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General Two Stroke Talk / So I have a mental disorder and you can not heal this kind

« on: September 16, 2018, 06:00:42 PM »

I have what is now known as "vintage 80's/90's dirt bike syndrome" this affliction causes ones brain to turn off and go to a euphoric state of yesteryear where one covets every bike from this era regardless of condition or state the machine might be in. This affliction only presents itself when around such machines that are not already in ones possession and although not dangerous, it is costly.

I was afflicted earlier this year when one of my best friends, who shall remain nameless ( although his name rhymes with Schmish Schmatt) scored a beat to shit basket case 89 RM 125 K for 25$. I absolutely love the Zook model years 89-92. Just something about the way they look always excited me. To say I was jealous would be an understatement. Then one day he says to me " i'm giving you the zook, you come over and pick it up. I'm not going to do anything with it and I know you will do her justice"

Well, long story short I roll the old girl into my garage a couple of months ago, or what there is of her, and begin to asses the situation. I have here before me a rolling chassis and 2/3 an engine in a box. So I start locating and  purchasing parts, levers, reed valve and boot, right side case, levers, hardware, cushions, whole electrical system, side panels, rear fender, front number plate, top end, crank rebuilt, cylinder, head, power valve, clutch, bars, chain and sprockets, chain guide and slider, etc etc.

I didnt have to do suspension as my best bud Angelo who owns Static suspension out of Long Island, told me he would rebuild the kit for free! A god send this one. He does great work and if ya want to give him business let me know and I will get you his contact info. Thanks Angelo, I am grateful.

well anyway, here are some pics of today's test:

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General Two Stroke Talk / Practice track diaries Two fer Tuesday on a Saturday

« on: September 15, 2018, 02:56:47 PM »

Its been some kind of August. The last time I rode was the 60th celebration for NESC on July 21st, a weekend off closed out that month with three rides planned for August. Aug. 4th  ACR at the wick, torrential rain cancelled. Day after, Claverack NY, chose to pass due to rain, Claverack got little rain, gutted. Planned weekend off 14 and 15.  august 18th OP at the wick, rained heavy over night, the wick didn't cancel, I'm riding. Track was heavy, maybe did six laps, was in the mud so much I felt like Muddy Mudskipper, waste of effort. Next weekend Mets baseball, month over.

So you can see that for 5 weeks its been a wash, sometime literally.  I did get to Hang with My boy Gino who desperately wants in on these diaries/race reports, But insists on riding a four stroke for some reason until this one time.

Gino and wonder dog Dingo

Despite of the time off and bad weather there was salvation in September. Great weather led up to labor day weekend and one of my best friends is making a come back to moto, the vintage type, but his bike was not ready so being the friend that I am i lent him my 1990 for the day and we rode the blues away at crow hill mx all day on the 1st. Chris used to be a regular rippa and his 88 kx 125 is a site to see. The next OP he'll have her ready.

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Riding Spots / Re: Texas trail riders

« on: September 13, 2018, 01:48:44 PM »

Northeast moto spots, the wick , crow hill , new hampshire mx, wareham ma, capeway rovers mx, DILLA!, Broome tioga, buds creek, claverack and maybe central village if they get their head out their @$$.

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Photos & Videos / Re: How many ?

« on: September 12, 2018, 02:09:26 PM »

Tried to upload there, but when I do my gallery says empty

hmmm, ill post soon and hopefully try to document precisely what i do.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: It's Back

« on: September 12, 2018, 02:06:34 PM »

S&^*T.. Racer-x, looks like your keeping TSM alive all on your own.  You gotta post fellas.... racer-x, If memory serves me correct, You owned an 06 cr 250 and then went to KTM? I'm still riding the ole 02 but only trails and the local track from time to time. Knees gone, badly broken clavicle (non-union). This has slowed me down a tad.

yes this is correct, I have sold the 06, bought the 90 ktm and have since added a 90 cr125, 93 cr125 and recently added a 89 rm 125 to the garage. I try to race purely vintage or 125/open two stroke. Glad you still enjoying your 02, they are very good bikes. I have just been doing whats right here by posting my two stroke diaries lol.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: It's Back

« on: September 11, 2018, 01:18:37 PM »

Thank you for the welcome back and for getting the site going again. What kinda action you lookin' for beaner? I'll see what I can do about acting up 

lol afraid to ask beaner, maybe on the wrong site.

