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having worked with Sidi for the past 17 years, i've yet to see any sponsored rider, big or small, with 10 pairs of boots. three maybe....but i don't know of anyone who has 10 pairs of working Crossfires sitting around. not even Tony. danny laporte swaps his out about every six to nine months, not because they're worn out, but...

i think i can fill in some of the blanks here. yep, believe that was the rig created for the movie earthquake. bud ekins tried it first, it spit him out at the twelve o'clock position. i think he did a collarbone. i tried it. same result. and i think they got a third monkey to give it a shot...

greg bid on it. tom reese bought it. same guy that bought the museum from greg a few years ago.

that was a interesting day. the tire was banned, but mostly because of what bobby said: the roost coming off that thing was awesome, but really dangerous to the other guys. that sand had little shells in it, and the roost was like a giant spinning cheese grater coming at you.or mini ninja stars. ...and the amount of roost coming...

kent and tony d.

anytime michael. while marty was invited, i think steve snuck in so he could bathe in the glory of his own framed jerseys up on the walls. i swear that bauer guy...he shows up everywhere!

Steve Reyes Tom Madigan Bob Osborne and since the list is gonna be alphabetical (good for me!), i shot some stuff too.

i started working with steve when he still had his "day job" at the airlines. since then we teamed up for probably more than 100 races. over that time our relationship went from me pointing him towards the "right person", to years later when i'd call him to get a phone, email, IM handle for the "right person". steve seemed...

there's this little town just south of me....i think it's referred to as "carlsbad". rumor has it they used to hold those motorbike GP thingies over there and as the story goes, lots of people showed up. some alphabet-named company (ABC maybe?) even thought enough of it to come out and film it. probably just a rumor though.

hey mike~ there are some proxy systems out there that allow you to log in as though you were based in england, and access things like Motors TV. there are also apps for IOs (like atomic) that spoof a regular computer. i don't usually promote hacking, but it is guiseppi we're bashing around here, and he still owes me money...

at the moment, the thread just below this one is titled: "Who's the best at coming from behind?" just saying...you don't have to look far...

hhhmmmm...rental cars.... the D3 (daytona drive & dive) was always my favorite. the winner was determined by who could drive their rent-a-racer the farthest straight into the ocean....and get it back out under it's own power. (the hot set up was a big, heavy ford thunderbird v-8). the technique for topping the podium: drive it in until it won't go...

thanx guys, i'm still here. like a lot of other people, i usually take a lap through here about once a day. it's fun to see what rumors/facts have been picked up on, what rumors/facts are completely made up...and (the most fun) what rumor/fact hasn't been brought up yet. the old days of the message boards were completely wide open...

i was there when they invented pixels. does that count?

steve operates out of the torrey pines gliderport in torrey pines ca, giving tandem paragliding rides, flying lessons and working on various gliders, kites and harness designs. steve flies both the paragliders and hang gliders, but really prefers the hang glider because it's faster and more maneuverable. he flies gliders a lot like he rode. it's really pretty to watch...

you'll definitely never get rich doing it (feel free to break into my house, but please don't take any of the dogs, okay? you get to ride all the bikes you can cram into your garage. your wife/gf will hate you because you have more gear than she has fancy clothes and you take up more closet space. your home...

as best as my feeble mind can dust off the cobwebs, the last time a radio communications system was used was by team honda with miguel duhamel on a road race bike, and i believe it was daytona. the communication was one way...they could only talk to the rider. it didn't work. miguel said that he couldn't hear what they...

you're probably right. i heard from a reliable source, who i just made up to sound like i'm somebody.....anyway he told me that the Chinese have already copied Red Arrow and plan to start selling them through Staples and Office Depot, rather than the regular arrow dealer pipeline.

red arrow. nobody has more laps on the track than that dude.

the second guy from the left is Donnie Hansen and if you ever got in his way on a racetrack, you'd recognize that look. maybe i can help a little here. i worked on the website. i got involved in this project AFTER the countdown clock. my first suggestion two months ago was to take that clock out in the...