Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 11, 2012, 12:38:31 AM
heres my baby now
Post by: Recovered on April 11, 2012, 01:03:14 AM
My friend and I would literally get off work at about 4pm, and with the last 2-3 hours of remaining daylight would run up to Croom, and run motos in the front pit until the sun went down.
For those of you who don't know what the front pit of Croom is, it was referred to by Davy Coombs, as the only suitable training spot in the U.S. for the Lommel MXoN.
Lommel
Croom
do it. You'll be a beast, like me.
Post by: factoryX on April 11, 2012, 03:12:59 AM
Post by: dbf498 on April 11, 2012, 04:07:01 AM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 11, 2012, 01:02:48 PM
I used to live right where you do.Yeah I live about 40 minutes north of Brooksville. They close down at 5 on the dot now , and they will sweep the park . They are also closed on tues,thurs now . Something to do with state budget or some crap . I've ridden croom since I was 9or 10 and a lot has changed but its still all we got so we ride and enjoy it . Just sucks now that during the week is the only safe time to ride in the front pit otherwise its mayhem out there with 100 bikes all riding at the same time in different directions . but back in highschool I would take my kx250 to school with me chained in the back of my truck and go straight their when last period bell rang and do motos in the front pit . I've talked to people all over the country and everyone's usually heard of croom .
My friend and I would literally get off work at about 4pm, and with the last 2-3 hours of remaining daylight would run up to Croom, and run motos in the front pit until the sun went down.
For those of you who don't know what the front pit of Croom is, it was referred to by Davy Coombs, as the only suitable training spot in the U.S. for the Lommel MXoN.
Lommel
Croom
do it. You'll be a beast, like me.
Post by: Recovered on April 11, 2012, 01:19:08 PM
Damon Badshaw shows up, and this was back when you could ride out on Croom road...you know how the road is lined with whoops along side of it for basically 2-3 miles? He blitzed about a halfmile of whoops, straight down the road. Turned around, blitzed them back. Loaded up the bike and left. This was before his first retirement. maybe 92 during Bike week?
Damon Huffman was practicing starts right in the middle of the back parking area near the pavilions. Suzuki 125 days, Bike week, 94.
Pastrana... LOL... you know suicide hill? You know how it cuts a trench into the side of the hill? He was up top, riding perpendicular to it, bunny hopping over the trench on an RM125. Winter of 95 or so.
That place has some history. It's really a shame it's not what it used to be, and its almost completely because of quad idiots. You know back in the 90s they banned 3 wheelers and Honda Odysseys (those dune buggy things) from that place.
But yea, that place would make you faster. You should go ride Sunshine's track. Lakeland used to be bad ass too, but it's closed. This is Lakeland quick track in January 08. Ricky Renner was there that day on a CR125. Lakeland was so rough and shitty, it makes everything else look like a turbo tilled highway. Camel backs, with camel back on them.
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 11, 2012, 05:10:01 PM
Croom moments:
Damon Badshaw shows up, and this was back when you could ride out on Croom road...you know how the road is lined with whoops along side of it for basically 2-3 miles? He blitzed about a halfmile of whoops, straight down the road. Turned around, blitzed them back. Loaded up the bike and left. This was before his first retirement. maybe 92 during Bike week?
Damon Huffman was practicing starts right in the middle of the back parking area near the pavilions. Suzuki 125 days, Bike week, 94.
Pastrana... LOL... you know suicide hill? You know how it cuts a trench into the side of the hill? He was up top, riding perpendicular to it, bunny hopping over the trench on an RM125. Winter of 95 or so.
That place has some history. It's really a shame it's not what it used to be, and its almost completely because of quad idiots. You know back in the 90s they banned 3 wheelers and Honda Odysseys (those dune buggy things) from that place.
But yea, that place would make you faster. You should go ride Sunshine's track. Lakeland used to be bad ass too, but it's closed. This is Lakeland quick track in January 08. Ricky Renner was there that day on a CR125. Lakeland was so rough and shitty, it makes everything else look like a turbo tilled highway. Camel backs, with camel back on them.
Those were the good ole days . I do remimber the whoops down both sides of the road and hardly any fenceing . The road is paved now almost all the way to the camp ground and fenced all over the place .
As far as the 3 wheelers I geuss they are allowed again because I used to take my 200x there all the time a year or so ago but no side by sides or pilots , etc allowed. Pastrana has been known to ride croom . The track behind the front pit that s on the other side of the fence is owned by randy Yoho and pro riders are always tearing it up .
Never ridden any fl tracks exept for dade city and Hard rock in Ocala and gatorback.
