Byron Illinois

[HiperEX]

is anyone on here running the nuke series this year i raced the last one they had last year liked it i plan on running the whole nuke series this year ill probably be the only one there riding a 250r

[400exracer08]

ya, i think that i am going to get out there to race it also this year. What class are you running i am running quad a

[HiperEX]

ill probably running 16-24 and maybe B

[XCRACER26]

I might try some in MX there this year. B class or C- class I would figure it out when I get there. XC width quad.:macho

[FHKracingZ]

byron nuke series baby.. B class championship here i come !!! haha. Whats up mike? Hopefully they run A/B togther this year again. Tell ure sister she sux, she ran me on a barrel last year at pec when i was lapping her. lol

[400exracer08]

whos is FHKracingZ how do you know me?

[HiperEX]

what are your guys real names i remeber seeing and hearing of a few ppl maybe i know who you or are you know me, ill be racing b and 16-24

[quader400]

when you guys are racing byron do you hit up the triple down hill or when the tracks in reverse the big up hill?

[HiperEX]

quads have there own track now bud its alright but nothin near as close as the vintage track

[quader400]

yea i have ridden the new track before. they dont let you ride the other track anymore. hows the quad track coming along... whats the biggest jump they have on it now?

[FHKracingZ]

Its a 50 foot step down right out of a corner. its really easy, 2nd gear on a 450R

and theres one other jump thats like 30-40 and its really easy to

the track is really easy.

[300ex mxracer]

hopefully i can get out there this year. thgey have a 13-15 blaster/300ex class out there right?

[HiperEX]

300ex mxracer- not sure on if theres a blaster/300ex type class or not


FHKracingZ- do you know if they made any new jumps or changed anything around on the hilltop track?

i ride a silver 250r with kandk flame graphics #168

[Fred55]

The old track is WAY better than their quad track.....it SUCKS in my opinion, horrible dirt and bad layout.

[300ex mxracer]

i think moto49x used to race the blaster/300ex class at byron? correct me if i am wrong.

[Bergy]

The Great Lakes Quad Series will be racing at Byron,IL on April 8th on the original big track. Class structures are available at www.greatlakesquadseries.com The 06 classes are not up yet but are basically the same except changes in the pee wee class and the addition of a "air hammer" class. Air cooled up to 500cc's. This gives the 400ex's,Warriors, Etc a class to race in. More info as the season gets closer. Also heard they will have a quad only race on Sunday April 9th on the quad track.

[FHKracingZ]

damn dirk.. thats a old school pic.. looks back when aarons dad owned the track and it was acually taken care of !!

[quaddy87]

hey, i race a trx 450r in the b class.. i turned 16 late and ran the last half of the nuke series last year. #87. i'll prolly be racin all of them this year in the b class again.

[400exracer08]

So, we all maybe racing differnt classes but we all can agree that we are ready for some warm weather and the racing season to start up

[quaddy87]

I SECOND THAT!

[FHKracingZ]

ILL SECOND THAT... well n/m that fast guy above me did it already. waht a flammer :D

[HiperEX]

im ready for warm weather as well my quad will be finished this week, quaddy87 whats your name wouldnt be cody harbach (SP)? would it

[trost66]

Have any of you guys heard of any changes that they might be makeing to sunset ridge or walnut. I though maybe they were makeing some change sense there having a national.

[FHKracingZ]

i went to a open ride there last november 25th and they added a section in.. it was a table , then a table-tripple , then some holy rollers into a REALLY steep downhill turn

[quader400]

where is walnut and sunset ridge

[aman]

Originally posted by HiperEX
im ready for warm weather as well my quad will be finished this week, quaddy87 whats your name wouldnt be cody harbach (SP)? would it good one yanna......:rolleyes: ....lol idk who else is from warren and raced the last half at byron.....as for racing there not too sure about it, maybe if they take the old quad track and throw it out and make a new one :D .....otherwise ill prolly be doing alot of WI mx this year

[HiperEX]

ok alex, just get yer quad done, there callin for alot of snow around the area thursday into friday right now ive been seeing places saying 8"+ might as well get the sled back out

[aman]

yeah yeah....i'm going...just ordered pretty much everything i need the last couple days, so i should be putting it all back together by next week if that darn service manual comes.....:( .....yeah, i heard about gettin all that snow....should be sick, havent got to ride that new 550 super sport too much yet :)

[aman]

Originally posted by Fred55
The old track is WAY better than their quad track.....it SUCKS in my opinion, horrible dirt and bad layout. very true....lol.....i think us as a group of riders could prolly put together a better layout than what hes got going....but hey...its better than nothing.....at least hes got a starting gate now :D

[Fred55]

Originally posted by aman
very true....lol.....i think us as a group of riders could prolly put together a better layout than what hes got going....but hey...its better than nothing.....at least hes got a starting gate now :D

I say quad racers F*** byron, there are plenty of other and WAY better than tracks around than byron.

[FHKracingZ]

you guys should show some respect.. he only built that quad track because the quads complained about having to run the last motos of the day.. its not the best but its not bad for a first year track.. give it some time , he will change it up some.

[Fred55]

Last motos? Quads were the 1st whenever I went.

[aman]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
you guys should show some respect.. he only built that quad track because the quads complained about having to run the last motos of the day.. its not the best but its not bad for a first year track.. give it some time , he will change it up some.

i have never complained about when i have gone on that track......it'd honestly be worth the wait to ride the vintage track....but even if it was still like that there would be bike and atv people fighting about how one thing messed up another's track conditions.....so yeah, i guess he deserves some praise for being nice enough to split them up....but if you're gonna start something like that, make sure you can do it right......im not saying that he didnt care or didnt try his best to make it good....but if you're gonna go through the effort to make a whole different track for quads.....please take the time to do it right......i'd rather wait a couple years for a good track then have one that was slapped together right away just so someone could shut the quad guys up

[400exracer08]

Well, it does not matter now, last year is over. Lets see what Arron can do this year to make the track better. It is alot better to have a track this just ours. But it was not the best track or the worst. It gave us somewhere to race for the weekend when pec or other places are not racing. Arron is trying the best he can do. Lets just hope this year it is a little harder of a track. Do not give it right away. I think getting done racing at 1 is alot better than 5. When it is 90 outside less time is better. They more that we have out there and we look like we want a good track then he will make it. He just need the people to race on it to make it worth the extra money.

