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it been a while since it took it out. I gutted the carbs and adjusted the clutch on the GRC Gp to help donate some $. I was in it for the Fun factor. Big fat guy on a little bike....
After a long wait for the legends we had to wait for the ramps to b set up. WHAT!!!!!!!!!!! no suspension and there is no way in hell can I stand up to absorb anything.
They get things set up for a couple of laps. We roll out. Not even 1/4 a way thru the bikes dies. I roll along the wall trying to get away from the ramp and everyone launching off of it. Pull.. pull..pull. Nothing.. I push it beyond the track to get out of the way. I do some more pulling and pulling. I fires up rough. WOT it seems to like to scream. Something must have clogged the slow jet. I see that they are setting up the start. I run on out. WOT. I come around the last bend and I see the green flag for the first wave and it looks like the pit bike wave. I feel like I’m Cole Trickle in Days for thunder. I see the green flag drop as I round the last turn and I am at full speed at the start finish line. I pass Lou in T1. I keep SCREAMING around just having a good time. Trying to figure out how to ride this thing again. I get passed buy Dave O and think I can settle in behind and watch the sparks fly. I'm behind him and in T1 and T2. We come up on Eric and Denny fooling around at the S/F line and he gets slows down because of the two of them playing around. I lead him into T1 and he comes around me on the outside. I drop the hammer and am closing on him. I get within less than an inch of him on the right side as I pass him and lead him into T2. I'm right on the barriers. I begin to think, Dave is going to try the outside of me again.” I'm going a little faster into the turn and thinking, Dave, “don't try the outside of me!!!!!!!! “ I see a shadow and all I hear is metal scraping (centerstand). I look over and the bike just pivoted on the centerstand and lifted the rear tire off the ground and I see Dave’s foot out style just get planted into the pavement and swing him down backwards (lowside). I roll to the checkered flag and roll around to Dave. I get to him and there are a couple of people there. I pick up some of the debris. The medics are on scene. I tell them his name is Dave. They sit him up and he’s sees me. " I was coming for you Gino." Grinning.."You almost had me buddy” . good to know nothing was broken but I know he took a good bum on the head. I saw him later on in the Bus and he was going to take a trip to the hospital.
Later that night by the fire Adam got the call and we with motob went and picked him up around 2:00 in the morning.
Good times considering what happened to Dave. I was thinking about selling it. But I don’t know now…..I like it for these little events… and being the clown on the little bike…
What should I do?
Post up the Pictures, Vid and other stories… I KNOW YOU’VE GOT THEM….
I had vid of th erace and of Dave. on the transfer to the computer it did not come across. DAMMMMMMMM it... I deleted the file onthe card before I checked the transfer. total loss. SO sorry. I learned a lesson with this...
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Originally Posted by Sheppo
