Post by: ridered125 on August 03, 2013, 03:32:55 AM
Riding 250B he got a 9th, 18th and a 15th and he was riding an antique out there. Pretty amazing.
Post by: citabjockey on August 03, 2013, 04:01:22 AM
So, either bikes have not made such great strides in the past couple of decades or...
He is the man when it comes to MX.
I am thinking its a little of both.
Jerry Robin - the 16-year-old on a 1985 CR 250 - was on NBC today when they aired their coverage of the racing at Loretta Lynn's. They even did a segment on him before the race and told the story behind him and his bike.
Riding 250B he got a 9th, 18th and a 15th and he was riding an antique out there. Pretty amazing.
Post by: shanes on August 03, 2013, 04:50:33 AM
Post by: TMKIWI on August 03, 2013, 10:12:52 AM
Kid looked good.
Post by: Coop on August 03, 2013, 01:55:11 PM
Post by: citabjockey on August 03, 2013, 03:58:37 PM
I read his bike blew up in practice. Was he riding the 86 or a different bike?
Post by: lauterbacher on August 03, 2013, 05:28:47 PM
Post by: Lolerbabop on August 03, 2013, 08:58:21 PM
They found a donor bike and stole the engine out of it so he ran 250B with that. He rode the '07 loaner bike in the two stroke class.So he raced a pretty ****ty bike? Good jpb i'd say.
Post by: Formerly knownas Premixed on August 04, 2013, 06:26:14 PM
Is there anymore of a write up on it anywhere, as far as in the 250 B class was he the only two stroke etc.
11th overall in 250B on the 85 CR. Salvaged 3 bikes worth of parts to get it on the track. Not bad, that's potentially 29 250Fs behind him.
A little birdie told me James Stewart himself tried to recruit him to Team Seven, and offered him brand new Suzukis. He turned it down, however, I really hope he takes the offer after Lorettas. You can't race an 85 CR at Anaheim 1.
They really jumped through their asses to get that 85 out on the track, and really only did it for the fans.
Post by: KDXGarage on August 04, 2013, 07:47:52 PM
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Post by: VintageBlueSmoke on August 05, 2013, 12:48:34 PM
Post by: Formerly knownas Premixed on August 05, 2013, 05:10:48 PM
not saying he would set the world on fire, but the publicity would be absurd.
Post by: brazilian2stroker on August 05, 2013, 05:38:01 PM
Post by: citabjockey on August 05, 2013, 10:58:51 PM
I canīt stop imagining what he could be done on a modern 2 stroke like the TSMīs bike
Post by: brazilian2stroker on August 07, 2013, 01:33:40 PM
2007 is lots newer than '85. And he dominated the two stroke class on that bike.I canīt stop imagining what he could be done on a modern 2 stroke like the TSMīs bike
Yes, but I would like to know his performance against the 4t enemies
Post by: citabjockey on August 07, 2013, 02:49:58 PM
So do you folks think if Jerry was on a practice track and kept going back and forth between the '07 and '85 bikes that his lap times would be hugely different? What specifically does the '07 do so much better than his trusty '85?
2007 is lots newer than '85. And he dominated the two stroke class on that bike.I canīt stop imagining what he could be done on a modern 2 stroke like the TSMīs bike
Yes, but I would like to know his performance against the 4t enemies
Post by: VintageBlueSmoke on August 07, 2013, 03:26:28 PM
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What specifically does the '07 do so much better than his trusty '85?
I can't say for him, but I regularly go back and forth and on our local track, I am about 4 seconds a lap faster on modern machinery ('03 GAS-GAS 300 or '08 KTM 144) compared to some of my older bikes ('80 Can-Am 400 or '75 Husky 175). He is on an '85 so has front disk brakes and water cooling. My guess would put it about 2 seconds slower (for me on my track) than modern.
Post by: ktm150rippa on August 07, 2013, 04:43:23 PM
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Post by: mj4trax on August 07, 2013, 07:36:54 PM
http://vurbmoto.com/blogs/lorettas-journals-volume-1-jerry-robin/14814/
Very cool...
Post by: Stusmoke on August 08, 2013, 06:44:07 AM
Post by: Shawn36 on August 08, 2013, 12:49:38 PM
I suppose you can compare laptimes to get a sense of that. Of course that quagmire track chnaged from minute to minute so its not quite real...
So do you folks think if Jerry was on a practice track and kept going back and forth between the '07 and '85 bikes that his lap times would be hugely different? What specifically does the '07 do so much better than his trusty '85?
At the training facility he rode at before Loretta's (SOB MX) they did mock races everyday. On the '85 he was a 5 thru 10th place guy, on the '07 he was 1st thru 3rd regularly.
Post by: citabjockey on August 08, 2013, 03:26:57 PM
I suppose you can compare laptimes to get a sense of that. Of course that quagmire track chnaged from minute to minute so its not quite real...
So do you folks think if Jerry was on a practice track and kept going back and forth between the '07 and '85 bikes that his lap times would be hugely different? What specifically does the '07 do so much better than his trusty '85?
At the training facility he rode at before Loretta's (SOB MX) they did mock races everyday. On the '85 he was a 5 thru 10th place guy, on the '07 he was 1st thru 3rd regularly.
Post by: Stusmoke on August 10, 2013, 05:55:24 AM
Poetic justice.
Post by: Shawn36 on August 10, 2013, 01:42:36 PM
And this is because of the quality of the suspension? Or is there a handling difference as well? More stable on the '07? Less swapping? Better in the air? The '07 motor is easier to manage? More power? That seems like a big difference for bikes that both have 12" of travel, water cooling, and disk brakes and probably weigh within 5 lbs of each other. I guess 20+ years of development really have moved things forward!I suppose you can compare laptimes to get a sense of that. Of course that quagmire track chnaged from minute to minute so its not quite real...
So do you folks think if Jerry was on a practice track and kept going back and forth between the '07 and '85 bikes that his lap times would be hugely different? What specifically does the '07 do so much better than his trusty '85?
At the training facility he rode at before Loretta's (SOB MX) they did mock races everyday. On the '85 he was a 5 thru 10th place guy, on the '07 he was 1st thru 3rd regularly.
Obviously those are questions for either Jerry or the people at the training facility helping him. The only real issue between the two bikes they mentioned were starts. He would get killed on the 85 and have to make passes, on the 07 he would start up front. That was mirrored at Loretta's itself where he pulled a monster holeshot in the 2-stroke B/C but never anything in the top 15 in 250B.
Post by: msmola2002 on August 10, 2013, 02:28:07 PM
Post by: luthier269 on August 10, 2013, 03:56:39 PM