[quaddy87]

it may not be the funnest track...but when it comes down to it imo racing is racing!

[450man]

everybody should come to the Great Lakes Quad Series race there on april 8th. there will be a ton of riders from wisconsin. god competition and we get to ride the old track which is awesome.

[FHKracingZ]

quaddy87 is right... every track will suck if there no compitition.. theres always usally competition at byrons track.

[400exracer08]

There we go that is alot better. More people that show up and support the track it will get alot better. We do not need to say f*** that track or what not. With stuff said like that it will never get better..

[Cron]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
you guys should show some respect.. he only built that quad track because the quads complained about having to run the last motos of the day.. its not the best but its not bad for a first year track.. give it some time , he will change it up some.


No, he built it because he wanted grant money from the state of Illinois. You know the tax money that goes into the Illinois Trails fund but always seems to finance other projects other than IL parks and trails.Tthe only way he could get the grant is if he built a quad track, so he got a bobcat and built a cheap little track to qualify and get the grant. That is just what I heard through the grapevine though...

[robbins]

I pm'ed some of you guys, check out this series there is a flyer in this forum, or at www.district18.info

[aman]

Originally posted by Cron
No, he built it because he wanted grant money from the state of Illinois. You know the tax money that goes into the Illinois Trails fund but always seems to finance other projects other than IL parks and trails.Tthe only way he could get the grant is if he built a quad track, so he got a bobcat and built a cheap little track to qualify and get the grant. That is just what I heard through the grapevine though... Why does this not surprise me?
For those people out there that say that it will get better in time, though....how do you know that for sure? His money is in the bikes, and has always been. He gets that hill full of people wanting to ride on the vintage track, and that hill is at least 4x as big as the spot the quads get.

Yeah, you might say i'm complaining again and should have respect for what hes trying to do, but just look at what he did. Hes got a huge vintage for the bike guys with plenty of parking space, and a quad track thats not even close with 1/4 of the parking space......obviously it wasnt thought out and was, like i said, thrown together to get the quad guys off his back......i've been there plenty of times, so dont tell me i dont support it. All i'm saying is that if im gonna pay a wad every weekend to race, and hes gettin all that money, it better be to ride a decent track.

[quader400]

so does he not even let the quads on the old track anymore

[tazman7]

I have a 250r that I want to race this upcoming season. I will prob be in the Z class- haha.....just kidding. I have never ridin track though, only racing around in woods and lots of riding just never on a track. Looking forward to it and can hopefully add another 250r to the winners list!:cool:

[HiperEX]

great to see another R rider out there , i was just checkin byrons site they said they made a few tweaks to teh track but didnt mention what they did, ill be there on #168 250r

[400exracer08]

I will be there racing Quad A with my new 2006 450r

[robbins]

you guys should go to quad days at kahoka

[k&k_400ex_82]

um i may race a couple races out there but a lot of their races on on my tracks date. You guys should definently come check out Tri city motorcycle club. its a redesigned track quad freindly. but it can be technical but you can do the stuff without hurting yourself. theres a sweet rythem section that the good c riders are doing now. quad well be having the same payout and the dirtbike a classes. so its gonna be an awsome year this year. come check it out please.

www.tricitym-c.com

[FHKracingZ]

ill be there all year.. #313 450R

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
ill be there all year.. #313 450R

thats a real nice quad man looks sick

[FHKracingZ]

thanks.. its not as sweet as quaddy87's wait till u see that thing.. im racing B this year , what are u racing HiperEx

[300ex mxracer]

anyone gonna be racin walnut this year? its freakin awesome their havin a national there!!

[trost66]

I will be there

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
thanks.. its not as sweet as quaddy87's wait till u see that thing.. im racing B this year , what are u racing HiperEx

i seen quaddy87s R last year it was still pretty darn fast, i think ill be runnignt eh same class 16-24 and maybe another class quad c or b not sure yet

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by 300ex mxracer
anyone gonna be racin walnut this year? its freakin awesome their havin a national there!!

alot of guys from around here are planning on racing the national at walnut

[tazman7]

Do any of you ever go to KI in Oregon? I went there the other day, my first time on a track and I dont think I did to bad. It was so muddy you could hardly get enough speed to hit the doubles so I just drove over them.

I want to start racing this year but I want to practice some more before I go. I am for sure going to race at Waterman next winter though.

[quaddy87]

i'll be racing b prolly again this year. just got done redoing my trx.

[aman]

Idk cody....i think you'd fit pretty well in A class......maybe you should so us slower guys have a chance at doing good in B :D

[quaddy87]

slower guys?? ur faster then me alex..ur the one that should be running A class..;)

[400exracer08]

Hey is this cody from warren. This is mike that races quad a on the 450r number 8 what is up?

[quaddy87]

yeah thats me...whats up mike, been to waterman lately? i was gonna go down today but i'm sick..im either gonna go down friday saturday or sunday next week...pm me...cody

[aman]

Originally posted by quaddy87
slower guys?? ur faster then me alex..ur the one that should be running A class..;) idk about that....i dont even think i beat ya once last year......woulda been nice to see how close it woud be at the last race in warren or byron, but i had to go to the er one time and broke the durablue the other......so idk...i guess we'll see this year

[quaddy87]

yeah you had quite a bit of bad luck! lol. it will be a good time in b class this year. i'm looking forward to it.