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Photos & Videos / Re: How many ?

« on: September 11, 2018, 01:05:46 PM »

i use a free site called https://postimages.org/, first upload to computer, then g oto up load site, up load there, click on direct link, choose the mona lisa tab below the B tab, click in between and right click paste.

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Photos & Videos / Re: Mark's Retro Review 1993 Suzuki RM125

« on: September 07, 2018, 01:35:34 PM »

Thank you nancis! subscribed to Marks channel.

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General Two Stroke Talk / racer x race report 7/21/18 NESC 60th anniversary @ Crow Hill MX

« on: July 29, 2018, 08:46:12 AM »

Remember those early days of youth when you meet up with buddies at the local sand pit and you would all moto down with the other kids that showed up too, sharing laughs and punctual jabs at one another and just genuinely just having a care free time with only nightfall ruining your day of riding?  Well so do I, so much so that this past Saturday thanks to all that made it happen, I was transported back to that sand pit of old.

In 2015 I made the decision to step away from NESC and only race selected events such as The Wick or Crow hill due to a moment I had during a race that made me realize I needed to slow down and not race in such a competitive environment.  In steps vintage racing and the fun to the hilt, no nonsense, relaxed type of racing.

The original plan was to race ACR at Binghamton the week before this event , but when I had seen this on the calendar it was a no brainer.  one and a half hour drive compared to a 4 and a half hour drive. Free compared to an $80 dollar race day. Same amount of fun, both tracks I do enjoy.

The schedule was cool, I was eligible for three 20 minute practices and 2 race classes. OK really only 1 due to the class structure but regardless I was going to race the '75 to '85 class on my 1990 Honda. I made this known to the officials and they were cool with it as there was less than 20 riders signed up for that class.

Practices were amazing! I had a good feeling with the bike and rode two of the three in full and half the final practice, so within 2 hours I had 50 minutes of track time with back to back races to go. The first race was the pre '75 class with me boy the Brit taking second mainly due to him needing a eight inch pad taped to the top of his boot because no one told him the ol CZed shift throw was a good  ten inches and his inability to get the old horse into the proper gear was his un doing.

My race came two motos after. I gated well and lined up next to the Brit and to my surprise  leapt past him and his '79 CR 250 out of the gate. As we rocketed down the start straight into the left hander he came by me on the outside. That was it though as Jason is faster than me on just about any bike out there. As the Brit chased podium glory , I was engaged in my own battle  with CR 480 dude and this little rippa snappa  on an 85 KX 125. I slotted in 5th behind the 480 where me and the rippa snappa traded positions for 2 laps until he zapped the 480 rider and pulled a small gap. It took me longer to dispatch the 480 rider. Basically he tired and handed me the position down a long straight into a right hander (see link for race footage). After I cleared the 480, I set out after the rippa snappa. I cut into the gap a bit, but was never close enough to even think about making a move. So I ended up 5th with the Brit and my friend Jeff  finishing on the box .

https://youtu.be/D_m2UNgXAKY

I pulled off the track and headed back to the gate for race 2, open two stroke , hoping to find them ready to drop the gate. To my dismay they hadn't even began gating anyone, instead there were some debates as to how they were going to run this class. It appears that there were a few whiney bitches with 125s crying about fairness and such! These bitches wanted a head start. This went on for a good 10 minutes, until me, adrenaline and heart rate decreasing, decided to start raising my voice and  letting everyone how I felt about  a double gate. Class says open two stroke, to me that means one gate. Begrudgingly the bitches conceded and we took our spots on the gate. I gated well but had a poor start and when we reached the sand section I met a wall of dust and backed off as there is a 50' table shortly there after. Being delayed really took its toll on my endurance so I decided to just cruise and pick off riders safely until the checkers fell.

To say I had blast would be an understatement, it was an amazing day That I will cherish forever. Good friends dirtbikes and that sand pit vibe was enough to make it one of my favorite days on dirtbike yet and I've been at this for almost thirty years. Hell, not even the 125 bitches could ruin a day like this.

