From: frampton@skitzo.dseg.ti.com
Newsgroups: rec.motorcycles.dirt
Subject: Sunday Re: HOG ROAST
Date: 5 Oct 92 09:33:11 CDT
Organization: Texas Instruments Component Test Facility


>      Whoa, make sure you watch out for that *couch* in the road on the
>     way in!  IMHO, Euless (Useless) is the asshole of the D/FW
>     Metroplex.  Once I found the road to the track, I literally had to
>     dodge piles of scattered junk on the way to the entrance.  

      True, it is adjacent to a public dump. So on the way in its not a
      real pretty sight.  I suppose some folks try to take their trash
      on a day when the dump is closed and just dump it out on the road.
      Really upsets me!

>     Then when I passed thru the gate, I was greeted by the HUGEST sow you
>     could ever imagine... all of 800 pounds of pig, standing lazily in
>     her mud-slop pen, 10 teats hanging down.  Mmmm, that's good eatin'...
>     Wonder if she's the "guest of honor" Sunday???

      No, but she probably wasn't in a safe situation.

>      But it's a nice track :-)   (I've only spectated there).

      Heres how it went Sunday....

      Mike Baxter couldn't make it.  Its hard to turn down double time
      pay.  I would have been concerned if he would have turned it down.

      There were Harleys everywhere for the Hog Roast that was going on
      at the same time as practice.  It was a burly group.  I was a little
      nervous.  It looked like a remake of Comstock.  I couldn't have been
      more wrong!  They appeared rough but they were all really nice people.
      When I came back from the concession, I noticed my bike was on the 
      stand and knew I had leaned it up against the truck.  When I got over
      too it a bearded, large gutted, tattoo enscripted fellow wandered
      over......  "Hey man, your bike fell over and I didn't know what to
      do so I put it on the stand for ya.... You wanna beer or something?"
      I replied, "Thanx for helping the fallen scoot... I may take you up 
      on the brew when my day here is done."  

      As for the dirt.... It was great fun. I saw some old friends and
      met some new ones. One of which offered me to tool his 93 RM250. My 
      kind of bike. No bottom end and backbending mid and upper hit. Great
      suspension.

      Mosier is a Texas nice attempt at Grand Prix style. There aren't 
      any doubles, one tabletop and a matterhorn jump.  The rest is
      offcambers and natural terra.  The corners are a little tight with
      small soft berms.  There was at most only two lines to pick from
      on any corner.  The matterhorn was the only place to do airborn
      tricks.  It was about 75 degrees on the up face and 60 on the 
      down face.  There was a triangular table top at the top.  If
      you had intentions on jumping it you had to pancake the bike
      and do a 90 degree midair turn.  My first time out I went slow
      to learn the track.  Then I started working on one section of
      of the track at a time then move on to the next.  I'm still a
      little uneasy with the offcambers.  I think I was hitting them
      too slow.  Hopefully Mike can help when we get to go out.
      It took a while to pick the right gearing for this track.  I
      ended up staying in 2nd and 3rd tapped out and slipping into
      4th for the tabletop.

      I had only one problem and that was with a 4-stroker.  This
      guy was not safe!  Twice I had to lift my left because he just
      about rammed me!  I felt like I was going to have to take him out
      just to save my own neck!  I saw little value in the attempt,
      my 125 wouldn't have budged the big KTM.
      
      I wish I could ride some of the tracks in the NE.  I hear they
      are superb as to what we have here.
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mark frampton....O/30 NOVICE   |    You can ride as long as you are alive,
frampton@skitzo.dseg.ti.com    |      as long as you can take the pain.
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