| Author | Message | ||
     Bearracing |
Its true!!! Check it out here!! http://roadracingworld.com/news/article/?article=3 9246 | ||
| 186bigtwin |
Hope they do good............ | ||
| Buell2001b |
best of luck guys | ||
| Gearhead |
Very cool! Best of luck, Paul, Jeff, John, Mike and the whole crew!! | ||
| Smoke |
give em hell guys!!! Best luck!! tim | ||
| Coolice |
Thanks for all the support everyone. And to Gearheads post, Paul is running the entire race, DSB is the same rider the whole race unlike Moto GT. And please stop and see us if your in the garage area, paddock. Its always good to have Buellers around! | ||
| Fuzzz |
Go kick some butt! | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Good luck!!! We'll see you over there! | ||
| Jamesgangracing |
Thanks for the D200 well wishes guys. We very much appreciate your support. You can follow our progress at twitter.com/jamesgangracing Also we're going to be selling a bunch of stuff to help cover offset our expenses this season...so keep an eye open for Vanson Buell leathers, XB chain drive conversion kit, helmets, race and street parts, etc. | ||
| Slaughter |
Awwww GEEZ. I'd like to claim DIBS on that chain conversion (assuming it's the XBRR swingarm?) Curious what else you might have that I could use in building up the B bike. | ||
| Duggram |
Steve, what's the B bike? Would it be in the same class as your A bike? | ||
| Slaughter |
Yep. I'm debating on whether to de-stroke it and put the 2008 flywheels in her - work would be done (again) by John Dahmer - SPONSOR of James Gang. Might just stay with the stock XB12 bore/stroke and lighten/balance and convert to Timken bearings... have to review budget. Have a roller that will become the Single in a month or so (Blast motor) but want to have at least a motor sitting ready and IF I can throw it in a chassis, it'll also be Antelope Valley Buell's "loaner" bike for employees and special customers. (Message edited by slaughter on January 31, 2010) | ||
| Jamesgangracing |
Hi Steve, yes, it is essentially the XBRR swingarm kit with quick change hardware. We don't have a lot of XB stuff left, but some. PM me and I'll get you a list. | ||
| Redponcho |
Mike, Paul and the rest of the team Good luck an we will be rooting for you back here in Kansas. | ||
| Neb25 |
Good luck to the James Gang. We will be cheering for you. | ||
| Bearracing |
This is awesome, im counting the days till ill be there to see you guys!! DAYTONA! Here we come!! | ||
| Rkc00 |
Here is one of Paul from today.  Mike Long Island, NY | ||
| Buell2001b |
sweet | ||
| Daves |
Go get them! Thanks to John and Mike for the text last night. Just made me think "I SHOULD BE IN DAYTONA!" | ||
| Jamesgangracing |
No Rice, where'd u go?? We move to RV parking and headed to downtown. Call my cell 414-688-6364! | ||
| Court |
Paul: CONGRATULATIONS ! . . . Amazing stuff ! ! Court  | ||
| Kurbennett |
Great job guys! Lets keep riding those Buells to victory! | ||
| Daves |
Great job Paul and crew! | ||
| Bjack |
Wonderful job James Gang! | ||
| Rasta_dog |
Congratulations rookie! So tell us about your first Daytona 200. | ||
| Paint_shaker |
Paul, It was nice seeing you again! Congrats on the finish for your 1st 200!! | ||
| Smoke |
i had some more fun at Daytona!!! one of the Buell riders (Shawn Higbee #11) in Daytona sportbike came by the pits Sunday offering to sell some Buell parts to try and raise tire money and i offered to give him any pit/garage assistance that he needed. after i got done racing tuesday and loaded all my stuff in the van and trailer the Daytona security people let me leave my loaded trailer in the open garage i had rented until the motocross racers were allowed in on Friday 8:30AM. this helped as i could run my van around without the trailer. my wife and daughter left St. Augustine Wednesday morning and i headed down to the track to see if Shawn needed my assistance or to be a spectator. i pedaled my bicycle around the track and gave Shawn a call when i got back which was prior to the first superbike practice. Shawn had 2 bikes entered, a Ducati 1098 that he is planning to run all year in American Superbike and the Daytona Sportbike Buell 1125R which may just be used for the 200 unless sponsorship comes around. Shawn gave me a callback after the first superbike practice and told me that he could use the extra help and i pedaled my butt down to the garage area and just acted as if i belonged there as i pedaled into the garage area following another worker on a scooter. it was bike prep all day wednesday as Shawn sorted out the Ducati that he had never ridden before Daytona. it was mostly rear shock issues that he was working on and he mentioned that the Ducati was always moving around on the track and was very twitchy. (that's the same way my 1125R is)He ran practice all day and i just tried to fit in the slots where i could do things to help. Shawn was pitted with James Gang Racing (Paul James #70)who's team manager is Mike Kirkpatrick. The James Gang had run Moto St the last couple of years and had a very impressive handle on how things were done professionally in the pits so i learned a lot there. Shawn's team manager for this event was Michael Richter, one of the Erik Buell Racing engineers that had flown in on his dime to participate. Shawn's mechanic was Scott -----, another Wisconsin racer who had come down to help. So wednesday testing was completed after sportbike practice in the dark where Shawn had a getoff, i got a Team Hibee Racing Crew shirt and we packed up and all went our separate ways until the next morning. i had Flat Track tickets so i went to watch the races. Man was it cold when the sun went down and i was sitting in the stands to watch the flattrack events. they have moved the event to the 1/2 mile track at Daytona that was just built. the bleachers are close enough to the track that chunks of dirt fall into the crowd every lap as the racers go by. the racing was great(and loud) but the temperature (and my tired condition) drove me back to the infield camping area after the first main event where i had purchased a weeklong pass and it was off to sleep. i was up at first light and at the garage at 8:am after having a good breakfast at the Bob Evans restaurant across from the track. i had made a sandwich for lunch and i was ready for working. in first sportbike practice(it was cold-38F), Shawn put the 1125 on the ground and it was time