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K_Fulk

12-03-2003, 11:59 PM

yup everyonce in a while he starts talking about 350x's with like 3 spark plugs and stuff like that, I would like to look through all the quads he has laying there is a lot of interesting stuff in his shop.

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 12:04 AM

2002 500EX.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p4a16cb3c3329950552854be7c14944d9/fa63604c.jpg

shamisc

12-04-2003, 12:05 AM

Hey Mickey,
How life been treatin' ya? I bought your 11:1 440 kit back in Feb. and I have to tell you it's very impressive. Of course I've got head work, carb, pipe, etc, etc. I was wondering, do you sell stroker true and welded cranks w/ HD rod for the 400ex that would go with my kit? I would like to go with a 13:1 piston and stroke it to maybe a 460 or 470. What's your opinion?

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 12:13 AM

I dont sell one like that but if you look in the Jan. Dirt Wheels Powroll has a new stroker with a nice looking rod that would work.

K_Fulk

12-04-2003, 12:16 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
I dont sell one like that but if you look in the Jan. Dirt Wheels Powroll has a new stroker with a nice looking rod that would work.

I got the same one for my motor its a pretty nice piece.

Don't want to mess up your thread mickey, keep postin the pics I like seeing the old stuff.

QuadJunkies

12-04-2003, 01:03 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
2002 500EX.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p4a16cb3c3329950552854be7c14944d9/fa63604c.jpg Ill take one of those please,........:eek2: :D Tina .........

86350x

12-04-2003, 01:12 AM

Would one of your stroker cranks work with a white brothers cam and other head work I already have done to my warrior? How much hp difference would there be?

When the lower end gets tired, I'd like to go to that setup. Are they fairly reliable in stroked form (simalar to stock).

I was gonna ask you this on a different forum, but the threads always end up getting locked. Didn't get to see the price for the crank and labor either.

:confused: :confused:

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 07:15 AM

86350x I try to send you a pm. Cant give you prices on here or the thread will get locked:D .

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 07:31 AM

First jump on my new $30.000 200cc two stroke" Works bike". It had 38hp and I had been riding a 200x with 20hp AND IT WAS FASTER THEN ARE 250r's on Team Honda.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pc43bcbceb368fbec06c21d4a2a3f576b/fa62e040.jpg

400exmom

12-04-2003, 07:47 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
First jump on my new $30.000 200cc two stroke" Works bike". It had 38hp and I had been riding a 200x with 20hp AND IT WAS FASTER THEN ARE 250r's on Team Honda.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pc43bcbceb368fbec06c21d4a2a3f576b/fa62e040.jpg SAAAAWEEET!! great pic mic!!!

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 07:48 AM

Are 250 riders (Marty Hart,Mike Coe,Dean Sundal) said they couldn't hole shot Jimmy White's Kawi with the gear box they had in the R's at that time so the Team manager ask me to ride Sundal's 250r to see if I could do it. I put some smaller 16 inch tires on and went out and put it to Jimmy for one race and then they put me back in the 200 class.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p369883791ae95cdd93df44d5eb46e5f7/fa62d9f1.jpg

cdalejef

12-04-2003, 08:29 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
400EXR w/ IRS.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p519e209d0006cbc7544c89c95a0e0362/fa636d2b.jpg I remember that bike. I still think IRS is the future of racing quads! What happened to the IRS Kaw you built that Jason Lewis raced at Hardrock years ago?

dirtmomma

12-04-2003, 09:17 AM

Originally posted by QuadJunkies
Ill take one of those please,........:eek2: :D Tina ......... NO CHNIT HUH!!!:blah: Me too when will we get them Santa????????:D

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 09:58 AM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
I remember that bike. I still think IRS is the future of racing quads! What happened to the IRS Kaw you built that Jason Lewis raced at Hardrock years ago?

This is what Jason rode,it was his motor in it.

Merriman

12-04-2003, 10:03 AM

sweet!!

