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Good for HD!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love nothing more than hearing about a US made bike winning races!
If any of you out there have never watched flat track, it's tons of fun. The bikes go just as fast sideways sliding around the corners and they do forward in the straights.
Way cool!
I love nothing more than hearing about a US made bike winning races!
If any of you out there have never watched flat track, it's tons of fun. The bikes go just as fast sideways sliding around the corners and they do forward in the straights.
Way cool!
Ascot
I raced at Carrell speedway half mile, the predecessor to Ascot in 51 & 52 when I was 17 & 18. Ascot was built when the 110 freeway went through the middle of Carrell speedway - I heard that Ascot used the hard clay surface from Carrell. Now Ascot is apparently a storage lot. It went the way of Lincoln Park and Culver City 1/4 mile tracks, as well as Box Springs (Riverside) TT and Anza park. Did I miss any? I rode a BSA Gold Star (completely stock) my first year, then switched to Harley. I was lousy and too careful. I think I was not strong enough at 5'9" and 124 pounds. I always wished I was able to try a Triumph, which was about 100 pounds lighter than the K-Model. Looks like I'll never know.
By the way, my best lap my first year was 25.65 on my stock BSA. Chuck Basney did 23.14 the same night. This was about 10 mph faster than me. I was not timed on the K-Model the next year due to too many entrants (about 100 every Friday night), so I don't know if I improved.
I raced at Carrell speedway half mile, the predecessor to Ascot in 51 & 52 when I was 17 & 18. Ascot was built when the 110 freeway went through the middle of Carrell speedway - I heard that Ascot used the hard clay surface from Carrell. Now Ascot is apparently a storage lot. It went the way of Lincoln Park and Culver City 1/4 mile tracks, as well as Box Springs (Riverside) TT and Anza park. Did I miss any? I rode a BSA Gold Star (completely stock) my first year, then switched to Harley. I was lousy and too careful. I think I was not strong enough at 5'9" and 124 pounds. I always wished I was able to try a Triumph, which was about 100 pounds lighter than the K-Model. Looks like I'll never know.
By the way, my best lap my first year was 25.65 on my stock BSA. Chuck Basney did 23.14 the same night. This was about 10 mph faster than me. I was not timed on the K-Model the next year due to too many entrants (about 100 every Friday night), so I don't know if I improved.
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Re: Ascot
Watching was fun but a lot of people got hurt doing it. I saw more than one guy get off and slide along the rail for a couple hundred feet. Definitely not for the fainthearted.
BTW we also used to watch the guys racing XLCHs, TriumphTTs, etc at the scrambles down by the marshes where the Artesia Freeway is now. My Uncle had a Mustang bike and was a big racing nut so he took us a lot.
What they call Xtreme sports are kind of mild in comparison IMHO.
Watching was fun but a lot of people got hurt doing it. I saw more than one guy get off and slide along the rail for a couple hundred feet. Definitely not for the fainthearted.
BTW we also used to watch the guys racing XLCHs, TriumphTTs, etc at the scrambles down by the marshes where the Artesia Freeway is now. My Uncle had a Mustang bike and was a big racing nut so he took us a lot.
What they call Xtreme sports are kind of mild in comparison IMHO.
I was gonna come out for the vintage flat track/TT at Galesburg/Peoria Sept 30/oct 1;however, Ive got an MX race that same weekend,my flat track bike is broke and the bike I was gonna borrow for theTT may not be available. If i make it out there next year,maybe we can hook up. I wanna see if your as big an Ahole as KP thinks (LOL)
Nothing could be finer than puttin' you behinder
Slidin' sideways..
Nothing could be sweeter....
Is there anything as pretty as an XR hooked up, throwin' roost while the rider saws at the bars?
And JonnyB, I'm goin' down to negotiate the purchase of a CityX. I'm no longer a hater. Not that I ever really was.
Slidin' sideways..
Nothing could be sweeter....
Is there anything as pretty as an XR hooked up, throwin' roost while the rider saws at the bars?
And JonnyB, I'm goin' down to negotiate the purchase of a CityX. I'm no longer a hater. Not that I ever really was.
Re: Ascot
It was dangerous. One or two deaths per year on average. Maybe that was why I didn't try too hard on flat track but went all out in scrambles and other off-road stuff. My wife used to enjoy races, but finally refused to go. She said that every time she saw a race, she thought of the people we knew that had been killed.
It was dangerous. One or two deaths per year on average. Maybe that was why I didn't try too hard on flat track but went all out in scrambles and other off-road stuff. My wife used to enjoy races, but finally refused to go. She said that every time she saw a race, she thought of the people we knew that had been killed.
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