leading the pack!

[ladieu229]

heres a pretty neat photo of me leading the 250 a class race at perris race way!
if u fallow the track back a few corners u can c the line of riders.
its a pretty big class!

 

[Ol'89r]

Awesome shot Max. :cool:

How many riders were in your class that day?

 

[High Lord Gomer]

LOL! If that was me in the pic, I would have written, "Here is me about to get lapped by the bulk of the C-Class!"

89R took me out there one day but we didn't get to ride...next time!

 

[Rich Rohrich]

Awesome shot Max. :cool:

How many riders were in your class that day?

So when do we get to see him on a Class C bike feet up and full lock?

 

[ladieu229]

well it was a full gate so there was about 30 er so riders!

btw whats a class c bike????

 

[Rich Rohrich]

btw whats a class c bike????

Go ask ask Gramps, he'll fill you in. :cool:

 

[rickyd]

Can Gramps still remember? :whoa:

 

[Rich Rohrich]

Can Gramps still remember? :whoa:

Even alzheimer's can't wipe those memories out. ;)

 

[rickyd]

Even alzheimer's can't wipe those memories out. ;)

:cool:

 

[ladieu229]

hey, leave my grandpa alone! :fft:
lol :nener:

 

[Ol'89r]

hey, leave my grandpa alone! :fft:
lol :nener:

You tell em Max. :laugh: I already warned him about you clowns. :moon:

[Originally Posted by Rich Rohrich.
So when do we get to see him on a Class C bike feet up and full lock?]

Funny story about that Rich.

When Max was two, I used to put him on the tank of my XR 350 and we would go up in the fire roads behind my house and skid corners all day.

When he was three, he could steer and work the throttle on the XR.

At four and a half, he started racing at the local tracks in the 50cc class. He had a unique style that the other riders didn't have. When the other riders would line up single file to get in a rut or a berm, Max would back it in under all of them and pass about 3 or 4 of them coming out of the corner. Everyone would look at each other and just shake their heads.

He never followed other riders, he would just slide around the outside of them or slide under them when they got in his way.

He won all six races in his first series and earned the number one plate one week before his fifth birthday. He went on to win the next four or five series in a row. Eleven years later he's 16 and still hauling the mail.

To say that I'm a real proud grandpa would be a huge understatement.

You guys had better watch out. I've got back-up now. :nod:

 

[Rich Rohrich]

To say that I'm a real proud grandpa would be a huge understatement.

You guys had better watch out. I've got back-up now. :nod:

I figured a little 89r had to rub off on him somewhere along the way. ;)

Maybe one day we'll look back on this thread and say "we knew Max when". :cool:

 

[rickyd]

Maybe one day we'll look back on this thread and say "we knew Max when". :cool:

Very true.
Thanks for sharin the story Terry.

Btw, Max, nice holeshot! Ever head up North to race?
Rick

 

[ladieu229]

um i might be headed up there later in the year to do some areacross races

 

[ladieu229]

this is were it all started

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Very nice indeed! Thanks for sharing, and keep tearing it up!

 

[rickyd]

um i might be headed up there later in the year to do some areacross races

Let me know if you come up, we are going to the Reno one for sure :cool:

 

[ladieu229]

wheoooooo! :)
first ride back in 5 months and rode milestone and held off bro hepler for 2 and half laps intill i was under power on a long strechhe got me. he was on a 450 and i was on a 250 i might add.. :nod:
haha :rotfl:

i waded up super hard i got the hucka bucks and did a few tumbles and hole ben the brake lever.
hahah
that was funny.. :laugh:

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Nobody taking pics, vids, nada? Hows the bike? What is a huck a buck? Very nice indeed, except for the crash?

 

[rickyd]

wheoooooo! :)
first ride back in 5 months and rode milestone and held off bro hepler for 2 and half laps intill i was under power on a long strechhe got me. he was on a 450 and i was on a 250 i might add.. :nod:
haha :rotfl:

i waded up super hard i got the hucka bucks and did a few tumbles and hole ben the brake lever.
hahah
that was funny.. :laugh:

How hard did you wad up? :whoa:

 

[ladieu229]

The hucka bucks are when your back end of the bike fish tales!





I waded pretty hard me and the scooter tumbled a few times haha :)

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Tell grandpa to hook you up with Wikey, he can fix that.

 

[ladieu229]

suspention is good!
i just hit a knott 4th gear tapped!

 

[whenfoxforks-ruled]

Was it hard pack and dusty? 4th gear tapped and started swapping, nice you are still around. Hence, time for the computer? And no videos, multiple angles? I know racing outside in January would be a big deal around here, its 1 degree this morning.