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Discussion => The No Wake Zone => Topic started by: GlassCutter on April 06, 2010, 06:49:24 PM

Title: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 06, 2010, 06:49:24 PM: Got off the MX track and out into the desert for the first time since 1982.

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Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 06, 2010, 06:52:30 PM: [attachthumb=#2350]
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Post by: AQUAHOLIC on April 06, 2010, 06:59:19 PM: where were you at. looks like my back yard. calcity mabye
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Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 06, 2010, 06:59:43 PM: you my friend are a man among men :thumbup: bad ass :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Post by: blow it up on April 06, 2010, 07:00:38 PM: 29 palms Hilltoppers??
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Post by: Nordie on April 06, 2010, 07:02:04 PM: thats awesome gc...my buddy is currently restoring a bultaco 250....should talk him into one of these pretty easily
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Post by: IRRebel on April 06, 2010, 07:34:21 PM: Congrats John! Got some hair on 'em I see! :thumbup: :thumbup:

Ray
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Post by: beerjet on April 06, 2010, 08:51:04 PM: Right fuckin on !!!

-beerjet-
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 06, 2010, 09:32:08 PM: Yeah it was 29 Palms. Great weather and even did an Easter egg hunt for the kiddies.

Nordie, if your buddy needs anything I have a friend that runs the Bultaco group on Yahoo groups. Good guys with all the hot setups.

Next month Primm, lookout NV here come the old guys :screwy:
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: IRRebel on April 06, 2010, 09:37:20 PM: Mebbe I'll buy a bike and hang with ya! I found a couple blue eggs Sunday.............wait......... :sly:

I Think I been had......

Ray

Be cool, us old folks though, lol how about my old Hercules????
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Nordie on April 06, 2010, 09:41:01 PM: yeah he is still hunting parts....his uncle bought it brand new, and gave it to him when he passed so its pretty cool it stayed in the family and stuff
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Brad @ SCJB on April 07, 2010, 06:49:27 AM: Quote from: GlassCutter on April 06, 2010, 09:32:08 PM
Next month Primm, lookout NV here come the old guys :screwy:

are you competing or just riding?

let me know when....i'll roll out to cheer ya on.
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 07, 2010, 10:08:02 AM: Not sure yet Brad. I know my partner is going and I will probably go along with or without the bike just cuz I love the rides at the casinos in Primm.
The bike quit running in a very strange way but I am going to look into it this afternoon. Maybe someone on here might have a clue cuz I don't. I overgeared a bit this race expecting many full throttle sections. I had to hunt for the hard pack and stay out of the shallow sand in order to pull peak RPM. Honestly I was worried about seizing the entire race as the bike was having to pull 300 lbs. below peak up long sandwashes. About 20 miles into the race going up a slight hill it just started to "bog" and then finally just stopped pulling altogether. After about 20 sec. I kicked it and it fired right up, no smoke or blubbering. Tried to get back in the race but it just wouldn't pull me away from a stop. After 3 or 4 more tries and letting it cool for a minute or two, it wouldn't start at all. Back home I pulled the plug expecting it to be fouled but it doesn't look to bad. Darker than it should be but not black, sooty or oily or wet. It always ran good and crisp down low, it just wouldn't pull up into the last quarter of peak RPM's and finally at WFO it just slowly bogged almost like running out of gas but smoother, until finally just coming to a stop. Any ideas from the "collective" ?
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Nordie on April 07, 2010, 10:25:50 AM: Air cooled bike you got her hot bubba! I know all them bikes when they get hot just flat lose their power and won't go anywhere....possibly smoked the clutch....if you were geared high you could have been using a lot of clutch to keep up your momentum....I would fire it up when you get home and see if you get the same result! Probably ready to change that gear oil as well!
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 07, 2010, 11:21:53 AM: The clutch was the only thing I could think of but it still engaged perfectly. Lots of lever feel, held still in gear at idle etc. New oil before the race too. Definately wasn't slipping cuz I couldn't rev it high enough. Also this race had plenty of downhills and even asphalt to cool things off a bit. I am going to run it in a day or two in a nearby sandwash to see if I can replicate the problem when cool though. Thanks for your input Nordie. Anybody else? I'm stumped.
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Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 07, 2010, 12:29:46 PM: sound like it got hot, how was the compression when trying to kick it over
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 07, 2010, 12:37:09 PM: Everything seemed normal, good to go. Two or three times within 15-90 seconds after it dying on me, it fired up again first kick. I was also running plenty of octane and it was a relatively cool day.
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Willow Wog on April 07, 2010, 07:18:22 PM: My boss puts on the 29 palms race. He is or was president of the hill toppers. I raced all big 6 races for 3 years straight up until last year. 29 palms has always been my favorite.
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: MADSKILLZ on April 07, 2010, 08:17:05 PM: Quote
Any ideas from the "collective" ?

