Sign up as early as possible. The registration fee skyrockets as it gets closer to the event. Also, practice runs are very expensive, so it's a good idea to get out here before the event and ride the road as a "tourist". This way you can see the course without having to pay the ridiculous practice fee.
Love the vids of that race, all that drifting and sliding. Feel real safe way back here, bet its enthralling to be there for it. Good luck with your crack at the Peak.
There are a bunch of members on supermoto junkie who do the Pikes Peak hill climb. Gary Trachey holds the record for fastest motorcycle up the mountain, he rode a TM 660SMX. http://www.supermotojunkie.com/showthread.php?t=102560
Saw a bike that competed a year or so back that was a converted Ducati monster 690. They put proper DS forks and rear end on her and a bash plate, looked fantastic and did ok-top 10 I recall. The Bloke rode her there from about a 1000 miles away did the Peak and promptly returned home. I understand there is a company now building them to order-look like a great personalised DS/Motard type machine.
That Ducati sounds interesting. I hopefully will get accepted to run the Peak and plan to run my WXE 360 for my first time. If I get hooked I plan on building a bike just for Pike's Peak. Anyone got any hot 360 engine mod ideas?
When I bought my new '08 TE510, I signed up for the race excited at testing the Husky and it's new fuel injection at elevation and just wanting to race this epic race before the pave the whole thing. Truck broke down twice trying to get there, once in Death Valley and once in Utah. Never made it to the event but want to try for next year, and I can go visit Clay. (Colo Moto) C ya Jim.
I also want to race it next year. I've already got a (honda) CR250R in Denver. What do folks run for wheels/tires? Would stock size wheels work ok (19/21" or 18/21")?
