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2009 Searchlight GP HelmetCam
- From: Younggun95
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Video from the 2009 Searchlight GP on board with Pro Class winner, Yamaha's Justin Waters.
The top 2 pros completed the 10 mile lap in right around 20 minutes, so you are only seeing a portion of the track. Once again went through town and through people's back yards and shops. The entire course was extremely whooped out.
- 5 days ago
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haro357
- Gettin' Started
- Points:377
- Views: 28
- Since: 1 week ago
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Weekend Off
- From: Younggun95
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I planned on taking this week and weekend off from riding/racing. I deserve a weekend off after a season of racing right? Plus I was hurt and waiting for parts so I couldn't go to the Quadcross race anyways...
So for my weekend off, I spent Friday working on my broken quad, and someone elses broken quad. I got up really early saturday morning and went to Dumont dunes. Since my quad was broken I drove a borrowed yamaha rhino. And today Im going to Red Rock to go hiking/ mountain biking for a work out...
I guess I never really take any time off from quads or the off-road industry. My life is just so much wrapped up in it I dont know what else to do with my time. When I get bored and have nothing to do my first thought is always to go work on my quad...
Is anyone else so involved that they find themselves not knowing what to do when they can't ride?
- Blog post
- 3 weeks ago
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Waters Earns Top Ten for WORCS
- From: hotseat
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Coming in to the final World Off Road Championship Series ATV Nationals in Mesquite NV, HotSeat Powersports/Yamaha rider Justin Waters sat 10th in points – but in a tight battle. Six riders sat with only 7 points separating them. He knew he had to finish well to reach his goal of a top ten for his first season on the Pro circuit. And have some luck on where the other riders finished, so the points would fall his way.
"Our goal from the beginning was a top ten this season. It seemed to be a realistic goal based on my lap times and the riders I know I can run with, but then as the season went on, several top national-level Pros also came out to try the series and the competition really ramped up. I’ve never worked this hard – on and off the track."
The Mesquite race had all the excitement and drama fans could ask for, with several top GNCC and ATV MX pros coming out to shake up the mix in Sunday’s Main Event - but when the dust settled, Waters had the finish he needed, earning the #10 plate.
"I'm even prouder of finishing with no DNFs. The companies I'm working with are turning out the best equipment in the industry. They understand the extra demands racing puts on their products. The Yamaha YFZ450R is a bike that anyone can get on and ride, you don't have to hire a master mechanic or pour thousands of dollars in to maintain it. Fox Racing Shox, Teixeira Tech A-arms and a Rekluse clutch were absolutely key to several of my best finishes this season. It was also great to have Maxxis support right at the track. I can’t thank them enough, and I’m anxious to work with them all again.”
His sights are set even higher for 2010.
“Now that we’re on the front row, I want to put my sponsors on the podium. Get a single-digit number for the year.”
#95 Justin Waters (WORCS #10) would like to thank his 2009 sponsorship partners, including:
Hot Seat Powersports, Yamaha, Teixeira Tech, Fox Racing Shox, Precision Racing Products, AC Racing, G4-Graphics, Rekluse, Spider Grips, Powermadd, GYT-R, MotoX Nutrition, Flexx Bars, MSR, Scott USA, Gaerne, DP Brakes, DWT, Maxxis, Motion Pro, Spectro Oil, Quadtech, Regina Chains, SkorBordz.
- Blog post
- 4 weeks ago
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- Points:415
- Views: 266
- Since: 1 month ago
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Speedworld Night Helmet Cam
- From: Younggun95
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You can see here just how hard it is to know where you are going at Speedworld MX night riding. A lot of really dark sections. When you get a little mud on the goggles, its nearly impossible to see.
- 1 month ago
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WORCS Glen Helen Amateur Racin
- From: wileycam2000
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WORCS racing action from Glen Helen. Round 7 Of the 2009 series
- 1 month ago
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Rick Sieman: A Tear Jerker
- From: PowersportsEditor
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Recently an Off-Road.com reader wrote in to our Dirtbike Columnist Rick Sieman:
"I am a long time fan of your magazine column work. I have even begun writing stories of my own riding experiences, attempting to do it in your style, that I liked so much. One of my favorites of all time was the "Tear Jerkers". The routine, painful things that happen to us out in the garage working on the bike. I would love to read it again, any chance of getting to see it?
Thanks.
Mike"
Here you go:
TEAR-JERKERS
(Whenever I hear about a baseball player not playing because of a sprained knee, or some other pussy injury, I just read this column and figure I must be a hell of a man. Or in a really stupid sport.)
