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RACEGUY Added a reply to Seely's future in the 450's?
3/16/2014 4:20pm Sometimes there is such a thing as not cocky or self-confident enough. Cole is a rider designed for the big bike and he continues to show it. Unfortunately, there are a lot of us out here with more faith in Cole than he has in himself. He certainly has the starts dialed. He has the speed. He has the lines...
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RACEGUY Started a new thread Meeting with lawyer
10/28/2013 12:47pm Hi gang, long time no chat. Straight to the chase, I've been asked to meet with a lawyer this Friday afternoon regarding a turn-one pile-up that ended badly a couple of summers ago. Trying to explain turn-one to an outsider seems to cause their eyes to glaze over and they appear to severely miscalculate the risk of each and every...
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RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/25/2013 8:32am 10-4. For the time being, there's no reason not to co-operate. This has been bubbling away for a couple of years already.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/25/2013 7:23am Sorry all. Just got back to this now. I hope by answering some questions it will answer some of the other questions or points made here. I’ll also thank ns503 for the kind words and always valuable food for thought. Should this thing actually go ahead, my best wager would be that mediated settlement you spoke of rather than the...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/23/2013 8:03pm Thank you much slipdog. Really appreciate that. Not sure if I'm going ahead with it now. FTE made my spidy sense all tingly. Really do thank you, though.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/23/2013 8:00pm Thanks, TopEnd. Really appreciate your input. Maybe my subject line and original post were poorly stated. Both my contacts to date are law clerks (articling). I have not been contacted by an actual lawyer from the firm. I know exactly what you're saying. Maybe the video thing was just a dumb idea. I just thought if the person asking the...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/23/2013 7:35pm They aren't looking for video, I am. I just figured a bunch of people would understand what I'm looking for and jump right in and say "bro, this is the best collection of turn-one footage ever!" That way, I wouldn't have to fumble through a bunch of You Tube stuff and commercials and crap. I just thought a couple of...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/23/2013 7:29pm They are still trying to build an actual case. The way they keep passing the file around, it appears they're not completely convinced that they want to go forward. Nobody has been served anything yet. I think if they knew what every rider and mx fan knows about what you "accept" when you go to the gate, they might be...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Meeting with lawyer
10/23/2013 7:05pm Thanks to everyone, no matter what your response was. A very natural and quite normal turn-one pile-up occurred at one of our regional tracks. A young rider (with at least 5 years experience) ended up in a power-chair as a result. Now, a law firm is gathering information on behalf of the rider and his family. Based on the elapsed...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Supercross finale CL ad of the week.
5/2/2013 1:51pm Where I live, you usually have to pay somebody to have shit like that taken away.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Toronto bench racing (night show)
3/23/2013 5:51pm Best Toronto dirt in history. That's the magic of not letting it suck up the rain and snow and freeze all winter under a highway overpass. Blue tarps... they're everywhere... and they're magic. Well done, T-O SX.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Going into oncoming lanes
3/18/2013 3:31pm Not exactly crossing lanes into traffic, but RC was cradled by the angels that night. Saw a chick blow through the end of the fastest straight at a local track, blast through a big wooden fence, and launch an ambulance a good 2 1/2 feet from where it was originally sitting. Carmicheal would have made a serious noise and "launched"...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Going into oncoming lanes
3/17/2013 2:39pm Yup. Beaton versus Homans. They both lost.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Going into oncoming lanes
3/17/2013 9:55am Here's what it looks like.
...and this was AX.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Factory 450's horsepower
3/10/2013 1:58pm Short-shift and shoot off into the sunset. The myth that kills me is that 2-strokes rev higher than 4-strokes. It was probably your great-grampy who actually believed that. Don't blame him. Obviously, the tachometer hadn't been invented yet. My H2 750 Kawasaki triple made more HP and torque at lower RPM than the mighty Z-1 900cc DOHC. Redline was lower...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Factory 450's horsepower
3/10/2013 1:33pm This is why running 2-strokes and 4-strokes on the same track at the same time is a non-starter. The sophisticated throttle control of a good 2-T rider with a narrow powerband begs for cornering speed/momentum. The lazy point-n-shoot lines of 4-Ts wreck the track and the lines for those who actually know how to race. It's like comparing unlimited hydroplanes...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Factory 450's horsepower
3/10/2013 1:18pm Any engine builder will tell you, it's not what it's got, it's where you put it. If my rider likes to come in really hot and totally shut the throttle at entry to turns, he needs a smooth delivery (transition) from small throttle openings to full throttle. If my guy likes to carry mid-range RPM through entry and mid-turn, the...
RACEGUY Added a reply to Yup. Monster show.
3/3/2013 10:15am Please throw this yellow flag bullshit to the curb. I can see how Villo would be confused by the flagging. The ambulance flag was out, but that turned into a series of yellows. SX rulebook clearly allows overtaking on the yellow.
RACEGUY Added a reply to Yup. Monster show.
3/3/2013 9:52am I really enjoyed the 5 minute commercial for RC cars that replaced the LCQs. I looked up douchebaggery and my dictionary linked to CBS. Some moto is better than no moto, but these infomercials are wearing very thin, very quickly.