Pictures from your first race!!! - Time to Share!
01-09-2009 | 12:34 PM
#61
Three Wheelin'
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From: Plano, TX
I'm sure you know all the guys I'm sandwiched in between in this pic. It's one of my favs.
Let's see: Matt, me, Vern (was from OK), Scott and Chris (OK)
G.
01-09-2009 | 01:16 PM
#63
uninformed gas bag
(contemplating on whether gas bag is one or two words)
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(contemplating on whether gas bag is one or two words)
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From: Melbourne Beach
By 1975 I had been racing Penton's in New England enduros for 2 years and was about to buy my first Husqvarna - a WR250. At the time I weighed maybe 130 pounds so the Husky was a handleful. I went back to small bikes after that but by then they where KTM's - even on the east coast.
When I was senior in High School (1974) I would ride my street legal Penton 125 Six Day (on knobby tires with Preston Petty lights no less!) to school. All the guys who rode Yamahas and such thought I was nuts - "you paid $1125" for a 125?" And of course they had no idea what a potent woods weapon it was.
LOL - $1125 - when I was 17 that was a LOT of money!
When I was senior in High School (1974) I would ride my street legal Penton 125 Six Day (on knobby tires with Preston Petty lights no less!) to school. All the guys who rode Yamahas and such thought I was nuts - "you paid $1125" for a 125?" And of course they had no idea what a potent woods weapon it was.
LOL - $1125 - when I was 17 that was a LOT of money!
01-09-2009 | 02:17 PM
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Three Wheelin'
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From: Plano, TX
01-10-2009 | 04:07 PM
#66
Instructor
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From: Bethesda MD
01-11-2009 | 10:45 AM
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From: New York, NY
I did pro R/C racing for a couple of years. Made me feel like Penske; running a two car team, buggy and truck. Setup issues were so real; spring rates, shock oil, tire treads and compounds, engine and electric tricks, transponders, the real deal, and safe!