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 11, 2012, 05:15:04 PM
Post by: Recovered on April 11, 2012, 06:10:36 PM
Post by: Super Trucker on April 11, 2012, 06:45:27 PM
Post by: Recovered on April 11, 2012, 06:59:33 PM
Post by: Super Trucker on April 11, 2012, 07:59:25 PM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 11, 2012, 08:28:41 PM
they've almost all got basket creep. if you're going to race it, a clutch/basket assembly is a must. go outside, pull in the clutch, snick it into 2nd, and bring the revs way up like youre about to get a start. you'll feel it fighting you to creep forward. I put a Moose kit on mine with steel friction plates. it was a little heavier, i felt a little faster that way. This was a 250 though. an 05. They had serious bark. basket creep is a suzuki-wide thing though.
Already being handled , the entire clutch is getting replaced
. I dont plan on raceing it for an entire season but I will probably race a few times this year just for fun . Dade city is starting to have a pretty good size 2 stroke turnout lately which makes me happy but yeah Randy can be a jackass i dont care though his wife always calls me sweetie and she still looks 20 yrs younger than him .
Post by: Recovered on April 11, 2012, 08:45:13 PM
Vince was the man in the 80s. On 105s he used to smoke Buddy Antunez and Mike Healey. Broke his leg so bad the bone came through the skin and stuck in his boot. He wasn't the same after that.
I have a Dade City trophy from 07. Went out there and won a B/C/Beginner combined class, with heat from a fast ass little 13 yr old kid on an RM125. Don't laugh, 75lb kids on 125s with no fear, haul serious ass. That fucking place... shitty piece of property, sandy dirt, 37 second lap times, crappy lighting, and yet it draws the biggest crowd in FL.
First gate pick like a boss, my buddy had about 3rd.. he lines up next to me, I look over at him and say "Tonight we dine in hell." got into the first corner and ripped the fork guard slap off the front of his shiny new CRF450. If two people ever collided on a track, it was always the 2 of us.
Try going to hard rock as much as possible. The water tower jump will make a man out of you.
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 12, 2012, 01:08:15 PM
. As for hard rock your right about the water tower jump , this kid came down from michigan to ride in Florida for a month ( a friend of a friend) and on his second day here we were at hardrock after a 10 or 15 lap moto he kept asking me "what gear are you hitting it in man ?" Him being on a brand new kawi450 and me being on a 98 kx250 I tell him "dude our bikes are different man but Im hittin it in 4th railed . Next time out he overshot it and broke his leg in 3 places ending his month of riding about 28 days early. That jump is so much fun after you get used to launching into nothing but blue ski . Do you ever come back to FL ?
Post by: Recovered on April 12, 2012, 01:33:33 PM
I used to hit the water tower to double, (i think it's faster) but my friend Jaco (south african guy) used to hit it wicked on a 450 to triple, he'd catch that small hump down the backside. just ridiculous. You can hear that 450 from across the property 30 acres away... BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA (someones hitting the water tower)
For those of you who has never been to hardrock FL, the jumps are massive, and the dirt is like cement, it blue grooves, so if you fall, it's a collarbone usually at a minimum.
Post by: MetalMike1982 on April 16, 2012, 04:00:18 PM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 27, 2012, 02:16:12 PM
Pro taper bars
Hinson clutch basket
renthal sprockets
rear shock rebuild by pro action
powder coated rims and ignition cover
2012 rmz front fender and number plate
Lots of red anodized parts and hardware
Trimmed side number plates
Post by: ACMX on May 27, 2012, 07:39:32 PM
Post by: scotty dog on May 28, 2012, 02:37:13 AM
Post by: twosmoke595 on May 28, 2012, 03:30:28 AM
It's long over due but here's the new and improved but now needs a crank 2003 rm125 .
Pro taper bars
Hinson clutch basket
renthal sprockets
rear shock rebuild by pro action
powder coated rims and ignition cover
2012 rmz front fender and number plate
Lots of red anodized parts and hardware
Trimmed side number plates
how did you cut those plates? did you put the rmz graphics over them and then cut accordingly? man if i ever get a rm i'm doing that to it, it looks so good!!
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 28, 2012, 02:46:59 PM
It's long over due but here's the new and improved but now needs a crank 2003 rm125 .
Pro taper bars
Hinson clutch basket
renthal sprockets
rear shock rebuild by pro action
powder coated rims and ignition cover
2012 rmz front fender and number plate
Lots of red anodized parts and hardware
Trimmed side number plates
how did you cut those plates? did you put the rmz graphics over them and then cut accordingly? man if i ever get a rm i'm doing that to it, it looks so good!!
I found a picture of a 2005 rm250 on the net somewhere that the guy had the plates cut . They looked made that way so I just followed his lead and tried my best to duplicate how much to cut off and the correct angle.
The backgrounds are the correct ones for the bike . I just got lucky and they turned out great . I 'm pulling the motor out tomorrow night to have the crank assembly replaced . I should have known after putting money into cosmetics would lead to a mechanical failure
Post by: ACMX on May 28, 2012, 10:02:47 PM
Post by: Recovered on May 29, 2012, 01:05:12 AM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 29, 2012, 01:11:00 PM
what would be real cool is if clarke made some sort of moto-specific smaller gas tank, that was smaller than that one in the sparkplug area, but was still enough for a 20-30 minute moto. The tanks these days are only about 1.7-1.9 gallons and they do fine. I think it would look REALLY good on those suzukis, and changing plugs and jetting changes would be soooo much easier.