I love the old trike pictures.....keep them coming;)

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 10:05 AM

Originally posted by dirtmomma
NO CHNIT HUH!!!:blah: Me too when will we get them Santa????????:D

I know I may look santa now,most of the pic were 20 years and 90lbs ago but Iam not going home to Washington for x-mas this year so I think your out of luck .

cdalejef

12-04-2003, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
This is what Jason rode,it was his motor in it. I thought you built one out of a Mojave

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 10:20 AM

Originally posted by Merriman
sweet!!

I love the old trike pictures.....keep them coming;)

This is about as old as they get. This is my next restoration project. It was owned by Todd Knippenberg. I was going to restore it when he was riding for Team Green and make him train on this for the off-cambers in the GNCC races! Nothing like riding a 3-wheeler through the trees, down hills and off-cambers

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pf8a7af50c2c003596e6abb11c41964d3/fa5deca5.jpg

86350x

12-04-2003, 12:08 PM

Sorry Mickey, didn't know it was full. Could you send me that info again?:confused:

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 12:59 PM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
I thought you built one out of a Mojave

I was going to but couldn't get the travel out of the front end to match the12inches in the rear.

cdalejef

12-04-2003, 01:06 PM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
I was going to but couldn't get the travel out of the front end to match the12inches in the rear. Oh I see! Is anyone gonna race the Gas Gas this year?

VIC

12-04-2003, 01:08 PM

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 01:43 PM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Oh I see! Is anyone gonna race the Gas Gas this year?

Yes, Chad Wallace will be riding it in the Junior Class next year if he wants. We had Bryan Cook come up and ride it but the district rep for Gas Gas had changed the rear linkage on the machine back when Chad D. was riding it to lower it and it messed the suspension up and didn't handle good for Bryan so he bought a YFZ the other day from a local shop up here and we are building it for him now.

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 01:46 PM

Originally posted by VIC
Where did that 200cc motor come from, was it a one off or based off something from in Honda's line-up?

The motor was a sand casted proto-type with a cr125 6 speed gear box, that why it cost so much.

cdalejef

12-04-2003, 01:48 PM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
Yes, Chad Wallace will be riding it in the Junior Class next year if he wants. We had Bryan Cook come up and ride it but the district rep for Gas Gas had changed the rear linkage on the machine back when Chad D. was riding it to lower it and it messed the suspension up and didn't handle good for Bryan so he bought a YFZ the other day from a local shop up here and we are building it for him now. Cool!

Admin

12-04-2003, 01:56 PM

Mickey the pictures look great! Thanks for sharing them with the members. If you have anymore, we would love to see them:D

cdalejef

12-04-2003, 02:17 PM

Have any pink gear? :p

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 02:36 PM

This is one I call "Dumb and Dumber" Sparks and me didn't quite make this 40 foot double on are 200x's. I did it in practice so Curtis knew he had to.

[http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p8c84bb78604121ee0da617724d40d842/fa5ff5da.jpg

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 02:39 PM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Have any pink gear? :p

No! I had all white with "boot leggs" like Jonny O.

jcsact

12-04-2003, 03:06 PM

Mickey are some of those pics out of Old Dirtwheels. I think I remember seeing them when I was a kid.

Great pics!!!:cool:

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 03:52 PM

Originally posted by jcsact
Mickey are some of those pics out of Old Dirtwheels. I think I remember seeing them when I was a kid.

Great pics!!!:cool:

Yes my mom kept a scrap book on all my mag. articles, like this-

Marty Hart (#3) was king in the 250 cass but never beat me in the 200 class. In 1982 Sparks won the#1 plate but this was 83.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p3e3effc5d6dcedf4e884488e67eae406/fa5fef7f.jpg

MOFO

12-04-2003, 04:02 PM

Great pictures Mickey! Keep them coming!!! http://www.ricoracing.netfirms.com/Smilies/jammin.gif

