Ripper Racing rnd 4 560am

[Chippertheripper]

Tumultuous to say the least.

i was dumb enough to run friday practice. it was too hot. shreddded a practically (one td) new rear in a new york second, so that was the first issue. Chiappisi (the kid is aces) gave me a dunlop rear, so i went and bought a front. (almost what i paid for my last 2 SETS).get them switched, had PK play with my clickers (one of the best bargains in motorcycling) and away i went. ran a good session after that, but that was the last, i missed the next one draining off a tidbit of oil (it had expanded a lil due to the heat, and the rfs's are finicky with that crap), and then the last session was like 5 minutes due to a few red flags from dudes dropping after a looooong hot day.

race 4: dns. stalled on the start. the turd doesn't like to kick when its hot, so i pretty much died pushing the thing the length of the front straight running. thanks to LDR, for the hospitality afterwards. yowza. really bummed.


race 8: start 8th, move up quickly through turn 3 and take 2nd. i battle back and forth with trevor arvidson a few times. my rear stepped hard up the hill and he goes by, i get him in traffic in 6. then we split an ex at the top of the hill, me on the outside, the ex gets all wierd, and i run through the dirt. luckily we had put a decent gap on and i don't loose any ground i can't make up in traffic. he makes it difficult to pass, and i finish in 3rd. woot.
and that podium is bittersweet.
well, through 10-12 and the finish, things aren't exactly sounding correct. i cruise around and throw the thing on the trailer, and pack up for home. i just put everything away and fired her up (she hesitated) and things definitely aren't right. the motor comes out as soon as i can find the time...that may have been my season, because multiple rebuilds aren't in the budget. my fingers are crossed. i'll keep ya'all posted.

great to meet a few cats up there, adam clark, chiappisi, wiggey, and get my chill on in t1 for a bit with those guys.
oh yeah, new pb of 1.22.600. such promise, such tragedy (the motor). that's racing.

[Paul_E_D]

Awww man! Good luck with the motor. Has me a little worried about my katoom... How long to keep it is the question.

[Chippertheripper]

Yeah, but what other dirtbike will LAST? I realize full well that they weren't made to run like this, but I can't go back to a sportbike. The plus side is it currently starts and runs, but she doesn't sound good.

[Pittenger5]

Buy my RMZ, ass.

But seriously, sucks, downside to all the fun you have with these things.

[Kurlon]

Yeah, but what other dirtbike will LAST? I realize full well that they weren't made to run like this, but I can't go back to a sportbike. The plus side is it currently starts and runs, but she doesn't sound good.

Find out what the noise is first, panic after if justified.

[FireboltEric_MA]

Congrats buddy! 1:22's is no joke!0

[csmutty]

Niceeee race man. Sucks about the traffic. That would have been an awesome battle. Mike primavera is selling his set up crf450....heh.

[BrianC]

Nice work out there Chip! Glad you came and hung out for a while w/us... hope to see you over at T1 more often!

[lrrs313]

What's it sound like? Mine spun a crank bearing, started out as the bike just seeming to run a little flat, then the more I ran it bad noises started coming from the motor. Mine never actually stopped running.

Coincidentally, I spun the crank bearing in the first (and only, to date) race I ever ran in the 22s.

Congrats on the lap times, 22s on a tard is pretty damn quick.

[Chippertheripper]

I don't really know the rfs well enough to know what it sounds like, but it could very well be a spun bearing. The heat killed a few turds this weekend.

[Kurlon]

Drop the oil and check for flecks on the screens (you know this already).

[darkduc7]

Good job on the times! Great seeing ya out there, maybe I'll turn some laps with you at Bomo.

[CBR929RE]

22s. you're moving on that thing Chippy. you need a real bike though, something like a Honda

[PainfullySlow]

Sorry about the mixed weekend Chip but at least you managed some rockin times and a podium out of it. I hope the motor turns out to be something relatively minor for you and you will bounce back for next round.

[Chippertheripper]

Thanks all. On the plus side, if I'd run the first race, I'd have probably attempted the second, and almost certainly shredded the motor. Pulled a Clark, I'd you will.

[lrrs313]

Thanks all. On the plus side, if I'd run the first race, I'd have probably attempted the second, and almost certainly shredded the motor. Pulled a Clark, I'd you will.

Of course, I DID run mine again for a few laps, and did some bad things to the cylinder wall and piston. I didn't get quite to Clark's level though. The oil stayed INSIDE my motor.

[The Snowman]

Congrats on the new PB. You are now .049 seconds faster than I am.

Bummer about the bike. Any news? Have you torn into it yet?

[Chippertheripper]

Dropped the oil, no evidence of catastrophic failure. I got it pulled last night, and it's getting dropped off this afternoon. Fingers are crossed.

[brady]

fingers crossed for you, you don't need more time off!

[lrrs313]

No big chunks in the oil is a great sign. Hopefully you caught it in time so you can get right back out and keep improving.

[FirstLightning]

Congrats on the times! Good luck with the motor - I hope it works out in your favor (aka simple and cheap - we can always hope!).

[Kurlon]

Dropped the oil, no evidence of catastrophic failure. I got it pulled last night, and it's getting dropped off this afternoon. Fingers are crossed.

Screens clean also?

[lrrs313]

simple and cheap

It's a KTM RFS motor. Not only that, it's the 560 (an SXS motor, kind of like KTM's version of HRC). Cheap almost doesn't exist, and simple is subjective.

[Kurlon]

It's a KTM RFS motor. Not only that, it's the 560 (an SXS motor, kind of like KTM's version of HRC). Cheap almost doesn't exist, and simple is subjective.

Time for a long rod conversion... angular bearings... oil jet mod... we can make it better, faster, stronger!

[lrrs313]

Time for a long rod conversion... angular bearings... oil jet mod... we can make it better, faster, stronger!

Deck the head, carb mods, stroker crank............chase down Duc 900SS and eat them for lunch......