Planet Minis

mattv · 03-26-2006, 10:14 AM

dude, it was not my night last night. Not riding for a month, and not riding on the track/trails for 2 months was a bad idea.

I had 2 big crashes in the same place, thankfully I was wearing my chest protector both times or I'd probably have broken ribs and/or lung damage.

The way they split up heats and qualified down to a main was very strange, i ended up with a whole heat full of crazy built honda motors, my gpx didn't have a prayer and I'm very out of shape/practice. My leg has so much atrophy from the torn MCL.

My buddy went with me, he's never ridden before in his life, he crashed into the cast iron cattle guard fence and broke the fender/plastics off my bike. People said all he needed was a red clown nose to complete the ensamble

55spy: You should've came down to the pits and said hi or somethin, thejunkman came out from Colorado, his buddy bought my left-over SSR110-a1 that i had on display in the pits. I met NERider too, he works @ curry brothers, he was running the heats and whatnot.

I'm really sore, really really sore, but i'm not hurt....so i'll race another day. I'm going to let my knee heal a bit more and start hitting the gym harder so i can get my strength back. I can barely stand up on the pegs when i'm riding.

As for the crashing, it was on the same double both times, and i almost crashed a bunch of times too. I'm chalking it up to bad form, and too much preload in my rear shock. Seems like no matter what I did, the ass end of the bike would pitch up and send my front wheel right into the face of the landing.

There was a 25' or so double that I hit and made without a problem during the practice sessions, but on that same lap I cased the small double and then I got spooked and didn't mentally "have it" and ended up rolling the big double for the rest of the night. During the outlaw main, i crashed hard again on the 1st lap so I just decided enough was enough, started my bike, and rode back to the pits.

55spy · 03-26-2006, 02:38 PM

I didn't realize who was there until I checked this thread today. If I had known I woulda gone down there.

Mattv, yeah you gotta do something with the rear end on your bike. The preload did seem to pitch it but you got what looks like too weak a spring, way too much ( and quick) compression in the rear. You couldn't carry any speed off the doubles. That did look really painful.

Your buddy crashed into the gate right in fron of where my kids and I were sitting. He got up all "hey no biggie" and limped the bike back around the track. Hopefully I'll be ready to go for Karnage an Kaos at beer mountain.

Junk man was that you that broke your bars in the practice?

mattv · 03-26-2006, 02:58 PM

I wish someone had my crashes on video, i'd like to see them.

I have a new shock on the way (gets here tomorrow) and i'm going to do some serious tweaking to my RCM shock. It has a lot of adjustments, i just need time and a place to test my tweaks at.

Brian (my buddy) was really cool about everything

, he offered to buy me new plastics, and most likely he'll buy his own bike in the coming weeks. He had a lot of fun and fit in well with all the guys.

Junkman bent his bars, and my buddy Scott (84) broke his bars and rode someone else's bike.

thejunkman · 03-26-2006, 03:53 PM

Yeah I bent my bars, but was able to fix them, I took a good endo over the same double Matt crashed on. I will chalk it up to my poor jetting and ability to adapt to this track. What was the deal with practice pple were crashing all over? I had a blast none the less and would travel there again.

And it was nice to meet some of these forum members in real life. BTW Matt my buddy that bought the bike is Skull52 just for you information. I set up his bike before I left for D-town. Runs Great! he loves it!

mattv · 03-26-2006, 04:03 PM

excellent, very glad he's happy with it!

That 2nd small double sure was troublesome. Man oh man. I feel like I got ran over by a truck.

55spy · 03-26-2006, 04:33 PM

Matt I wish I had your crash on film too!

Practice did look like a clownfest. Wish I coulda been out there, but little kids and momma working left me sidelined completely... let me tell you it was great watching though.

Downhill Racer · 03-26-2006, 04:58 PM

Mattv and Junkman, watched you both on Sat. Practice runs were almost a demo derby for some. Matt-good bike you had for sale. I test road it after the set up. Pretty nice little bike.
Thought you and the junkman did pretty well-even with the bad luck in the wild practice sessions. They didn't quite have the classes separated out very well. But enjoyed watching you both rip around the course. Looked like a challenging ride.

mattv · 03-26-2006, 05:08 PM

downhill:

What's your name/who are ya?

Downhill Racer · 03-26-2006, 05:19 PM

the old man that helped sell your bike. I'm too old to do that kind of ridin but enjoy watchin you guys cut it up! My days are past - but did plenty of that when I was younger. Those little bikes look like a kick. Take care of those knees-you'll miss em when they're gone! I know from experience-tore mine up skiing. But motorcycles can do a pretty good number on them too! Have fun like it looked that you were but always have to watch out for the crazy ones out there.

mattv · 03-26-2006, 05:22 PM

ahh! Gotcha!