Does this old bike have reeds? If so they might be shot and need replaced.
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Nordie on April 07, 2010, 09:14:22 PM: Quote from: cj222 on April 07, 2010, 08:17:05 PM
Does this old bike have reeds? If so they might be shot and need replaced.

good call nick! i wouldnt know on the reeds though!
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 07, 2010, 09:19:59 PM: No reeds. Modern stuff has been made to work recently (V-Force) though. Appx. $600 w/ the porting to the piston. Too rich for my blood. Thanks for trying guys.
OG - this was a very well run event. I was amazed at how many people it took to put this on. Awesome course although I could have done without those little cement whoop-d-doo's. I slammed them really hard the first time cuz I didn't know they were there. Aced the mudhole that gave me nightmares all week too.
All those sandy 90 degree corners I just held it WFO and carved 'em like a flat tracker. Very fun stuff.
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Willow Wog on April 10, 2010, 05:27:11 PM: Quote from: GlassCutter on April 07, 2010, 09:19:59 PM
No reeds. Modern stuff has been made to work recently (V-Force) though. Appx. $600 w/ the porting to the piston. Too rich for my blood. Thanks for trying guys.
OG - this was a very well run event. I was amazed at how many people it took to put this on. Awesome course although I could have done without those little cement whoop-d-doo's. I slammed them really hard the first time cuz I didn't know they were there. Aced the mudhole that gave me nightmares all week too.
All those sandy 90 degree corners I just held it WFO and carved 'em like a flat tracker. Very fun stuff.

Thats awesome. the cement whoops are crazy. what about the cattle gate thingys? the guy behind me last time I raced wadded in those things pretty good..
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: GlassCutter on April 10, 2010, 06:45:50 PM: Yeah I was tired enough after the first lap that getting thru those gates was kinda tough, I had a lot of trouble staying in the groove and there wasn't much room for error.
Check out this pic my cousin just sent me. I have no idea how she got it but that was me on the same CZ back in about 1975 or so. Damn I was skinny at 15!
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Post by: Willow Wog on April 10, 2010, 07:50:03 PM: thats awesome. I have kinda the same story. my 85' 250r atc I've had my whole life my dad bought it new 4 months before I was born theres pics of me in a baby carrierbackpack thing at pismo on it when I was a month old, wish I had a scanner. Ill never sell that bike. Im loving the fact that your still racing the vintage bike. I used to work for cyclestop and we specialized in restoring and racing vintage bikes. I've had quite a few, everything from a 80 cr 80 elsinore to a 74 cr125 elsinore to a 75 rm125 to a 1980 cr250 elsinore. I kick myself in the ass every day for selling the cr125 I have a set of OG white mugen plastics and tank in the garage, I just wish the original Mugen cr was with them...
Title: Re: How I spent my weekend
Post by: Ralph Brunt on April 11, 2010, 04:31:56 PM: saw this and thought it was appropriate
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