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Bombshell New AMA Series!

Discussion in 'General' started by noles19, Sep 3, 2014.

  1. Joe Morris

    Joe Morris Off The Reservation

    He took off on Cuddles' KTM supermoto race bike once. He came back pushing it. Apparently short-round stalled the bike and was too short to kick it back to life. :crackup:
     
  2. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

    I figured if he did ride a bike it was a crf50, probably with training wheels, since it is a foregone conclusion he can't touch the ground on an adult bike.:D
     
  3. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    That's because it had a 60" seat height and was running a compression ratio of like 70:1. :D
     
  4. nigel smith

    nigel smith Well-Known Member

    You are all going to look silly when the AMA spec Grom series kicks off and Dave becomes the first national champion.
     
  5. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    I'm too "round" right now to challenge for much beyond a national pie eating championship. Piss poor diet.

    and I like my smokes too much anymore.
     
  6. ekraft84

    ekraft84 Registered User

    I think you should forfeit your moderator status then ..

    ;)
     
  7. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Fine with me, chester cheeto. Who you want in my place? Metalhead? I doubt he can control his bowels much less a bunch of idjits. Hippy Joe? How many threads about hemp, hacky sacks and converting your VW micro bus to run on moonbeams and positive vibes you want? IOMshaun? That dude puts the wack in wacko. :D

    Yeah, so I'd suggest you all start a petition to get a new mod and email it to Sean at wera at wera dot com. He's just sitting around playing words with friends and eating twinkees.
     
  8. Joe Morris

    Joe Morris Off The Reservation

    I will ban anyone that harshes my mellow. You've been warned. :cool:
     
  9. Dave K

    Dave K DaveK über alles!

    Here, I'll help you all out.

    We the WERA BBS demand that Dave K be replaced as a moderator! He is a meany. I once saw him kick a puppy, he borrowed my pants and pooped them and he called me a dumbass. He's also short!

    I demand that you replace him with <insert BBSer's name here> immediately!!!
     
  10. HPPT

    HPPT !!!

    I'm trying to remember what bike I was trying to kickstart but was too light for the engine to even notice me. :D
     
  11. Sheik Abdul ben Falafel

    Sheik Abdul ben Falafel Well-Known Member


    skinny black man problems.:D


    I can kickstart a big block.
     
  12. Joe Morris

    Joe Morris Off The Reservation

    I think you sold youself short the first time.
     
  13. Boman Forklift

    Boman Forklift Well-Known Member

    When I was young, I bought a 750 hondamatic dragbike, that had a bigblock, carillo rods, high compression, ported head, carbs, etc. It's been over 30 years ago, so I probably only weighed 140lbs. The guy I bought it from, was the builder and owned the local Honda shop. He would only sell it to me, since I was taking it from Illinois to Texas. He had two and they were pretty deadly when ET racing and he didn't want me giving it back to my dad, making him compete against it.

    I couldn't start the thing, so we rigged up a starter and large battery that still couldn't turn it over. I had to jump on the kick starter, at the same time I hit the starter button to start the thing. He was almost 300lbs, so it wasn't a problem for him to start.:crackup:
     
  14. iomTT

    iomTT Well-Known Member



    I remember be challenged to starting an AJS 500 an old bike of my fathers when I was 10 and if I got it started I could ride it, man was a very very very saw but Bruuuuuurrrrrrrp:bow: And crashed it haha

    I had had practise at starting these kind of engines before though, as my dad had built me a Go Cart when I was 8 using a BSA 500 motor which was still kick start
    , the local police man used to catch me out on the street all the time in it and escort me home, it was a very small population town
     
    Last edited: Sep 11, 2014
  15. noles19

    noles19 Well-Known Member

  16. SethG

    SethG Well-Known Member

    Seems to me that it's more like they are just trying to keep the status quo, but add TV, different tracks and then work a roadmap to eventually having the same rules as WSBK.

    He said they were in talks with Harley, but later on said he wanted a single make series, sounds like they hope it's Harley + Harley-Money and if it's not, it'll be another vendor.

    Still similar rules package and bikes, spec tire with them getting the Dunlop money, probably a spec fuel again and a restrictive rule book that will continue to influence many OEM's to stay out.

    My two cents, it's still the same failing formula with the theory that TV + better people will quickly turn it around.
     
  17. noles19

    noles19 Well-Known Member

    I read that as two different classes. The Harleys if they work it out, and an entry level class with a single brand.
    As far as the rest goes its really the smart choice for next year, fix what you can and add classes to build apon in the future. With a TV deal to attract sponsors..
     
  18. backcountryme

    backcountryme Word to your mother.

    I think that it what he was saying is that for the next season it will be the same package. And it should be. Then moving forward there will be changes. Personally I think they should change one class a year, and maybe add one class a year. That could keep costs down for the participants. No reason to run off teams by costing them thousands (or tens to hundreds of thousands) in retooling their entire program right away.
     
  19. TrackStar

    TrackStar www.trackstar1.com

    Sweet, the kid turns 14 next month. Now to wait and see if we mothball the R6 and get to build something else for next season or wait one more.
     
  20. backcountryme

    backcountryme Word to your mother.

    I am betting you will be waiting at least one more year.
     

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