I remember them well. Not as good as the 350's (IMHO) still more than enough to scare you good. I've seen RD250's used in class C shifters. It may be dry but it feels like the pavement is wet... light 'em up out of every corner. Drive one long enough and you get Popeye arms. Really wears you out trying to drive one.
________________________________ From: Kyle Munz <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Sat, January 30, 2010 12:46:46 AM Subject: Re: [Nighthawk Lovers] Helmet story... that would be a shifter 2stroke 400 actually. My typo. -Kyle On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 11:41 PM, Dennis Hammerl <[email protected]> wrote: 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. >> >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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