[HiperEX]

have any of you herd about the changes they did to the hilltop track? i was reading on there site they changed the vintage and also mention a few tweaks to the hilltop maybe bigger jumps?

[baker250r]

I was at waterman this last weekend. raced A.. boy i sucked her up bad. got arm pump like a SOB the first race, and stalled her in the corner a few times. i need to get used to this cr250 setup. its really kickin my ace. if any of u were there, i was the only 250r. haha. my kind is becoming extinct.

[laeger2fiddyr]

you guys should check out pec, that track is the best imo. byron is alright, only if it is on the old track, the new one sucks ***! the only thing cool on the new track is hitting the whoops tapped in 3rd.

[quaddy87]

i second that! pecatonica is the best www.statelinemx.com. also walnut is a good time too.

[FHKracingZ]

Byron is open today for practice.. i will be there from 4-6. and ill be at walnut this weekend. if u see me stop byand say hi

[quaddy87]

you have fun riding in mud squirrel. :D

ps...i'm sitting by jacquie and lindsey right now! haha

[aman]

Originally posted by quaddy87
you have fun riding in mud squirrel. :D

ps...i'm sitting by jacquie and lindsey right now! haha

im sitting by you're mom right now :eek2:

[aman]

When is the race down at Byron for the quad series? I know its on the vintage track but not sure on the date.....

[HiperEX]

the quadseries race at byron is April 8th on a saturday

[TREDZ71]

April 8th is the Great Lakes Quad Series. I'm pretty sure they run the Legacy track on Saturday and the hilltop track on sunday.

[400exracer08]

Who is going to go practice down there this weekend if it is open?

[trost66]

Anybody going to walnut this weekend

[robbins]

go to quad days at kahoka

www.kahokamx.com

[quaddy87]

i'd love to go to byron or walnut this weekend but theres supposed to be a chance of snow saturday and temps under forty. next week temps will be near 50!!

[FHKracingZ]

I went to byron last night.. The quad track was in perfect shape, while the dirtbike track was tack and a lil sloppy. He changed the whoops big time.. they are acually challengin now. walnut this weekend hopefully

[aman]

What did he do to the whoops exactly? Do you actually have to double/triple them instead of just blitzing through them?

[FHKracingZ]

ya. the first set is really tricky but no were near the 2nd set.. i think there dumb.. maybe cuz im use to flying down through there.. nobody will be going fast through them this year.

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
ya. the first set is really tricky but no were near the 2nd set.. i think there dumb.. maybe cuz im use to flying down through there.. nobody will be going fast through them this year.

is this on the hilltop track?

[quaddy87]

yeah

[aman]

great.........:rolleyes: ........how about he just takes that whole section out and put in a nice big triple down by the woods....that would be sick :D

[quaddy87]

or a big 6 pack!

[trost66]

Who was all at walnut saturday. I was there number #66 red 450

[Fred55]

I was going to go but wasnt able to in the end, my friend was there on a black 450R with elisnore graphics, all modded out, and another on a RMZ250 and the punk pastrana gear

[quaddy87]

Are you talkin bout me Tom? cuz I was there yesterday, but there was another one there that had the same grafix as mine. The track was absolutey AWSOME!. It was a really good time.

[trost66]

did you do that triple or what ever they called it

[quaddy87]

no i never did it...it was my first time riding in quite a while, so i wasnt goin all out...i was the one on the black trx w/ the elsinore kit. i see you have atv fourplay a-arms too..can u post a pic of ur quad?

[trost66]

I have been trying to figure out how to post pics

[Fred55]

Originally posted by quaddy87
Are you talkin bout me Tom? cuz I was there yesterday, but there was another one there that had the same grafix as mine. The track was absolutey AWSOME!. It was a really good time.

haha no actually I wasnt, but i guess it works too. he was in a white ford with a huge fox head on the back window.

[quaddy87]

lol i c. if you have pics saved to your computer of ur quad then click browse right below where you type your message and pic your picture

[trost66]

says pic to big

[quaddy87]

do you have microsoft digital image. because there you can make ur pictures smaller

[FHKracingZ]

Man walnut was awsome yestreday. the track was in perfect shape, twards the end of the day the dirt bikes had some nasty breaking bumps in most of the corners. Looking forward to racing there this year.

for the pictuer thing you can just open the picture in microsoft paint and hit Ctrl + W. and make it smaller then save it.

[FHKracingZ]

cody here is a pic of trost's bike last year i think.

http://img392.imageshack.us/img392/4716/albert013ll.jpg

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/7851/albert055xk.jpg

[trost66]

That is kinda an old pic. Is there any way I can email the pics to someone and have them put them on for me

[trost66]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/trost66/d8754928.jpg

[trost66]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/trost66/100_1077.jpg

[trost66]

http://i44.photobucket.com/albums/f23/trost66/100_1078.jpg

[quaddy87]

nice quad. ur set up just like me...what class do u race. heres mine

[trost66]

I didn't get to race alot last year and I ran B. I think I'm going to start in band see how it goes and maybe go up to a

[trost66]

atv four pay swing arm. Tom at atv four pay is a pretty nice guy. Easy to talk to and answer all of your questions. Plus if you spend enough money he will give you some pretty good deals

[quaddy87]

thats cool...where do u live

[quaddy87]

yeah tom is a good guy i really like him...his new a-arms are sick.

