...a tough race weekend

*wheeler0801* · 08-18-2008, 01:48 PM

so i've been really busy w/work so i haven't been on too much in the last week....but now i've finally got the chance!!!

.....i blew my baby up last weekend at a race

it started well....i got 2nd in the holeshot, and i passed the girl who was in first when she got stuck in a bottleneck of riders in a tree....

then the rain started and it was super muddy....thennnnnnnn, as i pulled in my clutch to slide through a sloppy muddy corner...bam. she stalled.

talk about being super upset, it was the first time i was ever going to lead a lap in this stinkin' series....quite an accomplishment for me, as this is my first year racing and they've been racing 4-5 years.....

anywho....we got the motor out and took her to our local shop and found out....the piston shattered

so...she's still at the shop, getting all kinds of new parts...and nearly $1100 later, I'll have a newly rebuilt motor for this weekends race....

yamahabansheeboy · 08-18-2008, 01:58 PM

damn theres BAD LUCK!!!

powermaddd400ex · 08-18-2008, 02:03 PM

sorry to hear that. how long have u been going on that engine?

Sc0tt · 08-18-2008, 05:12 PM

Sorry Wheeler. I hope things are going better Today. I hope you have a better weekend this weekend.

*wheeler0801* · 08-19-2008, 01:55 PM

aww thanks everyone....the motor is a 2000, but it was never really abused until i got it and started racing it...i've had it since the end of 2006 so I should consider myself lucky.....it just sucked that it had to happen at that race at that particular point...

*Stoopidbot1* · 08-19-2008, 03:18 PM

I'm surprised it lasted that long.

joet82 · 08-19-2008, 04:46 PM

maybe that motor just didn't like being in first? haha

good luck with the new motor.

trailblazer_02 · 08-19-2008, 11:16 PM

perfect chance to get your own 450!
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SunLrider · 08-20-2008, 10:09 AM

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Originally Posted by trailblazer_02

perfect chance to get your own 450!
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hahaha

*Stoopidbot1* · 08-20-2008, 10:38 AM

I wouldn't recommend a 450 for a girl who races. The 400 can be built to run with the 450s at top speed. Through 3rd gear the 400ex will hang no problem. The 400 also has reverse which is HUGE in Harscrambles. If you get yourself stuck on the 450, it often takes ALOT of upper body strength to lift out of the mud or get off a rock. The 400 you can USUALLY back out of a sticky situation.