OUCH! Swapping out in the Dunes...

ML512
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jwoltz
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12/18/2017 7:03pm
Oh my!
12/18/2017 7:04pm
Let me introduce you to the swap out dance it's pretty simple if you just give it a chance. It's not complicated it's not too hard you don't even have to be a motocross star.
jeffro503
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12/18/2017 7:06pm
Gawd dang! Can't believe he didn't get a collar bone or anything? Hit looked brutal. Glad the kid is ok sheeesh.
Xeno
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12/18/2017 7:24pm
I think that paddle tire made the swap even worse.

The Shop

RickyRoss519
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12/18/2017 7:26pm
Of coarse he bad a bro with a camera! That was vicious!
aeffertz
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12/18/2017 7:28pm
Oh my God! That's the hardest swap I think I've ever seen. So surprised he didn't break a collar bone or anything for that matter!
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12/18/2017 7:40pm
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it.

Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and such would go out and run the roads next to the canal or out to the hills where there are 5 miles of those and just hold it wide on a big 500.
Mit12
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12/18/2017 8:01pm
Rhino wrote:
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it. Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and...
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it.

Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and such would go out and run the roads next to the canal or out to the hills where there are 5 miles of those and just hold it wide on a big 500.
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours plus to do a 90 mile race, so if they are going 90 across the whoops where are they taking their nap?
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12/18/2017 8:15pm
I once did 90mph across the whoops in a turbo sled!
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12/18/2017 8:16pm
This is exactly how I broke my back in 2004. WFO in 5th on a 250 2stroke to death swap in sand rollers.. Except I ended up in cactus!
It is also the reason I spend good money on suspension set up now. This is exactly where good suspension will save your ass!!
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12/18/2017 8:39pm
Rhino wrote:
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it. Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and...
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it.

Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and such would go out and run the roads next to the canal or out to the hills where there are 5 miles of those and just hold it wide on a big 500.
Mit12 wrote:
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours...
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours plus to do a 90 mile race, so if they are going 90 across the whoops where are they taking their nap?
In the wash or up in the hills with the rock where they are doing 20.
Mit12
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12/18/2017 9:05pm
BAMX wrote:
In the wash or up in the hills with the rock where they are doing 20.
The 12 in my name is from my number in District 37. If you ever raced a desert race you would understand.
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12/18/2017 9:47pm
Good thing he wasn't wearing goggles. One less thing to pick up in the YARD SALE!!!!
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12/18/2017 10:12pm
FWYT wrote:
Good thing he wasn't wearing goggles. One less thing to pick up in the YARD SALE!!!!
look closer, he "had" goggles on...pretty sure thats the object flying in one of the pics.
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12/18/2017 10:32pm
Rhino wrote:
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it. Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and...
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it.

Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and such would go out and run the roads next to the canal or out to the hills where there are 5 miles of those and just hold it wide on a big 500.
You even blow a tranny at that speed? The asian trannies are a little weak for hitting whoops at that speed.

That Gwen Stefani, she’s so hot right now.
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12/18/2017 11:25pm
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12/19/2017 5:03am
In the pre water cooled days we called that a tank slapper Wink
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12/19/2017 5:55am
Mit12 wrote:
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours...
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours plus to do a 90 mile race, so if they are going 90 across the whoops where are they taking their nap?
Done a lot of desert racing in my day and I agree.

A true 90mph on a dirt bike is incredibly fast, if you ever done it, you know...
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12/19/2017 5:58am
Dance dance photoshop?
MX558
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12/19/2017 6:03am
At 52 I'd still be laying there wondering how much I could sell my stuff for Laughing
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12/19/2017 6:16am
MX558 wrote:
At 52 I'd still be laying there wondering how much I could sell my stuff for Laughing
Haha, exactly. Id be a rich man if I had a nickel for every time I came to, laying in the dirt in the fetal position, saying “screw this-my bike and all my gear are going up for sale when I get home...”
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12/19/2017 6:57am
BAMX wrote:
In the wash or up in the hills with the rock where they are doing 20.
Mit12 wrote:
The 12 in my name is from my number in District 37. If you ever raced a desert race you would understand.
It was a tongue in cheek comment. I have done a few but, I was never a big hare and hound guy. Although, I have raced a lot of Enduros. The first thing you learn from enduros is how slow you are actually going, even in expert class. Heck, it is hard to even get a bike up to 90 on anything other than a dirt road or an open wash.
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12/19/2017 7:17am
ML512 wrote:
[img]https://p.vitalmx.com/photos/forums/2017/12/18/232846/s1200_crashdunesA.jpg[/img] OUCH... Video here: http://www.vitalmx.com/features/CRASH-Video-Swapping-Out-Wide-Open-in-the-Dunes,5709
If was on some Peds or the rear wheel more he would pulled off...
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12/19/2017 7:20am
Rhino wrote:
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it. Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and...
We used to hit 90 mph on those in desert races. Paddle tire has nothing to do with it.

Gotta skim. Guys like Danny Hamel and such would go out and run the roads next to the canal or out to the hills where there are 5 miles of those and just hold it wide on a big 500.
90mph through the sand whoops, tell us more "back in the day" stories!
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12/19/2017 7:34am Edited Date/Time 12/19/2017 7:37am
Mit12 wrote:
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours...
No one in desert races hits whoops at 90! Not even Danny Hamel or any of the other greats. It takes the top riders 3 hours plus to do a 90 mile race, so if they are going 90 across the whoops where are they taking their nap?
LungButter wrote:
Done a lot of desert racing in my day and I agree. A true 90mph on a dirt bike is incredibly fast, if you ever done...
Done a lot of desert racing in my day and I agree.

A true 90mph on a dirt bike is incredibly fast, if you ever done it, you know...
This. If u haven't reached tunnel vision, u haven't approached the Rev limiter in 5th. It's like when they go warp on star wars...everything streamers lol. Triple ur braking distance is the odd part. I swear from topped out to below 80 the brakes almost may as well be not there. Like ice haha. Gotta pass 150 on a crotch rocket to get there. That's when the mirages begin appearing everywhere, and the very not flat nature of pavement becomes visibly apparent.
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12/19/2017 8:42am
On yew toob there is a video of Hamel on radar at 105 in a race on a whooped out road.
Tecate 250 or something similar. Don't think it was a Fuddrucker race on this side of the border.

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12/19/2017 11:40am
BobbyM wrote:
If was on some Peds or the rear wheel more he would pulled off...
BobbyM knows bro!

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