[trost66]

I live in pontiac. His arm are nice and heavy duty. I really like the hiems over ball joints. My buddy had lonestar arms with ball joints and he hit a big table and the ball joint broke or came apart. Front end stuck in the ground and he went over the bars. Broke his upper leg bone pushed his front of his helmet into his teeth. He had alot of rehab. He is riding again though

[FHKracingZ]

hey trost remember me from yestreday? Me and you had a preety good battle going ..

heres a pic of my quad

[quaddy87]

man that is bad. i'm pretty happy w/ my a-arms

[trost66]

I remember. I was just starting to get the hang of the track and my right grip came off. I had to pull off

[trost66]

It was a good time yesterday. First time out this year. I went about 2 laps and my gip really started moving around so kept holding on tighter and tighter. I got some really bad arm pump. Plus little nervouse first time out and the track had some changes

[trost66]

Where are you guys from. Always looking for somebody to go riding or racing with. Alot of the guys I use to go with don't go that much. I usually end up going by my self. That kinda sucks

[400exracer08]

I am from southern wisconsin and i race about every other week. More people to go the better. Here is my machine

[TREDZ71]

Hey 400exracer...where is WI you from? i plan on racing nearly every weekend....i'm always looking for someone to run with. i think i got a guy from elkhorn who will be racing with me as well. did you hear that lake geneva is running quad races this year?

[400exracer08]

i did not hear that, but that is cool, i been wanting to go to that track, I live in Beloit, wi.

[quaddy87]

i heard that track in lake geneva is really tight.

[TREDZ71]

yah...lake geneva is tight....and, at times, dark. my bro runs bikes there and it is dark....especially in the back section. it's a bit like byron...maybe tighter. i've never run a night race and have always wanted to race lake geneva....

[quaddy87]

If you want to run a good night race you should come to warren, il where i'm from. they run 3 races a year but they are big ones...most of the A riders that race around here race there. 400exracer08 races there in the A class too. idk if its updated yet but the website is www.racethestorm.com u can check out some results to see they get good competition.

[400exracer08]

anyone have a website for lake geneva

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by 400exracer08
anyone have a website for lake geneva


http://lakegenevamx.com/ they have pics in there forum somewhere looks pretty killer

[quaddy87]

yeah that track does look really cool

[trost66]

Well I will be laid up for 2 weeks. I was working out at the health club today and dropped a dumb bell on my hand. It sliced my hand wide open. Had to go to emergency room and get 18 stitches in it. It was pretty gross. Really sucks

[aman]

That totally sucks man.....I cut my face open in a race last year just by hittin somethin on the handlebars really hard....still dont know what it was though......:huh........that was only 6 stitches though

[dirtriderex]

I'm going to byron to break in my new top end this sunday. Anyone else going this weekend?

[FHKracingZ]

you will be lucky if there open.

[trost66]

that is what I was thinking. Did you guys get any snow. I road saturday and it snowed 3.5 inches sunday

[quaddy87]

snow wont be the issue, the 4 inches of rain will be the problem. lol. temps are supposed to be in the 50's for then next week but its suppose to rain that whole time

[FHKracingZ]

Hopefully that sand soaks it up. we only got 2 inches of rain in freeport.are u goin to walnut this weekend cody?

[quaddy87]

yeah i'd really like too. i am just doubtfull of the weather, but walnut should soak it up pretty quick being its sand.

[FHKracingZ]

Ic. Ethan wants me , you , tom to go down. He told me oppie has been talking all this crap about me , you , and conroy... ethan told me to put him over a berm, lol.. give me a call after school or something. later spode :D

[TREDZ71]

shouldn't you guys be listening in class, studying or checkin' out ladies???

:) :) :) :blah: :blah: :blah:

[FHKracingZ]

Lol , im sitting in the corner of the room on my teachers laptop. Speaking of girls theres a hot cheerleader im check out right.. damn shes fine, lol.. P.S. Cody , stop checkin out scott, im sure he dosnt like it. LOL j/k :cool: and nick shouldnt you be doing some work?

[TREDZ71]

yah..nice catch. i've been working since 6:30...i'm gettin' tired already!!! still waitin' on the rear shock and arms....damn man, what's up with all of the false promises? i'm sick of looking at my quad in the basement....it sucks. see ya around.

[quaddy87]

yeah forget oppie. at least ethans being cool now. i can work, check out ladies and talk on here all at the same time :D

[300ex mxracer]

tredz71-how do u fit ur quad in ur basement?!:confused: ill be at walnut this weekend hopefully with a couple of otha people

[TREDZ71]

Originally posted by 300ex mxracer
tredz71-how do u fit ur quad in ur basement?!:confused: ill be at walnut this weekend hopefully with a couple of otha people


My sponsor set me up on a stock 450r. i tore it down completely and rebuilt it for mx (about $7k in aftermarket goodies). i'm building it in my basement and i am putting everything on it except for the tires, axel, and arms. it will be skinny enough to haul up my steps and into the garage....then, in the garage, i am going to finish the build...axel, tires, arms, etc. my garage is not heated...so the basement is a great alternative.

[400exracer08]

Is anyone going to go race waterman on saturday night? For the last indoor race of the season?

[300ex mxracer]

Originally posted by TREDZ71
My sponsor set me up on a stock 450r. i tore it down completely and rebuilt it for mx (about $7k in aftermarket goodies). i'm building it in my basement and i am putting everything on it except for the tires, axel, and arms. it will be skinny enough to haul up my steps and into the garage....then, in the garage, i am going to finish the build...axel, tires, arms, etc. my garage is not heated...so the basement is a great alternative.
man i wish i thought of that this winter, its gets pretty cold in a garage rebuilding a quad:ermm:

[TREDZ71]

Originally posted by 300ex mxracer
man i wish i thought of that this winter, its gets pretty cold in a garage rebuilding a quad:ermm:

haha...i hear yah. when i did my rebuild on my Z400 last year, i did it in the dead of winter in my unheated garage. it was painful. it's going a lot easier this time.

