Hey Dan ; I may make a trek to new England this summer , with my faithful Fantic in tow … By any chance does my childhood HERO Don Sweet ever come out and play any more ? Yeah I grew up in NE. in the early 70's! Don and a another young guy from new York I think battled year in and out for the championship . I wouldn't have been able to ride a lot of events if not for Don and his Dad helping my Mom get my bike back on the trailer … Great memories of learning how to ride emulating the king of smooth !
Wow, that trailer setup looks like a mobil footpeg test rig
moto cinch tie downs … they compress the suspension about a inch and the bike doesn't move at all , becomes one with the trailer . I've had one too many tie down straps break thru the years . And the footpegs are more than up to the task :)
I was thinking of having a black rims fitted to my Yam mono. Looking at yours it looks kind of heavy, obviously an optical illusion so now need a rethink!
what do you mean looks kinda heavy ??!! I've got the old girl slimmed down to about 300lbs now !!!
I wouldn't wish "my neck of the woods" on my worst enemy! Albuquerque Toy dealerships could always use a hired gun, though. I think I still have a contact at Larry H. Miller Toyota, I can reach out if you need.
So Brewtus ; How is the job market for a master mechanic/Toyota guy in your neck of the woods ? getting sick of snow already and I need to ride !!!! and my girl told me she remarried her ex...…. !!! so not much to keep me here .
Been running a OKO for a few years now and just rejetted it for a 9k elevation change , but I'd have to dig out my notes if your still needy … and if you don't have a real OKO it's not worth the effort , the copies are trash …..
I've sold the NV and have moved to 9000 ft near Denver now and I'm restoring/rebuilding old land cruisers now … Just getting settled in here and getting in to the avid local trials scene . And of course I've got a new Tacoma to hot rod now …… ! And of course Zelda the trials puppy loves the weather !
For anyone interested, I dropped the forks all the way through the clamps and as below slight fouling, but in reality they would never be this compressed. The second pic is closer to the real world, bye the way it's only 35 degrees at the moment and this is down stairs in our garage/workshop which is all brick and concrete being the coolest place to be.
how do you like the HFS ? and where did you get the clamps again ? I'm Snowed in right now and planning on resurrecting my Trials activities this season ...
I used to live there , you can ride Big bear , Joshua Tree , Yucca valley and Deep Creek in Cedar Glen (near Lake Arrowhead) is the best Trials terrain , but any where in Cali. your gonna have to deal with the Rangers and the sticker laws ! Have Fun and good luck !
Heck, I saw what a 240 could do at the Mosteller Cup this year. Young gun Nigel Parker rode one in the morning doing flick turns, hopping both wheels, and generally riding it like no 240 was ever designed to be ridden. He went on to ride his Sherco in the afternoon, earning an Ironman. The 240 was neither restored nor restomodded, it was an original survivor.
I've ridden with Nigel a couple of times, His dads fantic I think , You should see Ryan Young on My 240 ! he knows how the gravity switch works ; I haven't figured that part out yet
OK ; Long time no chat … Romance didn't work out so far , But have a great job in Conifer and I'm trying to buy a house in Bailey . But I need to get out and find some places to practice , I miss my bike !!! Missed out on the event here this weekend !
I am trying to make it. I need to get out of setting the two day ITSA National that I have set the last three years. So far nobody is stepping up to do it. My son has yet to ride the UTE. I first rode it in 1974, started the same minute as Schrieber and Whalley. I have ridden it over twenty times. Need to get my kid up there.
I hope you can make it ! I'm gonna shoot for riding it next year when I'm a little more set up !
So as I'm just getting settled here in Colorado , I just signed up to observe at the Ute this August ,as I'm a bit out of shape to try and ride it this year ... So who all is gonna come out and ride it ???
I've been running all my Fantics (air & water cooled) @ 75:1 with amsoil synthetic with not a issue ever with fuel ... oh , mixed with 110 ave fuel ....
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Hey Dan ; I may make a trek to new England this summer , with my faithful Fantic in tow … By any chance does my childhood HERO Don Sweet ever come out and play any more ? Yeah I grew up in NE. in the early 70's! Don and a another young guy from new York I think battled year in and out for the championship . I wouldn't have been able to ride a lot of events if not for Don and his Dad helping my Mom get my bike back on the trailer … Great memories of learning how to ride emulating the king of smooth !