Sure was nice talking to you!! You're never too old/broken for minis!

Downhill Racer · 03-26-2006, 05:32 PM

Junkman knows what I ride and how and I will spin around on his once in while, I still ride a hare scramble now and then but mostly trials suits me the best now. Slower pace and requires more skill and balance than tear em up riding. So will stick to spectating of the minis. Plan on going to the race in Norfolk in June to watch you guys tear around there.

mattv · 03-26-2006, 05:38 PM

Excellent! The june event will be a blast!

Nerider · 03-27-2006, 04:15 PM

This is Riley Niesz, Bill's son, using his profile. I won the stock 50 (green bike) but the guy that got second was complaining and ended up stealing my first place trophy when no one was looking. I also raced the midsize with the blue and red 110. I crashed pretty bad in practice when the throttle stuck going through the woops and I went over the berm. I ended 4th in that class. It was a lot of fun and the race in Norfolk in June should be fun also.

thejunkman · 03-27-2006, 07:51 PM

Here is a short clip of my crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJ4yQUkLqE

crf50-racer-156 · 03-27-2006, 08:01 PM

What one are you? The guy getin landed on or the one landing on the guy lol???

stlwalnut · 04-01-2006, 04:02 PM

junkman, you had the double cleared....too bad there was already someone there....

mattv · 04-01-2006, 04:05 PM

junkman got landed on

thejunkman · 04-01-2006, 04:08 PM

Here is a little bit of footage edited up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK02ozRiF2Y

55spy · 04-02-2006, 07:06 AM

Ahh that great Nebraska scenery, the excitment never stops driving across nebraska! nicely put together tho.

mattv · 04-02-2006, 11:13 AM

oh look, a cornfield..........a cow.............another cornfield.........another cow.

heh

03-26-2006, 10:14 AM	#21 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	dude, it was not my night last night. Not riding for a month, and not riding on the track/trails for 2 months was a bad idea. I had 2 big crashes in the same place, thankfully I was wearing my chest protector both times or I'd probably have broken ribs and/or lung damage. The way they split up heats and qualified down to a main was very strange, i ended up with a whole heat full of crazy built honda motors, my gpx didn't have a prayer and I'm very out of shape/practice. My leg has so much atrophy from the torn MCL. My buddy went with me, he's never ridden before in his life, he crashed into the cast iron cattle guard fence and broke the fender/plastics off my bike. People said all he needed was a red clown nose to complete the ensamble 55spy: You should've came down to the pits and said hi or somethin, thejunkman came out from Colorado, his buddy bought my left-over SSR110-a1 that i had on display in the pits. I met NERider too, he works @ curry brothers, he was running the heats and whatnot. I'm really sore, really really sore, but i'm not hurt....so i'll race another day. I'm going to let my knee heal a bit more and start hitting the gym harder so i can get my strength back. I can barely stand up on the pegs when i'm riding. As for the crashing, it was on the same double both times, and i almost crashed a bunch of times too. I'm chalking it up to bad form, and too much preload in my rear shock. Seems like no matter what I did, the ass end of the bike would pitch up and send my front wheel right into the face of the landing. There was a 25' or so double that I hit and made without a problem during the practice sessions, but on that same lap I cased the small double and then I got spooked and didn't mentally "have it" and ended up rolling the big double for the rest of the night. During the outlaw main, i crashed hard again on the 1st lap so I just decided enough was enough, started my bike, and rode back to the pits. __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

03-26-2006, 02:58 PM	#23 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	I wish someone had my crashes on video, i'd like to see them. I have a new shock on the way (gets here tomorrow) and i'm going to do some serious tweaking to my RCM shock. It has a lot of adjustments, i just need time and a place to test my tweaks at. Brian (my buddy) was really cool about everything , he offered to buy me new plastics, and most likely he'll buy his own bike in the coming weeks. He had a lot of fun and fit in well with all the guys. Junkman bent his bars, and my buddy Scott (84) broke his bars and rode someone else's bike. __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

03-26-2006, 04:03 PM	#25 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	excellent, very glad he's happy with it! That 2nd small double sure was troublesome. Man oh man. I feel like I got ran over by a truck. __________________ Still recovering from my accident... Last edited by mattv; 03-26-2006 at 04:09 PM.