[aman]

lol....i have to do the same thing when i put the a arms and axle and stuff on.....wouldnt be able to fit it through the door to the actual garage if i put it all together in the room right next to it.....cant complain though, its all heated:D

[FHKracingZ]

nick why dont u just get a heater that you can put on the wall... thats what we did and our 2 1/2 stall garage gets 75 degres in like 10 minutes

[TREDZ71]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
nick why dont u just get a heater that you can put on the wall... thats what we did and our 2 1/2 stall garage gets 75 degres in like 10 minutes

i like working on my quad in my pajama's....haha. really though, it's a lot cleaner in my basement, more light, etc.

i'm almost done though. about a week and a half and it'll be done. hell yah...

[FHKracingZ]

bout time man.. then u can come down to walnut and ride with us.

[FHKracingZ]

so whos all going 2 walnut this weekend?

[HiperEX]

does walnut have a website?

[quaddy87]

www.sunsetridgemx.com

[300ex mxracer]

im gonna be at walnut tomorrow. finally ill be able to get out there. stop bye and say hi, ill be on the yellow 300ex #39

[quaddy87]

anyone going to waterman this weekend since its gonna snow?

[quaddy87]

who is racing at byron this weekend?!?

[400exracer08]

I am thinking about going on sunday to race. But, i am not sure i am going to Rocky Glen on sat to ride. But who knows about sunday

[TREDZ71]

i'm trying to get this thing together...parts are here, just gotta find the time.

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[400exracer08]

better find time, cause warm weather is coming and you are going to want to ride. Are you going to race lake geneva this year?

[TREDZ71]

i hear ya man. i'm so sick of looking at it in pieces....yah, lake geneva is on my schedule. how about you? any plans for geneva?

[400exracer08]

I am pretty sure that i am going to atleast go and practice. I have never seen the track so i do not know how good it is. I would be racing quad a what are you racing?

[TREDZ71]

the track is alright...i'll be running quad b for the entire nuke series. maybe i'll see you down there.

[quaddy87]

hope u getter runnin nick, i'd like to see quite a few guys in the b class there, zach is going down too.

[TREDZ71]

i'm gonna try to leave work early today and finish some more up. i'm just praying that the rest of my stuff shows on friday like the vendors say. we'll see....i'll be down there the following weekend though.

[quaddy87]

pecatonica races the following weekend on the 1st also... that should be a good time

[FHKracingZ]

Cmon nick get that damn thing toghter :D .. try to come and race sunday. if u cant race come down and hang out in the pits.

[TREDZ71]

almost there zach...here's some progress pics. a few more hours and a few more parts and i'm done.

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[laeger2fiddyr]

hey, cody, trying to pm you, clean your damn inbox!!!!

[quaddy87]

ok..i should get pms now...cleaned out my inbox....lets see some pics of ur quad! does seth have ur shocks in yet?

[aman]

Idk.....lol......maybe i'll have to pull out my bro's 240 next weekend and race that if i dont have mine done....supposed to be putting my triple rates on the front end so it should work quite nicely......its a long shot but if i brought that down watch out :eek2: .......its wicked fast lol

[aman]

Whens that great lakes race at byron btw?

[baker250r]

next weekend.

[aman]

Originally posted by baker250r
next weekend.

k....thanks.....ur coming down too arent ya? u should race the b class, theres some pretty stiff competition down in d17.....riding a honda aint gonna help ya much either :D lol.....jk.......but it'd be cool to see how fast you really are

[baker250r]

i thought all the d17 guys are anti-byron.... wut i was told was they were all going to be at pec for the brandon memorial. so its goona be a great lakes race mostly... we're headin down for byron for sure... and depending on if we broke anything... and money... we might hit pec that night too..

[aman]

We're not all exactly anti-byron.......just some issues that come to mind when racing there......but in the end a track is a track and theres good competition there.....whenever harbach shows up lol.....maybe we'll get a better turnout comp wise this year, who knows? from what it looks like there will be plenty of red, like always :rolleyes:......but thats no biggy, smelker and i can represent the blue side of things if it comes to that......bracken never had a hard time pokin fun about it lol.....but yeah....i'm thinkin there should be quite a bit of the d17 crowd down for that.....i know i'm gonna be there if possible

[Bergy]

Of course I am severely GLQS biased but I say it's worth your time to head to Byron on Saturday April 8th. There are some very fast WI racers that race this series, in all classes. It'd be nice to get some IL guys to this race to see how good of a series it really is. Some of the other races would be worth your time to come too also. Hope to see you guys on Saturday!!!

[FHKracingZ]

After you guys are done racing byron saturday morning head over to stateline mx ( pecatonica ). Its only 10-15 from byron and its the best SX track around. www.statelinemx.com

[tazman7]

I am thinking about heading over to Byron for my first race this upcoming weekend. I have only ridden the track at KI in Oregon. Are atv tracks like that one or are the jumps a little smaller. That one kind of seems like a cross between a sx track and a mx track...correct me if I am wrong.

I will be starting out in C class until I get used to racing. I have been riding quads for a long time but now that I got my race ready quad I want to go tear some **** up.

Oh, do you need riding pants and a chest protector at Byron?

Also any advice would be appreciated. Starting hints....

[baker250r]

its motorcross track? lol big jumps.. little jumps. woops... stuff to make it hard for u to go fast. lol and u need helmet, chest protector, boots above ankles, gloves, and long sleeve shirt. if u doint have a chest protector, i can borrow u one for the weekend.

[tazman7]

ok thanks, maybe it just seems hard since it has been so damn muddy over there that you cant get enough traction to get enough speed to clear everything...the top half of the course is dry but the bottom is a different story..

[300ex mxracer]

ki tracks is very easy when it is dry but when its muddy you have a hard time clearing anything. it is mostly mx. they are building a sx track but only for bikes:( how is the place now? im tryin to get down there but i havent had time

[aman]

looks like byron is gonna be pretty dry this weekend.....should make for some good racin :)

[tazman7]

Dont know how it is going to be dry when it is supposed to rain all day Friday....