By Rick Sieman
Tear-jerkers. We're not talking about when Ramone leaves Belinda for an under-aged goat brander from Seville and gets hit by a train and a bus. Nope. We're talking about real life tear-jerkers … the kind that can bring a grown man to his knees, eyeballs moistened, hurting too much to even curse. Let me explain:
A short time back I was working on my bike, quite peacefully, mind you, getting it ready for the weekend. Now, I have a habit of sticking the screwdriver I'm using into the footpeg. That way I can find it easily. Anyway, I had just put the shiny new Craftsman straight-slot screwdriver into the peg and turned my attention to removing the airbox cover and the filter, when the phone rang.
I got up from the milk crate and drove—literally drove!—the tip of the screwdriver into my left leg, right above the knee. Using my lightning-quick racer-trained reflexes, I immediately fell to the floor, moaning like a kicked poodle, tears welling up in my lagoon-blue eyes. Tear-jerker.
A friend of mind was fixing a cracked pipe on his Yamaha by carefully welding along the spider-webbed damage, taking his time, doing it right. He set the welding rod down, removed the welding goggles, studied the weld, then put the goggles back on to weld a bit more. When he picked up the welding rod, it was by the hot end. Tearjerker.
Once I was in a desert race, doing rather poorly, if memory serves correctly, and I smashed my right foot into a rock that was hooked directly to China. The pain was blinding and caused white dots to swirl in front of my eyes. However, it was not a tearjerker. I was only five miles or so from the finish, and I had no choice but to ride in.
After picking up the bike, I got back on, found neutral, and gave a boot to the kickstarter, with the swollen toes pointed out. On the third kick the bike fired, but the kickstarter slipped up and slapped me on the back of the leg, just above the boot. Serious pain, but still not a tear-jerker.
Rather carefully, I rode back toward the finish line, with the entire right limb throbbing like a wounded tuna. After a few miles, the foot hurt so much that I could no longer keep my heel on the footpeg. So I held the foot in the air and rode even slower. About one-quarter mile from the pits, I rode through a little gully, and the suspension gently bottomed out. This lowered the injured foot just the correct amount, and it made contact with a grapefruit- sized rock, toe first. Real tear-jerker!
My friend George was racing at Saddleback one fine, clear Saturday, and he related this tale: He got off the line a fraction late and had to gas it hard to get to mid-pack. As he neared the top of the long start straight, a rock lazily left the rear knobby of the bike in front of him and arced through the air. He tilted his head to one side to play it safe, and the bike moved over slightly with his body. The rock then dropped gently right into his groin, hitting him in ... how shall we say it?... one of the family jewels.
The pain was intense enough to make him suck in his breath, curl up into a ball and make no attempt whatsoever at trying the first turn. He merely rode through the turn, fell on the ground at one mile per hour and lay there, feet in the air, whimpering. Tearjerker.
Recently I ran into a series of minor cuts and scrapes that were more infuriating than anything else. First off, I cut open my right thumb on a sharp-edged hose clamp while removing the carb. After a few minutes, I forgot about that. Then, a bit later, a screwdriver slipped and my left palm got a nice little gash. I sucked on that for a few minutes to cleanse the wound and then proceeded. A half hour later, a wrench slipped, and I gashed open the backs of two knuckles on the footpeg.
This was getting monotonous. Twenty minutes later, I got a three-inch white-meat cut on the back of my left hand while trimming a zip tie with a dull razor blade. Not much time passed before my right hand got pinched in the toolbox lid. I more or less wrote off these petty injuries and went about the business of shaping up my bike for the next day.
At 11:15 that night, I was just about done, with only the air filter left. It had been hanging up all day to dry, so I grabbed it and got out a bottle of filter oil to wrap up the job. With the filter in my left hand, I poured a liberal amount of Maxima filter oil on the foam and began to work it in really well.
At this point, I realized that my hands had no less than ten open wounds! People have received medals for less serious injuries. Well, what could I do? My hands were already covered with the filter oil, and the cuts were thoroughly saturated. With tears in my eyes, I squeezed the oil through the foam, then stumbled into the laundry room and turned on the hot water and squeezed liquid soap into my greasy hands. And washed them. King of the tear-jerkers!
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- 1 month ago
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Waters Scores Another Top Ten
- From: hotseat
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As the season winds down, 19-year-old Justin Waters is still running a furious pace. With just barely a week to prep before WORCS ATV Nationals Round 7, he replaced his practice quad with a fresh 2009 YFZ450R. Which meant some late night wrenching so his practice bike would match his race bike set-up as closely as possible. Make time to train, on the quad and off, other races on the weekends - around his studies as a full-time student at University of Nevada.
The reward on Sunday at Glen Helen Raceway? A tenth-place finish - his fourth Top Ten this season.
Waters went off the line about mid-pack, then settled in to a steady pace. He gained a spot about every two laps, climbing from 14 th to his eventual finish of 10 th. He was closing the gap on 9 th place but it wasn’t quite enough, as time ran out at the two hour mark.
The finish wasn’t without a lesson though.
“I thought I was in shape, being back in Vegas and training the last month or so, but I must not have been drinking enough water this weekend. I lost my hose during the race, so the only water I got was at my mid-race stop for fuel. I didn’t really feel it during the race – you’re running on adrenaline – but afterwards I was so sick. I don’t think it cost me on the track, but I don’t want to make that mistake again.”
And he’ll need all the serious focus and conditioning he can get. Heading into the final round at Mesquite NV in just three weeks, Waters is in an intense six-way battle for points. Currently in 10 th, he is within striking range of a finish as high as 7 th. Remarkable for a young rider in his first year as a Pro.
Top Finishers at Glen Helen:
1 # 62 Jeremie Warnia – Lake Elsinore CA
2 # 3 Beau Baron – Atascadero CA
3 # 1 Josh Frederick – Moapa NV
4 # 94 Dustin Nelson – Ramona CA
5 # 113 John Natalie – Warriors Mark PA
6 # 417 Josh Row – Lakeside CA
7 # 12 John Shafe – Marana AZ
8 # 7 Robbie Mitchell – Price UT
9 # 15 Ryan Piplic – Everett WA
10 # 95 JUSTIN WATERS – YAMAHA – LAS VEGAS NVXxx
Justin Waters # 95
Professional ATV Racing with the support of: Hot Seat Powersports, Yamaha, Teixeira Tech, Fox Racing Shox, Precision Racing Products, AC Racing, G4-Graphics, Rekluse, Spider Grips, Powermadd, GYT-R, MotoX Nutrition, Flexx Bars, MSR, Scott USA, Gaerne, DP Brakes, DWT, Maxxis, Motion Pro, Spectro Oil, Quadtech, Regina Chains, SkorBordz.
- Blog post
- 2 months ago
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Gotta be Resourceful
- From: Younggun95
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When you don't work in a full on shop, and have access to a million different tools, you have to be resourceful. Being a college student, I build professional level race quads out of my trailer in storage. Ive been working on quads for long enough that I have acquired most of the tools that I need on a daily basis.
But every once and a while you run into some problems. Especially with loc-tited parts that haven't been taken off since the factory installed them. Axle nuts in particular can be a pain. I have the really big crescent wrench, but it was still fighting me.
The first mistake I made was too take the drive sprocket off before I broke the axle nut loose, so I had to use a large screw driver to keep the axle from turning. It worked, but my screw driver is a little bent now. The next small problem was not having jack stands. Its best to put a jack stand underneath each side so the quad doesn't tip when pushing down on the axle. So instead I put a wheel and tire under the swingarm.
The green loc-tite just wouldn't break loose, and the breaker bar that I carry in my trailer wasn't big enough for the massive crescent wrench I was using. What did I do? Become resourceful. I have the leg for a table that sets up in my trailer that was sitting in the bottom of a cabinet and it worked perfectly. Put it on the end of my wrench and with a little more coercesion I was able to break the axle nut loose.
I wasn't replacing the axle, but watch for the next photo that shows why I was taking the axle out in a brand new quad.
Ill be at WORCS this weekend so follow me at www.twitter.com/WatersRacing for race updates
- Blog post
- 2 months ago
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Resourceful
- From: Younggun95
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You have to be resourceful sometimes to get parts off the quad. Here im using a massive crescent wrench, a big screw driver, and the leg from a table as a breaker bar to get this axle nut off. The factory installs plenty of green loc-tite that is hard to break!
- 2 months ago
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theunforigevn231
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- Points:320
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- Since: 2 months ago
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YFZ450R Tuning Upgrade
- From: Younggun95
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This is a very simple upgrade, slightly expensive, but a very important modification for any Fuel Injection quad. When you start making changes like adding an exhaust, modifying the air box for a new filter, and especially changing up the motor you have to change the air/fuel ratio. I am running the DynoJet PCV Powercommander. They also have a PC3, but the 3 has a lot less adjusment available for it. If you want to make sure that you are running the optimum ratio, or you like to play around with your fuel injection to change how it runs, get the PCV. Most of the major exhaust companies will have a map for their specific exhaust that you can download to your programmer.
