| Author | Message | ||
     No_rice |
i used to race dirtbikes on the river and lakes growing up, but obviously we were never able to get this kind of speed. damn, there are sooooo many reasons i need to get that stunt bike rounded up..... | ||
| Texastechx1 |
what kinda bikes were those? 250 gamma? | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Funny you should post this today Tim. I was in Fox Lake, WI yesterday to watch Dan Bilansky do some ice racing. On dirt bikes of course. Those guys are NUTZ! | ||
| Ochoa0042 |
I couldnt handle all that shaking of the bike from the tires trying to find the right ice-grooves to plot on  | ||
| No_rice |
Funny you should post this today Tim. I was in Fox Lake, WI yesterday to watch Dan Bilansky do some ice racing. On dirt bikes of course. Those guys are NUTZ! i would have liked to see that! heck, this would actually be a little better then the racing on gravel i occasionally do(well its been a few years). the spikes in the tires give you better traction then street tires on gravel do. trust me when i say a sportbike racing on back road gravels is on hell of a handfull. they really float at 100 though... lol | ||
| Diablobrian |
I worry about you sometimes Tim...... Then again, there is a difference between living and just existing. You are definitely doing some living. Then again, aren't we all every time we suit up and head out for a ride?  | ||
| Doerman |
He he... Brings back memories of my youth! Riding an MuZ 125 on a frozen lake with studded knobbies. I can tell you this. When you wipe out, you really wipe out! Generally with little harm to yourself and the bike unless you happen to be close to shore. | ||
| Bluzm2 |
I used to race my YZ250 on the ice. Had heavly studded tires front and back. This was before the trick studs they have now. We used slotted hex head sheet metal screws. 100's of them per tire. Some of the bar type knobs had 3 of them! You could drag the bars in corners and wheelie out of every turn. The flat track bikes were the fast ones. The quads will lay up an ice chip cloud in front of you that you wouldn't believe! The ruts in the corners at the end of the day were sometimes a foot deep in spots. Man, that was FUN!!! Brad | ||
| Cityxslicker |
never done ice on a bike, used do it all the time in the old VW when I was growing up. right equipment, I would give it a try | ||
| Steve_mackay |
You are definitely doing some living. That's an accurate statement. In a couple of years, Thomas will be old enough to be riding with us to Homecoming, his comments on your riding will be... well... interesting I took 700 pics on Sunday of the ice races. When I go thru 'em all, I'll post some up here. | ||
| No_rice |
I worry about you sometimes Tim...... Then again, there is a difference between living and just existing. You are definitely doing some living. Then again, aren't we all every time we suit up and head out for a ride? i try thats for sure!!! im never going to be rich and famous so i figure i might as well be nutz and broke  In a couple of years, Thomas will be old enough to be riding with us to Homecoming, his comments on your riding will be... well... interesting lol, he's probably in need of a refresher course on how to wheelie! its been a few years since last time. now you have to admit i usually take it pretty easy when we are running around at homecoming(atleast with the bigger groups). i may be nutz but i try not to be stupid(atleast where many people will see!). | ||
| Bcordb3 |
Back in the late 60's used to go to Lake Webster Mass. They raced about everything on that lake, Bikes, snow mobiles, cars. It was worth a day trip to see the action. Some of NEBO guys are from that area, I wonder if they still race there. | ||
| Diablobrian |
Yeah Tim and I appreciate the fact that you seem to wear more of your gear when you ride with me. Your sacrifice has not gone un-noticed. | ||
| Sd26 |
I took 700 pics on Sunday of the ice races. When I go thru 'em all, I'll post some up here. Steve, where are the pictures at? I was there too. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Sorry, I haven't gotten the time to go thru 'em yet. I'll try and do some of them tonight, and put them up on my Flickr page. I'll post a link. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Here's some of 'em. I've only uploaded about 100 of the 700 I took. http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemackay/sets/7215 7613218196592/ | ||
| Sd26 |
WooHoo! I'm in three pictures! | ||
| Steve_mackay |
I've just put a 105 more in that group. And am uploading more today. What # are you? | ||
| Sd26 |
I was on team #81. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
Keep looking at the link through the day, I'm only about 1/3rd done with the uploads. 4.2GB worth of pictures takes a while The wife and I were hanging out with Dan Bilansky, and Dean Hagman. If you saw their front fender setup, you'd see some of my handywork. A nice billet aluminum fender mount | ||
| Sd26 |
Thanks! I was over around Dean and Gordy a couple times, but I wasn't heads up on the fender. I think Danny and I were riding together right around the 30 minutes left mark. Then I fell. Then I fell again...LOL! I don't ride big ice bikes enough. Going to have to work on that for the 2010 race. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
See, I'd LOVE to do that. But I'd be the slowest guy out there. And The guy that fell the MOST Hey, if you know Gordy's email address, he wanted some of my pics for the article he's writing. Send him over to my flickr site, or have him email me, and I'll burn him a DVD with 'em all. | ||
| Sd26 |
I've got it. I sent him a link. | ||
| Sd26 |
Ok, I had to send it again as I didn't give him the link...LOL! Nice one of me in here though as I started going through more of your pics... http://www.flickr.com/photos/stevemackay/323807324 7  | ||
| Steve_mackay |
heh, yeah, I take A LOT of pictures. What # are you in that group? I know Danny is #11(DUH!), so that leaves #26, and #53 Buells. | ||
| Sd26 |
I'm 26. Used that for years. Second time on the Buell that weekend. I don't have the HP numbers of Danny or Ed, for that matter. Is Danny doing an XB this year? Only an 1125? (Message edited by sd26 on February 01, 2009) | ||
| Steve_mackay |
I don't think even Danny knows what he's doing yet this year. But he did say regardless he'll be doing some blackhawk races. And he does still have one XB left. He did achieve a 5th place in Asra Thunderbike on Dean's XB last year. So it's not *JUST* HP | ||
| Sd26 |
LOL! I know it's not just HP. But have Danny race himself on his Buell and Dean's XB and I bet that Danny would win on Danny's Buell. | ||
| Steve_mackay |
But... have Danny race on Deans, and Dean race on Dannys, and I bet Danny still wins And it aggravates Dean to know this | ||
| Sd26 |
LOL! And that's why Dean brought Danny out on the ice... |