Glow Plug

12-04-2003, 04:11 PM

keep those pics comeing mickey there awsome :D

muff

12-04-2003, 04:19 PM

looks like a lotta fun times :D keep the pics rollin

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 04:27 PM

Best race was my first big win in the King dome in Washington state against Team Honda, and doing it again two weeks later in O.K. city O.K. But I like it almost as good when I was riding for Honda and they told me that I was not going to a race in Iowa because it was not a big race. I didn't like being told that so I showed up on my own and borrowed one of my old 200x's that I sold to a guy that happen to be there. I won against my own team mates that were riding the new 200 two strokes. Honda did pay me my win money but they didn't like what I did.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p0279535bda6db0dd896edf9ead75241b/fa5fec2e.jpg

Dunlap

12-04-2003, 04:40 PM

This is the last one for the night - it's been a long day.

"Worst Race" - One of my last rides for Honda at the San Jose National I jumped the line and got sent to the 3rd row all by my lonesome. It was a 20 lap race and on the 18th lap I had moved from 20th to 1st finally passing Curtis only to make one mistake on the second to last lap and Curtis got by me again and hogged the track for the last lap and I had to take 2nd to him. What made it one of the worst races was first of all losing to Curtis and the second was being told I had to run the Honda tires because the Japanese were there instead of running my Carlisle RA's. The Honda tires were fried and nothing left of them on the last lap. If I would have had my Carlisle's on I would have hooked up a lot better and things may have been different. As you can tell, I didn't like Honda telling me what to do.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p8e057488404206cf33b59d88877d0912/fa5fe914.jpg

JOEX

12-04-2003, 08:09 PM

Great pics and stories Mickey, hope you have more to share:)

Joe

motoman1012002

12-04-2003, 09:42 PM

hey mickey i just joined this board to talk to you about 3 wheelers i won 4 and 2 of them are 200x"s we have been deapintg on http://www.3wheelerworld.com/ for a long time now if the best way to buidl a 200r would eb in a 200x chassis or 250r chassis and we though it was a mtx 200 cc motot they used can you join over there and talk about 3 wheelers with us we loved to have you. And we are haveing a tirke fest in 04 at haspin acers. For 3 days all trike baby. IF you join over there you will be asked alot of ? thanks again for your time Mickey

Grant2k

12-04-2003, 10:51 PM

hey don't forget about us over at www.3wheeler.org we'd love to have you stop by the board. don't want to sound like i'm bugging you though.

those are really interesting pictures, thanks for sharing em. there is a thread just about this thread over at 3wheeler.org.

QuadJunkies

12-05-2003, 12:07 AM

I bet is fun looking back down memory lane and seeing all the changes over the years........:)

tclapp

12-05-2003, 12:21 AM

It's awesoem to look at how much technology has brought us in the quad indusrty

86350x

12-05-2003, 02:07 AM

That's awesome, I can't imagine jumping my 350x like that. You guys were nuts.

Glad I've hung onto it this long though. Still fun to ride.

Thank you for the info also mickey:)

jcv400ex

12-05-2003, 06:25 AM

Wow Mickey great pics. I remember seeing most of them over at Tom Carlson's the last time. Wow does he have some good stories about the old days!

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 01:23 PM

Motoman and Grant2k
Thanks for invite but I have my hands full as it is and this post started out as a" TEST" to see if I could post pic's and it turned in to home work, but thats OK its been kinda fun looking back.

I have already showed the 350x proto-type thet made it to production but here is a 250x that didn't. We used a xr 250 rfvc motor.
http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p974a7a214fd1e3697321d788afd6df95/fa60ae50.jpg

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 01:39 PM

Looking at all my old stuff I found my press pack that we would give out when we would go to dealerships or radio stations to do P.R. work.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p2e9b6b2b1a72df01d3566dca762f7732/fa5fe550.jpg

Admin

12-05-2003, 01:41 PM

Very Cool!:D

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 01:49 PM

[QUOTE]Originally posted by 86350x
[B]That's awesome, I can't imagine jumping my 350x like that. You guys were nuts.