[aman]

key words........supposed to.......weatherman are overrated :rolleyes:.....but who knows, maybe it will, cant say until it happens though

[Bergy]

Schedule for the Great Lakes Quad Series Race this Saturday April 8th
Sign Up
6:30 A.M. - 8:00 A.M.

"TENTATIVE" PRACTICE SCHEDULE AS FOLLOWS:

8:00 - 8:15 ALL "A" RIDERS
8:15 - 8:30 ALL "B" RIDERS
8:30 - 8:45 ALL "C" RIDERS
8:45 - 9:00 ALL PEEWEE RIDERS
9:00 - 9:15 SENIOR & WOMEN RIDERS
9:15 - 9:30 JUNIOR & AIR COOLED RIDERS
9:30 - 9:45 LAST CHANCE PRACTICE

RACERS MEETING IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING PRACTICE.

RACING TO START AT APPROX. 10:00 A.M. - 10:15 a.m. FOLLOWING THE RACERS MEETING !!

[tazman7]

I went over to Byron yesterday to practice and now I am thinking about going over there tomorrow to race. My question is that I have only rode on that track one time and I have gone to KI in Oregon twice. That is the only track riding I have ever done. Do you think I should practice more or go race in C class tomorrow?

I feel like there are some areas that I can improve on (doubles, whoops)

Or do you think that I should just go watch tomorrow so I can see how everybody else lines up and how they ride the course, then go race next weekend?

[aman]

I'd just go ahead and give it a shot.......I've only been to one other track besides that one and I thought it was pretty simple the first time......just take your time and be careful w/ the whoops.....the only double they got is that one before the last turn to go to the finish line, and it aint too bad....if you really arent sure about it though make sure you watch A and B before ya go out......id definitely race it though.....its a pretty easy track

[tazman7]

Ok thanks, I might as well just go then...

Since I have never raced (only watched) I dont really know how everything works, such as when to line up, how to line up right (I know you want it to be packed down where you put your rear quad tires), do you go all out in practice, how many laps do they run?

Doesnt the AMA issue you a number? Because on my quad I have number 13 on it from the past owner-

Sorry if these might sound like stupid questions , but I dont want to get to the track and look like a complete *** on my first time, ill be nervous enough.

[aman]

Lets see.....for line up you go to the riders meeting and Aaron will say the order of the classes, then when your class is up you wait across from the gates for someone to announce your number, and thats when you get to line up. As for practice, everyone usually just goes out at once and you get 5 laps.

As for ATVA stuff, the only thing you get from them is the ATVA Card, so if ya got that ur good. They dont assign any numbers or anything as long as you dont have the same one as someone else. Lol, i can understand why ur so nervous though, the first time is definitely the worst.

[tazman7]

Ok thanks alot, now its time to leave- im excited, been up since 4:00! haha

[moto50]

My bro went. (Jeff Robbins) Said he had a good time.
They got there late and they wouldn't let him have a clean bike practice or a site lap or nothing but he still did good anyway.

[Bergy]

Your brother rips it up!
I wish Cory Gauthier would have been healthy and raced ( he broke his hand training in FL before Gatorback), him and your brother would have battled for sure.

The reason they didn't give him practice is because they were behind over an hour already and the first motos were starting. If we were on time he may not even have been able to race.

Hope to see more non-WI racers at our series. I know they plan on making more of a midwest series sometime in the future but need to get rider #'s up first.

[450man]

ya that Robbins looked smooth, definately woulda have given Corey a tough couple races.

[aman]

Anyone plannin on going down this weekend??

[tazman7]

Ill probably be on the sidelines watching- Ill be the guy walking around in the crutches- haha

Just pulled my engine out, found out the lower rod bearing needs to be replaced- know of any good engine mechanics around here that wont rape me?

[baker250r]

we could do it for u.... Pm me if interested.

[tazman7]

pm sent!

[aman]

:confused: What happened to you man? lol......but yeah, i'd recommend Full Throttle Powersports out of Stockton, Illinois, they are pretty reasonable imo......i'm actually getting a whole bunch of stuff back from them right now.....darn frame is finally back from lonestar......a couple long nights and i should have a yfz again......maybe if i'm lucky ill see ya down there.....wouldnt be too hard to find ya

[tazman7]

I dont know I might be to fast for ya- haha About 20 minutes ago I got pissed and threw my crutches on the ground and said screw it im walking, I seem to be doing good, but its slow going. I mean im not ready for jumping jacks or anything.

I called Forward Motion today and they said that they are not taking anymore incoming work because they are moving stores- So I emailed the guy that runs Byron and he suggested me to take my engine to Garry Borelli in Mendota Il. Or to Rick Dickenson at DHV Racing....anybody ever use one of them? I would like to take it to a professional so I know its done right.

Does anybody know roughly how much this will cost me to get fixed? (broken rod bearing)

[FHKracingZ]

Rick Dickinson dosnt do motors, he does painting. if u send ure motor to him he will just give it to 4play racing.

[aman]

Crap, if i woulda known he did that i woulda took it to him.....guess i shoulda known when he shows up all the time with everything pc'd and stuff lol......he's got quite the ex.......

[tazman7]

Do they always charge you a gate fee at Byron even if you are racing?

I think that is a rip off-

[400exracer08]

Well if you think that this is a rip off you should of went down to mendota last night. It costed me $15 dollars to get in the door. $10 at the gate and then another $5 for a pit pass. I might as well just bent over and take it in the butt. That is a joke how much it cost to get in. I understand like a $8 one but no $15 that is a joke. That is per person

[tazman7]

I know- that is highway robbery- To race you need an AMA Card- Thats $40 ---- Then a district card $20 ----then a gate fee $10 -----then to race $20-$25.... I understand charging people that arent racing the gate fee but to charge people that are racing a gate fee is ridiculous.

