Are ADV riders nothing but posers?

[autoteach]

That looks to be a 1971 175 CT1 maybe

The stripes on the tank look that way, but it looks like it had a headlight and low fender. Obvious that it was modded, but that seems to be the type of thing a guy who stripes a fender would do ;D

 

[BadKarmaPa]

The stripes on the tank look that way, but it looks like it had a headlight and low fender. Obvious that it was modded, but that seems to be the type of thing a guy who stripes a fender would do ;D

Yes it's a 175 farkled to pose as a dirt bike
But that's a gen-u-ine Preston Petty fender.

 

[autoteach]

I love it, along with the loggers you are wearing. I did an enduro this fall on a 69 dt1 and it was awesome. Love the old stuff.

 

[BadKarmaPa]

I love it, along with the loggers you are wearing. I did an enduro this fall on a 69 dt1 and it was awesome. Love the old stuff.

It was your post that reminded me that picture existed somewhere, and put me on a quest to find it. It was taken by my father at a hare scramble in 1977

 

[Dallara]

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Did some posing/poseuring this past weekend...

It was all on pavement, so I guess for the moment I am the ultimate poser/poseur... But hey, the GPS says I'm off-road!

But man, oh man... You just gotta' love Texas! No we got our own Autobahn!

Dallara




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[houndman]

I live near Malcolm Smith's motorcycle shop, whenever I go in there I can see a few of the old vintages. I also see and talk to him, very accessable, friendly. Dude walks like his entire spine is arthritic, hunched over and all, but still loads up a bike(KTM's mostly) and will kick the crap out of most anybody on the gnarliest trails, he rides in a lot of charity rides etc. He definately has a flair for the proper use of a bike though, my buddy brought in his r1150gs and traded it for another bike. There was Malcolm, kinda giving a once over on the bike commenting on the way, saying things like,"I like the patch job on your skid plate" or "yea lots of crashes on this one" ,"scratches everywhere". Then proceeded to try and sell him the KTM 400 that he just used in Mexico a few days before, still loaded in the back of his truck. New bikes everwhere all brands in his shop. Nothing special, but for my buddy to be given the nod by the ultimate NON poseur was amusing that day. He did not buy Malcolms KTM 400, but a 525exc. It was all good.

 

[Checkswrecks]

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Did some posing/poseuring this past weekend...
It was all on pavement, so I guess for the moment I am the ultimate poser/poseur... But hey, the GPS says I'm off-road!
But man, oh man... You just gotta' love Texas! No we got our own Autobahn!
Dallara
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85 mph legally AND 84 degrees?
I hate you!

 

[TommyBwell]

Is that a yamaha DT1?

I believe that is a 1973 DT175.

 

[Dallara]

85 mph legally AND 84 degrees?
I hate you!

Well, that was about the high temp... The low was about 68 degrees. Pretty chilly...

Then I had to stay in a ratty ol dump like this...

With nasty ol' food like this in the emporium...

Did see kind of poser/poseur in Austin, though...

And a pretty cool ol' Norton with a nice patina...

Like I said... You just gotta' love Texas!

Dallara




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[coastie]

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Did some posing/poseuring this past weekend...

It was all on pavement, so I guess for the moment I am the ultimate poser/poseur... But hey, the GPS says I'm off-road!

But man, oh man... You just gotta' love Texas! No we got our own Autobahn!

Dallara




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HAHA, Combo and I rode through Texas farm country last weekend, and the speeds on back roads was 75MPH. I could not believe it. We kept a steady 80 indicated on the speedo and it seemed almost to fast for the surroundings in some areas. I heard they were upping the speed limit to 85 in parts of texas, but I was not aware they had already increased it. So now everybody is going to be doing 100 on those sections of HWY.

 

[Dallara]

HAHA, Combo and I rode through Texas farm country last weekend, and the speeds on back roads was 75MPH. I could not believe it. We kept a steady 80 indicated on the speedo and it seemed almost to fast for the surroundings in some areas. I heard they were upping the speed limit to 85 in parts of texas, but I was not aware they had already increased it. So now everybody is going to be doing 100 on those sections of HWY.

I rode what amounts to 3/4's of SH-130 - each way - this past weekend, and it was amazing. All but a couple of cars were exhibiting perfect lane discipline (i.e. only getting in the left lane if they were passing), and the vast, vast majority of people on it were doing 90+ MPH, yet it was all wonderfully safe and serene because the road is so well thought out, the pavement so perfect, and the light traffic load.

I loved it! ::012::

So much so I am buying a TX-Tag for one of my cars and my motorcycle so I can save some of the toll charges. That way I'll use it more often.

BTW, there is a bunch of highway in West Texas marked with an 80 MPH limit, and in a bunch of those areas the actual "on paper" limit is now 85. It's just that they haven't gotten around to changing all the signs yet. And according to the DPS (Texas Department of Public Safety - our "Highway Patrol") they will only be "lightly patrolling" the new 85 MPH toll roads because they are privately operated and require no state highway funds.