to fix things again. i had to go steal some parts off of my 1125R in the other garage and we borrowed bodywork from the James Gang backup bike. Shawn went out and practiced superbike. we worked and got things together for more practice and qualifying. Shawn put the 1125r on the grid in 10th during provisional qualifying and the 1098 in 14th. the racing started in the early afternoon with Supersport and then Shawn was up on the Ducati for the Superbie race. Shawn got a good start and ended up running by himself during most of the race and finished 8th. Jake Zemke pulled off the win for Jordan Motorsports in a back and forth 5 way battle. evening Daytona Sportbike final qualifying was up later and somehow we left the transponder on the Ducati. we kept waiting to see Shawn's times on the screen and nothing ever came up and he was rolling by very quickly on the stopwatch. towards the end of the session we came to the conclusion that there was no transponder on the bike and Scott tore off to get it . Shawn came in, Scott threw the transponder in Shawn's leathers and off Shawn went. we ended up with no times and somehow Michael pleaded his case to the AMA and they let Shawn go back out in the second group to qualify. Shawn tore through the second group on finished tires and qualified in the top of that group and 11th overall for the Dayton 200!! we packed up and were out of the garage on time and i whipped over to Friendly's for the 10 dollar special, fish and chips, tea and an ice cream sundae before passing out in the van in the infield. up early again on Friday and a Waffle House breakfast. i was down at the blue garage to pick up my trailer at 7AM and was at the locked garage at 8. the garage didn't open until 9:30 Friday so i went down to Shawn's trailer and sat in the sun until everyone started getting up. everything was going smooth in practice and the sun was shining, wind was down and it was a perfect race day. we headed overthe garage and started preparation. Shawn did warmups on both bikes and we brought them back to the garage for final race prep. we pulled all the borrowed bodywork from the 1125r and replaced it with some that came in Fedex. we brought rims to Dunlop, 3 rears and a front for the Buell 1125R and 1 rear for the Ducati 1098. Scott replaced the Ducati's clutch and i installed the rear and moved over to the 1125R. i pulled the front wheel while Michael pulled the bodywork. we installed the replacement bodywork and worked on all the little things to get ready for racing. we were pitted in spot 2, almost as far from the garage as we could get but were very close to pit out. we moved everything down to the pits for the night race and were ready to go. the racing began with supersport and then we were up in superbike. everything was going too smooth and they went out for the sighting lap. when Shawn came in from the sighting lap he asked Scott about tire pressure and we found that the rear was still at the pressure as removed from the Dunlop area. we got kicked off the grid as the race was about to start and i don't know how much pressure Scott was able to bleed off but Shawn had the rear spin up and he went down soon after the first or second lap. very disappointing to Shawn and the crew. we got ready for the 200 and we were going to make sure there were no mistakes this time! everything went well with pre-race ceremonies, the sighting lap except no one brought Shawn's water to the line. Scott told me to get the water and bring it to Shawn after the warmup lap. i did that and i noticed that i was the only one not on a bike that was on the grid. Shawn gave me the water back, a push while the noise got loud and i sprinted to the wall as the bikes roared off!! i wouldn't recommend doing that again! one of the people at the wall said that i must have balls of steel when the truth was that i didn't really know how fast the grid moves in the AMA!! way faster than the club races that i have done. Shawn didn't get a great start but there was a hell of a pileup that redflagged the race. they re-gridded and they were off again. Shawn went down early but got back up on the bike in about 36th. he radioed into the pits and needed a brake lever, footpeg and that the top fairing bolts had snapped. i got ready with the brake lever and footpeg but he didn't come in until his scheduled stop. somehow he had forced his brake lever back into place and adapted to riding on the nub of the right footpeg that was left. they tywrapped the fairing in place,replaced the rear and loaded him with fuel in about 20 seconds and off he went! from there it was spectator duty for me because everything went well as Shawn worked his way up the field. watching Mike Kirkpatrick and the James Gang Crew work was amazing as they completed 6 excellent pit stops on 2 bikes(3 each bike). Shawn worked his way up to 8th by the finish and Paul James finished 16th in his first ever Daytona 200! more work took place as we unloaded the pits and transported everything to the garage and then the trailers. another friend of mine, Laird Canfield, and I went out to find something to eat and ended up at the Waffle House as almost everything was closed next to the racetrack on Friday night at midnight. that is nothing like Louisiana!! passed out in the van and woke up to a 12 hour drive back homwe to Breaux Bridge after stopping at ----------Waffle House-----------north of Navarre, Fl to meet my youngest brother and his family for lunch! got home in the afternoon and was unable to stay awake long enough to watch the races on Speed! fell asleep during the Supercross!! see ya at the races! tim | ||
| Smoke |
CONGRATULATIONS BUELL RACERS!!!!! my apologies to super Buell tuner Bob Sweeney for forgetting to mention his part in the Paul James, Shawn Higbee and every Buell racing effort! THANKS BOB!!!!!!! tim | ||
| Coolice |
Thanks for the support all! Smoke it was great having you help out, its what the Buell racing community has always been about. For me prep for the 200 was building Paul's #70 bike, getting the crew gear ready, and building Shawn's bike in Daytona for the 200. Thanks to the JGHB crew, they did the best! We did 4 great pit stops (fuel, rear tire) with Paul/Shawn under green flag. And to have Walt there with 3 Buells in the field! Daytona 200 2010 we did it! This one was for all those at Buell that made a great motorcycle- Thanks! | ||
| Buell2001b |
great job guys |