[baker250r]

be happy u get to ride at all man.... they gotta make money somehow.... if they dont make money, there goes ur riding place.

[aman]

They can make money, thats not a big deal.....but they dont have to rob us dry in the process.....when you race every weekend or close to that adds up pretty darn quick, and you still have the quad to consider for maintenence and stuff. Yeah, i appreciate the fact that people are trying to give us places to ride, but you have to make it reasonable in order for people to be able to afford it.

[tazman7]

good way to put it aman!!

[baker250r]

but u dont realize how much they pay for insurance a day, just to be open....

[aman]

I guess i did kinda forget about that whole ordeal......but still, it really is a two sided issue. Sure, they have to pay for that, but we still have to pay to get in.

[400exracer08]

Well enough about this subject, we are not going to change anything. We are all going to pay the gate fee no matter what because we all have a dier need to race and we are going to do whatever it takes.

Speaking of racing is anyone going to race byron this weekend?

[aman]

It's a possibility.......i havent been riding mx for over 5 months so i think im just gonna stay home and practice......btw.....if ne one would be interested in riding at my place give me a holler.....got some trails, pasture, and an mx track....you might even like it better than byrons hilltop track :D......lol

[300ex mxracer]

hopefully i will if my shocks come in today and i get them tuned.

[aman]

When does the nuke series start up for this year? Anyone gonna be heading over for that?

[aman]

That was pretty nice.......got rained out last weekend so i didnt miss anything.......should be heading over for round 2 though since its runnin now.......whos all gonna be there? Im pretty sure theres a race the night before at warren so if anyone wants a good race that would be the place......might be takin both bikes up to that yet idk.......but it'd be nice to get some more people up that way too

[laeger2fiddyr]

warren!!!! good race!!! hahahahahahahahahahaha! trying to race with all the hillbillies in blue jeans and **** kickers, i shouldn't rag on warren alright track to practice at, but i wont race there ever again!

[FHKracingZ]

travis is right... they use the same dirt they use for the demolition dirby. last year i was going thru a corner and saw a alternator in the dirt, lol hahaa

[tazman7]

Originally posted by FHKracingZ
travis is right... they use the same dirt they use for the demolition dirby. last year i was going thru a corner and saw a alternator in the dirt, lol hahaa
hahaha! Thats f'n hilarious. If you look closer you might find some teeth too.

[FHKracingZ]

Naaa no teeth, half them hill-billies wernt born with teeth.

[aman]

Wtf? :rolleyes: I've never seen any of that stuff and ive been there for every race pretty much for the last three years....that track is better than byrons so idk what you guys are smoking......

[tazman7]

Well I have only been to Byron to race and I dont think it is anything to fuss over...I just thought the alternator thing was hilarious!!!

[laeger2fiddyr]

AMAN I DONT KNOW WHAT YOUR SMOKING!!!! WARREN BETTER THEN BYRON!!! YOUR SMOKING THAT DITCH WEED!!! I DONT REALLY CARE FOR BYRON THAT MUCH, BUT I WOULD GO TO BYRON WAY BEFORE WARREN! THERE IS NO PLACE TO PASS AND THE TRACK IS PRETTY MUCH ONE LINED! LIKE I SAID BEFORE ITS AN ALRIGHT TRACK TO PRACTICE AT, BUT I WONT RACE THERE. AND I LOVE JUST SITTING AT THE STARTING LINE WAITING FOR THE RUBBER BAND TO SNAP BACK!!!!:eek2: HEY BY THE WAY R U GOING THERE TO PRACTICE TONIGHT?

[aman]

I WANTED TO BUT I HAVE A BASEBALL GAME........IT DOES ACTUALLY HAVE SOME TWO LINE SECTIONS THOUGH.....LAST TIME I WAS THERE I MADE LIKE 8 PASSES TO GET BACK UP TO THE FRONT AFTER A CRAPPY START.....THE JUMPS ARE ALSO MUCH BETTER AND THEY HAVE A GOOD INFIELD SECTION NOW TOO.....

[400exracer08]

It does not matter what track that you are on racing or riding. The point is that if there is a track to ride on and then we still have places to ride. You can race warren on saturday night and go to byron on sunday. So it does not matter. I like both tracks and i know alot of people do to also. A TRACK IS A TRACK SOMEWHERE TO RIDE!

[aman]

Thats actually what i plan on doing.......not sure what class to run yet :confused: ............might give B one last shot before i try my luck in A......idk.....hopefully harbach shows his ars up so i can give him a run for his money......last time i had to go to the ER for stitches......

[laeger2fiddyr]

might be a pretty quite weekend around here, alot of people will be racing at redbud!

[aman]

yeah, true.......but who knows, the number of people at the track each year has been slowly getting bigger.....seems like you always see at least a couple new faces at the track each time......there should be a good turnout for bikes though like there pretty much always is

[aman]

Hopefully it will be raceable this weekend.....supposed to get alot of rain so idk......theres only a 20% chance on sunday though so maybe they will be able to fix it up and make it a go

[quaddy87]

manoman travis...lol my dad made that starting system at warrens track cuz those guys are to cheap haha...i say both tracks suck equally, lol

[laeger2fiddyr]

hahahahaha!!!!! yeah i know those guys are cheap down there!!! im sure your dad did what he could do with the money he had!! it is an alright track to practice at, but i just dont like racing there. well let me know if you want to ride with justin and i to redbud, it suppost to rain all weekend, im sure everything will be cancelled again this week!!!! if mendota cancels on sat, im pretty sure byron will, we plan on leaving as soon as we can on sat. well let me know if your interested!

[aman]

what a bummer :( ........ 2 series races rained out in a row......hopefully we can get some dry conditions for 3!!!

[tazman7]

Raced there today and I am having trouble keeping it up on the pipe. What kind of sprockets do you two stroke guys run at Byron?