Dynojet also has a set of maps that you will get on a CD with your programmer, and can also download more from their website. I am currently running a custom map for my modifications. When tuned just right I was able to get 3-4 more HP from my quad. But dont trust just anyone to do this for you. Many people can tune your quad for you to get max HP, but you could be putting your motor in serious danger. I could get more power from my programming, but Im running a safe fuel to air ratio.
You can see I have a bag over the programmer. You DO NOT EVER want to get water in it. Water can ruin your programmer pretty easily. Always cover it somewhow when washing your quad, and if you ride XC races, leave it covered permanetly. Mine stays covered in the bag, and it also gets foam packed around in so it doesnt move around, and the foam soaks up water..
- Blog post
- 2 months ago
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YFZ450R Tuning Upgrade
- From: Younggun95
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This is a very simple upgrade, slightly expensive, but a very important modification for any Fuel Injection quad. When you start making changes like adding an exhaust, modifying the air box for a new filter, and especially changing up the motor you have to change the air/fuel ratio. I am running the DynoJet PCV Powercommander. They also have a PC3, but the 3 has a lot less adjusment available for it. If you want to make sure that you are running the optimum ratio, or you like to play around with your fuel injection to change how it runs, get the PCV. Most of the major exhaust companies will have a map for their specific exhaust that you can download to your programmer.
Dynojet also has a set of maps that you will get on a CD with your programmer, and can also download more from their website. I am currently running a custom map for my modifications. When tuned just right I was able to get 3-4 more HP from my quad. But dont trust just anyone to do this for you. Many people can tune your quad for you to get max HP, but you could be putting your motor in serious danger. I could get more power from my programming, but Im running a safe fuel to air ratio.
You can see I have a bag over the programmer. You DO NOT EVER want to get water in it. Water can ruin your programmer pretty easily. Always cover it somewhow when washing your quad, and if you ride XC races, leave it covered permanetly. Mine stays covered in the bag, and it also gets foam packed around in so it doesnt move around, and the foam soaks up water..
- 2 months ago
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TTR77motorcross
- Gettin' Started
- Points:428
- Views: 74
- Since: 2 months ago
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YFZ450X Sitting Pretty
- From: PowersportsEditor
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The overall size would be a most noticeable difference at first glance. The width of the front as well as the rear gives this machine a compact figure. Shortening the front arms to 395.2 and cutting the rear axle by 50mm in length gives this YFZ450X the ability to squeeze into the tightest woods courses. The suspension has had a major overhaul to improve its trail-ability as well. Getting the width down was a concern of the Yamaha engineers and this would be the first of many here in the swings of the YFZ450X.
- 2 months ago
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YFZ450X In the woods
- From: PowersportsEditor
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The overall size would be a most noticeable difference at first glance. The width of the front as well as the rear gives this machine a compact figure. Shortening the front arms to 395.2 and cutting the rear axle by 50mm in length gives this YFZ450X the ability to squeeze into the tightest woods courses. The suspension has had a major overhaul to improve its trail-ability as well. Getting the width down was a concern of the Yamaha engineers and this would be the first of many here in the swings of the YFZ450X.
- 2 months ago
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YFZ450X Shock
- From: PowersportsEditor
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The overall size would be a most noticeable difference at first glance. The width of the front as well as the rear gives this machine a compact figure. Shortening the front arms to 395.2 and cutting the rear axle by 50mm in length gives this YFZ450X the ability to squeeze into the tightest woods courses. The suspension has had a major overhaul to improve its trail-ability as well. Getting the width down was a concern of the Yamaha engineers and this would be the first of many here in the swings of the YFZ450X.
- 2 months ago
- Views: 103
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Yamaha YFZ450X
- From: PowersportsEditor
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Starting with the same great engine in its R-rated sibling, the “X” model will get a remapped fuel-delivery, bringing the engine under control for tight woods and XC racing in general. This engine has the five Titanium valve head and dual-overhead cams that make explosive yet controllable bottom- and mid-range power to propel the beast into the woods. Being a single-cylinder and liquid-cooled, this four-stroke brings a knockout punch to the competition without sacrificing durability. The fuel is fed to the throat of this engine by a 42mm Mikuni throttle body and it is atomized into the cylinder by the Denso 12 hole injector. What does this mean for the rider? Extreme pucker-factor has been achieved right off the showroom floor!
- 2 months ago
- Views: 103