Morden Race/ Bike Update
Hey,
I got back from the CMRC Pro National in Morden, Manitoba (just above North Dakota) on Tuesday. I rode really really hard in my timed practices and although I kept lowering my lap time consistently there were a couple of sweeping off chambered up hills where I was way down on power with the only 2-stroke in the class. I qaulified 40th though so I at least made it in on my first try at a pro national. My coming in corner speed was really fast but maintaining middle corner speed and exiting was a struggle against the field of 450's. During the motos I had a bad gate pick and got caught up behind crashes that left me out of contention but I was happy with the day though because I only made one mistake, during the first moto, (besides not racing a 450) and I finished healthy. My overall was 35th and it was a solid field of riders.
On Tuesday when I got back the first thing I did was unload my race bike and I did a 30 minute moto all out. I went fast and nailed 35 laps within 1 second of each other in lap times. On Wednesday morning I took my practice bike back to the woods to ride in the sand pit but by the time I got there my bike had already broken and I couldn't ride it. So I went back and got on my race bike, and 3 laps into my first session it also broke and left me with nothing to ride. So, frustrated by then, I went to the local dealer Thursday morning and got back my old '06 CR250 and I am setting it back up for me as a practice back and preping my KTM's to sell. The SX250 is not holding up for more than one 30 minute moto at a time for me and that doesn't cut it so it looks like I am switiching back to a 450 as soon as this weekend. An RMZ-450 from Cernic's looks to be my new race bike. I know I would be faster on a 450 but I think it was a really good thing to ride a 250 2-stroke because it takes so much more skill to ride fast that it will help me be a better rider on a 450.
Anyways I'll talk to ya'll later.
PS. FOR SALE: 2010 KTM SX250 (Less than 30 hours)- $4000
Russell Lineman
russell@linemanmx.com
I got back from the CMRC Pro National in Morden, Manitoba (just above North Dakota) on Tuesday. I rode really really hard in my timed practices and although I kept lowering my lap time consistently there were a couple of sweeping off chambered up hills where I was way down on power with the only 2-stroke in the class. I qaulified 40th though so I at least made it in on my first try at a pro national. My coming in corner speed was really fast but maintaining middle corner speed and exiting was a struggle against the field of 450's. During the motos I had a bad gate pick and got caught up behind crashes that left me out of contention but I was happy with the day though because I only made one mistake, during the first moto, (besides not racing a 450) and I finished healthy. My overall was 35th and it was a solid field of riders.
On Tuesday when I got back the first thing I did was unload my race bike and I did a 30 minute moto all out. I went fast and nailed 35 laps within 1 second of each other in lap times. On Wednesday morning I took my practice bike back to the woods to ride in the sand pit but by the time I got there my bike had already broken and I couldn't ride it. So I went back and got on my race bike, and 3 laps into my first session it also broke and left me with nothing to ride. So, frustrated by then, I went to the local dealer Thursday morning and got back my old '06 CR250 and I am setting it back up for me as a practice back and preping my KTM's to sell. The SX250 is not holding up for more than one 30 minute moto at a time for me and that doesn't cut it so it looks like I am switiching back to a 450 as soon as this weekend. An RMZ-450 from Cernic's looks to be my new race bike. I know I would be faster on a 450 but I think it was a really good thing to ride a 250 2-stroke because it takes so much more skill to ride fast that it will help me be a better rider on a 450.
Anyways I'll talk to ya'll later.
PS. FOR SALE: 2010 KTM SX250 (Less than 30 hours)- $4000
Russell Lineman
russell@linemanmx.com
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