - both gave me the "you dumbass" look and I slunk (is

that a word?) off in horrific dejection. I still wake up at night to this day, reliving that

horrific occasion, gladly now I can get it off my manly chest.....Aaargh, the humanity of it

all.........



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Rupert X 12/20/2009 6:12am
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TripleFive wrote:
Used to be into riding commando. Did it at Loretta's one year and had my entire ass hanging out for half the moto. Mom was not...
Used to be into riding commando. Did it at Loretta's one year and had my entire ass hanging out for half the moto. Mom was not impressed.



Sight lap at a supermoto race in Dallas a few years back. Forgot to wait for the heat to build up in my tires. Went hot into a corner and lost it in front of a shit load of people.







Just looked at the pic again after reading your post.

Looks like the moon was out early - very cool..... hehe...
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Highsider 12/20/2009 6:55am
12/20/2009 6:55am Edited Date/Time 12/20/2009 6:58am
Rup- always bonus points for pics, huh?

One more: I had a friend who always rode his bike up the ramp into his Econline van.
Well, one windy day the door blew shut as he rolled up the ramp...BIG cave-in to the door and he flopped over onto the the ground.

The rest of us fell over from laughing so hard!

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