I agree, this is one that I look back and say "what the heck was I thinking".You cant see it but it was a 20foot double.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p8b9a41d352953a08b90ac6a6be50a69d/fa5fe233.jpg

wilkin250r

12-05-2003, 02:50 PM

Racing those trikes like that, could you just claim insanity of your own accord, or did you have to actually be legally committed into an asylum in order to race them?:blah:

Craziness...

cinigen9

12-05-2003, 04:57 PM

Mickey - that IRS quad (or atleast they claimed it to be) was on ebay about a year ago - it was all I could do to not bid on it - I still have the dirt wheels that it came out in - loved those trick side covers!

thanks for the pics - great stuff!

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 05:06 PM

The guy that got it from me put a KTM 520 in it,but I dont know what he did with it.

cinigen9

12-05-2003, 05:39 PM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
This is about as old as they get. This is my next restoration project. It was owned by Todd Knippenberg. I was going to restore it when he was riding for Team Green and make him train on this for the off-cambers in the GNCC races! Nothing like riding a 3-wheeler through the trees, down hills and off-cambers

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pd1b1e7a4fb789c47d62f93b4039f52de/fa62930a.jpg

looks like '72 model. steel front fender, fiberglass rear, and those chrome "quick release" handlebars. We had the same bike when I was a kid. When I was about 6 dad dug it out of the barn and turned down some hubs on the lathe and we mounted some of those 16" lawnmower tires on it. Big step up from my b&s mini bikes! Fun seeing these pics, but I am starting to feel old!

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 05:57 PM

At the end of 84 Honda was letting some of the team go,and they wanted to know if I knew who was going and who was keeping there jobs.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pc1d3099a38a3bb1e323c0d1ce5b306c1/fa5fdf3e.jpg

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 06:11 PM

Just before I started racing 3 wheelers I was getting my pro license to race 125 pro at Washougal.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p80b88ed08f96cca86428d3d7932d3203/fa5fdf41.jpg

cdalejef

12-05-2003, 06:12 PM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
Just before I started racing 3 wheelers I was getting my pro license to race 125 pro at Washougal.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p80b88ed08f96cca86428d3d7932d3203/fa5fdf41.jpg Oh lord.....that brings back memories of my TM400 :eek2:

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 06:16 PM

And a few years before that..................well what can I say.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p0c8d1b6e8fcedfae1c5e24f77b1b1b5d/fa5fdf42.jpg

cdalejef

12-05-2003, 06:18 PM

Nice leathers....

Dunlap

12-05-2003, 06:32 PM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Oh lord.....that brings back memories of my TM400 :eek2:

RM250 and RM400. Raced Fri. night, Sat,Sun, 3 classes ,9 trophys,now I remeber why I feel the way I do at only 45.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p0c7ce260ca7d7395b5179f94dbcdbfec/fa5fd18e.jpg

jcsact

12-05-2003, 07:53 PM

Mickey if this was only a test I would hate to see how much attention an actual post of yours would get.

Awesome Pics..:D Keep it up.

I bet you would have a few stories to share around a camp fire.:p

JD400exrider

12-06-2003, 02:11 AM

Great pics Mickey.

It brought back some good memories for me also.

Thanks again

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 09:58 AM

Sundall, Wax, Dunlap "82"

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pb8c4c2f58fa1dc35f79a458e5e3a7fb0/fa5e6bf5.jpg

cdalejef

12-06-2003, 10:00 AM

Have any trike XC pics?

12-06-2003, 10:08 AM

post some more bike ones

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 10:10 AM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
Have any trike XC pics?

I rode one harescramble at the O.R.V. park on a 350x against Wax and took 2nd and that was it for me. I loved hanging it out on the TT's.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pfe50ef66d46f2d0ac992b0707ac0dc46/fa5e6650.jpg

cdalejef

12-06-2003, 10:16 AM

I've got some old Blackwater pics of 3 wheelers racing somewhere I'll see if I can't find. I think I even have some of Donnie Huggins

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 10:19 AM

This 200x is in a barn in Washington state and the guy wont sell it back to me :grr:

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p895abb22553ca99cded7ac1af2367296/fa5e5e77.jpg

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 10:36 AM

Originally posted by Jeff@QuadShop
I've got some old Blackwater pics of 3 wheelers racing somewhere I'll see if I can't find. I think I even have some of Donnie Huggins

Cool lets see them. I found my one and only and I was wrong I did win!