Yeah plug changes are stupid hard on this bike . I'm glad I squared away the jetting and havnt had to touch the spark plug since . Well that and the fact the sparkplug costs $30
Post by: Recovered on May 29, 2012, 01:15:04 PM
what would be real cool is if clarke made some sort of moto-specific smaller gas tank, that was smaller than that one in the sparkplug area, but was still enough for a 20-30 minute moto. The tanks these days are only about 1.7-1.9 gallons and they do fine. I think it would look REALLY good on those suzukis, and changing plugs and jetting changes would be soooo much easier.
Yeah plug changes are stupid hard on this bike . I'm glad I squared away the jetting and havnt had to touch the spark plug since . Well that and the fact the sparkplug costs $30
it's probably an NGK with an "ix" at the end of the number, which is iridium. it'll run fine with its copper brother, which will have the same number, minus the "ix", and cost 6 bucks.
or, you can cross reference the iridium plug's part number at an auto parts store, where it's usually significantly cheaper than a bike shop.
Post by: Super Trucker on May 29, 2012, 05:55:11 PM
Post by: Recovered on May 29, 2012, 05:58:35 PM
The side plates look great, I like the stock fender. The RM looks good stock, with a pipe and silencer, porting,carb borre it,s still a very competive bike. There was about 7 RM 125,s in 125 jr pro am race sunday, one was all stock-pipe and silencer included it looked quite a bit slower than the other RM,s.
The slow one was probably the 125. The rest were 134s.
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 29, 2012, 11:22:31 PM
The side plates look great, I like the stock fender. The RM looks good stock, with a pipe and silencer, porting,carb borre it,s still a very competive bike. There was about 7 RM 125,s in 125 jr pro am race sunday, one was all stock-pipe and silencer included it looked quite a bit slower than the other RM,s.
The slow one was probably the 125. The rest were 134s.
Shit mines not slow
. I ran a br8EIX and that plug seemed to work great but it was only $10 . The plug my bike takes is a funky 15 digit part number and the cheapest ive found one is $30 on ebay . My local suzuki shop wants $50 
Post by: twosmoke595 on May 29, 2012, 11:25:13 PM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 29, 2012, 11:37:16 PM
will a 3$ NGK not work? we run them in all of our bikes and they work just fine
suzuki says the $30 plug is the only plug recommended for my bike , and If I run a different plug I run the risk of grenadeing my topend. If I had to change plugs all the time I would be seriously bitching and probably buying cheap $3 plugs but It dosent foul plugs anymore after I jetted/adjusted the carb.
Post by: twosmoke595 on May 30, 2012, 12:12:41 AM
will a 3$ NGK not work? we run them in all of our bikes and they work just fine
suzuki says the $30 plug is the only plug recommended for my bike , and If I run a different plug I run the risk of grenadeing my topend. If I had to change plugs all the time I would be seriously bitching and probably buying cheap $3 plugs but It dosent foul plugs anymore after I jetted/adjusted the carb.
hmm well i haven't fouled a single plug on my 125, and i fouled 2 plugs on my yz250 because when i first got it it jetted for too lean of a gas mixture and when we jetted it for 32:1 it was perfect haven't fouled one since, all on 3$ NGK plugs
Post by: cnrcpla on May 30, 2012, 12:52:25 AM
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haven't fouled one since, all on 3$ NGK plugsYeah man, I run $6 NGK's in my 250 and I have not fouled one (knock on wood
) Yet.
Post by: Recovered on May 30, 2012, 01:36:57 AM
will a 3$ NGK not work? we run them in all of our bikes and they work just fine
suzuki says the $30 plug is the only plug recommended for my bike , and If I run a different plug I run the risk of grenadeing my topend. If I had to change plugs all the time I would be seriously bitching and probably buying cheap $3 plugs but It dosent foul plugs anymore after I jetted/adjusted the carb.
whats the part number?
basically the gimmick going right now is the iridium does not conduct better, but is stronger, therefore the electrode can be smaller, which means less resistance. it's just more expensive. the gimmick with platinum is that it has a cleaning property when charged. good for cars these days that have the engine up under the dashboard. but the best conductor is still copper as far as electrode material.
i suppose you could grab a couple copper ones to get the thing jetted, then run the 30 dollar iridium one once everything is sorted. that's probably what i'd do.
Post by: TMKIWI on May 30, 2012, 07:48:27 AM
Don't know if the 03 is different
Post by: Recovered on May 30, 2012, 12:51:49 PM
Post by: motoman356 on May 30, 2012, 07:27:01 PM
Post by: MetalMike1982 on May 31, 2012, 12:43:36 AM