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mark911 Started a new thread Riding/Racing in Columbus Ohio area
11/10/2023 5:42pm Well. just moved from SoCal to Ohio. As far as motorsports go, I see a huge difference. In SoCal, every 20-30 trucks on the freeway had bikes, SxSs, Karts, you name it. Here in the outskirts of Columbus I haven't seen one truck with a dirt/MX bike in the back, and it's been a month. I haven't even seen a...
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mark911 Added a reply to Stark Varg - First Customer Review
5/11/2023 5:38pm It's not that everyone is a pro or not, it's that Stark promised those things and I was calling them out on it. I was proved correct on the weight promise, so we'll see over time how many other promises are validated.
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mark911 Added a reply to Best Showa suspension tuners?
5/11/2023 5:28pm Any suspension turner is only as good as the feedback you provide. Your base setup is important info; where are your clickers, what's your race and static sag, what's your riding style, and previous mods, etc. What's your skill level (honestly), what's keeping you from going faster (hard flat landings, shutter bumps, accel/braking bumps, whoops, turns, stability, etc), why (bottoming...
mark911 Added a reply to Stark Varg - First Customer Review
5/11/2023 4:48pm As posted by one of the Varg representatives in another forum. . . . Hi guys. I don't mean disrespect for Mark, but if you look back at his posts he's been pretty negative about the Varg. I would consider it borderline spreading FUD. To reiterate, what I've stated on that, and other forums was the following (at the time...
mark911 Added a reply to Moto/Dirtbike friendly House for sale in Corona
5/11/2023 9:25am Price reduced.
mark911 Started a new thread Moto/Dirtbike friendly House for sale in Corona
5/11/2023 9:22am 21751 Onaknoll Dr, Perris, CA 92570 | MLS #IV23069323 | Zillow Price reduced! This property has direct access to acers and acers of fun offroad driving and riding (bike or horse) just down at the end of our street. Cross Lake Mathews at Burrows (all dirt from house except for 30 ft) and you have access to hundreds of acres...
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mark911 Added a reply to Cross Jumping & Bad Attitude at Local Practice? Tell Me This is Still Uncommon.
5/10/2023 5:29pm The track owners should not allow that much speed differential on the track at any time. It's just too dangerous, for everyone. Until the insurance companies insist (in writing) that this stuff stops it'll just continue. It's not tough to enforce. Any idiot can see the guys doubling/tripling, whipping, railing ruts, etc and who's not. Just black flag those that...
mark911 Added a reply to Moto/Dirtbike friendly House for sale in Corona
5/9/2023 7:19am That’s what I’ve been told, lol. It’s gonna be a change, but I’ve lived most of my 66 years in SoCal (grew up in NorCal), so a change isn’t bad. I’ll need all you Buckeyes (is that correct?) to clue me in on the local riding and tracks. I suspect I’ll be driving an hour or so to race, but...
mark911 Added a reply to Moto/Dirtbike friendly House for sale in Corona
5/8/2023 11:38pm A few pics of the property fromGoogle Earth (old pics) and riding areas. This is how we bought the house.
mark911 Added a reply to Moto/Dirtbike friendly House for sale in Corona
5/8/2023 5:44pm My wife and I thought this would be our last home, so we invested a bunch of money to make it exactly the way we wanted. But I guess God had another plan for us. So we’re headed to Ohio (Columbus area) to be near my wife’s older sister and her family. In fact, we already bought a home on...
mark911 Added a reply to McElrath's shock?
5/5/2023 9:11pm Probably a bonehead suspension tech collapsed the bladder too much (too much oil in the shock). This would lead to a hydraulic lock condition when fully (or almost fully) bottomed and generate HUGH internal pressure, thus cracking the body.
mark911 Added a reply to Cross Jumping & Bad Attitude at Local Practice? Tell Me This is Still Uncommon.
5/5/2023 8:43pm Vet class practice, what's that? Here in SoCal it's everyone for themselves. Minis to 450s, beginners to Pros, 5 years old to 80, all on the track at the same time. I'm 66 and have long lost my speed, but I still like to practice the track that's scheduled for the next Vet only races. So down here there's no...
mark911 Added a reply to 2023 KTM 300sx potential issue (pics and video)
5/4/2023 11:55am What I didn't want to hear was some evasive "hear no evil, see no evil" answer. These guys aren't dumb (I assume), they read and watch the same social media we all do and should be particularly aware of any stories about customers with virtually brand new bikes blowing up! If I were a SM, after reading any such story...
mark911 Started a new thread 2023 KTM 300sx potential issue (pics and video)
5/4/2023 12:38am I stole the title from another Vital forum, but apparently, there is some talk about the new 300 SX having piston and/or build tolerance issues (piston to crank). I guess this isn't the first-time folks have experienced piston cracking/exploding bottom ends on these 300s. Fact or fiction, I don't know. I do know that I called Lanston's Motorsports and talked...
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mark911 Added a reply to 300SX Purchase
12/4/2022 2:56pm I got one and haven’t even started it up . Waiting for parts. All KTM Blue plastic, custom graphics, WP shock preload adj, FMF fatty pipe and Ti silencer, KTM skid plate, KTM wheels (orange hubs/plated spokes), Works 52mm forks/clamps with KYB SSS cartridges, a couple other goodies. $19K once I get it together.
mark911 Started a new thread Malcolm Smith's and the 23 300SX
11/8/2022 5:25pm Has anyone gotten a 23 300SX from Malcolm's or know anyone who has. I've had a depot for over four months, supposedly 2 or 3rd on the list, but they keep claiming they've received no bikes as of yet. However, Lanson's and Three Brothers (among others) have already received and sold all their first allocations, 7 bikes in total. What's...
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mark911 Added a reply to Yz 167 stroker , running stock bore question engine builders !!!
9/6/2022 5:07pm I don't believe there's a stroker "rod" per say. The mod uses a stock rod but relocates the big end rod pin on the crank to gain the extra stroke. This extra stroke is accommodated by allowing the piston to actually extend above the cylinder deck by half the extra stroke. The other half is accommodated by allowing the piston...
mark911 Added a reply to Building the ultimate cr125 engine
6/16/2022 9:49am Nobody really knows how a two stroke works (the multi physics from air box to exhaust tip). Even the most sophisticated finite element multi-physics simulation programs can't even figure it out, otherwise, everyone would be making similar numbers. The real trend setters (in motoGP) spent literally thousands of hours experimenting with different theories going through hundred of cylinders/heads, fuel systems...
mark911 Started a new thread SoCal "Pass" ticket for Milestone/Perris/Starwest question
6/12/2022 2:02pm Many of us SoCal riders have purchased the season "pass" option every year to ride free for the tracks mentioned in the subject line. Milestone's been long gone, Perris is under new management and isn't honoring the pass, and Start West is now gone. I haven't gotten any message indicating any kind of prorated refund, what's the status is, or...
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mark911 Added a reply to Stark Varg Reviews
6/11/2022 5:35pm Not saying the bike was not great (I owned two at one time), it just wasn't competitive with the gas bikes at higher/certain levels/types of racing. The Stark will be a bit better but will still suffer the same limitations. If you are a vet MX rider/racer you'll probably be very happy (assuming you don't mind watching your buddies practicing...