smiley races again at ironman

[Mony25]

not sure if he won but he was leading last time i heard the anouncment. He seemed to have fallen back at the finish but he also was missing his back fenders. Got some pics and vids ill get uploaded when i get a chance

[mxduner]

for sure post em up. thats cool stuff

[Scro]

He took first in Junior A. http://www.atvriders.com/atvresults/gncc-2010-13-afternoon-atv-results-class.html

[Mony25]

Ya just checked he won juniior 22+A by about 3mins having trouble getting my sd card to work but will get them up.

[headache]

wheres the pics and videos?

[trxredrider]

I was able to catch a few of Matt...

[trxredrider]

2

[trxredrider]

3 (The side most people were seeing :D )

[Mony25]

I had to take them with my phone so the quality sucks my sd card adpter to upload to the computer wont work any more so i cant figure out how to do it i will mess with it some more this weekend

[RyanWsly]

anybody heard why he crossed the finish without rear fenders? BTW no one has said anything about Bob Sloans 250R being on display, thought that was the best thing I saw the whole time I was there.

[8686]

Originally posted by RyanWsly
anybody heard why he crossed the finish without rear fenders? BTW no one has said anything about Bob Sloans 250R being on display, thought that was the best thing I saw the whole time I was there.

Post some pics.

Smiley probably stopped in the trail for a bathroom break and thought he could go faster with less drag from the rear fenders so he took them off and put them 20 feet up in a tree so he knew where they were. That's the best idea I can come up with.

:huh

[Mony25]

I was going to say more when i posted pics but ya that was very cool i was probably the most impressed to see one of the original prototype kawi 250s in the roll frame that ballance and them yokley and ballance raced in the early like 2001 i think

[trxredrider]

Originally posted by RyanWsly
anybody heard why he crossed the finish without rear fenders? BTW no one has said anything about Bob Sloans 250R being on display, thought that was the best thing I saw the whole time I was there.
That Sloan display was sweet and of all the pictures that I had I didn't get any pictures of it! My camera was back in the trailer at the time and I just didn't think to go back over there to get some shots of it. I'm still kicking myself for that one! :mad:

[trxredrider]

Originally posted by Mony25
I was going to say more when i posted pics but ya that was very cool i was probably the most impressed to see one of the original prototype kawi 250s in the roll frame that ballance and them yokley and ballance raced in the early like 2001 i think
I think that I got a shot of that KX250 powered Roll quad... I will post it tonight when I get home if I have a good shot of it. I know that I have pictures of it from the 2000-2001 era when it was in brand new condition but I would have to find the prints and scan them in.

It was over next to Smiley's Roll quad in the pits.

[snacob14]

Originally posted by 8686
Post some pics.

Smiley probably stopped in the trail for a bathroom break and thought he could go faster with less drag from the rear fenders so he took them off and put them 20 feet up in a tree so he knew where they were. That's the best idea I can come up with.

:huh

dude, i've lost my fenders on my old R's many times.

[Honda 250r 001]

Originally posted by snacob14
dude, i've lost my fenders on my old R's many times.

maybe people were just wondering if he got caught in a tree or another quad got tangled up with him or something.

[8686]

Originally posted by snacob14
dude, i've lost my fenders on my old R's many times.

That's not at all what I meant. I was just kidding with him.

[8686]

Originally posted by trxredrider
I think that I got a shot of that KX250 powered Roll quad... I will post it tonight when I get home if I have a good shot of it. I know that I have pictures of it from the 2000-2001 era when it was in brand new condition but I would have to find the prints and scan them in.

It was over next to Smiley's Roll quad in the pits.

[snacob14]

http://www.atvriders.com/images/yokleyracing/william-yokley-2007/william-yokley-kawasaki-kfx450r-kfx250.jpg

http://www.atvriders.com/images/yokleyracing/william-yokley-2007/kawasaki-kfx450r-kfx250-atv.jpg

couple of the kx roll

[trxredrider]

Here was the Roll KX on Saturday...

[Mony25]

I talked to the guy he just purchased the quad really had no itrest in selling it lol had to ask. He is planning on restoring it and possibly racing it in a gncc next year he said maybe florida.

[dynofox]

Originally posted by trxredrider
Here was the Roll KX on Saturday...

I always hoped Kawasaki would release that quad to the public.

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by trxredrider
Here was the Roll KX on Saturday...

I need that rear fender for my hybrid project! Has a cutout for the kicker.

[justin.hughes]

I took some pictures of Bob Sloan's 250r. You can tell that it was used back in the day. It was very nice to see though.

[woodsracer144]

Nice!

rusty you want some DL on that KAWI pm me, the plastics are from the mojave

[m. smiley]

mojave front plastics 86-87 Tecate 3 rear

[Mony25]

great job out there matt hope to see more of it next year. what happened with the fenders.

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by woodsracer144
Nice!

rusty you want some DL on that KAWI pm me, the plastics are from the mojave

I remember reading that Kawasaki custom molded those......


Originally posted by m. smiley
mojave front plastics 86-87 Tecate 3 rear

And that might be why. Does anyone make Tecate 3 plastics anymore?

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by rustyATV
And that might be why. Does anyone make Tecate 3 plastics anymore?


And the answer is "No"!

[woodsracer144]

im pretty sure i was told buy the head guy at kawi it was all mojave plastics but i could be wrong.

[rustyATV]

Originally posted by woodsracer144
im pretty sure i was told buy the head guy at kawi it was all mojave plastics but i could be wrong.

From searching, the rear definitely is Tecate-3; the mojave doesn't have the cut out for the kick start like the tecate does.

All fenders appear available from Kawasaki still, and the tecate's are pretty cheap, they're just.........green. :ermm:

[m. smiley]

Originally posted by Mony25
great job out there matt hope to see more of it next year. what happened with the fenders.
I plan on doing a few races next year . We are in the process of redoing the Lobo I have been running it was getting a litle beat up .Also don't be suprised to see me on the Kawasaki Lobo at some point. As far as the fenders go I had to do a fiter service in the corn field after the machine shut off from taking to much dust in the process I lost my hardware that holds on the fenders in the corn husks. I made it a couple miles sitting down to hold them on but lost them off a jump in the last open field and had to stand the last couple miles . with the quad barley running I was lucky to finish it wouldn't have made another lap.

[RyanWsly]

I wondered about that, didn't sound like it was running very pure at the end, even when you crossed the finish. You weren't the only one with filter problems from what I understood. It was a pleasure watching you race, and briefly talking to you. Good luck to you next year IMO you proved you and a 250R are still very competitive in todays GNCC. Hope you make it to Ironman again next year.

[Mony25]

It would be awesome to see a thread on the rebuild matt you would have a lot of followers.