If I go into a corner in third gear it bogs, and if I go into it in second I have to shift RIGHT away.

[HiperEX]

i ran the last race at byron last year on my 265r and had 14-36 gearing worked great ill be there for this years series on a white ltr but will miss a few due to i got some of my finger cut off in the chain and sprocket:mad:

[tazman7]

Hey thanks man. Why did you make the change to 4 stroke? (Just curious, not trying to start anything) Because I have thought about it a few times but I have never rode one and I love my R

[HiperEX]

well first i traded my R for a sportbike from my bud then got sick of it and it sucked watching them ride, and 4stroke technology these days are superior and there easier to go fast on, but i still love 2strokes if my bud ever decides to sell my old R i will buy it back

[aman]

Originally posted by tazman7
Hey thanks man. Why did you make the change to 4 stroke? (Just curious, not trying to start anything) Because I have thought about it a few times but I have never rode one and I love my R

I'd definitely consider trying one out then, because they are a whole different ballgame from what an r or any other two stroke would be. You can lug 450s around w/ out worrying too much about staying in power or not, because its pretty much always there as long as you arent a couple gears too high......Are you comin down to Byron this weekend then? If you are you can take a spin on mine if ya want for one of the practice runs since i run two classes.....

[tazman7]

Yeah I will be there this weekend. I got my quad geared right tonight so it has balls out of the corners now. Im excited now!

If I could just drive it up the pit area or something that would be good enough to me. I dont really trust myself enough yet to drive somebody elses quad on the track...plus if I broke something I would feel horrible.

ill see you there- I drive a black s10 ZR2 with a red enclosed trailer- so come say hi..

[mbiigambler]

Originally posted by HiperEX
i ran the last race at byron last year on my 265r and had 14-36 gearing worked great ill be there for this years series on a white ltr but will miss a few due to i got some of my finger cut off in the chain and sprocket:mad:

I bet that had to hurt, hopefully you're healing well.

[aman]

Originally posted by tazman7
Yeah I will be there this weekend. I got my quad geared right tonight so it has balls out of the corners now. Im excited now!

If I could just drive it up the pit area or something that would be good enough to me. I dont really trust myself enough yet to drive somebody elses quad on the track...plus if I broke something I would feel horrible.

ill see you there- I drive a black s10 ZR2 with a red enclosed trailer- so come say hi..

will do.....hopefully i can ride by then......wrecked the 250f last sunday down at my track and i cant do anything more than a walk.....let alone ride mx....idk.....hopefully the swelling goes down enough allow me to start riding again by friday

[HiperEX]

Originally posted by mbiigambler
I bet that had to hurt, hopefully you're healing well.

yeah it hurt pretty bad but didnt realise what i did till i seen my finger smashed between the chain and sprocket its healing pretty good should be back in action by next week

[aman]

Originally posted by HiperEX
yeah it hurt pretty bad but didnt realise what i did till i seen my finger smashed between the chain and sprocket its healing pretty good should be back in action by next week

you better be....it'd be nice to have someone to train w/....boo aint quite old enough yet
:rolleyes: lol

[HiperEX]

if your working the track tonight ill come out and help if ya pick me up

[aman]

i dont know if im gonna be able to work on it tonight......we are gonna be choppin most of the day......if you can get a ride out there you could probably start moving dirt though cause its gonna take alot for that landing

[tazman7]

What is the NMA Qualifier for this Monday at Byron? What is that?

[aman]

Not sure on that, but what class are you racin on sunday tazman?

[tazman7]

I am just racing quad C- this will only be my third race

[aman]

Due to my bad riding skills and the inablility to do very well on my yfz, i have decided to move back down to C to ride w/ people more my speed......:D....no not really, but gl with that man, it will be interesting how the old two stroke will hold up agaisnt the 450s and stuff.....hiperex was gonna be racing C this weekend too but he couldnt round up nerfs in time so hes gonna sit er out.....

[tazman7]

The "old" two stroke seems to hold its own again most 450's. I beat some out of the gates, and others I dont. I might try starting out in second this week to see how she goes. I got it geared better so hopefully that will be easier on the shifting end. (no more fighting the powerband in the corners)

[aman]

Yeah, that will definitely help alot......i had 18s on 8 inch rims and i ran out of gear real fast w/ the stock ratio.....bumping the back down one or two did the trick for me....im sure its a bit more challenging for you coming in/out of the corners though because you have to keep it in the pipe, whereas i can just lug it......

second might not be a bad idea but you might want to practice doin it a couple times before u do it in a race......its gotta be dam hard to hear over all the thumpers....:(.......im hopin i can find a chain tomorrow over at the local dealer cause mine broke when i was riding tonight.....crossing my fingers i can find one or else im gonna have to pull out the 250f and go vintage....:huh

[tazman7]

Yeah I always thought that my quad was loud until I pulled up to the line with them 450's!

[300ex mxracer]

for the nuke series, do they run all the same quad classes? on the same track? can i run more than one class, like 13-15 and C? im gonna try to get up to bryon sunday for the nuke #4

[tazman7]

Yes all of the quads race on the hilltop track- I think that you can run in more than one class you just have to pay $25 for each class that you race in. Id call to make sure though- check out www.motobyron.com

[300ex mxracer]

ok so the nuke series is like any other sunday race except you get points for the series?

[tazman7]

pretty much...

[tazman7]

How do they pick gate spots for the heat races?

It seems to me like every damn race I am either the very last pick or the second to last....Its like the very few times I have had a good gate pick I have taken the holeshot...but with being on the very end you cant get ****...I always have to go about 30 feet farther than everybody else with the way the course is layed out..

[300ex mxracer]

i know the second moto is how you finished in the first moto. i think the first moto starts are your standings in points/ past finishes, but im not completely sure.