Spring Gravity Race - Wichita

[65rat]

Went to the hill tonight, Me, 450redrider and my family. Took all the weight out so the girls could try it out both finally got brave enough to make full runs 8) So watch out 8) We'll put weight back and oil it up ready too go

 

[udallcustombikes]

I think I will make a couple test runs Saturday morning. I have El Diablo Rojo and a secret gravity racer I picked up this week.

 

[450redrider]

I got a little work to do to mine seems like I'll definitely have to take some extra brake pads :roll:. Good news is the guardrails tested out okay to we're good to go

 

[Ratfink1962]

So now that your the Chief Guardrail inspector.... you wanna go and be the Chief Haybale inspector too???

sheesh.... kids these days :roll:







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[450redrider]

I think I'm going to pass that job on to someone else don't want to take the fun from everyone else :lol: Its was stopping really good just about wore through a brand new set of brake pads. Also went through and put locknuts on my steering fasteners to keep from smacking the rail again (at least backwards :lol: )

 

[450redrider]

Almost there can't wait

 

[udallcustombikes]

I think I am going to make a couple runs tomorrow before work to test El Diablo Rojo and The Widow Maker.

 

[aka_locojoe]

Almost there can't wait

Me too. Had to fix a flat and tighten up a few things on the G-thang and I think I'm ready to go. Can't believe it will be making it's 4th appearance. Was kinda built as a goof and one time deal.
Someday I hope to build something better based on the same principle.

Anxious to see the new racers and bikes.

I forgot but had meant to bring some traffic cones home from work. I thought maybe if there weren't any good crashes by the end of the day we could set up a slalom course :lol: .

We'll be bringing hotdogs and seafood pasta shell things.

Cody how was the track? Wasn't overgrown with trees and weeds was it?

 

[Ratfink1962]

Slalom course??? Oh my this is gonna get interesting! maybe we need to get the red cross out there since it looks like we will have several blood donors??

I am bringing my smoked ribs, and baked beans.

heres a sneek peek...

On a semi-related note... I FINALLY got my hubs ordered for the rust rocket! Should have it ready for the Fall Gravity race, yeee haw :mrgreen:

 

[udallcustombikes]

I am headed out to make some test runs today. I'll be there around 2 if anybody wants to meet me up there.

 

[Ratfink1962]

I was there at 2:15 didnt see you?

 

[udallcustombikes]

I didn't make it there until 2:30. Wifey gave me a last minute honey-do list. :x :x :x
I made one pass on each of them but that's it. Didn't want to push them back up the hill again.

 

[Ratfink1962]

Doh!! I must have just missed you then, I figured you had already been there and left.

Lookin good Cameron.

Looks like the Screaming Indian has some issues... at speed it seems real unstable, kinda like it wants to do a speed wobble with the front end. I did make one of those setback seatposts... wonder If I dont have enough weight on the frontend? Any ideas?

Cameron, do you have a 1" seatpost you could bring? I cut mine to do the setback thing and dont have a spare

 

[65rat]

I drove by about 3:15 must have just missed you both.
Put a dampner on it

 

[udallcustombikes]

Mitch- I have plenty of post, I'll bring a few.

Tim- I had to be at work at 3:30 so I rode them both down the back of the hill at about five after and took off.

See everyone there tomorrow.

 

[udallcustombikes]

Racers-Check
Tools-Check
Air-Check
Helmets-Check
FOOD!!!-Check

Just gotta get the boy outta bed and ready to go. We are meeting Fast Eddie and showing him the way there.

Bring on the Gravity!

 

[Ratfink1962]

Had a great time!

Weather could have been a little warmer, but it wasnt that bad. Turnout was great, and saw lots of new rides.
Food was great! Randy... I gotta get that recipe for the seafood pasta thingamajigs... very tasty!! Hope everyone liked the ribs and beans.

I made a couple of runs on the Indian, hit 24.2 mph on Randy's GPS... not the fastest, but plenty fast for me! Oh and I actually made it home with the headbadge intact... I was keeping an eye on it :wink: And a big thanks for those that brought the 1" seatposts!!! Ended up not needing a single one of them because I found a donor bike on my way to the hill that had the correct size :lol:

funny how things just fall into place sometimes!

Looking forward to the fall event, I hope to have the rust rocket back in action... yeee haw

 

[udallcustombikes]

Great time! The racing was fantastic, as was the food and all of it was topped off with the great company!

 

[Graylock]

.................... Randy... I gotta get that recipe for the seafood pasta thingamajigs... very tasty!! .............

What seafood pasta recipe. You guys in Kansas are passing around seafood recipes on a hill that was once the floor of the sea thousands of years ago while I was out on the local bike path putting my sneakers in real sea water realtime :roll: ................I must see this recipe! So far away from the sea and you guys have seafood recipes................AAAARRRRR.......this is bilge sculch I tell ya........


Hope you get pictures up soon of your gravity race. It sounds like you guys had a sweet time.
GL

 

[Ratfink1962]

Graylock... This is Kansas, what we call seafood is anything we catch out of the mud puddles... in a ditch. :lol:

But really, we can catch a few fish, fillet them into strips and do the crab boil thing... voila! instant seafood!

We do have indoor plumbing though. :wink: