cpsmith58
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Embedded systems designer at Cat Electronics near Peoria IL. I'm kinda into motorcycles having owned about 19 at last count, taken a couple of roadracing schools, raced MX, and am currently racing hare scrambles (and sucking at it) due to my advanced age. I also taught MSF classes for a while, lotsa fun. I own 2 Shelties and 1 cat and have 2 kids in college. Yes, I'm financially embarassed at this moment, yet I own 3 motorcycles (2 dirt and 1 street) and will go around the block to look at almost any dirt bike for sale. Yes, I have no brain when it comes to bikes.
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cpsmith58 Started a new thread Who's lining up next to CR at Vegas

1/24/2012 6:14pm
Could it be (Channeling SNL Church Lady here) SATAN? Or worse for Chad, Andrew Short? After CR threw him under the bus with all his comments etc, Shorty might have an axe to grind? Do you really wanna piss off a guy who is a) a known dirty rider (according to all the other riders, anyway) b) your closest competition's...
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cpsmith58 Started a new thread Barcia - fun to watch or dangerous fool?

1/24/2012 2:38pm
Yeah, I'm new here but I was on MotoNews a long time ago. I paid for the RacerX Gas in St Louis a couple times, fun! I think rubbin's racing, but very early, it seemed like Barcia rode UNDER Dean Wilson. That's prettty crazy. I like watching the guy and I have no desire to watch ANY rider get hurt...
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cpsmith58 Started a new thread So who lines up next to Reed?

1/20/2012 11:09am
Could it be (channeling SNL Church Lady here) SATAN? Or worse yet for Chad, Andrew Short. After the crap Chad slung his way, Shorty might have sumptin for Reed. The worst thing that could happen as far as general race excitement would be Reed holeshotting. The start last week made for some nice entertainment. I thought Shaheen was gonna blow...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to Grand Prix of Qatar

3/18/2011 1:34pm
Sweet pics. My DVR is set. I'm tired of surfing MotMatters and Soup EVERY day just to get my fix. IT'S ON! Bautista's year is over before it started, broken femur! Too bad, he had potential, not that the bike ever did. Easiest prediction ever? Casey Stoner for the championship. I'm a Hayden fan and always will be but Stoner's...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to What Really Happened in Houston

2/14/2011 12:20pm
They were both slick, but it just seemed like there were very few places to pass at Reliant. It looked to me (FWIW) that Wharton was really holding up Sipes. Sipes had set a very fast practice time (fastest?) and after a while of being held up, he may have gotten more aggressive than normal. Admittedly I am a Sipes...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to Barcia - fun to watch or dangerous fool?

2/14/2011 10:00am
Did I SAY I was faster than Barcia? I'm 52 and my sciatica is killing me. Lining up against Bam Bam is prolly not in my near future. Good clean racing? LOL! Definitely kept me glued to the edge of my seat, both 250 and 450. I was worried about a Stewart runaway, so it was kinda what the doctor...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to What Really Happened in Houston

2/14/2011 9:44am
I think a lot of the reason for the various carnage at Houston (Stewart/JT$, Sipes/Wharton, Barcia/Wilson) was that track was the most one-lined and tractionless track I have ever seen. Total bummer about Kdub crashing out of his home race, which he most likely would have won. I'm very glad he was not seriously injured. His crash and the bike...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to gopro camera

5/6/2008 11:41am
That thing would last about 15 minutes in an Ilinois hare scramble. The way I ride anyway. Between the trees and the mud/rioost and crsshing, it just wouldn't stand a chance.
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to Do any of the Honda SX riders have balls?

5/1/2008 9:47am
That's not true, for me anyway. I like people with charisma and character, Reed's a whiner and Kdbub and Shorty are polite and well-spoken. But somebody made a point somewhere about how we shouldn't whine about Reed's whining, which I admittedly have done. We bitch about riders being robots, "the Dunlops were hookin up, yadda yadda" and now when someone...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to So who lines up next to Reed?

4/30/2008 9:01am
Maybe team tactics will be more clear this week? I'm not suggesting that they should, but you never know. Maybe Erik Kehoe says "The word came down from corporate, if you let Reed by without a legitimate fight, you're fired". Then you'd see some action! Honda is close enough to smell this one, there's no telling what's gonna happen. I...
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to So who lines up next to Reed?

4/16/2016 6:47pm
Seriously, when was the last time Reed lapped Short? I think you're letting your enthusiasm get the better of you. I understand that you're a fan of Reed's, but there's no sense being a dumbass. Try and post intelligently and maybe things will go better for you.
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cpsmith58 Added a reply to Who's lining up next to CR at Vegas

4/30/2008 8:22am
Agreed. If Reed holeshots, it's over. I would rather Kdub won, but I'm kinda ok with Reed winning, I just want some drama. Ala Pingree and Shae Bentley, where you had no clue who won until several minutes after the race. If CR holeshots and runs away, it takes away all the fun. LOVE YOUR SIG!!
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