A shifter 450 ! That would be like having an F1 car to play with. Or at least a pro-stock. Great smokey burn outs. Build it.
________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 12:32:33 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... 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. This coming season, I'll be looking >>>>>for a new one for warm weather use. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>-- >>>>>>>> >>>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>>>>> >>>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>>>> >>>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>>[email protected]. >>>>>>>> >>>>For more options, visit this group at >>>>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >>>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>>>> >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>>> >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>>>> >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >>> >>> >>>>>> >>> >>>-- >>>>>> >>>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>>>> >>>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>>>> >>>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>>[email protected]. >>>>>> >>>For more options, visit this group at >>>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >>> >> >> >>-- >>>> >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>>> >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> >> >>>> >> >>-- >>>> >>You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >>"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >>>> >>To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >>>> >>To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >>[email protected]. >>>> >>For more options, visit this group at >>http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. >> > > >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > > >> > >-- >> >You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >"Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. >> >To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> >To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >[email protected]. >> >For more options, visit this group at >http://groups.google.com/group/nighthawk_lovers?hl=en. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Nighthawk Motorcycle Lovers!" group. 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