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pa2d94a85d77c9b716e0a6a8f4640ae23/fa5e54e8.jpg

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 10:51 AM

Riverside Ca. last race for Honda. This was the 2nd generation proto-type 200 two stroke. It had better shocks but they made a swing-arm that was so ridged that it beat you to death.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pf7939626d225d647588ed0908397e202/fa5e4c75.jpg

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 11:07 AM

First race for Team Green, won the heat in the 200 and 250. Jumped the line in both mains and was sent to the 3rd row. Ended up 2nd in the 200, 4th in the 250s.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pf4c35f028d7413591ba6621b8492a0b7/fa5e431a.jpg

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 11:37 AM

Late "85" moved to Minn. to work for "Tiger" as head of R&D and race team manager. I built a track with wooden jumps in the factory to test the Fox shocks for the up coming Mickey Thompson race in Pontiac Mich.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p8ca267acd1c3536f72aeac400dcbe7f3/fa5e3301.jpg

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 12:05 PM

Late "85" moved back to Powroll, made a video on riding tips for 3 wheelers. Too little too late,3 wheelers were dying out and Gary Denton came out with his video on 4 wheel racing,it was a big flop(so much for Hoolywood).

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p2cfd00a63a5bf3e16365f167b2666009/fa5e230c.jpg

Chef

12-06-2003, 12:10 PM

Why use such small rear tires?

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 12:29 PM

Originally posted by Chef
Why use such small rear tires?

On a 21hp 200x wheel speed was important,meaning you needed small,light wheels for quick acceleration. The Carlisal R/A 16inch tires worked the best.

Dunlap

12-06-2003, 12:35 PM

By "87" both Sparks and me made the switch to 4 wheelers. I road a Mojave in the TTs and built a Tecate-4 with a Mojave motor in it for MX.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p3c57e405ef8dadf13752de8d36c6a3c0/fa5e161f.jpg

Dunlap

12-07-2003, 10:04 PM

Last one brings you up to date as of today.(470YFZ)

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/pa5a6868b627b7b87f760a821331b2afc/fa5c26c2.jpg

Woodsrider

12-07-2003, 10:16 PM

Far out! thanks for the ride Mickey. That has been some great reading. Your a asset to the sport, and to this site.

muff

12-08-2003, 04:55 AM

Originally posted by soggyrider
Far out! thanks for the ride Mickey. That has been some great reading. Your a asset to the sport, and to this site.

yea he definetly is, that is one badass yfz right there :eek2: :devil:

Motocox

12-08-2003, 09:15 AM

Mickey, why did Honda never mass produce the 200 2-stroke? Was it a ATC only motor? I'm sure they would of sold a ton of them if they put the motor in a bike frame like a KDX.

FourFiftyFour

12-08-2003, 09:21 AM

Originally posted by Mickey Dunlap
2002 500EX.

http://www.imagestation.com/picture/sraid91/p4a16cb3c3329950552854be7c14944d9/fa63604c.jpg

hmm in my favorite color and everything... two thumbs up... id like to try somethin like that out and compare it to the dale

Dunlap

12-08-2003, 12:58 PM

Originally posted by Motocox
Mickey, why did Honda never mass produce the 200 2-stroke? Was it a ATC only motor? I'm sure they would of sold a ton of them if they put the motor in a bike frame like a KDX.

Thanks to all that enjoyed them,it makes me miss racing.

The 200cc motorcycle market is not that big and they already had a good selling xr200 and the same goes for the 200x. At the time Jimmy White started running a 200 two stroke and they didnt want Kawasaki to get a head of them so they started moving that way. Jimmy had a hard time keeping his air cooled 200 running and it wasnt that fast anyway.