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Technical / Re: Help please

« on: July 25, 2018, 01:08:27 PM »

I agree...  you can run it without issues, unless you are a Pro level rider like RacerX...  then you'd need to swap it out for the correct one...   

lol

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Help please yz 125

« on: July 17, 2018, 01:09:27 PM »

pictures would help in diagnosis, before advice
 

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General Two Stroke Talk / racer x practice track diaries Central Cycle Club 7/7/2018

« on: July 13, 2018, 11:43:29 AM »

Did you ever have a love affair end abruptly? Like one day you just realized it was over and it was time to move on? Well  I did last Saturday and I'm not broken hearted about it, I just said my goodbyes and wished her luck with her future endeavors and that was it for me and the track we call central.

The history of this track and I date back to April 1990, I being a year removed from high school and working a beatnik job at the local Sub building yard and depressed about life after scholastic sports, ventured home after my shift ended and starting pondering what the hell I was going to do with my life. I stumbled upon my forever passion. While sitting there aimlessly flipping through channels  I was amazed at the spectacle that appeared before my eyes! SUPERCROSS! Now I had a few bikes earlier in my youth, a mini trail 50 then a Yamaha 175 with a cool fox seat on it, but knew nothing about motocross or supercross for that matter. A couple of neighborhood kids had race bikes and had talked about racing, but I was clueless. Well now I was awakened. Next morn I went to the local bike shop found an issue of  MXA  with a 125 shootout and bought a 1990 KX 125 the next week. I was going racing boys!

After talking with the guys in parts, where ironically my son works now, I got my NESC license information and they informed me that there was a race at central village cycle club that weekend,  I was stoked that I was going to see my first live race as I was not yet ready to race myself. When I arrived at central, practice was taking place and I was instantly in love with the track and how the riders were attacking it. What especially had me excited was the heavy thud the pros bikes made when landing, they were all there too, Henry, Dowd, Barton, Treadwell, etc.

So I was hooked and took in my first race at central a few months later. I don't believe I cleared a single jump and was lapped on the third lap of my qualifier lol. Sending me to the bleachers to watch for the rest of the day. I eventually got better ant loved the track as it flowed nicely had just enough obstacles mixed with fast sections and the dirt was a deep rich loam. The place was perfect moto heaven and right down the road from my house.

Over the years they have kept adding sections and obstacles and the dirt has eroded and become extremely rocky near the river banks. With the advent of four stroke racing it seems the track breaks down much quicker and makes the track super dangerous, so much so that at one race there was no less than 15 ambulance trips before the first half of racing was over, I was injured later in the day with a separated shoulder. A female racer was not so lucky as her wreck due to the track conditions left her with head trauma and heli vac ride to the hospital. This led to a criminal investigation due to the amount of carnage that took place. Shortly after I made the decision to stop racing here, but still game for OP.

Fast forward to this year, The track has been literally transformed into a bastardized stupid cross track. There is a jump on every inch of real-estate that the layout has to offer. Dumb extra dangerous jumps too boot. one of these jumps stoved in my brand new Dynoport  pipe my first OP I took in. Undeterred I set back out this last time.

There is little or no organization at an OP here at central and combine A/B riders together. This is fine if they run a woman/vet session but not if it is a woman/vet/novice/mini session. Couple the amount of unskilled riders on a dangerous track and its recipe for disaster. Of the four sessions I took in, I got but for laps of clean practice, with the last session confirming my decision to stop attending any event central has to offer. With the jump faces already becoming sketchy,  I  had just cleared a small group of  beginners when at this hip jump table I see frantic yellows waving, as I crest the jump to my left I see about four bikes scattered about the track with bodies in different states of recovery one being a helmet less mini rider sitting awkwardly to the side of the track.

That was it, the relationship was over, there was no turning back. I am done with this girl may she see better days in her future, but with the current state of affairs, I will not miss her.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: racer x race report The Wick 338 Northeast Vet championship

« on: July 13, 2018, 05:02:26 AM »

glad you enjoyed it KDX

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Vintage Two Strokes / Re: PARTS!!!

« on: July 09, 2018, 02:53:54 PM »

Im pretty sure the 88 will bolt on with the triple clamp from the 88, I think they were a better option at the time. You can look on http://vintagebikeads.com/ for a variety of fork options just do a search

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: racer x race report The Wick 338 Northeast Vet championship

« on: July 03, 2018, 03:15:04 AM »

Thanks Nanci!