Monday, September 19, 2011
Sunday, September 18, 2011
My summer 2011 video
Watch this if you want. But as a warning, it may be pretty mind numbing. Enjoy!
Monday, September 5, 2011
2-stroke madness
Hey everybody! It's been a while since I last wrote. Drum roll...
By no means have my last weeks been filled with boredom. Well, it depends on what you consider exciting, so I'll start with the more "boring" stuff. School started. In the middle of August. Yes, it's pretty early. But this means that we'll get out of school earlier. And that means an earlier graduation!
I know most of you probably don't care, but I'm gonna say it anyway... I have a fully packed schedule at school. I wanted it this way, so I get what I asked for. Some classes are pretty easy so far. It seems like I have a pretty balanced class list. That being AP Chemistry (hard) vs all the rest (easy). Well, pretty exciting, huh?
On to the more exciting info.
The first travel in a couple weeks for me was to the Indianapolis Moto GP race. I must admit, it's kind of boring to watch the racing for me, since I don't know everything going on with their technique and stuff. But the atmosphere there is amazing. Thousands of people. All these people walking around doing whatever they're doing. There are plenty of bikes, of course. Ducati Island is a really cool place. Ducati bikes everywhere. A fashion show of clothing with "Ducati" written all over them.
Then there are the vendors. Or manufacturers. Whatever. It's cool to see the street side of Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM, Honda. It expands my vision of them from just motocross to other areas. Me gusta.
Well, enough of that. On to some Mx. We recently rebuilt my 125 into a 144. It unfortunately seized earlier in the year. Now it's all fixed! That's the only bike I rode for two or three weeks. Sooooo light. The first ride on it went good for me, not so good for my friend Cody VanBuskirk who injured his shoulder pretty badly. Slick tracks and high grass = not so good.
We've been thinking about it for a while now, about getting a 250 2-stroke. To me this kind of bike represents having power at your finger tips (actually wrist and motor, ha) and keeping it fun. So one morning my dad said he found one for a good deal. Bam, after a mountain bike ride with Chris Favro, we were all over that bike. I tried it out in the street in front of their house (imagine a 2-stroke pinned, shifting gears). Mucho power. So I took out the money.
I wanted to try it out right away, of course. To Kody Kamm's track we went. If you've ever been to this track, then you know it's not really a place to take a bunch of explosive power. But I wanted to. You see, if I liked it at this track, then I know I'll like it everywhere! Rain the night before helped me out. The track was just about perfect. And I was the only one there. I liked the bike.
The next day (Labor day), my family and I trekked out to Red Bud. The track was perfect. Ruts and traction, yet not too many deep ruts. I took the 250 2-stroke (yz) out there first. Good. Second time out on the bike = not so good. It seized in the fricken rollers! Second day riding it and it seized. I thought these things were supposed to be cheaper...
Luckily I had two other bikes with me, too. I felt fastest on the 125, but the 250 (4-stroke) actually pulled me around the fastest. Of course. The last session of the day was actually my best session out there. Yes, with all the bumps everywhere.
Well, that's about it, people. Gotta get up early in the morning. Later! -Greg
By no means have my last weeks been filled with boredom. Well, it depends on what you consider exciting, so I'll start with the more "boring" stuff. School started. In the middle of August. Yes, it's pretty early. But this means that we'll get out of school earlier. And that means an earlier graduation!
I know most of you probably don't care, but I'm gonna say it anyway... I have a fully packed schedule at school. I wanted it this way, so I get what I asked for. Some classes are pretty easy so far. It seems like I have a pretty balanced class list. That being AP Chemistry (hard) vs all the rest (easy). Well, pretty exciting, huh?
On to the more exciting info.
The first travel in a couple weeks for me was to the Indianapolis Moto GP race. I must admit, it's kind of boring to watch the racing for me, since I don't know everything going on with their technique and stuff. But the atmosphere there is amazing. Thousands of people. All these people walking around doing whatever they're doing. There are plenty of bikes, of course. Ducati Island is a really cool place. Ducati bikes everywhere. A fashion show of clothing with "Ducati" written all over them.
Then there are the vendors. Or manufacturers. Whatever. It's cool to see the street side of Honda, Yamaha, Suzuki, KTM, Honda. It expands my vision of them from just motocross to other areas. Me gusta.
Well, enough of that. On to some Mx. We recently rebuilt my 125 into a 144. It unfortunately seized earlier in the year. Now it's all fixed! That's the only bike I rode for two or three weeks. Sooooo light. The first ride on it went good for me, not so good for my friend Cody VanBuskirk who injured his shoulder pretty badly. Slick tracks and high grass = not so good.
We've been thinking about it for a while now, about getting a 250 2-stroke. To me this kind of bike represents having power at your finger tips (actually wrist and motor, ha) and keeping it fun. So one morning my dad said he found one for a good deal. Bam, after a mountain bike ride with Chris Favro, we were all over that bike. I tried it out in the street in front of their house (imagine a 2-stroke pinned, shifting gears). Mucho power. So I took out the money.
I wanted to try it out right away, of course. To Kody Kamm's track we went. If you've ever been to this track, then you know it's not really a place to take a bunch of explosive power. But I wanted to. You see, if I liked it at this track, then I know I'll like it everywhere! Rain the night before helped me out. The track was just about perfect. And I was the only one there. I liked the bike.
The next day (Labor day), my family and I trekked out to Red Bud. The track was perfect. Ruts and traction, yet not too many deep ruts. I took the 250 2-stroke (yz) out there first. Good. Second time out on the bike = not so good. It seized in the fricken rollers! Second day riding it and it seized. I thought these things were supposed to be cheaper...
Luckily I had two other bikes with me, too. I felt fastest on the 125, but the 250 (4-stroke) actually pulled me around the fastest. Of course. The last session of the day was actually my best session out there. Yes, with all the bumps everywhere.
Well, that's about it, people. Gotta get up early in the morning. Later! -Greg
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