I didn't even realize Keith had a pit bike. I
pitted directly across from him last summer, and
every time I saw him he looked like he was
jumping up and down on an invisible pogo stick,
or running around with his hair on fire with
invisible flames. I can't imagine him needing
any motorized conveyance in the pits!!!!
Dick J
--- John Beckett <landspeedracer@email.msn.com>
wrote:
> Yeah, ECTA had to by a decibel meter to test
> pit vehicles due to Keith's
> noise polluter.
>
> John Beckett, LSR #79
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Joe Timney" <joetimney@dol.net>
> To: "Keith Turk" <kturk@ala.net>
> Cc: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>;
> <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 11:34 AM
> Subject: Re: Pit Bikes
>
>
> > I must warn all of Keith's potential
> competetion...his mini-bike may not
> be the
> > fastest... but it is the loudest,. Bring ear
> protestion!!!
> >
> > Keith's Friend,
> > joe
> >
> > Keith Turk wrote:
> >
> > > Okay Doug how fast is it? Wanna run
> it.... a Back Lot struggle on the
> > > salt? Length of the pits just outside the
> boundry?
> > >
> > > 5hp briggs against a 5hp briggs..... No
> ringers for riders either....
> Just
> > > you and me with our Hair in the wind....
> (if I have hair by then)
> > >
> > > Gauntlets on the ground ..... My Mini Bike
> is faster then your Mini
> > > bike....and we don't even have powder
> coaters round here.... hell we
> don't
> > > have anybody that could read the
> instructions...
> > >
> > > Keith ( ahhh No I ain't quite Right now
> that you mention it )
> > >
> > > ----- Original Message -----
> > > From: <ARDUNDOUG@aol.com>
> > > To: <crothfuss@coastalnet.com>;
> <land-speed@autox.team.net>
> > > Sent: Sunday, February 13, 2000 12:29 PM
> > > Subject: Re: Pit Bikes
> > >
> > > > In a message dated 02/13/2000 6:21:15 AM
> Pacific Standard Time,
> > > > crothfuss@coastalnet.com writes:
> > > >
> > > > <<
> > > > List,
> > > >
> > > > As I looked out the window this
> morning I saw a kid on a mini-bike
> > > putter
> > > > past. That got me thinking about
> possibly getting a new pit bike.
> The
> > > old
> > > > Schwinn has served me well for many
> years, but it's kinda big to fit
> atop
> > > > the trailer, and it can be a lot of work
> pedaling it against a 25 MPH
> > > Maxton
> > > > headwind. I'm looking for something
> small with a simple gasoline
> engine.
> > > > Preferably something a bit nostalgic.
> I'd love to have a Whizzer or
> old
> > > gas
> > > > bicycle conversion, but they'd be a
> tight fit on the trailer. Any
> > > > recommendations?
> > > >
> > > > Last time I rode a mini-bike we had a
> guide from a sycle bar mower
> > > (Looked
> > > > like a three foot spear tip) bolted to
> the front and we'd ride around
> > > > spearing dead trees. Maybe that's why
> Mom would never let me get a
> > > > motorcycle?
> > > >
> > > > Chuck "Amazed that I survived my
> childhood" Rothfuss
> > > > ECTA #9
> > > > Pole Cat Hollow, NC
> > > > >>
> > > > Chuck,
> > > > I have a 60's Mini-Bike that I bought
> at a swap meet many years
> ago
> > > with
> > > > a 3 hp Briggs for power. It would run,
> but just barely. The blow-by
> was so
> > > > bad that it pushed oil out of the
> breather.
> > > > After stumbling over it for several
> years in my shop I disasembled
> it,
> > > > had all the parts powder-coated red and
> silver, installed a super-wide
> > > turf
> > > > tire on the back, and bought a new 5 hp
> Briggs "crate-motor" for it.
> The 5
> > > hp
> > > > motor is so wide that it's pretty well
> offset in the frame, making
> > > stability
> > > > at speed a little annoyance, but the
> thing's really a "hoot".
> > > > It's light enough to load easily onto
> the front of the RV, has no
> > > tranny,
> > > > and a friction brake that rubs against
> the rear tire.........Ardun
> Doug in
> > > CA
> > > >
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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..........Dick J.............
......(In East Texas)........
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