Dallara



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[Dallara]

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And speaking of moto-cross...

Unfortunately, I can't ride MX any longer. Two complete titanium/ceramic hip replacements, two bad knees that neither of which has any cartilage left, a back broken in 1983 and then re-injured twice after, one very bad ankle, etc., and the weight gain that piled up after all the surgeries, have all conspired to make it all but impossible for me to ever ride an MX bike ever again... But that doesn't mean I'm still not actively involved in the sport. Far from it, as I love it, and all racing too much.

These days I have a bunch of vintage CZ's, and an old buddy and competitor, Wade Woodall, rides 'em for me in vintage events. You can say I ride vicariously on the track through him. Wade and I raced each other in local events for years, but he was always better than I was, and he even competed in some Supercross events and the AMA 500 National series back in the early '80's. As such he was the perfect choice to pilot my "Time Tunnel Racing" CZ's. We started fooling with this back in 2008, and won the Texas State EVO Championship in years past, but an AHRMA National title always *just* eluded us, primarily because it was always hard to put together a complete season given most of the race events are soooooooo friggin' far from Texas.

However, Wade was determined to win a title this past year, and decided to concentrate on only two classes (in years past he rode 4 classes). Mind you, Wade runs in the "Expert" division in each class - i.e. the very fastest guys - and has often had to race against guys like Chuck Sun, Danny La Porte, Guy Cooper, etc. In other words, there are no *ducks* or posers/poseurs in his classes, and quite often they will lap faster on vintage bikes than the local pros will on their modern bikes! ???

Anyway, we had built a truly trick CZ-125 (also known as our Time Tunnel DG-3) in 2010, so he decided he wanted to ride it in the "Classic 125 Expert" class, and he would use our tried and trusted CZ-250 (team name DG-1) in the "50+ Expert". These are two tough, brutal, hotly contested classes... Two of the most difficult in all of AHRMA. The 50+ because so many fast, fast guys, many of them past national stars, race in it, and the 125 class because we were trying to do it with a CZ. Believe me, *NOBODY* thought we could win races with the 125, much less the National title!

Well, in a nutshell - he did it. Wade won the AHRMA Classic 125 Expert National Championship. He ended up third in the 50+ Expert, but that's only because he crashed and hurt his ankle at one event, and ended up not being able to ride the 250 for that day's event. Had he been able to he would have won both National Championships.

To say I'm proud of him would be a huge understatement. He not only won the title, but won nearly all the 125 races he competed in, and won the title by a staggering amount of points - and all on that 125 CZ that everybody said couldn't win! Here's a few pictures hopefully you'll enjoy, each showing a little about Wade and the bikes...

First, here's Wade with the two mounts he used this season - the 250 on the left, and the 125 on the right.

Here's a pic of Wade getting a little air on the 125 at the final AHRMA race of the season at Rio Bravo in Houston, where he locked up the title...

Another one of our bikes... Our "Museum Bike" center-port Falta, which is only used for displays. The two race bikes from this season are in the background, and the back end of our long-travel "post vintage" CZ-250 is on the left...

Here's the National Championship winning CZ-125 when we were up at Bourbon, MO back in September...

Wade at the pre-grid, on the 125, at Bourbon, MO...

I hope this post doesn't come off like "bragging" from a poser/poseur, but I'm real proud of Wade, and equally proud of my wonderful CZ's, all of which have a phenomenal reliability record and are renowned throughout the AHRMA paddock and series as some of the fastest, best handling bikes out there. As an example, we have been fielding DG-1, our CZ-250, in AHRMA events all over the country, as well as Texas EVO events all over the state, since 2008 and it has *NEVER* failed to finish a moto due to a mechanical failure (he did crash it so bad at Mid-Ohio a couple of years ago that it couldn't finish, but that's because he bent the pipe closed!!! ::025:: ). Not once. And the 125 would have a perfect record had it not had a couple of internal-rotor Motoplat ignitions fail, damn it!!! ::010::

I just thought I'd share a bit of moto-trivia with you guys...

Oh, and BTW, Wade is 51 years old and rides a KLR-650 on the street! ???

Thanks!

Dallara



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[eemsreno]

Dallara
You could never put up too many pictures and storys like that. Totally awesome! ::012::

 

[phplemel]

WOW :exclaim: I gave up riding these decades ago because they hurt too much
Maybe you shouldn't post these here though O As you and Wade are definitely NOT posers ::025::

 

[kballowe]

Guilty.

We own a Super Tenere, Yamaha VStar 1300, GL1800 Gold Wing, Harley Davidson FLSTF and a 1973 BMW R75/5 (in no particular order)
Sold the two Moto Guzzi's earlier this year (Breva 11 & California Vintage).
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The Tenere was added simply in the interest of diversity.