http://www.dirtrider.com/features/ama-west-hare-scrambles-championship-series-round-3/ Some of our AMRA series races are co-events with AMA series. This one is always a great race - if you like rocks. Special surprise this year - snow! OOPS - my title was mis-spelled - Graffunder stops in Az - but dropped out after 1 lap.
He's big guy. Check out this article on the Husky site about last weeks win in the Salinas Hare Scrambles. Looks like he rides a TXC310R. http://www.husqvarna-motorcyclesna.com/news-detail.php?id=182&y=2013
Yeah Dave, Graffunder's not having much luck at the Az races. AMA round 1 was in January at ACP north of Gila Bend which is a race I skip because it's so silty - not really a small bike race - he'd have been better off on the 449. He DNF'd on the 310.
Round 4 at Shasta and 5 at Elkton Oregon are both good 310 territory so the rest of the series should swing back his way.
Mike: I can imagine how silt would be tough to ride on a smaller bike. We only have two kinds of silt up here, wet silt (mud) and white silt (snow)! Speaking of bikes, I just finished installing my new Ohlins forks on my 310. Now the 310 has a complete Ohlins suspension. I'm anxious to give it a ride this weekend. I'll post some pics soon. Post a vid of your next race, always interested in seeing what you ride. Even though I was born in Phoenix many years ago, I've only been back a few times to AZ. I'm thinking of making a trip down in May and doing some riding. Dave
Cool. Maybe worth a trip to watch him race. Elkton must be some nasty terrain though if it's in the Coast Range.
Speaking of bikes, I just finished installing my new Ohlins forks on my 310. Now the 310 has a complete Ohlins suspension. I'm anxious to give it a ride this weekend. I'll post some pics soon. If you got your ohliens from Davis at FBI and he set them up you will be in for the ride of your life My 300 is perfect
The Big K at Elkton is mild compared to the Tillamook area, has some extensive grass track sections (also great for spectators), most of the trails are wide and we throw in a demonic hill or two...which may get bypassed if extra wet. This year we are running the Funky Chicken on the weekend following 4th of July (Th)...so, July 6-7 http://etra.net for information
To bad he does not ride a 300 2 stroke then there would be no DNF But for some reason Husky corporate is in love with the 310 Lots of DNF on that 310 does not look good wish he was on the 300 then at least he could finish
I did. Based on your and others recommendations, I had David Behrend at FBI setup an Ohlins shock and forks for me. He did a great job. Easy to work with. I didn't go whole hog on the forks like you did, I just had David put in Ohlins TTX cartridges with SKF seals and new springs. I had him strip the KYB fork tubes of the black color and he anodized them to match Ohlins gold. Great work, they now look like Ohlins. I haven't ridden the bike yet, but it should be great. Thanks for the pointer to David. Dave
Come on down, its a great location and great event.....and I am your friendly Tech Inspector....dont forget your spark arrestor (its always the 450R Hondas that fail)
I want a ride report I want a ride report then followed by a RACE report because you know once you ride it you will want to race it
Ha Ha. You're right of course. Too competitive not to race it. The problem is, once I start something I'd want to get better and that would lead to more racing, and more racing... until I ended up down in District 37! Dave
Funky Chicken is Bad-ASS!! Done it last two years. Once on my 450R (That passed your db test!), and once on my wb165. They have a C class that races Saturday after the kids race. It is a blast, and the BIG K ranch is only open to riding this 1 time each year.
The chicken that is slightly funky is one really fun race! I have heard it can be a terrible place to ride if it is wet, the year I raced it was perfect. Here is the complete first lap on video, I rode okay after the first grass track was over. I should have gone with a new rear tire, I had it sitting on the shelf in the garage... Lap 1A with my patented last place start... 1b 1c 1d Later,