03-26-2006, 05:08 PM	#28 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	downhill: What's your name/who are ya? __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

03-26-2006, 05:22 PM	#30 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	ahh! Gotcha! Sure was nice talking to you!! You're never too old/broken for minis! __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

03-26-2006, 02:38 PM	#22 (permalink)
55spy 1st Gear Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 141	I didn't realize who was there until I checked this thread today. If I had known I woulda gone down there. Mattv, yeah you gotta do something with the rear end on your bike. The preload did seem to pitch it but you got what looks like too weak a spring, way too much ( and quick) compression in the rear. You couldn't carry any speed off the doubles. That did look really painful. Your buddy crashed into the gate right in fron of where my kids and I were sitting. He got up all "hey no biggie" and limped the bike back around the track. Hopefully I'll be ready to go for Karnage an Kaos at beer mountain. Junk man was that you that broke your bars in the practice?

03-26-2006, 03:53 PM	#24 (permalink)
thejunkman 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 343	Yeah I bent my bars, but was able to fix them, I took a good endo over the same double Matt crashed on. I will chalk it up to my poor jetting and ability to adapt to this track. What was the deal with practice pple were crashing all over? I had a blast none the less and would travel there again. And it was nice to meet some of these forum members in real life. BTW Matt my buddy that bought the bike is Skull52 just for you information. I set up his bike before I left for D-town. Runs Great! he loves it!

03-26-2006, 04:33 PM	#26 (permalink)
55spy 1st Gear Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 141	Matt I wish I had your crash on film too! Practice did look like a clownfest. Wish I coulda been out there, but little kids and momma working left me sidelined completely... let me tell you it was great watching though.

03-26-2006, 04:58 PM	#27 (permalink)
Downhill Racer PM Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Mattv and Junkman, watched you both on Sat. Practice runs were almost a demo derby for some. Matt-good bike you had for sale. I test road it after the set up. Pretty nice little bike. Thought you and the junkman did pretty well-even with the bad luck in the wild practice sessions. They didn't quite have the classes separated out very well. But enjoyed watching you both rip around the course. Looked like a challenging ride.

03-26-2006, 05:19 PM	#29 (permalink)
Downhill Racer PM Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	the old man that helped sell your bike. I'm too old to do that kind of ridin but enjoy watchin you guys cut it up! My days are past - but did plenty of that when I was younger. Those little bikes look like a kick. Take care of those knees-you'll miss em when they're gone! I know from experience-tore mine up skiing. But motorcycles can do a pretty good number on them too! Have fun like it looked that you were but always have to watch out for the crazy ones out there.

03-26-2006, 05:32 PM	#31 (permalink)
Downhill Racer PM Newbie Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 3	Junkman knows what I ride and how and I will spin around on his once in while, I still ride a hare scramble now and then but mostly trials suits me the best now. Slower pace and requires more skill and balance than tear em up riding. So will stick to spectating of the minis. Plan on going to the race in Norfolk in June to watch you guys tear around there.

03-26-2006, 05:38 PM	#32 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	Excellent! The june event will be a blast! __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

03-27-2006, 04:15 PM	#33 (permalink)
Nerider PM Newbie Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 9	This is Riley Niesz, Bill's son, using his profile. I won the stock 50 (green bike) but the guy that got second was complaining and ended up stealing my first place trophy when no one was looking. I also raced the midsize with the blue and red 110. I crashed pretty bad in practice when the throttle stuck going through the woops and I went over the berm. I ended 4th in that class. It was a lot of fun and the race in Norfolk in June should be fun also.

03-27-2006, 07:51 PM	#34 (permalink)
thejunkman 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 343	Here is a short clip of my crash http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1EJ4yQUkLqE

03-27-2006, 08:01 PM	#35 (permalink)
crf50-racer-156 3rd Gear Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Wrightwood, CA Posts: 1,245	What one are you? The guy getin landed on or the one landing on the guy lol???

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04-01-2006, 04:02 PM	#36 (permalink)
stlwalnut 1st Gear Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Posts: 216	junkman, you had the double cleared....too bad there was already someone there....

04-01-2006, 04:05 PM	#37 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	junkman got landed on __________________ Still recovering from my accident...

04-01-2006, 04:08 PM	#38 (permalink)
thejunkman 2nd Gear Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Colorado Posts: 343	Here is a little bit of footage edited up http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TK02ozRiF2Y

04-02-2006, 07:06 AM	#39 (permalink)
55spy 1st Gear Member Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Omaha, Ne Posts: 141	Ahh that great Nebraska scenery, the excitment never stops driving across nebraska! nicely put together tho.

04-02-2006, 11:13 AM	#40 (permalink)
mattv Super Moderator Join Date: May 2005 Location: Omaha, Nebraska Posts: 2,130	oh look, a cornfield..........a cow.............another cornfield.........another cow. heh __________________ Still recovering from my accident...