My buddy has his old yamaha RD450 that his psycho-ex ran over. The frame is toast but the engine is still good. He's got this insane idea of building a cart for that engine. I keep trying to convince him to go dunebuggy since we live near the coast.
-Kyle On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:26 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: > If I was younger, wealthier, etc... I'd go back to sportsman dirt racing or > legends cars. A car with a bike engine is something I understand. The last > time I drove a race car was years ago at Nazareth (before it closed) in a > Busch car during practice. My lap times would have put me 23rd on the field. > Big surprise, I don't like pavement racing. Other than an X-6 based drag > bike I built, I've never wanted to race bikes. > > ------------------------------ > *From:* Kyle Munz <[email protected]> > *To:* [email protected] > *Sent:* Sat, January 30, 2010 12:18:54 AM > > *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... > > Yeah, it's much cheaper for me to go race someone else's carts for the > night, even if they are governed. I looked into autocross one year, that's a > ton of money and time too. > > -Kyle > > > On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:12 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]>wrote: > >> I raced karts in WKA light A for years. I still miss it. There are three >> tracks around here that run weekly during the season. Best I ever did was >> fifth in points one year. The format is three heats / 12 laps@ motocross >> style. The high cost of the 100cc class cars made for smaller turnouts along >> the way and now it's almost all four stroke karts. That's as much fun as >> kissing your sister. Big thing now is 600 sprints. Big $$ racing (at least >> after karts) Even karts are waaay costly now. I thought 1500 for a rolling >> frame was salty. >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >> *To:* [email protected] >> *Sent:* Sat, January 30, 2010 12:00:28 AM >> >> *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... >> >> I'm not that serious about it. No $$ and I'm not in town enough for a >> series. There's an indoor track in Houston. It used to be a dept store that >> they knocked all of walls out of. The differences between these tracks and >> others is that they use real shifter carts (governed) and they have spotters >> along the track. If a slow cart is holding up the faster carts the spotters >> flag it to pull over and let the faster ones pass. You get a dozen laps per >> heat and a print out at the end of your individual and average lap times. >> The fastest cart in each heat is in bold. I only got flagged to pull over >> once the whole night for going to slow. My buddy that speaks carburetor just >> drives a much cleaner line than I do. I'm just glad the track is far enough >> away that I'm not there blowing my $$ every weekend :) The trip over there >> makes a nice ride though, and since you need to bring your own helmet >> anyhow, it's just an excuse to get together on our bikes. >> >> -Kyle >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:47 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> I didn't know you raced karts. What class ? >>> >>> ------------------------------ >>> *From:* Kyle Munz <[email protected]> >>> *To:* [email protected] >>> *Sent:* Fri, January 29, 2010 11:19:53 AM >>> >>> *Subject:* Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... >>> >>> My Shoei is both DOT and SNELL approved. Most fullface, non-modular, >>> helmets these days are. I've used mine for racing gokarts. >>> >>> -Kyle >>> >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 9:49 AM, MrViggy <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Are they SNELL approved? My "problem" (if you will) is that in addition >>>> to riding, I auto-cross my car. SCCA/BMWCCA rules state that I have to >>>> have >>>> a minimum of a SNELL approved M helmet (motorcycle). >>>> >>>> Viggy >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 28, 2010 at 9:31 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]>wrote: >>>> >>>>> The best solution to that problem is to buy one tight front to back so >>>>> it fits side to side, Then apply a ball peen hammer gently to the inner >>>>> liner so provide for proper fit. No harm in slightly compressing the foam >>>>> to >>>>> make it fit right. I've had to do it to a couple along the way. >>>>> Personally, >>>>> I can't stand a loose fit. They stretch out way too soon anyway. Yes, >>>>> Shoei >>>>> makes a great helmet. I wore them for years till the prices went above >>>>> 350. >>>>> Now they can be over 700. Too pricey for me. Bells now are rebranded >>>>> Italian >>>>> somethings. 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