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design-engine Started a new thread Road Racing ... now motorcross..
1/26/2012 3:13pm I raced motorcross gowing up. Got into Road Racing later. so to get to the question, my shifting on the road racing bikes has been upside down... they call it GPshift for 'one up and five down' as like motorcross bikes which are 'one down and five up'. Now that i learned to ride GPshift (crashed a couple times on...
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design-engine Started a new thread Practice Tracks resource online anyplace?
1/23/2012 11:35pm I raced motocross back in the 70's and 80's... yes I am old. Well i just bought a 2005 450F and am looking to jump off more than concrete loading docks in downtown Chicago off Fulton Street (which is fun by the way). Can anyone point me to a website resource dedicated to motocross tracks that do open weekday or...
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design-engine Started a new thread Motorcross tracks with open sessions the first of Sept
1/23/2012 10:47pm I am going to be at Barber Motorsports for sportbiketracktime.com the weekend of August 29 and 30 then I have five days to get to a three day event on Road Atlanta raceway Labor Day. I am bringing my YZ450 and want to do some open track sessions at various motocross tracks. can anyone recommend some Motorcross tracks where I...
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design-engine Added a reply to Motorcross tracks with open sessions the first of Sept
8/20/2009 9:48am I got three Monday and Tuesday lined up for tracks in Alabama... now I want tracks along the way to Road Atlanta.... This is all I found. http://www.motoclicks.com/tracks/Georgia And these tracks are mainly below Macon. Any suggestions?
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design-engine Added a reply to Come Ride With Us!
8/20/2009 8:33am looks like a nice layout... do you make schedules farther out?
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design-engine Added a reply to Road Racing ... now motorcross..
8/19/2009 6:46am I found a GP Tech http://www.gptechllc.com/2008-YZ450.html and they can do it but with rear sets. So I had one of the engineers in our office take a look at the above bike and see if we cant rig up something that works w/o rear sets. Would not want to change the geometry of the bike any. We will see how...
design-engine Added a reply to 1992 KDX250
8/18/2009 8:19am I have a 92 KDX 200 and am fixing her up as well. I probably dont need as much as you. My front forks seals are shot and it needs new handle bars and levers and Im ready to ride. Its a great bike to keep around if you have girls tha want to ride too.
design-engine Added a reply to Oldschool UNEMPLOYED
4/17/2016 1:37am unemployed should consider community college or retraining somehow. Gear heads do well to learn Pro/ENGINEER to become draftsmen. I work at a school where we teach unemployed people to get jobs in design drafting and engineering fields.... think about it at least or pass it around. http://www.proetools.com < I hope that was not too shameless of a pug to get...
design-engine Added a reply to tracks youve ridden?
8/18/2009 7:54am breck - that was exactly what I was looking for. Hope its acruate to some degree... with website links at least that are accurate.
design-engine Added a reply to tracks youve ridden?
8/17/2009 10:37pm great seeing the list of tracks.... but I want to see a list of tracks listed by region complete with websites. That way I can map out a couple 4 day vacations. I found a list of tracks googled UK tracks. Who knows of the master list? And if no one has one then Ill make it.