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Photos & Videos / European 125cc SX

« on: October 04, 2011, 09:11:37 AM »

UEM SX Series - Torino - Main Event SX2

'nuff said. Awesomeness. And yes, this is two days old, we still have some two-stroke pro level racing in Europe!

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Someone said Jason Lawrence may race a 250 2 stroke at the Moster Energy Cup.

« on: September 29, 2011, 02:10:17 PM »

He is not on the entry list tho'. Wait a minute... I smell trolling.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: 2012 Gas Gas

« on: September 21, 2011, 11:57:57 AM »

I like that thing! Totally different looking 2-stroke than anything thats on the market right now. Wish I could try one of those!

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Cairoli And Roczen to race on two strokes if they clinch the title

« on: September 06, 2011, 11:18:21 PM »

KTM confirmed that neither one will race a two-stroke in the last race... Real shame.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Poll of some sorts. Answer honesty please.

« on: August 24, 2011, 01:15:35 PM »

Both. Lets just say I love dirt bikes, but right now I prefer 2-strokes lot better.

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: Poll: Chest protection

« on: August 23, 2011, 11:42:08 AM »

I won't ride without one. I used to never wear one (tuff manly man- grrr) but back in 1990, I was in a Hare Scramble in Hawaii, and my wife harassed me into wearing the cheap O'Neal one I bought for her "just for this one race". Well on the 4th lap, I crested this ridge top I had been over a 100 times before and while free falling the 20 or so feet down the cliff face, I was speared in the chest by a tree branch - maybe 4 inches in diameter and pointy at the end. It was one of those moments in slow motion, then your life passes in front of you. As I was picking myself up off the ground, coughing and wheezing, I realized the tree had not penetrated the chest protector. My ribs were broken and the plastic on the chest protector was cracked and broken, but I was alive - and though I lost a position or 2, I finished the race and trophied.

Now, I have a couple of them (backups). They are the cheap Ocelot brand. One thing I learned with chest protectors is that if you wear your jersey over the outside, it is a LOT hotter. You dissipate heat slower that way. Unless I'm at a regional (they require your name and number on the back), I'm sure to wear it OVER my jersey, though I've raced a lot with only the chest protector (no jersey) as well.

Damn. It's sad but true, but humans are so stupid that they have to have an experience like that to learn! I was racing at our club race today with only roost protection on, and I felt so uncomfortable during the moto. I had to swap lines like crazy just to avoid the flying rocks and was just kinda afraid all the time... Think I'm gonna stick with the real chestie from now on, your story motivated me to do that...

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General Two Stroke Talk / Poll: Chest protection

« on: August 23, 2011, 05:46:40 AM »

Hi all. This obviously has nothing to do with two strokes, and this have been asked on every imaginable dirt bike forum for at least 1000 times... But still it seems like many people are wondering this.

So whats your personal opinion/choice on chest protection? Nowadays, I pretty much do wear chest protection all the time, but sometimes I just feel better riding without it or using just a roost protection. If its hot, I'm riding without it, but if I'm riding in the woods or regular MX in normal conditions, I'm most likely wearing my chest protector.

And other thing which I've noticed is, that when riders become PRO (especially in USA) they stop wearing chest protection. OR, many riders will run one in Nationals, but when SX comes up, they say bye bye to chest protection. I consider PRO racing more dangerous than amateur racing, and I also think that SX has bit more risk in it than Nationals so that seems kinda weird...

Anyway I would like to hear your opinions about using/not using chest protection, and what kind of protection are you guys wearing. Peace!

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Photos & Videos / Re: Me on my two-stroke, no music!

« on: August 23, 2011, 05:31:36 AM »

Thanks guys! And yeah my bike sounds quite crisp, and can you imagine that its bone stock haha! I've never loved any bike more than my RM 250 now, its awesome.

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Photos & Videos / Re: Some trail riding in New Zealand

« on: August 22, 2011, 11:47:02 PM »

Sweet looking trails right there!

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Photos & Videos / Re: Antoine Meo, Enduro E1 World Champion on a Husqvarna WR 125 !!!

« on: August 22, 2011, 11:44:48 PM »

I love the crowd, they were cheering on him in every possible place! Nice stuff.

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Photos & Videos / Me on my two-stroke, no music!

« on: August 22, 2011, 01:35:26 PM »

Hey, this is from last weekend's race here in Finland from Jämsä. It was MXB class race, and I raced my RM 250 there. It was a horrible day racing wise for me lol, but in the end I had fun and that's the most important thing.

Jämsä MXB 2011

Just put this one together real quick, with no music or not any effects actually. Felt like something really simple would be good with this. And talking about gnarly European tracks, you guys should come here to try our GNARLY tracks out! This track everything from Lommel-like sand to completely hardpacked soil, mixed with some rocks, ruts, steep jumps and very, very sharp bumps. Anyway, I hope you like this!

I try to keep videos coming and get better at editing and filming!

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Photos & Videos / Re: YZ 360 Aluminum Frame

« on: August 17, 2011, 08:42:02 AM »

Holy poop! That thing looks amazing, I wish I could ride that bike. The power must be insane! Definetly a four-stroke murderer, no doubt about it. Now if they only allowed that to 450 class...

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: MY BABY IS HOOOOOMMMEEEE AGAIN!

« on: August 13, 2011, 07:12:22 PM »

Sweet! Altought I ride RM's at the moment, CR 250 has to be my all time favourite two stroke for sure. Shall we see some pictures of that beauty, eh?!

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: We need a boycott

« on: August 11, 2011, 02:16:46 PM »

Can I still keep on riding my RM 250?

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General Two Stroke Talk / Re: PROJECT: 2001 RM125

« on: August 10, 2011, 07:21:23 PM »

This is going to be awesome, I cant wait!